Hybrid/Remote CMS Job Trends

Content Management System (CMS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring CMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 271 344
Rank change year-on-year -56 +73 +27
Permanent jobs citing CMS 121 158 157
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.52% 0.96% 0.65%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.79% 9.78% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 78 85 125
10th Percentile £34,525 £29,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -16.30%
75th Percentile £62,875 £72,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,157 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.28% +18.02% -22.73%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

CMS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,377 1,615 3,087
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.90% 9.82% 12.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 1,113 2,172
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,772 £40,600 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -10.00% +8.33%
75th Percentile £71,235 £90,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £130,000 £143,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -1.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CMS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CMS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CMS

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CMS over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

CMS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 21 (17.36%) Confluence
1 21 (17.36%) WordPress
2 17 (14.05%) Umbraco
3 6 (4.96%) SharePoint
4 5 (4.13%) EPiServer
5 4 (3.31%) Headless CMS
5 4 (3.31%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (2.48%) DNN
6 3 (2.48%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (2.48%) Kentico
6 3 (2.48%) Sitefinity
7 2 (1.65%) Drupal
8 1 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.83%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 5 (4.13%) CorelDRAW
2 3 (2.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (2.48%) Trello
3 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.83%) Elementor
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (4.96%) Shopify
2 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (19.01%) Figma
2 20 (16.53%) Adobe Analytics
2 20 (16.53%) Contentsquare
3 11 (9.09%) AWS
4 10 (8.26%) Azure
5 8 (6.61%) Google Analytics
5 8 (6.61%) SaaS
6 5 (4.13%) Canva
6 5 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.48%) ClickUp
7 3 (2.48%) Contentful
7 3 (2.48%) GitHub
7 3 (2.48%) MailChimp
8 2 (1.65%) GCP
8 2 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.65%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.83%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.83%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.53%) Broadband
2 4 (3.31%) HTTP
3 1 (0.83%) Intranet
3 1 (0.83%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.13%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.65%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.65%) MySQL
3 2 (1.65%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.65%) Power BI
3 2 (1.65%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.83%) Looker
4 1 (0.83%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (8.26%) JIRA
2 2 (1.65%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.83%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.83%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.83%) Git
General
1 62 (51.24%) Social Skills
2 29 (23.97%) Marketing
3 22 (18.18%) Games
4 20 (16.53%) Legal
5 14 (11.57%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (7.44%) Finance
6 9 (7.44%) Publishing
7 8 (6.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (6.61%) Retail
8 6 (4.96%) Public Sector
9 5 (4.13%) Manufacturing
10 4 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.65%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.65%) Police
12 1 (0.83%) Advertising
12 1 (0.83%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 26 (21.49%) Developer
2 24 (19.83%) Lead
2 24 (19.83%) Senior
3 11 (9.09%) Web Developer
4 10 (8.26%) Senior Developer
5 9 (7.44%) Architect
5 9 (7.44%) Marketing Executive
6 8 (6.61%) Content Manager
7 7 (5.79%) CMS Developer
7 7 (5.79%) Designer
8 5 (4.13%) Author
8 5 (4.13%) Content Designer
8 5 (4.13%) Digital Designer
8 5 (4.13%) Senior Designer
8 5 (4.13%) Senior Digital Designer
8 5 (4.13%) Technical Author
9 4 (3.31%) Administrator
9 4 (3.31%) Senior Content Designer
9 4 (3.31%) Software Tester
9 4 (3.31%) UI Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.26%) .NET
1 10 (8.26%) Node.js
2 9 (7.44%) HTML
2 9 (7.44%) React
3 8 (6.61%) CSS
4 5 (4.13%) XML
5 4 (3.31%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.31%) ASP.NET
5 4 (3.31%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (3.31%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (3.31%) Gherkin
6 3 (2.48%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.48%) .NET Framework
6 3 (2.48%) CSS3
6 3 (2.48%) Entity Framework
6 3 (2.48%) HTML5
6 3 (2.48%) Semantic HTML
6 3 (2.48%) Vue
6 3 (2.48%) Web Services
7 2 (1.65%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.74%) Social Media
2 9 (7.44%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (6.61%) Blog
3 8 (6.61%) Web Conferencing
4 6 (4.96%) Graphic Design
5 5 (4.13%) Marketing Technology
6 4 (3.31%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.31%) Online Gambling
6 4 (3.31%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (2.48%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.48%) Tandem
8 2 (1.65%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.65%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.83%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.83%) Photography
9 1 (0.83%) Podcast
9 1 (0.83%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.65%) Linux
2 1 (0.83%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (35.54%) User Experience
2 39 (32.23%) SEO
3 38 (31.40%) AI
4 37 (30.58%) Agile
4 37 (30.58%) Analytics
5 35 (28.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (28.10%) Customer Experience
7 30 (24.79%) Content Management
8 28 (23.14%) Roadmaps
9 27 (22.31%) Mentoring
10 25 (20.66%) Decision-Making
10 25 (20.66%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 24 (19.83%) Content Strategy
12 23 (19.01%) CRM
13 22 (18.18%) LLM
13 22 (18.18%) Storytelling
14 20 (16.53%) Digital Customer Experience
14 20 (16.53%) Funnel Analysis
14 20 (16.53%) Performance Metrics
14 20 (16.53%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.88%) JavaScript
2 8 (6.61%) C#
2 8 (6.61%) PHP
3 7 (5.79%) SQL
3 7 (5.79%) TypeScript
4 4 (3.31%) C
5 2 (1.65%) Java
5 2 (1.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (8.26%) Degree
2 5 (4.13%) DBS Check
2 5 (4.13%) HNC
2 5 (4.13%) HND
3 1 (0.83%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.83%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (38.02%) Accessibility
2 24 (19.83%) WCAG
3 2 (1.65%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.65%) SLA
4 1 (0.83%) GDPR
4 1 (0.83%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 2 (1.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) AppManager
Vendors
1 26 (21.49%) Adobe
2 11 (9.09%) Google
3 10 (8.26%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.13%) Optimizely
5 4 (3.31%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.31%) Sitecore
6 3 (2.48%) Alterian
6 3 (2.48%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.65%) Ahrefs
7 2 (1.65%) JDA
7 2 (1.65%) Oracle
7 2 (1.65%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (1.65%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.83%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.83%) SAP