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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 256 272
Rank change year-on-year -24 +16 +84
Permanent jobs citing CMS 99 187 288
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.61% 1.19% 1.04%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.15% 9.71% 9.91%
Number of salaries quoted 57 101 274
10th Percentile £26,250 - £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £50,300
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.51% -8.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,114 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £75,700
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -16.67% -10.40%

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 1,082 1,925 2,906
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.70% 12.27% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 764 1,272 2,382
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,238 £43,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £78,188 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £91,125
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.50% +13.00% -9.09%

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 13 February 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 14 (14.14%) Drupal
2 9 (9.09%) WordPress
3 6 (6.06%) nginx
3 6 (6.06%) Umbraco
4 5 (5.05%) Headless CMS
5 3 (3.03%) Confluence
5 3 (3.03%) SharePoint
6 2 (2.02%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (1.01%) DNN
7 1 (1.01%) Kentico
7 1 (1.01%) Strapi
Applications
1 9 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 8 (8.08%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (7.07%) Photoshop
4 5 (5.05%) Chatbot
5 3 (3.03%) InDesign
6 2 (2.02%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (2.02%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (1.01%) Acrobat
7 1 (1.01%) FrameMaker
7 1 (1.01%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (6.06%) Dynamics GP
1 6 (6.06%) Shopify
2 5 (5.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.01%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.14%) AWS
1 14 (14.14%) Google Analytics
2 10 (10.10%) Azure
2 10 (10.10%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (8.08%) Google Tag Manager
4 7 (7.07%) Figma
4 7 (7.07%) SaaS
5 6 (6.06%) GitHub
5 6 (6.06%) Power Platform
6 5 (5.05%) Kontent
7 4 (4.04%) DigitalOcean
8 3 (3.03%) Canva
8 3 (3.03%) Contentsquare
8 3 (3.03%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.02%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (2.02%) Google Ads
9 2 (2.02%) Miro
9 2 (2.02%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.01%) Apigee
10 1 (1.01%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.04%) Intranet
2 2 (2.02%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.09%) MySQL
2 5 (5.05%) Power BI
2 5 (5.05%) Relational Database
3 4 (4.04%) MongoDB
4 3 (3.03%) Looker
4 3 (3.03%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.02%) Metadata
5 2 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.02%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.01%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 8 (8.08%) Git
2 4 (4.04%) JIRA
2 4 (4.04%) Vite
General
1 30 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 24 (24.24%) Marketing
3 12 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (12.12%) Finance
3 12 (12.12%) Legal
4 8 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (8.08%) Law
5 6 (6.06%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.06%) Multimedia
6 5 (5.05%) Back Office
6 5 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (5.05%) Publishing
7 4 (4.04%) Advertising
7 4 (4.04%) Police
8 3 (3.03%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.02%) Brand Awareness
9 2 (2.02%) Games
9 2 (2.02%) Retail
10 1 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.01%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 24 (24.24%) Developer
2 11 (11.11%) Senior
3 8 (8.08%) Full-Stack Developer
3 8 (8.08%) Web Developer
4 7 (7.07%) Analyst
4 7 (7.07%) Business Analyst
5 6 (6.06%) Architect
5 6 (6.06%) Product Owner
6 5 (5.05%) Data Integration Architect
6 5 (5.05%) Designer
6 5 (5.05%) Digital Developer
6 5 (5.05%) Digital Product Manager
6 5 (5.05%) Integration Architect
6 5 (5.05%) Legal Analyst
6 5 (5.05%) Marketing Manager
6 5 (5.05%) Product Developer
6 5 (5.05%) Product Manager
6 5 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (5.05%) Web Manager
7 4 (4.04%) Digital Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (25.25%) HTML
2 21 (21.21%) CSS
3 13 (13.13%) Vue
4 11 (11.11%) React
5 10 (10.10%) Laravel
6 9 (9.09%) Node.js
7 6 (6.06%) .NET
7 6 (6.06%) LEMP Stack
7 6 (6.06%) Next.js
8 5 (5.05%) Tailwind CSS
9 4 (4.04%) RESTful
9 4 (4.04%) YAML
10 3 (3.03%) ASP.NET
10 3 (3.03%) LoopBack
11 2 (2.02%) .NET Framework
11 2 (2.02%) AngularJS
11 2 (2.02%) ASP.NET Core
11 2 (2.02%) Nuxt
11 2 (2.02%) Razor View Engine
12 1 (1.01%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.11%) Product Ownership
1 11 (11.11%) Social Media
2 5 (5.05%) Low-Code
2 5 (5.05%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.04%) Blog
3 4 (4.04%) Digital Media
3 4 (4.04%) Smart City
4 3 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.02%) Animation
5 2 (2.02%) Digital Signage
5 2 (2.02%) Housing Association
5 2 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.02%) Motion Graphics
6 1 (1.01%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.01%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.01%) Podcast
6 1 (1.01%) Sports Betting
6 1 (1.01%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (36.36%) Analytics
2 32 (32.32%) User Experience
3 31 (31.31%) SEO
4 26 (26.26%) Content Management
4 26 (26.26%) CRM
5 23 (23.23%) Agile
6 20 (20.20%) AI
6 20 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (18.18%) Project Management
8 14 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (14.14%) Full-Stack Development
8 14 (14.14%) Software Engineering
9 13 (13.13%) CI/CD
10 12 (12.12%) Roadmaps
10 12 (12.12%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 11 (11.11%) User Stories
12 10 (10.10%) API Development
12 10 (10.10%) Digital Marketing
12 10 (10.10%) Performance Optimisation
12 10 (10.10%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.17%) JavaScript
2 13 (13.13%) PHP
3 10 (10.10%) TypeScript
4 4 (4.04%) Bash
4 4 (4.04%) C#
5 2 (2.02%) Python
5 2 (2.02%) SQL
6 1 (1.01%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (9.09%) DBS Check
2 8 (8.08%) Degree
3 4 (4.04%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (26.26%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.08%) WCAG
3 6 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.06%) QA
4 5 (5.05%) GDPR
5 1 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.01%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.01%) PERC
System Software
1 9 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (18.18%) Google
2 16 (16.16%) Adobe
3 15 (15.15%) Microsoft
4 9 (9.09%) Salesforce
5 5 (5.05%) Pardot
6 4 (4.04%) HubSpot
7 3 (3.03%) Hotjar
7 3 (3.03%) Optimizely
8 2 (2.02%) dotdigital
8 2 (2.02%) Sitecore
9 1 (1.01%) Databricks
9 1 (1.01%) Dell
9 1 (1.01%) mParticle
9 1 (1.01%) MuleSoft
9 1 (1.01%) Screaming Frog
9 1 (1.01%) Tealium
9 1 (1.01%) TOWER Software
9 1 (1.01%) WSO2
9 1 (1.01%) Xero
9 1 (1.01%) YouTube