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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 245 265
Rank change year-on-year -38 +20 +76
Permanent jobs citing CMS 109 188 317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 1.30% 1.11%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.11% 10.15% 10.41%
Number of salaries quoted 62 101 302
10th Percentile £33,585 - £30,125
25th Percentile £42,813 £31,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -10.71%

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 1,078 1,852 3,046
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.49% 12.80% 10.69%
Number of salaries quoted 756 1,253 2,498
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,178 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £77,424 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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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 4 March 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 15 (13.76%) Drupal
2 9 (8.26%) WordPress
3 8 (7.34%) Confluence
4 7 (6.42%) Umbraco
5 6 (5.50%) nginx
6 5 (4.59%) Headless CMS
7 3 (2.75%) SharePoint
8 2 (1.83%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.92%) DNN
9 1 (0.92%) Kentico
9 1 (0.92%) Strapi
Applications
1 9 (8.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 7 (6.42%) Adobe Illustrator
2 7 (6.42%) Photoshop
3 5 (4.59%) Chatbot
4 3 (2.75%) InDesign
5 1 (0.92%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.92%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.92%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.92%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.92%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (6.42%) Shopify
2 6 (5.50%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (3.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.92%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.76%) AWS
2 14 (12.84%) Google Analytics
3 13 (11.93%) Figma
4 12 (11.01%) Azure
5 9 (8.26%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (8.26%) SaaS
6 8 (7.34%) Contentsquare
7 7 (6.42%) Adobe Analytics
7 7 (6.42%) Google Tag Manager
8 6 (5.50%) GitHub
8 6 (5.50%) Power Platform
9 5 (4.59%) Kontent
10 4 (3.67%) DigitalOcean
11 3 (2.75%) Canva
11 3 (2.75%) Google Ads
11 3 (2.75%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.83%) GCP
12 2 (1.83%) Miro
12 2 (1.83%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.92%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.42%) Broadband
2 4 (3.67%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.26%) MySQL
2 5 (4.59%) Power BI
2 5 (4.59%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.67%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.75%) Looker
4 3 (2.75%) Metadata
4 3 (2.75%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.83%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.92%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 8 (7.34%) Git
2 4 (3.67%) JIRA
2 4 (3.67%) Vite
General
1 36 (33.03%) Social Skills
2 31 (28.44%) Marketing
3 16 (14.68%) Legal
4 13 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (11.01%) Finance
6 11 (10.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (6.42%) Games
7 7 (6.42%) Law
8 6 (5.50%) Advertising
8 6 (5.50%) Manufacturing
8 6 (5.50%) Multimedia
8 6 (5.50%) Retail
9 5 (4.59%) Back Office
9 5 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (4.59%) Public Sector
9 5 (4.59%) Publishing
10 4 (3.67%) Police
11 2 (1.83%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (1.83%) Local Government
12 1 (0.92%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (21.10%) Developer
2 14 (12.84%) Senior
3 9 (8.26%) Designer
4 8 (7.34%) Architect
4 8 (7.34%) Full-Stack Developer
4 8 (7.34%) Web Developer
5 7 (6.42%) Analyst
5 7 (6.42%) Business Analyst
5 7 (6.42%) Marketing Manager
6 6 (5.50%) Content Designer
6 6 (5.50%) Product Owner
6 6 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (4.59%) Coordinator
7 5 (4.59%) Data Integration Architect
7 5 (4.59%) Digital Developer
7 5 (4.59%) Integration Architect
7 5 (4.59%) Lead
7 5 (4.59%) Legal Analyst
7 5 (4.59%) Product Developer
7 5 (4.59%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (22.94%) HTML
2 21 (19.27%) CSS
3 12 (11.01%) Vue
4 10 (9.17%) React
5 9 (8.26%) Laravel
5 9 (8.26%) Node.js
6 7 (6.42%) .NET
7 6 (5.50%) LEMP Stack
7 6 (5.50%) Next.js
8 5 (4.59%) Tailwind CSS
9 4 (3.67%) RESTful
9 4 (3.67%) YAML
10 3 (2.75%) ASP.NET
10 3 (2.75%) LoopBack
11 2 (1.83%) .NET Framework
11 2 (1.83%) AngularJS
11 2 (1.83%) ASP.NET Core
11 2 (1.83%) Nuxt
11 2 (1.83%) Razor View Engine
12 1 (0.92%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.76%) Social Media
2 12 (11.01%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.59%) Blog
3 5 (4.59%) Low-Code
3 5 (4.59%) Smart City
4 4 (3.67%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.67%) Digital Media
4 4 (3.67%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.75%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.75%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.75%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.83%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.83%) Housing Association
6 2 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.83%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.83%) Podcast
7 1 (0.92%) Animation
7 1 (0.92%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.92%) Sports Betting
7 1 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (39.45%) Analytics
2 42 (38.53%) User Experience
3 38 (34.86%) SEO
4 30 (27.52%) CRM
5 28 (25.69%) Agile
6 27 (24.77%) AI
7 24 (22.02%) Content Management
8 22 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (16.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (16.51%) Project Management
9 18 (16.51%) Roadmaps
10 16 (14.68%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 13 (11.93%) CI/CD
11 13 (11.93%) Decision-Making
11 13 (11.93%) Full-Stack Development
11 13 (11.93%) Software Engineering
12 12 (11.01%) Marketing Automation
12 12 (11.01%) Mentoring
13 11 (10.09%) User Stories
13 11 (10.09%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.60%) JavaScript
2 11 (10.09%) PHP
3 10 (9.17%) TypeScript
4 5 (4.59%) C#
5 4 (3.67%) Bash
6 3 (2.75%) SQL
7 2 (1.83%) Python
8 1 (0.92%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (11.01%) DBS Check
2 9 (8.26%) Degree
3 5 (4.59%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (30.28%) Accessibility
2 14 (12.84%) WCAG
3 6 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.50%) QA
4 5 (4.59%) GDPR
5 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.92%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.92%) PERC
System Software
1 9 (8.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (19.27%) Adobe
2 19 (17.43%) Google
3 15 (13.76%) Microsoft
4 11 (10.09%) Salesforce
5 6 (5.50%) Pardot
6 4 (3.67%) HubSpot
7 3 (2.75%) Hotjar
7 3 (2.75%) Optimizely
8 2 (1.83%) Ahrefs
8 2 (1.83%) dotdigital
8 2 (1.83%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (1.83%) Sitecore
8 2 (1.83%) YouTube
9 1 (0.92%) Databricks
9 1 (0.92%) Dell
9 1 (0.92%) mParticle
9 1 (0.92%) SAP
9 1 (0.92%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.92%) WSO2
9 1 (0.92%) Xero
162 hybrid/remote CMS jobs