CMS Job Trends in the North of England

Content Management System (CMS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring CMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 179 212
Rank change year-on-year -57 +33 +132
Permanent jobs citing CMS 47 87 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.37% 1.11% 0.95%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.99% 12.70% 10.41%
Number of salaries quoted 41 64 112
10th Percentile £28,500 - £31,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.92% -16.84% -5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £46,250 £75,193
90th Percentile £95,000 £58,750 £79,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -19.05% -8.70%

All Application Platform Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 523 685 1,133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.12% 8.72% 9.08%
Number of salaries quoted 380 355 991
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,754 £26,216
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,750 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% +2.27% -7.37%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £64,375
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,400 £76,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

CMS job vacancy trend in the North of England

CMS
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CMS

CMS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMS in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for CMS in the North of England

CMS
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 February 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -33 23 £37,500 +4.17% 10
Yorkshire -27 21 £52,500 +11.70% 6
North East -4 3 £31,500 -30.00% 5
CMS
England

CMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 13 (27.66%) WordPress
2 8 (17.02%) Headless CMS
2 8 (17.02%) Umbraco
3 2 (4.26%) Confluence
3 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.26%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (2.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (2.13%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.51%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (6.38%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (6.38%) Photoshop
4 2 (4.26%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (4.26%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (4.26%) Trello
5 1 (2.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (2.13%) FrameMaker
5 1 (2.13%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (8.51%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.13%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.02%) Google Analytics
2 7 (14.89%) Slack
3 4 (8.51%) AWS
3 4 (8.51%) Zapier
4 3 (6.38%) Azure
4 3 (6.38%) Contentful
4 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.26%) Figma
5 2 (4.26%) GitHub
5 2 (4.26%) Google Ads
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.26%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.26%) PowerApps
5 2 (4.26%) SaaS
6 1 (2.13%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (2.13%) Canva
6 1 (2.13%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Intranet
2 1 (2.13%) DNS
2 1 (2.13%) SSH
2 1 (2.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Metadata
1 2 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (4.26%) Power BI
1 2 (4.26%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (2.13%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (19.15%) JIRA
2 4 (8.51%) Postman
3 2 (4.26%) Git
4 1 (2.13%) JUnit
4 1 (2.13%) Maven
4 1 (2.13%) Selenium
General
1 28 (59.57%) Marketing
2 16 (34.04%) Social Skills
3 15 (31.91%) Retail
4 10 (21.28%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (12.77%) Finance
6 4 (8.51%) Advertising
6 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (8.51%) Legal
7 3 (6.38%) Automotive
7 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.38%) Publishing
8 2 (4.26%) Games
8 2 (4.26%) Law
8 2 (4.26%) Multimedia
9 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Developer
2 8 (17.02%) Senior
3 5 (10.64%) Lead
3 5 (10.64%) Web Developer
4 4 (8.51%) Coordinator
4 4 (8.51%) Senior Developer
4 4 (8.51%) Technical Leader
4 4 (8.51%) Website Developer
5 3 (6.38%) Account Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Digital Producer
5 3 (6.38%) E-Commerce Developer
5 3 (6.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 3 (6.38%) Senior E-Commerce Developer
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 2 (4.26%) Client Services Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Content Coordinator
6 2 (4.26%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (4.26%) Marketing Executive
6 2 (4.26%) Product Owner
6 2 (4.26%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (27.66%) React
2 12 (25.53%) CSS
3 10 (21.28%) Next.js
4 9 (19.15%) GraphQL
4 9 (19.15%) HTML
5 8 (17.02%) REST
6 4 (8.51%) .NET
6 4 (8.51%) JSON
6 4 (8.51%) Middleware
7 2 (4.26%) .NET Framework
7 2 (4.26%) ASP.NET
7 2 (4.26%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (4.26%) Razor View Engine
8 1 (2.13%) .NET Core
8 1 (2.13%) AngularJS
8 1 (2.13%) Jest
8 1 (2.13%) Laravel
8 1 (2.13%) OSGi
8 1 (2.13%) Tailwind CSS
8 1 (2.13%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (12.77%) Social Media
3 4 (8.51%) Data Structures
4 3 (6.38%) Digital Signage
4 3 (6.38%) Product Ownership
4 3 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.26%) Blog
5 2 (4.26%) Digital Media
5 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.26%) Photography
6 1 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.13%) Graphic Design
6 1 (2.13%) Life Science
6 1 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (2.13%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) User Experience
2 13 (27.66%) Content Management
2 13 (27.66%) Digital Marketing
3 12 (25.53%) API Integration
3 12 (25.53%) CI/CD
4 11 (23.40%) Analytics
4 11 (23.40%) B2B
4 11 (23.40%) E-Commerce
4 11 (23.40%) Mentoring
4 11 (23.40%) SEO
5 10 (21.28%) CRM
6 8 (17.02%) AI
6 8 (17.02%) Customer Engagement
7 7 (14.89%) Agile
7 7 (14.89%) Customer Requirements
7 7 (14.89%) Presales
7 7 (14.89%) Validation
8 6 (12.77%) B2C
8 6 (12.77%) Responsive Web Design
8 6 (12.77%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (38.30%) JavaScript
2 12 (25.53%) TypeScript
3 6 (12.77%) Python
4 4 (8.51%) SQL
5 2 (4.26%) C#
5 2 (4.26%) Java
6 1 (2.13%) PHP
6 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Degree
2 2 (4.26%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) Accessibility
2 4 (8.51%) QA
3 3 (6.38%) WCAG
4 1 (2.13%) GDPR
4 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.13%) PMO
4 1 (2.13%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.15%) Google
3 6 (12.77%) Adobe
3 6 (12.77%) HubSpot
4 5 (10.64%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.26%) Ahrefs
5 2 (4.26%) Hootsuite
5 2 (4.26%) Sitecore
6 1 (2.13%) Hotjar
6 1 (2.13%) Pardot
6 1 (2.13%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (2.13%) SAP