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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 291 347
Rank change year-on-year -41 +56 -7
Permanent jobs citing CMS 135 133 134
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 0.80% 0.64%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.92% 9.19% 5.31%
Number of salaries quoted 91 72 83
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,250 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +23.49% -24.55%
75th Percentile £62,750 £66,875 £60,625
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,625 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -19.81%

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 1,513 1,448 2,525
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.03% 8.76% 12.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,117 975 1,746
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £88,750 £114,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £135,000 £143,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.66% -7.83% +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 14 October 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 27 (20.00%) WordPress
2 15 (11.11%) Umbraco
3 9 (6.67%) Headless CMS
4 6 (4.44%) Confluence
4 6 (4.44%) Drupal
4 6 (4.44%) SharePoint
5 5 (3.70%) EPiServer
6 4 (2.96%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (2.22%) DNN
7 3 (2.22%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (2.22%) Kentico
7 3 (2.22%) Sitefinity
8 2 (1.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (1.48%) SAS
9 1 (0.74%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.70%) CorelDRAW
2 5 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (2.96%) Trello
4 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.74%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 5 (3.70%) Shopify
2 2 (1.48%) Magento
3 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.63%) SaaS
2 12 (8.89%) Azure
3 11 (8.15%) Google Analytics
4 10 (7.41%) AWS
5 8 (5.93%) Figma
6 6 (4.44%) Canva
6 6 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.44%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 5 (3.70%) Adobe Analytics
7 5 (3.70%) Contentsquare
8 4 (2.96%) ClickUp
8 4 (2.96%) MailChimp
8 4 (2.96%) Serverless
9 3 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.22%) Azure Functions
9 3 (2.22%) Contentful
9 3 (2.22%) GitHub
10 2 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.48%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.74%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.70%) Broadband
1 5 (3.70%) HTTP
2 2 (1.48%) SSL
3 1 (0.74%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.70%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.48%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.48%) Metadata
3 2 (1.48%) MySQL
3 2 (1.48%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.48%) Power BI
3 2 (1.48%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (0.74%) Big Data
4 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (7.41%) JIRA
2 2 (1.48%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.74%) Claude Code
General
1 64 (47.41%) Social Skills
2 42 (31.11%) Marketing
3 19 (14.07%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (11.85%) Finance
5 14 (10.37%) Publishing
6 13 (9.63%) Retail
7 10 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (6.67%) Public Sector
9 8 (5.93%) Games
9 8 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (5.19%) Legal
11 5 (3.70%) Banking
11 5 (3.70%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (2.22%) Advertising
14 2 (1.48%) German Language
14 2 (1.48%) Multimedia
15 1 (0.74%) Digital Health
15 1 (0.74%) Law
15 1 (0.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 22 (16.30%) Lead
2 18 (13.33%) Developer
3 15 (11.11%) Senior
4 12 (8.89%) Marketing Executive
5 7 (5.19%) CMS Developer
5 7 (5.19%) Senior Developer
5 7 (5.19%) Software Engineer
5 7 (5.19%) Web Manager
6 6 (4.44%) Architect
6 6 (4.44%) Product Owner
6 6 (4.44%) Web Developer
7 5 (3.70%) Administrator
7 5 (3.70%) Author
7 5 (3.70%) Development Manager
7 5 (3.70%) E-Commerce Executive
7 5 (3.70%) Platform Manager
7 5 (3.70%) Product Director
7 5 (3.70%) Product Management Director
7 5 (3.70%) Technical Author
7 5 (3.70%) Web Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.63%) HTML
1 13 (9.63%) Node.js
2 12 (8.89%) React
3 11 (8.15%) .NET
4 8 (5.93%) CSS
5 7 (5.19%) XML
6 6 (4.44%) .NET Core
7 5 (3.70%) Flash
8 4 (2.96%) AngularJS
8 4 (2.96%) ASP.NET
8 4 (2.96%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (2.96%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (2.96%) Gherkin
9 3 (2.22%) .NET Framework
9 3 (2.22%) CSS3
9 3 (2.22%) Entity Framework
9 3 (2.22%) REST
9 3 (2.22%) RESTful
9 3 (2.22%) Semantic HTML
9 3 (2.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.52%) Social Media
2 13 (9.63%) Blog
3 10 (7.41%) Web Conferencing
4 9 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 9 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (5.19%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.19%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.70%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.70%) Graphic Design
6 5 (3.70%) Marketing Technology
6 5 (3.70%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.96%) Online Gambling
7 4 (2.96%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.22%) Tandem
8 3 (2.22%) Video Editing
9 2 (1.48%) Photography
10 1 (0.74%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.74%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.74%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.74%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (31.85%) Content Management
2 30 (22.22%) SEO
2 30 (22.22%) User Experience
3 29 (21.48%) AI
3 29 (21.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (20.74%) Analytics
5 27 (20.00%) Customer Experience
6 23 (17.04%) CRM
7 20 (14.81%) Agile
8 18 (13.33%) Content Strategy
8 18 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (13.33%) Project Management
9 17 (12.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (11.85%) Digital Marketing
10 16 (11.85%) Web Development
11 15 (11.11%) E-Commerce
12 14 (10.37%) B2B
12 14 (10.37%) Mentoring
13 13 (9.63%) CI/CD
13 13 (9.63%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.33%) JavaScript
2 9 (6.67%) C#
2 9 (6.67%) TypeScript
3 8 (5.93%) PHP
4 7 (5.19%) SQL
5 4 (2.96%) C
6 3 (2.22%) Python
7 2 (1.48%) VB
7 2 (1.48%) VBA
8 1 (0.74%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (5.93%) Degree
2 5 (3.70%) HNC
2 5 (3.70%) HND
3 4 (2.96%) DBS Check
3 4 (2.96%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (18.52%) Accessibility
2 9 (6.67%) WCAG
3 3 (2.22%) SLA
4 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.48%) GDPR
4 2 (1.48%) QA
5 1 (0.74%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 5 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) AppManager
Vendors
1 19 (14.07%) Google
2 18 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.63%) Adobe
4 8 (5.93%) Salesforce
5 7 (5.19%) HubSpot
6 6 (4.44%) Optimizely
7 5 (3.70%) TikTok
8 4 (2.96%) Sitecore
9 3 (2.22%) Alterian
10 2 (1.48%) Ahrefs
10 2 (1.48%) Screaming Frog
11 1 (0.74%) dotdigital
11 1 (0.74%) JDA
11 1 (0.74%) Oracle
11 1 (0.74%) Pardot
11 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow