Content Management Jobs

Content Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Content Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Content Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 457 593 675
Rank change year-on-year +136 +82 -150
Permanent jobs citing Content Management 255 333 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.32% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.38% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 120 270 206
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £33,561
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £44,343 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.30% -16.33% -1.85%
75th Percentile £74,688 £58,719 £83,438
90th Percentile £98,474 £76,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -16.67% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Content Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Content Management over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Content Management within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England +90 206 £40,000 -11.11% 224
UK excluding London +100 129 £37,500 - 100
Work from Home +51 92 £67,500 +42.11% 122
London +85 90 £59,250 +18.50% 127
North of England +30 36 £32,500 -18.75% 36
South East +39 35 £41,250 +7.14% 25
North West +2 26 £32,500 +1.56% 22
Midlands +64 20 £35,000 - 14
Scotland +115 17 £94,637 +278.55% 2
East Midlands +51 16 £35,000 - 5
South West +98 10 £68,184 +43.54% 11
Yorkshire +49 10 £83,577 +12.94% 11
East of England +36 10 £52,500 +50.00% 6
West Midlands +47 4 £30,250 -13.57% 9
Wales +40 1 £82,500 +211.32%

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
1 156 (61.18%) CMS
2 40 (15.69%) WordPress
3 32 (12.55%) Umbraco
4 15 (5.88%) SharePoint
5 13 (5.10%) Headless CMS
6 12 (4.71%) Drupal
7 9 (3.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (1.96%) Confluence
9 4 (1.57%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (1.18%) Apache Solr
10 3 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (1.18%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (1.18%) Skype for Business
10 3 (1.18%) Strapi
11 2 (0.78%) Documentum
11 2 (0.78%) IIS
11 2 (0.78%) Jadu
Applications
1 16 (6.27%) Adobe Premiere
1 16 (6.27%) Microsoft Office
1 16 (6.27%) Photoshop
2 12 (4.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (3.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (2.75%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.39%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.39%) InDesign
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (5.10%) Shopify
2 3 (1.18%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.39%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 28 (10.98%) Azure
2 24 (9.41%) Google Analytics
3 15 (5.88%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.49%) Salsify
5 13 (5.10%) AWS
5 13 (5.10%) GitHub
6 12 (4.71%) GCP
6 12 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (3.53%) Slack
8 9 (3.53%) Zapier
9 6 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.35%) Figma
9 6 (2.35%) Google Ads
9 6 (2.35%) Google Tag Manager
10 5 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 5 (1.96%) SaaS
11 4 (1.57%) Adobe Analytics
11 4 (1.57%) Canva
11 4 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.24%) Intranet
2 4 (1.57%) DNS
2 4 (1.57%) SMS
3 1 (0.39%) Broadband
3 1 (0.39%) Internet
3 1 (0.39%) Multicast
3 1 (0.39%) RTP
3 1 (0.39%) RTSP
3 1 (0.39%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.41%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.67%) Metadata
3 16 (6.27%) MySQL
4 11 (4.31%) BigQuery
5 7 (2.75%) Power BI
6 3 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.18%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.18%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.78%) Looker
8 1 (0.39%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.39%) GIS
8 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (9.41%) Git
2 8 (3.14%) Bazaar
2 8 (3.14%) JIRA
3 3 (1.18%) Jasmine
3 3 (1.18%) Mocha
3 3 (1.18%) PHPUnit
4 1 (0.39%) Ant
4 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.39%) Log4j
4 1 (0.39%) Subversion
4 1 (0.39%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 103 (40.39%) Social Skills
2 83 (32.55%) Marketing
3 42 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (12.55%) Finance
5 21 (8.24%) Banking
5 21 (8.24%) Legal
6 20 (7.84%) Law
7 18 (7.06%) Publishing
8 15 (5.88%) Advertising
9 14 (5.49%) Retail
10 13 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.35%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.57%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.78%) Local Government
13 2 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.78%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.39%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.39%) Electronics
14 1 (0.39%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 62 (24.31%) Developer
2 27 (10.59%) Senior
3 20 (7.84%) Lead
4 18 (7.06%) Umbraco Developer
5 16 (6.27%) Architect
6 15 (5.88%) Senior Manager
7 13 (5.10%) Analyst
7 13 (5.10%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 12 (4.71%) Junior
9 11 (4.31%) Lead Architect
9 11 (4.31%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.53%) Coordinator
11 8 (3.14%) Digital Executive
11 8 (3.14%) Power Platform Developer
12 7 (2.75%) Communications Officer
12 7 (2.75%) Content Coordinator
12 7 (2.75%) Designer
12 7 (2.75%) Digital Programme Manager
12 7 (2.75%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (29.41%) CSS
2 69 (27.06%) HTML
3 42 (16.47%) React
4 31 (12.16%) jQuery
5 28 (10.98%) HTML5
6 17 (6.67%) Ajax
7 16 (6.27%) Node.js
8 12 (4.71%) AngularJS
8 12 (4.71%) Laravel
9 11 (4.31%) OAuth
9 11 (4.31%) OpenID
9 11 (4.31%) SAML
10 10 (3.92%) .NET
11 7 (2.75%) Bootstrap
11 7 (2.75%) CSS3
11 7 (2.75%) Next.js
11 7 (2.75%) Vue
12 6 (2.35%) JSON
12 6 (2.35%) Web Services
13 5 (1.96%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.29%) Management Information System
1 39 (15.29%) Social Media
2 19 (7.45%) NHS
3 15 (5.88%) Taxonomies
4 10 (3.92%) Graphic Design
5 8 (3.14%) Blog
5 8 (3.14%) Photography
6 6 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.35%) Digital Signage
7 5 (1.96%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.96%) Animation
7 5 (1.96%) Digital Media
7 5 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.96%) Video Editing
8 4 (1.57%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (1.57%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.57%) Hackathon
8 4 (1.57%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.57%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.57%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.27%) Windows
2 9 (3.53%) Linux
3 3 (1.18%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.39%) Rocky
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (32.16%) Analytics
2 75 (29.41%) Web Development
3 74 (29.02%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (27.84%) Agile
5 61 (23.92%) SEO
6 49 (19.22%) Project Management
7 43 (16.86%) Artificial Intelligence
8 41 (16.08%) User Experience
9 38 (14.90%) Roadmaps
10 37 (14.51%) E-Commerce
11 35 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
13 24 (9.41%) Digital Strategy
14 23 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (9.02%) Storytelling
15 21 (8.24%) Collaborative Culture
15 21 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
15 21 (8.24%) Generative AI
15 21 (8.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 20 (7.84%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 47 (18.43%) JavaScript
2 33 (12.94%) SQL
3 28 (10.98%) C#
4 22 (8.63%) PHP
5 18 (7.06%) Python
6 15 (5.88%) Java
7 4 (1.57%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.18%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.39%) C
9 1 (0.39%) C++
9 1 (0.39%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 42 (16.47%) Degree
2 9 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (3.14%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.14%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.96%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.18%) CRISC
5 3 (1.18%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.39%) CISSP
6 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (30.98%) Accessibility
2 29 (11.37%) WCAG
3 21 (8.24%) GDPR
4 14 (5.49%) Data Quality
5 10 (3.92%) QA
6 4 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.18%) COBIT
7 3 (1.18%) ITGC
7 3 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.78%) WAI
9 1 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (1.57%) Docker
2 3 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.18%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 11 (4.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (23.92%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.73%) Adobe
2 35 (13.73%) Google
3 17 (6.67%) HP
4 13 (5.10%) YouTube
5 9 (3.53%) WooCommerce
6 8 (3.14%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.75%) Instagram
8 5 (1.96%) Twitter
9 4 (1.57%) Facebook
10 2 (0.78%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.78%) dotdigital
10 2 (0.78%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.78%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.78%) Pardot
10 2 (0.78%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.78%) TikTok
11 1 (0.39%) iManage
11 1 (0.39%) Nintex
11 1 (0.39%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud