CMS Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Content Management System (CMS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring CMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 109 109
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 +40
Contract jobs citing CMS 15 18 19
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.63% 0.95% 0.93%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.14% 8.14% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 9
10th Percentile £371 £219 £343
25th Percentile £399 £314 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £410 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -25.45% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £450 £588
90th Percentile £680 £488 £648
Central London median daily rate £425 £409 £475
% change year-on-year +3.91% -13.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £22.57 - -
25th Percentile £22.67 - £112.50
Median hourly rate £22.83 - £125.00
75th Percentile £23.00 - £137.50
90th Percentile £23.09 - -
Central London median hourly rate £23.00 - £125.00

All Application Platform Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 210 221 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 8.76% 11.70% 12.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 129 178
10th Percentile £298 £288 £347
25th Percentile £425 £381 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £504 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -6.23% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £638
90th Percentile £747 £728 £729
Central London median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £19.90 £63.75 -
25th Percentile £20.88 £67.50 £112.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £75.00 £125.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% -40.00% +233.33%
75th Percentile £22.83 £82.50 £137.50
90th Percentile £23.03 £86.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £23.08 £62.50 £125.00
% change year-on-year -63.07% -50.00% +233.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

CMS job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CMS

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMS in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CMS in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CMS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 3 (20.00%) WordPress
2 2 (13.33%) Drupal
3 1 (6.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Confluence
3 1 (6.67%) Headless CMS
3 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Google Analytics
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.67%) Miro
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Local Government
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) CMS Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Digital Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Digital Solutions Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Web Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Web Editor
3 2 (13.33%) Web Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Web Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Author
4 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) CMS Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) CMS Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Content Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Next.js
1 1 (6.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Educational Technology
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.67%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Content Management
2 4 (26.67%) Agile
2 4 (26.67%) Analytics
2 4 (26.67%) User Experience
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) SEO
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) Content Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
4 2 (13.33%) Marketing Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) Microservices
4 2 (13.33%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (13.33%) Re-Platforming
4 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (13.33%) Scrum
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Discovery
4 2 (13.33%) Workflow
5 1 (6.67%) Customer Experience
5 1 (6.67%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
1 1 (6.67%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Google
2 1 (6.67%) Aderant
2 1 (6.67%) Adobe