CMS Contracts in London

Content Management System (CMS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 237 215 302
Rank change year-on-year -22 +87 -22
Contract jobs citing CMS 116 182 199
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.92% 1.02% 0.74%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.95% 9.25% 6.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 129 146
10th Percentile £244 £198 £313
25th Percentile £400 £275 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £425 £494
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% -13.92% -1.25%
75th Percentile £565 £550 £600
90th Percentile £690 £602 £718
England median daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 7
10th Percentile - £12.75 £17.75
25th Percentile - £20.13 £19.50
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -53.07%
75th Percentile - £32.11 £29.38
90th Percentile - £32.70 £37.00
England median hourly rate £28.41 £13.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +118.50% -42.22% -32.91%

All Application Platform Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,460 1,967 2,926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.64% 11.03% 10.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 984 1,456 2,104
10th Percentile £333 £263 £310
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £675 £638 £700
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 29 29
10th Percentile £25.34 £15.50 £17.75
25th Percentile £26.03 £22.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.73 £29.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.84% -17.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £50.94 £33.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £53.75 £58.75 £82.60
England median hourly rate £52.50 £27.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year +90.91% -12.00% +49.59%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CMS in London

CMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for CMS in London

CMS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMS in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CMS in London

CMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for CMS in London

CMS
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the London 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
Central London +11 30 £409 -13.89% 30
East London +15 3 - - 6
West London -2 1 £625 +194.12% 9
CMS
England

CMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 21 (18.10%) Headless CMS
2 17 (14.66%) Drupal
3 8 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 8 (6.90%) WordPress
4 5 (4.31%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (2.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.72%) Magnolia
6 2 (1.72%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.86%) Confluence
7 1 (0.86%) Kentico
7 1 (0.86%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.45%) Photoshop
2 4 (3.45%) Trello
3 3 (2.59%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.86%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.86%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.86%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.86%) Magento
2 1 (0.86%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.48%) AWS
2 10 (8.62%) Azure
2 10 (8.62%) Figma
3 6 (5.17%) Attraqt
3 6 (5.17%) Contentful
3 6 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.31%) GitHub
4 5 (4.31%) Google Workspace
4 5 (4.31%) Slack
5 4 (3.45%) Contentstack
5 4 (3.45%) GCP
5 4 (3.45%) Storyblok
6 3 (2.59%) DigitalOcean
6 3 (2.59%) Heroku
6 3 (2.59%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.59%) prismic.io
7 2 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.72%) SaaS
7 2 (1.72%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.45%) Intranet
2 3 (2.59%) DNS
2 3 (2.59%) Firewall
3 2 (1.72%) VPN
4 1 (0.86%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.86%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.86%) Softphone
4 1 (0.86%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.86%) VoIP
4 1 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.45%) Metadata
1 4 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.59%) Power Query
3 2 (1.72%) Power BI
4 1 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.86%) IDOL
4 1 (0.86%) Looker
4 1 (0.86%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.86%) MySQL
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.86%) Redis
4 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (6.90%) JIRA
2 3 (2.59%) Git
2 3 (2.59%) Postman
2 3 (2.59%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.86%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.86%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.86%) HP UFT
3 1 (0.86%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.86%) LoadRunner
General
1 37 (31.90%) Social Skills
2 27 (23.28%) Marketing
3 11 (9.48%) Finance
3 11 (9.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (5.17%) Legal
4 6 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (5.17%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.17%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.31%) Retail
6 4 (3.45%) Banking
6 4 (3.45%) Law
7 3 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.72%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.72%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.72%) International Banking
8 2 (1.72%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.72%) Publishing
9 1 (0.86%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.86%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (25.86%) Developer
2 13 (11.21%) Project Manager
3 12 (10.34%) Analyst
3 12 (10.34%) Designer
4 9 (7.76%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 8 (6.90%) Technical Analyst
5 8 (6.90%) Trainer
6 7 (6.03%) CMS Project Manager
6 7 (6.03%) Lead
6 7 (6.03%) Senior
7 6 (5.17%) Angular Developer
7 6 (5.17%) Architect
7 6 (5.17%) Content Designer
8 5 (4.31%) Business Analyst
9 4 (3.45%) CMS Developer
9 4 (3.45%) Communications Manager
9 4 (3.45%) Deployment Manager
9 4 (3.45%) Deployment Project Manager
9 4 (3.45%) IT Director
9 4 (3.45%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (17.24%) React
2 15 (12.93%) CSS
3 14 (12.07%) AngularJS
3 14 (12.07%) Next.js
4 11 (9.48%) HTML
5 9 (7.76%) Vue
6 8 (6.90%) Bootstrap
7 6 (5.17%) Node.js
7 6 (5.17%) Tailwind CSS
8 5 (4.31%) Web Services
9 4 (3.45%) .NET
9 4 (3.45%) GraphQL
10 3 (2.59%) Alpine.js
10 3 (2.59%) Laravel
11 2 (1.72%) ADO
11 2 (1.72%) Ajax
11 2 (1.72%) Django
11 2 (1.72%) EDI
11 2 (1.72%) LDAP
11 2 (1.72%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.62%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.76%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.31%) Marketing Technology
4 3 (2.59%) Acoustics
4 3 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.59%) Taxonomies
5 2 (1.72%) CMDB
5 2 (1.72%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.72%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.72%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.72%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.72%) Social Media
6 1 (0.86%) Animation
6 1 (0.86%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.86%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.86%) Photography
6 1 (0.86%) PropTech
6 1 (0.86%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.62%) Windows
2 5 (4.31%) Linux
3 3 (2.59%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.72%) AIX
4 2 (1.72%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (34.48%) Content Management
2 29 (25.00%) Agile
2 29 (25.00%) User Experience
3 20 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (14.66%) Migration
5 16 (13.79%) Project Management
6 15 (12.93%) Decision-Making
6 15 (12.93%) Front End Development
7 14 (12.07%) CRM
7 14 (12.07%) SEO
8 13 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (11.21%) Scrum
9 12 (10.34%) Analytics
9 12 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (9.48%) UX Design
11 10 (8.62%) DevOps
12 9 (7.76%) Change Management
12 9 (7.76%) Project Delivery
12 9 (7.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (6.90%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.48%) JavaScript
2 6 (5.17%) Java
3 5 (4.31%) PHP
3 5 (4.31%) TypeScript
4 3 (2.59%) Python
4 3 (2.59%) SQL
5 1 (0.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (7.76%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.90%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.17%) Degree
4 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.72%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.86%) APMG
5 1 (0.86%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.86%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.34%) Accessibility
2 7 (6.03%) QA
3 6 (5.17%) WCAG
4 2 (1.72%) PMO
5 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.86%) Docker
2 1 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.72%) AirWatch
2 2 (1.72%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (0.86%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.86%) Grafana
3 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.86%) OfficeScan
3 1 (0.86%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 14 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.48%) Adobe
3 9 (7.76%) Google
4 5 (4.31%) Sage
4 5 (4.31%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.31%) Sitecore
5 4 (3.45%) Oracle
6 3 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.59%) Symantec
7 2 (1.72%) iManage
7 2 (1.72%) Intapp
8 1 (0.86%) Cisco
8 1 (0.86%) GoCardless
8 1 (0.86%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.86%) Informatica
8 1 (0.86%) NetApp
8 1 (0.86%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.86%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.86%) SAP
8 1 (0.86%) YouTube