Hybrid/Remote Headless CMS Job Trends

Headless Content Management System (Headless CMS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Headless CMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 428 485
Rank change year-on-year +70 +57 +162
Permanent jobs citing Headless CMS 5 11 2
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.033% 0.067% 0.009%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.50% 0.56% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile - - £38,875
25th Percentile £26,250 £38,500 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £39,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +39.24% -35.51% -18.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £45,438 £74,063
90th Percentile £81,250 £53,425 £80,625
UK median annual salary £66,250 £48,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +35.90% -15.22% -23.33%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

Headless 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 992 1,981 2,285
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.57% 12.03% 10.78%
Number of salaries quoted 719 1,313 1,819
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -2.61%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £95,063
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Headless CMS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Headless CMS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Headless CMS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Headless CMS
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Headless CMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Headless CMS

Headless CMS
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Headless CMS over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Headless CMS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Headless CMS
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 5 (100.00%) CMS
2 1 (20.00%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (40.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Web Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Website Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Head of Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Shopify Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) React
2 2 (40.00%) Next.js
3 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (20.00%) Jest
3 1 (20.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) CRM
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (40.00%) Issue Tracking
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing Automation
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Web Development
1 2 (40.00%) Workflow
1 2 (40.00%) Workflow Management
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) HubSpot
2 1 (20.00%) Optimizely