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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 257 296
Rank change year-on-year -47 +39 +35
Permanent jobs citing CMS 130 177 334
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.63% 1.12% 1.00%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.12% 9.56% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 78 90 306
10th Percentile £34,925 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,250 £45,794
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +1.00% -18.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £68,125
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,506 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.25% +5.57% -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 1,284 1,852 3,870
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.21% 11.73% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 972 1,206 3,021
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,948 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £71,814 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £115,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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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 30 June 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 (20.00%) Confluence
2 17 (13.08%) Umbraco
2 17 (13.08%) WordPress
3 10 (7.69%) Drupal
4 7 (5.38%) SharePoint
5 6 (4.62%) Headless CMS
6 4 (3.08%) nginx
6 4 (3.08%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (2.31%) DNN
7 3 (2.31%) EPiServer
7 3 (2.31%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (2.31%) Kentico
7 3 (2.31%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 9 (6.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (3.85%) CorelDRAW
3 3 (2.31%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (2.31%) Photoshop
3 3 (2.31%) Trello
4 2 (1.54%) InDesign
4 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (6.92%) Shopify
2 2 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.77%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 28 (21.54%) Contentsquare
1 28 (21.54%) Figma
2 25 (19.23%) Adobe Analytics
3 16 (12.31%) AWS
4 15 (11.54%) SaaS
5 12 (9.23%) Azure
6 10 (7.69%) Google Analytics
7 7 (5.38%) Canva
8 6 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (3.08%) DigitalOcean
9 4 (3.08%) Google Tag Manager
9 4 (3.08%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.31%) ClickUp
10 3 (2.31%) Contentful
10 3 (2.31%) GCP
10 3 (2.31%) GitHub
10 3 (2.31%) MailChimp
11 2 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.54%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 25 (19.23%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.38%) MongoDB
2 6 (4.62%) MySQL
3 4 (3.08%) Looker
3 4 (3.08%) Power BI
4 3 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (2.31%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.31%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.54%) Metadata
5 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (5.38%) Git
2 6 (4.62%) JIRA
3 2 (1.54%) Vite
4 1 (0.77%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.77%) Claude Code
General
1 62 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 36 (27.69%) Marketing
3 27 (20.77%) Legal
4 25 (19.23%) Games
5 12 (9.23%) Finance
5 12 (9.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (9.23%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (8.46%) Retail
7 10 (7.69%) Manufacturing
8 8 (6.15%) Publishing
9 4 (3.08%) Advertising
9 4 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (2.31%) Local Government
10 3 (2.31%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.54%) Law
11 2 (1.54%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.54%) Police
12 1 (0.77%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.77%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 24 (18.46%) Developer
2 22 (16.92%) Senior
3 18 (13.85%) Lead
4 13 (10.00%) Web Developer
5 11 (8.46%) Designer
6 10 (7.69%) Content Manager
7 9 (6.92%) Content Designer
8 8 (6.15%) Senior Developer
9 7 (5.38%) Architect
9 7 (5.38%) CMS Developer
9 7 (5.38%) Marketing Executive
9 7 (5.38%) Marketing Manager
10 6 (4.62%) Digital Content Designer
10 6 (4.62%) Digital Designer
10 6 (4.62%) Web Manager
11 5 (3.85%) Author
11 5 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
11 5 (3.85%) Lead Architect
11 5 (3.85%) Senior Digital Content Designer
11 5 (3.85%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.00%) HTML
2 11 (8.46%) CSS
2 11 (8.46%) Node.js
3 10 (7.69%) React
3 10 (7.69%) Vue
4 9 (6.92%) .NET
5 7 (5.38%) Laravel
6 5 (3.85%) XML
7 4 (3.08%) AngularJS
7 4 (3.08%) ASP.NET
7 4 (3.08%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (3.08%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (3.08%) LEMP Stack
8 3 (2.31%) .NET Core
8 3 (2.31%) Entity Framework
8 3 (2.31%) LoopBack
8 3 (2.31%) Next.js
8 3 (2.31%) RESTful
8 3 (2.31%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (2.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.54%) Social Media
2 7 (5.38%) Blog
2 7 (5.38%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.38%) Web Conferencing
3 5 (3.85%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.85%) Smart City
4 4 (3.08%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.08%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.31%) Graphic Design
5 3 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.31%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.31%) Podcast
5 3 (2.31%) Tandem
6 2 (1.54%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.54%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.77%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.15%) Linux
2 1 (0.77%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (38.46%) User Experience
2 49 (37.69%) SEO
3 47 (36.15%) Analytics
4 43 (33.08%) Agile
5 39 (30.00%) AI
5 39 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (30.00%) Roadmaps
6 34 (26.15%) Customer Experience
6 34 (26.15%) Decision-Making
7 29 (22.31%) Content Strategy
7 29 (22.31%) CRM
7 29 (22.31%) Mentoring
7 29 (22.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 28 (21.54%) LLM
9 26 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
9 26 (20.00%) Storytelling
10 25 (19.23%) Digital Customer Experience
10 25 (19.23%) Funnel Analysis
10 25 (19.23%) Product Roadmap
11 23 (17.69%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.31%) JavaScript
2 10 (7.69%) PHP
3 9 (6.92%) C#
4 7 (5.38%) SQL
4 7 (5.38%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.54%) Bash
5 2 (1.54%) Java
6 1 (0.77%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (12.31%) Degree
2 8 (6.15%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.85%) HNC
3 5 (3.85%) HND
3 5 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (36.15%) Accessibility
2 27 (20.77%) WCAG
3 3 (2.31%) GDPR
3 3 (2.31%) QA
4 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.77%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (4.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (29.23%) Adobe
2 14 (10.77%) Microsoft
3 13 (10.00%) Google
4 8 (6.15%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.62%) Pardot
6 4 (3.08%) Sitecore
7 3 (2.31%) Alterian
7 3 (2.31%) dotdigital
7 3 (2.31%) Hotjar
7 3 (2.31%) HubSpot
7 3 (2.31%) Optimizely
8 2 (1.54%) Ahrefs
8 2 (1.54%) JDA
8 2 (1.54%) Oracle
8 2 (1.54%) SAP
8 2 (1.54%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (1.54%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.77%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.77%) Xero
9 1 (0.77%) YouTube