Headless CMS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Headless Content Management System (Headless CMS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Headless CMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Headless CMS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 331 452
Rank change year-on-year +43 +121 +143
Contract jobs citing Headless CMS 16 14 25
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.091% 0.097%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.42% 0.90% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 22
10th Percentile £367 £401 £329
25th Percentile £408 £422 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.60% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £569 £525 £650
90th Percentile £700 £593 £700
UK median daily rate £409 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -18.20% -4.76% -4.55%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

Headless CMS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,129 1,560 2,932
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.40% 10.17% 11.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,093 2,063
10th Percentile £313 £300 £313
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year - -1.38% -2.50%
75th Percentile £633 £608 £638
90th Percentile £825 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 39 72
10th Percentile £27.03 £16.28 £19.33
25th Percentile £38.39 £22.55 £22.16
Median hourly rate £57.00 £30.16 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.99% -45.16% +57.14%
75th Percentile £64.50 £47.94 £66.69
90th Percentile £66.00 £71.50 £82.40
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £27.52 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.01% -31.21% +81.82%

Headless CMS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Headless CMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Headless CMS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Headless CMS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Headless CMS.

Headless CMS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Headless CMS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Headless CMS over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Headless CMS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Headless CMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 16 (100.00%) CMS
2 1 (6.25%) Strapi
2 1 (6.25%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Amazon S3
3 2 (12.50%) GCP
4 1 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (6.25%) Amazon EventBridge
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (6.25%) Azure API Management
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (6.25%) Contentful
4 1 (6.25%) Contentstack
4 1 (6.25%) GitHub
4 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
2 1 (6.25%) GitLab
General
1 3 (18.75%) Marketing
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Games
2 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Health
3 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Publishing
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
3 1 (6.25%) Retail Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 3 (18.75%) Angular Developer
3 3 (18.75%) React Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Developer
4 2 (12.50%) CMS Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Programme Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Front-End Developer
5 1 (6.25%) .NET Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Applications Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Content Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Lead Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Product Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Umbraco Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (68.75%) React
2 8 (50.00%) Next.js
3 5 (31.25%) AngularJS
3 5 (31.25%) GraphQL
3 5 (31.25%) Vue
4 3 (18.75%) CSS
5 2 (12.50%) HTML
5 2 (12.50%) Jest
5 2 (12.50%) Node.js
6 1 (6.25%) .NET Core
6 1 (6.25%) Apollo GraphQL
6 1 (6.25%) Express.js
6 1 (6.25%) Kafka
6 1 (6.25%) MACH
6 1 (6.25%) OAuth
6 1 (6.25%) React Native
6 1 (6.25%) Redux
6 1 (6.25%) REST
6 1 (6.25%) RESTful
6 1 (6.25%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Marketing Technology
1 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.25%) Life Science
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (18.75%) Code Quality
4 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (18.75%) Design Patterns
4 3 (18.75%) DevOps
4 3 (18.75%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Fintech
4 3 (18.75%) Front End Development
4 3 (18.75%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) SEO
4 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
4 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Test Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) API Integration
5 2 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) TypeScript
2 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Dynatrace
1 1 (6.25%) Google
1 1 (6.25%) IBM
1 1 (6.25%) MuleSoft