CMS Job Trends in Birmingham

Content Management System (CMS)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring CMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 121 105
Rank change year-on-year +19 -16 +28
Permanent jobs citing CMS 6 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.34% 0.50% 0.29%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.74% 7.76% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £41,163 £32,750 £40,100
25th Percentile £77,122 £35,000 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £190,000 £40,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +369.14% -26.36% -23.61%
75th Percentile £195,000 £53,750 £75,000
90th Percentile - £60,650 £93,000
West Midlands median annual salary £66,500 £47,092 £60,000
% change year-on-year +41.21% -21.51% +18.60%

All Application Platform Skills
Birmingham

CMS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 89 116 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 5.11% 6.43% 11.58%
Number of salaries quoted 57 70 148
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,500 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £73,750 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £46,250 £53,300 £49,565
% change year-on-year -13.23% +7.54% +5.46%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CMS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

CMS job vacancy trend in Birmingham

CMS
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing CMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing CMS

CMS
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMS in Birmingham over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CMS in Birmingham

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (33.33%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) SaaS
2 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Chief Technology Officer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Web Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Website Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
1 2 (33.33%) Razor View Engine
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) AI
1 6 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 4 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 4 (66.67%) DevOps
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Monetization
2 4 (66.67%) Observability
2 4 (66.67%) Personalization
2 4 (66.67%) Product Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (66.67%) Workflow
3 2 (33.33%) Case Management
3 2 (33.33%) Content Management
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Document Management
3 2 (33.33%) Intelligent Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (33.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft