Hybrid/Remote Headless CMS Contract Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Headless CMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 296 348
Rank change year-on-year -34 +52 +117
Contract jobs citing Headless CMS 6 13 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.051% 0.13% 0.037%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.54% 1.10% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 6
10th Percentile - £363 £413
25th Percentile £424 £407 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £432 £531 -
90th Percentile - £700 -
UK median daily rate £550 £409 £500
% change year-on-year +34.47% -18.20% -4.76%

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 1,110 1,186 1,546
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.51% 11.60% 9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 743 834 1,068
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.99%
75th Percentile £581 £626 £600
90th Percentile £650 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £498
% change year-on-year - +0.50% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 15 42
10th Percentile £17.50 £25.70 £16.50
25th Percentile £18.38 £38.25 £22.53
Median hourly rate £25.38 £55.25 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -54.06% +83.19% -42.00%
75th Percentile £57.00 £64.50 £47.53
90th Percentile £76.41 £66.00 £68.38
UK median hourly rate £27.71 £41.91 £26.50
% change year-on-year -33.88% +58.15% +17.78%

Headless CMS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Headless CMS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Headless CMS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Headless CMS
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Headless CMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Headless CMS

Headless CMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (100.00%) CMS
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Contentful
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Salsify
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Front Office
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Creative Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Creative Technologist
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Creative Technologist
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Technologist
3 1 (16.67%) Technologist
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) React
2 3 (50.00%) Framer.js
2 3 (50.00%) GreenSock GSAP
2 3 (50.00%) Next.js
2 3 (50.00%) WebGL
3 2 (33.33%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Animation
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (16.67%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Front End Development
2 4 (66.67%) AI
3 3 (50.00%) Analytics
3 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (33.33%) API Integration
4 2 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (33.33%) User Experience
4 2 (33.33%) UX Design
5 1 (16.67%) 3D Visualisation
5 1 (16.67%) Customer Insight
5 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (16.67%) Microservices
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
1 5 (83.33%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
1 1 (16.67%) Sitecore