Content Management System (CMS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CMS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 386 311
Rank change year-on-year +37 -75 -62
Permanent jobs citing CMS 773 867 2,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.78% 0.85% 1.33%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.20% 7.49% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 679 654 997
10th Percentile £27,750 £35,052 £28,575
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,750 £35,909
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.18% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £64,750 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,772 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -10.53%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 10,738 11,581 21,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.83% 11.40% 13.96%
Number of salaries quoted 7,108 7,728 11,655
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +0.92% +3.81%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £96,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CMS.

Salary trend for CMS in the UK

CMS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMS over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CMS in the UK

CMS
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +38 713 £47,500 -17.39% 248
UK excluding London +37 522 £45,000 -10.00% 159
Work from Home +70 343 £50,000 -10.71% 149
London +32 221 £51,000 -21.54% 95
South East -14 171 £52,500 +5.00% 45
North of England +87 127 £44,000 -12.00% 46
North West +45 73 £42,500 -15.00% 24
South West -15 69 £61,500 +36.67% 13
Midlands +38 66 £42,500 +9.68% 35
East of England +17 54 £42,500 -37.04% 12
Yorkshire +100 49 £55,000 +25.71% 19
West Midlands +29 33 £37,500 -16.67% 18
East Midlands +4 33 £42,500 +22.00% 17
Scotland -52 14 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Northern Ireland +35 11 £33,500 -4.29% 3
Wales +11 10 £31,250 -48.98% 2
North East -13 5 £59,402 +18.80% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 -

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
1 134 (17.34%) WordPress
2 121 (15.65%) Umbraco
3 73 (9.44%) Sitecore CMS
4 66 (8.54%) Drupal
5 58 (7.50%) Kentico
6 56 (7.24%) Headless CMS
7 45 (5.82%) IIS
8 23 (2.98%) SharePoint
9 20 (2.59%) EPiServer
10 17 (2.20%) Apache
11 15 (1.94%) nginx
12 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
13 10 (1.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 10 (1.29%) Joomla!
14 9 (1.16%) Apache Solr
15 6 (0.78%) DNN
15 6 (0.78%) Immediacy CMS
15 6 (0.78%) Sitefinity
16 5 (0.65%) Skype for Business
17 4 (0.52%) Magnolia
Applications
1 56 (7.24%) Photoshop
2 43 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (2.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 15 (1.94%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (1.29%) InDesign
6 10 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (1.03%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.78%) Acrobat
9 6 (0.78%) Trello
10 5 (0.65%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.52%) Adobe XD
11 4 (0.52%) Maya
12 2 (0.26%) Windchill
13 1 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.13%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 27 (3.49%) SDL Web 8
2 24 (3.10%) Shopify
3 21 (2.72%) Magento
4 7 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.13%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 140 (18.11%) Azure
2 93 (12.03%) AWS
3 66 (8.54%) Azure DevOps
4 56 (7.24%) Google Analytics
5 40 (5.17%) Kontent
6 29 (3.75%) GitHub
7 26 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (2.72%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 17 (2.20%) SaaS
10 15 (1.94%) Power Platform
11 14 (1.81%) Canva
11 14 (1.81%) NuGet
12 13 (1.68%) Figma
13 12 (1.55%) PaaS
14 10 (1.29%) Google Tag Manager
15 9 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (1.16%) npm
16 7 (0.91%) Basecamp
16 7 (0.91%) OneDrive
17 6 (0.78%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.66%) DNS
2 18 (2.33%) Firewall
3 16 (2.07%) Internet
3 16 (2.07%) Intranet
4 13 (1.68%) SSL
5 9 (1.16%) Extranet
5 9 (1.16%) WAN
6 8 (1.03%) MPLS
6 8 (1.03%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.65%) NAS
7 5 (0.65%) SAN
7 5 (0.65%) Skype
7 5 (0.65%) VoIP
8 2 (0.26%) Multicast
8 2 (0.26%) SNA
8 2 (0.26%) VPN
9 1 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.13%) SMTP
9 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (14.36%) SQL Server
2 47 (6.08%) MySQL
3 12 (1.55%) Power BI
4 11 (1.42%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (1.29%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.03%) MariaDB
7 6 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.52%) MS Access
9 4 (0.52%) Redis
10 3 (0.39%) Tableau
11 2 (0.26%) DTS
11 2 (0.26%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.26%) Jackrabbit
11 2 (0.26%) Looker
11 2 (0.26%) Metadata
11 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 143 (18.50%) Git
2 51 (6.60%) JIRA
3 39 (5.05%) Visual Studio
4 29 (3.75%) Moq
5 27 (3.49%) NUnit
5 27 (3.49%) TeamCity
6 17 (2.20%) Octopus Deploy
7 16 (2.07%) Jenkins
8 15 (1.94%) GitLab
9 14 (1.81%) git-flow
9 14 (1.81%) Sourcetree
9 14 (1.81%) SpecFlow
10 11 (1.42%) webpack
11 8 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (0.65%) gulp
13 3 (0.39%) Grunt
13 3 (0.39%) Selenium
13 3 (0.39%) WiX
14 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.26%) Jasmine
General
1 231 (29.88%) Marketing
2 204 (26.39%) Social Skills
3 64 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (7.63%) Finance
5 43 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (5.05%) Retail
7 38 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (4.14%) Legal
9 25 (3.23%) Publishing
10 17 (2.20%) Law
11 15 (1.94%) Advertising
12 13 (1.68%) Automotive
12 13 (1.68%) Public Sector
13 8 (1.03%) Multimedia
14 6 (0.78%) Brand Awareness
14 6 (0.78%) Games
14 6 (0.78%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.65%) Local Government
15 5 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 346 (44.76%) Developer
2 151 (19.53%) Senior
3 109 (14.10%) Senior Developer
4 102 (13.20%) .NET Developer
5 73 (9.44%) Web Developer
6 70 (9.06%) CMS Developer
7 69 (8.93%) C# Developer
8 63 (8.15%) Applications Developer
9 62 (8.02%) .NET Applications Developer
9 62 (8.02%) Senior C# Developer
10 61 (7.89%) Project Manager
11 59 (7.63%) Lead
12 58 (7.50%) Full Stack Developer
13 57 (7.37%) Senior .NET Developer
14 53 (6.86%) C# .NET Developer
15 48 (6.21%) Senior C# .NET Developer
16 47 (6.08%) ASP.NET Developer
16 47 (6.08%) C# Application Developer
16 47 (6.08%) C# ASP.NET Developer
16 47 (6.08%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 237 (30.66%) HTML
2 230 (29.75%) CSS
3 226 (29.24%) .NET
4 149 (19.28%) ASP.NET
5 148 (19.15%) React
6 121 (15.65%) .NET Framework
7 81 (10.48%) .NET Core
8 80 (10.35%) ASP.NET MVC
9 76 (9.83%) RESTful
10 66 (8.54%) jQuery
11 55 (7.12%) Web Services
12 51 (6.60%) Entity Framework
13 50 (6.47%) Next.js
14 49 (6.34%) Node.js
15 47 (6.08%) Vue
16 46 (5.95%) SOAP
17 43 (5.56%) XML
18 39 (5.05%) REST
19 36 (4.66%) AngularJS
20 33 (4.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.67%) Social Media
2 54 (6.99%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (4.40%) Greenfield Project
4 30 (3.88%) Blog
5 27 (3.49%) Legacy Code
5 27 (3.49%) Management Information System
6 26 (3.36%) Digital Signage
7 25 (3.23%) Graphic Design
8 23 (2.98%) Mobile App
9 17 (2.20%) Video Editing
10 12 (1.55%) Marketing Technology
10 12 (1.55%) Product Ownership
11 11 (1.42%) Client/Server
12 9 (1.16%) e-Learning
13 8 (1.03%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.91%) Photography
15 6 (0.78%) Cloud Native
15 6 (0.78%) Digital Media
15 6 (0.78%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.08%) Windows
2 22 (2.85%) Android
3 17 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.55%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.42%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.16%) Linux
7 5 (0.65%) VMS
8 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (28.72%) Content Management
2 191 (24.71%) Web Development
3 169 (21.86%) E-Commerce
4 148 (19.15%) DevOps
5 147 (19.02%) Problem-Solving
6 134 (17.34%) MVC
7 131 (16.95%) Agile
8 126 (16.30%) CRM
9 107 (13.84%) Project Management
10 99 (12.81%) Full Stack Development
11 95 (12.29%) SEO
12 91 (11.77%) User Experience
13 87 (11.25%) Project Delivery
14 85 (11.00%) Analytics
15 73 (9.44%) Front End Development
16 60 (7.76%) Digital Marketing
17 58 (7.50%) Scrum
18 50 (6.47%) Customer Service
19 45 (5.82%) ERP
19 45 (5.82%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 272 (35.19%) JavaScript
2 185 (23.93%) C#
3 132 (17.08%) SQL
4 114 (14.75%) PHP
5 48 (6.21%) T-SQL
6 33 (4.27%) TypeScript
7 30 (3.88%) XPath
8 17 (2.20%) Python
9 14 (1.81%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.91%) C
10 7 (0.91%) Java
11 5 (0.65%) Bash
12 3 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.26%) C++
13 2 (0.26%) Go
13 2 (0.26%) JSX
13 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.26%) VB
13 2 (0.26%) XAML
Qualifications
1 111 (14.36%) Degree
2 17 (2.20%) Security Cleared
3 15 (1.94%) SC Cleared
4 13 (1.68%) DV Cleared
5 10 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (0.91%) HND
8 5 (0.65%) CCNA
8 5 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.65%) MCSE
9 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.26%) ISEB
10 2 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.26%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.13%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.13%) MCP
11 1 (0.13%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.30%) QA
2 34 (4.40%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.20%) GDPR
4 10 (1.29%) SLA
5 8 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.52%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.39%) ISO 9000
7 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.39%) WCAG
8 2 (0.26%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 42 (5.43%) Docker
2 17 (2.20%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.03%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.13%) Varnish
4 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (1.68%) SCOM
2 10 (1.29%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.26%) cPanel
3 2 (0.26%) Plesk
3 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.26%) Terraform
4 1 (0.13%) Kibana
4 1 (0.13%) TeamSite
4 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 149 (19.28%) Microsoft
2 84 (10.87%) Adobe
3 74 (9.57%) Google
4 73 (9.44%) Sitecore
5 46 (5.95%) Optimizely
6 17 (2.20%) WooCommerce
7 16 (2.07%) HP
8 14 (1.81%) Cognizant
8 14 (1.81%) Instagram
8 14 (1.81%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.68%) Dynatrace
9 13 (1.68%) Riverbed
9 13 (1.68%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.55%) Marketo
11 8 (1.03%) Facebook
11 8 (1.03%) Meraki
12 7 (0.91%) Apple
12 7 (0.91%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.78%) Alterian
13 6 (0.78%) Twitter