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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 499 490
Rank change year-on-year -70 -9 +46
Contract jobs citing Adobe Experience Manager 69 22 44
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.079% 0.13%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.67% 0.71% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 17 30
10th Percentile £375 £284 £316
25th Percentile £405 £375 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +6.48%
75th Percentile £550 £558 £694
90th Percentile £675 £617 £716
UK median daily rate £475 £513 £564
% change year-on-year -7.32% -9.10% +7.80%
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 4,131 3,088 3,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.92% 11.12% 10.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,682 2,050 2,396
10th Percentile £281 £275 £275
25th Percentile £404 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.96%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £688 £721 £850
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £525
% change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 76 78
10th Percentile £14.96 £16.42 £17.72
25th Percentile £16.60 £25.60 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £41.26 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.22% -13.15% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60.64 £65.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £77.50 £74.61
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £35.50 £38.50
% change year-on-year -8.45% -7.79% -26.67%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 56 £500 -7.41% 47
North of England -59 8 £473 -5.50% 1
Yorkshire - 5 £470 -
North West -45 3 £475 -5.00% 1
West Midlands -48 2 £431 -6.76% 4
Midlands -51 2 £431 -6.76% 4
South East - 2 £546 - 7
South West - 1 - - 2
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 28 (40.58%) CMS
2 8 (11.59%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (2.90%) Confluence
3 2 (2.90%) Headless CMS
3 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.45%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (20.29%) Adobe Campaign
2 6 (8.70%) Workfront
3 4 (5.80%) Shopify
4 1 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (33.33%) Adobe Analytics
2 8 (11.59%) Google Analytics
3 4 (5.80%) Siteimprove
4 2 (2.90%) Contentsquare
5 1 (1.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) AWS
5 1 (1.45%) Azure
5 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.45%) Figma
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub
5 1 (1.45%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.90%) SMS
Development Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Git
2 4 (5.80%) JIRA
2 4 (5.80%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 2 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.90%) Maven
General
1 47 (68.12%) Social Skills
2 46 (66.67%) Marketing
3 12 (17.39%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (15.94%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (13.04%) Publishing
6 8 (11.59%) Retail
7 5 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (5.80%) Advertising
8 4 (5.80%) Dutch Language
8 4 (5.80%) Finance
8 4 (5.80%) French Language
8 4 (5.80%) German Language
8 4 (5.80%) Italian Language
8 4 (5.80%) Spanish Language
9 2 (2.90%) Banking
9 2 (2.90%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (2.90%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.90%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (24.64%) Project Manager
2 11 (15.94%) Developer
3 10 (14.49%) Digital Project Manager
4 7 (10.14%) CRM Specialist
4 7 (10.14%) Marketing Specialist
4 7 (10.14%) Technical Specialist
4 7 (10.14%) Web Specialist
5 5 (7.25%) Braze Specialist
5 5 (7.25%) Campaign Specialist
5 5 (7.25%) Product Owner
5 5 (7.25%) Web Marketing Specialist
6 4 (5.80%) Architect
6 4 (5.80%) Digital Marketing Manager
6 4 (5.80%) Field Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Marketing Manager
6 4 (5.80%) Marketing Project Manager
7 3 (4.35%) Consultant
7 3 (4.35%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 3 (4.35%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
7 3 (4.35%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (33.33%) CSS
1 23 (33.33%) HTML
2 5 (7.25%) React
3 4 (5.80%) Node.js
3 4 (5.80%) OSGi
4 3 (4.35%) AngularJS
4 3 (4.35%) CSS3
4 3 (4.35%) HTML5
4 3 (4.35%) LESS
4 3 (4.35%) REST
4 3 (4.35%) Sass
5 1 (1.45%) .NET
5 1 (1.45%) Apache Sling
5 1 (1.45%) Flutter
5 1 (1.45%) JSON
5 1 (1.45%) JSR 170
5 1 (1.45%) React Native
5 1 (1.45%) RESTful
5 1 (1.45%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) Marketing Technology
2 9 (13.04%) Replication
3 8 (11.59%) Product Ownership
4 6 (8.70%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.80%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.45%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.45%) FMCG
7 1 (1.45%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (57.97%) Agile
2 32 (46.38%) Analytics
3 20 (28.99%) Content Management
4 19 (27.54%) Customer Experience
4 19 (27.54%) Project Management
5 17 (24.64%) AI
5 17 (24.64%) Roadmaps
5 17 (24.64%) Scrum
6 16 (23.19%) Digital Marketing
6 16 (23.19%) Personalization
7 15 (21.74%) Workflow
8 13 (18.84%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (15.94%) CRM
10 10 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (13.04%) Marketing Automation
11 9 (13.04%) User Experience
12 8 (11.59%) Migration
13 7 (10.14%) Resource Management
14 6 (8.70%) Computer Science
14 6 (8.70%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 19 (27.54%) JavaScript
2 5 (7.25%) Java
3 3 (4.35%) SQL
4 1 (1.45%) C#
4 1 (1.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (10.14%) Degree
2 6 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.45%) MBA
3 1 (1.45%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.45%) PMP
3 1 (1.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.84%) QA
2 11 (15.94%) PMO
3 6 (8.70%) Accessibility
3 6 (8.70%) GDPR
4 4 (5.80%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (5.80%) Data Quality
5 3 (4.35%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 5 (7.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) Adobe
2 11 (15.94%) Braze
3 9 (13.04%) Google
3 9 (13.04%) Optimizely
4 8 (11.59%) Amplitude
4 8 (11.59%) Sitecore
4 8 (11.59%) Tealium
5 5 (7.25%) Salesforce
6 4 (5.80%) Apple
7 2 (2.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (2.90%) SAP
8 1 (1.45%) Ahrefs
8 1 (1.45%) Microsoft
8 1 (1.45%) Oracle
8 1 (1.45%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow