CMS Contracts in the South East

Content Management System (CMS)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 168 217
Rank change year-on-year -22 +49 -69
Contract jobs citing CMS 16 52 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.29% 0.88% 0.64%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.20% 7.84% 4.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 43 33
10th Percentile £353 - £336
25th Percentile £386 £313 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% -23.81% +40.00%
75th Percentile £540 £525 £550
90th Percentile £570 £693 £639
England median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.25
Median hourly rate - - £38.50
75th Percentile - - £39.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £13.00 £22.50 £36.58
% change year-on-year -42.22% -38.48% +62.56%

All Application Platform Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 381 663 1,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 6.80% 11.19% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 479 665
10th Percentile £216 £230 £177
25th Percentile £325 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £561
90th Percentile £608 £700 £641
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 21 36
10th Percentile £16.00 £22.16 £12.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £50.00 £17.42
Median hourly rate £30.83 £55.00 £20.59
Median % change year-on-year -43.95% +167.12% -19.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £41.06
90th Percentile £76.00 £79.19 £52.75
England median hourly rate £28.75 £26.48 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +32.40% -11.11%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CMS in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CMS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for CMS in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMS in the South East over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CMS in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CMS in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for CMS in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Thames Valley -12 7 £338 -15.63% 14
Hampshire +8 4 £513 -6.82% 3
Berkshire -19 4 £338 -41.30% 3
Buckinghamshire +19 3 - - 4
Kent - 2 £446 - 2
M4 Corridor - 2 £540 -
Surrey -3 1 - - 5
CMS
England

CMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) Headless CMS
2 2 (12.50%) Kentico
2 2 (12.50%) Umbraco
3 1 (6.25%) EPiServer
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Photoshop
2 2 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Git
1 2 (12.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 7 (43.75%) Marketing
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Publishing
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Electronics
4 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Communications Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Data Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Internal Communications Manager
3 2 (12.50%) JavaScript Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Junior
3 2 (12.50%) Web Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Applications Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Backend Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Content Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (6.25%) HTML Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Information Architect
4 1 (6.25%) PHP Developer
4 1 (6.25%) React Developer
4 1 (6.25%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Umbraco Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) HTML
2 5 (31.25%) CSS
3 3 (18.75%) React
4 2 (12.50%) DOM
4 2 (12.50%) Flash
4 2 (12.50%) GatsbyJS
4 2 (12.50%) GraphQL
4 2 (12.50%) Web Services
5 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
5 1 (6.25%) LAMP
5 1 (6.25%) Laravel
5 1 (6.25%) Vue
5 1 (6.25%) Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Social Media
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Content Management
1 5 (31.25%) DevOps
2 4 (25.00%) User Experience
3 3 (18.75%) Full Stack Development
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Project Management
3 3 (18.75%) Service Management
3 3 (18.75%) Web Development
4 2 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 2 (12.50%) Business Transformation
4 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 2 (12.50%) Data Design
4 2 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Information Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) ITSM
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) SEO
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) Value Proposition
4 2 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) AppManager
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Google
2 1 (6.25%) Optimizely
2 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow