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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 270 283
Rank change year-on-year -13 +13 +92
Permanent jobs citing CMS 92 187 261
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.58% 1.15% 1.00%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.76% 9.42% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 52 97 248
10th Percentile £26,250 - £31,250
25th Percentile £41,163 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -16.67% -7.27%
75th Percentile £65,563 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £75,300
UK median annual salary £51,055 £42,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +20.13% -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 1,050 1,986 2,816
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.65% 12.23% 10.76%
Number of salaries quoted 749 1,292 2,291
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,663 £43,635 £39,543
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,754 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +12.28% -4.86%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,762 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.85% +11.52% -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 30 January 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 12 (13.04%) Drupal
2 8 (8.70%) WordPress
3 7 (7.61%) Umbraco
4 6 (6.52%) nginx
5 5 (5.43%) Headless CMS
6 3 (3.26%) Confluence
6 3 (3.26%) SharePoint
7 2 (2.17%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (1.09%) DNN
8 1 (1.09%) EPiServer
8 1 (1.09%) Kentico
8 1 (1.09%) Strapi
Applications
1 9 (9.78%) Adobe Illustrator
2 8 (8.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 8 (8.70%) Photoshop
3 5 (5.43%) Chatbot
4 3 (3.26%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (3.26%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (2.17%) InDesign
6 1 (1.09%) Acrobat
6 1 (1.09%) FrameMaker
6 1 (1.09%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (6.52%) Shopify
2 5 (5.43%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.09%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.04%) AWS
2 10 (10.87%) Azure
2 10 (10.87%) Google Analytics
3 9 (9.78%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (8.70%) Figma
5 6 (6.52%) GitHub
5 6 (6.52%) SaaS
6 5 (5.43%) Google Tag Manager
6 5 (5.43%) Kontent
7 4 (4.35%) Power Platform
8 3 (3.26%) DigitalOcean
8 3 (3.26%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.17%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (2.17%) Miro
9 2 (2.17%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.09%) Canva
10 1 (1.09%) Contentsquare
10 1 (1.09%) Kong
10 1 (1.09%) npm
10 1 (1.09%) Typeform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.35%) Intranet
2 2 (2.17%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.70%) MySQL
2 4 (4.35%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.26%) Metadata
3 3 (3.26%) MongoDB
3 3 (3.26%) Power BI
4 2 (2.17%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.17%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.09%) Looker
5 1 (1.09%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 8 (8.70%) Git
2 4 (4.35%) JIRA
2 4 (4.35%) Vite
3 1 (1.09%) Grunt
3 1 (1.09%) gulp
3 1 (1.09%) webpack
General
1 26 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 20 (21.74%) Marketing
3 11 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (11.96%) Legal
4 10 (10.87%) Finance
5 7 (7.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (7.61%) Law
5 7 (7.61%) Multimedia
6 5 (5.43%) Back Office
6 5 (5.43%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.35%) Police
7 4 (4.35%) Publishing
8 3 (3.26%) Advertising
8 3 (3.26%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.17%) Games
9 2 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.17%) Retail
10 1 (1.09%) Brand Awareness
10 1 (1.09%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 24 (26.09%) Developer
2 10 (10.87%) Senior
3 8 (8.70%) Web Developer
4 7 (7.61%) Full-Stack Developer
5 6 (6.52%) Analyst
5 6 (6.52%) Architect
5 6 (6.52%) Business Analyst
5 6 (6.52%) Digital Developer
5 6 (6.52%) Product Owner
6 5 (5.43%) Data Integration Architect
6 5 (5.43%) Designer
6 5 (5.43%) Integration Architect
6 5 (5.43%) Product Developer
6 5 (5.43%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (4.35%) Digital Product Manager
7 4 (4.35%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
7 4 (4.35%) Legal Analyst
7 4 (4.35%) Product Manager
7 4 (4.35%) Software Analyst
7 4 (4.35%) Website Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (26.09%) HTML
2 20 (21.74%) CSS
3 12 (13.04%) Vue
4 10 (10.87%) React
5 9 (9.78%) Laravel
6 8 (8.70%) Node.js
7 6 (6.52%) .NET
7 6 (6.52%) LEMP Stack
8 5 (5.43%) Next.js
8 5 (5.43%) Tailwind CSS
9 4 (4.35%) YAML
10 3 (3.26%) ASP.NET
10 3 (3.26%) RESTful
11 2 (2.17%) .NET Framework
11 2 (2.17%) AngularJS
11 2 (2.17%) ASP.NET Core
11 2 (2.17%) LoopBack
11 2 (2.17%) Nuxt
11 2 (2.17%) Razor View Engine
12 1 (1.09%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.87%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.70%) Social Media
3 5 (5.43%) Digital Media
3 5 (5.43%) Low-Code
3 5 (5.43%) Mobile App
4 4 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.26%) Animation
5 3 (3.26%) Digital Signage
5 3 (3.26%) Motion Graphics
5 3 (3.26%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.26%) Smart City
6 2 (2.17%) Blog
6 2 (2.17%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.17%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (2.17%) Housing Association
7 1 (1.09%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.09%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.09%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.09%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (32.61%) Analytics
2 29 (31.52%) User Experience
3 28 (30.43%) Content Management
4 27 (29.35%) SEO
5 24 (26.09%) Agile
5 24 (26.09%) CRM
6 19 (20.65%) AI
6 19 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (17.39%) Project Management
8 14 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (14.13%) Software Engineering
10 12 (13.04%) CI/CD
10 12 (13.04%) Full-Stack Development
10 12 (13.04%) Roadmaps
11 11 (11.96%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 10 (10.87%) Performance Optimisation
13 9 (9.78%) API Development
13 9 (9.78%) Digital Marketing
13 9 (9.78%) User Stories
13 9 (9.78%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (18.48%) JavaScript
2 12 (13.04%) PHP
3 9 (9.78%) TypeScript
4 4 (4.35%) Bash
4 4 (4.35%) C#
5 2 (2.17%) Python
5 2 (2.17%) SQL
6 1 (1.09%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (9.78%) DBS Check
2 7 (7.61%) Degree
3 3 (3.26%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (27.17%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.70%) WCAG
3 6 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.52%) QA
4 5 (5.43%) GDPR
5 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.09%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.09%) PERC
System Software
1 8 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (15.22%) Adobe
2 13 (14.13%) Google
3 12 (13.04%) Microsoft
4 7 (7.61%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.35%) HubSpot
6 3 (3.26%) Optimizely
6 3 (3.26%) Pardot
7 2 (2.17%) Sitecore
7 2 (2.17%) TOWER Software
8 1 (1.09%) Databricks
8 1 (1.09%) Dell
8 1 (1.09%) dotdigital
8 1 (1.09%) Hotjar
8 1 (1.09%) mParticle
8 1 (1.09%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.09%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (1.09%) Tealium
8 1 (1.09%) WSO2
8 1 (1.09%) Xero
8 1 (1.09%) YouTube