Content Management Job Trends

Content Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Content Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 471 531
Rank change year-on-year -50 +60 +64
Permanent jobs citing Content Management 121 239 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.44% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.49% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 56 118 160
10th Percentile £25,250 - £28,491
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £34,721
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -33.65% -8.66%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £66,563
90th Percentile £78,125 £79,125 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year - -27.08% -16.52%

All Process & 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 48,096 48,629 50,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.07% 90.53% 89.95%
Number of salaries quoted 28,289 23,726 38,360
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Content Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Content Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Content Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Content Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Content Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Content Management

Content Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Content Management over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Top 14 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 11 January 2026. 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 -44 90 £35,000 - 50
UK excluding London -8 65 £35,000 - 39
Work from Home +71 46 £35,000 -25.53% 24
South East +41 26 £32,500 -21.21% 16
London -37 19 £42,500 -29.17% 19
Midlands -3 14 £33,500 -4.29% 5
North of England -12 14 £49,020 +50.83% 7
Yorkshire -22 8 £72,500 +11.54% 2
East Midlands -36 8 £25,500 -27.14% 1
West Midlands +39 6 £37,500 -21.05% 4
North West +1 6 £33,000 +1.54% 4
East of England +17 5 - - 3
South West +6 4 £35,000 -41.67% 5
Scotland +1 4 £54,855 - 2

Content Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 75 (61.98%) CMS
2 16 (13.22%) WordPress
3 7 (5.79%) Umbraco
4 5 (4.13%) SharePoint
5 4 (3.31%) Drupal
6 3 (2.48%) IIS
7 2 (1.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (1.65%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.83%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.83%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.83%) DNN
8 1 (0.83%) FileNet
8 1 (0.83%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.83%) Moodle
Applications
1 10 (8.26%) Photoshop
2 9 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (6.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (6.61%) Adobe Premiere
4 7 (5.79%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (4.13%) Chatbot
5 5 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (3.31%) Adobe XD
6 4 (3.31%) InDesign
7 3 (2.48%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (1.65%) CapCut
9 1 (0.83%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.83%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.83%) SAP PLM
1 1 (0.83%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.88%) Google Analytics
2 12 (9.92%) Azure
3 9 (7.44%) SaaS
4 7 (5.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 7 (5.79%) Figma
5 6 (4.96%) Kontent
5 6 (4.96%) MailChimp
5 6 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.13%) AWS
7 4 (3.31%) Canva
7 4 (3.31%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.48%) Collibra
8 3 (2.48%) Google Tag Manager
9 2 (1.65%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (1.65%) Contentsquare
9 2 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.65%) Google Ads
9 2 (1.65%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.65%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.83%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.96%) Intranet
2 2 (1.65%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.83%) Firewall
3 1 (0.83%) SSH
3 1 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.09%) Metadata
2 4 (3.31%) Power BI
3 3 (2.48%) Amazon QuickSight
3 3 (2.48%) Data Mining
3 3 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.48%) SAP BW
3 3 (2.48%) SAP HANA
3 3 (2.48%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.48%) Tableau
4 2 (1.65%) Looker
5 1 (0.83%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.83%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.48%) ERwin
1 3 (2.48%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (1.65%) JIRA
3 1 (0.83%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.83%) Git
3 1 (0.83%) JUnit
3 1 (0.83%) Maven
3 1 (0.83%) Selenium
General
1 57 (47.11%) Marketing
2 50 (41.32%) Social Skills
3 17 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (14.05%) Organisational Skills
3 17 (14.05%) Retail
4 16 (13.22%) Publishing
5 15 (12.40%) Advertising
6 11 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (6.61%) Finance
7 8 (6.61%) Law
7 8 (6.61%) Legal
7 8 (6.61%) Multimedia
8 7 (5.79%) Public Sector
9 5 (4.13%) Brand Awareness
10 4 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.48%) French Language
11 3 (2.48%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (2.48%) Spanish Language
11 3 (2.48%) Welsh Language
12 2 (1.65%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 19 (15.70%) Developer
2 14 (11.57%) Senior
3 8 (6.61%) Senior Manager
4 7 (5.79%) Digital Executive
4 7 (5.79%) Head of Operations
4 7 (5.79%) Marketing Manager
5 6 (4.96%) Digital Developer
5 6 (4.96%) Junior
6 5 (4.13%) Communications Officer
6 5 (4.13%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 5 (4.13%) Product Developer
7 4 (3.31%) Campaign Executive
7 4 (3.31%) Communications Manager
7 4 (3.31%) Content Manager
7 4 (3.31%) Coordinator
7 4 (3.31%) Engagement Manager
7 4 (3.31%) Marketing Executive
7 4 (3.31%) Support Engineer
7 4 (3.31%) Web Developer
7 4 (3.31%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (28.10%) HTML
2 27 (22.31%) CSS
3 8 (6.61%) .NET
4 5 (4.13%) ASP.NET
4 5 (4.13%) Node.js
5 4 (3.31%) React
6 3 (2.48%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.48%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (2.48%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 3 (2.48%) Bootstrap
6 3 (2.48%) REST
6 3 (2.48%) SVG
6 3 (2.48%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (2.48%) Vue
7 2 (1.65%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.65%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.65%) EDI
7 2 (1.65%) JSON
7 2 (1.65%) Razor View Engine
7 2 (1.65%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 36 (29.75%) Social Media
2 10 (8.26%) Blog
2 10 (8.26%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.61%) Data Structures
3 8 (6.61%) Digital Media
3 8 (6.61%) Digital Signage
3 8 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (4.96%) Educational Technology
4 6 (4.96%) Low-Code
4 6 (4.96%) Video Editing
5 5 (4.13%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.13%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.13%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (3.31%) Mobile App
6 4 (3.31%) Photography
6 4 (3.31%) Podcast
7 3 (2.48%) Animation
7 3 (2.48%) Motion Graphics
7 3 (2.48%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.13%) Windows
2 3 (2.48%) Linux
2 3 (2.48%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.65%) Unix
4 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (31.40%) Analytics
2 34 (28.10%) Agile
3 28 (23.14%) SEO
3 28 (23.14%) User Experience
4 25 (20.66%) Digital Marketing
5 21 (17.36%) AI
5 21 (17.36%) Project Management
6 20 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (14.88%) Email Marketing
8 17 (14.05%) Roadmaps
9 12 (9.92%) Storytelling
9 12 (9.92%) Strategic Thinking
9 12 (9.92%) Web Development
10 11 (9.09%) CRM
10 11 (9.09%) Data Governance
10 11 (9.09%) Front End Development
10 11 (9.09%) Workflow
11 10 (8.26%) Creative Thinking
11 10 (8.26%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.66%) JavaScript
2 9 (7.44%) SQL
3 5 (4.13%) C#
3 5 (4.13%) Python
4 4 (3.31%) Java
4 4 (3.31%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.65%) Ruby
6 1 (0.83%) PHP
6 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (9.92%) Degree
2 5 (4.13%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.31%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.31%) PMP
4 3 (2.48%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.48%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.83%) ACCA
5 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.83%) CISSP
5 1 (0.83%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (28.10%) Accessibility
2 12 (9.92%) GDPR
3 6 (4.96%) QA
4 3 (2.48%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.65%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.65%) WCAG
6 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.83%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) Control-M
1 1 (0.83%) Kibana
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (19.83%) Adobe
1 24 (19.83%) Google
2 16 (13.22%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.26%) Instagram
4 8 (6.61%) Facebook
4 8 (6.61%) Salesforce
5 7 (5.79%) TikTok
5 7 (5.79%) YouTube
6 5 (4.13%) Pardot
6 5 (4.13%) SAP
7 4 (3.31%) Hootsuite
8 3 (2.48%) Avid
8 3 (2.48%) Hotjar
9 2 (1.65%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.65%) TOWER Software
10 1 (0.83%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.83%) OpenText
10 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.83%) Twitter
10 1 (0.83%) WooCommerce