CMS Developer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CMS Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median CMS Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 - 400
Rank change year-on-year - - +110
Contract jobs requiring a CMS Developer 7 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.039% - 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% - 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 7
10th Percentile £550 - £400
25th Percentile £563 - £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £405
75th Percentile £625 - £452
90th Percentile - - £493
UK median daily rate £600 £423 £405
% change year-on-year +42.01% +4.32% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,965 15,202 18,957
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.97% 92.30% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,851 8,727 12,475
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £363 £373 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,583 1,034 1,250
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.13 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +81.52%
75th Percentile £56.69 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%

CMS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'CMS Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CMS Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CMS Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for CMS Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for CMS Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

CMS Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for CMS Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for CMS Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

CMS Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
East Midlands - 7 £600 -
Midlands - 7 £600 -
CMS Developer
UK

CMS Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, CMS Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring CMS Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 7 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) CMS
1 7 (100.00%) CSS
1 7 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 7 (100.00%) Git
1 7 (100.00%) HTML
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (100.00%) Kontent
1 7 (100.00%) MVC
1 7 (100.00%) React
1 7 (100.00%) RESTful
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) Adobe
2 5 (71.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 5 (71.43%) AI
2 5 (71.43%) Contentful
2 5 (71.43%) Headless CMS
2 5 (71.43%) Sitecore
2 5 (71.43%) Sitecore CMS
2 5 (71.43%) Umbraco
2 5 (71.43%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) API Development
3 2 (28.57%) API Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Mobile First

CMS Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (100.00%) CMS
2 5 (71.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 5 (71.43%) Headless CMS
2 5 (71.43%) Sitecore CMS
2 5 (71.43%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Kontent
2 5 (71.43%) Contentful
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 7 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 7 (100.00%) CSS
1 7 (100.00%) HTML
1 7 (100.00%) React
1 7 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 7 (100.00%) MVC
2 5 (71.43%) AI
2 5 (71.43%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) API Development
3 2 (28.57%) API Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Mobile First
3 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Adobe
1 5 (71.43%) Sitecore
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft