Adobe Experience Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) formerly Adobe CQ, Communiqué CQ5, Day CQ
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Adobe Experience Manager skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 552 489 488
Rank change year-on-year -63 -1 +60
Contract jobs citing Adobe Experience Manager 64 19 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.068% 0.13%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.57% 0.61% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 13 31
10th Percentile £375 £359 £300
25th Percentile £405 £385 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £550 £558 £688
90th Percentile £624 £634 £715
UK median daily rate £473 £525 £553
% change year-on-year -10.00% -5.00% +4.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.74 - -
Median hourly rate £83.48 - £55.00
75th Percentile £85.22 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £83.48 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - -21.62%

All Application Platform Skills
England

Adobe Experience Manager 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 in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,072 3,113 3,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.86% 11.22% 10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,659 2,069 2,449
10th Percentile £287 £275 £290
25th Percentile £405 £390 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £663
90th Percentile £688 £725 £850
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 82 84
10th Percentile £16.15 £17.33 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £26.00 £23.73
Median hourly rate £32.50 £42.27 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.11% +11.24% -20.00%
75th Percentile £60.33 £68.81 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.75 £74.31
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £41.45 £33.07
% change year-on-year -21.59% +25.34% -38.76%

Adobe Experience Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Adobe Experience Manager relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Adobe Experience Manager job vacancy trend in England

Adobe Experience Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Adobe Experience Manager.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Adobe Experience Manager

Adobe Experience Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Adobe Experience Manager in England over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Adobe Experience Manager in England

Adobe Experience Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Adobe Experience Manager.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Adobe Experience Manager

Adobe Experience Manager
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 Adobe Experience Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 30 August 2026. 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 -38 52 £500 -8.26% 20
North of England -67 7 £470 +9.56% 4
Yorkshire - 4 £466 - 2
North West -55 3 £475 +10.72% 2
South East - 3 £463 - 7
West Midlands - 2 £431 - 3
Midlands - 2 £431 - 3
Adobe Experience Manager
UK

Adobe Experience Manager
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 25 (39.06%) CMS
2 8 (12.50%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (4.69%) Confluence
4 2 (3.13%) Headless CMS
4 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.56%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (20.31%) Adobe Campaign
2 4 (6.25%) Shopify
2 4 (6.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.13%) Adobe Analytics
2 8 (12.50%) Google Analytics
3 4 (6.25%) Siteimprove
4 2 (3.13%) Contentsquare
5 1 (1.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) AWS
5 1 (1.56%) Azure
5 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.56%) Figma
5 1 (1.56%) GitHub
5 1 (1.56%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Metadata
1 1 (1.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Git
2 5 (7.81%) JIRA
3 4 (6.25%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 3 (4.69%) Maven
5 2 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 43 (67.19%) Social Skills
2 40 (62.50%) Marketing
3 11 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (15.63%) Retail
5 8 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (9.38%) Publishing
7 5 (7.81%) Finance
7 5 (7.81%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (4.69%) Dutch Language
8 3 (4.69%) French Language
8 3 (4.69%) German Language
8 3 (4.69%) Italian Language
8 3 (4.69%) Spanish Language
9 2 (3.13%) Banking
9 2 (3.13%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (3.13%) Investment Banking
9 2 (3.13%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 11 (17.19%) Developer
3 10 (15.63%) Digital Project Manager
4 7 (10.94%) CRM Specialist
5 5 (7.81%) Architect
5 5 (7.81%) Braze Specialist
5 5 (7.81%) Campaign Specialist
5 5 (7.81%) Product Owner
6 4 (6.25%) Digital Marketing Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Marketing Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Marketing Project Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Marketing Specialist
6 4 (6.25%) Web Specialist
7 3 (4.69%) Consultant
7 3 (4.69%) Field Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 3 (4.69%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
7 3 (4.69%) Technical Specialist
7 3 (4.69%) Web Developer
8 2 (3.13%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (31.25%) CSS
2 19 (29.69%) HTML
3 5 (7.81%) OSGi
3 5 (7.81%) React
4 4 (6.25%) AngularJS
4 4 (6.25%) Node.js
4 4 (6.25%) Sass
5 3 (4.69%) CSS3
5 3 (4.69%) HTML5
5 3 (4.69%) LESS
5 3 (4.69%) REST
6 1 (1.56%) .NET
6 1 (1.56%) Apache Sling
6 1 (1.56%) Bootstrap
6 1 (1.56%) Jakarta EE
6 1 (1.56%) JSON
6 1 (1.56%) JSR 170
6 1 (1.56%) Spring
6 1 (1.56%) Vue
6 1 (1.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.06%) Marketing Technology
2 8 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 6 (9.38%) Onboarding
4 5 (7.81%) Replication
5 3 (4.69%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.56%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.56%) FMCG
6 1 (1.56%) Life Science
6 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Linux
1 1 (1.56%) Unix
1 1 (1.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (60.94%) Agile
2 25 (39.06%) Analytics
3 18 (28.13%) Customer Experience
3 18 (28.13%) Project Management
4 17 (26.56%) Roadmaps
5 15 (23.44%) Content Management
5 15 (23.44%) Personalization
5 15 (23.44%) Scrum
6 14 (21.88%) Digital Marketing
7 13 (20.31%) AI
8 12 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (17.19%) Workflow
10 10 (15.63%) CRM
10 10 (15.63%) Migration
11 9 (14.06%) User Experience
12 8 (12.50%) Marketing Automation
13 7 (10.94%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 6 (9.38%) Backlog Management
14 6 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (10.94%) Java
3 3 (4.69%) SQL
4 1 (1.56%) C#
4 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (7.81%) Degree
2 4 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.31%) QA
2 10 (15.63%) PMO
3 7 (10.94%) Accessibility
4 5 (7.81%) GDPR
5 4 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (6.25%) Data Quality
6 3 (4.69%) WCAG
7 1 (1.56%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 63 (98.44%) Adobe
2 11 (17.19%) Braze
3 9 (14.06%) Google
3 9 (14.06%) Optimizely
4 8 (12.50%) Amplitude
4 8 (12.50%) Sitecore
4 8 (12.50%) Tealium
5 4 (6.25%) Salesforce
6 3 (4.69%) SAP
7 2 (3.13%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (1.56%) Ahrefs
8 1 (1.56%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow