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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 338 348
Rank change year-on-year +59 +10 -22
Permanent jobs citing CMS 133 136 160
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 0.67% 0.69%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.31% 5.57% 6.01%
Number of salaries quoted 72 83 152
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £39,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% -22.73% +15.79%
75th Percentile £63,125 £60,625 £70,313
90th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -19.81% +3.96%

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 1,429 2,443 2,661
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.73% 11.99% 11.41%
Number of salaries quoted 964 1,734 2,147
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,713 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +6.19%
75th Percentile £88,750 £112,500 £79,500
90th Percentile £135,000 £143,750 £95,538
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 17 October 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 20 (15.04%) WordPress
2 14 (10.53%) Drupal
3 11 (8.27%) Umbraco
4 10 (7.52%) Headless CMS
5 6 (4.51%) Apache Solr
6 2 (1.50%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.75%) DNN
7 1 (0.75%) IIS
7 1 (0.75%) Kentico
7 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.75%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.75%) Strapi
Applications
1 11 (8.27%) Photoshop
2 8 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.26%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (3.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (3.01%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (2.26%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (2.26%) Chatbot
7 2 (1.50%) Elementor
7 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (0.75%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.75%) InDesign
8 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (6.02%) Shopify
2 6 (4.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.50%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.75%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 29 (21.80%) Google Analytics
2 22 (16.54%) Azure
3 9 (6.77%) Figma
4 8 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (6.02%) Azure Service Bus
4 8 (6.02%) Canva
4 8 (6.02%) Cloudflare
4 8 (6.02%) Google Tag Manager
5 4 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (3.01%) Google Sheets
5 4 (3.01%) Power Automate
5 4 (3.01%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.26%) AWS
6 3 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.26%) Google Ads
6 3 (2.26%) Google Docs
6 3 (2.26%) Kontent
6 3 (2.26%) npm
6 3 (2.26%) SaaS
7 2 (1.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.01%) 3GPP
2 2 (1.50%) Intranet
3 1 (0.75%) Broadband
3 1 (0.75%) Firewall
3 1 (0.75%) SMS
3 1 (0.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.26%) MySQL
2 6 (4.51%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (4.51%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.76%) Metadata
4 4 (3.01%) Power BI
5 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (11.28%) Git
2 7 (5.26%) Bazaar
3 5 (3.76%) JIRA
4 4 (3.01%) SonarQube
4 4 (3.01%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.50%) Grunt
5 2 (1.50%) gulp
5 2 (1.50%) webpack
6 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.75%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 48 (36.09%) Marketing
2 41 (30.83%) Social Skills
3 21 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.77%) Finance
4 13 (9.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (8.27%) Legal
6 6 (4.51%) Advertising
6 6 (4.51%) Publishing
7 5 (3.76%) Brand Awareness
7 5 (3.76%) Multimedia
7 5 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.76%) Retail
7 5 (3.76%) Tech for Good
8 4 (3.01%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.26%) Law
10 2 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.50%) Local Government
10 2 (1.50%) Police
11 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (24.81%) Developer
2 10 (7.52%) Lead
2 10 (7.52%) Web Manager
3 8 (6.02%) .NET Developer
3 8 (6.02%) Full-Stack Developer
3 8 (6.02%) Senior
4 7 (5.26%) Digital Executive
4 7 (5.26%) Web Developer
5 6 (4.51%) Communications Officer
5 6 (4.51%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 6 (4.51%) Marketing Manager
5 6 (4.51%) Technical Manager
6 5 (3.76%) Digital Developer
6 5 (3.76%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 5 (3.76%) Ruby Engineer
6 5 (3.76%) Software Developer
6 5 (3.76%) Software Engineer
7 4 (3.01%) C# Developer
7 4 (3.01%) E-Commerce Manager
7 4 (3.01%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (26.32%) HTML
2 28 (21.05%) CSS
3 15 (11.28%) .NET
4 14 (10.53%) React
5 10 (7.52%) .NET Core
6 7 (5.26%) AngularJS
6 7 (5.26%) GraphQL
7 6 (4.51%) .NET Framework
7 6 (4.51%) ASP.NET
7 6 (4.51%) RESTful
7 6 (4.51%) Sass
7 6 (4.51%) Vue
8 5 (3.76%) ASP.NET Web API
8 5 (3.76%) CSS3
8 5 (3.76%) HTML5
8 5 (3.76%) Ruby on Rails
9 4 (3.01%) Entity Framework
9 4 (3.01%) Next.js
9 4 (3.01%) Node.js
9 4 (3.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.78%) Social Media
2 11 (8.27%) Blog
3 8 (6.02%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.51%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (3.76%) Graphic Design
6 5 (3.76%) Mobile App
7 4 (3.01%) Digital Media
7 4 (3.01%) Digital Signage
7 4 (3.01%) Learning Management System
7 4 (3.01%) Low-Code
7 4 (3.01%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.26%) Animation
8 3 (2.26%) Motion Graphics
8 3 (2.26%) Video Editing
8 3 (2.26%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.50%) Educational Technology
9 2 (1.50%) Podcast
9 2 (1.50%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.26%) Linux
2 6 (4.51%) Windows
2 6 (4.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (41.35%) Content Management
2 49 (36.84%) Analytics
3 48 (36.09%) SEO
4 39 (29.32%) User Experience
5 38 (28.57%) Agile
6 28 (21.05%) CRM
7 24 (18.05%) E-Commerce
8 22 (16.54%) CI/CD
9 20 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (14.29%) AI
10 19 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
10 19 (14.29%) Web Development
11 16 (12.03%) Project Management
12 15 (11.28%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (9.02%) A/B Testing
13 12 (9.02%) Scrum
14 11 (8.27%) B2B
14 11 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
15 10 (7.52%) DevOps
15 10 (7.52%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 32 (24.06%) JavaScript
2 15 (11.28%) C#
3 12 (9.02%) Python
3 12 (9.02%) SQL
4 7 (5.26%) TypeScript
5 6 (4.51%) PHP
6 5 (3.76%) Ruby
7 1 (0.75%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (3.76%) Degree
2 4 (3.01%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.75%) ACCA
3 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (20.30%) Accessibility
2 10 (7.52%) QA
3 8 (6.02%) GDPR
4 5 (3.76%) WCAG
5 4 (3.01%) NCSC
6 2 (1.50%) PERC
7 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 12 (9.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) AppManager
1 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (24.06%) Google
2 24 (18.05%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.27%) Adobe
4 8 (6.02%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.51%) Ahrefs
6 5 (3.76%) Optimizely
7 4 (3.01%) Hotjar
7 4 (3.01%) Instagram
8 3 (2.26%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.50%) Facebook
9 2 (1.50%) Hootsuite
9 2 (1.50%) Netlify
9 2 (1.50%) YouTube
10 1 (0.75%) OpenText
10 1 (0.75%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.75%) TOWER Software