Customer Experience Contracts

Customer Experience (CX)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Customer Experience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Experience over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 203 251 202
Rank change year-on-year +48 -49 +9
Contract jobs citing Customer Experience 510 643 1,312
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 1.08% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.20% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 399 825
10th Percentile £263 £313 £360
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.72% -6.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.74% -5.00% +15.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 35 41
10th Percentile £11.08 £12.34 £11.17
25th Percentile £11.87 £14.53 £12.75
Median hourly rate £16.25 £17.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.45% -15.48% +49.68%
75th Percentile £18.13 £22.69 £39.50
90th Percentile £39.20 £65.10 £60.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.13 £17.22 £17.50
% change year-on-year -29.58% -1.61% +24.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Customer Experience is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Customer Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Customer Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Experience.

Daily rate trend for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Experience over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Experience.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Experience over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Experience within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +69 468 £500 -2.44% 725
London +83 270 £523 -5.00% 263
UK excluding London +4 202 £498 +4.74% 495
Work from Home +41 168 £500 +1.01% 284
South East +2 85 £450 +5.88% 109
North of England +23 56 £500 -9.09% 149
North West +18 49 £500 -9.09% 84
South West +16 24 £370 -7.50% 61
Scotland +13 16 £545 +3.81% 33
Midlands +15 13 £498 +1.53% 86
West Midlands +23 10 £500 +4.17% 56
East of England 0 6 £438 -12.50% 46
Yorkshire +7 5 £480 -10.70% 45
Northern Ireland +8 4 £435 +45.00% 10
East Midlands +17 3 £475 -9.52% 30
North East +20 1 £625 - 22
Wales +13 1 £300 -42.86% 21

Customer Experience
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 13 (2.55%) CMS
2 12 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.76%) Confluence
4 8 (1.57%) govService
5 6 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.78%) Apache
6 4 (0.78%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.59%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (0.59%) Jadu
8 2 (0.39%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.20%) Appian
9 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.20%) IIS
9 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.20%) SAS
9 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.57%) Chatbot
5 6 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.39%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.20%) Sketch
7 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (3.73%) Shopify
2 13 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.59%) CA PPM
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.39%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.39%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.39%) Softmar
5 2 (0.39%) WebTrends
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (9.80%) Azure
2 27 (5.29%) AWS
3 25 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (3.53%) SaaS
6 15 (2.94%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.75%) BigCommerce
7 14 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (2.16%) Google Analytics
9 10 (1.96%) PaaS
10 7 (1.37%) GCP
10 7 (1.37%) Serverless
11 6 (1.18%) Figma
11 6 (1.18%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.98%) GitHub
13 4 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (0.59%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.51%) 5G
2 17 (3.33%) VPN
3 16 (3.14%) 3G
3 16 (3.14%) 4G
3 16 (3.14%) DNS
3 16 (3.14%) Radio Access Network
4 10 (1.96%) Internet
5 9 (1.76%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.57%) HTTP
7 7 (1.37%) VoIP
8 6 (1.18%) 2G
8 6 (1.18%) DHCP
9 5 (0.98%) Firewall
9 5 (0.98%) VoLTE
9 5 (0.98%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.78%) Diameter Protocol
10 4 (0.78%) IP Telephony
10 4 (0.78%) LTE
10 4 (0.78%) RANAP
10 4 (0.78%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.75%) Power BI
2 12 (2.35%) Tableau
3 8 (1.57%) MySQL
4 7 (1.37%) GIS
4 7 (1.37%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.78%) QGIS
6 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.59%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.39%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.39%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.39%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.39%) Looker
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.39%) Redis
8 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.20%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 22 (4.31%) Git
2 13 (2.55%) JIRA
3 9 (1.76%) git-flow
3 9 (1.76%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.57%) Maven
4 8 (1.57%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 4 (0.78%) Appium
5 4 (0.78%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.59%) GitLab
6 3 (0.59%) Subversion
7 2 (0.39%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.39%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.39%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.39%) Capybara
7 2 (0.39%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.39%) GoCD
7 2 (0.39%) Gradle
7 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.39%) XCTest
7 2 (0.39%) XCUITest
General
1 182 (35.69%) Social Skills
2 86 (16.86%) Finance
3 81 (15.88%) Marketing
4 64 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (11.76%) Retail
6 48 (9.41%) Telecoms
7 47 (9.22%) Public Sector
8 27 (5.29%) Banking
8 27 (5.29%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (3.33%) Law
10 13 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.55%) Retail Banking
11 12 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.16%) Investment Banking
12 11 (2.16%) Legal
13 10 (1.96%) Corporate Banking
14 9 (1.76%) Local Government
14 9 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 74 (14.51%) Senior
2 49 (9.61%) Analyst
3 42 (8.24%) Consultant
4 33 (6.47%) Lead
5 31 (6.08%) Support Engineer
6 29 (5.69%) Project Manager
7 28 (5.49%) Architect
8 23 (4.51%) Designer
9 22 (4.31%) Product Owner
10 19 (3.73%) Business Analyst
11 16 (3.14%) Product Manager
12 15 (2.94%) Technical Leader
13 14 (2.75%) Administrator
13 14 (2.75%) Data Analyst
13 14 (2.75%) Desktop Engineer
13 14 (2.75%) Desktop Support
14 13 (2.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 13 (2.55%) Head of Customer Experience
14 13 (2.55%) Head of Digital
14 13 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.53%) CSS
2 15 (2.94%) React
3 14 (2.75%) VML
4 13 (2.55%) .NET
5 11 (2.16%) REST
6 10 (1.96%) HTML
6 10 (1.96%) Sass
7 9 (1.76%) JSON
7 9 (1.76%) RESTful
8 8 (1.57%) Jest
8 8 (1.57%) Web Services
9 7 (1.37%) LESS
9 7 (1.37%) Material-UI
9 7 (1.37%) Node.js
9 7 (1.37%) OpenFin
9 7 (1.37%) Redux
9 7 (1.37%) Tailwind CSS
9 7 (1.37%) WebSockets
10 6 (1.18%) LDAP
11 5 (0.98%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.63%) Product Ownership
2 18 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.55%) Mobile App
4 13 (2.55%) Virtual Team
5 11 (2.16%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.16%) Data Structures
5 11 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (1.76%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.57%) BYOD
8 7 (1.37%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.37%) Social Media
8 7 (1.37%) Taxonomies
9 6 (1.18%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.98%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.78%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.84%) Windows
2 20 (3.92%) Linux
2 20 (3.92%) Windows 10
3 16 (3.14%) Apple iOS
4 15 (2.94%) Android
5 9 (1.76%) Unix
6 8 (1.57%) Windows 7
7 6 (1.18%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.59%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (21.37%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (18.82%) Agile
3 68 (13.33%) User Experience
4 64 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 59 (11.57%) Project Management
5 59 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 56 (10.98%) Analytics
7 55 (10.78%) Decision-Making
8 54 (10.59%) DevOps
9 51 (10.00%) CRM
10 50 (9.80%) Customer Service
11 49 (9.61%) Roadmaps
12 45 (8.82%) Change Management
13 43 (8.43%) Data Analysis
14 41 (8.04%) Service Design
15 40 (7.84%) Scrum
16 39 (7.65%) E-Commerce
17 38 (7.45%) Migration
17 38 (7.45%) Service Delivery
18 34 (6.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.65%) SQL
2 27 (5.29%) JavaScript
3 26 (5.10%) Java
4 24 (4.71%) Python
5 15 (2.94%) TypeScript
6 14 (2.75%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.96%) C#
8 7 (1.37%) Go
9 6 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.98%) Ruby
11 3 (0.59%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.59%) PHP
11 3 (0.59%) Scala
11 3 (0.59%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.59%) Swift
11 3 (0.59%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.39%) Bash
12 2 (0.39%) C++
12 2 (0.39%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 65 (12.75%) Degree
2 45 (8.82%) Security Cleared
3 23 (4.51%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.16%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (1.18%) PMP
7 4 (0.78%) CCNA
7 4 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.78%) MBA
7 4 (0.78%) PhD
8 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.39%) IIBA
9 2 (0.39%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.39%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.20%) CSPO
10 1 (0.20%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.25%) SLA
2 19 (3.73%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.14%) GDPR
4 13 (2.55%) QA
5 9 (1.76%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.76%) PMO
6 6 (1.18%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.59%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.39%) PSD2
10 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.96%) Docker
3 7 (1.37%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.98%) NFS
5 5 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.59%) vSphere
7 1 (0.20%) Ceph
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.96%) Ansible
2 10 (1.96%) SCCM
3 9 (1.76%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.57%) Terraform
5 6 (1.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (0.78%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.78%) Puppet
7 3 (0.59%) Grafana
7 3 (0.59%) WSUS
8 1 (0.20%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.20%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.20%) Kibana
8 1 (0.20%) Mesos
8 1 (0.20%) Nagios
8 1 (0.20%) OpenView
8 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.43%) SAP
3 37 (7.25%) Salesforce
4 31 (6.08%) Adobe
5 23 (4.51%) ServiceNow
6 18 (3.53%) Cisco
7 17 (3.33%) Google
8 16 (3.14%) Sitecore
9 15 (2.94%) Oracle
10 12 (2.35%) Dell
10 12 (2.35%) Intel
11 11 (2.16%) Apple
12 9 (1.76%) Avaya
13 7 (1.37%) BT
14 6 (1.18%) Optimizely
15 5 (0.98%) VMware
16 4 (0.78%) Ariba
16 4 (0.78%) Empirix
16 4 (0.78%) NetScout
17 3 (0.59%) Civica