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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 125 106
Rank change year-on-year +10 -19 +35
Contract jobs citing CRM 887 545 757
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.16% 2.24% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 2.46% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 356 483
10th Percentile £350 £278 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.55% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 22
10th Percentile £13.13 £14.90 -
25th Percentile £14.53 £19.67 £13.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £30.00 £13.75
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +118.18% -31.25%
75th Percentile £23.75 £41.88 £28.88
90th Percentile £57.50 £50.50 £69.26
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £29.25 £13.50
% change year-on-year -45.30% +116.67% -32.50%

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 34,728 22,194 31,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.62% 91.24% 86.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,149 14,504 20,626
10th Percentile £322 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £507 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 949 2,251
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.38 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.22 £15.97
Median hourly rate £45.78 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.86% -20.55% +0.29%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.40 £28.18 £36.02
% change year-on-year +50.46% -21.77% +0.06%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +5 499 £515 +0.49% 546
South East -27 113 £550 +40.08% 345
Midlands -3 98 £470 +1.62% 192
North of England -43 79 £480 -1.54% 280
East of England +31 69 £520 +4.00% 84
West Midlands -20 64 £481 -1.28% 124
North West -42 42 £450 -10.00% 166
East Midlands -6 32 £470 +48.26% 67
Yorkshire -33 28 £500 +42.86% 86
South West -33 17 £500 +17.65% 62
North East -11 11 £450 -18.18% 31
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 31 (3.49%) Confluence
2 25 (2.82%) CMS
3 24 (2.71%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.56%) NetWeaver
5 5 (0.56%) SAP EP
6 4 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.45%) Appian
6 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.23%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.23%) Camunda
8 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
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 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.58%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.34%) Revit
7 2 (0.23%) Notion
8 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 260 (29.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (4.96%) Salesforce CRM
3 15 (1.69%) NetSuite
4 12 (1.35%) SAP CRM
5 11 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.79%) Siebel CRM
7 5 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.34%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.23%) SAP BPC
10 2 (0.23%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.23%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.23%) SAP PSCD
11 1 (0.11%) Misys Equation
11 1 (0.11%) SAP FI-CA
11 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 210 (23.68%) Dynamics 365
2 193 (21.76%) Azure
3 145 (16.35%) Power Platform
4 72 (8.12%) Power Automate
5 62 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (6.65%) AWS
7 53 (5.98%) PowerApps
7 53 (5.98%) SaaS
8 40 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (3.27%) Azure Logic Apps
10 26 (2.93%) GCP
11 25 (2.82%) Serverless
12 21 (2.37%) Azure Functions
13 20 (2.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 17 (1.92%) Snowflake
15 16 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
16 15 (1.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 13 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
18 11 (1.24%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.90%) HTTP
2 7 (0.79%) SMS
3 6 (0.68%) Internet
4 3 (0.34%) DHCP
4 3 (0.34%) DNS
4 3 (0.34%) IPv4
4 3 (0.34%) IPv6
5 2 (0.23%) Firewall
5 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.23%) WAN
6 1 (0.11%) 4G
6 1 (0.11%) 5G
6 1 (0.11%) ADSL
6 1 (0.11%) Broadband
6 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.11%) LAN
6 1 (0.11%) MPLS
6 1 (0.11%) PSTN
6 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (7.55%) Power BI
2 22 (2.48%) SQL Server
3 19 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.01%) Metadata
5 9 (1.01%) Tableau
6 7 (0.79%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.79%) Siebel EIM
6 7 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.68%) Star Schema
8 5 (0.56%) Big Data
8 5 (0.56%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.56%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.34%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.34%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 62 (6.99%) JIRA
2 12 (1.35%) Git
3 6 (0.68%) Selenium
4 5 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.45%) Postman
6 3 (0.34%) GitLab
6 3 (0.34%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.23%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.23%) TestRail
7 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.23%) 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%) WebDriver
General
1 319 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 187 (21.08%) Finance
3 144 (16.23%) Marketing
4 115 (12.97%) Analytical Skills
5 87 (9.81%) Public Sector
6 43 (4.85%) Retail
7 37 (4.17%) Banking
8 35 (3.95%) Billing
9 33 (3.72%) Telecoms
10 27 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (2.48%) Legal
13 19 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.80%) Automotive
15 14 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.35%) Local Government
17 12 (1.35%) Manufacturing
18 8 (0.90%) French Language
18 8 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 135 (15.22%) Analyst
2 122 (13.75%) Architect
3 107 (12.06%) Developer
4 80 (9.02%) Business Analyst
5 78 (8.79%) Senior
6 60 (6.76%) Lead
6 60 (6.76%) Project Manager
7 55 (6.20%) Consultant
8 54 (6.09%) CRM Manager
9 44 (4.96%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (4.06%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 30 (3.38%) Salesforce Architect
12 24 (2.71%) Data Analyst
12 24 (2.71%) Senior Manager
13 23 (2.59%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 22 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
15 20 (2.25%) Data Engineer
16 18 (2.03%) Salesforce Analyst
17 17 (1.92%) CRM Analyst
17 17 (1.92%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.07%) REST
2 39 (4.40%) .NET
3 38 (4.28%) HTML
4 30 (3.38%) Middleware
5 26 (2.93%) JSON
6 24 (2.71%) CSS
7 20 (2.25%) Kafka
8 17 (1.92%) Node.js
9 11 (1.24%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (1.13%) React
10 10 (1.13%) RESTful
10 10 (1.13%) XML
11 9 (1.01%) ADO
11 9 (1.01%) Ajax
11 9 (1.01%) SAP Fiori
12 8 (0.90%) ASP.NET Web API
12 8 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
12 8 (0.90%) SAPUI5
12 8 (0.90%) SOAP
13 7 (0.79%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.43%) Onboarding
2 42 (4.74%) Product Ownership
3 37 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 28 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (1.92%) AI Agents
6 17 (1.92%) Marketing Technology
7 16 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.69%) Social Media
9 13 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.13%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.13%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.13%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.01%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.90%) FMCG
12 8 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (0.79%) IoT
13 7 (0.79%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.35%) Windows
2 8 (0.90%) Android
2 8 (0.90%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.45%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.11%) HPUX
5 1 (0.11%) Linux
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (22.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 188 (21.20%) Agile
3 141 (15.90%) Migration
4 124 (13.98%) ERP
4 124 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
5 105 (11.84%) DevOps
6 103 (11.61%) Roadmaps
7 98 (11.05%) Analytics
8 86 (9.70%) Customer Service
8 86 (9.70%) Decision-Making
9 82 (9.24%) Data Migration
10 81 (9.13%) Business Intelligence
10 81 (9.13%) Data Modelling
11 79 (8.91%) AI
12 78 (8.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 68 (7.67%) Project Management
14 67 (7.55%) User Acceptance Testing
15 62 (6.99%) Customer Engagement
16 60 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
17 59 (6.65%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (11.95%) SQL
2 79 (8.91%) JavaScript
3 57 (6.43%) C#
4 38 (4.28%) Python
5 18 (2.03%) Java
6 15 (1.69%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.13%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.90%) ABAP
9 5 (0.56%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.56%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.45%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.34%) C++
11 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.23%) Bicep
12 2 (0.23%) Korn
13 1 (0.11%) C
13 1 (0.11%) R
13 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
13 1 (0.11%) XPath
Qualifications
1 85 (9.58%) Security Cleared
2 71 (8.00%) Degree
3 58 (6.54%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (1.58%) PMP
6 13 (1.47%) PMI Certification
7 11 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.13%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.90%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.68%) CCNA
10 6 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (0.68%) MBA
11 5 (0.56%) A+ Certification
11 5 (0.56%) MCSA
12 4 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.45%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.34%) CFA
13 3 (0.34%) IIBA
14 2 (0.23%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (8.57%) GDPR
2 69 (7.78%) Data Quality
3 48 (5.41%) QA
4 19 (2.14%) SLA
5 13 (1.47%) PMO
6 12 (1.35%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.56%) WCAG
8 4 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.45%) NIST
8 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.34%) GxP
9 3 (0.34%) IFRS
10 2 (0.23%) GMP
10 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.23%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
11 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (1.13%) Docker
2 7 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 11 (1.24%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.01%) Terraform
3 3 (0.34%) Grafana
3 3 (0.34%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.11%) Autotask
5 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 240 (27.06%) Microsoft
2 224 (25.25%) Salesforce
3 66 (7.44%) SAP
4 59 (6.65%) Oracle
5 32 (3.61%) ServiceNow
6 29 (3.27%) Databricks
7 24 (2.71%) Adobe
8 21 (2.37%) MuleSoft
9 20 (2.25%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 19 (2.14%) HubSpot
11 17 (1.92%) Google
12 13 (1.47%) Siebel
12 13 (1.47%) Workday
13 9 (1.01%) Foundry
14 8 (0.90%) Braze
14 8 (0.90%) Pega
15 6 (0.68%) Ariba
15 6 (0.68%) OpenAI
16 5 (0.56%) Informatica
17 4 (0.45%) Remedy