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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 108 95
Rank change year-on-year -17 -13 +39
Contract jobs citing CMS 19 15 32
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.86% 0.87% 1.51%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.68% 7.69% 12.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 16
10th Percentile £354 £324 £239
25th Percentile £406 £374 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £410 £425
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -3.53% -20.93%
75th Percentile £578 £432 £550
90th Percentile £644 £491 £608
Central London median daily rate £475 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +18.77% -6.00% -20.93%
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 £22.83 - £125.00
% change year-on-year - - +557.89%

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 219 195 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.95% 11.29% 11.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 124 149
10th Percentile £286 £275 £310
25th Percentile £425 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £688 £778
Central London median daily rate £501 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -2.58% -2.14% -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% +557.89%
75th Percentile £22.83 £82.50 £137.50
90th Percentile £23.03 £86.25 -
Central London median hourly rate £29.49 £75.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -60.68% -6.25% +285.54%

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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 28 September 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 (15.79%) WordPress
2 2 (10.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (10.53%) Drupal
2 2 (10.53%) Umbraco
3 1 (5.26%) Confluence
3 1 (5.26%) Headless CMS
3 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Functions
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (10.53%) Google Analytics
2 2 (10.53%) Serverless
3 1 (5.26%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Bundler
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Marketing
3 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Publishing
5 1 (5.26%) Advertising
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Law
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Local Government
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Developer
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) CMS Developer
3 2 (10.53%) .NET Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Azure Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Digital Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Digital Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Digital Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Web Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Web Editor
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Lead Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Web Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
2 1 (5.26%) CSS
2 1 (5.26%) HTML
2 1 (5.26%) Next.js
2 1 (5.26%) React
2 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.53%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (10.53%) Educational Technology
3 1 (5.26%) CCTV
3 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.26%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) Reference Data
3 1 (5.26%) Replication
3 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.26%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Content Management
2 4 (21.05%) Analytics
2 4 (21.05%) E-Commerce
2 4 (21.05%) Microservices
2 4 (21.05%) Migration
2 4 (21.05%) User Experience
2 4 (21.05%) Workflow
3 3 (15.79%) Agile
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
4 2 (10.53%) Content Strategy
4 2 (10.53%) Event-Driven
4 2 (10.53%) Marketing Strategy
4 2 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
4 2 (10.53%) SEO
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Discovery
4 2 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) C#
1 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
1 2 (10.53%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) IIBA
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.26%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Adobe
1 2 (10.53%) Adyen
1 2 (10.53%) Google
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Aderant