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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 128 103
Rank change year-on-year +19 -25 +23
Contract jobs citing CRM 831 551 844
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.49% 2.10% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.34% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 336 553
10th Percentile £319 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +0.24% -0.95%
75th Percentile £588 £626 £613
90th Percentile £675 £788 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 7 24
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.99 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.69 £25.13 £13.23
Median hourly rate £18.89 £30.00 £23.82
Median % change year-on-year -37.03% +25.93% +23.75%
75th Percentile £39.94 £33.88 £52.18
90th Percentile £41.87 £35.00 £69.79
UK median hourly rate £18.28 £29.00 £23.82
% change year-on-year -36.97% +21.73% +23.75%

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 29,282 23,546 33,173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.65% 89.63% 87.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,737 14,474 22,202
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £639 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,833 746 1,958
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.69
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +2.66%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.01 £61.96
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +9.38%

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 6 February 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 6 February 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 6 February 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 +23 473 £525 - 475
South East +7 115 £525 +8.25% 367
North of England -31 79 £475 -5.00% 255
Midlands -41 79 £463 -14.35% 192
West Midlands -41 59 £463 -14.35% 122
North West -23 45 £450 -3.23% 152
East of England +10 43 £490 +17.01% 79
Yorkshire -39 32 £494 -12.92% 75
East Midlands -15 20 £463 - 70
South West -19 20 £506 +9.46% 95
North East - 2 £508 - 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 35 (4.21%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.85%) CMS
3 22 (2.65%) Confluence
4 10 (1.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.72%) Appian
5 6 (0.72%) Camunda
5 6 (0.72%) SugarCRM
6 4 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.48%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.36%) SAP EP
8 2 (0.24%) Documentum
9 1 (0.12%) Apache
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) Drupal
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) Kentico
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.12%) Moodle
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 37 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 246 (29.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 52 (6.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 16 (1.93%) NetSuite
4 15 (1.81%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.60%) SAP CRM
5 5 (0.60%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.36%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.36%) SAP PSCD
8 2 (0.24%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.24%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle CRM
8 2 (0.24%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.24%) SAP FI-CA
8 2 (0.24%) Shopify
8 2 (0.24%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.12%) SAP CAR
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 184 (22.14%) Azure
2 182 (21.90%) Dynamics 365
3 158 (19.01%) Power Platform
4 73 (8.78%) Power Automate
5 64 (7.70%) AWS
6 58 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (6.26%) PowerApps
8 36 (4.33%) Azure Logic Apps
8 36 (4.33%) SaaS
9 32 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (3.25%) Serverless
11 24 (2.89%) Azure Functions
12 23 (2.77%) GCP
13 19 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
14 15 (1.81%) Snowflake
15 13 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (1.32%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 10 (1.20%) Entra ID
17 10 (1.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.32%) HTTP
2 7 (0.84%) SMS
3 6 (0.72%) DHCP
3 6 (0.72%) DNS
3 6 (0.72%) Internet
4 5 (0.60%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.60%) VPN
5 4 (0.48%) Broadband
6 2 (0.24%) Cisco ICM
6 2 (0.24%) ISDN
6 2 (0.24%) PSTN
6 2 (0.24%) WebEx
7 1 (0.12%) CTI
7 1 (0.12%) GPRS
7 1 (0.12%) GSM
7 1 (0.12%) Intranet
7 1 (0.12%) SSL
7 1 (0.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (10.23%) Power BI
2 24 (2.89%) SQL Server
3 23 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.44%) Tableau
5 10 (1.20%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (0.96%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.72%) Metadata
9 5 (0.60%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.60%) Looker
9 5 (0.60%) MySQL
9 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.48%) Big Data
10 4 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 4 (0.48%) GIS
10 4 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.36%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 54 (6.50%) JIRA
2 14 (1.68%) Git
3 8 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.36%) Selenium
4 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.24%) CocoaPods
5 2 (0.24%) Crashlytics
5 2 (0.24%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.24%) fastlane
5 2 (0.24%) GitLab
5 2 (0.24%) JDeveloper
5 2 (0.24%) MSBuild
5 2 (0.24%) Postman
5 2 (0.24%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.24%) TestRail
5 2 (0.24%) Xcode
5 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.12%) MLflow
General
1 316 (38.03%) Social Skills
2 180 (21.66%) Finance
3 145 (17.45%) Marketing
4 140 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (10.23%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.05%) Billing
7 40 (4.81%) Retail
8 39 (4.69%) Banking
9 30 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
10 26 (3.13%) Telecoms
11 22 (2.65%) Legal
12 19 (2.29%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (1.44%) French Language
15 12 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.44%) Italian Language
16 11 (1.32%) German Language
16 11 (1.32%) Japanese Language
17 10 (1.20%) Law
Job Titles
1 129 (15.52%) Architect
2 119 (14.32%) Analyst
3 95 (11.43%) Developer
4 72 (8.66%) Business Analyst
5 64 (7.70%) Senior
6 63 (7.58%) Lead
7 60 (7.22%) Consultant
8 53 (6.38%) Project Manager
9 52 (6.26%) Solutions Architect
10 40 (4.81%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 38 (4.57%) CRM Manager
12 36 (4.33%) Salesforce Architect
13 24 (2.89%) CRM Specialist
13 24 (2.89%) Functional Consultant
14 23 (2.77%) Senior Manager
15 21 (2.53%) Data Analyst
16 20 (2.41%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
17 18 (2.17%) Lead Architect
17 18 (2.17%) Marketing Manager
18 16 (1.93%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (6.02%) .NET
2 45 (5.42%) REST
3 41 (4.93%) HTML
4 34 (4.09%) JSON
5 24 (2.89%) XML
6 22 (2.65%) CSS
7 19 (2.29%) SOAP
8 15 (1.81%) OAuth
9 13 (1.56%) Middleware
10 11 (1.32%) Node.js
11 10 (1.20%) ASP.NET Web API
11 10 (1.20%) HTML5 Canvas
11 10 (1.20%) RESTful
11 10 (1.20%) SAP Fiori
12 9 (1.08%) ADO
12 9 (1.08%) SAML
13 8 (0.96%) OAuth2
13 8 (0.96%) OpenID
13 8 (0.96%) PySpark
13 8 (0.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (4.69%) Product Ownership
2 33 (3.97%) Onboarding
3 31 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (2.29%) Mobile App
5 19 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (2.05%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.68%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.68%) Marketing Technology
9 13 (1.56%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.44%) AI Agents
10 12 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.44%) Social Media
11 11 (1.32%) Low-Code
11 11 (1.32%) Web Conferencing
12 9 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.08%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
14 6 (0.72%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.20%) Windows
2 6 (0.72%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.60%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.36%) Android
5 2 (0.24%) Unix
5 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (25.03%) Agile
2 170 (20.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 145 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
4 133 (16.00%) ERP
5 104 (12.52%) DevOps
6 103 (12.39%) Migration
7 101 (12.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 98 (11.79%) Business Intelligence
9 97 (11.67%) Analytics
10 83 (9.99%) User Experience
11 80 (9.63%) Customer Engagement
11 80 (9.63%) Customer Service
11 80 (9.63%) Data Modelling
12 71 (8.54%) AI
12 71 (8.54%) Roadmaps
13 70 (8.42%) Project Management
14 63 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
15 62 (7.46%) Change Management
15 62 (7.46%) Data Migration
16 61 (7.34%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 89 (10.71%) SQL
2 79 (9.51%) JavaScript
3 66 (7.94%) C#
4 46 (5.54%) Python
5 23 (2.77%) Java
6 19 (2.29%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.20%) PHP
8 7 (0.84%) ABAP
8 7 (0.84%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.60%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.48%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.36%) Bicep
11 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.24%) Bash
12 2 (0.24%) C++
12 2 (0.24%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.24%) R
12 2 (0.24%) Swift
12 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.24%) XPath
Qualifications
1 75 (9.03%) Degree
2 61 (7.34%) Security Cleared
3 36 (4.33%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.89%) PMI Certification
5 24 (2.89%) PMP
6 19 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.08%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 5 (0.60%) MBA
10 5 (0.60%) MCDST
11 3 (0.36%) ACCA
11 3 (0.36%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.36%) CIMA
11 3 (0.36%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.24%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.24%) OCA
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.94%) GDPR
2 58 (6.98%) QA
3 46 (5.54%) Data Quality
4 31 (3.73%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.44%) SLA
6 10 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (0.84%) WCAG
8 5 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.60%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.48%) GxP
9 4 (0.48%) PMO
10 3 (0.36%) ITGC
10 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.24%) MiFID
11 2 (0.24%) PERC
12 1 (0.12%) Basel III
12 1 (0.12%) Dodd-Frank
12 1 (0.12%) EMIR
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.72%) Docker
3 1 (0.12%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 7 (0.84%) Terraform
2 6 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.60%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.60%) SCCM
4 3 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.24%) Cisco UCCE
5 2 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.12%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
Vendors
1 227 (27.32%) Microsoft
2 220 (26.47%) Salesforce
3 66 (7.94%) SAP
4 47 (5.66%) Oracle
5 32 (3.85%) HubSpot
6 29 (3.49%) ServiceNow
7 22 (2.65%) Databricks
8 21 (2.53%) Adobe
9 19 (2.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 16 (1.93%) Google
11 10 (1.20%) Workday
12 9 (1.08%) MuleSoft
12 9 (1.08%) OpenAI
12 9 (1.08%) Pega
13 8 (0.96%) Genesys
14 7 (0.84%) Ariba
15 6 (0.72%) Foundry
15 6 (0.72%) iManage
16 5 (0.60%) Mitel
17 4 (0.48%) Remedy