CMS Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Content Management System (CMS)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring CMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing CMS 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.43% - 1.30%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.13% - 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £250 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%

All Application Platform Skills
Cardiff

CMS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 32 20 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 13.73% 8.00% 12.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 20
10th Percentile £290 £120 £262
25th Percentile £291 £127 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 £256 £303
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -15.29% -39.50%
75th Percentile £396 £550 £473
90th Percentile £483 £603 £526
South Wales median daily rate £308 £256 £350
% change year-on-year +20.00% -26.79% -26.32%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

CMS job vacancy trend in Cardiff

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Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing CMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing CMS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing CMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing CMS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Deadline-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Web Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA