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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 560 499 475
Rank change year-on-year -61 -24 +77
Contract jobs citing Adobe Experience Manager 75 24 48
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.086% 0.15%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.81% 0.78% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 21 29
10th Percentile £375 £264 £314
25th Percentile £408 £375 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -13.04% +6.48%
75th Percentile £550 £558 £700
90th Percentile £675 £570 £717
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £553
% change year-on-year -2.50% -9.53% +5.67%
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 4,138 3,082 3,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.93% 11.04% 10.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,682 2,037 2,345
10th Percentile £283 £275 £275
25th Percentile £405 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -6.19% +0.96%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £688 £715 £838
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 73 74
10th Percentile £14.91 £15.52 £17.35
25th Percentile £16.60 £24.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £29.00 £37.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% -21.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £55.75 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.87 £73.50 £74.83
UK median hourly rate £28.70 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -18.01% -5.41% -22.43%

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 27 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 27 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 -34 61 £500 -2.44% 38
North of England -60 8 £473 -5.50% 2
Yorkshire - 5 £470 - 2
North West -50 3 £475 -5.00%
South East - 3 £600 - 4
Midlands -37 2 £431 -6.76% 8
West Midlands -45 2 £431 -6.76% 4
South West - 1 - - 1
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 31 (41.33%) CMS
2 8 (10.67%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (4.00%) Confluence
3 3 (4.00%) Headless CMS
4 2 (2.67%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (20.00%) Adobe Campaign
2 6 (8.00%) Workfront
3 4 (5.33%) Shopify
4 1 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (34.67%) Adobe Analytics
2 8 (10.67%) Google Analytics
3 4 (5.33%) Siteimprove
4 2 (2.67%) AWS
4 2 (2.67%) Azure
4 2 (2.67%) Contentsquare
5 1 (1.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.33%) Figma
5 1 (1.33%) GCP
5 1 (1.33%) GitHub
5 1 (1.33%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.67%) SMS
Development Applications
1 7 (9.33%) Git
2 5 (6.67%) JIRA
3 4 (5.33%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 2 (2.67%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.67%) Maven
General
1 51 (68.00%) Marketing
2 50 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 14 (18.67%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (14.67%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (14.67%) Publishing
5 9 (12.00%) Retail
6 6 (8.00%) Advertising
6 6 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (6.67%) Finance
8 4 (5.33%) Dutch Language
8 4 (5.33%) French Language
8 4 (5.33%) German Language
8 4 (5.33%) Italian Language
8 4 (5.33%) Spanish Language
9 2 (2.67%) Banking
9 2 (2.67%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (2.67%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.67%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (24.00%) Project Manager
2 12 (16.00%) Developer
3 10 (13.33%) Digital Project Manager
4 9 (12.00%) Web Specialist
5 8 (10.67%) Marketing Specialist
5 8 (10.67%) Technical Specialist
6 7 (9.33%) CRM Specialist
7 6 (8.00%) Web Marketing Specialist
8 5 (6.67%) Braze Specialist
8 5 (6.67%) Campaign Specialist
8 5 (6.67%) Product Owner
9 4 (5.33%) Architect
9 4 (5.33%) Digital Marketing Manager
9 4 (5.33%) Field Engineer
9 4 (5.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 4 (5.33%) Marketing Manager
9 4 (5.33%) Marketing Project Manager
10 3 (4.00%) Analyst
10 3 (4.00%) Consultant
10 3 (4.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (34.67%) CSS
1 26 (34.67%) HTML
2 6 (8.00%) React
3 4 (5.33%) CSS3
3 4 (5.33%) HTML5
3 4 (5.33%) LESS
3 4 (5.33%) Node.js
3 4 (5.33%) OSGi
3 4 (5.33%) REST
3 4 (5.33%) Sass
4 3 (4.00%) AngularJS
5 2 (2.67%) JSON
5 2 (2.67%) RESTful
6 1 (1.33%) .NET
6 1 (1.33%) Apache Sling
6 1 (1.33%) GraphQL
6 1 (1.33%) JSR 170
6 1 (1.33%) Next.js
6 1 (1.33%) React Native
6 1 (1.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.67%) Marketing Technology
1 11 (14.67%) Replication
2 10 (13.33%) Product Ownership
3 6 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.33%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.33%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.33%) FMCG
6 1 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (57.33%) Agile
2 36 (48.00%) Analytics
3 23 (30.67%) Content Management
4 20 (26.67%) Project Management
5 19 (25.33%) AI
5 19 (25.33%) Customer Experience
6 18 (24.00%) Digital Marketing
6 18 (24.00%) Roadmaps
6 18 (24.00%) Scrum
7 17 (22.67%) Personalization
7 17 (22.67%) Workflow
8 13 (17.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (16.00%) CRM
10 11 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (12.00%) Marketing Automation
11 9 (12.00%) Migration
11 9 (12.00%) Translating Business Requirements
11 9 (12.00%) User Experience
12 8 (10.67%) Computer Science
13 7 (9.33%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (29.33%) JavaScript
2 5 (6.67%) Java
3 4 (5.33%) SQL
4 1 (1.33%) C#
4 1 (1.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (13.33%) Degree
2 8 (10.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.33%) MBA
3 1 (1.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.33%) PMP
3 1 (1.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (18.67%) QA
2 12 (16.00%) PMO
3 7 (9.33%) Accessibility
3 7 (9.33%) GDPR
4 5 (6.67%) Data Quality
5 4 (5.33%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (4.00%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 5 (6.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 75 (100.00%) Adobe
2 11 (14.67%) Braze
3 9 (12.00%) Google
3 9 (12.00%) Optimizely
4 8 (10.67%) Amplitude
4 8 (10.67%) Sitecore
4 8 (10.67%) Tealium
5 6 (8.00%) Apple
6 5 (6.67%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.67%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (2.67%) SAP
8 1 (1.33%) Ahrefs
8 1 (1.33%) Databricks
8 1 (1.33%) Microsoft
8 1 (1.33%) OneTrust
8 1 (1.33%) Oracle
8 1 (1.33%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow