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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 304 334
Rank change year-on-year +49 +30 +22
Permanent jobs citing CMS 120 162 142
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 0.85% 0.70%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.54% 6.94% 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66 92 136
10th Percentile £26,625 - £32,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £38,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,438 £60,313 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -27.27% +0.46%

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 1,138 2,335 2,348
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.43% 12.25% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 842 1,642 1,861
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £88,500 £97,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £124,250 £142,500 £95,063
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,875 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.04% +1.59% -

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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 December 2025.

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 (12.50%) WordPress
2 13 (10.83%) Drupal
3 8 (6.67%) Headless CMS
3 8 (6.67%) Umbraco
4 6 (5.00%) Apache Solr
5 3 (2.50%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.67%) Confluence
6 2 (1.67%) EPiServer
6 2 (1.67%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.83%) DNN
7 1 (0.83%) IIS
7 1 (0.83%) Kentico
7 1 (0.83%) nginx
7 1 (0.83%) Strapi
Applications
1 7 (5.83%) Photoshop
2 6 (5.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (4.17%) Chatbot
3 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (3.33%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (2.50%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.83%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.83%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.83%) InDesign
6 1 (0.83%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (4.17%) Dynamics GP
1 5 (4.17%) Shopify
2 1 (0.83%) Magento
2 1 (0.83%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 24 (20.00%) Google Analytics
2 20 (16.67%) Azure
3 9 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (7.50%) Figma
4 7 (5.83%) Google Tag Manager
5 6 (5.00%) Cloudflare
6 5 (4.17%) Canva
6 5 (4.17%) Kontent
7 4 (3.33%) AWS
7 4 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.33%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (2.50%) GitHub
8 3 (2.50%) Google Ads
8 3 (2.50%) Google Docs
8 3 (2.50%) Google Sheets
8 3 (2.50%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.50%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.50%) SaaS
9 2 (1.67%) Miro
9 2 (1.67%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.33%) 3GPP
1 4 (3.33%) Intranet
2 1 (0.83%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.67%) MySQL
2 7 (5.83%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (4.17%) Metadata
5 2 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.67%) Power BI
5 2 (1.67%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.83%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 13 (10.83%) Git
2 6 (5.00%) JIRA
3 4 (3.33%) SonarQube
3 4 (3.33%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.67%) Bazaar
4 2 (1.67%) Grunt
4 2 (1.67%) gulp
4 2 (1.67%) webpack
5 1 (0.83%) Vite
General
1 40 (33.33%) Marketing
2 36 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 20 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.83%) Legal
5 12 (10.00%) Finance
6 9 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (5.83%) Multimedia
8 5 (4.17%) Advertising
8 5 (4.17%) Brand Awareness
9 4 (3.33%) Law
9 4 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.33%) Police
9 4 (3.33%) Publishing
9 4 (3.33%) Retail
9 4 (3.33%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.50%) Back Office
10 3 (2.50%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.67%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (22.50%) Developer
2 11 (9.17%) Web Manager
3 9 (7.50%) Lead
4 7 (5.83%) Digital Developer
4 7 (5.83%) Full-Stack Developer
4 7 (5.83%) Web Developer
5 6 (5.00%) .NET Developer
5 6 (5.00%) Marketing Manager
5 6 (5.00%) Senior
5 6 (5.00%) Technical Manager
6 5 (4.17%) Architect
6 5 (4.17%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 5 (4.17%) Product Developer
7 4 (3.33%) Digital Product Manager
7 4 (3.33%) Product Manager
7 4 (3.33%) Product Owner
7 4 (3.33%) Vendor Manager
7 4 (3.33%) Website Developer
8 3 (2.50%) Automation Developer
8 3 (2.50%) Communications Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (25.00%) HTML
2 28 (23.33%) CSS
3 11 (9.17%) .NET
4 9 (7.50%) React
5 7 (5.83%) RESTful
6 6 (5.00%) .NET Framework
6 6 (5.00%) AngularJS
7 5 (4.17%) .NET Core
7 5 (4.17%) GraphQL
7 5 (4.17%) Node.js
7 5 (4.17%) Vue
8 4 (3.33%) ASP.NET
8 4 (3.33%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (3.33%) Entity Framework
8 4 (3.33%) Web Services
9 3 (2.50%) CSS3
9 3 (2.50%) HTML5
9 3 (2.50%) Next.js
10 2 (1.67%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (1.67%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.67%) Social Media
2 12 (10.00%) Blog
3 6 (5.00%) Low-Code
4 5 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.17%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.33%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.33%) Digital Media
5 4 (3.33%) Digital Signage
5 4 (3.33%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.50%) Animation
6 3 (2.50%) Graphic Design
6 3 (2.50%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.67%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.67%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.67%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.67%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.67%) Sports Betting
8 1 (0.83%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.83%) Linux
2 6 (5.00%) Windows
2 6 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (40.00%) Analytics
2 43 (35.83%) Content Management
3 39 (32.50%) SEO
4 38 (31.67%) User Experience
5 29 (24.17%) Agile
6 27 (22.50%) AI
7 23 (19.17%) CRM
8 20 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (15.83%) CI/CD
10 17 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (14.17%) Digital Marketing
11 15 (12.50%) E-Commerce
11 15 (12.50%) Project Management
11 15 (12.50%) Web Development
12 11 (9.17%) A/B Testing
12 11 (9.17%) API Development
12 11 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (9.17%) Full-Stack Development
13 10 (8.33%) Containerisation
13 10 (8.33%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 28 (23.33%) JavaScript
2 9 (7.50%) C#
2 9 (7.50%) Python
3 7 (5.83%) TypeScript
4 5 (4.17%) PHP
5 4 (3.33%) SQL
6 2 (1.67%) Ruby
7 1 (0.83%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (6.67%) DBS Check
2 4 (3.33%) Degree
3 1 (0.83%) ACCA
3 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (27.50%) Accessibility
2 10 (8.33%) QA
2 10 (8.33%) WCAG
3 6 (5.00%) GDPR
4 4 (3.33%) NCSC
5 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.83%) PERC
System Software
1 12 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) AppManager
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (22.50%) Google
2 23 (19.17%) Microsoft
3 13 (10.83%) Adobe
4 6 (5.00%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.17%) Optimizely
6 4 (3.33%) Ahrefs
7 3 (2.50%) Hotjar
7 3 (2.50%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.67%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.83%) Databricks
9 1 (0.83%) Dell
9 1 (0.83%) mParticle
9 1 (0.83%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.83%) OpenText
9 1 (0.83%) Tealium
9 1 (0.83%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.83%) WSO2