Content Manager Jobs

Content Manager
UK

The median Content Manager salary in the UK is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 876 941 1240
Rank change year-on-year +65 +299 -309
Permanent jobs requiring a Content Manager 46 4 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.004% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.005% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 24 4 18
10th Percentile £31,485 £33,125 £40,625
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -13.85% +39.29%
75th Percentile £47,813 £52,500 £65,750
90th Percentile £54,750 £61,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £39,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.26% -17.89% +46.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Content Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Content Manager in the UK

Content Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Content Manager in the UK

Content Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Content Manager over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Content Manager in the UK

Content Manager
Top 12 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 9 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +67 44 £37,125 -11.61% 19
UK excluding London -40 23 £35,000 -10.26% 8
London +84 21 £44,000 -2.22% 9
Work from Home +74 19 £37,500 -3.85% 11
North of England - 11 £35,000 - 5
North West - 10 £35,000 - 5
Midlands - 8 £33,500 -
West Midlands - 6 £34,275 -
South East - 3 £52,500 - 2
East Midlands - 2 £33,500 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
South West - 1 £47,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, 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.

1 33 (71.74%) Marketing
2 22 (47.83%) Degree
3 20 (43.48%) SEO
4 18 (39.13%) Project Management
4 18 (39.13%) Social Media
5 13 (28.26%) Analytics
5 13 (28.26%) Content Writing
5 13 (28.26%) Content Strategy
5 13 (28.26%) Content Management
6 12 (26.09%) Finance
7 11 (23.91%) Publishing
7 11 (23.91%) Digital Marketing
7 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
8 9 (19.57%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (19.57%) Copywriting
8 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Office
8 9 (19.57%) Business Strategy
9 8 (17.39%) Law
9 8 (17.39%) French Language
9 8 (17.39%) Banking
9 8 (17.39%) Artificial Intelligence
9 8 (17.39%) Economics
9 8 (17.39%) Critical Thinking
10 7 (15.22%) CMS
10 7 (15.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (13.04%) Legal
11 6 (13.04%) B2B
12 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
12 5 (10.87%) Strategic Planning
12 5 (10.87%) Business Intelligence

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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (15.22%) CMS
2 4 (8.70%) WordPress
3 2 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.35%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (4.35%) InDesign
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.17%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (2.17%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (2.17%) Camtasia
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.17%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.70%) Google Analytics
2 2 (4.35%) Power Automate
2 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.35%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.17%) Canva
3 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.70%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.35%) Power BI
General
1 33 (71.74%) Marketing
2 12 (26.09%) Finance
3 11 (23.91%) Publishing
3 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
4 9 (19.57%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (17.39%) Banking
5 8 (17.39%) French Language
5 8 (17.39%) Law
6 7 (15.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (13.04%) Legal
8 5 (10.87%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (8.70%) Multimedia
10 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (6.52%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (6.52%) Telecoms
11 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
11 1 (2.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) CSS
1 1 (2.17%) Flash
1 1 (2.17%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (39.13%) Social Media
2 5 (10.87%) Blog
3 4 (8.70%) Blockchain
4 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.35%) Graphic Design
5 2 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.17%) Animation
6 1 (2.17%) Digital Media
6 1 (2.17%) Digital Signage
6 1 (2.17%) e-Learning
6 1 (2.17%) Learning Management System
6 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.17%) Photography
6 1 (2.17%) Podcast
6 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.17%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (43.48%) SEO
2 18 (39.13%) Project Management
3 13 (28.26%) Analytics
3 13 (28.26%) Content Management
3 13 (28.26%) Content Strategy
3 13 (28.26%) Content Writing
4 11 (23.91%) Digital Marketing
5 9 (19.57%) Business Strategy
5 9 (19.57%) Copywriting
6 8 (17.39%) Artificial Intelligence
6 8 (17.39%) Critical Thinking
6 8 (17.39%) Economics
7 6 (13.04%) B2B
8 5 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (10.87%) Data Protection
8 5 (10.87%) Mentoring
8 5 (10.87%) Social Media Management
8 5 (10.87%) Strategic Planning
9 4 (8.70%) Marketing Strategy
9 4 (8.70%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (47.83%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.17%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.17%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) Google
2 4 (8.70%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.35%) Adobe
3 2 (4.35%) Instagram
4 1 (2.17%) Facebook
4 1 (2.17%) Twitter
4 1 (2.17%) YouTube