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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 354 386
Rank change year-on-year +15 +32 -77
Permanent jobs citing CMS 434 787 812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.78% 0.76% 0.85%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.64% 7.37% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 221 676 628
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,750 £67,563
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,772 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +17.65%

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 4,503 10,672 10,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.06% 10.29% 11.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,848 7,087 7,401
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,628 £42,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +7.36% -11.46% +6.67%

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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CMS in the UK

CMS
Top 15 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 31 May 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
England -49 338 £47,500 - 493
UK excluding London -24 224 £45,000 - 251
Work from Home -5 179 £48,756 -2.49% 264
London +34 139 £66,250 +29.90% 268
South East -8 73 £51,250 -2.38% 64
North of England -43 50 £33,000 -25.00% 93
Midlands +38 43 £40,000 -5.88% 31
North West -27 43 £33,000 -22.35% 61
West Midlands +46 26 £53,092 +41.58% 22
South West +57 20 £46,250 -24.80% 17
East Midlands +26 17 £35,000 -17.65% 9
Scotland +123 13 £60,500 +0.83% 8
Wales +44 13 £53,750 +72.00% 10
East of England +8 12 £50,000 +17.65% 18
Yorkshire +12 7 £37,500 -16.67% 24

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 99 (22.81%) WordPress
2 51 (11.75%) Umbraco
3 37 (8.53%) Headless CMS
4 36 (8.29%) Drupal
5 13 (3.00%) Sitecore CMS
6 11 (2.53%) Kentico
7 6 (1.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (1.38%) IIS
8 5 (1.15%) Apache Solr
8 5 (1.15%) Confluence
8 5 (1.15%) EPiServer
8 5 (1.15%) Strapi
9 4 (0.92%) Sitefinity
10 3 (0.69%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.46%) CoreMedia CMS
11 2 (0.46%) DNN
11 2 (0.46%) Jadu
12 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.23%) Ethereum
12 1 (0.23%) Joomla!
Applications
1 24 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (5.07%) Photoshop
3 16 (3.69%) Adobe Premiere
4 14 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.84%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.69%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.23%) Elementor
8 1 (0.23%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.23%) InDesign
8 1 (0.23%) Trello
8 1 (0.23%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 37 (8.53%) Shopify
2 9 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.61%) Magento
4 3 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.46%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.23%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 82 (18.89%) Azure
2 80 (18.43%) Google Analytics
3 35 (8.06%) AWS
4 25 (5.76%) SaaS
5 22 (5.07%) GitHub
5 22 (5.07%) Power Platform
6 21 (4.84%) PaaS
7 19 (4.38%) Figma
7 19 (4.38%) iPaaS
8 18 (4.15%) Contentful
9 17 (3.92%) Serverless
10 15 (3.46%) Google Ads
11 14 (3.23%) GCP
11 14 (3.23%) npm
12 13 (3.00%) Canva
13 12 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (2.30%) Zapier
16 9 (2.07%) Slack
17 8 (1.84%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.07%) Intranet
2 8 (1.84%) DNS
3 7 (1.61%) Internet
4 6 (1.38%) SMS
5 5 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.69%) Broadband
7 2 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.23%) Firewall
8 1 (0.23%) FTP
8 1 (0.23%) HTTP
8 1 (0.23%) SMTP
8 1 (0.23%) SSL
8 1 (0.23%) VPN
8 1 (0.23%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.68%) MySQL
2 26 (5.99%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.00%) MongoDB
5 12 (2.76%) Power BI
6 10 (2.30%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.38%) Redis
8 4 (0.92%) Looker
9 3 (0.69%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.69%) Mixpanel
9 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.46%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 54 (12.44%) Git
2 22 (5.07%) JIRA
3 12 (2.76%) webpack
4 9 (2.07%) Bazaar
5 7 (1.61%) Grunt
6 6 (1.38%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.38%) Storybook
7 5 (1.15%) Jasmine
7 5 (1.15%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.15%) Vite
8 4 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.69%) Mocha
9 3 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.69%) PHPUnit
10 2 (0.46%) gulp
10 2 (0.46%) MSBuild
11 1 (0.23%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.23%) Babel
11 1 (0.23%) GitLab
11 1 (0.23%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 165 (38.02%) Marketing
2 164 (37.79%) Social Skills
3 68 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (14.75%) Finance
5 40 (9.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (8.29%) Legal
7 34 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (7.37%) Advertising
8 32 (7.37%) Publishing
9 31 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (5.99%) Retail
11 9 (2.07%) Back Office
11 9 (2.07%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.38%) Law
12 6 (1.38%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.38%) Tech for Good
13 5 (1.15%) Banking
13 5 (1.15%) Multimedia
14 4 (0.92%) Brand Awareness
14 4 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 160 (36.87%) Developer
2 52 (11.98%) Senior
3 36 (8.29%) Full-Stack Developer
4 35 (8.06%) Lead
5 30 (6.91%) Senior Developer
6 23 (5.30%) Architect
7 22 (5.07%) Umbraco Developer
7 22 (5.07%) Web Developer
8 20 (4.61%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 20 (4.61%) Lead Developer
9 19 (4.38%) Applications Architect
9 19 (4.38%) IT Architect
9 19 (4.38%) Web Manager
10 18 (4.15%) PHP Developer
11 15 (3.46%) Designer
12 13 (3.00%) Digital Executive
13 12 (2.76%) CMS Developer
13 12 (2.76%) Communications Officer
13 12 (2.76%) Product Owner
14 11 (2.53%) E-Commerce Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (36.41%) HTML
2 141 (32.49%) CSS
3 79 (18.20%) React
4 41 (9.45%) HTML5
4 41 (9.45%) Vue
5 37 (8.53%) Node.js
6 34 (7.83%) .NET
7 33 (7.60%) AngularJS
8 26 (5.99%) jQuery
9 25 (5.76%) Laravel
9 25 (5.76%) Sass
10 21 (4.84%) GraphQL
11 18 (4.15%) ASP.NET
11 18 (4.15%) Django
11 18 (4.15%) Next.js
11 18 (4.15%) REST
12 17 (3.92%) CSS3
13 14 (3.23%) Express.js
13 14 (3.23%) Web Services
14 12 (2.76%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 55 (12.67%) Social Media
2 26 (5.99%) Mobile App
3 24 (5.53%) Product Ownership
4 21 (4.84%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (4.61%) Management Information System
6 19 (4.38%) Blog
6 19 (4.38%) NHS
7 16 (3.69%) Marketing Technology
8 12 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (2.30%) Cloud Native
9 10 (2.30%) Graphic Design
10 9 (2.07%) Legacy Code
10 9 (2.07%) Video Editing
11 8 (1.84%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.61%) Digital Media
13 6 (1.38%) Photography
14 5 (1.15%) Animation
15 4 (0.92%) Augmented Reality
15 4 (0.92%) Hackathon
15 4 (0.92%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.15%) Linux
2 4 (0.92%) Windows
2 4 (0.92%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.46%) Android
3 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (35.94%) Content Management
2 129 (29.72%) SEO
3 127 (29.26%) Agile
4 120 (27.65%) Analytics
5 115 (26.50%) Web Development
6 99 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (22.81%) User Experience
7 78 (17.97%) E-Commerce
8 71 (16.36%) CRM
9 64 (14.75%) Full-Stack Development
10 61 (14.06%) Digital Marketing
11 57 (13.13%) Collaborative Working
12 56 (12.90%) Mentoring
13 52 (11.98%) Project Management
14 45 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
15 38 (8.76%) UX Design
16 37 (8.53%) CI/CD
16 37 (8.53%) Front End Development
16 37 (8.53%) Scrum
17 34 (7.83%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 120 (27.65%) JavaScript
2 57 (13.13%) C#
2 57 (13.13%) SQL
3 51 (11.75%) PHP
4 37 (8.53%) Python
5 33 (7.60%) TypeScript
6 13 (3.00%) Java
7 5 (1.15%) Ruby
8 3 (0.69%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.46%) C++
10 1 (0.23%) Bash
10 1 (0.23%) C
10 1 (0.23%) Dart
10 1 (0.23%) Go
10 1 (0.23%) Rust
10 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (12.67%) Degree
2 19 (4.38%) DBS Check
3 17 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.38%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.15%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.69%) CRISC
6 3 (0.69%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.23%) CISSP
8 1 (0.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (20.28%) Accessibility
2 35 (8.06%) GDPR
3 30 (6.91%) WCAG
4 14 (3.23%) QA
5 5 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.69%) COBIT
6 3 (0.69%) ITGC
6 3 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.46%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.46%) WAI
8 1 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) PERC
System Software
1 15 (3.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.92%) Terraform
3 1 (0.23%) Grafana
3 1 (0.23%) Kibana
Vendors
1 106 (24.42%) Google
2 78 (17.97%) Microsoft
3 32 (7.37%) Adobe
4 29 (6.68%) Salesforce
5 20 (4.61%) Facebook
6 18 (4.15%) Instagram
7 17 (3.92%) Ahrefs
7 17 (3.92%) HP
8 16 (3.69%) HubSpot
9 14 (3.23%) YouTube
10 13 (3.00%) Sitecore
11 9 (2.07%) Screaming Frog
11 9 (2.07%) Twitter
11 9 (2.07%) WooCommerce
12 5 (1.15%) Hotjar
12 5 (1.15%) Optimizely
13 4 (0.92%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.92%) PayPal
13 4 (0.92%) ServiceNow
14 3 (0.69%) SAP