CMS Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Content Management System (CMS)
UK > Northern Ireland

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CMS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.45% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £440 £450
% change year-on-year +19.32% -2.22% +5.88%

All Application Platform Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 10 13 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 4.52% 5.18% 12.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 13
10th Percentile £101 £282 £129
25th Percentile £104 £303 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £373 £438
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% -14.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £566 £485 £488
90th Percentile £668 £531 £528
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +2.56% -7.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £52.00 £12.31 -
Median % change year-on-year +322.42% - -
UK median hourly rate £28.40 £33.88 £37.00
% change year-on-year -16.19% -8.43% +20.33%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

CMS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

CMS
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CMS

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CMS

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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
County Antrim - 1 - - 1
CMS
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP