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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 268 324
Rank change year-on-year -61 +56 +11
Permanent jobs citing CMS 127 174 188
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 1.05% 0.74%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.35% 9.58% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 77 96 166
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,756 £46,939
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% +3.87% -16.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%

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 1,358 1,817 3,144
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.10% 11.01% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,050 1,193 2,391
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,348 £40,000 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,250 £90,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £87,750 £122,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% -4.81%

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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 4 August 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 26 (20.47%) Confluence
2 20 (15.75%) WordPress
3 17 (13.39%) Umbraco
4 6 (4.72%) Drupal
4 6 (4.72%) SharePoint
5 5 (3.94%) EPiServer
6 4 (3.15%) Headless CMS
6 4 (3.15%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (2.36%) DNN
7 3 (2.36%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (2.36%) Kentico
7 3 (2.36%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.79%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 5 (3.94%) CorelDRAW
2 3 (2.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (2.36%) Trello
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.79%) InDesign
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (4.72%) Shopify
2 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.05%) Figma
2 26 (20.47%) Contentsquare
3 25 (19.69%) Adobe Analytics
4 12 (9.45%) Azure
5 10 (7.87%) AWS
6 9 (7.09%) SaaS
7 7 (5.51%) Google Analytics
8 6 (4.72%) Canva
9 5 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.36%) ClickUp
10 3 (2.36%) Contentful
10 3 (2.36%) GCP
10 3 (2.36%) MailChimp
11 2 (1.57%) Google Ads
11 2 (1.57%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.79%) Serverless
12 1 (0.79%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 25 (19.69%) Broadband
2 2 (1.57%) HTTP
3 1 (0.79%) Intranet
3 1 (0.79%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (2.36%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.57%) Looker
2 2 (1.57%) Power BI
2 2 (1.57%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.79%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (6.30%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.79%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.79%) Git
General
1 65 (51.18%) Social Skills
2 30 (23.62%) Marketing
3 26 (20.47%) Legal
4 25 (19.69%) Games
5 14 (11.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (9.45%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (8.66%) Publishing
8 10 (7.87%) Finance
8 10 (7.87%) Retail
9 6 (4.72%) Manufacturing
9 6 (4.72%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (3.15%) Advertising
12 3 (2.36%) Local Government
13 2 (1.57%) Multimedia
13 2 (1.57%) Police
14 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.79%) Law
14 1 (0.79%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 26 (20.47%) Developer
2 24 (18.90%) Senior
3 22 (17.32%) Lead
4 11 (8.66%) Architect
4 11 (8.66%) Senior Developer
4 11 (8.66%) Web Developer
5 10 (7.87%) Content Manager
5 10 (7.87%) Designer
6 8 (6.30%) Content Designer
7 7 (5.51%) CMS Developer
8 6 (4.72%) Marketing Executive
9 5 (3.94%) Author
9 5 (3.94%) Digital Content Designer
9 5 (3.94%) Digital Designer
9 5 (3.94%) Lead Architect
9 5 (3.94%) Senior Content Designer
9 5 (3.94%) Senior Designer
9 5 (3.94%) Senior Digital Content Designer
9 5 (3.94%) Senior Digital Designer
9 5 (3.94%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.66%) .NET
1 11 (8.66%) HTML
2 10 (7.87%) CSS
3 9 (7.09%) React
4 8 (6.30%) Node.js
5 5 (3.94%) XML
6 4 (3.15%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.15%) ASP.NET
6 4 (3.15%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (3.15%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (2.36%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.36%) .NET Framework
7 3 (2.36%) CSS3
7 3 (2.36%) Entity Framework
7 3 (2.36%) HTML5
7 3 (2.36%) Semantic HTML
7 3 (2.36%) Vue
7 3 (2.36%) Web Services
8 2 (1.57%) Gherkin
8 2 (1.57%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.81%) Social Media
2 7 (5.51%) Graphic Design
2 7 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.51%) Web Conferencing
3 6 (4.72%) Blog
4 5 (3.94%) Marketing Technology
5 4 (3.15%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.15%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.36%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.36%) Podcast
6 3 (2.36%) Tandem
7 2 (1.57%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.57%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.57%) Online Gambling
7 2 (1.57%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.79%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.79%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.57%) Linux
2 1 (0.79%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (40.16%) User Experience
2 46 (36.22%) SEO
3 45 (35.43%) Analytics
4 43 (33.86%) Agile
5 40 (31.50%) AI
6 39 (30.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (30.71%) Customer Experience
7 36 (28.35%) Roadmaps
8 32 (25.20%) Decision-Making
9 29 (22.83%) Content Strategy
9 29 (22.83%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 28 (22.05%) LLM
10 28 (22.05%) Mentoring
11 27 (21.26%) Content Management
12 26 (20.47%) Performance Metrics
12 26 (20.47%) Storytelling
13 25 (19.69%) Digital Customer Experience
13 25 (19.69%) Funnel Analysis
13 25 (19.69%) Product Roadmap
14 24 (18.90%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.17%) JavaScript
2 9 (7.09%) C#
3 8 (6.30%) PHP
4 7 (5.51%) SQL
5 5 (3.94%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.15%) C
7 2 (1.57%) Java
8 1 (0.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (8.66%) Degree
2 8 (6.30%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.94%) HNC
3 5 (3.94%) HND
4 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.79%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (40.16%) Accessibility
2 30 (23.62%) WCAG
3 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.79%) GDPR
Vendors
1 32 (25.20%) Adobe
2 11 (8.66%) Google
3 10 (7.87%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.94%) Optimizely
5 4 (3.15%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.15%) Sitecore
6 3 (2.36%) Alterian
7 2 (1.57%) Ahrefs
7 2 (1.57%) dotdigital
7 2 (1.57%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.57%) JDA
7 2 (1.57%) Oracle
7 2 (1.57%) SAP
7 2 (1.57%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (1.57%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.79%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.79%) Pardot
8 1 (0.79%) YouTube