Content Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Content Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Content Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 333 427
Rank change year-on-year +21 +94 +171
Contract jobs requiring a Content Manager 2 8 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.061% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.065% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 4
10th Percentile £424 £176 -
25th Percentile £441 £179 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £275 £232
Median % change year-on-year +72.73% +18.57% -22.69%
75th Percentile £503 £388 £309
90th Percentile £516 £421 £326
UK median daily rate £475 £350 £164
% change year-on-year +35.71% +113.61% -53.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,505 12,344 21,289
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 93.55% 94.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,320 8,290 15,013
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £420 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% -1.40%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 384 506
10th Percentile £12.77 £16.64 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.25 £28.15 £24.81
Median hourly rate £34.48 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.38% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £66.56
90th Percentile £70.81 £75.00 £78.46
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%

Content Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Content Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Content Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Content Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Content Manager.

Content Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Content Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 August 2025, Content Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Content Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SEO
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Publishing
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Lucidchart
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Content Development
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Health Technology

Content Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Lucidchart
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Healthcare
1 1 (50.00%) Health Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Publishing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Content Development
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) SEO
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared