CRM Contract Job Trends in England

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring CRM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 119 105
Rank change year-on-year +3 -14 +40
Contract jobs citing CRM 898 532 743
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.16% 2.24% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 2.45% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 347 473
10th Percentile £330 £271 £315
25th Percentile £413 £372 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £710 £675
UK median daily rate £511 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.25% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 22
10th Percentile £13.13 £13.38 -
25th Percentile £14.53 £18.10 £13.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £29.00 £13.75
Median % change year-on-year -44.83% +110.91% -28.57%
75th Percentile £23.75 £36.25 £28.88
90th Percentile £57.50 £49.90 £69.26
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £29.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year -44.83% +114.81% -29.87%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

CRM 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,337 21,704 31,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 91.29% 85.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,449 14,185 20,585
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £512 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.14% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,203 923 2,285
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £15.95
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% -23.29% -2.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £27.45 £36.02
% change year-on-year +52.79% -23.80% -2.64%

CRM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CRM job vacancy trend in England

CRM
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CRM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CRM

CRM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CRM in England over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CRM in England

CRM
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CRM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CRM

CRM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CRM in England over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CRM in England

CRM
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 CRM within the England region over the 6 months to 27 May 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 0 510 £515 +0.73% 623
South East -18 113 £550 +52.78% 336
Midlands -10 99 £488 +16.07% 183
North of England -49 76 £480 +2.13% 290
East of England +32 70 £520 +4.00% 63
West Midlands -23 64 £500 +8.11% 117
North West -39 42 £455 -4.21% 168
East Midlands -4 33 £475 +42.43% 66
Yorkshire -40 25 £500 +37.93% 95
South West -38 16 £525 +23.53% 78
North East -14 11 £450 -18.18% 30
CRM
UK

CRM
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 30 (3.34%) Confluence
2 27 (3.01%) CMS
3 22 (2.45%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.45%) Appian
6 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.45%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.45%) SAP EP
7 2 (0.22%) Apache
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.22%) Camunda
8 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Kentico
8 1 (0.11%) Moodle
8 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 23 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.45%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.67%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.45%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.45%) Revit
9 2 (0.22%) Notion
9 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 257 (28.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 43 (4.79%) Salesforce CRM
3 17 (1.89%) NetSuite
4 12 (1.34%) SAP CRM
5 10 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (1.00%) Siebel CRM
7 5 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.33%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.22%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.22%) SAP BPC
10 2 (0.22%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.22%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
10 2 (0.22%) Shopify
11 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 203 (22.61%) Dynamics 365
2 195 (21.71%) Azure
3 144 (16.04%) Power Platform
4 66 (7.35%) Power Automate
5 64 (7.13%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (6.79%) AWS
7 55 (6.12%) SaaS
8 54 (6.01%) PowerApps
9 39 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
11 26 (2.90%) GCP
11 26 (2.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 25 (2.78%) Serverless
13 19 (2.12%) Azure Functions
14 18 (2.00%) Snowflake
15 16 (1.78%) Azure Service Bus
15 16 (1.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 15 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
17 14 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
18 11 (1.22%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.89%) SMS
2 6 (0.67%) HTTP
2 6 (0.67%) Internet
3 3 (0.33%) DHCP
3 3 (0.33%) DNS
3 3 (0.33%) IPv4
3 3 (0.33%) IPv6
4 2 (0.22%) Firewall
4 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.22%) WAN
5 1 (0.11%) 4G
5 1 (0.11%) 5G
5 1 (0.11%) ADSL
5 1 (0.11%) Broadband
5 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.11%) LAN
5 1 (0.11%) MPLS
5 1 (0.11%) PSTN
5 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.13%) Power BI
2 24 (2.67%) SQL Server
3 20 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.11%) Metadata
5 10 (1.11%) Tableau
6 8 (0.89%) Siebel EIM
7 7 (0.78%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.67%) Star Schema
9 5 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.56%) Big Data
9 5 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.56%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.56%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 60 (6.68%) JIRA
2 12 (1.34%) Git
3 6 (0.67%) Selenium
4 5 (0.56%) Postman
5 4 (0.45%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.33%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.22%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.22%) GitLab
7 2 (0.22%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.22%) TestRail
7 2 (0.22%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.11%) Appium
8 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.11%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.11%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 318 (35.41%) Social Skills
2 189 (21.05%) Finance
3 148 (16.48%) Marketing
4 115 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (9.02%) Public Sector
6 50 (5.57%) Retail
7 35 (3.90%) Telecoms
8 34 (3.79%) Billing
9 33 (3.67%) Banking
10 27 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (2.45%) Legal
12 17 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.78%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.67%) Automotive
15 13 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (1.34%) Local Government
16 12 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (0.89%) French Language
17 8 (0.89%) Law
Job Titles
1 137 (15.26%) Analyst
2 125 (13.92%) Architect
3 113 (12.58%) Developer
4 78 (8.69%) Business Analyst
5 74 (8.24%) Senior
6 63 (7.02%) Lead
7 57 (6.35%) Project Manager
8 52 (5.79%) CRM Manager
9 50 (5.57%) Consultant
10 47 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
11 35 (3.90%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 31 (3.45%) Salesforce Architect
13 25 (2.78%) Data Analyst
14 21 (2.34%) Data Engineer
14 21 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
14 21 (2.34%) Senior Manager
15 20 (2.23%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 20 (2.23%) Salesforce Analyst
16 19 (2.12%) CRM Analyst
17 17 (1.89%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.12%) REST
2 41 (4.57%) .NET
3 37 (4.12%) HTML
4 32 (3.56%) Middleware
5 27 (3.01%) CSS
6 26 (2.90%) JSON
7 18 (2.00%) Kafka
8 17 (1.89%) Node.js
9 12 (1.34%) HTML5 Canvas
9 12 (1.34%) XML
10 11 (1.22%) ASP.NET Web API
10 11 (1.22%) RESTful
11 10 (1.11%) React
12 9 (1.00%) Lightning Web Components
12 9 (1.00%) SOAP
13 8 (0.89%) ADO
13 8 (0.89%) Ajax
13 8 (0.89%) SAP Fiori
14 7 (0.78%) GraphQL
14 7 (0.78%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.35%) Onboarding
2 44 (4.90%) Product Ownership
3 40 (4.45%) Legacy Systems
4 31 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (1.89%) AI Agents
6 17 (1.89%) Cloud Native
7 16 (1.78%) Marketing Technology
8 15 (1.67%) Social Media
9 13 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.34%) Data Structures
11 11 (1.22%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.00%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.89%) FMCG
15 7 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
15 7 (0.78%) Low-Code
15 7 (0.78%) Management Information System
15 7 (0.78%) Mobile App
15 7 (0.78%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.34%) Windows
2 8 (0.89%) Android
2 8 (0.89%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.45%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.11%) HPUX
5 1 (0.11%) Linux
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (22.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 183 (20.38%) Agile
3 146 (16.26%) Migration
4 131 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
5 122 (13.59%) ERP
6 106 (11.80%) Roadmaps
7 104 (11.58%) Analytics
8 102 (11.36%) DevOps
9 90 (10.02%) Customer Service
10 86 (9.58%) Decision-Making
11 84 (9.35%) Data Migration
11 84 (9.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 79 (8.80%) AI
12 79 (8.80%) Data Modelling
13 78 (8.69%) Business Intelligence
14 67 (7.46%) Project Management
15 66 (7.35%) User Acceptance Testing
16 64 (7.13%) CI/CD
17 62 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
18 58 (6.46%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 112 (12.47%) SQL
2 82 (9.13%) JavaScript
3 57 (6.35%) C#
4 41 (4.57%) Python
5 17 (1.89%) Java
6 14 (1.56%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.11%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.78%) ABAP
9 6 (0.67%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.56%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.33%) C++
11 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.22%) Bicep
12 2 (0.22%) Korn
13 1 (0.11%) C
13 1 (0.11%) Groovy
13 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
13 1 (0.11%) XPath
Qualifications
1 83 (9.24%) Security Cleared
2 68 (7.57%) Degree
3 57 (6.35%) SC Cleared
4 26 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (1.22%) PMP
7 10 (1.11%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.00%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.89%) CCNA
9 8 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.78%) A+ Certification
10 7 (0.78%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.78%) MCSA
11 6 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.56%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.33%) IIBA
14 3 (0.33%) MBA
15 2 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (8.80%) GDPR
2 73 (8.13%) Data Quality
3 45 (5.01%) QA
4 19 (2.12%) SLA
5 13 (1.45%) PMO
6 12 (1.34%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.56%) WCAG
8 4 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.45%) IFRS
8 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.45%) NIST
8 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.22%) GMP
9 2 (0.22%) GxP
9 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.22%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
10 1 (0.11%) GAAP
10 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 9 (1.00%) Docker
2 7 (0.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (1.22%) Terraform
2 10 (1.11%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.33%) Grafana
3 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.11%) Autotask
5 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 237 (26.39%) Microsoft
2 233 (25.95%) Salesforce
3 64 (7.13%) SAP
4 57 (6.35%) Oracle
5 36 (4.01%) ServiceNow
6 29 (3.23%) Databricks
7 26 (2.90%) Adobe
8 24 (2.67%) MuleSoft
9 20 (2.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 17 (1.89%) Google
10 17 (1.89%) HubSpot
11 15 (1.67%) Siebel
12 13 (1.45%) Workday
13 9 (1.00%) Foundry
14 7 (0.78%) Braze
14 7 (0.78%) Pega
15 6 (0.67%) OpenAI
16 5 (0.56%) Informatica
17 4 (0.45%) Ariba
17 4 (0.45%) Autodesk