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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 434 512
Rank change year-on-year +64 +78 +142
Permanent jobs citing Headless CMS 5 11 12
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.032% 0.068% 0.046%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.48% 0.55% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 £38,500 £58,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £39,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.25% -35.77% -18.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £45,438 £64,750
90th Percentile £58,500 £53,425 -
UK median annual salary £78,750 £40,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +96.88% -34.96% -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 1,050 1,986 2,816
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.65% 12.23% 10.76%
Number of salaries quoted 749 1,292 2,291
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,663 £43,635 £39,543
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,754 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +12.28% -4.86%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,762 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.85% +11.52% -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
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Headless CMS over the 6 months to 30 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 2 (40.00%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) DigitalOcean
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (40.00%) MongoDB
2 2 (40.00%) MySQL
2 2 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Web Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Website Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (20.00%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
4 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Web Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Linux Developer
4 1 (20.00%) PHP Developer
4 1 (20.00%) PHP Laravel Developer
4 1 (20.00%) PHP Web Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Shopify Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) React
2 2 (40.00%) Laravel
2 2 (40.00%) LEMP Stack
2 2 (40.00%) LoopBack
2 2 (40.00%) Next.js
2 2 (40.00%) Node.js
2 2 (40.00%) Nuxt
2 2 (40.00%) Vue
3 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (20.00%) Jest
3 1 (20.00%) Tailwind CSS
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (80.00%) CRM
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Web Development
3 2 (40.00%) API Development
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (40.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (40.00%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (40.00%) Marketing Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 2 (40.00%) Workflow
3 2 (40.00%) Workflow Management
4 1 (20.00%) API Design
4 1 (20.00%) API Integration
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) HubSpot