Content Management Contracts

Content Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Content Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Content Management over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 415 438 495
Rank change year-on-year +23 +57 -94
Contract jobs citing Content Management 168 258 397
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.45% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.50% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 178 276
10th Percentile £198 £313 £281
25th Percentile £317 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £586 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £670
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -21.05% - +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 2
10th Percentile £17.64 £16.77 £26.30
25th Percentile £21.41 £20.13 £34.42
Median hourly rate £27.61 £26.50 £47.95
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -44.73% +139.73%
75th Percentile £32.03 £32.50 £61.47
90th Percentile £32.61 £49.08 £69.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.38 £16.77 -
% change year-on-year +15.53% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Content Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Content Management over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Content Management over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Content Management in the UK

Content Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Content Management within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +40 137 £500 -4.58% 118
London +55 84 £516 -6.18% 50
UK excluding London +30 65 £375 -21.05% 76
Work from Home +46 63 £448 -14.67% 63
North of England +30 19 £388 -17.11% 15
Scotland +44 16 £179 -52.31% 6
Yorkshire +18 13 £215 -33.59% 5
South East +2 11 £375 -39.02% 34
Midlands +33 10 £502 +16.35% 11
West Midlands +32 10 £502 +16.35% 3
South West -11 8 £375 -6.25% 6
North West +19 5 £463 -7.50% 6
North East +11 1 £650 +20.93% 4
East of England -1 1 - - 5

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
1 103 (61.31%) CMS
2 26 (15.48%) SharePoint
3 15 (8.93%) Drupal
4 10 (5.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (5.36%) WordPress
6 8 (4.76%) Confluence
7 6 (3.57%) Headless CMS
8 3 (1.79%) Umbraco
9 2 (1.19%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.60%) Apache
10 1 (0.60%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.60%) IIS
10 1 (0.60%) Jadu
10 1 (0.60%) Joomla!
10 1 (0.60%) Liferay
10 1 (0.60%) Moodle
10 1 (0.60%) Papyrus
10 1 (0.60%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.60%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.60%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (7.14%) Photoshop
2 11 (6.55%) Adobe Illustrator
2 11 (6.55%) MS Visio
3 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.57%) PTC Creo
5 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (1.79%) Acrobat
6 3 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (1.79%) Windchill
7 2 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (4.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (2.98%) Magento
3 3 (1.79%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.79%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (1.19%) Workfront
5 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (11.90%) Azure
2 15 (8.93%) AWS
3 11 (6.55%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.95%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.76%) GCP
6 6 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.57%) GitHub
7 5 (2.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (2.38%) Contentful
8 4 (2.38%) Serverless
9 3 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.79%) Contentstack
9 3 (1.79%) Figma
9 3 (1.79%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.79%) Google Docs
9 3 (1.79%) Miro
9 3 (1.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 2 (1.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.52%) Intranet
2 1 (0.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.93%) Metadata
2 13 (7.74%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (7.14%) SQL Server
4 8 (4.76%) Data Vault
4 8 (4.76%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.76%) Pentaho
4 8 (4.76%) Power BI
4 8 (4.76%) Qlik Sense
4 8 (4.76%) QlikView
4 8 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.79%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.79%) Looker
5 3 (1.79%) OLAP
5 3 (1.79%) OLTP
6 1 (0.60%) Jackrabbit
6 1 (0.60%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.60%) MySQL
6 1 (0.60%) Redis
6 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (8.33%) JIRA
2 2 (1.19%) kappa
3 1 (0.60%) Git
3 1 (0.60%) WiX
General
1 69 (41.07%) Social Skills
2 38 (22.62%) Public Sector
3 32 (19.05%) Marketing
4 28 (16.67%) Publishing
5 13 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (7.74%) Finance
5 13 (7.74%) Manufacturing
5 13 (7.74%) Retail
6 10 (5.95%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.76%) Electronics
7 8 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.38%) French Language
10 3 (1.79%) Back Office
10 3 (1.79%) Banking
10 3 (1.79%) German Language
11 2 (1.19%) Local Government
12 1 (0.60%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.60%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (20.83%) Developer
2 29 (17.26%) Senior
3 26 (15.48%) Architect
4 20 (11.90%) Designer
5 19 (11.31%) Content Designer
6 17 (10.12%) Senior Developer
7 11 (6.55%) Data Architect
7 11 (6.55%) Lead
8 8 (4.76%) Technical Writer
9 7 (4.17%) Consultant
9 7 (4.17%) Senior Software Developer
9 7 (4.17%) Software Developer
10 6 (3.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 5 (2.98%) Backend Developer
11 5 (2.98%) Communications Manager
11 5 (2.98%) Content Manager
11 5 (2.98%) Digital Content Manager
11 5 (2.98%) Enterprise Architect
11 5 (2.98%) Enterprise Data Architect
11 5 (2.98%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.93%) HTML
2 11 (6.55%) .NET
3 9 (5.36%) XML
4 8 (4.76%) React
5 5 (2.98%) CSS
5 5 (2.98%) JSON
6 3 (1.79%) DHTML
6 3 (1.79%) Middleware
6 3 (1.79%) Web Services
7 2 (1.19%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.19%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.19%) ADO
7 2 (1.19%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.19%) Flash
7 2 (1.19%) REST
7 2 (1.19%) SOAP
8 1 (0.60%) Blazor
8 1 (0.60%) FHIR
8 1 (0.60%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.60%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 14 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (6.55%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.36%) Social Media
5 8 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.76%) Reference Data
5 8 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.38%) Handset
6 4 (2.38%) Taxonomies
6 4 (2.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.79%) Graphic Design
7 3 (1.79%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.19%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.19%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.19%) Life Science
8 2 (1.19%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.19%) Wiki
9 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.98%) Android
2 4 (2.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (28.57%) Agile
2 27 (16.07%) User Experience
3 25 (14.88%) Analytics
4 24 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (13.69%) Project Management
5 23 (13.69%) SDLC
6 22 (13.10%) SEO
7 20 (11.90%) Database Optimisation
8 19 (11.31%) Design Patterns
9 18 (10.71%) Software Engineering
10 17 (10.12%) Digital Marketing
10 17 (10.12%) E-Commerce
10 17 (10.12%) Roadmaps
11 16 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (8.33%) Content Strategy
12 14 (8.33%) Project Delivery
13 13 (7.74%) Enterprise Architecture
14 12 (7.14%) Data Architecture
14 12 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (7.14%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 33 (19.64%) JavaScript
2 27 (16.07%) SQL
3 26 (15.48%) C#
4 25 (14.88%) Java
5 20 (11.90%) PowerShell
6 8 (4.76%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.98%) Python
8 2 (1.19%) Bicep
9 1 (0.60%) C
9 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (22.02%) Degree
2 19 (11.31%) Security Cleared
3 14 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.79%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.19%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.90%) Accessibility
2 17 (10.12%) PCI DSS
3 12 (7.14%) QA
4 6 (3.57%) WCAG
5 3 (1.79%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.79%) PMO
6 2 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.19%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.60%) DICOM
7 1 (0.60%) GDPR
7 1 (0.60%) HL7
7 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (1.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.60%) AppManager
Vendors
1 28 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.52%) Adobe
3 14 (8.33%) Google
4 10 (5.95%) SAP
4 10 (5.95%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.76%) Informatica
5 8 (4.76%) Oracle
5 8 (4.76%) Sparx
6 6 (3.57%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.38%) Optimizely
8 3 (1.79%) PTC
9 2 (1.19%) Marketo
9 2 (1.19%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.60%) Apple
10 1 (0.60%) Blackboard
10 1 (0.60%) Facebook
10 1 (0.60%) Instagram
10 1 (0.60%) OpenText
10 1 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.60%) Sitecore