CMS Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Content Management System (CMS)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring CMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CMS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.35% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.03% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South West median daily rate £433 £183 £250
% change year-on-year +136.34% -26.80% -37.50%

All Application Platform Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 33 13 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 11.42% 10.00% 11.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 9 12
10th Percentile £350 £187 £161
25th Percentile £400 - £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £250 £500
Median % change year-on-year +87.60% -50.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £494 £825 £550
90th Percentile £588 £888 £601
South West median daily rate £560 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.50 - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +119.18%
75th Percentile £37.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £78.70 £40.00
% change year-on-year -71.41% +96.75% -41.46%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

CMS job vacancy trend in Somerset

CMS
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing CMS

CMS
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing CMS

CMS
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 28 March 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
Bath - 1 £450 - 1
CMS
South West

CMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby