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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 265 324
Rank change year-on-year -16 +59 +35
Permanent jobs citing CMS 95 179 155
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.63% 1.08% 0.74%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.43% 8.93% 6.75%
Number of salaries quoted 56 98 148
10th Percentile £28,750 - £32,350
25th Percentile £36,875 £31,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -19.05% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,063 £66,250
90th Percentile £88,125 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -19.81% -3.64%

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 1,007 2,005 2,297
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.64% 12.05% 10.94%
Number of salaries quoted 734 1,336 1,831
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.19% -1.74%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £96,539
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

CMS
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 7 January 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 11 (11.58%) Drupal
2 9 (9.47%) WordPress
3 8 (8.42%) Umbraco
4 5 (5.26%) Headless CMS
5 3 (3.16%) Apache Solr
5 3 (3.16%) Confluence
5 3 (3.16%) nginx
6 2 (2.11%) EPiServer
6 2 (2.11%) SharePoint
6 2 (2.11%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (1.05%) DNN
7 1 (1.05%) Kentico
7 1 (1.05%) Strapi
Applications
1 7 (7.37%) Adobe Illustrator
1 7 (7.37%) Photoshop
2 5 (5.26%) Chatbot
3 4 (4.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (3.16%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (3.16%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (1.05%) Acrobat
5 1 (1.05%) FrameMaker
5 1 (1.05%) InDesign
5 1 (1.05%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.26%) Dynamics GP
1 5 (5.26%) Shopify
2 4 (4.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.05%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.74%) Azure
2 12 (12.63%) Google Analytics
3 10 (10.53%) Figma
4 9 (9.47%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (6.32%) AWS
6 5 (5.26%) GitHub
6 5 (5.26%) Kontent
7 4 (4.21%) Google Tag Manager
8 3 (3.16%) Cloudflare
8 3 (3.16%) Power Platform
8 3 (3.16%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.11%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (2.11%) Miro
9 2 (2.11%) npm
9 2 (2.11%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.11%) SaaS
10 1 (1.05%) Apigee
10 1 (1.05%) Boomi
10 1 (1.05%) GCP
10 1 (1.05%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.21%) Intranet
2 2 (2.11%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.37%) MySQL
2 6 (6.32%) Metadata
3 3 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (3.16%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.11%) Power BI
4 2 (2.11%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.05%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 9 (9.47%) Git
2 6 (6.32%) JIRA
3 3 (3.16%) Vite
4 2 (2.11%) Grunt
4 2 (2.11%) gulp
4 2 (2.11%) webpack
5 1 (1.05%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 27 (28.42%) Social Skills
2 23 (24.21%) Marketing
3 15 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (12.63%) Legal
5 11 (11.58%) Finance
6 8 (8.42%) Law
7 7 (7.37%) Multimedia
8 6 (6.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (5.26%) Back Office
10 4 (4.21%) Brand Awareness
10 4 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (4.21%) Police
10 4 (4.21%) Publishing
11 3 (3.16%) Advertising
11 3 (3.16%) Public Sector
12 2 (2.11%) Games
12 2 (2.11%) Manufacturing
13 1 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (1.05%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 23 (24.21%) Developer
2 9 (9.47%) Senior
3 7 (7.37%) Digital Developer
4 6 (6.32%) Analyst
4 6 (6.32%) Architect
4 6 (6.32%) Business Analyst
4 6 (6.32%) Product Owner
4 6 (6.32%) Web Developer
5 5 (5.26%) Data Integration Architect
5 5 (5.26%) Integration Architect
5 5 (5.26%) Product Developer
5 5 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (5.26%) Web Manager
6 4 (4.21%) Designer
6 4 (4.21%) Digital Product Manager
6 4 (4.21%) Legal Analyst
6 4 (4.21%) Marketing Manager
6 4 (4.21%) Product Manager
6 4 (4.21%) Software Analyst
6 4 (4.21%) Website Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (25.26%) HTML
2 21 (22.11%) CSS
3 9 (9.47%) React
4 7 (7.37%) .NET
4 7 (7.37%) Vue
5 5 (5.26%) Node.js
6 4 (4.21%) Laravel
6 4 (4.21%) Next.js
6 4 (4.21%) RESTful
6 4 (4.21%) Tailwind CSS
7 3 (3.16%) .NET Framework
7 3 (3.16%) AngularJS
7 3 (3.16%) ASP.NET
7 3 (3.16%) CSS3
7 3 (3.16%) HTML5
7 3 (3.16%) LEMP Stack
7 3 (3.16%) YAML
8 2 (2.11%) ADO
8 2 (2.11%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (2.11%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.42%) Social Media
3 5 (5.26%) Blog
3 5 (5.26%) Low-Code
3 5 (5.26%) Mobile App
4 4 (4.21%) Digital Media
5 3 (3.16%) Animation
5 3 (3.16%) Digital Signage
5 3 (3.16%) Motion Graphics
5 3 (3.16%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.11%) Educational Technology
6 2 (2.11%) Graphic Design
6 2 (2.11%) Housing Association
6 2 (2.11%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.11%) Sports Betting
7 1 (1.05%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.05%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.05%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.05%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.05%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.32%) Linux
2 3 (3.16%) Windows
2 3 (3.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (35.79%) Content Management
2 33 (34.74%) Analytics
3 32 (33.68%) User Experience
4 29 (30.53%) SEO
5 26 (27.37%) Agile
6 24 (25.26%) AI
7 16 (16.84%) CRM
7 16 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (15.79%) Project Management
9 14 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (13.68%) CI/CD
11 12 (12.63%) Roadmaps
12 11 (11.58%) Customer Experience
12 11 (11.58%) Digital Marketing
12 11 (11.58%) E-Commerce
12 11 (11.58%) Software Engineering
13 10 (10.53%) User Stories
14 9 (9.47%) Performance Optimisation
14 9 (9.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 8 (8.42%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (22.11%) JavaScript
2 8 (8.42%) TypeScript
3 7 (7.37%) PHP
4 5 (5.26%) C#
4 5 (5.26%) Python
5 3 (3.16%) Bash
6 2 (2.11%) SQL
7 1 (1.05%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (9.47%) DBS Check
2 3 (3.16%) Degree
3 1 (1.05%) ACCA
3 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (27.37%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.42%) WCAG
3 5 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.26%) QA
4 3 (3.16%) GDPR
5 1 (1.05%) PERC
System Software
1 8 (8.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (15.79%) Google
1 15 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.53%) Adobe
3 4 (4.21%) Optimizely
3 4 (4.21%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.16%) HubSpot
5 2 (2.11%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.05%) Ahrefs
6 1 (1.05%) Databricks
6 1 (1.05%) Dell
6 1 (1.05%) Hotjar
6 1 (1.05%) mParticle
6 1 (1.05%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.05%) Screaming Frog
6 1 (1.05%) Tealium
6 1 (1.05%) TOWER Software
6 1 (1.05%) WSO2
6 1 (1.05%) YouTube