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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 280 355
Rank change year-on-year -58 +75 +8
Permanent jobs citing CMS 135 145 127
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.55% 0.90% 0.56%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.08% 9.70% 4.61%
Number of salaries quoted 87 77 85
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +23.53% -23.77%
75th Percentile £63,000 £72,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.46% +22.35% -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 1,487 1,495 2,757
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.05% 9.25% 12.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,125 1,002 1,849
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,950
25th Percentile £38,772 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £70,250 £90,000 £116,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £135,000 £147,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -0.27%

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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 23 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 26 (19.26%) WordPress
2 17 (12.59%) Umbraco
3 16 (11.85%) Confluence
4 6 (4.44%) Headless CMS
4 6 (4.44%) SharePoint
5 5 (3.70%) Drupal
5 5 (3.70%) EPiServer
6 4 (2.96%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (2.22%) DNN
7 3 (2.22%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (2.22%) Kentico
7 3 (2.22%) Sitefinity
8 2 (1.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (1.48%) SAS
9 1 (0.74%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.70%) CorelDRAW
3 4 (2.96%) Trello
4 3 (2.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.74%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 5 (3.70%) Shopify
2 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.33%) Figma
2 15 (11.11%) Adobe Analytics
2 15 (11.11%) Contentsquare
3 12 (8.89%) SaaS
4 11 (8.15%) Azure
5 10 (7.41%) AWS
6 8 (5.93%) Google Analytics
7 6 (4.44%) Canva
7 6 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.96%) ClickUp
8 4 (2.96%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 3 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.22%) Contentful
9 3 (2.22%) GitHub
9 3 (2.22%) MailChimp
10 2 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.48%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.48%) Serverless
11 1 (0.74%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.74%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.11%) Broadband
2 5 (3.70%) HTTP
3 2 (1.48%) SSL
4 1 (0.74%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.70%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.48%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.48%) MySQL
3 2 (1.48%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.48%) Power BI
3 2 (1.48%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.74%) Big Data
4 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.74%) Looker
4 1 (0.74%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (7.41%) JIRA
2 2 (1.48%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.74%) Claude Code
General
1 69 (51.11%) Social Skills
2 38 (28.15%) Marketing
3 18 (13.33%) Games
4 17 (12.59%) Legal
5 16 (11.85%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (10.37%) Finance
7 12 (8.89%) Publishing
8 11 (8.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (6.67%) Retail
10 6 (4.44%) Public Sector
11 5 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (3.70%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (2.22%) Banking
14 2 (1.48%) Multimedia
15 1 (0.74%) Advertising
15 1 (0.74%) German Language
15 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.74%) Law
15 1 (0.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 25 (18.52%) Lead
2 23 (17.04%) Developer
3 20 (14.81%) Senior
4 13 (9.63%) Marketing Executive
5 9 (6.67%) Senior Developer
5 9 (6.67%) Web Developer
6 8 (5.93%) Architect
7 7 (5.19%) CMS Developer
7 7 (5.19%) Web Manager
8 6 (4.44%) Content Manager
9 5 (3.70%) Administrator
9 5 (3.70%) Author
9 5 (3.70%) Designer
9 5 (3.70%) Development Manager
9 5 (3.70%) Software Engineer
9 5 (3.70%) Technical Author
9 5 (3.70%) Web Development Manager
10 4 (2.96%) Platform Manager
10 4 (2.96%) Tester
10 4 (2.96%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.89%) HTML
2 11 (8.15%) .NET
2 11 (8.15%) Node.js
3 10 (7.41%) React
4 8 (5.93%) CSS
5 6 (4.44%) XML
6 4 (2.96%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.96%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.96%) ASP.NET
6 4 (2.96%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (2.96%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (2.96%) Gherkin
7 3 (2.22%) .NET Framework
7 3 (2.22%) CSS3
7 3 (2.22%) Entity Framework
7 3 (2.22%) Flash
7 3 (2.22%) HTML5
7 3 (2.22%) RESTful
7 3 (2.22%) Semantic HTML
7 3 (2.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.56%) Social Media
2 12 (8.89%) Blog
3 9 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.67%) Web Conferencing
4 7 (5.19%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.70%) Graphic Design
5 5 (3.70%) Marketing Technology
5 5 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.96%) Online Gambling
6 4 (2.96%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (2.22%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (2.22%) Tandem
7 3 (2.22%) Video Editing
7 3 (2.22%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.48%) Photography
9 1 (0.74%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.74%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.74%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.63%) User Experience
2 39 (28.89%) AI
3 38 (28.15%) Content Management
4 37 (27.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (26.67%) SEO
6 34 (25.19%) Analytics
7 33 (24.44%) Customer Experience
8 32 (23.70%) Agile
9 23 (17.04%) CRM
10 22 (16.30%) Content Strategy
10 22 (16.30%) Roadmaps
11 21 (15.56%) Mentoring
12 20 (14.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 19 (14.07%) Decision-Making
13 19 (14.07%) Web Development
14 17 (12.59%) LLM
14 17 (12.59%) Project Management
14 17 (12.59%) Storytelling
15 15 (11.11%) Digital Customer Experience
15 15 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.33%) JavaScript
2 9 (6.67%) C#
3 8 (5.93%) PHP
3 8 (5.93%) SQL
4 7 (5.19%) TypeScript
5 4 (2.96%) C
6 3 (2.22%) Python
7 2 (1.48%) Java
7 2 (1.48%) VB
7 2 (1.48%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (8.15%) Degree
2 5 (3.70%) HNC
2 5 (3.70%) HND
3 4 (2.96%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.48%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (28.15%) Accessibility
2 19 (14.07%) WCAG
3 3 (2.22%) SLA
4 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.48%) GDPR
5 1 (0.74%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (0.74%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) AppManager
Vendors
1 22 (16.30%) Adobe
2 16 (11.85%) Microsoft
3 14 (10.37%) Google
4 7 (5.19%) HubSpot
5 6 (4.44%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.70%) Optimizely
7 4 (2.96%) Sitecore
8 3 (2.22%) Alterian
8 3 (2.22%) TikTok
9 2 (1.48%) Ahrefs
9 2 (1.48%) JDA
9 2 (1.48%) Oracle
9 2 (1.48%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (1.48%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.74%) dotdigital