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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 272 329
Rank change year-on-year +1 +57 +23
Permanent jobs citing CMS 91 180 165
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.61% 1.09% 0.76%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.19% 9.14% 7.08%
Number of salaries quoted 51 98 157
10th Percentile £26,250 - £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -19.05% -
75th Percentile £66,125 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £51,250 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.59% -19.05% -4.55%

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 990 1,970 2,331
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.60% 11.94% 10.74%
Number of salaries quoted 716 1,305 1,863
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -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 11 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 (12.09%) Drupal
2 9 (9.89%) WordPress
3 8 (8.79%) Umbraco
4 5 (5.49%) Headless CMS
5 3 (3.30%) Confluence
5 3 (3.30%) nginx
6 2 (2.20%) EPiServer
6 2 (2.20%) SharePoint
6 2 (2.20%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (1.10%) DNN
7 1 (1.10%) Kentico
7 1 (1.10%) Strapi
Applications
1 7 (7.69%) Adobe Illustrator
1 7 (7.69%) Photoshop
2 5 (5.49%) Chatbot
3 4 (4.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (3.30%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (3.30%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (1.10%) Acrobat
5 1 (1.10%) FrameMaker
5 1 (1.10%) InDesign
5 1 (1.10%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Dynamics GP
1 5 (5.49%) Shopify
2 4 (4.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.10%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.99%) Azure
1 10 (10.99%) Figma
1 10 (10.99%) Google Analytics
2 9 (9.89%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (7.69%) AWS
4 5 (5.49%) GitHub
4 5 (5.49%) Kontent
5 4 (4.40%) Google Tag Manager
6 3 (3.30%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.30%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.20%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (2.20%) Miro
7 2 (2.20%) npm
7 2 (2.20%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.20%) SaaS
8 1 (1.10%) Apigee
8 1 (1.10%) Boomi
8 1 (1.10%) GCP
8 1 (1.10%) Google Ads
8 1 (1.10%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.40%) Intranet
2 2 (2.20%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.49%) Metadata
2 4 (4.40%) MySQL
3 2 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.20%) Power BI
3 2 (2.20%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.20%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.10%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 6 (6.59%) JIRA
2 5 (5.49%) Git
3 3 (3.30%) Vite
4 2 (2.20%) Grunt
4 2 (2.20%) gulp
4 2 (2.20%) webpack
General
1 24 (26.37%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.08%) Marketing
3 13 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (13.19%) Legal
5 11 (12.09%) Finance
6 8 (8.79%) Law
7 7 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (7.69%) Multimedia
8 5 (5.49%) Back Office
8 5 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.40%) Brand Awareness
9 4 (4.40%) Police
9 4 (4.40%) Publishing
10 3 (3.30%) Advertising
10 3 (3.30%) Public Sector
11 2 (2.20%) Games
11 2 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.20%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.10%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 22 (24.18%) Developer
2 10 (10.99%) Senior
3 7 (7.69%) Digital Developer
4 6 (6.59%) Analyst
4 6 (6.59%) Architect
4 6 (6.59%) Business Analyst
4 6 (6.59%) Product Owner
4 6 (6.59%) Web Developer
5 5 (5.49%) Data Integration Architect
5 5 (5.49%) Integration Architect
5 5 (5.49%) Product Developer
5 5 (5.49%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (4.40%) Designer
6 4 (4.40%) Digital Product Manager
6 4 (4.40%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 4 (4.40%) Legal Analyst
6 4 (4.40%) Product Manager
6 4 (4.40%) Software Analyst
6 4 (4.40%) Website Developer
7 3 (3.30%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (25.27%) HTML
2 20 (21.98%) CSS
3 10 (10.99%) React
4 7 (7.69%) Vue
5 6 (6.59%) .NET
5 6 (6.59%) Node.js
6 5 (5.49%) Next.js
7 4 (4.40%) Laravel
7 4 (4.40%) RESTful
7 4 (4.40%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (3.30%) ASP.NET
8 3 (3.30%) CSS3
8 3 (3.30%) HTML5
8 3 (3.30%) LEMP Stack
8 3 (3.30%) YAML
9 2 (2.20%) .NET Framework
9 2 (2.20%) AngularJS
9 2 (2.20%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (2.20%) Redux
9 2 (2.20%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.99%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.79%) Social Media
3 5 (5.49%) Low-Code
3 5 (5.49%) Mobile App
4 4 (4.40%) Blog
4 4 (4.40%) Digital Media
5 3 (3.30%) Animation
5 3 (3.30%) Digital Signage
5 3 (3.30%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.30%) Motion Graphics
5 3 (3.30%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.20%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.20%) Educational Technology
6 2 (2.20%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (2.20%) Graphic Design
6 2 (2.20%) Housing Association
6 2 (2.20%) Sports Betting
7 1 (1.10%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.10%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.07%) Analytics
1 31 (34.07%) Content Management
2 30 (32.97%) User Experience
3 27 (29.67%) SEO
4 26 (28.57%) Agile
5 20 (21.98%) AI
6 17 (18.68%) CRM
6 17 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (16.48%) Project Management
8 14 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (13.19%) Roadmaps
9 12 (13.19%) Software Engineering
10 10 (10.99%) CI/CD
10 10 (10.99%) Customer Experience
10 10 (10.99%) Digital Marketing
10 10 (10.99%) User Stories
11 9 (9.89%) E-Commerce
11 9 (9.89%) Performance Optimisation
11 9 (9.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 8 (8.79%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (18.68%) JavaScript
2 9 (9.89%) TypeScript
3 7 (7.69%) PHP
4 4 (4.40%) C#
5 3 (3.30%) Bash
6 2 (2.20%) Python
6 2 (2.20%) SQL
7 1 (1.10%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (9.89%) DBS Check
2 3 (3.30%) Degree
3 1 (1.10%) ACCA
3 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (29.67%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.79%) WCAG
3 5 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (4.40%) QA
5 3 (3.30%) GDPR
6 1 (1.10%) PERC
System Software
1 4 (4.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (14.29%) Google
2 11 (12.09%) Microsoft
3 10 (10.99%) Adobe
4 4 (4.40%) Optimizely
4 4 (4.40%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.30%) HubSpot
6 2 (2.20%) Sitecore
6 2 (2.20%) TOWER Software
7 1 (1.10%) Ahrefs
7 1 (1.10%) Databricks
7 1 (1.10%) Dell
7 1 (1.10%) mParticle
7 1 (1.10%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.10%) Screaming Frog
7 1 (1.10%) Tealium
7 1 (1.10%) WSO2
7 1 (1.10%) YouTube