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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 391 314
Rank change year-on-year +17 -77 -74
Permanent jobs citing CMS 617 660 2,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.82% 1.26%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.08% 7.49% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 493 561 947
10th Percentile £28,050 £35,840 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £64,750 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,772 £80,000 £85,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -5.56%

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 8,710 8,813 24,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.64% 10.92% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 5,787 6,758 11,737
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,834 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% +1.52% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £48,050 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.35% +1.16% +5.56%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CMS in the UK

CMS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CMS.

Salary trend for CMS in the UK

CMS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMS over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for CMS in the UK

CMS
Top 18 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 26 July 2024. 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
England +13 555 £45,000 -18.18% 120
UK excluding London +10 419 £45,000 -10.00% 107
Work from Home +10 219 £45,000 -19.64% 59
London +36 174 £50,000 -20.00% 23
South East -61 118 £42,500 -15.00% 39
North of England +55 104 £42,500 -15.00% 26
Midlands +24 70 £40,000 -21.95% 19
North West +19 61 £42,500 -15.00% 12
South West +4 50 £61,500 +36.67% 10
East Midlands +7 43 £40,000 +3.90% 6
East of England +1 36 £45,000 -36.84% 5
Yorkshire +71 34 £37,500 -25.00% 12
West Midlands +7 27 £50,000 -12.28% 13
Scotland -35 16 £73,805 +30.63% 4
Northern Ireland +29 13 £39,250 +9.03% 6
Wales +25 11 £32,500 -43.48%
North East -5 9 £62,500 +25.00% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 -

CMS
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:

Application Platforms
1 115 (18.64%) WordPress
2 85 (13.78%) Umbraco
3 52 (8.43%) Sitecore CMS
4 46 (7.46%) Headless CMS
5 40 (6.48%) Kentico
6 38 (6.16%) Drupal
7 34 (5.51%) IIS
8 17 (2.76%) SharePoint
9 9 (1.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 7 (1.13%) Apache Solr
11 6 (0.97%) Joomla!
12 5 (0.81%) ColdFusion
12 5 (0.81%) Confluence
12 5 (0.81%) EPiServer
12 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
12 5 (0.81%) Moodle
13 4 (0.65%) Apache
14 3 (0.49%) Orchard CMS
15 2 (0.32%) Magnolia
15 2 (0.32%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 45 (7.29%) Photoshop
2 25 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 14 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
5 9 (1.46%) InDesign
6 7 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.97%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.65%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.65%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.49%) Trello
11 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.32%) Windchill
12 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.16%) Elementor
12 1 (0.16%) PTC Creo
12 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 37 (6.00%) SDL Web 8
2 27 (4.38%) Magento
2 27 (4.38%) Shopify
3 4 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.32%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.16%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.16%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 100 (16.21%) Azure
2 58 (9.40%) AWS
3 48 (7.78%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (6.97%) Google Analytics
5 32 (5.19%) Kontent
6 28 (4.54%) GitHub
7 25 (4.05%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 21 (3.40%) SaaS
9 18 (2.92%) NuGet
10 16 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (2.59%) Power Platform
11 12 (1.94%) Figma
12 10 (1.62%) npm
13 8 (1.30%) Basecamp
13 8 (1.30%) Canva
13 8 (1.30%) Google Tag Manager
13 8 (1.30%) PaaS
14 7 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.13%) IaaS
15 6 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.92%) DNS
2 12 (1.94%) Internet
3 11 (1.78%) Intranet
4 6 (0.97%) Firewall
4 6 (0.97%) SAN
5 5 (0.81%) MPLS
5 5 (0.81%) NAS
5 5 (0.81%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.81%) VoIP
5 5 (0.81%) WAN
6 3 (0.49%) HTTP
7 2 (0.32%) Extranet
7 2 (0.32%) Multicast
7 2 (0.32%) SNA
8 1 (0.16%) ISDN
8 1 (0.16%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.16%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (16.86%) SQL Server
2 50 (8.10%) MySQL
3 13 (2.11%) Power BI
4 9 (1.46%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.97%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.81%) MariaDB
7 4 (0.65%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.49%) Looker
8 3 (0.49%) MS Access
8 3 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.32%) Metadata
9 2 (0.32%) Redis
9 2 (0.32%) Tableau
10 1 (0.16%) Big Data
10 1 (0.16%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.16%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 127 (20.58%) Git
2 63 (10.21%) JIRA
3 39 (6.32%) Moq
4 37 (6.00%) NUnit
4 37 (6.00%) TeamCity
5 24 (3.89%) Visual Studio
6 19 (3.08%) GitLab
6 19 (3.08%) Octopus Deploy
7 18 (2.92%) git-flow
7 18 (2.92%) Sourcetree
7 18 (2.92%) SpecFlow
8 13 (2.11%) Jenkins
9 9 (1.46%) webpack
10 7 (1.13%) Grunt
11 6 (0.97%) Selenium
12 5 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.49%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio Team System
14 2 (0.32%) MSTest
14 2 (0.32%) WebDriver
General
1 202 (32.74%) Marketing
2 172 (27.88%) Social Skills
3 45 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (7.29%) Finance
4 40 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (4.70%) Legal
6 26 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (3.73%) Retail
8 19 (3.08%) Law
9 18 (2.92%) Publishing
10 14 (2.27%) Advertising
11 12 (1.94%) Automotive
11 12 (1.94%) Public Sector
12 9 (1.46%) Electronics
13 8 (1.30%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.13%) Banking
14 7 (1.13%) Local Government
14 7 (1.13%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.97%) Games
15 6 (0.97%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 316 (51.22%) Developer
2 127 (20.58%) Senior
3 96 (15.56%) Senior Developer
4 69 (11.18%) .NET Developer
4 69 (11.18%) C# Developer
5 66 (10.70%) Full Stack Developer
6 61 (9.89%) Web Developer
7 60 (9.72%) Lead
8 58 (9.40%) Senior C# Developer
9 53 (8.59%) CMS Developer
10 46 (7.46%) C# .NET Developer
11 44 (7.13%) Senior .NET Developer
12 43 (6.97%) Applications Developer
13 42 (6.81%) .NET Applications Developer
13 42 (6.81%) ASP.NET Developer
13 42 (6.81%) C# ASP.NET Developer
14 41 (6.65%) C# Application Developer
14 41 (6.65%) PHP Developer
15 39 (6.32%) Senior Applications Developer
15 39 (6.32%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (36.14%) HTML
2 207 (33.55%) CSS
3 186 (30.15%) .NET
4 139 (22.53%) React
5 116 (18.80%) ASP.NET
6 92 (14.91%) jQuery
7 90 (14.59%) .NET Framework
8 77 (12.48%) ASP.NET MVC
9 76 (12.32%) RESTful
10 60 (9.72%) Web Services
11 53 (8.59%) Vue
12 51 (8.27%) .NET Core
13 47 (7.62%) Entity Framework
14 40 (6.48%) SOAP
15 39 (6.32%) Laravel
16 38 (6.16%) Next.js
16 38 (6.16%) Semantic HTML
17 37 (6.00%) ASP.NET MVC 5
18 36 (5.83%) XML
19 34 (5.51%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.10%) Social Media
2 45 (7.29%) Self-Motivation
3 43 (6.97%) Legacy Code
4 37 (6.00%) Greenfield Project
5 30 (4.86%) Management Information System
6 23 (3.73%) Mobile App
7 18 (2.92%) Blog
8 16 (2.59%) Digital Signage
9 15 (2.43%) Product Ownership
10 14 (2.27%) Graphic Design
11 10 (1.62%) NHS
12 9 (1.46%) Video Editing
13 8 (1.30%) Marketing Technology
14 7 (1.13%) CMDB
14 7 (1.13%) Learning Management System
14 7 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.81%) Media Streaming
15 5 (0.81%) Operational Technology
16 4 (0.65%) Taxonomies
16 4 (0.65%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.65%) Windows
2 17 (2.76%) Android
3 13 (2.11%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.78%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.62%) Linux
6 6 (0.97%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.65%) VMS
8 1 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (26.26%) E-Commerce
2 157 (25.45%) Web Development
3 156 (25.28%) Content Management
4 119 (19.29%) Agile
5 117 (18.96%) Problem-Solving
6 116 (18.80%) Full Stack Development
7 109 (17.67%) MVC
8 107 (17.34%) DevOps
9 104 (16.86%) CRM
10 91 (14.75%) User Experience
11 86 (13.94%) SEO
12 79 (12.80%) Project Management
13 72 (11.67%) Analytics
14 64 (10.37%) Project Delivery
15 61 (9.89%) Computer Science
16 57 (9.24%) Digital Marketing
16 57 (9.24%) Front End Development
17 53 (8.59%) Responsive Web Design
18 48 (7.78%) Mentoring
19 46 (7.46%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 246 (39.87%) JavaScript
2 154 (24.96%) C#
3 124 (20.10%) SQL
4 97 (15.72%) PHP
5 43 (6.97%) T-SQL
6 21 (3.40%) XPath
7 19 (3.08%) Python
7 19 (3.08%) TypeScript
8 15 (2.43%) Java
9 6 (0.97%) C++
10 4 (0.65%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.49%) C
12 2 (0.32%) Bash
12 2 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.32%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.16%) JSX
13 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 119 (19.29%) Degree
2 13 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (1.13%) HND
4 6 (0.97%) Security Cleared
5 5 (0.81%) CCNA
5 5 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (0.81%) MCSE
5 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.49%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.49%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.32%) ISEB
7 2 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.32%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.16%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.16%) CEH
8 1 (0.16%) CIPD
8 1 (0.16%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.65%) Accessibility
2 26 (4.21%) QA
3 15 (2.43%) GDPR
4 10 (1.62%) SLA
5 7 (1.13%) WCAG
6 5 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.32%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.32%) ISO 9000
8 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (5.19%) Docker
2 6 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.81%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (0.49%) Plesk
1 3 (0.49%) SCOM
2 2 (0.32%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.16%) cPanel
3 1 (0.16%) Kibana
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.16%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 96 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 74 (11.99%) Adobe
3 62 (10.05%) Google
4 52 (8.43%) Sitecore
5 36 (5.83%) Optimizely
6 18 (2.92%) Cognizant
7 15 (2.43%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.94%) Marketo
8 12 (1.94%) WooCommerce
9 10 (1.62%) SAP
10 9 (1.46%) HP
10 9 (1.46%) Instagram
11 8 (1.30%) HubSpot
11 8 (1.30%) Screaming Frog
12 6 (0.97%) Apple
13 5 (0.81%) Ahrefs
13 5 (0.81%) Meraki
14 4 (0.65%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.65%) Hotjar
14 4 (0.65%) Oracle