Content Management System (CMS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 318 333
Rank change year-on-year +35 +15 -65
Contract jobs citing CMS 342 467 698
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 0.82% 0.80%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.19% 7.55% 6.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 354 503
10th Percentile £204 £289 £320
25th Percentile £270 £350 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £540 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £403 £458
% change year-on-year -6.83% -12.07% +18.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 17
10th Percentile £12.85 £16.77 £33.57
25th Percentile - £17.02 £65.00
Median hourly rate £13.00 £18.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.73% -75.33% +280.95%
75th Percentile £27.61 £22.06 £77.50
90th Percentile £32.48 £29.00 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.00 £16.77 £75.00
% change year-on-year -22.48% -77.64% +278.50%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,175 6,186 11,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.78% 10.90% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,915 4,321 7,569
10th Percentile £258 £263 £269
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £510
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 145 210
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.18 £13.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £20.75 £16.24
Median hourly rate £30.00 £52.50 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +130.77% +7.06%
75th Percentile £51.91 £66.00 £53.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.71 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.51 £36.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year -24.12% +90.79% -

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CMS in the UK

CMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CMS in the UK

CMS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMS over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CMS in the UK

CMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for CMS in the UK

CMS
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CMS over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CMS in the UK

CMS
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 +41 304 £425 -5.56% 335
London +87 179 £425 -15.00% 146
UK excluding London -7 128 £375 -6.83% 246
Work from Home +14 120 £443 -1.61% 161
North of England +27 31 £404 -5.00% 66
South West +18 29 £308 -18.00% 11
Midlands +32 24 £600 +24.68% 40
West Midlands +23 23 £600 +33.33% 13
North West +19 20 £388 -6.34% 37
East of England -20 16 £650 +30.00% 14
Scotland +24 14 £179 -59.81% 15
South East -18 14 £470 +17.50% 99
Yorkshire +17 10 £408 -6.32% 21
East Midlands +12 1 £410 -18.00% 26
North East +12 1 £650 +20.93% 8

CMS
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 37 (10.82%) Headless CMS
2 30 (8.77%) Drupal
3 21 (6.14%) Sitecore CMS
4 19 (5.56%) Umbraco
5 15 (4.39%) SharePoint
5 15 (4.39%) WordPress
6 11 (3.22%) Kentico
7 10 (2.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (2.05%) Confluence
9 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (1.17%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.88%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.88%) Jadu
12 1 (0.29%) Apache
12 1 (0.29%) CoreMedia CMS
12 1 (0.29%) IIS
12 1 (0.29%) Joomla!
12 1 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (7.31%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.09%) MS Visio
3 13 (3.80%) Photoshop
4 11 (3.22%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (1.75%) PTC Creo
6 3 (0.88%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.88%) Windchill
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (3.80%) Magento
2 3 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.88%) Workfront
3 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.58%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (14.33%) Azure
2 30 (8.77%) AWS
3 29 (8.48%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (6.43%) GCP
5 15 (4.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 15 (4.39%) Azure Pipelines
5 15 (4.39%) Azure Service Bus
5 15 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (3.80%) Azure Monitor
7 12 (3.51%) Contentful
8 10 (2.92%) GitHub
8 10 (2.92%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 7 (2.05%) SaaS
10 6 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.75%) Google Analytics
11 5 (1.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.46%) Contentstack
11 5 (1.46%) Figma
11 5 (1.46%) PaaS
11 5 (1.46%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.39%) Intranet
2 8 (2.34%) HTTP
3 7 (2.05%) DNS
3 7 (2.05%) SSL
4 4 (1.17%) FTP
4 4 (1.17%) Skype
4 4 (1.17%) SMTP
4 4 (1.17%) VPN
5 3 (0.88%) Internet
6 1 (0.29%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.85%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.17%) DB2
3 4 (1.17%) Metadata
4 3 (0.88%) Looker
5 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.58%) Jackrabbit
5 2 (0.58%) MySQL
5 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.58%) Redis
5 2 (0.58%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.29%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.29%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.29%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (11.40%) Git
2 26 (7.60%) JIRA
3 9 (2.63%) Selenium
4 8 (2.34%) webpack
5 7 (2.05%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (1.46%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.17%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.88%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.88%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.88%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.88%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.88%) Subversion
8 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.58%) gulp
9 2 (0.58%) HP UFT
9 2 (0.58%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.58%) rollup.js
9 2 (0.58%) Storybook
9 2 (0.58%) Vite
10 1 (0.29%) Gatling
General
1 108 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.45%) Marketing
3 39 (11.40%) Public Sector
4 29 (8.48%) Publishing
5 23 (6.73%) Finance
6 20 (5.85%) Retail
7 18 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (2.34%) Back Office
8 8 (2.34%) Banking
9 7 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.75%) Legal
10 6 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.46%) French Language
11 5 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.46%) Local Government
11 5 (1.46%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.46%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.17%) Wearables
13 3 (0.88%) German Language
Job Titles
1 101 (29.53%) Developer
2 44 (12.87%) Senior
3 41 (11.99%) Analyst
4 28 (8.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 19 (5.56%) Designer
5 19 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 19 (5.56%) SOC Analyst
6 18 (5.26%) Architect
6 18 (5.26%) Content Designer
6 18 (5.26%) Senior Developer
7 17 (4.97%) .NET Developer
8 15 (4.39%) Content Manager
9 14 (4.09%) Applications Support
9 14 (4.09%) Applications Support Analyst
9 14 (4.09%) Project Analyst
9 14 (4.09%) Project Support Analyst
9 14 (4.09%) Support Analyst
10 13 (3.80%) Digital Project Manager
10 13 (3.80%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (3.80%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (20.47%) HTML
2 65 (19.01%) CSS
3 58 (16.96%) React
4 47 (13.74%) .NET
5 25 (7.31%) .NET Core
6 19 (5.56%) AngularJS
6 19 (5.56%) ASP.NET
7 18 (5.26%) GraphQL
7 18 (5.26%) jQuery
8 13 (3.80%) ASP.NET MVC
8 13 (3.80%) Next.js
8 13 (3.80%) Node.js
9 12 (3.51%) REST
10 10 (2.92%) Vue
11 9 (2.63%) DOM
11 9 (2.63%) Laravel
12 7 (2.05%) Entity Framework
12 7 (2.05%) HTML5
12 7 (2.05%) Sass
12 7 (2.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.97%) Cyberattack
2 16 (4.68%) Security Operations Centre
3 15 (4.39%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.39%) Social Media
4 14 (4.09%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.05%) EPoS
6 7 (2.05%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.05%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.46%) Acoustics
8 5 (1.46%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.17%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.17%) Handset
9 4 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (1.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.88%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.88%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.88%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.56%) Linux
1 19 (5.56%) Windows
2 4 (1.17%) VMS
3 3 (0.88%) Android
3 3 (0.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (29.82%) Content Management
2 83 (24.27%) Agile
3 62 (18.13%) User Experience
4 47 (13.74%) SEO
5 44 (12.87%) E-Commerce
6 43 (12.57%) DevOps
7 37 (10.82%) Front End Development
8 35 (10.23%) Analytics
8 35 (10.23%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (10.23%) Project Management
9 31 (9.06%) Migration
9 31 (9.06%) Scrum
10 27 (7.89%) MVC
11 26 (7.60%) Web Development
12 23 (6.73%) Full Stack Development
13 22 (6.43%) Cybersecurity
14 21 (6.14%) Content Strategy
15 20 (5.85%) CRM
15 20 (5.85%) Roadmaps
15 20 (5.85%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 53 (15.50%) JavaScript
2 35 (10.23%) C#
3 32 (9.36%) TypeScript
4 14 (4.09%) Bicep
5 13 (3.80%) Python
5 13 (3.80%) SQL
6 9 (2.63%) Java
6 9 (2.63%) PHP
7 4 (1.17%) COBOL
8 3 (0.88%) Perl
8 3 (0.88%) Ruby
8 3 (0.88%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.58%) Bash
9 2 (0.58%) REXX
9 2 (0.58%) SELCOPY
10 1 (0.29%) C++
10 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (9.06%) Security Cleared
2 26 (7.60%) Degree
3 10 (2.92%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.17%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.17%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.88%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (14.91%) Accessibility
2 30 (8.77%) QA
3 25 (7.31%) WCAG
4 6 (1.75%) PMO
5 4 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.29%) DICOM
8 1 (0.29%) GDPR
8 1 (0.29%) GxP
8 1 (0.29%) HL7
System Software
1 18 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.34%) Docker
3 2 (0.58%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 9 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.17%) Terraform
3 3 (0.88%) Ansible
3 3 (0.88%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.29%) AppManager
4 1 (0.29%) Grafana
Vendors
1 71 (20.76%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.43%) Splunk
3 21 (6.14%) Sitecore
4 19 (5.56%) Darktrace
4 19 (5.56%) FireEye
4 19 (5.56%) LogRhythm
5 18 (5.26%) Adobe
6 16 (4.68%) Google
7 13 (3.80%) Salesforce
8 12 (3.51%) Optimizely
9 10 (2.92%) ServiceNow
10 8 (2.34%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.75%) SAP
12 4 (1.17%) Becrypt
12 4 (1.17%) Citrix
12 4 (1.17%) Hotjar
12 4 (1.17%) IBM
12 4 (1.17%) ICL
12 4 (1.17%) IronPort
12 4 (1.17%) Symantec