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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 275 366
Rank change year-on-year -56 +91 -15
Permanent jobs citing CMS 124 147 132
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.52% 0.91% 0.57%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.64% 9.72% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 81 79 94
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,000 £27,350
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +11.76% -24.78%
75th Percentile £63,000 £68,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,750 £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 1,435 1,513 2,871
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.99% 9.35% 12.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,102 1,020 1,921
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,225 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,865 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £70,250 £90,000 £116,250
90th Percentile £88,625 £135,000 £147,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -2.65%

CMS
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 15 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 25 (20.16%) WordPress
2 17 (13.71%) Umbraco
3 16 (12.90%) Confluence
4 6 (4.84%) SharePoint
5 5 (4.03%) EPiServer
6 4 (3.23%) Drupal
6 4 (3.23%) Headless CMS
6 4 (3.23%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (2.42%) DNN
7 3 (2.42%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (2.42%) Kentico
7 3 (2.42%) Sitefinity
8 2 (1.61%) SAS
9 1 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.81%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 8 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.03%) CorelDRAW
3 3 (2.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.42%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (2.42%) Trello
4 1 (0.81%) Elementor
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.03%) Shopify
2 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.52%) Figma
2 15 (12.10%) Adobe Analytics
2 15 (12.10%) Contentsquare
3 10 (8.06%) AWS
3 10 (8.06%) SaaS
4 9 (7.26%) Azure
5 8 (6.45%) Google Analytics
6 5 (4.03%) Canva
6 5 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.23%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 3 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.42%) ClickUp
8 3 (2.42%) Contentful
8 3 (2.42%) GitHub
8 3 (2.42%) MailChimp
9 2 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.61%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.81%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.81%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.81%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.10%) Broadband
2 5 (4.03%) HTTP
3 2 (1.61%) SSL
4 1 (0.81%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.03%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.61%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.61%) MySQL
3 2 (1.61%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.61%) Power BI
3 2 (1.61%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 2 (1.61%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.81%) Big Data
4 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.81%) Looker
4 1 (0.81%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (7.26%) JIRA
2 2 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.81%) Claude Code
General
1 65 (52.42%) Social Skills
2 33 (26.61%) Marketing
3 17 (13.71%) Games
3 17 (13.71%) Legal
4 14 (11.29%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (10.48%) Finance
6 10 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (7.26%) Publishing
7 9 (7.26%) Retail
8 5 (4.03%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.03%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.42%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (1.61%) Banking
11 2 (1.61%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.81%) Advertising
12 1 (0.81%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.81%) Police
Job Titles
1 24 (19.35%) Lead
2 23 (18.55%) Developer
3 20 (16.13%) Senior
4 12 (9.68%) Marketing Executive
5 9 (7.26%) Senior Developer
5 9 (7.26%) Web Developer
6 8 (6.45%) Architect
7 7 (5.65%) CMS Developer
8 6 (4.84%) Content Manager
8 6 (4.84%) Web Manager
9 5 (4.03%) Administrator
9 5 (4.03%) Author
9 5 (4.03%) Designer
9 5 (4.03%) Technical Author
10 4 (3.23%) Development Manager
10 4 (3.23%) Senior Designer
10 4 (3.23%) Software Tester
10 4 (3.23%) Tester
10 4 (3.23%) Web Administrator
10 4 (3.23%) Web Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.06%) .NET
1 10 (8.06%) HTML
2 9 (7.26%) Node.js
3 8 (6.45%) CSS
3 8 (6.45%) React
4 5 (4.03%) XML
5 4 (3.23%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.23%) ASP.NET
5 4 (3.23%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (3.23%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (3.23%) Gherkin
6 3 (2.42%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.42%) .NET Framework
6 3 (2.42%) CSS3
6 3 (2.42%) Entity Framework
6 3 (2.42%) Flash
6 3 (2.42%) HTML5
6 3 (2.42%) RESTful
6 3 (2.42%) Semantic HTML
6 3 (2.42%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.52%) Social Media
2 11 (8.87%) Blog
3 9 (7.26%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (7.26%) Web Conferencing
4 6 (4.84%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.03%) Graphic Design
6 4 (3.23%) Marketing Technology
6 4 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.23%) Online Gambling
6 4 (3.23%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.23%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (2.42%) Tandem
8 2 (1.61%) Video Editing
8 2 (1.61%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.81%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.81%) Photography
9 1 (0.81%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (30.65%) User Experience
2 36 (29.03%) AI
2 36 (29.03%) SEO
3 34 (27.42%) Content Management
3 34 (27.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (26.61%) Customer Experience
5 31 (25.00%) Agile
5 31 (25.00%) Analytics
6 22 (17.74%) Content Strategy
6 22 (17.74%) CRM
6 22 (17.74%) Roadmaps
7 21 (16.94%) Mentoring
8 20 (16.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 19 (15.32%) Decision-Making
10 18 (14.52%) Web Development
11 17 (13.71%) LLM
11 17 (13.71%) Storytelling
12 15 (12.10%) Digital Customer Experience
12 15 (12.10%) Product Roadmap
12 15 (12.10%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.52%) JavaScript
2 8 (6.45%) C#
2 8 (6.45%) PHP
3 7 (5.65%) SQL
4 6 (4.84%) TypeScript
5 4 (3.23%) C
6 2 (1.61%) Java
6 2 (1.61%) Python
6 2 (1.61%) VB
6 2 (1.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (8.06%) Degree
2 5 (4.03%) HNC
2 5 (4.03%) HND
3 4 (3.23%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.81%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (29.84%) Accessibility
2 19 (15.32%) WCAG
3 3 (2.42%) SLA
4 2 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.61%) GDPR
5 1 (0.81%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 2 (1.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) AppManager
Vendors
1 21 (16.94%) Adobe
2 14 (11.29%) Google
3 13 (10.48%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.84%) HubSpot
4 6 (4.84%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.03%) Optimizely
6 4 (3.23%) Sitecore
7 3 (2.42%) Alterian
7 3 (2.42%) TikTok
8 2 (1.61%) Ahrefs
8 2 (1.61%) JDA
8 2 (1.61%) Oracle
8 2 (1.61%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.81%) dotdigital