Content Manager Jobs in England

Content Manager
UK > England

The median Content Manager salary in England is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 670 801 915
Rank change year-on-year +131 +114 +199
Permanent jobs requiring a Content Manager 21 38 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.044% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.047% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 3 21 5
10th Percentile £39,250 £31,050 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.65% -43.46% +36.84%
75th Percentile £46,875 £47,000 -
90th Percentile £47,250 £56,250 £66,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -42.31% +36.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 44,402 81,024 81,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.51% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,215 60,436 51,956
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Content Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Content Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Content Manager in England

Content Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Content Manager in England.

Salary trend for Content Manager in England

Content Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Content Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +101 17 £42,500 +5.26% 38
South East +94 1 - - 10
Midlands +59 1 £45,000 +34.33% 4
North of England +51 1 - - 12
East Midlands +37 1 £45,000 +34.33%
North West -6 1 - - 9
Content Manager
UK

Content Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Content Manager 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Content Manager in the job title.

1 13 (61.90%) Project Management
2 11 (52.38%) Digital Content Management
2 11 (52.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (47.62%) Content Strategy
3 10 (47.62%) Marketing
4 8 (38.10%) Adobe
5 7 (33.33%) Workflow
5 7 (33.33%) Social Media
5 7 (33.33%) Line Management
5 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 6 (28.57%) DBS Check
6 6 (28.57%) Analytics
6 6 (28.57%) Publishing
7 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (23.81%) Google
7 5 (23.81%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (19.05%) Budget Management
8 4 (19.05%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (19.05%) Canva
8 4 (19.05%) Storytelling
8 4 (19.05%) Workflow Management
8 4 (19.05%) Local Government
8 4 (19.05%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (19.05%) InDesign
8 4 (19.05%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (19.05%) Advertising
8 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
8 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
8 4 (19.05%) SEO
8 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery

Content Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (9.52%) CMS
2 1 (4.76%) Headless CMS
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (19.05%) Adobe Premiere
1 4 (19.05%) InDesign
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (19.05%) Photoshop
2 3 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (14.29%) Trello
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Canva
2 3 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 3 (14.29%) Asana
2 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.52%) Google Analytics
4 1 (4.76%) Contentful
4 1 (4.76%) Contentsquare
4 1 (4.76%) Figma
4 1 (4.76%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Broadband
1 1 (4.76%) Intranet
1 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 11 (52.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (47.62%) Marketing
3 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 6 (28.57%) Publishing
5 5 (23.81%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (19.05%) Advertising
6 4 (19.05%) Local Government
7 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (14.29%) Games
7 3 (14.29%) Legal
8 1 (4.76%) Automotive
8 1 (4.76%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (4.76%) Digital Health
8 1 (4.76%) Finance
8 1 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (4.76%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) EDI
2 1 (4.76%) CSS
2 1 (4.76%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Social Media
2 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
3 3 (14.29%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (4.76%) Blog
4 1 (4.76%) e-Learning
4 1 (4.76%) Life Science
4 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Project Management
2 11 (52.38%) Digital Content Management
3 10 (47.62%) Content Strategy
4 7 (33.33%) Line Management
4 7 (33.33%) Workflow
5 6 (28.57%) Analytics
6 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (19.05%) Budget Management
7 4 (19.05%) SEO
7 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
7 4 (19.05%) Storytelling
7 4 (19.05%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (19.05%) Workflow Management
8 3 (14.29%) Budgeting
8 3 (14.29%) Campaign Management
8 3 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
8 3 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (14.29%) Pay per click
8 3 (14.29%) Self-Awareness
8 3 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) DBS Check
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.76%) WCAG
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Adobe
2 5 (23.81%) Google
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
4 3 (14.29%) YouTube
5 1 (4.76%) Instagram
5 1 (4.76%) Pinterest
5 1 (4.76%) TikTok