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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 282 356
Rank change year-on-year -44 +74 -4
Permanent jobs citing CMS 145 142 132
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.58% 0.84% 0.60%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.69% 9.56% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 94 69 84
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,000 £29,825
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £55,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.27% +34.15% -25.45%
75th Percentile £62,875 £72,500 £60,938
90th Percentile £75,000 £94,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -21.67%

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 1,497 1,485 2,638
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.00% 8.84% 12.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,121 983 1,780
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £70,250 £88,750 £115,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £135,000 £145,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £57,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% -5.81% +3.56%

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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 7 October 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 29 (20.00%) WordPress
2 16 (11.03%) Umbraco
3 11 (7.59%) Confluence
4 8 (5.52%) Headless CMS
5 6 (4.14%) Drupal
5 6 (4.14%) SharePoint
6 5 (3.45%) EPiServer
7 4 (2.76%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (2.07%) DNN
8 3 (2.07%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (2.07%) Kentico
8 3 (2.07%) Sitefinity
9 2 (1.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (1.38%) SAS
10 1 (0.69%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 10 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (3.45%) CorelDRAW
2 5 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.76%) Trello
4 3 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.69%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 5 (3.45%) Shopify
2 2 (1.38%) Magento
3 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.97%) Figma
1 13 (8.97%) SaaS
2 12 (8.28%) Azure
2 12 (8.28%) Google Analytics
3 10 (6.90%) Adobe Analytics
3 10 (6.90%) AWS
3 10 (6.90%) Contentsquare
4 7 (4.83%) Canva
5 6 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.14%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 4 (2.76%) ClickUp
6 4 (2.76%) MailChimp
6 4 (2.76%) Serverless
7 3 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.07%) Azure Functions
7 3 (2.07%) Contentful
7 3 (2.07%) GitHub
8 2 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.38%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.90%) Broadband
2 5 (3.45%) HTTP
3 2 (1.38%) SSL
4 1 (0.69%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.45%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.38%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.38%) Metadata
3 2 (1.38%) MySQL
3 2 (1.38%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.38%) Power BI
3 2 (1.38%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 2 (1.38%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.69%) Big Data
4 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.69%) Looker
Development Applications
1 10 (6.90%) JIRA
2 2 (1.38%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.69%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.69%) Claude Code
General
1 72 (49.66%) Social Skills
2 45 (31.03%) Marketing
3 21 (14.48%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (10.34%) Finance
4 15 (10.34%) Publishing
5 14 (9.66%) Retail
6 13 (8.97%) Games
7 12 (8.28%) Legal
8 10 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (5.52%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.45%) Banking
10 5 (3.45%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (2.07%) Advertising
13 2 (1.38%) German Language
13 2 (1.38%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.69%) Law
14 1 (0.69%) Police
Job Titles
1 25 (17.24%) Lead
2 20 (13.79%) Developer
3 18 (12.41%) Senior
4 14 (9.66%) Marketing Executive
5 8 (5.52%) Senior Developer
5 8 (5.52%) Web Manager
6 7 (4.83%) Architect
6 7 (4.83%) CMS Developer
6 7 (4.83%) Software Engineer
6 7 (4.83%) Web Developer
7 6 (4.14%) Development Manager
7 6 (4.14%) Product Owner
7 6 (4.14%) Web Development Manager
8 5 (3.45%) Administrator
8 5 (3.45%) Author
8 5 (3.45%) Content Manager
8 5 (3.45%) E-Commerce Executive
8 5 (3.45%) Platform Manager
8 5 (3.45%) Product Director
8 5 (3.45%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.97%) HTML
1 13 (8.97%) Node.js
2 12 (8.28%) .NET
2 12 (8.28%) React
3 8 (5.52%) CSS
4 7 (4.83%) XML
5 6 (4.14%) .NET Core
6 5 (3.45%) Flash
7 4 (2.76%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.76%) ASP.NET
7 4 (2.76%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (2.76%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (2.76%) Gherkin
8 3 (2.07%) .NET Framework
8 3 (2.07%) Entity Framework
8 3 (2.07%) HTML5
8 3 (2.07%) REST
8 3 (2.07%) RESTful
8 3 (2.07%) Semantic HTML
8 3 (2.07%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.93%) Social Media
2 14 (9.66%) Blog
3 10 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (6.90%) Web Conferencing
4 9 (6.21%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.83%) Onboarding
5 7 (4.83%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.45%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.45%) Graphic Design
6 5 (3.45%) Marketing Technology
6 5 (3.45%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.76%) Online Gambling
7 4 (2.76%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.07%) Tandem
8 3 (2.07%) Video Editing
9 2 (1.38%) Photography
10 1 (0.69%) Digital Signage
10 1 (0.69%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.69%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (30.34%) Content Management
2 38 (26.21%) User Experience
3 37 (25.52%) AI
3 37 (25.52%) SEO
4 36 (24.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (23.45%) Analytics
6 32 (22.07%) Customer Experience
7 27 (18.62%) Agile
8 24 (16.55%) Content Strategy
8 24 (16.55%) CRM
9 20 (13.79%) Project Management
10 19 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (12.41%) Mentoring
11 18 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (12.41%) Web Development
12 17 (11.72%) Digital Marketing
13 16 (11.03%) Roadmaps
14 15 (10.34%) B2B
14 15 (10.34%) E-Commerce
14 15 (10.34%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.41%) JavaScript
2 10 (6.90%) C#
3 9 (6.21%) TypeScript
4 8 (5.52%) PHP
4 8 (5.52%) SQL
5 4 (2.76%) C
6 3 (2.07%) Python
7 2 (1.38%) Java
7 2 (1.38%) VB
7 2 (1.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (7.59%) Degree
2 5 (3.45%) HNC
2 5 (3.45%) HND
3 4 (2.76%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.07%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (22.76%) Accessibility
2 14 (9.66%) WCAG
3 3 (2.07%) SLA
4 2 (1.38%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.38%) GDPR
4 2 (1.38%) QA
5 1 (0.69%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 5 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.69%) AppManager
Vendors
1 20 (13.79%) Google
2 19 (13.10%) Adobe
3 18 (12.41%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.52%) HubSpot
4 8 (5.52%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.14%) Optimizely
6 5 (3.45%) TikTok
7 4 (2.76%) Sitecore
8 3 (2.07%) Alterian
9 2 (1.38%) Ahrefs
9 2 (1.38%) JDA
9 2 (1.38%) Oracle
9 2 (1.38%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (1.38%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.69%) dotdigital
10 1 (0.69%) Pardot