CMS Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Content Management System (CMS)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring CMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing CMS 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.30% - 0.78%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.13% - 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £250 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%

All Application Platform Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 32 26 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 9.76% 6.91% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 35
10th Percentile £290 £120 £231
25th Percentile £291 £127 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 £256 £350
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -26.79% -26.32%
75th Percentile £396 £550 £600
90th Percentile £483 £603 £633
Wales median daily rate £308 £250 £310
% change year-on-year +23.00% -19.35% -31.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

CMS job vacancy trend in South Wales

CMS
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing CMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing CMS

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Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing CMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing CMS

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Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Cardiff - 1 £250 - 4
CMS
Wales

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Deadline-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Web Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA