DRM Job Trends in England

Digital Rights Management (DRM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring DRM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 608 - 661
Rank change year-on-year - - +252
Permanent jobs citing DRM 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.006% - 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% - 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £55,250
25th Percentile £56,250 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.94%
75th Percentile £58,750 - £83,750
90th Percentile - - £89,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 - £37,500
% change year-on-year - - -54.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

DRM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,294 45,152 41,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.21% 89.99% 91.75%
Number of salaries quoted 25,897 22,744 32,242
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

DRM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DRM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

DRM job vacancy trend in England

DRM
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing DRM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing DRM

DRM
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DRM within the England region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 2 £57,500 -
London - 1 - - 2
DRM
UK

DRM
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 2 (66.67%) CMS
1 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) HTTP
2 1 (33.33%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Charles Proxy
1 2 (66.67%) Fiddler
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Postman
1 2 (66.67%) TestRail
General
1 2 (66.67%) Advertising
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Android Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Android Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Over-the-Top Content
2 1 (33.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (33.33%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
2 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) Traceability Matrix
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Android Development
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Kotlin
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Roku