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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 366 351
Rank change year-on-year +90 -15 -19
Permanent jobs citing CMS 147 132 167
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.91% 0.57% 0.66%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.66% 4.60% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 79 94 159
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,350 £33,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £40,919
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -24.78% +18.95%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,750 £65,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,157 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.02% -22.73% +10.00%

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 1,521 2,870 2,884
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.40% 12.38% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,019 1,921 2,410
10th Percentile £31,200 £32,500 £33,275
25th Percentile £40,826 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £90,000 £116,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £147,500 £101,191
UK median annual salary £53,688 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -2.39% -2.65% +2.73%

CMS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CMS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CMS
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CMS

CMS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CMS over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

CMS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (17.69%) WordPress
2 16 (10.88%) Umbraco
3 12 (8.16%) Drupal
3 12 (8.16%) Headless CMS
4 9 (6.12%) Apache Solr
5 3 (2.04%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.68%) IIS
6 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.68%) Strapi
Applications
1 12 (8.16%) Photoshop
2 9 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (4.08%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (3.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (3.40%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (2.04%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (1.36%) Elementor
6 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (7.48%) Shopify
2 6 (4.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.68%) Magento
3 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (21.09%) Google Analytics
2 25 (17.01%) Azure
3 11 (7.48%) Cloudflare
4 9 (6.12%) Google Ads
5 8 (5.44%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (5.44%) Azure Service Bus
6 7 (4.76%) AWS
6 7 (4.76%) Canva
6 7 (4.76%) Figma
7 6 (4.08%) Google Tag Manager
7 6 (4.08%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.72%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.72%) Contentstack
8 4 (2.72%) Google Sheets
8 4 (2.72%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.72%) SaaS
9 3 (2.04%) GitHub
9 3 (2.04%) Google Docs
9 3 (2.04%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.72%) 3GPP
2 2 (1.36%) Intranet
3 1 (0.68%) Broadband
3 1 (0.68%) Firewall
3 1 (0.68%) SMS
3 1 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.80%) MySQL
2 9 (6.12%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (4.08%) Power BI
4 5 (3.40%) Metadata
4 5 (3.40%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.68%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (13.61%) Git
2 11 (7.48%) Bazaar
3 4 (2.72%) SonarQube
3 4 (2.72%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (2.04%) Grunt
4 3 (2.04%) gulp
4 3 (2.04%) JIRA
5 2 (1.36%) webpack
6 1 (0.68%) Subversion
6 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.68%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 56 (38.10%) Marketing
2 51 (34.69%) Social Skills
3 26 (17.69%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.88%) Finance
5 13 (8.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (8.16%) Legal
7 8 (5.44%) Brand Awareness
8 7 (4.76%) Advertising
8 7 (4.76%) Retail
9 6 (4.08%) Tech for Good
10 4 (2.72%) Law
10 4 (2.72%) Multimedia
10 4 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.72%) Publishing
10 4 (2.72%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.04%) Local Government
12 2 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (21.77%) Developer
2 14 (9.52%) Lead
2 14 (9.52%) Web Manager
3 10 (6.80%) Marketing Manager
4 9 (6.12%) Senior
5 8 (5.44%) Web Developer
6 7 (4.76%) .NET Developer
6 7 (4.76%) Digital Executive
6 7 (4.76%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 7 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (4.08%) Ruby Engineer
7 6 (4.08%) Software Developer
7 6 (4.08%) Software Engineer
7 6 (4.08%) Technical Manager
8 5 (3.40%) Communications Officer
8 5 (3.40%) E-Commerce Manager
9 4 (2.72%) Head of Engineering
9 4 (2.72%) Integration Developer
9 4 (2.72%) Senior Developer
9 4 (2.72%) Vendor Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (25.17%) HTML
2 30 (20.41%) CSS
3 17 (11.56%) React
4 15 (10.20%) .NET
5 10 (6.80%) .NET Core
6 8 (5.44%) AngularJS
6 8 (5.44%) Web Services
7 7 (4.76%) .NET Framework
7 7 (4.76%) Django
7 7 (4.76%) GraphQL
7 7 (4.76%) Node.js
7 7 (4.76%) RESTful
7 7 (4.76%) Sass
8 6 (4.08%) ASP.NET
8 6 (4.08%) ASP.NET Web API
8 6 (4.08%) HTML5
8 6 (4.08%) Next.js
8 6 (4.08%) Ruby on Rails
8 6 (4.08%) Vue
9 5 (3.40%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.29%) Social Media
2 11 (7.48%) Blog
3 10 (6.80%) Algorithms
4 9 (6.12%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.08%) Graphic Design
6 5 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (3.40%) Digital Media
6 5 (3.40%) Learning Management System
6 5 (3.40%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.72%) Animation
7 4 (2.72%) Digital Signage
7 4 (2.72%) Hackathon
8 3 (2.04%) Motion Graphics
8 3 (2.04%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.04%) Video Editing
9 2 (1.36%) Educational Technology
9 2 (1.36%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.36%) Photography
9 2 (1.36%) Podcast
9 2 (1.36%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.80%) Linux
2 9 (6.12%) Windows
2 9 (6.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (44.22%) Content Management
2 50 (34.01%) SEO
3 47 (31.97%) Analytics
4 42 (28.57%) User Experience
5 39 (26.53%) Agile
6 31 (21.09%) E-Commerce
7 28 (19.05%) CRM
8 26 (17.69%) Web Development
9 24 (16.33%) Artificial Intelligence
10 22 (14.97%) CI/CD
10 22 (14.97%) Digital Marketing
11 21 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (13.61%) Project Management
13 17 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 14 (9.52%) B2B
14 14 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
15 13 (8.84%) A/B Testing
15 13 (8.84%) API Management
15 13 (8.84%) Collaborative Culture
15 13 (8.84%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.13%) JavaScript
2 20 (13.61%) Python
3 17 (11.56%) SQL
4 14 (9.52%) C#
5 6 (4.08%) PHP
5 6 (4.08%) Ruby
6 5 (3.40%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.04%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.68%) C
8 1 (0.68%) Java
8 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (4.76%) Degree
2 3 (2.04%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.68%) ACCA
4 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.65%) Accessibility
2 13 (8.84%) QA
3 9 (6.12%) GDPR
4 4 (2.72%) NCSC
5 3 (2.04%) WCAG
6 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.68%) PERC
System Software
1 15 (10.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.68%) AppManager
1 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (27.21%) Google
2 29 (19.73%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.80%) Adobe
4 9 (6.12%) Salesforce
5 8 (5.44%) Ahrefs
6 5 (3.40%) Hotjar
7 4 (2.72%) HubSpot
7 4 (2.72%) Instagram
7 4 (2.72%) Optimizely
8 3 (2.04%) YouTube
9 2 (1.36%) Facebook
9 2 (1.36%) Hootsuite
9 2 (1.36%) Netlify
10 1 (0.68%) OpenText
10 1 (0.68%) TOWER Software
10 1 (0.68%) Twitter