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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 127 106
Rank change year-on-year +24 -21 +20
Contract jobs citing CRM 837 545 839
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.54% 2.06% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 2.30% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 329 546
10th Percentile £316 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £588 £627 £613
90th Percentile £674 £785 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 7 22
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.99 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.69 £25.13 £14.19
Median hourly rate £18.89 £30.00 £23.82
Median % change year-on-year -37.03% +25.93% +19.11%
75th Percentile £39.94 £33.88 £45.56
90th Percentile £41.87 £35.00 £62.54
UK median hourly rate £18.28 £29.00 £23.82
% change year-on-year -36.97% +21.73% +19.11%

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 28,849 23,705 33,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.71% 89.48% 87.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,454 14,499 22,354
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
75th Percentile £619 £643 £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 1,790 754 1,912
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -3.47% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.12
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% +7.69%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +28 473 £520 -0.95% 481
South East +18 122 £525 +8.25% 352
Midlands -38 83 £500 -7.41% 187
North of England -38 76 £488 -2.01% 245
West Midlands -36 61 £500 -7.41% 112
East of England +16 43 £490 +17.01% 77
North West -24 42 £450 -3.23% 143
Yorkshire -35 32 £488 -14.02% 78
East Midlands -11 22 £425 -22.73% 75
South West -28 19 £500 +3.09% 92
North East - 2 £508 - 26
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 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.82%) CMS
3 22 (2.63%) Confluence
4 10 (1.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.72%) Appian
5 6 (0.72%) Camunda
5 6 (0.72%) SugarCRM
6 4 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.36%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.24%) Documentum
8 2 (0.24%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.12%) Apache
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
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%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 41 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.84%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.72%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 249 (29.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 55 (6.57%) Salesforce CRM
3 15 (1.79%) NetSuite
4 13 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.96%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.36%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.36%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.36%) SAP PSCD
7 2 (0.24%) Eloqua
7 2 (0.24%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle CRM
7 2 (0.24%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.24%) SAP FI-CA
7 2 (0.24%) Shopify
7 2 (0.24%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 186 (22.22%) Azure
2 185 (22.10%) Dynamics 365
3 163 (19.47%) Power Platform
4 75 (8.96%) Power Automate
5 64 (7.65%) AWS
6 58 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
7 54 (6.45%) PowerApps
8 36 (4.30%) Azure Logic Apps
8 36 (4.30%) SaaS
9 33 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (3.35%) Serverless
11 24 (2.87%) Azure Functions
12 23 (2.75%) GCP
13 19 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
14 17 (2.03%) Snowflake
15 13 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (1.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 11 (1.31%) GitHub
16 11 (1.31%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.31%) 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 87 (10.39%) Power BI
2 24 (2.87%) SQL Server
3 21 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (1.79%) Tableau
5 9 (1.08%) BigQuery
5 9 (1.08%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.60%) Delta Lake
7 5 (0.60%) Looker
7 5 (0.60%) Metadata
7 5 (0.60%) MySQL
7 5 (0.60%) SAP BW
7 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.48%) Big Data
8 4 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 4 (0.48%) GIS
8 4 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (0.36%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 53 (6.33%) JIRA
2 14 (1.67%) 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%) CircleCI
General
1 319 (38.11%) Social Skills
2 178 (21.27%) Finance
3 148 (17.68%) Marketing
4 141 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
5 87 (10.39%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.02%) Banking
6 42 (5.02%) Retail
7 41 (4.90%) Billing
8 30 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
9 29 (3.46%) Telecoms
10 21 (2.51%) Legal
11 18 (2.15%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.43%) French Language
14 12 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.43%) Italian Language
15 11 (1.31%) German Language
15 11 (1.31%) Japanese Language
16 10 (1.19%) Law
Job Titles
1 124 (14.81%) Architect
2 118 (14.10%) Analyst
3 98 (11.71%) Developer
4 72 (8.60%) Business Analyst
5 64 (7.65%) Lead
6 63 (7.53%) Consultant
7 62 (7.41%) Senior
8 53 (6.33%) Project Manager
9 50 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
10 42 (5.02%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 37 (4.42%) CRM Manager
12 35 (4.18%) Salesforce Architect
13 24 (2.87%) Functional Consultant
14 23 (2.75%) CRM Specialist
15 22 (2.63%) Senior Manager
16 21 (2.51%) Data Analyst
17 20 (2.39%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
18 18 (2.15%) Lead Architect
19 17 (2.03%) Marketing Manager
20 16 (1.91%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.45%) .NET
2 45 (5.38%) REST
3 43 (5.14%) HTML
4 34 (4.06%) JSON
5 24 (2.87%) XML
6 23 (2.75%) CSS
7 19 (2.27%) SOAP
8 15 (1.79%) OAuth
9 12 (1.43%) Node.js
10 10 (1.19%) ASP.NET Web API
10 10 (1.19%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (1.19%) Middleware
10 10 (1.19%) RESTful
11 9 (1.08%) ADO
11 9 (1.08%) SAML
11 9 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
12 8 (0.96%) OAuth2
12 8 (0.96%) OpenID
12 8 (0.96%) PySpark
12 8 (0.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.02%) Product Ownership
2 33 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
3 32 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 27 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (2.27%) Mobile App
6 18 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.67%) Cloud Native
8 14 (1.67%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.67%) Marketing Technology
9 12 (1.43%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.43%) Low-Code
9 12 (1.43%) Social Media
10 11 (1.31%) Web Conferencing
11 9 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.08%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.72%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.19%) 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
1 216 (25.81%) Agile
2 170 (20.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 146 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
4 134 (16.01%) ERP
5 105 (12.54%) DevOps
6 103 (12.31%) Migration
6 103 (12.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 99 (11.83%) Analytics
8 98 (11.71%) Business Intelligence
9 83 (9.92%) User Experience
10 81 (9.68%) Customer Engagement
10 81 (9.68%) Customer Service
11 80 (9.56%) Data Modelling
12 72 (8.60%) AI
13 71 (8.48%) Project Management
14 69 (8.24%) Roadmaps
15 62 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
16 61 (7.29%) Data Migration
17 60 (7.17%) Change Management
18 57 (6.81%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 92 (10.99%) SQL
2 84 (10.04%) JavaScript
3 69 (8.24%) C#
4 48 (5.73%) Python
5 22 (2.63%) Java
6 20 (2.39%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.19%) PHP
8 9 (1.08%) ABAP
9 7 (0.84%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.60%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.48%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.36%) Bicep
12 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.24%) Bash
13 2 (0.24%) C++
13 2 (0.24%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.24%) R
13 2 (0.24%) Swift
13 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.24%) XPath
Qualifications
1 74 (8.84%) Degree
2 65 (7.77%) Security Cleared
3 39 (4.66%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.75%) PMI Certification
5 23 (2.75%) PMP
6 19 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.31%) 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 4 (0.48%) CCA
12 3 (0.36%) ACCA
12 3 (0.36%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.36%) CIMA
12 3 (0.36%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.24%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.24%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.77%) GDPR
2 57 (6.81%) QA
3 46 (5.50%) Data Quality
4 31 (3.70%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.31%) SLA
6 10 (1.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (0.72%) WCAG
8 5 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.60%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.48%) GxP
9 4 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.48%) PMO
10 3 (0.36%) ITGC
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 (2.03%) 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
5 2 (0.24%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
Vendors
1 227 (27.12%) Microsoft
2 220 (26.28%) Salesforce
3 64 (7.65%) SAP
4 47 (5.62%) Oracle
5 32 (3.82%) HubSpot
6 29 (3.46%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.51%) Adobe
8 20 (2.39%) Databricks
9 18 (2.15%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 17 (2.03%) Google
11 9 (1.08%) MuleSoft
11 9 (1.08%) OpenAI
11 9 (1.08%) Pega
11 9 (1.08%) Workday
12 8 (0.96%) Genesys
13 6 (0.72%) Ariba
13 6 (0.72%) Foundry
13 6 (0.72%) iManage
14 5 (0.60%) Mitel
15 4 (0.48%) Guidewire