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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 124 110
Rank change year-on-year +9 -14 +31
Contract jobs citing CRM 905 543 747
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.17% 2.27% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 2.48% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 352 476
10th Percentile £330 £275 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £693 £675
UK median daily rate £503 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +0.55% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 22
10th Percentile £13.46 £13.95 -
25th Percentile £14.92 £17.70 £13.00
Median hourly rate £16.75 £29.50 £18.61
Median % change year-on-year -43.22% +58.54% -12.70%
75th Percentile £26.61 £36.44 £31.75
90th Percentile £48.88 £49.00 £69.26
UK median hourly rate £16.75 £29.13 £13.75
% change year-on-year -42.49% +111.82% -35.49%

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 35,462 21,869 31,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.04% 91.35% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,467 14,201 20,640
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,230 965 2,327
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.69 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% +0.54%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.91 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.85 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.27% -23.70% +1.39%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 0 512 £515 +3.00% 676
South East -16 116 £550 +52.78% 345
Midlands +2 100 £500 +17.65% 205
North of England -52 82 £488 +2.63% 286
East of England +30 69 £503 +0.50% 88
West Midlands -21 65 £500 +8.11% 132
North West -31 47 £460 -3.16% 174
East Midlands -3 33 £475 +26.67% 73
Yorkshire -45 26 £500 +11.11% 88
South West -36 15 £525 +23.53% 81
North East -21 11 £450 -8.86% 28
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 33 (3.65%) CMS
2 31 (3.43%) Confluence
3 19 (2.10%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.44%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.44%) SAP EP
6 4 (0.44%) SAS
7 3 (0.33%) Appian
8 2 (0.22%) Apache
8 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.22%) Kentico
9 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.11%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 27 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.44%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.66%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.55%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.55%) Revit
8 4 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
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
1 254 (28.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 46 (5.08%) Salesforce CRM
3 15 (1.66%) NetSuite
4 13 (1.44%) SAP CRM
5 10 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (0.99%) Siebel CRM
7 5 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.44%) 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%) SAP Convergent Charging
Cloud Services
1 201 (22.21%) Azure
2 197 (21.77%) Dynamics 365
3 149 (16.46%) Power Platform
4 68 (7.51%) Azure DevOps
5 62 (6.85%) Power Automate
6 60 (6.63%) AWS
7 55 (6.08%) SaaS
8 52 (5.75%) PowerApps
9 37 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (3.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 27 (2.98%) Azure Logic Apps
12 25 (2.76%) GCP
12 25 (2.76%) Serverless
13 19 (2.10%) Azure Functions
14 17 (1.88%) Snowflake
15 16 (1.77%) Azure Service Bus
15 16 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
15 16 (1.77%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 14 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
17 11 (1.22%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.88%) SMS
2 6 (0.66%) HTTP
2 6 (0.66%) 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 69 (7.62%) Power BI
2 23 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (2.43%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.22%) Data Lake
4 11 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (1.10%) Metadata
5 10 (1.10%) Tableau
6 8 (0.88%) Siebel EIM
7 6 (0.66%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.55%) Big Data
8 5 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.55%) Star Schema
9 4 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.44%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.33%) Looker
10 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 63 (6.96%) JIRA
2 12 (1.33%) Git
3 6 (0.66%) Postman
3 6 (0.66%) Selenium
4 4 (0.44%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.33%) SpecFlow
5 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.22%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.22%) GitLab
6 2 (0.22%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.22%) TestRail
6 2 (0.22%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.11%) Appium
7 1 (0.11%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.11%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.11%) Hudson
7 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 321 (35.47%) Social Skills
2 182 (20.11%) Finance
3 153 (16.91%) Marketing
4 112 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (9.39%) Public Sector
6 56 (6.19%) Retail
7 36 (3.98%) Telecoms
8 32 (3.54%) Billing
9 31 (3.43%) Banking
10 30 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
11 28 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (2.76%) Legal
13 16 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.66%) Automotive
14 15 (1.66%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.44%) Local Government
16 12 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (0.88%) French Language
17 8 (0.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 143 (15.80%) Analyst
2 126 (13.92%) Architect
3 110 (12.15%) Developer
4 79 (8.73%) Business Analyst
5 77 (8.51%) Senior
6 69 (7.62%) Lead
7 57 (6.30%) Project Manager
8 52 (5.75%) CRM Manager
9 46 (5.08%) Consultant
9 46 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
10 32 (3.54%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 32 (3.54%) Salesforce Architect
11 25 (2.76%) Data Analyst
12 22 (2.43%) Salesforce Analyst
12 22 (2.43%) Senior Manager
13 21 (2.32%) Data Engineer
13 21 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
14 20 (2.21%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 20 (2.21%) Technical Architect
15 19 (2.10%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.97%) REST
2 42 (4.64%) .NET
2 42 (4.64%) HTML
3 38 (4.20%) Middleware
4 33 (3.65%) CSS
5 25 (2.76%) JSON
6 17 (1.88%) Kafka
6 17 (1.88%) Node.js
7 13 (1.44%) XML
8 11 (1.22%) ASP.NET Web API
9 10 (1.10%) React
9 10 (1.10%) RESTful
9 10 (1.10%) SOAP
10 9 (0.99%) Ajax
10 9 (0.99%) Lightning Web Components
10 9 (0.99%) SAP Fiori
11 8 (0.88%) ADO
11 8 (0.88%) HTML5 Canvas
11 8 (0.88%) ONVIF
11 8 (0.88%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 63 (6.96%) Onboarding
2 45 (4.97%) Product Ownership
3 41 (4.53%) Legacy Systems
4 32 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (1.99%) AI Agents
7 15 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
7 15 (1.66%) Social Media
8 14 (1.55%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.22%) Data Structures
11 11 (1.22%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.10%) IoT
13 9 (0.99%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.88%) FMCG
14 8 (0.88%) Management Information System
14 8 (0.88%) Mobile App
14 8 (0.88%) Video\Live Streaming
15 7 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.44%) Windows
2 8 (0.88%) Android
2 8 (0.88%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.44%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.22%) HPUX
5 2 (0.22%) Linux
5 2 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (23.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 186 (20.55%) Agile
3 146 (16.13%) Migration
4 135 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
5 124 (13.70%) ERP
6 111 (12.27%) Roadmaps
7 107 (11.82%) DevOps
8 106 (11.71%) Analytics
9 91 (10.06%) Customer Service
10 86 (9.50%) Decision-Making
11 84 (9.28%) Business Intelligence
12 83 (9.17%) AI
12 83 (9.17%) Data Migration
12 83 (9.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 78 (8.62%) Data Modelling
14 67 (7.40%) CI/CD
14 67 (7.40%) Project Management
15 64 (7.07%) User Acceptance Testing
16 61 (6.74%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (6.41%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (12.82%) SQL
2 79 (8.73%) JavaScript
3 57 (6.30%) C#
4 40 (4.42%) Python
5 17 (1.88%) Java
6 13 (1.44%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.88%) ABAP
9 6 (0.66%) Apex Code
9 6 (0.66%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.66%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.33%) C++
11 2 (0.22%) Bicep
11 2 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.22%) Korn
12 1 (0.11%) C
12 1 (0.11%) Groovy
12 1 (0.11%) SOQL
12 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.11%) XPath
Qualifications
1 90 (9.94%) Security Cleared
2 70 (7.73%) Degree
3 65 (7.18%) SC Cleared
4 26 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (1.22%) PMP
7 10 (1.10%) PMI Certification
8 9 (0.99%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.99%) CCNA
8 9 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (0.88%) A+ Certification
9 8 (0.88%) MCSA
10 7 (0.77%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.55%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.44%) 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 80 (8.84%) GDPR
2 74 (8.18%) Data Quality
3 51 (5.64%) QA
4 21 (2.32%) SLA
5 13 (1.44%) PMO
6 12 (1.33%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.55%) WCAG
8 4 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.44%) IFRS
8 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.44%) NIST
9 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.33%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
10 2 (0.22%) GMP
10 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.11%) GAAP
11 1 (0.11%) GxP
11 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (0.77%) Active Directory
1 7 (0.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (1.22%) Terraform
2 8 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.33%) Grafana
4 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.11%) Autotask
6 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 237 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 235 (25.97%) Salesforce
3 63 (6.96%) SAP
4 57 (6.30%) Oracle
5 37 (4.09%) ServiceNow
6 28 (3.09%) Adobe
6 28 (3.09%) Databricks
7 25 (2.76%) MuleSoft
8 20 (2.21%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 17 (1.88%) Google
10 15 (1.66%) Siebel
11 14 (1.55%) HubSpot
12 13 (1.44%) Workday
13 10 (1.10%) Braze
14 9 (0.99%) Foundry
15 6 (0.66%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.66%) Pega
16 5 (0.55%) Conga
16 5 (0.55%) DocuSign
16 5 (0.55%) Informatica