Digital Content Manager Contracts

Digital Content Manager
UK

The median Digital Content Manager daily rate in the UK is £239, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 694 836
Rank change year-on-year +120 +142 -108
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Content Manager 10 3 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.005% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.006% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 4
10th Percentile £178 - -
25th Percentile £178 £525 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £239 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -56.47% +29.41% +106.31%
75th Percentile £325 £575 £459
90th Percentile £331 - £499
UK excluding London median daily rate £178 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -67.64% +29.41% +107.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Digital Content Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Content Manager in the UK

Digital Content Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Content Manager in the UK

Digital Content Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Content Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Content Manager in the UK

Digital Content Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Content Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +88 5 £300 -45.45% 6
London +86 5 £300 - 2
UK excluding London +32 5 £178 -67.64% 5
Scotland - 5 £178 -
Work from Home +116 2 £179 -67.49% 2

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Digital Content Manager contract 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 contract job ads featuring Digital Content Manager in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) CMS
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (50.00%) Intranet
3 5 (50.00%) Publishing
3 5 (50.00%) Content Management
3 5 (50.00%) Marketing
3 5 (50.00%) QA
3 5 (50.00%) Drupal
3 5 (50.00%) Digital Content Management
3 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (40.00%) Accessibility
4 4 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (40.00%) JIRA
4 4 (40.00%) User Stories
4 4 (40.00%) User Experience
4 4 (40.00%) Hotjar
4 4 (40.00%) Screaming Frog
4 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (40.00%) SEO
4 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Retail
6 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
6 1 (10.00%) Global Marketing
6 1 (10.00%) Self-Awareness
6 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland

Digital 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 9 (90.00%) CMS
2 5 (50.00%) Drupal
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Marketing
1 5 (50.00%) Publishing
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Content Management
1 5 (50.00%) Digital Content Management
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) SEO
2 4 (40.00%) User Experience
2 4 (40.00%) User Stories
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (10.00%) Global Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Self-Awareness
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) QA
2 4 (40.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Hotjar
2 4 (40.00%) Screaming Frog