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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 315 334
Rank change year-on-year +70 +19 +14
Permanent jobs citing CMS 128 159 144
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.84% 0.80% 0.69%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.68% 6.65% 6.02%
Number of salaries quoted 72 93 139
10th Percentile £27,000 - £33,400
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,563 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,875 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -24.55% +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 1,199 2,390 2,392
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.83% 12.00% 11.48%
Number of salaries quoted 899 1,678 1,897
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,300
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 £119,000 £142,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.82% -

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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 27 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 (13.28%) WordPress
2 16 (12.50%) Drupal
3 9 (7.03%) Headless CMS
3 9 (7.03%) Umbraco
4 6 (4.69%) Apache Solr
5 3 (2.34%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.56%) Confluence
6 2 (1.56%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.78%) DNN
7 1 (0.78%) IIS
7 1 (0.78%) Kentico
7 1 (0.78%) nginx
7 1 (0.78%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.78%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (7.81%) Photoshop
2 8 (6.25%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (3.91%) Chatbot
3 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (3.13%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (2.34%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (1.56%) Elementor
7 1 (0.78%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.78%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.78%) InDesign
7 1 (0.78%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (5.47%) Shopify
2 5 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.91%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.78%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 25 (19.53%) Google Analytics
2 21 (16.41%) Azure
3 12 (9.38%) Figma
4 9 (7.03%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (6.25%) Cloudflare
6 7 (5.47%) Google Tag Manager
7 6 (4.69%) Canva
8 5 (3.91%) Kontent
9 4 (3.13%) AWS
9 4 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (2.34%) GitHub
10 3 (2.34%) Google Ads
10 3 (2.34%) Google Docs
10 3 (2.34%) Google Sheets
10 3 (2.34%) npm
10 3 (2.34%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.34%) PowerApps
10 3 (2.34%) SaaS
11 2 (1.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.13%) 3GPP
1 4 (3.13%) Intranet
2 2 (1.56%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.03%) MySQL
2 7 (5.47%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (3.91%) Metadata
5 2 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.56%) Power BI
5 2 (1.56%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.78%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 16 (12.50%) Git
2 6 (4.69%) JIRA
3 4 (3.13%) SonarQube
3 4 (3.13%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.56%) Bazaar
4 2 (1.56%) Grunt
4 2 (1.56%) gulp
4 2 (1.56%) webpack
5 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.78%) Vite
General
1 41 (32.03%) Marketing
2 38 (29.69%) Social Skills
3 21 (16.41%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.16%) Finance
4 13 (10.16%) Legal
5 10 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.69%) Multimedia
7 5 (3.91%) Advertising
7 5 (3.91%) Brand Awareness
7 5 (3.91%) Publishing
7 5 (3.91%) Retail
8 4 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.13%) Police
8 4 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.34%) Law
9 3 (2.34%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.34%) Tech for Good
10 2 (1.56%) Back Office
10 2 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 33 (25.78%) Developer
2 11 (8.59%) Web Developer
2 11 (8.59%) Web Manager
3 9 (7.03%) Full-Stack Developer
3 9 (7.03%) Lead
4 7 (5.47%) .NET Developer
4 7 (5.47%) Digital Developer
4 7 (5.47%) Senior
5 6 (4.69%) Marketing Manager
5 6 (4.69%) Technical Manager
6 5 (3.91%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 5 (3.91%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 5 (3.91%) Product Developer
7 4 (3.13%) Digital Product Manager
7 4 (3.13%) Product Manager
7 4 (3.13%) Product Owner
7 4 (3.13%) Software Developer
7 4 (3.13%) Software Engineer
7 4 (3.13%) Vendor Manager
7 4 (3.13%) Website Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (29.69%) HTML
2 32 (25.00%) CSS
3 13 (10.16%) .NET
3 13 (10.16%) React
4 8 (6.25%) .NET Framework
4 8 (6.25%) AngularJS
4 8 (6.25%) Vue
5 7 (5.47%) RESTful
6 6 (4.69%) GraphQL
6 6 (4.69%) Sass
7 5 (3.91%) .NET Core
7 5 (3.91%) ASP.NET
7 5 (3.91%) CSS3
7 5 (3.91%) HTML5
7 5 (3.91%) Node.js
8 4 (3.13%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (3.13%) Entity Framework
8 4 (3.13%) Next.js
8 4 (3.13%) Web Services
9 3 (2.34%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.94%) Social Media
2 12 (9.38%) Blog
3 6 (4.69%) Low-Code
3 6 (4.69%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.91%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.13%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.13%) Digital Media
5 4 (3.13%) Digital Signage
5 4 (3.13%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.34%) Animation
6 3 (2.34%) Graphic Design
6 3 (2.34%) Learning Management System
6 3 (2.34%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.56%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.56%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.56%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.56%) Sports Betting
7 2 (1.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.47%) Linux
2 6 (4.69%) Windows
2 6 (4.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (38.28%) Analytics
2 44 (34.38%) SEO
2 44 (34.38%) User Experience
3 43 (33.59%) Content Management
4 31 (24.22%) Agile
5 26 (20.31%) AI
6 25 (19.53%) CRM
7 23 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (16.41%) CI/CD
9 20 (15.63%) Web Development
10 19 (14.84%) Digital Marketing
11 18 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (14.06%) E-Commerce
12 16 (12.50%) Project Management
13 13 (10.16%) Full-Stack Development
14 12 (9.38%) A/B Testing
15 11 (8.59%) API Development
15 11 (8.59%) Cybersecurity
15 11 (8.59%) Performance Optimisation
16 10 (7.81%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 34 (26.56%) JavaScript
2 11 (8.59%) C#
3 10 (7.81%) Python
3 10 (7.81%) TypeScript
4 8 (6.25%) PHP
5 7 (5.47%) SQL
6 3 (2.34%) Ruby
7 1 (0.78%) Bash
7 1 (0.78%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (6.25%) DBS Check
2 4 (3.13%) Degree
3 1 (0.78%) ACCA
3 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (26.56%) Accessibility
2 10 (7.81%) QA
2 10 (7.81%) WCAG
3 7 (5.47%) GDPR
4 4 (3.13%) NCSC
5 2 (1.56%) PERC
System Software
1 13 (10.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.78%) AppManager
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (21.88%) Google
2 22 (17.19%) Microsoft
3 12 (9.38%) Adobe
4 6 (4.69%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.91%) Ahrefs
6 4 (3.13%) Optimizely
7 3 (2.34%) Hotjar
7 3 (2.34%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.56%) Netlify
9 1 (0.78%) OpenText
9 1 (0.78%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.78%) TOWER Software