Headless Content Management System (Headless CMS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Headless CMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Headless CMS over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 673 | 786 | 800 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +113 | +14 | +158 |
| Permanent jobs citing Headless CMS | 48 | 41 | 61 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.079% | 0.048% | 0.079% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 1.03% | 0.50% | 0.72% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29 | 33 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,250 | £46,636 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £51,000 | £50,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £61,500 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.82% | -12.14% | -9.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £64,750 | £84,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | - | £108,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,500 | £61,500 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.76% | -1.60% | +25.00% |
All Application Platform Skills
UK
Headless 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 | 4,672 | 8,218 | 8,463 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 7.68% | 9.53% | 10.90% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,967 | 5,317 | 6,528 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,400 | £30,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £37,500 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,688 | £52,500 | £55,150 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.26% | -4.81% | +0.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £80,000 | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £110,000 | £122,500 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £45,000 | £47,710 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.68% | +0.44% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Headless CMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Headless CMS.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Headless CMS over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.
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Top 13 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Headless CMS within the UK over the 6 months to 4 August 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 | +76 | 41 | £70,000 | +13.82% | 29 |
| London | +79 | 24 | £70,000 | -26.32% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +38 | 22 | £65,000 | +5.69% | 20 |
| UK excluding London | +68 | 21 | £67,500 | +9.76% | 11 |
| North of England | +15 | 7 | £40,000 | -23.08% | 3 |
| North West | -7 | 7 | £40,000 | -23.08% | |
| Midlands | +44 | 5 | £70,000 | +86.67% | 2 |
| South West | +65 | 4 | £75,000 | +21.95% | |
| West Midlands | +39 | 3 | £75,000 | +114.29% | 1 |
| Wales | - | 3 | £70,000 | - | 1 |
| East Midlands | +23 | 2 | £53,750 | +22.86% | 1 |
| South East | +20 | 1 | £52,500 | -14.63% | 3 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £55,000 | - |
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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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