Content Management System (CMS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring CMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 354 | 279 | 296 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -75 | +17 | +56 |
| Contract jobs citing CMS | 240 | 296 | 338 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.65% | 0.87% | 0.77% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 6.31% | 7.80% | 7.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 153 | 159 | 217 |
| 10th Percentile | £268 | £239 | £206 |
| 25th Percentile | £360 | £308 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £450 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £556 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £630 | £638 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.88% | -12.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.04 | £17.00 | £12.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.75 | £20.13 | £16.14 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.21 | £24.76 | £19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.89% | +30.32% | -15.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £32.25 | £100.63 | £30.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £43.75 | £137.50 | £32.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.86 | £19.50 | £13.52 |
| % change year-on-year | +37.72% | +44.28% | -47.51% |
All Application Platform Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 3,803 | 3,796 | 4,507 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 10.33% | 11.10% | 10.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,586 | 2,335 | 2,991 |
| 10th Percentile | £290 | £250 | £256 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £385 | £385 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £630 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £711 | £751 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -5.26% | -1.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 107 | 82 | 136 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.60 | £17.08 | £14.14 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.75 | £21.25 | £17.43 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.21 | £35.00 | £26.39 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.26% | +32.63% | +42.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.54 | £63.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.00 | £69.70 | £72.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £33.89 | £42.50 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.27% | +88.89% | +28.57% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CMS.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMS over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CMS.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CMS over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.
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Top 16 Contract Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the UK over the 6 months to 19 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -71 | 208 | £473 | +5.00% | 217 |
| London | -75 | 108 | £475 | +5.56% | 27 |
| UK excluding London | -26 | 104 | £450 | - | 213 |
| Work from Home | -36 | 64 | £439 | +13.73% | 133 |
| North of England | -25 | 41 | £368 | -18.33% | 53 |
| Yorkshire | -20 | 24 | £413 | -13.16% | 22 |
| South East | -25 | 22 | £575 | +48.96% | 52 |
| Midlands | -31 | 18 | £600 | +18.52% | 49 |
| North West | -25 | 15 | £360 | -20.00% | 26 |
| Scotland | -10 | 12 | £450 | -5.26% | 4 |
| East Midlands | -10 | 10 | £600 | +30.79% | 21 |
| West Midlands | -31 | 8 | £600 | -2.04% | 25 |
| South West | -9 | 5 | £413 | +17.86% | 21 |
| Wales | +8 | 3 | £203 | - | 10 |
| East of England | -30 | 3 | £140 | -53.33% | 30 |
| North East | - | 2 | £450 | - | 6 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:
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