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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 324 339
Rank change year-on-year +73 +15 +15
Permanent jobs citing CMS 124 154 155
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 0.76% 0.72%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.29% 6.46% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 70 95 149
10th Percentile £26,925 - £33,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £38,870
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £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 1,205 2,384 2,454
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.88% 11.82% 11.43%
Number of salaries quoted 903 1,686 1,962
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 £87,500 £97,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £125,000 £142,500 £95,063
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,631 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.63% +1.15% -

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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 22 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 17 (13.71%) WordPress
2 16 (12.90%) Drupal
3 9 (7.26%) Headless CMS
4 8 (6.45%) Umbraco
5 6 (4.84%) Apache Solr
6 3 (2.42%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.61%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.81%) Confluence
8 1 (0.81%) DNN
8 1 (0.81%) IIS
8 1 (0.81%) Kentico
8 1 (0.81%) nginx
8 1 (0.81%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.81%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (8.06%) Photoshop
2 8 (6.45%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (3.23%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (2.42%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (2.42%) Chatbot
6 2 (1.61%) Elementor
7 1 (0.81%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.81%) InDesign
7 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (6.45%) Shopify
2 5 (4.03%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.81%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 26 (20.97%) Google Analytics
2 17 (13.71%) Azure
3 12 (9.68%) Figma
4 8 (6.45%) Cloudflare
4 8 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (6.45%) Google Tag Manager
5 6 (4.84%) Canva
6 4 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (2.42%) GitHub
7 3 (2.42%) Google Ads
7 3 (2.42%) Google Docs
7 3 (2.42%) Google Sheets
7 3 (2.42%) Kontent
7 3 (2.42%) npm
7 3 (2.42%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.42%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.42%) SaaS
8 2 (1.61%) AWS
8 2 (1.61%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.23%) 3GPP
1 4 (3.23%) Intranet
2 2 (1.61%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.26%) MySQL
2 7 (5.65%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.84%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (4.03%) Metadata
5 2 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.61%) Power BI
5 2 (1.61%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.81%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 16 (12.90%) Git
2 6 (4.84%) JIRA
3 4 (3.23%) SonarQube
3 4 (3.23%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (2.42%) Bazaar
5 2 (1.61%) Grunt
5 2 (1.61%) gulp
5 2 (1.61%) webpack
6 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.81%) Vite
General
1 42 (33.87%) Marketing
2 36 (29.03%) Social Skills
3 21 (16.94%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.48%) Legal
5 12 (9.68%) Finance
6 10 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.84%) Multimedia
8 5 (4.03%) Advertising
8 5 (4.03%) Brand Awareness
8 5 (4.03%) Publishing
8 5 (4.03%) Retail
9 4 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.23%) Police
9 4 (3.23%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.42%) Law
10 3 (2.42%) Tech for Good
11 2 (1.61%) Back Office
11 2 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.61%) Local Government
11 2 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (25.00%) Developer
2 11 (8.87%) Web Developer
2 11 (8.87%) Web Manager
3 9 (7.26%) Full-Stack Developer
3 9 (7.26%) Lead
4 7 (5.65%) .NET Developer
5 6 (4.84%) Marketing Manager
5 6 (4.84%) Senior
5 6 (4.84%) Technical Manager
6 5 (4.03%) Digital Developer
6 5 (4.03%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 5 (4.03%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 4 (3.23%) Digital Product Manager
7 4 (3.23%) E-Commerce Manager
7 4 (3.23%) Product Manager
7 4 (3.23%) Product Owner
7 4 (3.23%) Software Developer
7 4 (3.23%) Vendor Manager
7 4 (3.23%) Website Developer
8 3 (2.42%) Product Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (29.84%) HTML
2 30 (24.19%) CSS
3 11 (8.87%) .NET
4 10 (8.06%) React
5 8 (6.45%) .NET Framework
6 6 (4.84%) AngularJS
6 6 (4.84%) GraphQL
6 6 (4.84%) RESTful
6 6 (4.84%) Sass
6 6 (4.84%) Vue
7 5 (4.03%) .NET Core
7 5 (4.03%) ASP.NET
7 5 (4.03%) CSS3
7 5 (4.03%) HTML5
8 4 (3.23%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (3.23%) Entity Framework
8 4 (3.23%) Web Services
9 3 (2.42%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (2.42%) Laravel
9 3 (2.42%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.29%) Social Media
2 12 (9.68%) Blog
3 7 (5.65%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.03%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.23%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.23%) Digital Media
5 4 (3.23%) Digital Signage
5 4 (3.23%) Learning Management System
5 4 (3.23%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.23%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.42%) Animation
6 3 (2.42%) Graphic Design
6 3 (2.42%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.42%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.61%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.61%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.61%) Sports Betting
7 2 (1.61%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.65%) Linux
2 6 (4.84%) Windows
2 6 (4.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (41.13%) Analytics
2 44 (35.48%) User Experience
3 43 (34.68%) SEO
4 42 (33.87%) Content Management
5 29 (23.39%) Agile
6 25 (20.16%) AI
7 24 (19.35%) CRM
8 22 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (16.13%) Web Development
10 19 (15.32%) Digital Marketing
10 19 (15.32%) E-Commerce
11 18 (14.52%) CI/CD
12 17 (13.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (12.90%) Project Management
14 12 (9.68%) A/B Testing
15 11 (8.87%) Performance Optimisation
16 10 (8.06%) Containerisation
16 10 (8.06%) Customer Experience
16 10 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
16 10 (8.06%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 32 (25.81%) JavaScript
2 11 (8.87%) C#
3 8 (6.45%) PHP
3 8 (6.45%) Python
4 7 (5.65%) SQL
4 7 (5.65%) TypeScript
5 3 (2.42%) Ruby
6 1 (0.81%) Bash
6 1 (0.81%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (6.45%) DBS Check
2 4 (3.23%) Degree
3 1 (0.81%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 10 (8.06%) QA
2 10 (8.06%) WCAG
3 8 (6.45%) GDPR
4 4 (3.23%) NCSC
5 2 (1.61%) PERC
6 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 13 (10.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) AppManager
1 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (23.39%) Google
2 23 (18.55%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.87%) Adobe
4 6 (4.84%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.03%) Ahrefs
6 4 (3.23%) Optimizely
7 3 (2.42%) Hotjar
7 3 (2.42%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.61%) Netlify
9 1 (0.81%) OpenText
9 1 (0.81%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.81%) TOWER Software