CMS Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Content Management System (CMS)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring CMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing CMS 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.39% 1.09% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 14.29% 11.76% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £185 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - -
75th Percentile £195 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £388
% change year-on-year -5.26% +22.58% -8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £22.13 -
North West median hourly rate - £22.13 £13.00
% change year-on-year - +70.23% -

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 7 17 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.72% 9.29% 9.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 3
10th Percentile £190 - £494
25th Percentile £198 £350 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £388 £638
Median % change year-on-year -44.52% -39.22% +162.89%
75th Percentile £233 £538 £656
90th Percentile £240 £540 -
North West median daily rate £423 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +2.42% -8.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 10
10th Percentile £63.54 £20.35 £37.63
25th Percentile £66.50 £22.01 £45.00
Median hourly rate £74.26 £24.76 £45.59
Median % change year-on-year +199.92% -45.69% -
75th Percentile - £34.07 £46.18
90th Percentile - £39.66 -
North West median hourly rate £63.00 £41.84 £32.12
% change year-on-year +50.57% +30.28% +83.51%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

CMS job vacancy trend in Lancashire

CMS
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CMS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CMS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) PABX
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft