Digital Content Management Contracts

Digital Content Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Digital Content Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Content Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 702 834
Rank change year-on-year +119 +132 -145
Contract jobs citing Digital Content Management 8 3 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.005% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.006% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 6
10th Percentile - - £341
25th Percentile £178 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £179 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +88.89%
75th Percentile £281 - £503
90th Percentile - - £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £179 - £425
% change year-on-year - - +264.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Digital Content Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Digital Content Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Digital Content Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Content Management in the UK

Digital Content Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Content Management.

Daily rate trend for Digital Content Management in the UK

Digital Content Management
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Content Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +57 8 £179 - 4
Scotland - 8 £179 -
Work from Home +128 4 £230 - 3

Digital Content Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) CMS
2 1 (12.50%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Intranet
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Content Manager
1 5 (62.50%) Digital Content Manager
2 3 (37.50%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Content Management
2 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity
2 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
2 3 (37.50%) Focus Group
2 3 (37.50%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Document Management
3 2 (25.00%) People Management
4 1 (12.50%) Self-Awareness
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft