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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 272 341
Rank change year-on-year -51 +69 +2
Permanent jobs citing CMS 130 170 175
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 1.03% 0.71%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.52% 9.98% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 80 90 150
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,875 £28,700
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £33,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,689
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.51% -20.54%
75th Percentile £63,000 £70,625 £64,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,625 £67,625
UK median annual salary £48,676 £50,000 £44,435
% change year-on-year -2.65% +12.52% -19.21%

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 1,366 1,704 3,111
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.97% 10.30% 12.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,048 1,151 2,312
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,948 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £71,238 £88,750 £108,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £122,500 £143,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £53,818
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.45% -4.75%

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 18 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 (20.00%) Confluence
2 20 (15.38%) WordPress
3 18 (13.85%) Umbraco
4 6 (4.62%) SharePoint
5 5 (3.85%) EPiServer
6 4 (3.08%) Drupal
6 4 (3.08%) Headless CMS
6 4 (3.08%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (2.31%) DNN
7 3 (2.31%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (2.31%) Kentico
7 3 (2.31%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.77%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 5 (3.85%) CorelDRAW
2 3 (2.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (2.31%) Trello
3 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.77%) Elementor
4 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (4.62%) Shopify
2 1 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (20.77%) Figma
2 25 (19.23%) Adobe Analytics
2 25 (19.23%) Contentsquare
3 12 (9.23%) AWS
3 12 (9.23%) Azure
4 9 (6.92%) SaaS
5 7 (5.38%) Google Analytics
6 5 (3.85%) Canva
6 5 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.31%) ClickUp
7 3 (2.31%) Contentful
7 3 (2.31%) GCP
7 3 (2.31%) GitHub
7 3 (2.31%) MailChimp
8 2 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.77%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.77%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.77%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.77%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 25 (19.23%) Broadband
2 4 (3.08%) HTTP
3 1 (0.77%) Intranet
3 1 (0.77%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.85%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.54%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.54%) Metadata
3 2 (1.54%) MySQL
3 2 (1.54%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.77%) Looker
4 1 (0.77%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (7.69%) JIRA
2 2 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.77%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.77%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.77%) Git
General
1 67 (51.54%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.62%) Marketing
3 27 (20.77%) Games
4 25 (19.23%) Legal
5 13 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (9.23%) Retail
7 11 (8.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (7.69%) Publishing
9 9 (6.92%) Finance
10 7 (5.38%) Public Sector
11 6 (4.62%) Manufacturing
12 5 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (2.31%) Advertising
13 3 (2.31%) Local Government
13 3 (2.31%) Multimedia
14 2 (1.54%) Police
15 1 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (20.00%) Developer
1 26 (20.00%) Senior
2 23 (17.69%) Lead
3 11 (8.46%) Architect
3 11 (8.46%) Senior Developer
3 11 (8.46%) Web Developer
4 10 (7.69%) Content Manager
5 9 (6.92%) Designer
6 8 (6.15%) Content Designer
6 8 (6.15%) Marketing Executive
7 7 (5.38%) CMS Developer
8 5 (3.85%) Author
8 5 (3.85%) Digital Content Designer
8 5 (3.85%) Digital Designer
8 5 (3.85%) Lead Architect
8 5 (3.85%) Senior Content Designer
8 5 (3.85%) Senior Designer
8 5 (3.85%) Senior Digital Content Designer
8 5 (3.85%) Senior Digital Designer
8 5 (3.85%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.46%) .NET
2 10 (7.69%) Node.js
3 9 (6.92%) HTML
3 9 (6.92%) React
4 8 (6.15%) CSS
5 5 (3.85%) XML
6 4 (3.08%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.08%) ASP.NET
6 4 (3.08%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (3.08%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (3.08%) Gherkin
7 3 (2.31%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.31%) .NET Framework
7 3 (2.31%) CSS3
7 3 (2.31%) Entity Framework
7 3 (2.31%) HTML5
7 3 (2.31%) Semantic HTML
7 3 (2.31%) Vue
7 3 (2.31%) Web Services
8 2 (1.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.31%) Social Media
2 9 (6.92%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (6.15%) Graphic Design
3 8 (6.15%) Web Conferencing
4 7 (5.38%) Blog
5 6 (4.62%) Marketing Technology
6 4 (3.08%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.08%) Online Gambling
6 4 (3.08%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (2.31%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.31%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.31%) Tandem
8 2 (1.54%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.54%) Podcast
9 1 (0.77%) Photography
9 1 (0.77%) Smart City
9 1 (0.77%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.54%) Linux
2 1 (0.77%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (37.69%) User Experience
2 45 (34.62%) SEO
3 43 (33.08%) AI
3 43 (33.08%) Analytics
4 42 (32.31%) Agile
5 40 (30.77%) Customer Experience
6 39 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (27.69%) Roadmaps
8 31 (23.85%) Content Management
8 31 (23.85%) Decision-Making
9 30 (23.08%) Mentoring
10 29 (22.31%) Content Strategy
10 29 (22.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 28 (21.54%) LLM
12 27 (20.77%) Storytelling
13 26 (20.00%) CRM
14 25 (19.23%) Digital Customer Experience
14 25 (19.23%) Funnel Analysis
14 25 (19.23%) Performance Metrics
14 25 (19.23%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.85%) JavaScript
2 9 (6.92%) C#
3 8 (6.15%) PHP
4 7 (5.38%) SQL
4 7 (5.38%) TypeScript
5 4 (3.08%) C
6 2 (1.54%) Java
7 1 (0.77%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (8.46%) Degree
2 8 (6.15%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.85%) HNC
3 5 (3.85%) HND
4 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.77%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (40.00%) Accessibility
2 29 (22.31%) WCAG
3 2 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.54%) GDPR
3 2 (1.54%) SLA
4 1 (0.77%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 2 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (23.85%) Adobe
2 12 (9.23%) Google
3 10 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.85%) Optimizely
4 5 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.08%) Sitecore
6 3 (2.31%) Alterian
7 2 (1.54%) Ahrefs
7 2 (1.54%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.54%) JDA
7 2 (1.54%) Oracle
7 2 (1.54%) SAP
7 2 (1.54%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (1.54%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.77%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.77%) Pardot
8 1 (0.77%) YouTube