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

 6 months to
13 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 226 264
Rank change year-on-year -43 +38 +80
Permanent jobs citing CMS 117 191 338
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 1.38% 1.13%
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.02% 10.34% 10.38%
Number of salaries quoted 66 106 322
10th Percentile £33,668 - £30,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £50,300
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.51% -10.18%
75th Percentile £66,688 £68,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £90,625 £73,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -13.04%

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 1,062 1,848 3,257
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.34% 13.35% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 753 1,298 2,671
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,625 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £88,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £96,250
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 13 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 16 (13.68%) Drupal
2 13 (11.11%) Confluence
3 9 (7.69%) WordPress
4 7 (5.98%) Umbraco
5 6 (5.13%) nginx
6 5 (4.27%) Headless CMS
7 3 (2.56%) SharePoint
8 2 (1.71%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.85%) DNN
9 1 (0.85%) Kentico
9 1 (0.85%) Strapi
Applications
1 8 (6.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 7 (5.98%) Photoshop
3 6 (5.13%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (4.27%) Chatbot
5 3 (2.56%) InDesign
6 1 (0.85%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.85%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.85%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 8 (6.84%) Shopify
2 6 (5.13%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (3.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.85%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 18 (15.38%) Figma
2 16 (13.68%) AWS
3 13 (11.11%) Azure
3 13 (11.11%) Contentsquare
3 13 (11.11%) Google Analytics
4 12 (10.26%) Adobe Analytics
5 10 (8.55%) SaaS
6 9 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (5.98%) Google Tag Manager
8 6 (5.13%) GitHub
8 6 (5.13%) Power Platform
9 5 (4.27%) Kontent
10 4 (3.42%) DigitalOcean
11 3 (2.56%) Canva
11 3 (2.56%) GCP
11 3 (2.56%) Google Ads
11 3 (2.56%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.71%) Miro
12 2 (1.71%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.85%) Typeform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.26%) Broadband
2 4 (3.42%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.69%) MySQL
2 5 (4.27%) Power BI
2 5 (4.27%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.42%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.56%) Looker
4 3 (2.56%) Metadata
4 3 (2.56%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.85%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 9 (7.69%) Git
2 5 (4.27%) JIRA
3 4 (3.42%) Vite
General
1 41 (35.04%) Social Skills
2 32 (27.35%) Marketing
3 21 (17.95%) Legal
4 13 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (10.26%) Finance
5 12 (10.26%) Games
5 12 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.84%) Retail
7 7 (5.98%) Law
8 6 (5.13%) Manufacturing
8 6 (5.13%) Public Sector
9 5 (4.27%) Advertising
9 5 (4.27%) Back Office
9 5 (4.27%) Multimedia
9 5 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (4.27%) Publishing
10 4 (3.42%) Police
11 3 (2.56%) Local Government
12 2 (1.71%) Brand Awareness
13 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (21.37%) Developer
2 18 (15.38%) Senior
3 11 (9.40%) Designer
4 10 (8.55%) Architect
5 9 (7.69%) Web Developer
6 8 (6.84%) Content Designer
6 8 (6.84%) Full-Stack Developer
6 8 (6.84%) Lead
7 7 (5.98%) Analyst
7 7 (5.98%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.98%) Marketing Manager
7 7 (5.98%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (5.13%) Product Owner
9 5 (4.27%) Content Manager
9 5 (4.27%) Coordinator
9 5 (4.27%) Data Integration Architect
9 5 (4.27%) Digital Content Designer
9 5 (4.27%) Digital Designer
9 5 (4.27%) Integration Architect
9 5 (4.27%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (20.51%) HTML
2 20 (17.09%) CSS
3 12 (10.26%) Vue
4 11 (9.40%) React
5 10 (8.55%) Node.js
6 9 (7.69%) Laravel
7 7 (5.98%) .NET
8 6 (5.13%) LEMP Stack
8 6 (5.13%) Next.js
9 5 (4.27%) Tailwind CSS
10 4 (3.42%) RESTful
10 4 (3.42%) YAML
11 3 (2.56%) ASP.NET
11 3 (2.56%) LoopBack
12 2 (1.71%) .NET Framework
12 2 (1.71%) AngularJS
12 2 (1.71%) ASP.NET Core
12 2 (1.71%) GraphQL
12 2 (1.71%) Nuxt
12 2 (1.71%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.68%) Social Media
2 12 (10.26%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.27%) Blog
3 5 (4.27%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.27%) Low-Code
3 5 (4.27%) Smart City
4 4 (3.42%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.56%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.56%) Digital Media
5 3 (2.56%) Graphic Design
5 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.56%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.71%) Housing Association
6 2 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.71%) Podcast
7 1 (0.85%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.85%) Sports Betting
7 1 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.84%) Linux
2 1 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (40.17%) Analytics
2 46 (39.32%) User Experience
3 42 (35.90%) SEO
4 34 (29.06%) Agile
5 31 (26.50%) AI
5 31 (26.50%) CRM
6 25 (21.37%) Roadmaps
7 24 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (18.80%) Content Management
8 22 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (17.95%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 19 (16.24%) Decision-Making
11 18 (15.38%) Mentoring
11 18 (15.38%) Project Management
12 15 (12.82%) Customer Experience
13 14 (11.97%) Storytelling
14 13 (11.11%) CI/CD
14 13 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
14 13 (11.11%) Marketing Automation
14 13 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.38%) JavaScript
2 11 (9.40%) PHP
2 11 (9.40%) TypeScript
3 5 (4.27%) C#
4 4 (3.42%) Bash
5 3 (2.56%) SQL
6 2 (1.71%) Python
7 1 (0.85%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (11.11%) DBS Check
2 9 (7.69%) Degree
3 5 (4.27%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (35.04%) Accessibility
2 19 (16.24%) WCAG
3 6 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.13%) QA
4 5 (4.27%) GDPR
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.85%) PERC
System Software
1 9 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (21.37%) Adobe
2 18 (15.38%) Google
3 14 (11.97%) Microsoft
4 12 (10.26%) Salesforce
5 6 (5.13%) Pardot
6 4 (3.42%) HubSpot
7 3 (2.56%) Hotjar
7 3 (2.56%) Optimizely
8 2 (1.71%) Ahrefs
8 2 (1.71%) dotdigital
8 2 (1.71%) SAP
8 2 (1.71%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (1.71%) Sitecore
8 2 (1.71%) YouTube
9 1 (0.85%) Databricks
9 1 (0.85%) Dell
9 1 (0.85%) mParticle
9 1 (0.85%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.85%) WSO2
9 1 (0.85%) Xero
120 hybrid/remote CMS jobs