CMS Contracts in Lancashire

Content Management System (CMS)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CMS 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 1.14% - 1.65%
As % of the Application Platforms category 12.50% - 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate £475 £388 £425
% change year-on-year +22.58% -8.82% +6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £19.80 - -
25th Percentile £20.63 - -
Median hourly rate £22.13 - -
75th Percentile £23.51 - -
90th Percentile £24.26 - -
North West median hourly rate £22.13 £13.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +70.23% -42.22% -

All Application Platform Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 16 19 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 9.14% 9.74% 7.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 £463 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £556 £325
Median % change year-on-year -30.34% +71.15% -31.58%
75th Percentile £538 £656 £446
90th Percentile £540 - £488
North West median daily rate £425 £438 £475
% change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 0
10th Percentile £20.35 £37.63 -
25th Percentile £22.01 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £24.76 £45.59 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.69% - -
75th Percentile £34.07 £46.18 -
90th Percentile £39.66 - -
North West median hourly rate £40.59 £32.12 £20.50
% change year-on-year +26.39% +56.66% +9.33%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for CMS in Lancashire

CMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for CMS in Lancashire

CMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for CMS in Lancashire

CMS
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Preston - 1 - - 1
CMS
North West

CMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (50.00%) Umbraco
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Intranet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Content Writing
2 1 (50.00%) Copywriting
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility