CMS Contracts in London

Content Management System (CMS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CMS over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 316 279
Rank change year-on-year +85 -37 -31
Contract jobs citing CMS 182 190 369
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.02% 0.71% 0.95%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.18% 6.57% 7.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 139 281
10th Percentile £198 £311 £363
25th Percentile £275 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £653
90th Percentile £613 £714 £719
England median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 2
10th Percentile £12.75 £17.75 £26.30
25th Percentile £16.44 £19.50 £34.42
Median hourly rate £30.36 £22.50 £47.95
Median % change year-on-year +34.91% -53.07% +113.09%
75th Percentile £31.71 £29.38 £61.47
90th Percentile £32.36 £37.00 £69.59
England median hourly rate £13.00 £22.50 £33.54
% change year-on-year -42.22% -32.91% +67.69%

All Application Platform Skills
London

CMS is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,982 2,892 4,942
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.14% 10.77% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,464 2,065 3,469
10th Percentile £263 £313 £350
25th Percentile £400 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £670
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 31 52
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.75 £16.10
25th Percentile £22.00 £21.25 £24.81
Median hourly rate £28.75 £35.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -3.45% +45.00%
75th Percentile £34.75 £69.13 £65.75
90th Percentile £59.38 £83.00 £78.59
England median hourly rate £25.50 £33.75 £20.54
% change year-on-year -24.44% +64.33% +2.69%

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 3 May 2024.

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CMS in London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CMS in London

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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 3 May 2024. 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 +49 23 £475 -5.00% 9
West London +33 15 £213 -72.58% 8
South London +13 3 - - 1
East London -2 3 £594 +32.00% 8
North London - 1 £225 -
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 16 (8.79%) Headless CMS
2 13 (7.14%) Drupal
3 11 (6.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 10 (5.49%) WordPress
5 9 (4.95%) SharePoint
6 6 (3.30%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (2.20%) Confluence
8 4 (2.20%) Skype for Business
8 4 (2.20%) Umbraco
9 3 (1.65%) EPiServer
10 2 (1.10%) Jadu
11 1 (0.55%) Apache
11 1 (0.55%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.55%) CoreMedia CMS
11 1 (0.55%) IIS
11 1 (0.55%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.55%) Kentico
11 1 (0.55%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (7.69%) MS Visio
2 11 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.65%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.55%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.20%) SAP Hybris
2 3 (1.65%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.10%) Magento
3 2 (1.10%) Shopify
3 2 (1.10%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.64%) Azure
2 18 (9.89%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (8.24%) Azure Pipelines
4 14 (7.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 14 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
5 13 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (4.95%) SaaS
7 8 (4.40%) AWS
8 7 (3.85%) Contentful
9 6 (3.30%) Figma
10 5 (2.75%) GCP
10 5 (2.75%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 4 (2.20%) Asana
12 3 (1.65%) Adobe Analytics
12 3 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.65%) Google Docs
12 3 (1.65%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 2 (1.10%) GitHub
13 2 (1.10%) Google Analytics
13 2 (1.10%) Squarespace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.40%) Intranet
2 4 (2.20%) Internet
2 4 (2.20%) Skype
2 4 (2.20%) VPN
3 2 (1.10%) Firewall
3 2 (1.10%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.65%) DB2
3 2 (1.10%) Looker
3 2 (1.10%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.55%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.55%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.55%) MySQL
4 1 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.55%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (12.64%) Git
2 21 (11.54%) JIRA
3 6 (3.30%) Selenium
4 5 (2.75%) webpack
5 4 (2.20%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.65%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.65%) Jasmine
6 3 (1.65%) SpecFlow
7 2 (1.10%) gulp
7 2 (1.10%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.10%) WiX
8 1 (0.55%) Gatling
8 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.55%) JMeter
8 1 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.55%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.55%) WebDriver
General
1 57 (31.32%) Social Skills
2 31 (17.03%) Marketing
3 20 (10.99%) Public Sector
4 18 (9.89%) Finance
4 18 (9.89%) Publishing
5 9 (4.95%) Banking
6 8 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.40%) Back Office
7 7 (3.85%) French Language
7 7 (3.85%) Legal
7 7 (3.85%) Retail
8 5 (2.75%) German Language
8 5 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.20%) Local Government
10 3 (1.65%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (1.65%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.65%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.10%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 48 (26.37%) Developer
2 27 (14.84%) Senior
3 23 (12.64%) Analyst
4 18 (9.89%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 16 (8.79%) Project Manager
5 16 (8.79%) Senior Developer
6 14 (7.69%) Applications Support
6 14 (7.69%) Applications Support Analyst
6 14 (7.69%) Project Analyst
6 14 (7.69%) Project Support Analyst
6 14 (7.69%) Support Analyst
7 13 (7.14%) Digital Project Manager
7 13 (7.14%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 11 (6.04%) Architect
9 10 (5.49%) .NET Developer
9 10 (5.49%) Consultant
10 9 (4.95%) Designer
11 8 (4.40%) Content Designer
12 6 (3.30%) Full Stack Developer
12 6 (3.30%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (21.43%) HTML
2 35 (19.23%) CSS
3 32 (17.58%) React
4 25 (13.74%) .NET
5 20 (10.99%) .NET Core
6 16 (8.79%) jQuery
7 14 (7.69%) ASP.NET
8 10 (5.49%) ASP.NET MVC
8 10 (5.49%) REST
9 9 (4.95%) Node.js
10 8 (4.40%) AngularJS
10 8 (4.40%) Next.js
11 7 (3.85%) Sass
12 6 (3.30%) GraphQL
12 6 (3.30%) HTML5
13 4 (2.20%) Entity Framework
13 4 (2.20%) Express.js
13 4 (2.20%) Laravel
13 4 (2.20%) LINQ
14 3 (1.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.79%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.20%) Blackberry
3 4 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (1.65%) Algorithms
4 3 (1.65%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.10%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.10%) Social Media
5 2 (1.10%) Wiki
6 1 (0.55%) Acoustics
6 1 (0.55%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.55%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.55%) FMCG
6 1 (0.55%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.55%) Life Science
6 1 (0.55%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.55%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.65%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (32.97%) Agile
2 57 (31.32%) Content Management
3 36 (19.78%) User Experience
4 31 (17.03%) Project Management
5 27 (14.84%) SEO
6 26 (14.29%) Scrum
7 25 (13.74%) DevOps
8 20 (10.99%) E-Commerce
8 20 (10.99%) Migration
9 19 (10.44%) Front End Development
9 19 (10.44%) MVC
9 19 (10.44%) TDD
10 17 (9.34%) Analytics
11 16 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (8.79%) Web Development
12 15 (8.24%) API Management
12 15 (8.24%) Roadmaps
12 15 (8.24%) UX Design
13 14 (7.69%) B2C
13 14 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (18.13%) JavaScript
2 23 (12.64%) C#
3 21 (11.54%) TypeScript
4 14 (7.69%) Bicep
5 8 (4.40%) Java
6 5 (2.75%) Python
7 4 (2.20%) SQL
8 3 (1.65%) COBOL
8 3 (1.65%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.10%) Bash
9 2 (1.10%) Perl
9 2 (1.10%) PHP
9 2 (1.10%) REXX
9 2 (1.10%) Ruby
9 2 (1.10%) SELCOPY
10 1 (0.55%) C++
10 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (6.59%) Degree
2 5 (2.75%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.20%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.65%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.65%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (19.23%) Accessibility
2 24 (13.19%) QA
3 19 (10.44%) WCAG
4 5 (2.75%) PMO
5 4 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.10%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.10%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.55%) DICOM
7 1 (0.55%) GDPR
7 1 (0.55%) GxP
7 1 (0.55%) HL7
System Software
1 18 (9.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.65%) Docker
3 2 (1.10%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 4 (2.20%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.65%) Terraform
3 2 (1.10%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.55%) Grafana
Vendors
1 41 (22.53%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.89%) Adobe
3 11 (6.04%) Optimizely
4 6 (3.30%) Google
4 6 (3.30%) Salesforce
4 6 (3.30%) SAP
4 6 (3.30%) Sitecore
5 4 (2.20%) Becrypt
5 4 (2.20%) Citrix
5 4 (2.20%) Hotjar
5 4 (2.20%) Marketo
5 4 (2.20%) Screaming Frog
5 4 (2.20%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.65%) IBM
6 3 (1.65%) ICL
6 3 (1.65%) Virgin Media
6 3 (1.65%) WooCommerce
7 2 (1.10%) PagerDuty
7 2 (1.10%) Splunk
7 2 (1.10%) Syncsort