Content Management System (CMS)
East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring CMS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 22 | - | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +21 |
| Contract jobs citing CMS | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex | 0.79% | - | 3.45% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 6.25% | - | 28.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £462 |
| 25th Percentile | £458 | - | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | - | £523 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +39.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £473 | - | £530 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £578 |
| East of England median daily rate | £350 | £300 | £613 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -51.02% | +63.33% |
All Application Platform Skills
Essex
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 Essex.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 16 | 12 | 28 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex | 12.60% | 9.02% | 12.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £231 | £201 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £213 | £399 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £225 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +106.67% | -55.00% | +1.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £662 | £527 | £543 |
| 90th Percentile | £686 | £550 | £575 |
| East of England median daily rate | £475 | £420 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.10% | -16.00% | +17.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £25.01 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £32.52 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £45.09 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +246.83% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £57.70 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £65.24 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £55.59 | £30.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +85.30% | +50.00% | +46.41% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Job postings citing CMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.
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Daily Rate Trend in Essex
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing CMS.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Essex
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing CMS.
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Contract Job Locations in Essex
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Essex region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basildon | - | 1 | £465 | - | |
| CMS East of England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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: