Content Management System (CMS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring CMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CMS over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 325 | 357 | 382 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +32 | +25 | -81 |
| Permanent jobs citing CMS | 436 | 763 | 918 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.84% | 0.79% | 0.86% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 9.86% | 7.20% | 7.45% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 237 | 674 | 681 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £27,900 | £35,172 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £32,500 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £47,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -17.39% | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £64,750 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,000 | £75,772 | £87,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.56% | -10.00% | +14.94% |
All Application Platform Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 4,424 | 10,604 | 12,319 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 8.48% | 10.92% | 11.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,074 | 7,035 | 8,086 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,500 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,574 | £34,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.09% | +1.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £67,500 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £102,500 | £90,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,628 | £42,500 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.36% | -10.53% | +5.56% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing CMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
CMS
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CMS.
CMS
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing CMS over the 6 months to 21 April 2025.
CMS
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the UK over the 6 months to 21 April 2025. 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 |
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| England | -24 | 350 | £47,000 | -6.00% | 509 |
| UK excluding London | +13 | 225 | £42,500 | -5.56% | 203 |
| Work from Home | +45 | 190 | £45,000 | -7.85% | 314 |
| London | +36 | 155 | £62,500 | +19.05% | 338 |
| North of England | +23 | 63 | £32,500 | -26.14% | 56 |
| South East | +10 | 58 | £65,000 | +23.81% | 71 |
| North West | 0 | 52 | £32,750 | -22.94% | 34 |
| Midlands | +45 | 43 | £35,000 | -17.65% | 36 |
| East Midlands | +56 | 23 | £35,000 | -17.65% | 7 |
| South West | +75 | 20 | £46,250 | -24.80% | 20 |
| West Midlands | +22 | 20 | £52,500 | +40.00% | 29 |
| Wales | +59 | 17 | £32,500 | +4.00% | 4 |
| Scotland | +126 | 14 | £46,250 | -15.91% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +44 | 10 | £32,493 | -31.59% | 19 |
| East of England | +23 | 10 | £47,500 | +18.75% | 12 |
| North East | +44 | 1 | £45,000 | -24.25% | 4 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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