Knowledge Manager Contracts

Knowledge Manager
UK

The median Knowledge Manager daily rate in the UK is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 560 645
Rank change year-on-year +13 +85 +210
Contract jobs requiring a Knowledge Manager 9 2 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.005% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.006% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 13
10th Percentile £329 £508 £370
25th Percentile £386 £511 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £519 £495
Median % change year-on-year -17.11% +4.80% +14.45%
75th Percentile £459 £523 -
90th Percentile £517 £524 £520
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 - £495
% change year-on-year - - +14.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,315 36,280 50,499
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.94% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,223 23,530 34,843
10th Percentile £281 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,498 2,061 1,518
10th Percentile £13.64 £14.16 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +0.58% +66.47%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £39.55
% change year-on-year -42.71% +11.00% +86.12%

Knowledge Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Knowledge Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Knowledge Manager in the UK

Knowledge Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Knowledge Manager.

Daily rate trend for Knowledge Manager in the UK

Knowledge Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Manager over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Knowledge Manager in the UK

Knowledge Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Knowledge Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Knowledge Manager in the UK

Knowledge Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Knowledge Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 3 August 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
England +29 9 £430 -17.11% 5
UK excluding London - 6 £410 - 4
South East - 5 £410 - 3
London +11 2 £445 -14.22% 3
Work from Home +25 1 £410 -21.90% 4
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -

Knowledge Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, Knowledge Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Knowledge Manager in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
1 7 (77.78%) Information Architecture
1 7 (77.78%) Records Management
2 6 (66.67%) Taxonomies
2 6 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 6 (66.67%) Information Management
3 5 (55.56%) Knowledge Management
3 5 (55.56%) CMS
3 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
3 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
3 5 (55.56%) Migration
3 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) Content Management
4 4 (44.44%) Metadata
5 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
5 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (22.22%) Information Governance
7 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
7 1 (11.11%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
7 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
7 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
7 1 (11.11%) Coaching
7 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (11.11%) ITIL
7 1 (11.11%) SharePoint

Knowledge Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Metadata
General
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Taxonomies
2 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Information Architecture
1 7 (77.78%) Records Management
2 6 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 6 (66.67%) Information Management
3 5 (55.56%) Content Management
3 5 (55.56%) Knowledge Management
3 5 (55.56%) Migration
3 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Information Governance
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Coaching
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL
6 1 (11.11%) ITSM
6 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
6 1 (11.11%) Service Management
6 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow