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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 312 340
Rank change year-on-year +24 +28 +20
Permanent jobs citing CMS 119 153 153
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 0.77% 0.70%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.67% 6.47% 6.01%
Number of salaries quoted 68 94 147
10th Percentile £26,775 - £35,750
25th Percentile £34,646 £31,250 £39,435
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -22.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £59,375 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -22.73% +4.76%

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 1,231 2,363 2,545
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.69% 11.84% 11.58%
Number of salaries quoted 934 1,653 2,036
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,651 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,465 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +9.11% +4.35%
75th Percentile £87,500 £108,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £130,000 £142,500 £97,290
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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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 7 November 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 19 (15.97%) WordPress
2 15 (12.61%) Drupal
3 9 (7.56%) Headless CMS
4 8 (6.72%) Umbraco
5 6 (5.04%) Apache Solr
6 2 (1.68%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.84%) DNN
7 1 (0.84%) IIS
7 1 (0.84%) Kentico
7 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.84%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.84%) Strapi
Applications
1 9 (7.56%) Photoshop
2 7 (5.88%) Adobe Illustrator
2 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (3.36%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (2.52%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (2.52%) Chatbot
6 2 (1.68%) Elementor
7 1 (0.84%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.84%) InDesign
7 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (5.88%) Shopify
2 4 (3.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.36%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.84%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 25 (21.01%) Google Analytics
2 18 (15.13%) Azure
3 11 (9.24%) Figma
4 8 (6.72%) Cloudflare
4 8 (6.72%) Google Tag Manager
5 6 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (5.04%) Azure Service Bus
5 6 (5.04%) Canva
6 5 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.36%) Google Sheets
8 3 (2.52%) Google Ads
8 3 (2.52%) Google Docs
8 3 (2.52%) Kontent
8 3 (2.52%) npm
8 3 (2.52%) SaaS
9 2 (1.68%) GitHub
9 2 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.68%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.68%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.68%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.36%) 3GPP
2 1 (0.84%) Broadband
2 1 (0.84%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.72%) MySQL
2 7 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.04%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (4.20%) Metadata
5 2 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.68%) Power BI
5 2 (1.68%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.84%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 15 (12.61%) Git
2 6 (5.04%) JIRA
3 4 (3.36%) SonarQube
3 4 (3.36%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (2.52%) Bazaar
5 2 (1.68%) Grunt
5 2 (1.68%) gulp
5 2 (1.68%) webpack
6 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (36.13%) Marketing
2 37 (31.09%) Social Skills
3 17 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.08%) Finance
5 10 (8.40%) Legal
6 9 (7.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.20%) Advertising
7 5 (4.20%) Brand Awareness
7 5 (4.20%) Multimedia
7 5 (4.20%) Publishing
7 5 (4.20%) Retail
8 4 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.36%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.52%) Law
9 3 (2.52%) Tech for Good
10 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.68%) Local Government
10 2 (1.68%) Police
11 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (26.05%) Developer
2 10 (8.40%) Web Manager
3 9 (7.56%) Web Developer
4 8 (6.72%) .NET Developer
4 8 (6.72%) Full-Stack Developer
4 8 (6.72%) Lead
5 6 (5.04%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 6 (5.04%) Marketing Manager
5 6 (5.04%) Technical Manager
6 5 (4.20%) Digital Developer
6 5 (4.20%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 4 (3.36%) Communications Officer
7 4 (3.36%) Digital Product Manager
7 4 (3.36%) E-Commerce Manager
7 4 (3.36%) Product Manager
7 4 (3.36%) Senior
7 4 (3.36%) Software Developer
7 4 (3.36%) Vendor Manager
8 3 (2.52%) Junior
8 3 (2.52%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (29.41%) HTML
2 28 (23.53%) CSS
3 11 (9.24%) .NET
3 11 (9.24%) React
4 7 (5.88%) .NET Core
5 6 (5.04%) .NET Framework
5 6 (5.04%) AngularJS
5 6 (5.04%) GraphQL
5 6 (5.04%) RESTful
5 6 (5.04%) Sass
6 5 (4.20%) CSS3
6 5 (4.20%) HTML5
6 5 (4.20%) Vue
7 4 (3.36%) ASP.NET
7 4 (3.36%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (3.36%) Entity Framework
7 4 (3.36%) Web Services
8 3 (2.52%) jQuery
8 3 (2.52%) LESS
8 3 (2.52%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.61%) Social Media
2 12 (10.08%) Blog
3 7 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.20%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.36%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.36%) Digital Media
5 4 (3.36%) Digital Signage
5 4 (3.36%) Learning Management System
5 4 (3.36%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.36%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.36%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.52%) Animation
6 3 (2.52%) Graphic Design
6 3 (2.52%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.68%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.68%) Sports Betting
7 2 (1.68%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.84%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.04%) Linux
1 6 (5.04%) Windows
1 6 (5.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (38.66%) Analytics
2 43 (36.13%) Content Management
3 42 (35.29%) SEO
4 40 (33.61%) User Experience
5 28 (23.53%) Agile
6 23 (19.33%) CRM
7 21 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (15.97%) AI
8 19 (15.97%) CI/CD
8 19 (15.97%) Digital Marketing
8 19 (15.97%) E-Commerce
8 19 (15.97%) Web Development
9 15 (12.61%) Project Management
10 14 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (10.08%) A/B Testing
12 11 (9.24%) B2B
13 10 (8.40%) Containerisation
13 10 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (8.40%) Scrum
14 9 (7.56%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 30 (25.21%) JavaScript
2 11 (9.24%) C#
3 9 (7.56%) Python
4 8 (6.72%) SQL
5 7 (5.88%) PHP
5 7 (5.88%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.52%) Ruby
7 1 (0.84%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (4.20%) Degree
2 4 (3.36%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.84%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (22.69%) Accessibility
2 9 (7.56%) QA
3 8 (6.72%) GDPR
4 6 (5.04%) WCAG
5 4 (3.36%) NCSC
6 2 (1.68%) PERC
7 1 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 11 (9.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.84%) AppManager
1 1 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (24.37%) Google
2 21 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 11 (9.24%) Adobe
4 7 (5.88%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.20%) Ahrefs
6 4 (3.36%) Optimizely
7 3 (2.52%) Hotjar
7 3 (2.52%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.68%) Instagram
8 2 (1.68%) Netlify
9 1 (0.84%) OpenText
9 1 (0.84%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.84%) TOWER Software