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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 119 109
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 +31
Contract jobs citing CRM 951 586 765
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.20% 2.35% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 2.57% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 379 492
10th Percentile £330 £281 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £614
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 18 20
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.23 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.02 £13.14
Median hourly rate £17.75 £28.20 £23.82
Median % change year-on-year -37.06% +18.38% +11.76%
75th Percentile £28.75 £35.86 £33.38
90th Percentile £43.25 £48.40 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £28.20 £23.22
% change year-on-year -29.08% +21.47% +8.91%

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 36,902 22,811 32,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.25% 91.37% 85.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,326 14,743 20,763
10th Percentile £325 £300 £303
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -4.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,306 1,092 2,399
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.12 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £27.06 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +75.52% -29.01% +8.82%
75th Percentile £68.75 £55.25 £61.47
90th Percentile £82.25 £74.88 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -7 526 £515 +3.00% 437
South East -19 127 £580 +40.61% 320
Midlands +4 109 £463 - 176
North of England -55 90 £500 +5.26% 246
West Midlands -14 75 £463 -6.57% 120
East of England +36 71 £475 -5.00% 79
North West -33 54 £513 +10.22% 148
East Midlands +5 32 £470 +25.33% 55
Yorkshire -46 25 £500 -9.09% 69
South West -38 17 £525 +23.53% 75
North East -29 13 £525 +18.31% 32
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 38 (4.00%) Confluence
2 36 (3.79%) CMS
3 19 (2.00%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.05%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.42%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.42%) SAP EP
6 4 (0.42%) SAS
7 3 (0.32%) Kentico
7 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.21%) Apache
8 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.21%) Appian
9 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.37%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.95%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.84%) Revit
7 7 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.63%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.21%) Notion
11 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.11%) InDesign
12 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 255 (26.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 51 (5.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 20 (2.10%) NetSuite
4 14 (1.47%) Siebel CRM
5 13 (1.37%) SAP CRM
6 11 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.42%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.42%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.42%) SAP PSCD
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.32%) Shopify
10 2 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.21%) SAP BPC
10 2 (0.21%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 220 (23.13%) Azure
2 194 (20.40%) Dynamics 365
3 140 (14.72%) Power Platform
4 78 (8.20%) AWS
4 78 (8.20%) Azure DevOps
5 61 (6.41%) SaaS
6 59 (6.20%) Power Automate
7 50 (5.26%) PowerApps
8 36 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
9 35 (3.68%) GCP
10 32 (3.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 29 (3.05%) Serverless
12 24 (2.52%) Azure Logic Apps
13 23 (2.42%) Snowflake
14 22 (2.31%) Azure Functions
15 17 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (1.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 15 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
17 14 (1.47%) GitHub
17 14 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.95%) SMS
2 6 (0.63%) Internet
3 3 (0.32%) DHCP
3 3 (0.32%) DNS
3 3 (0.32%) Firewall
3 3 (0.32%) HTTP
3 3 (0.32%) IPv4
3 3 (0.32%) IPv6
3 3 (0.32%) WAN
4 2 (0.21%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.11%) 4G
5 1 (0.11%) 5G
5 1 (0.11%) ADSL
5 1 (0.11%) Broadband
5 1 (0.11%) CTI
5 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.11%) MPLS
5 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (7.36%) Power BI
2 28 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (2.73%) SQL Server
4 16 (1.68%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.26%) Tableau
6 10 (1.05%) Metadata
6 10 (1.05%) Siebel EIM
7 9 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.84%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.63%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.53%) Big Data
11 5 (0.53%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.42%) SAP BW
12 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.42%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 74 (7.78%) JIRA
2 15 (1.58%) Git
3 8 (0.84%) Postman
4 6 (0.63%) Selenium
5 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.32%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.32%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.21%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.21%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.11%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.11%) Hudson
8 1 (0.11%) Protractor
8 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.11%) TestRail
8 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 343 (36.07%) Social Skills
2 211 (22.19%) Finance
3 167 (17.56%) Marketing
4 118 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
5 89 (9.36%) Public Sector
6 68 (7.15%) Retail
7 48 (5.05%) Telecoms
8 42 (4.42%) Banking
9 40 (4.21%) Billing
10 38 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
12 26 (2.73%) Legal
13 22 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 20 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (2.10%) Manufacturing
15 18 (1.89%) Automotive
16 14 (1.47%) Local Government
17 11 (1.16%) Back Office
17 11 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
18 10 (1.05%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 155 (16.30%) Analyst
2 133 (13.99%) Architect
3 122 (12.83%) Developer
4 85 (8.94%) Business Analyst
5 82 (8.62%) Senior
6 73 (7.68%) Lead
7 59 (6.20%) Project Manager
8 52 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
9 49 (5.15%) CRM Manager
10 47 (4.94%) Consultant
11 32 (3.36%) Data Engineer
12 31 (3.26%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 27 (2.84%) Data Analyst
13 27 (2.84%) Salesforce Architect
14 25 (2.63%) Salesforce Analyst
15 24 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
16 23 (2.42%) Salesforce Developer
17 22 (2.31%) CRM Analyst
18 21 (2.21%) Technical Architect
19 20 (2.10%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.36%) REST
2 43 (4.52%) Middleware
3 39 (4.10%) .NET
3 39 (4.10%) HTML
4 35 (3.68%) CSS
5 24 (2.52%) JSON
6 18 (1.89%) Kafka
7 17 (1.79%) Node.js
8 15 (1.58%) SOAP
8 15 (1.58%) XML
9 13 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
10 12 (1.26%) ONVIF
11 11 (1.16%) ASP.NET Web API
11 11 (1.16%) RESTful
12 10 (1.05%) React
12 10 (1.05%) SAP Fiori
12 10 (1.05%) SAPUI5
13 9 (0.95%) Ajax
13 9 (0.95%) HTML5 Canvas
14 8 (0.84%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 64 (6.73%) Onboarding
2 45 (4.73%) Product Ownership
3 41 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
4 40 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.10%) Marketing Technology
7 19 (2.00%) AI Agents
8 16 (1.68%) Cloud Native
8 16 (1.68%) Social Media
9 14 (1.47%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.26%) Video\Live Streaming
12 11 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.05%) Data Centre
13 10 (1.05%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.95%) IoT
14 9 (0.95%) Management Information System
14 9 (0.95%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.84%) FMCG
16 7 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.26%) Windows
2 8 (0.84%) Android
2 8 (0.84%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.42%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.21%) HPUX
4 2 (0.21%) Linux
4 2 (0.21%) Unix
4 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (24.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 203 (21.35%) Agile
3 151 (15.88%) Migration
3 151 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (13.88%) ERP
5 125 (13.14%) Analytics
6 118 (12.41%) DevOps
7 110 (11.57%) Roadmaps
8 93 (9.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 90 (9.46%) AI
9 90 (9.46%) Business Intelligence
10 88 (9.25%) Customer Service
10 88 (9.25%) Data Modelling
11 86 (9.04%) Data Migration
11 86 (9.04%) Decision-Making
12 78 (8.20%) CI/CD
13 73 (7.68%) User Acceptance Testing
14 66 (6.94%) Workflow
15 64 (6.73%) Project Management
16 60 (6.31%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 128 (13.46%) SQL
2 75 (7.89%) JavaScript
3 51 (5.36%) C#
4 46 (4.84%) Python
5 15 (1.58%) Java
6 13 (1.37%) ABAP
7 12 (1.26%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.05%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.95%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.63%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.63%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.21%) C++
11 2 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.21%) Korn
11 2 (0.21%) SOQL
12 1 (0.11%) Bicep
12 1 (0.11%) C
12 1 (0.11%) Groovy
12 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 106 (11.15%) Security Cleared
2 80 (8.41%) SC Cleared
3 69 (7.26%) Degree
4 22 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (1.37%) CCNA
6 13 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (1.37%) PMI Certification
6 13 (1.37%) PMP
7 12 (1.26%) A+ Certification
7 12 (1.26%) MCSA
8 8 (0.84%) Azure Certification
8 8 (0.84%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.42%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 3 (0.32%) MBA
13 3 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (8.62%) GDPR
2 78 (8.20%) Data Quality
3 51 (5.36%) QA
4 23 (2.42%) SLA
5 14 (1.47%) PMO
6 13 (1.37%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.63%) WCAG
8 5 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.42%) NIST
10 3 (0.32%) IFRS
10 3 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.32%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
11 2 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.21%) GMP
11 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.21%) PERC
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
12 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (0.74%) Docker
2 6 (0.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (1.79%) Terraform
2 8 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.32%) Grafana
4 3 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.11%) Autotask
6 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 256 (26.92%) Salesforce
2 247 (25.97%) Microsoft
3 65 (6.83%) SAP
4 56 (5.89%) Oracle
5 45 (4.73%) ServiceNow
6 34 (3.58%) Adobe
7 31 (3.26%) MuleSoft
8 28 (2.94%) Databricks
9 23 (2.42%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 22 (2.31%) Google
11 21 (2.21%) Siebel
12 14 (1.47%) HubSpot
13 13 (1.37%) Workday
14 9 (0.95%) Braze
14 9 (0.95%) Foundry
15 8 (0.84%) Autodesk
15 8 (0.84%) Conga
15 8 (0.84%) DocuSign
16 6 (0.63%) Marketo
16 6 (0.63%) Sage