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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 314 344
Rank change year-on-year +61 +30 +4
Permanent jobs citing CMS 126 159 152
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.83% 0.79% 0.71%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.55% 6.63% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 70 96 146
10th Percentile £26,925 - £33,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £38,780
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -25.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,875 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -22.73% +4.76%

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 1,194 2,399 2,440
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.85% 11.85% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 895 1,695 1,940
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £125,000 £142,500 £95,181
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.82% -

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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 23 November 2025.

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 17 (13.49%) WordPress
2 16 (12.70%) Drupal
3 9 (7.14%) Headless CMS
4 8 (6.35%) Umbraco
5 6 (4.76%) Apache Solr
6 3 (2.38%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.59%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.79%) Confluence
8 1 (0.79%) DNN
8 1 (0.79%) IIS
8 1 (0.79%) Kentico
8 1 (0.79%) nginx
8 1 (0.79%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.79%) Strapi
Applications
1 10 (7.94%) Photoshop
2 8 (6.35%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (3.17%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (3.17%) Chatbot
5 3 (2.38%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (1.59%) Elementor
7 1 (0.79%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.79%) InDesign
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Shopify
2 5 (3.97%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.79%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 26 (20.63%) Google Analytics
2 19 (15.08%) Azure
3 12 (9.52%) Figma
4 8 (6.35%) Cloudflare
4 8 (6.35%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (6.35%) Google Tag Manager
5 6 (4.76%) Canva
6 4 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.17%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (3.17%) Kontent
7 3 (2.38%) AWS
7 3 (2.38%) GitHub
7 3 (2.38%) Google Ads
7 3 (2.38%) Google Docs
7 3 (2.38%) Google Sheets
7 3 (2.38%) npm
7 3 (2.38%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.38%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.38%) SaaS
8 2 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.17%) 3GPP
1 4 (3.17%) Intranet
2 2 (1.59%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.14%) MySQL
2 7 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (3.97%) Metadata
5 2 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.59%) Power BI
5 2 (1.59%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.79%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 16 (12.70%) Git
2 6 (4.76%) JIRA
3 4 (3.17%) SonarQube
3 4 (3.17%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (2.38%) Bazaar
5 2 (1.59%) Grunt
5 2 (1.59%) gulp
5 2 (1.59%) webpack
6 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.79%) Vite
General
1 42 (33.33%) Marketing
2 36 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 21 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.32%) Legal
5 12 (9.52%) Finance
6 10 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.76%) Multimedia
8 5 (3.97%) Advertising
8 5 (3.97%) Brand Awareness
8 5 (3.97%) Publishing
8 5 (3.97%) Retail
9 4 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.17%) Police
9 4 (3.17%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.38%) Law
10 3 (2.38%) Tech for Good
11 2 (1.59%) Back Office
11 2 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.59%) Local Government
11 2 (1.59%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (25.40%) Developer
2 11 (8.73%) Web Developer
2 11 (8.73%) Web Manager
3 9 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
3 9 (7.14%) Lead
4 7 (5.56%) .NET Developer
5 6 (4.76%) Digital Developer
5 6 (4.76%) Marketing Manager
5 6 (4.76%) Senior
5 6 (4.76%) Technical Manager
6 5 (3.97%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 5 (3.97%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 4 (3.17%) Digital Product Manager
7 4 (3.17%) E-Commerce Manager
7 4 (3.17%) Product Developer
7 4 (3.17%) Product Manager
7 4 (3.17%) Product Owner
7 4 (3.17%) Software Developer
7 4 (3.17%) Vendor Manager
7 4 (3.17%) Website Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (30.16%) HTML
2 31 (24.60%) CSS
3 12 (9.52%) .NET
4 11 (8.73%) React
5 8 (6.35%) .NET Framework
6 7 (5.56%) AngularJS
6 7 (5.56%) Vue
7 6 (4.76%) GraphQL
7 6 (4.76%) RESTful
7 6 (4.76%) Sass
8 5 (3.97%) .NET Core
8 5 (3.97%) ASP.NET
8 5 (3.97%) CSS3
8 5 (3.97%) HTML5
9 4 (3.17%) ASP.NET Web API
9 4 (3.17%) Entity Framework
9 4 (3.17%) Web Services
10 3 (2.38%) Laravel
10 3 (2.38%) Node.js
10 3 (2.38%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.11%) Social Media
2 12 (9.52%) Blog
3 7 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.97%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.97%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.97%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.17%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.17%) Digital Media
5 4 (3.17%) Digital Signage
5 4 (3.17%) Learning Management System
5 4 (3.17%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.38%) Animation
6 3 (2.38%) Graphic Design
6 3 (2.38%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.38%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.59%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.59%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.59%) Sports Betting
7 2 (1.59%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.56%) Linux
2 6 (4.76%) Windows
2 6 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (40.48%) Analytics
2 44 (34.92%) SEO
2 44 (34.92%) User Experience
3 43 (34.13%) Content Management
4 30 (23.81%) Agile
5 26 (20.63%) AI
6 24 (19.05%) CRM
7 22 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (15.87%) Web Development
9 19 (15.08%) CI/CD
9 19 (15.08%) Digital Marketing
9 19 (15.08%) E-Commerce
10 18 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (12.70%) Project Management
12 12 (9.52%) A/B Testing
13 11 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (8.73%) Full-Stack Development
13 11 (8.73%) Performance Optimisation
14 10 (7.94%) Containerisation
14 10 (7.94%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 33 (26.19%) JavaScript
2 11 (8.73%) C#
3 9 (7.14%) Python
4 8 (6.35%) PHP
4 8 (6.35%) TypeScript
5 7 (5.56%) SQL
6 3 (2.38%) Ruby
7 1 (0.79%) Bash
7 1 (0.79%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (6.35%) DBS Check
2 5 (3.97%) Degree
3 1 (0.79%) ACCA
3 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (26.19%) Accessibility
2 10 (7.94%) QA
2 10 (7.94%) WCAG
3 8 (6.35%) GDPR
4 4 (3.17%) NCSC
5 2 (1.59%) PERC
6 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 13 (10.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.79%) AppManager
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (23.02%) Google
2 23 (18.25%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.73%) Adobe
4 6 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.97%) Ahrefs
6 4 (3.17%) Optimizely
7 3 (2.38%) Hotjar
7 3 (2.38%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.59%) Netlify
9 1 (0.79%) OpenText
9 1 (0.79%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.79%) TOWER Software