CMS Contracts in Edinburgh

Content Management System (CMS)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring CMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CMS over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 58 82
Rank change year-on-year -7 +24 +41
Contract jobs citing CMS 1 18 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.15% 2.11% 1.61%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.22% 24.32% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 15
10th Percentile - £163 £363
25th Percentile £256 £178 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £179 £425
Median % change year-on-year +46.79% -57.92% -5.56%
75th Percentile £269 £320 £500
90th Percentile - £445 £506
Scotland median daily rate £263 £179 £475
% change year-on-year +46.79% -62.35% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.34 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £14.34 -

All Application Platform Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 82 74 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.56% 8.67% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 37 106
10th Percentile £221 £163 £163
25th Percentile £318 £179 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £510 £450 £501
90th Percentile £544 £556 £550
Scotland median daily rate £425 £423 £450
% change year-on-year +0.59% -6.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 1
10th Percentile £30.44 £14.51 -
25th Percentile £36.62 £15.80 £57.50
Median hourly rate £48.68 £17.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +186.32% -71.67% +242.86%
75th Percentile £61.47 £17.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £68.09 £20.17 -
Scotland median hourly rate £48.68 £17.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +186.32% -43.33% +71.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for CMS in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for CMS in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for CMS in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (100.00%) Drupal
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Biology
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG