CMS Contracts in England

Content Management System (CMS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CMS over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 315 345
Rank change year-on-year +41 +30 -72
Contract jobs citing CMS 301 377 545
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.83% 0.78% 0.78%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.64% 7.33% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 281 395
10th Percentile £208 £263 £328
25th Percentile £275 £330 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £493
% change year-on-year -5.56% -8.68% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 18
10th Percentile £12.85 £16.77 £27.93
25th Percentile - £17.51 £44.19
Median hourly rate £13.00 £20.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.59% -72.67% +276.74%
75th Percentile £27.61 £26.56 £77.50
90th Percentile £32.48 £36.50 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £13.00 £20.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -36.59% -72.67% +280.95%

All Application Platform Skills
England

CMS is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,484 5,146 8,783
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.58% 10.68% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,503 3,681 6,066
10th Percentile £255 £263 £263
25th Percentile £363 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +7.37%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £625
90th Percentile £775 £763 £723
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 132 195
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.55 £13.65
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.50 £16.12
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +63.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £46.18 £66.00 £53.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.25 £45.00 £26.17
% change year-on-year -35.00% +71.95% +17.86%

CMS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CMS in England

CMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CMS in England.

Daily rate trend for CMS in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMS in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CMS in England

CMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CMS in England.

Hourly rate trend for CMS in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CMS in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CMS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +92 176 £425 -15.00% 94
North of England +19 31 £404 -5.00% 52
South West +17 29 £308 -20.65% 12
Midlands +34 24 £600 +39.13% 33
West Midlands +36 23 £600 +77.78% 14
North West +13 20 £388 -8.82% 25
South East -18 16 £446 +11.56% 44
East of England -23 14 £650 +30.00% 11
Yorkshire +13 10 £408 -6.32% 21
East Midlands +11 1 £410 -18.00% 19
North East +11 1 £650 +20.93% 6
CMS
UK

CMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (9.63%) Headless CMS
2 26 (8.64%) Drupal
3 21 (6.98%) Sitecore CMS
4 19 (6.31%) Umbraco
5 15 (4.98%) SharePoint
6 12 (3.99%) WordPress
7 9 (2.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (2.33%) Confluence
9 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (1.33%) Kentico
10 4 (1.33%) Skype for Business
11 3 (1.00%) EPiServer
11 3 (1.00%) Jadu
12 1 (0.33%) Apache
12 1 (0.33%) CoreMedia CMS
12 1 (0.33%) IIS
12 1 (0.33%) Joomla!
12 1 (0.33%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (8.31%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.65%) MS Visio
2 14 (4.65%) Photoshop
3 11 (3.65%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (1.99%) PTC Creo
5 3 (1.00%) Acrobat
5 3 (1.00%) Windchill
6 2 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.99%) Magento
2 3 (1.00%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.66%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (0.66%) Workfront
4 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 40 (13.29%) Azure
2 24 (7.97%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (7.64%) AWS
4 15 (4.98%) Azure Pipelines
5 14 (4.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 14 (4.65%) Azure Service Bus
5 14 (4.65%) GCP
6 13 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (3.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 9 (2.99%) Contentful
8 9 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.66%) SaaS
10 5 (1.66%) Figma
10 5 (1.66%) GitHub
10 5 (1.66%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.33%) Asana
11 4 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.33%) Contentstack
11 4 (1.33%) PaaS
12 3 (1.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.65%) Intranet
2 7 (2.33%) HTTP
3 6 (1.99%) DNS
3 6 (1.99%) SSL
4 4 (1.33%) Skype
4 4 (1.33%) VPN
5 3 (1.00%) FTP
5 3 (1.00%) Internet
5 3 (1.00%) SMTP
6 1 (0.33%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.64%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.33%) DB2
3 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.66%) Looker
3 2 (0.66%) Metadata
3 2 (0.66%) MySQL
3 2 (0.66%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.33%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.33%) Jackrabbit
4 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.33%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.33%) Redis
4 1 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (9.97%) Git
2 25 (8.31%) JIRA
3 9 (2.99%) Selenium
4 6 (1.99%) webpack
5 5 (1.66%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.33%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.00%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.00%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.00%) Jasmine
7 3 (1.00%) SpecFlow
7 3 (1.00%) Subversion
7 3 (1.00%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.66%) gulp
8 2 (0.66%) HP UFT
8 2 (0.66%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.33%) Gatling
9 1 (0.33%) JMeter
9 1 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.33%) TeamCity
General
1 87 (28.90%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.62%) Marketing
3 26 (8.64%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.64%) Publishing
5 22 (7.31%) Finance
6 18 (5.98%) Retail
7 16 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (2.66%) Back Office
8 8 (2.66%) Banking
9 6 (1.99%) Legal
9 6 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.66%) French Language
10 5 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.66%) Local Government
10 5 (1.66%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.66%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.33%) Wearables
12 3 (1.00%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 85 (28.24%) Developer
2 39 (12.96%) Analyst
3 38 (12.62%) Senior
4 20 (6.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 19 (6.31%) Project Manager
6 17 (5.65%) Senior Developer
6 17 (5.65%) SOC Analyst
7 16 (5.32%) Architect
8 15 (4.98%) .NET Developer
9 14 (4.65%) Applications Support
9 14 (4.65%) Applications Support Analyst
9 14 (4.65%) Consultant
9 14 (4.65%) Project Analyst
9 14 (4.65%) Project Support Analyst
9 14 (4.65%) Support Analyst
10 13 (4.32%) Digital Project Manager
10 13 (4.32%) Full Stack Developer
10 13 (4.32%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (4.32%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 12 (3.99%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (20.60%) HTML
2 56 (18.60%) CSS
3 48 (15.95%) React
4 44 (14.62%) .NET
5 22 (7.31%) .NET Core
6 19 (6.31%) AngularJS
6 19 (6.31%) ASP.NET
7 18 (5.98%) jQuery
8 13 (4.32%) ASP.NET MVC
8 13 (4.32%) Next.js
9 12 (3.99%) GraphQL
10 11 (3.65%) REST
11 10 (3.32%) Node.js
12 9 (2.99%) Laravel
13 8 (2.66%) Vue
14 7 (2.33%) Entity Framework
14 7 (2.33%) HTML5
14 7 (2.33%) Sass
14 7 (2.33%) Web Services
15 6 (1.99%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.65%) Cyberattack
2 16 (5.32%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.65%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (4.32%) Social Media
5 11 (3.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 10 (3.32%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.33%) EPoS
7 7 (2.33%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.33%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.66%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.33%) Acoustics
10 4 (1.33%) Blackberry
10 4 (1.33%) Handset
10 4 (1.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 3 (1.00%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.00%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.00%) Graphic Design
11 3 (1.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.65%) Linux
1 17 (5.65%) Windows
2 4 (1.33%) VMS
3 3 (1.00%) Android
3 3 (1.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (25.91%) Content Management
2 74 (24.58%) Agile
3 60 (19.93%) User Experience
4 42 (13.95%) SEO
5 38 (12.62%) DevOps
6 37 (12.29%) E-Commerce
7 32 (10.63%) Project Management
7 32 (10.63%) Scrum
8 31 (10.30%) Migration
9 30 (9.97%) Analytics
10 29 (9.63%) Front End Development
10 29 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (8.31%) MVC
12 23 (7.64%) Full Stack Development
13 21 (6.98%) Web Development
14 20 (6.64%) Cybersecurity
15 19 (6.31%) CRM
15 19 (6.31%) TDD
15 19 (6.31%) UX Design
16 18 (5.98%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (15.28%) JavaScript
2 33 (10.96%) C#
3 30 (9.97%) TypeScript
4 14 (4.65%) Bicep
5 13 (4.32%) SQL
6 9 (2.99%) Python
7 8 (2.66%) Java
7 8 (2.66%) PHP
8 4 (1.33%) COBOL
9 3 (1.00%) Perl
9 3 (1.00%) Ruby
9 3 (1.00%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.66%) Bash
10 2 (0.66%) REXX
10 2 (0.66%) SELCOPY
11 1 (0.33%) C++
11 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (8.64%) Security Cleared
2 15 (4.98%) Degree
3 6 (1.99%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.33%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.33%) DV Cleared
4 4 (1.33%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (14.62%) Accessibility
2 25 (8.31%) QA
3 22 (7.31%) WCAG
4 6 (1.99%) PMO
5 4 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.00%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.66%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.33%) DICOM
8 1 (0.33%) GDPR
8 1 (0.33%) GxP
8 1 (0.33%) HL7
System Software
1 18 (5.98%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.33%) Docker
3 2 (0.66%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.33%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 6 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.33%) Terraform
3 3 (1.00%) Ansible
3 3 (1.00%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.33%) AppManager
4 1 (0.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 63 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.98%) Sitecore
3 20 (6.64%) Splunk
4 17 (5.65%) Darktrace
4 17 (5.65%) FireEye
4 17 (5.65%) LogRhythm
5 16 (5.32%) Adobe
6 12 (3.99%) Optimizely
7 10 (3.32%) Google
8 9 (2.99%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.99%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.66%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.99%) SAP
11 4 (1.33%) Becrypt
11 4 (1.33%) Citrix
11 4 (1.33%) Dynatrace
11 4 (1.33%) Hotjar
11 4 (1.33%) IBM
11 4 (1.33%) ICL
11 4 (1.33%) Screaming Frog