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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 126 110
Rank change year-on-year +10 -16 +30
Contract jobs citing CRM 894 532 750
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.15% 2.23% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 2.45% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 346 478
10th Percentile £331 £275 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.25% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £609 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 22
10th Percentile £13.13 £15.22 -
25th Percentile £14.53 £20.46 £13.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £29.50 £13.75
Median % change year-on-year -45.76% +114.55% -31.25%
75th Percentile £23.75 £39.06 £28.88
90th Percentile £57.50 £50.20 £69.26
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £29.13 £13.50
% change year-on-year -45.06% +115.74% -32.50%

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 35,196 21,756 31,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.75% 91.30% 86.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,391 14,220 20,552
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,171 917 2,255
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £12.89
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.20 £15.97
Median hourly rate £45.59 £28.55 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.67% -21.78% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £60.00 £60.13
90th Percentile £80.20 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.98% -22.42% -2.58%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -3 504 £515 +0.73% 611
South East -28 116 £550 +52.78% 337
Midlands -9 99 £470 +5.92% 196
North of England -51 76 £478 +2.69% 294
East of England +30 70 £523 +4.50% 73
West Midlands -26 64 £463 -3.65% 118
North West -38 42 £450 -5.26% 168
East Midlands -3 33 £475 +42.43% 78
Yorkshire -46 25 £500 +53.85% 100
South West -42 16 £525 +23.53% 68
North East -16 11 £450 -18.18% 29
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 30 (3.36%) Confluence
2 25 (2.80%) CMS
3 21 (2.35%) SharePoint
4 7 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.56%) NetWeaver
5 5 (0.56%) SAP EP
6 4 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.45%) Appian
6 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.22%) Apache
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.22%) Camunda
8 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Kentico
8 1 (0.11%) Moodle
8 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.45%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.67%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.34%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.34%) Revit
10 2 (0.22%) Notion
10 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.11%) InDesign
11 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 253 (28.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 43 (4.81%) Salesforce CRM
3 16 (1.79%) NetSuite
4 13 (1.45%) SAP CRM
5 10 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (1.01%) Siebel CRM
7 5 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.34%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.22%) NEC Housing
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.22%) SAP BPC
10 2 (0.22%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.22%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
11 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
11 1 (0.11%) SAP Convergent Charging
Cloud Services
1 203 (22.71%) Dynamics 365
2 190 (21.25%) Azure
3 140 (15.66%) Power Platform
4 68 (7.61%) Power Automate
5 64 (7.16%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (6.60%) AWS
7 52 (5.82%) SaaS
8 51 (5.70%) PowerApps
9 39 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
11 26 (2.91%) Serverless
12 23 (2.57%) GCP
13 22 (2.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 20 (2.24%) Azure Functions
15 17 (1.90%) Snowflake
16 16 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
17 15 (1.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 14 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
18 14 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
19 12 (1.34%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.78%) HTTP
1 7 (0.78%) SMS
2 6 (0.67%) Internet
3 3 (0.34%) DHCP
3 3 (0.34%) DNS
3 3 (0.34%) IPv4
3 3 (0.34%) IPv6
4 2 (0.22%) Firewall
4 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.22%) WAN
5 1 (0.11%) 4G
5 1 (0.11%) 5G
5 1 (0.11%) ADSL
5 1 (0.11%) Broadband
5 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.11%) LAN
5 1 (0.11%) MPLS
5 1 (0.11%) PSTN
5 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (7.05%) Power BI
2 24 (2.68%) SQL Server
3 19 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.01%) Metadata
5 9 (1.01%) Tableau
6 8 (0.89%) Siebel EIM
7 7 (0.78%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.67%) Star Schema
9 5 (0.56%) Big Data
9 5 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.56%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.45%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.34%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.34%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 60 (6.71%) JIRA
2 12 (1.34%) Git
3 6 (0.67%) Selenium
4 5 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.56%) Postman
5 3 (0.34%) GitLab
5 3 (0.34%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.22%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.22%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.22%) TestRail
6 2 (0.22%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.11%) Appium
7 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.11%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.11%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 313 (35.01%) Social Skills
2 185 (20.69%) Finance
3 146 (16.33%) Marketing
4 113 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
5 84 (9.40%) Public Sector
6 46 (5.15%) Retail
7 35 (3.91%) Billing
8 34 (3.80%) Banking
8 34 (3.80%) Telecoms
9 27 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (2.46%) Legal
12 18 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.68%) Automotive
14 14 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.45%) Manufacturing
16 12 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (1.34%) Local Government
17 8 (0.89%) Advertising
17 8 (0.89%) French Language
Job Titles
1 132 (14.77%) Analyst
2 121 (13.53%) Architect
3 114 (12.75%) Developer
4 78 (8.72%) Senior
5 77 (8.61%) Business Analyst
6 62 (6.94%) Lead
7 58 (6.49%) Project Manager
8 54 (6.04%) CRM Manager
9 50 (5.59%) Consultant
10 45 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
11 35 (3.91%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 30 (3.36%) Salesforce Architect
13 23 (2.57%) Data Analyst
13 23 (2.57%) Senior Manager
14 21 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
15 20 (2.24%) Data Engineer
15 20 (2.24%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
16 18 (2.01%) CRM Analyst
16 18 (2.01%) Salesforce Analyst
17 16 (1.79%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.26%) REST
2 41 (4.59%) .NET
3 39 (4.36%) HTML
4 30 (3.36%) Middleware
5 27 (3.02%) CSS
5 27 (3.02%) JSON
6 19 (2.13%) Kafka
7 17 (1.90%) Node.js
8 12 (1.34%) XML
9 11 (1.23%) HTML5 Canvas
9 11 (1.23%) RESTful
10 10 (1.12%) React
11 9 (1.01%) ADO
11 9 (1.01%) Ajax
11 9 (1.01%) ASP.NET Web API
11 9 (1.01%) SAP Fiori
12 8 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
12 8 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
12 8 (0.89%) SAPUI5
12 8 (0.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.38%) Onboarding
2 42 (4.70%) Product Ownership
3 37 (4.14%) Legacy Systems
4 29 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (1.90%) AI Agents
6 17 (1.90%) Cloud Native
7 16 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
8 15 (1.68%) Social Media
9 14 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.23%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.12%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.01%) Data Centre
13 8 (0.89%) FMCG
14 7 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.78%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.78%) Management Information System
14 7 (0.78%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.34%) Windows
2 8 (0.89%) Android
2 8 (0.89%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.45%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.11%) HPUX
5 1 (0.11%) Linux
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (22.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 181 (20.25%) Agile
3 148 (16.55%) Migration
4 124 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
5 121 (13.53%) ERP
6 104 (11.63%) DevOps
7 103 (11.52%) Roadmaps
8 100 (11.19%) Analytics
9 88 (9.84%) Decision-Making
10 86 (9.62%) Customer Service
11 85 (9.51%) Data Migration
12 82 (9.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 78 (8.72%) Data Modelling
14 77 (8.61%) AI
14 77 (8.61%) Business Intelligence
15 67 (7.49%) User Acceptance Testing
16 65 (7.27%) Project Management
17 62 (6.94%) CI/CD
17 62 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
18 60 (6.71%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 109 (12.19%) SQL
2 80 (8.95%) JavaScript
3 57 (6.38%) C#
4 39 (4.36%) Python
5 18 (2.01%) Java
6 15 (1.68%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.12%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.89%) ABAP
9 6 (0.67%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.56%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.34%) C++
11 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.22%) Bicep
12 2 (0.22%) Korn
13 1 (0.11%) C
13 1 (0.11%) Groovy
13 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
13 1 (0.11%) XPath
Qualifications
1 87 (9.73%) Security Cleared
2 67 (7.49%) Degree
3 58 (6.49%) SC Cleared
4 25 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (1.23%) PMP
7 10 (1.12%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.12%) PMI Certification
8 8 (0.89%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.78%) CCNA
9 7 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (0.67%) A+ Certification
10 6 (0.67%) MBA
10 6 (0.67%) MCSA
11 5 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.45%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.34%) CFA
13 3 (0.34%) IIBA
14 2 (0.22%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (8.72%) GDPR
2 71 (7.94%) Data Quality
3 46 (5.15%) QA
4 19 (2.13%) SLA
5 12 (1.34%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.34%) PMO
6 5 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.56%) WCAG
7 4 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.45%) IFRS
7 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.45%) NIST
7 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.22%) GMP
8 2 (0.22%) GxP
8 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.22%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
9 1 (0.11%) GAAP
9 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 9 (1.01%) Docker
2 7 (0.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (1.23%) Terraform
2 10 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.34%) Grafana
3 3 (0.34%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.11%) Autotask
5 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 235 (26.29%) Microsoft
2 232 (25.95%) Salesforce
3 65 (7.27%) SAP
4 60 (6.71%) Oracle
5 32 (3.58%) ServiceNow
6 29 (3.24%) Databricks
7 25 (2.80%) Adobe
8 21 (2.35%) MuleSoft
9 20 (2.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 18 (2.01%) HubSpot
11 16 (1.79%) Google
12 15 (1.68%) Siebel
13 13 (1.45%) Workday
14 9 (1.01%) Foundry
15 8 (0.89%) Braze
16 7 (0.78%) Pega
17 6 (0.67%) OpenAI
18 5 (0.56%) Ariba
18 5 (0.56%) Informatica
19 4 (0.45%) Remedy