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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 117 108
Rank change year-on-year +15 -9 +34
Contract jobs citing CRM 1,070 652 752
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.38% 2.38% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 2.62% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 662 421 494
10th Percentile £313 £250 £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 £618
90th Percentile £700 £675 £680
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 26 16
10th Percentile £13.65 - £12.33
25th Percentile £14.96 £14.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £18.75 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% -8.54% +12.33%
75th Percentile £28.75 £33.11 £33.38
90th Percentile £40.00 £42.25 £87.00
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £20.05 £14.34
% change year-on-year -12.70% +39.78% -15.65%

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 38,301 24,864 30,650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.33% 90.66% 85.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,041 15,953 19,995
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £421 £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 £745 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,379 1,324 2,046
10th Percentile £15.33 £14.23 £13.22
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.90
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -36.33% -7.06%
75th Percentile £69.10 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.39 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +5 574 £525 +2.44% 378
South East -37 141 £550 +12.82% 276
Midlands +25 132 £470 +1.62% 164
North of England -30 116 £500 +5.26% 208
West Midlands -4 100 £463 - 96
North West -17 81 £510 +7.26% 121
East of England +46 77 £475 -15.56% 61
East Midlands +6 30 £475 +26.67% 68
Yorkshire -45 24 £500 -2.44% 65
South West -36 22 £500 +17.65% 72
North East -27 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 (4.21%) Confluence
2 39 (3.64%) CMS
3 22 (2.06%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (0.75%) 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 38 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.40%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.93%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.75%) Revit
6 8 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.65%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.37%) SPSS
10 2 (0.19%) Notion
10 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.093%) InDesign
11 1 (0.093%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 287 (26.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 56 (5.23%) Salesforce CRM
3 20 (1.87%) NetSuite
4 16 (1.50%) Siebel CRM
5 15 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (1.31%) SAP CRM
7 10 (0.93%) SAP PSCD
8 5 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.47%) Sage X3
8 5 (0.47%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.47%) Temenos T24
9 4 (0.37%) Adobe Campaign
9 4 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.37%) Raiser’s Edge
10 3 (0.28%) BusinessWorks
10 3 (0.28%) Finacle
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 252 (23.55%) Azure
2 216 (20.19%) Dynamics 365
3 141 (13.18%) Power Platform
4 98 (9.16%) AWS
5 85 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (6.45%) SaaS
7 64 (5.98%) Power Automate
8 56 (5.23%) PowerApps
9 49 (4.58%) GCP
10 40 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
11 36 (3.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 32 (2.99%) Serverless
13 29 (2.71%) Snowflake
14 23 (2.15%) Azure Functions
14 23 (2.15%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 20 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
16 19 (1.78%) GitHub
17 18 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
17 18 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
18 17 (1.59%) 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%) ADSL
5 1 (0.093%) CTI
5 1 (0.093%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.093%) HTTP
5 1 (0.093%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.093%) LAN
5 1 (0.093%) MPLS
5 1 (0.093%) PSTN
5 1 (0.093%) VPN
5 1 (0.093%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (6.73%) Power BI
2 32 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (2.80%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.24%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.31%) BigQuery
6 12 (1.12%) Metadata
6 12 (1.12%) Tableau
7 11 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
8 10 (0.93%) Siebel EIM
9 9 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.75%) 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 (0.47%) Big Data
12 5 (0.47%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.47%) SAP BW
12 5 (0.47%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 83 (7.76%) JIRA
2 17 (1.59%) Git
3 15 (1.40%) Selenium
4 14 (1.31%) Postman
5 9 (0.84%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.75%) Cypress.io
6 8 (0.75%) 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
1 379 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 262 (24.49%) Finance
3 205 (19.16%) Marketing
4 135 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (9.44%) Retail
6 95 (8.88%) Public Sector
7 62 (5.79%) Banking
8 49 (4.58%) Billing
9 48 (4.49%) Telecoms
10 40 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
11 38 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
12 34 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 32 (2.99%) Legal
14 28 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
15 27 (2.52%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.78%) Automotive
17 18 (1.68%) Local Government
18 16 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
19 12 (1.12%) Back Office
20 10 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 185 (17.29%) Analyst
2 164 (15.33%) Architect
3 121 (11.31%) Developer
4 97 (9.07%) Business Analyst
5 89 (8.32%) Lead
6 83 (7.76%) Senior
7 70 (6.54%) Consultant
7 70 (6.54%) Solutions Architect
8 68 (6.36%) Project Manager
9 54 (5.05%) CRM Manager
10 32 (2.99%) Data Analyst
10 32 (2.99%) Data Engineer
11 30 (2.80%) CRM Analyst
12 29 (2.71%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 27 (2.52%) CRM Specialist
13 27 (2.52%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 26 (2.43%) Salesforce Analyst
15 25 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
16 24 (2.24%) Enterprise Architect
16 24 (2.24%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.17%) REST
2 52 (4.86%) Middleware
3 43 (4.02%) .NET
4 32 (2.99%) HTML
5 30 (2.80%) CSS
6 28 (2.62%) SOAP
7 25 (2.34%) JSON
8 24 (2.24%) Kafka
9 18 (1.68%) XML
10 17 (1.59%) Node.js
11 15 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (1.21%) ONVIF
12 13 (1.21%) SAP PI
13 12 (1.12%) React
13 12 (1.12%) RESTful
14 11 (1.03%) SAP Fiori
14 11 (1.03%) SAPUI5
15 10 (0.93%) Gherkin
15 10 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
15 10 (0.93%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 72 (6.73%) Onboarding
2 52 (4.86%) Product Ownership
3 51 (4.77%) Legacy Systems
4 46 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
5 34 (3.18%) Marketing Technology
6 29 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (1.87%) Data Structures
8 19 (1.78%) AI Agents
8 19 (1.78%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.50%) IVR
10 15 (1.40%) Management Information System
11 14 (1.31%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.31%) Social Media
12 13 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (1.21%) Video\Live Streaming
13 12 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.12%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
15 9 (0.84%) IoT
16 8 (0.75%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.21%) Windows
2 9 (0.84%) Apple iOS
3 8 (0.75%) Android
3 8 (0.75%) 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
1 282 (26.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 252 (23.55%) Agile
3 176 (16.45%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (15.98%) Migration
5 153 (14.30%) Analytics
6 151 (14.11%) ERP
7 137 (12.80%) Roadmaps
8 131 (12.24%) DevOps
9 120 (11.21%) Data Modelling
10 117 (10.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 109 (10.19%) AI
12 106 (9.91%) Customer Service
13 97 (9.07%) Business Intelligence
13 97 (9.07%) CI/CD
13 97 (9.07%) Data Migration
14 96 (8.97%) Decision-Making
15 85 (7.94%) User Acceptance Testing
16 73 (6.82%) Workflow
17 71 (6.64%) Workshop Facilitation
18 69 (6.45%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (13.36%) SQL
2 82 (7.66%) JavaScript
3 60 (5.61%) C#
4 59 (5.51%) Python
5 22 (2.06%) Java
6 21 (1.96%) ABAP
7 14 (1.31%) Apex Code
8 13 (1.21%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.65%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.65%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.65%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.28%) Groovy
10 3 (0.28%) Korn
11 2 (0.19%) Bicep
11 2 (0.19%) C++
11 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.19%) R
11 2 (0.19%) SOQL
12 1 (0.093%) DAML
12 1 (0.093%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 110 (10.28%) Security Cleared
2 88 (8.22%) SC Cleared
3 82 (7.66%) Degree
4 23 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.68%) PMI Certification
7 16 (1.50%) PMP
8 14 (1.31%) CCNA
8 14 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.21%) A+ Certification
9 13 (1.21%) MCSA
10 9 (0.84%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.84%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.84%) 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%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (8.88%) GDPR
2 82 (7.66%) Data Quality
3 59 (5.51%) QA
4 19 (1.78%) PMO
4 19 (1.78%) SLA
5 18 (1.68%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.03%) WCAG
7 5 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.47%) NIST
7 5 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.47%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
8 4 (0.37%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.37%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.37%) SEPA
9 3 (0.28%) IFRS
10 2 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.19%) GMP
10 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 8 (0.75%) Docker
2 7 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.093%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (1.96%) Terraform
2 9 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.75%) 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
1 295 (27.57%) Microsoft
2 268 (25.05%) Salesforce
3 83 (7.76%) SAP
4 61 (5.70%) Oracle
5 47 (4.39%) ServiceNow
6 39 (3.64%) Adobe
6 39 (3.64%) Databricks
7 33 (3.08%) MuleSoft
8 27 (2.52%) Google
9 23 (2.15%) Siebel
10 20 (1.87%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 18 (1.68%) HubSpot
12 16 (1.50%) Braze
13 14 (1.31%) Workday
14 9 (0.84%) Foundry
15 8 (0.75%) Autodesk
15 8 (0.75%) Conga
15 8 (0.75%) DocuSign
16 7 (0.65%) ION Trading
16 7 (0.65%) Sage