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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 454 492
Rank change year-on-year +70 +38 +216
Permanent jobs citing Headless CMS 17 13 5
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.065% 0.023%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.38% 0.55% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 5
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £26,813 £32,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £38,250 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.79% -46.88% +2.86%
75th Percentile £70,313 £39,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,875 £52,125 £90,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £39,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +41.03% -40.00% -10.34%

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 1,228 2,351 2,554
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.69% 11.84% 11.56%
Number of salaries quoted 928 1,643 2,043
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,386 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,465 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +9.11% +4.35%
75th Percentile £87,500 £108,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £130,750 £142,500 £97,290
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 8 November 2025.

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 9 (52.94%) CMS
2 1 (5.88%) Strapi
2 1 (5.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (58.82%) Shopify
2 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.88%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Figma
2 9 (52.94%) AWS
3 8 (47.06%) Amazon ECS
3 8 (47.06%) Amazon S3
3 8 (47.06%) Amazon SQS
3 8 (47.06%) AWS Lambda
3 8 (47.06%) Google Analytics
3 8 (47.06%) Serverless
3 8 (47.06%) Vercel
4 2 (11.76%) GitHub
5 1 (5.88%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (47.06%) NoSQL
2 2 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (11.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Cypress.io
2 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Developer
2 8 (47.06%) Full-Stack Developer
2 8 (47.06%) Senior
2 8 (47.06%) Senior Developer
2 8 (47.06%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Web Developer
4 2 (11.76%) SEO Executive
4 2 (11.76%) Website Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (5.88%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
5 1 (5.88%) Head of Delivery
5 1 (5.88%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Lead Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Lead Software Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Shopify Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (70.59%) React
2 11 (64.71%) Next.js
3 10 (58.82%) GraphQL
4 9 (52.94%) HTML
4 9 (52.94%) Jest
4 9 (52.94%) Tailwind CSS
5 8 (47.06%) CSS
5 8 (47.06%) Express.js
5 8 (47.06%) Node.js
5 8 (47.06%) Playwright
5 8 (47.06%) RESTful
5 8 (47.06%) Vitest
6 1 (5.88%) LESS
6 1 (5.88%) REST
6 1 (5.88%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) E-Commerce
2 10 (58.82%) Agile
2 10 (58.82%) Analytics
2 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (58.82%) SEO
2 10 (58.82%) User Experience
3 9 (52.94%) ERP
3 9 (52.94%) Unit Testing
4 8 (47.06%) End-to-End Testing
4 8 (47.06%) Full-Stack Development
4 8 (47.06%) Integration Testing
4 8 (47.06%) Pair Programming
4 8 (47.06%) Sprint Planning
4 8 (47.06%) Sprint Retrospective
4 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
4 8 (47.06%) UX Design
4 8 (47.06%) Web Accessibility
5 3 (17.65%) CRM
5 3 (17.65%) Migration
5 3 (17.65%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) TypeScript
2 11 (64.71%) JavaScript
3 8 (47.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Apple
2 2 (11.76%) HubSpot
3 1 (5.88%) Optimizely