Hybrid/Remote Content Management Contract Job Trends

Content Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Content Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 249 301
Rank change year-on-year -44 +52 +98
Contract jobs citing Content Management 27 71 76
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.26% 0.60% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.68% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 50 44
10th Percentile £242 £249 £183
25th Percentile £300 £312 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £356 £445 £456
Median % change year-on-year -19.94% -2.47% -15.12%
75th Percentile £470 £547 £650
90th Percentile £544 £588 £693
UK median daily rate £418 £473 £498
% change year-on-year -11.64% -5.03% -8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £33.20 - £11.33
25th Percentile £36.88 - £11.52
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £11.83
75th Percentile £64.00 - £18.92
90th Percentile £76.60 - £23.17
UK median hourly rate £35.75 £21.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +70.24% -19.23% +15.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Content Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,314 10,467 15,096
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.97% 89.07% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,154 6,589 10,309
10th Percentile £330 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 212 365
10th Percentile £15.26 £17.58 £19.54
25th Percentile £20.43 £22.00 £27.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £37.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.86% -31.48% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.63 £71.90
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

Content Management
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Content Management and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Content Management job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Content Management
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Content Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Content Management

Content Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Content Management over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Content Management daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Content Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Content Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Content Management

Content Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Content Management over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Content Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid working options

Content Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (66.67%) CMS
2 7 (25.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (22.22%) WordPress
4 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
5 3 (11.11%) Alfresco
5 3 (11.11%) Umbraco
6 2 (7.41%) Apache Solr
6 2 (7.41%) Confluence
6 2 (7.41%) Drupal
7 1 (3.70%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Adobe XD
2 1 (3.70%) InVision
2 1 (3.70%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) AWS
1 3 (11.11%) Figma
2 2 (7.41%) Contentsquare
2 2 (7.41%) Google Analytics
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.41%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (3.70%) GitHub
3 1 (3.70%) Google Docs
3 1 (3.70%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.70%) Miro
3 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
3 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Metadata
2 2 (7.41%) MySQL
2 2 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) CircleCI
2 1 (3.70%) Postman
General
1 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Marketing
3 6 (22.22%) Publishing
4 5 (18.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
5 4 (14.81%) Retail
6 3 (11.11%) Finance
7 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Banking
7 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.70%) French Language
7 1 (3.70%) German Language
7 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Italian Language
7 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Spanish Language
7 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Developer
2 4 (14.81%) CMS Specialist
3 3 (11.11%) Content Designer
3 3 (11.11%) Designer
4 2 (7.41%) Administrator
4 2 (7.41%) Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Product Owner
4 2 (7.41%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Web Administrator
5 1 (3.70%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Business Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Change Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Documentation Author
5 1 (3.70%) Lead
5 1 (3.70%) QA Tester
5 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Content Designer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior PMO
5 1 (3.70%) SharePoint Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.93%) HTML
2 4 (14.81%) CSS
3 3 (11.11%) REST
4 2 (7.41%) Django
4 2 (7.41%) Vue
5 1 (3.70%) AngularJS
5 1 (3.70%) CSS3
5 1 (3.70%) Gherkin
5 1 (3.70%) HTML5
5 1 (3.70%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (3.70%) JSR 170
5 1 (3.70%) Laravel
5 1 (3.70%) Node.js
5 1 (3.70%) OSGi
5 1 (3.70%) Playwright
5 1 (3.70%) pytest
5 1 (3.70%) React
5 1 (3.70%) RESTful
5 1 (3.70%) Spring
5 1 (3.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Educational Technology
1 2 (7.41%) NHS
1 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.70%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.70%) e-Learning
2 1 (3.70%) EMV
2 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.70%) Java Card
2 1 (3.70%) Learning Management System
2 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Android
1 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Agile
2 5 (18.52%) Migration
2 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (14.81%) SEO
3 4 (14.81%) User Experience
4 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (7.41%) Analytics
5 2 (7.41%) Change Management
5 2 (7.41%) Computer Science
5 2 (7.41%) CRM
5 2 (7.41%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (7.41%) Enterprise Content Management
5 2 (7.41%) Knowledge Management
5 2 (7.41%) Project Management
5 2 (7.41%) Prototyping
5 2 (7.41%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (7.41%) User Stories
5 2 (7.41%) Web Development
5 2 (7.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.41%) Java
2 2 (7.41%) PHP
2 2 (7.41%) Python
3 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.70%) ISEB
4 1 (3.70%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) Accessibility
2 3 (11.11%) WCAG
3 2 (7.41%) QA
4 1 (3.70%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Bitnami
1 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Adobe
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.11%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) Planview