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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 247 265
Rank change year-on-year -33 +18 +82
Permanent jobs citing CMS 107 187 311
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.65% 1.25% 1.12%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.94% 10.00% 10.50%
Number of salaries quoted 60 101 297
10th Percentile £32,852 - £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,563 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,125 £73,750 £75,400
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -16.67% -7.27%

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 1,076 1,870 2,961
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.54% 12.50% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 758 1,256 2,431
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,238 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +11.11% -8.77%
75th Percentile £77,424 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £90,000
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 28 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 (13.08%) Drupal
2 9 (8.41%) WordPress
3 8 (7.48%) Confluence
4 6 (5.61%) nginx
4 6 (5.61%) Umbraco
5 5 (4.67%) Headless CMS
6 3 (2.80%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.87%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.93%) DNN
8 1 (0.93%) Kentico
8 1 (0.93%) Strapi
Applications
1 8 (7.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 7 (6.54%) Adobe Illustrator
2 7 (6.54%) Photoshop
3 5 (4.67%) Chatbot
4 3 (2.80%) InDesign
5 1 (0.93%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.93%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.93%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.93%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.93%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (6.54%) Shopify
2 6 (5.61%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.93%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.02%) AWS
2 14 (13.08%) Google Analytics
3 13 (12.15%) Figma
4 11 (10.28%) Azure
5 9 (8.41%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (7.48%) Contentsquare
6 8 (7.48%) SaaS
7 7 (6.54%) Adobe Analytics
7 7 (6.54%) Google Tag Manager
8 6 (5.61%) GitHub
8 6 (5.61%) Power Platform
9 5 (4.67%) Kontent
10 4 (3.74%) DigitalOcean
11 3 (2.80%) Canva
11 3 (2.80%) Google Ads
11 3 (2.80%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.87%) GCP
12 2 (1.87%) Miro
12 2 (1.87%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.93%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.54%) Broadband
2 4 (3.74%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.41%) MySQL
2 5 (4.67%) Power BI
2 5 (4.67%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.74%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.80%) Looker
4 3 (2.80%) Metadata
4 3 (2.80%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.87%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.93%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 8 (7.48%) Git
2 4 (3.74%) JIRA
2 4 (3.74%) Vite
General
1 36 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 28 (26.17%) Marketing
3 16 (14.95%) Legal
4 13 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (11.21%) Finance
6 11 (10.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (6.54%) Games
7 7 (6.54%) Law
8 6 (5.61%) Advertising
8 6 (5.61%) Multimedia
9 5 (4.67%) Back Office
9 5 (4.67%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (4.67%) Publishing
9 5 (4.67%) Retail
10 4 (3.74%) Police
10 4 (3.74%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.87%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (20.56%) Developer
2 13 (12.15%) Senior
3 8 (7.48%) Architect
3 8 (7.48%) Designer
3 8 (7.48%) Full-Stack Developer
3 8 (7.48%) Web Developer
4 7 (6.54%) Analyst
4 7 (6.54%) Business Analyst
5 6 (5.61%) Marketing Manager
5 6 (5.61%) Product Owner
5 6 (5.61%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (4.67%) Coordinator
6 5 (4.67%) Data Integration Architect
6 5 (4.67%) Digital Developer
6 5 (4.67%) Digital Product Manager
6 5 (4.67%) Integration Architect
6 5 (4.67%) Legal Analyst
6 5 (4.67%) Product Developer
6 5 (4.67%) Product Manager
6 5 (4.67%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (23.36%) HTML
2 21 (19.63%) CSS
3 12 (11.21%) Vue
4 10 (9.35%) React
5 9 (8.41%) Laravel
5 9 (8.41%) Node.js
6 6 (5.61%) .NET
6 6 (5.61%) LEMP Stack
6 6 (5.61%) Next.js
7 5 (4.67%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (3.74%) RESTful
8 4 (3.74%) YAML
9 3 (2.80%) ASP.NET
9 3 (2.80%) LoopBack
10 2 (1.87%) .NET Framework
10 2 (1.87%) AngularJS
10 2 (1.87%) ASP.NET Core
10 2 (1.87%) Nuxt
10 2 (1.87%) Razor View Engine
11 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.08%) Social Media
2 12 (11.21%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.67%) Blog
3 5 (4.67%) Low-Code
4 4 (3.74%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.74%) Digital Media
4 4 (3.74%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.74%) Smart City
5 3 (2.80%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.80%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.87%) Housing Association
6 2 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.87%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.87%) Podcast
7 1 (0.93%) Animation
7 1 (0.93%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.93%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.93%) Sports Betting
7 1 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (41.12%) Analytics
2 41 (38.32%) User Experience
3 38 (35.51%) SEO
4 29 (27.10%) Agile
4 29 (27.10%) CRM
5 27 (25.23%) AI
6 25 (23.36%) Content Management
7 21 (19.63%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (16.82%) Roadmaps
10 17 (15.89%) Project Management
10 17 (15.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 14 (13.08%) Decision-Making
12 13 (12.15%) CI/CD
12 13 (12.15%) Full-Stack Development
12 13 (12.15%) Software Engineering
13 12 (11.21%) Mentoring
14 11 (10.28%) Digital Marketing
14 11 (10.28%) User Stories
14 11 (10.28%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.89%) JavaScript
2 11 (10.28%) PHP
3 10 (9.35%) TypeScript
4 4 (3.74%) Bash
4 4 (3.74%) C#
5 2 (1.87%) Python
5 2 (1.87%) SQL
6 1 (0.93%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (10.28%) DBS Check
2 8 (7.48%) Degree
3 4 (3.74%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (29.91%) Accessibility
2 14 (13.08%) WCAG
3 6 (5.61%) GDPR
3 6 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.61%) QA
4 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.93%) PERC
System Software
1 9 (8.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (18.69%) Adobe
2 19 (17.76%) Google
3 15 (14.02%) Microsoft
4 10 (9.35%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.67%) Pardot
6 4 (3.74%) HubSpot
7 3 (2.80%) Hotjar
7 3 (2.80%) Optimizely
8 2 (1.87%) Ahrefs
8 2 (1.87%) dotdigital
8 2 (1.87%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (1.87%) Sitecore
8 2 (1.87%) YouTube
9 1 (0.93%) Databricks
9 1 (0.93%) Dell
9 1 (0.93%) mParticle
9 1 (0.93%) SAP
9 1 (0.93%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.93%) WSO2
9 1 (0.93%) Xero