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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 414 546
Rank change year-on-year +8 +132 +59
Permanent jobs citing Headless CMS 2 11 38
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% 0.074% 0.11%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.18% 0.59% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 38
10th Percentile £44,125 £41,100 -
25th Percentile £44,688 £47,500 £58,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -10.57% -23.13%
75th Percentile £52,188 £70,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £52,375 £77,000 -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £70,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -32.14% +13.82% -20.65%

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 1,136 1,855 3,717
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.92% 12.42% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 846 1,207 2,899
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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
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 2 (100.00%) CMS
1 2 (100.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) DigitalOcean
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (50.00%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Web Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Linux Developer
2 1 (50.00%) PHP Developer
2 1 (50.00%) PHP Laravel Developer
2 1 (50.00%) PHP Web Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Laravel
1 2 (100.00%) LEMP Stack
1 2 (100.00%) LoopBack
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Nuxt
1 2 (100.00%) Vue
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Development
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) API Design
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker