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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 120 111
Rank change year-on-year +21 -9 +29
Contract jobs citing CRM 1,081 645 751
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.40% 2.37% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 2.61% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 672 417 496
10th Percentile £313 £250 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.15% -2.67%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £616
90th Percentile £700 £680 £678
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 15
10th Percentile £13.55 - -
25th Percentile £14.92 £14.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £16.75 £20.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% -24.07% +47.95%
75th Percentile £30.00 £34.48 £34.25
90th Percentile £40.00 £43.30 £97.10
UK median hourly rate £17.63 £20.50 £16.97
% change year-on-year -14.02% +20.84% -0.21%

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 38,446 24,678 30,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 90.65% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,172 15,843 20,140
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £746 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,378 1,309 2,090
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.28 £13.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.83
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +7 582 £525 +2.44% 369
South East -25 143 £550 +12.82% 275
Midlands +17 132 £470 +1.62% 161
North of England -35 116 £500 +5.26% 204
West Midlands +1 100 £463 -3.39% 94
North West -22 81 £510 +7.26% 118
East of England +41 77 £475 -15.56% 62
East Midlands +7 30 £475 +26.67% 67
Yorkshire -35 24 £500 -2.44% 64
South West -37 23 £525 +23.53% 73
North East -24 13 £525 +18.31% 23
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 45 (4.16%) Confluence
2 39 (3.61%) CMS
3 22 (2.04%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 7 (0.65%) SAS
6 6 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.37%) NetWeaver
7 4 (0.37%) SAP EP
8 3 (0.28%) Apache
8 3 (0.28%) Kentico
8 3 (0.28%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.19%) Appian
10 1 (0.093%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.093%) Drupal
10 1 (0.093%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.093%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.093%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 37 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.39%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.93%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.74%) Revit
6 8 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.65%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.28%) SPSS
11 2 (0.19%) Notion
11 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.093%) InDesign
12 1 (0.093%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 294 (27.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 56 (5.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 21 (1.94%) NetSuite
4 16 (1.48%) Siebel CRM
5 15 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (1.30%) SAP CRM
7 11 (1.02%) SAP PSCD
8 5 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.46%) Sage X3
8 5 (0.46%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.46%) Temenos T24
9 4 (0.37%) Adobe Campaign
9 4 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.28%) BusinessWorks
10 3 (0.28%) Finacle
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.28%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 259 (23.96%) Azure
2 221 (20.44%) Dynamics 365
3 145 (13.41%) Power Platform
4 101 (9.34%) AWS
5 89 (8.23%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (6.38%) SaaS
7 68 (6.29%) Power Automate
8 56 (5.18%) PowerApps
9 52 (4.81%) GCP
10 40 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
11 36 (3.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 32 (2.96%) Serverless
13 29 (2.68%) Snowflake
14 23 (2.13%) Azure Functions
14 23 (2.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 20 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
16 19 (1.76%) GitHub
17 18 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
17 18 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
18 17 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.93%) SMS
2 4 (0.37%) Firewall
2 4 (0.37%) Internet
3 3 (0.28%) DHCP
3 3 (0.28%) DNS
3 3 (0.28%) IPv4
3 3 (0.28%) IPv6
3 3 (0.28%) WAN
4 2 (0.19%) SSL
4 2 (0.19%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.093%) 4G
5 1 (0.093%) 5G
5 1 (0.093%) CTI
5 1 (0.093%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.093%) NAS
5 1 (0.093%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.093%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.093%) VPN
5 1 (0.093%) WebEx
5 1 (0.093%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (6.66%) Power BI
2 32 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (2.78%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.22%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.30%) BigQuery
6 12 (1.11%) Metadata
6 12 (1.11%) Tableau
7 11 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
8 10 (0.93%) Siebel EIM
9 9 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.56%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.46%) Big Data
12 5 (0.46%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.46%) SAP BW
12 5 (0.46%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 83 (7.68%) JIRA
2 17 (1.57%) Git
3 15 (1.39%) Selenium
4 14 (1.30%) Postman
5 9 (0.83%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.74%) Cypress.io
6 8 (0.74%) WebDriver
7 7 (0.65%) SpecFlow
8 4 (0.37%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.28%) Protractor
9 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.19%) TestRail
10 2 (0.19%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.093%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.093%) GitLab
11 1 (0.093%) Hudson
11 1 (0.093%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.093%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.093%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 384 (35.52%) Social Skills
2 262 (24.24%) Finance
3 204 (18.87%) Marketing
4 135 (12.49%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (9.34%) Retail
6 97 (8.97%) Public Sector
7 61 (5.64%) Banking
8 52 (4.81%) Billing
9 51 (4.72%) Telecoms
10 41 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
11 38 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
12 34 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 32 (2.96%) Legal
14 28 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (2.59%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.76%) Automotive
16 18 (1.67%) Local Government
17 16 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (1.11%) Back Office
19 10 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 184 (17.02%) Analyst
2 165 (15.26%) Architect
3 126 (11.66%) Developer
4 97 (8.97%) Business Analyst
5 89 (8.23%) Lead
6 83 (7.68%) Senior
7 71 (6.57%) Solutions Architect
8 70 (6.48%) Consultant
9 69 (6.38%) Project Manager
10 56 (5.18%) CRM Manager
11 32 (2.96%) Data Engineer
12 31 (2.87%) Data Analyst
13 30 (2.78%) CRM Analyst
14 29 (2.68%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 27 (2.50%) CRM Specialist
15 27 (2.50%) Dynamics 365 Developer
16 26 (2.41%) Salesforce Analyst
17 25 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
18 24 (2.22%) Enterprise Architect
18 24 (2.22%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.11%) REST
2 53 (4.90%) Middleware
3 43 (3.98%) .NET
4 32 (2.96%) HTML
5 30 (2.78%) CSS
6 28 (2.59%) SOAP
7 25 (2.31%) JSON
8 24 (2.22%) Kafka
9 18 (1.67%) XML
10 17 (1.57%) Node.js
11 15 (1.39%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (1.20%) ONVIF
12 13 (1.20%) SAP PI
13 12 (1.11%) React
13 12 (1.11%) RESTful
13 12 (1.11%) SAP Fiori
13 12 (1.11%) SAPUI5
14 10 (0.93%) Gherkin
14 10 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
14 10 (0.93%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 73 (6.75%) Onboarding
2 52 (4.81%) Product Ownership
3 51 (4.72%) Legacy Systems
4 46 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
5 34 (3.15%) Marketing Technology
6 29 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (1.85%) Data Structures
8 19 (1.76%) AI Agents
8 19 (1.76%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.48%) IVR
10 15 (1.39%) Management Information System
11 14 (1.30%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.30%) Social Media
12 13 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
13 12 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.11%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
15 9 (0.83%) IoT
16 8 (0.74%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.20%) Windows
2 9 (0.83%) Apple iOS
3 8 (0.74%) Android
3 8 (0.74%) Unix
4 4 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.19%) HPUX
5 2 (0.19%) Linux
5 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (26.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 252 (23.31%) Agile
3 177 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
4 172 (15.91%) Migration
5 154 (14.25%) Analytics
5 154 (14.25%) ERP
6 138 (12.77%) Roadmaps
7 135 (12.49%) DevOps
8 120 (11.10%) Data Modelling
9 118 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 109 (10.08%) AI
11 106 (9.81%) Customer Service
12 101 (9.34%) Decision-Making
13 98 (9.07%) Business Intelligence
13 98 (9.07%) Data Migration
14 97 (8.97%) CI/CD
15 85 (7.86%) User Acceptance Testing
16 74 (6.85%) Workflow
17 71 (6.57%) Workshop Facilitation
18 69 (6.38%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (13.23%) SQL
2 82 (7.59%) JavaScript
3 60 (5.55%) C#
4 59 (5.46%) Python
5 22 (2.04%) ABAP
5 22 (2.04%) Java
6 14 (1.30%) Apex Code
7 13 (1.20%) TypeScript
8 7 (0.65%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.65%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.65%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.28%) Groovy
9 3 (0.28%) Korn
10 2 (0.19%) Bicep
10 2 (0.19%) C++
10 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.19%) R
10 2 (0.19%) SOQL
11 1 (0.093%) Go
11 1 (0.093%) Rust
Qualifications
1 114 (10.55%) Security Cleared
2 92 (8.51%) SC Cleared
3 82 (7.59%) Degree
4 23 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.67%) PMI Certification
7 16 (1.48%) PMP
8 14 (1.30%) CCNA
8 14 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.20%) A+ Certification
9 13 (1.20%) MCSA
10 9 (0.83%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.83%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.83%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.65%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.37%) CBAP
13 4 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 3 (0.28%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (8.79%) GDPR
2 82 (7.59%) Data Quality
3 59 (5.46%) QA
4 22 (2.04%) SLA
5 19 (1.76%) PMO
6 18 (1.67%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.02%) WCAG
8 5 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.46%) NIST
8 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.46%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
9 4 (0.37%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.37%) SEPA
10 3 (0.28%) IFRS
11 2 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.19%) GMP
11 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 8 (0.74%) Docker
2 7 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.093%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (1.94%) Terraform
2 9 (0.83%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.28%) Grafana
5 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.093%) Autotask
7 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.093%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 301 (27.84%) Microsoft
2 269 (24.88%) Salesforce
3 85 (7.86%) SAP
4 64 (5.92%) Oracle
5 47 (4.35%) ServiceNow
6 40 (3.70%) Adobe
7 39 (3.61%) Databricks
8 33 (3.05%) MuleSoft
9 27 (2.50%) Google
10 23 (2.13%) Siebel
11 20 (1.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 18 (1.67%) HubSpot
13 16 (1.48%) Braze
14 15 (1.39%) Workday
15 9 (0.83%) Foundry
16 8 (0.74%) Autodesk
16 8 (0.74%) Conga
16 8 (0.74%) DocuSign
17 7 (0.65%) ION Trading
17 7 (0.65%) Marketo