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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 113 123
Rank change year-on-year +11 +10 +18
Contract jobs citing CRM 1,139 675 621
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.48% 2.43% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.92% 2.67% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 697 419 394
10th Percentile £310 £232 £316
25th Percentile £402 £358 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% -2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £689
UK median daily rate £515 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +5.64% -2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 30 10
10th Percentile £12.71 - £13.09
25th Percentile £13.25 £14.75 £17.06
Median hourly rate £14.96 £18.75 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.21% -32.43% +34.94%
75th Percentile £18.75 £34.63 £35.50
90th Percentile £30.22 £46.83 £137.50
UK median hourly rate £14.96 £20.50 £23.30
% change year-on-year -27.02% -12.00% +32.13%

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 39,024 25,239 28,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.10% 90.81% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,245 16,077 18,561
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £628 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,548 1,443 1,638
10th Percentile £14.42 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.17% +3.59%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +67.50% -38.57% -1.35%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 16 August 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 +5 603 £525 +5.00% 826
South East -40 147 £575 +17.95% 402
Midlands +14 140 £475 +6.26% 200
North of England -26 129 £509 +13.11% 250
West Midlands +1 99 £463 - 121
North West -4 89 £509 +16.74% 132
East of England +35 74 £450 -25.00% 107
East Midlands -1 38 £475 +32.68% 80
South West -36 36 £370 -12.94% 101
Yorkshire -38 25 £480 +1.05% 79
North East -27 17 £525 +18.31% 41
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 43 (3.78%) CMS
2 40 (3.51%) Confluence
3 24 (2.11%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 11 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.79%) SAS
6 6 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.26%) Apache
8 3 (0.26%) Kentico
8 3 (0.26%) NetWeaver
8 3 (0.26%) SAP EP
8 3 (0.26%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
9 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.18%) Appian
9 2 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.088%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.088%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.088%) Totara
Applications
1 48 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.88%) AutoCAD
3 10 (0.88%) Chatbot
3 10 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 10 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.70%) Revit
6 5 (0.44%) SPSS
7 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.18%) Notion
8 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.088%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.088%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.088%) InDesign
9 1 (0.088%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 288 (25.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 53 (4.65%) Salesforce CRM
3 19 (1.67%) NetSuite
4 16 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (1.40%) Siebel CRM
5 15 (1.32%) SAP CRM
6 10 (0.88%) SAP PSCD
7 9 (0.79%) Temenos T24
8 7 (0.61%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
9 6 (0.53%) Finacle
9 6 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
10 5 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
10 5 (0.44%) Raiser’s Edge
10 5 (0.44%) Sage X3
11 4 (0.35%) FLEXCUBE
11 4 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
11 4 (0.35%) Shopify
12 3 (0.26%) BusinessWorks
12 3 (0.26%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 253 (22.21%) Azure
2 219 (19.23%) Dynamics 365
3 152 (13.35%) Power Platform
4 104 (9.13%) AWS
5 87 (7.64%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (6.85%) Power Automate
7 72 (6.32%) SaaS
8 65 (5.71%) PowerApps
9 49 (4.30%) GCP
10 44 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
11 39 (3.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 32 (2.81%) Serverless
13 30 (2.63%) Snowflake
14 26 (2.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 22 (1.93%) Azure Functions
16 21 (1.84%) Microsoft Copilot
17 19 (1.67%) GitHub
18 18 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
19 17 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
20 15 (1.32%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.05%) SMS
2 8 (0.70%) Firewall
3 6 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.44%) NAS
4 5 (0.44%) WAN
5 3 (0.26%) IPv4
5 3 (0.26%) IPv6
6 2 (0.18%) ADSL
6 2 (0.18%) DHCP
6 2 (0.18%) DNS
6 2 (0.18%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.18%) HTTP
6 2 (0.18%) Internet
6 2 (0.18%) MPLS
6 2 (0.18%) PSTN
6 2 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.18%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.18%) SSL
6 2 (0.18%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.088%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.67%) Power BI
2 35 (3.07%) SQL Server
3 29 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (2.02%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.23%) BigQuery
6 13 (1.14%) Tableau
7 10 (0.88%) Metadata
7 10 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (0.88%) Siebel EIM
7 10 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
8 9 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
8 9 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.53%) GIS
9 6 (0.53%) Oracle Database
9 6 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.44%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.44%) Looker
10 5 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 82 (7.20%) JIRA
2 19 (1.67%) Selenium
3 17 (1.49%) Git
4 16 (1.40%) Postman
5 11 (0.97%) Cucumber
5 11 (0.97%) Cypress.io
6 10 (0.88%) WebDriver
7 7 (0.61%) SpecFlow
8 5 (0.44%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.35%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.26%) Protractor
10 3 (0.26%) TestRail
10 3 (0.26%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.18%) Appium
11 2 (0.18%) HP UFT
11 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.088%) Fiddler
12 1 (0.088%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.088%) TeamCity
General
1 419 (36.79%) Social Skills
2 279 (24.50%) Finance
3 218 (19.14%) Marketing
4 135 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
5 110 (9.66%) Retail
6 92 (8.08%) Public Sector
7 89 (7.81%) Banking
8 49 (4.30%) Billing
8 49 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
8 49 (4.30%) Telecoms
9 36 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
11 33 (2.90%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (2.46%) Legal
14 22 (1.93%) Automotive
15 20 (1.76%) Local Government
16 19 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
17 13 (1.14%) Back Office
18 12 (1.05%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 198 (17.38%) Analyst
2 162 (14.22%) Architect
3 135 (11.85%) Developer
4 106 (9.31%) Business Analyst
5 104 (9.13%) Lead
6 91 (7.99%) Senior
7 83 (7.29%) Consultant
8 70 (6.15%) Solutions Architect
9 64 (5.62%) Project Manager
10 48 (4.21%) CRM Manager
11 37 (3.25%) Administrator
12 32 (2.81%) CRM Analyst
12 32 (2.81%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 32 (2.81%) Enterprise Architect
13 31 (2.72%) Salesforce Analyst
14 30 (2.63%) Data Analyst
14 30 (2.63%) Data Engineer
14 30 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
15 29 (2.55%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
16 28 (2.46%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (6.06%) REST
2 50 (4.39%) .NET
2 50 (4.39%) Middleware
3 34 (2.99%) HTML
4 30 (2.63%) SOAP
5 29 (2.55%) CSS
6 24 (2.11%) JSON
6 24 (2.11%) Kafka
7 18 (1.58%) XML
8 17 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (1.32%) React
10 14 (1.23%) Node.js
11 13 (1.14%) HTML5 Canvas
11 13 (1.14%) ONVIF
11 13 (1.14%) RESTful
12 12 (1.05%) Gherkin
12 12 (1.05%) SAP PI
13 11 (0.97%) OAuth
14 10 (0.88%) ASP.NET Web API
14 10 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 79 (6.94%) Onboarding
2 54 (4.74%) Product Ownership
3 51 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
4 46 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
5 37 (3.25%) Marketing Technology
6 26 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
7 24 (2.11%) Cloud Native
8 21 (1.84%) Data Structures
8 21 (1.84%) IVR
9 18 (1.58%) AI Agents
9 18 (1.58%) Management Information System
10 17 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (1.32%) Social Media
12 14 (1.23%) Mobile App
13 13 (1.14%) Video\Live Streaming
14 12 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.97%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (0.79%) Low-Code
17 8 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.49%) Windows
2 9 (0.79%) Apple iOS
3 8 (0.70%) Android
3 8 (0.70%) Unix
4 6 (0.53%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.26%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.26%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.18%) HPUX
6 2 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (27.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 270 (23.71%) Agile
3 190 (16.68%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (14.66%) Migration
5 158 (13.87%) ERP
6 156 (13.70%) Analytics
7 142 (12.47%) Roadmaps
8 131 (11.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 128 (11.24%) DevOps
10 118 (10.36%) Customer Service
11 117 (10.27%) AI
12 116 (10.18%) Data Modelling
13 108 (9.48%) Decision-Making
14 104 (9.13%) CI/CD
15 100 (8.78%) Business Intelligence
16 96 (8.43%) Data Migration
17 83 (7.29%) User Acceptance Testing
18 79 (6.94%) Workshop Facilitation
19 72 (6.32%) Change Management
20 71 (6.23%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 147 (12.91%) SQL
2 95 (8.34%) JavaScript
3 63 (5.53%) C#
4 53 (4.65%) Python
5 21 (1.84%) Java
6 20 (1.76%) ABAP
7 18 (1.58%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.40%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.79%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.61%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.35%) Korn
13 3 (0.26%) R
14 2 (0.18%) Bicep
14 2 (0.18%) Groovy
14 2 (0.18%) SOQL
14 2 (0.18%) VBA
15 1 (0.088%) Rust
15 1 (0.088%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 116 (10.18%) Security Cleared
2 89 (7.81%) SC Cleared
3 85 (7.46%) Degree
4 26 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.40%) PMP
7 14 (1.23%) CCNA
7 14 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (1.23%) PMI Certification
8 13 (1.14%) A+ Certification
8 13 (1.14%) MCSA
9 12 (1.05%) ISTQB
10 11 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.79%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.61%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.44%) IIBA
14 5 (0.44%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.35%) CBAP
16 3 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (8.08%) Data Quality
2 87 (7.64%) GDPR
3 72 (6.32%) QA
4 23 (2.02%) PMO
5 19 (1.67%) SLA
6 17 (1.49%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.05%) WCAG
8 7 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.44%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.44%) NIST
9 5 (0.44%) SEPA
9 5 (0.44%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
10 4 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.26%) IFRS
12 2 (0.18%) PERC
13 1 (0.088%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.088%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.088%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.70%) Docker
3 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.088%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (1.84%) Terraform
2 8 (0.70%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.26%) Grafana
4 3 (0.26%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.088%) Autotask
6 1 (0.088%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.088%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 321 (28.18%) Microsoft
2 277 (24.32%) Salesforce
3 88 (7.73%) SAP
4 57 (5.00%) Oracle
5 52 (4.57%) ServiceNow
6 43 (3.78%) Adobe
7 38 (3.34%) Databricks
8 33 (2.90%) MuleSoft
9 28 (2.46%) Google
10 24 (2.11%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 22 (1.93%) Braze
11 22 (1.93%) Siebel
12 19 (1.67%) HubSpot
13 14 (1.23%) Workday
14 8 (0.70%) Autodesk
14 8 (0.70%) Conga
14 8 (0.70%) DocuSign
15 7 (0.61%) ION Trading
15 7 (0.61%) Marketo
15 7 (0.61%) Meraki