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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 499 476
Rank change year-on-year -68 -23 +76
Contract jobs citing Adobe Experience Manager 64 22 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.080% 0.13%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.56% 0.71% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 16 29
10th Percentile £375 £360 £314
25th Percentile £404 £375 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -10.87% +6.48%
75th Percentile £550 £559 £700
90th Percentile £632 £610 £717
UK median daily rate £475 £513 £575
% change year-on-year -7.32% -10.87% +9.94%
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 4,090 3,087 3,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.90% 11.21% 10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,672 2,049 2,420
10th Percentile £288 £276 £286
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 £483 £525
% change year-on-year +3.63% -8.10% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 80 81
10th Percentile £15.95 £17.15 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.08 £25.94 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £43.80 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.79% +13.75% -18.95%
75th Percentile £63.26 £66.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.02 £78.71 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £41.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.59% +18.43% -35.19%

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 6 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 6 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 -33 52 £500 -7.83% 27
North of England -66 7 £470 +9.56% 2
Yorkshire - 4 £466 - 1
North West -54 3 £475 +10.72%
West Midlands -45 2 £431 -6.76% 4
Midlands -55 2 £431 -6.76% 4
South East - 2 £546 - 6
South West - 1 - - 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 27 (42.19%) 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 20 (31.25%) 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
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Git
2 5 (7.81%) JIRA
3 4 (6.25%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 2 (3.13%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.13%) Maven
General
1 44 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 42 (65.63%) Marketing
3 11 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (15.63%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (14.06%) Retail
6 8 (12.50%) Publishing
7 5 (7.81%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (6.25%) Finance
9 3 (4.69%) Dutch Language
9 3 (4.69%) French Language
9 3 (4.69%) German Language
9 3 (4.69%) Italian Language
9 3 (4.69%) Spanish Language
10 2 (3.13%) Advertising
10 2 (3.13%) Banking
10 2 (3.13%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (3.13%) Investment Banking
10 2 (3.13%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
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%) Braze Specialist
5 5 (7.81%) Campaign Specialist
5 5 (7.81%) Marketing Specialist
5 5 (7.81%) Product Owner
5 5 (7.81%) Technical Specialist
5 5 (7.81%) Web Specialist
6 4 (6.25%) Architect
6 4 (6.25%) Digital Marketing Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Marketing Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Marketing Project Manager
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%) Web Developer
7 3 (4.69%) Web Marketing Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (32.81%) CSS
1 21 (32.81%) HTML
2 5 (7.81%) React
3 4 (6.25%) Node.js
3 4 (6.25%) OSGi
4 3 (4.69%) AngularJS
4 3 (4.69%) CSS3
4 3 (4.69%) HTML5
4 3 (4.69%) LESS
4 3 (4.69%) Sass
5 2 (3.13%) REST
6 1 (1.56%) .NET
6 1 (1.56%) Apache Sling
6 1 (1.56%) JSON
6 1 (1.56%) JSR 170
6 1 (1.56%) RESTful
6 1 (1.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Marketing Technology
1 8 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 7 (10.94%) Replication
3 6 (9.38%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.69%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.56%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.56%) FMCG
6 1 (1.56%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (60.94%) Agile
2 27 (42.19%) Analytics
3 18 (28.13%) Customer Experience
3 18 (28.13%) Project Management
4 17 (26.56%) Content Management
5 16 (25.00%) Roadmaps
6 15 (23.44%) AI
6 15 (23.44%) Personalization
6 15 (23.44%) Scrum
7 14 (21.88%) Digital Marketing
8 13 (20.31%) Workflow
9 12 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
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%) Campaign Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.56%) JavaScript
2 5 (7.81%) Java
3 3 (4.69%) SQL
4 1 (1.56%) C#
4 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (9.38%) Degree
2 5 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.31%) QA
2 10 (15.63%) PMO
3 6 (9.38%) Accessibility
4 5 (7.81%) GDPR
5 4 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (6.25%) Data Quality
6 3 (4.69%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) 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%) Apple
7 2 (3.13%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (1.56%) Ahrefs
8 1 (1.56%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow