CMS Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Content Management System (CMS)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring CMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 18 29
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 +11
Contract jobs citing CMS 3 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 2.07% 2.56% 1.30%
As % of the Application Platforms category 33.33% 26.67% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £109
25th Percentile - £363 £113
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £120
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +212.50% -
75th Percentile - £388 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £455 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +13.75% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.75 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 - -
75th Percentile £27.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £26.50 - £17.34
% change year-on-year - - -37.68%

All Application Platform Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 9 15 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 6.21% 9.62% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 14
10th Percentile £400 £277 £120
25th Percentile £409 £309 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £463 £406 £536
90th Percentile £470 £418 £646
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.75 - £58.50
Median hourly rate £26.50 £16.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.63% -72.88% +281.63%
75th Percentile £27.25 - £59.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £32.05 £63.15 £58.59
% change year-on-year -49.25% +7.78% +192.95%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

CMS job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

CMS
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing CMS

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing CMS

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Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Oxford -4 1 £450 +20.00% 1
CMS
South East

CMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) CMS Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Retail Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Ruby Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) React
1 1 (33.33%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Content Management
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing Management
2 1 (33.33%) Pay per click
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) SEO
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) Ruby
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Facebook
1 1 (33.33%) HubSpot
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce