Content Management System (CMS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring CMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CMS over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 284 | 324 | 329 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +40 | +5 | -52 |
| Contract jobs citing CMS | 339 | 452 | 695 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.78% | 0.81% | 0.80% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 7.78% | 7.58% | 6.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 221 | 341 | 502 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £260 | £319 |
| 25th Percentile | £263 | £325 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £420 | £450 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.67% | -10.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £540 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £631 | £700 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £375 | £400 | £451 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.25% | -11.21% | +6.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.83 | - | £25.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.00 | £16.77 | £36.52 |
| Median hourly rate | £14.13 | £18.50 | £75.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.65% | -75.33% | +283.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.71 | £23.00 | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £33.05 | £30.20 | £81.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £13.00 | £16.77 | £75.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.48% | -77.64% | +280.95% |
All Application Platform Skills
UK
CMS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 4,358 | 5,965 | 10,896 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 9.98% | 10.74% | 12.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,043 | 4,178 | 7,543 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £263 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £400 | £410 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £511 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.15% | -1.73% | +9.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £615 | £638 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £750 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | +5.56% | +4.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 162 | 145 | 206 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £16.25 | £13.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £21.00 | £16.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.71 | £52.50 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.60% | +128.26% | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £51.91 | £66.00 | £54.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.60 | £78.00 | £75.42 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.41 | £48.50 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.29% | +162.16% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing CMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
CMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CMS.
CMS
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CMS over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.
CMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CMS.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CMS over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.
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Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +33 | 301 | £425 | - | 221 |
| London | +80 | 178 | £425 | -12.82% | 73 |
| UK excluding London | -34 | 127 | £375 | -6.25% | 159 |
| Work from Home | +13 | 119 | £438 | -2.78% | 133 |
| North of England | +4 | 29 | £400 | -0.62% | 58 |
| South West | +9 | 28 | £315 | -16.00% | 13 |
| Midlands | +22 | 24 | £600 | +24.68% | 31 |
| West Midlands | +26 | 23 | £600 | +33.33% | 9 |
| North West | +3 | 19 | £388 | -3.73% | 32 |
| Scotland | +41 | 16 | £179 | -59.81% | 11 |
| South East | -17 | 15 | £540 | +37.14% | 32 |
| East of England | -23 | 15 | £650 | +52.94% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +13 | 9 | £379 | -1.94% | 19 |
| North East | +9 | 1 | £650 | +20.93% | 7 |
| East Midlands | +4 | 1 | £410 | -18.00% | 22 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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