Knowledge Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Knowledge Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Knowledge Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 178 191
Rank change year-on-year +24 +13 +48
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Management 8 8 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.17% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.21% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 23
10th Percentile £251 £439 -
25th Percentile £293 £478 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £513 £495
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% +3.54% -17.50%
75th Percentile £401 £576 £565
90th Percentile £410 £646 £570
England median daily rate £450 £500 £543
% change year-on-year -10.00% -7.83% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.39 -
England median hourly rate - £70.39 £37.75
% change year-on-year - +86.46% +14.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Knowledge Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,120 3,819 4,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.22% 82.43% 89.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,937 2,290 3,374
10th Percentile £222 £256 £250
25th Percentile £385 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +3.68%
75th Percentile £600 £633 £625
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 311 271 246
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £34.50 £22.08
Median hourly rate £22.07 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.52% +9.24% +61.54%
75th Percentile £52.38 £71.82 £65.71
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%

Knowledge Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Knowledge Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Knowledge Management in the South East

Knowledge Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Knowledge Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Management in the South East over the 6 months to 10 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Knowledge Management in the South East

Knowledge Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Knowledge Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Knowledge Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 September 2025. 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
Thames Valley +6 8 £375 -25.00% 8
Oxfordshire - 5 - -
Buckinghamshire +5 3 £375 -18.92% 2
Knowledge Management
England

Knowledge Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Metadata
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Business IT Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Business Support Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Business Systems Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) IT Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) IT Support
2 5 (62.50%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Support Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Systems Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Systems Support
2 5 (62.50%) Systems Support Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Information Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Manual Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Information Management
2 5 (62.50%) Analytics
2 5 (62.50%) Application Security
2 5 (62.50%) Business Continuity
2 5 (62.50%) Change Control
2 5 (62.50%) Customer-Centricity
2 5 (62.50%) Performance Metrics
2 5 (62.50%) Performance Monitoring
2 5 (62.50%) Proactive Maintenance
2 5 (62.50%) Proactive Monitoring
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Process Improvement
2 5 (62.50%) Release Management
2 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
2 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Test Assurance
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Liquidlogic
2 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft