CMS Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Content Management System (CMS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring CMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 315 327
Rank change year-on-year -77 +12 +40
Permanent jobs citing CMS 195 223 522
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.78% 0.76%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.82% 9.23% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 144 156 475
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,125 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,247 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,250 £64,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £71,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -15.18%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 2,212 2,416 6,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.36% 8.42% 9.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,680 1,587 4,684
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CMS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CMS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CMS

CMS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for CMS in the UK excluding London

CMS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 May 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 of England -48 56 £46,250 +40.15% 20
South East -43 48 £52,500 -4.55% 28
Midlands -31 32 £45,000 +28.57% 16
South West -41 30 £50,000 +8.11% 7
North West -16 27 £40,000 +21.21% 11
Yorkshire -46 21 £60,000 +60.00% 6
East of England +3 20 £55,000 +10.00% 17
East Midlands -32 16 £24,500 -30.00% 10
West Midlands -38 16 £47,500 -9.52% 6
Wales -31 10 £72,500 +123.08% 2
North East -35 8 £38,250 -15.00% 3
Scotland -23 1 £48,500 +4.86% 6
CMS
UK

CMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 33 (16.92%) WordPress
2 14 (7.18%) Confluence
3 13 (6.67%) Sitecore CMS
4 12 (6.15%) Umbraco
5 10 (5.13%) SharePoint
6 7 (3.59%) nginx
7 5 (2.56%) Headless CMS
8 4 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (1.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (1.03%) Drupal
11 1 (0.51%) Apache
11 1 (0.51%) IIS
11 1 (0.51%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.51%) Strapi
11 1 (0.51%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (6.67%) Photoshop
2 12 (6.15%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (4.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 9 (4.62%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (2.05%) Trello
7 3 (1.54%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (1.03%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.51%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.51%) InDesign
9 1 (0.51%) MadCap Flare
9 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.51%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (4.10%) Shopify
2 7 (3.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (2.05%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.51%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.51%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 24 (12.31%) Azure
2 18 (9.23%) AWS
3 17 (8.72%) SaaS
4 16 (8.21%) Google Analytics
5 11 (5.64%) Figma
6 10 (5.13%) Adobe Analytics
6 10 (5.13%) Google Data Studio
6 10 (5.13%) Google Tag Manager
7 9 (4.62%) Canva
7 9 (4.62%) Contentsquare
8 6 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.56%) GitHub
9 5 (2.56%) Google Ads
9 5 (2.56%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.05%) DigitalOcean
10 4 (2.05%) Entra ID
10 4 (2.05%) GCP
10 4 (2.05%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.13%) Broadband
2 2 (1.03%) HTTP
2 2 (1.03%) Intranet
3 1 (0.51%) DHCP
3 1 (0.51%) DNS
3 1 (0.51%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.51%) Firewall
3 1 (0.51%) SSL
3 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.51%) VLAN
3 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.18%) MySQL
2 12 (6.15%) Looker
3 6 (3.08%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.05%) Metadata
4 4 (2.05%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.05%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.54%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.54%) Power BI
6 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (9.23%) Git
2 8 (4.10%) JIRA
3 5 (2.56%) Vite
4 3 (1.54%) Postman
5 2 (1.03%) Charles Proxy
5 2 (1.03%) Fiddler
5 2 (1.03%) TestRail
6 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
General
1 72 (36.92%) Marketing
2 63 (32.31%) Social Skills
3 29 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (14.87%) Legal
4 24 (12.31%) Finance
5 20 (10.26%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (9.74%) Retail
7 16 (8.21%) Games
8 11 (5.64%) Advertising
9 9 (4.62%) Law
10 7 (3.59%) Public Sector
11 6 (3.08%) Manufacturing
11 6 (3.08%) Multimedia
12 4 (2.05%) Banking
12 4 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (2.05%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.54%) Publishing
14 2 (1.03%) Police
Job Titles
1 34 (17.44%) Developer
2 23 (11.79%) Lead
3 18 (9.23%) Senior
4 16 (8.21%) Web Manager
5 14 (7.18%) Analyst
5 14 (7.18%) Content Manager
6 12 (6.15%) Marketing Manager
7 11 (5.64%) Full-Stack Developer
7 11 (5.64%) Web Developer
8 8 (4.10%) Content Editor
8 8 (4.10%) Marketing Executive
8 8 (4.10%) Web Content Editor
8 8 (4.10%) Web Content Manager
8 8 (4.10%) Web Editor
9 7 (3.59%) Coordinator
10 6 (3.08%) Architect
10 6 (3.08%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.08%) Designer
10 6 (3.08%) Software Engineer
10 6 (3.08%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (18.46%) CSS
2 34 (17.44%) HTML
3 16 (8.21%) React
4 15 (7.69%) Laravel
5 14 (7.18%) Vue
6 12 (6.15%) Node.js
7 11 (5.64%) REST
8 10 (5.13%) .NET
8 10 (5.13%) RESTful
9 9 (4.62%) Next.js
10 7 (3.59%) LEMP Stack
11 6 (3.08%) GraphQL
12 5 (2.56%) Tailwind CSS
12 5 (2.56%) YAML
13 4 (2.05%) .NET Framework
13 4 (2.05%) AngularJS
13 4 (2.05%) ASP.NET
13 4 (2.05%) Razor View Engine
14 3 (1.54%) CSS3
14 3 (1.54%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.72%) Product Ownership
2 13 (6.67%) Social Media
3 12 (6.15%) Marketing Technology
3 12 (6.15%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.62%) Blog
5 8 (4.10%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.56%) Algorithms
8 5 (2.56%) Podcast
8 5 (2.56%) Smart City
9 4 (2.05%) Digital Media
9 4 (2.05%) IoT
9 4 (2.05%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.05%) Photography
10 3 (1.54%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (1.03%) Digital Signage
11 2 (1.03%) Driving Licence
11 2 (1.03%) Low-Code
11 2 (1.03%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.13%) Linux
2 7 (3.59%) Android
2 7 (3.59%) Windows
3 3 (1.54%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (33.85%) User Experience
2 52 (26.67%) SEO
3 48 (24.62%) Analytics
4 46 (23.59%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (21.03%) Agile
6 39 (20.00%) CRM
7 38 (19.49%) Digital Marketing
8 37 (18.97%) Roadmaps
9 36 (18.46%) AI
10 32 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (14.87%) Content Management
12 27 (13.85%) B2B
12 27 (13.85%) Customer Experience
12 27 (13.85%) Mentoring
13 26 (13.33%) Project Management
14 23 (11.79%) CI/CD
15 22 (11.28%) Marketing Automation
16 21 (10.77%) Decision-Making
17 18 (9.23%) Full-Stack Development
17 18 (9.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 33 (16.92%) JavaScript
2 20 (10.26%) PHP
3 14 (7.18%) C#
4 12 (6.15%) TypeScript
5 7 (3.59%) SQL
6 5 (2.56%) Bash
7 3 (1.54%) Python
8 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.51%) Ruby
8 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (20.00%) Degree
2 5 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (2.56%) Master's Degree
3 4 (2.05%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.54%) ICAEW
5 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.51%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.51%) ISEB
6 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (24.10%) Accessibility
2 20 (10.26%) QA
3 16 (8.21%) WCAG
4 14 (7.18%) GDPR
5 11 (5.64%) Data Quality
6 6 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.54%) PERC
8 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.51%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (5.13%) Docker
2 5 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.03%) Terraform
3 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (16.92%) Google
2 28 (14.36%) Adobe
3 17 (8.72%) Microsoft
4 13 (6.67%) Sitecore
5 11 (5.64%) Braze
6 8 (4.10%) Salesforce
7 6 (3.08%) HubSpot
7 6 (3.08%) Pardot
8 5 (2.56%) Ahrefs
9 4 (2.05%) Apple
9 4 (2.05%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.54%) Botify
11 2 (1.03%) Hootsuite
11 2 (1.03%) OpenAI
11 2 (1.03%) Optimizely
11 2 (1.03%) Roku
11 2 (1.03%) Screaming Frog
12 1 (0.51%) Aderant
12 1 (0.51%) Tealium
12 1 (0.51%) Xero