Content Manager
UK
The median Content Manager salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 680 | 858 | 974 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +178 | +116 | +190 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Content Manager | 26 | 40 | 7 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.048% | 0.040% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.053% | 0.043% | 0.008% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 23 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,125 | £31,340 | £35,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,688 | £32,500 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £37,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.33% | -42.31% | +36.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £46,563 | £47,250 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £47,125 | £55,000 | £66,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £35,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +28.57% | -46.15% | +36.84% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 49,511 | 93,886 | 92,389 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.48% | 94.63% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,626 | 67,255 | 58,266 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,443 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.41% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Content Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Content Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Content Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Content Manager.
Content Manager
Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Content Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 | +143 | 22 | £42,500 | +15.65% | 41 |
| London | +108 | 18 | £42,500 | +5.26% | 26 |
| Work from Home | +149 | 11 | £43,000 | +15.82% | 24 |
| UK excluding London | +171 | 3 | £45,000 | +28.57% | 19 |
| South East | +99 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| North of England | +58 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| Midlands | +58 | 1 | £45,000 | +34.33% | 1 |
| East Midlands | +43 | 1 | £45,000 | +34.33% | |
| North West | -3 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
Content Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 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 featuring Content Manager in the job title.
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Content Manager Skill Set
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: