CMS Contracts in Scotland

Content Management System (CMS)
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 144 159
Rank change year-on-year +34 +15 -32
Contract jobs citing CMS 17 24 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.79% 0.89% 0.50%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.70% 7.36% 4.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 9
10th Percentile £176 £346 £236
25th Percentile £178 £372 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £179 £445 £425
Median % change year-on-year -59.81% +4.71% +63.46%
75th Percentile £370 £500 £450
90th Percentile £450 £516 £530
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%

All Application Platform Skills
Scotland

CMS is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 298 326 409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.90% 12.09% 11.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 233 289
10th Percentile £200 £178 £225
25th Percentile £350 £330 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £575
90th Percentile £659 £647 £654
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 3
10th Percentile £15.94 - £15.53
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.25 £16.27
Median hourly rate £17.00 £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +5.71% -55.70%
75th Percentile £20.84 £18.75 -
90th Percentile £36.01 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.08 £51.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year -41.31% +127.78% +9.76%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing CMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for CMS in Scotland

CMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CMS in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for CMS in Scotland

CMS
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMS in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CMS in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CMS in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for CMS in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +28 15 £179 -57.92% 2
Glasgow +13 2 - - 6
CMS
UK

CMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (5.88%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Google Analytics
2 1 (5.88%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Metadata
2 1 (5.88%) Looker
General
1 16 (94.12%) Public Sector
2 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
3 7 (41.18%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (29.41%) Publishing
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Senior
2 7 (41.18%) Content Designer
2 7 (41.18%) Designer
2 7 (41.18%) Senior Content Designer
2 7 (41.18%) Senior Designer
3 5 (29.41%) Content Manager
3 5 (29.41%) Digital Content Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Communications Manager
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Communications Manager
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Content Coordinator
6 1 (5.88%) Content Editor
6 1 (5.88%) Coordinator
6 1 (5.88%) Digital Communications Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Digital Content Editor
6 1 (5.88%) Digital Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) CSS
1 1 (5.88%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Social Media
3 1 (5.88%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Content Management
2 8 (47.06%) Agile
3 7 (41.18%) Content Strategy
3 7 (41.18%) User Stories
4 5 (29.41%) Digital Content Management
5 4 (23.53%) Coaching
5 4 (23.53%) Community of Practice
5 4 (23.53%) Technical Debt
6 3 (17.65%) Analytics
7 2 (11.76%) Project Management
7 2 (11.76%) Prototyping
7 2 (11.76%) SEO
7 2 (11.76%) Service Design
7 2 (11.76%) Social Media Management
7 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (11.76%) User Experience
7 2 (11.76%) User Research
8 1 (5.88%) Content Development
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) Accessibility
2 4 (23.53%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) Facebook
2 1 (5.88%) Google
2 1 (5.88%) Instagram