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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 109 140
Rank change year-on-year +8 +31 -6
Contract jobs citing CRM 1,147 685 586
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.52% 2.50% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 2.76% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 696 414 359
10th Percentile £310 £229 £313
25th Percentile £410 £359 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.90% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 31 11
10th Percentile £12.71 - £13.25
25th Percentile £13.33 £14.75 £20.13
Median hourly rate £14.85 £17.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.65% -39.29% +36.15%
75th Percentile £18.59 £31.54 £35.75
90th Percentile £30.22 £37.50 £137.50
UK median hourly rate £14.83 £18.75 £27.25
% change year-on-year -20.91% -31.19% +54.57%

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 38,700 24,856 28,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.77% 85.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,864 15,818 18,112
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,605 1,463 1,438
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.56
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +4 605 £525 +5.00% 1,602
South East -33 151 £575 +17.95% 458
Midlands +8 141 £470 +3.01% 257
North of England -21 133 £510 +13.33% 364
West Midlands +4 99 £463 -7.04% 146
North West -10 90 £511 +20.29% 204
East of England +29 71 £438 -13.37% 139
East Midlands +2 39 £475 +32.31% 112
South West -26 39 £410 -3.53% 141
Yorkshire -37 24 £480 -4.00% 108
North East -27 21 £523 +19.43% 53
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 (3.92%) CMS
2 35 (3.05%) Confluence
3 26 (2.27%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 9 (0.78%) SAS
7 6 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.26%) Kentico
9 3 (0.26%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.26%) SAP EP
9 3 (0.26%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
10 2 (0.17%) Apache
10 2 (0.17%) Appian
10 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.087%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.087%) Ethereum
11 1 (0.087%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.087%) Mendix
Applications
1 51 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (0.87%) AutoCAD
4 10 (0.87%) Chatbot
4 10 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.70%) Revit
6 7 (0.61%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.44%) SPSS
8 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.17%) Notion
9 2 (0.17%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.087%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.087%) InDesign
10 1 (0.087%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 295 (25.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 57 (4.97%) Salesforce CRM
3 19 (1.66%) NetSuite
4 16 (1.39%) SAP CRM
4 16 (1.39%) Siebel CRM
5 15 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (0.87%) SAP PSCD
7 9 (0.78%) Temenos T24
8 8 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
9 7 (0.61%) SAP ERP
10 6 (0.52%) Finacle
11 5 (0.44%) Adobe Campaign
11 5 (0.44%) Magento
11 5 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
11 5 (0.44%) Raiser’s Edge
11 5 (0.44%) Sage X3
11 5 (0.44%) Shopify
12 4 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
12 4 (0.35%) NEC Housing
12 4 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 246 (21.45%) Azure
2 225 (19.62%) Dynamics 365
3 155 (13.51%) Power Platform
4 104 (9.07%) AWS
5 87 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
6 83 (7.24%) Power Automate
7 67 (5.84%) SaaS
8 66 (5.75%) PowerApps
9 49 (4.27%) GCP
10 44 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
11 38 (3.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 36 (3.14%) Serverless
13 29 (2.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 28 (2.44%) Snowflake
15 27 (2.35%) Azure Functions
16 20 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
17 18 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
18 17 (1.48%) GitHub
19 16 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
19 16 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.22%) SMS
2 8 (0.70%) Firewall
3 7 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.52%) WAN
5 5 (0.44%) NAS
6 3 (0.26%) IPv4
6 3 (0.26%) IPv6
6 3 (0.26%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.17%) ADSL
7 2 (0.17%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.17%) HTTP
7 2 (0.17%) Internet
7 2 (0.17%) MPLS
7 2 (0.17%) PSTN
7 2 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.17%) SSL
7 2 (0.17%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.087%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.087%) VPN
8 1 (0.087%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (6.54%) Power BI
2 41 (3.57%) SQL Server
3 29 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.92%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.22%) BigQuery
5 14 (1.22%) Tableau
6 11 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (0.87%) Siebel EIM
7 10 (0.87%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.61%) Metadata
10 6 (0.52%) GIS
10 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.52%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.44%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.44%) SAP BW
11 5 (0.44%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.44%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 83 (7.24%) JIRA
2 19 (1.66%) Git
2 19 (1.66%) Selenium
3 15 (1.31%) Postman
4 11 (0.96%) Cucumber
5 10 (0.87%) Cypress.io
5 10 (0.87%) WebDriver
6 6 (0.52%) SpecFlow
6 6 (0.52%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.35%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.26%) Protractor
8 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.17%) Appium
9 2 (0.17%) HP UFT
9 2 (0.17%) TestRail
9 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.087%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.087%) GitLab
10 1 (0.087%) REST Assured
General
1 425 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 278 (24.24%) Finance
3 218 (19.01%) Marketing
4 131 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
5 109 (9.50%) Retail
6 91 (7.93%) Banking
7 90 (7.85%) Public Sector
8 54 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
9 50 (4.36%) Telecoms
10 49 (4.27%) Billing
11 36 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 35 (3.05%) Manufacturing
13 34 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
14 31 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
15 29 (2.53%) Legal
16 21 (1.83%) Automotive
16 21 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (1.74%) Local Government
18 13 (1.13%) Back Office
19 11 (0.96%) Law
Job Titles
1 200 (17.44%) Analyst
2 163 (14.21%) Architect
3 139 (12.12%) Developer
4 105 (9.15%) Business Analyst
5 104 (9.07%) Lead
6 87 (7.59%) Senior
7 85 (7.41%) Consultant
8 69 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
9 60 (5.23%) Project Manager
10 50 (4.36%) CRM Manager
11 39 (3.40%) Administrator
12 38 (3.31%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 34 (2.96%) Enterprise Architect
14 31 (2.70%) CRM Analyst
15 30 (2.62%) Data Analyst
15 30 (2.62%) Salesforce Analyst
16 29 (2.53%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
17 28 (2.44%) Data Engineer
17 28 (2.44%) Salesforce Developer
18 26 (2.27%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (6.36%) REST
2 56 (4.88%) .NET
3 51 (4.45%) Middleware
4 36 (3.14%) HTML
5 31 (2.70%) CSS
6 30 (2.62%) SOAP
7 29 (2.53%) JSON
8 23 (2.01%) Kafka
8 23 (2.01%) XML
9 20 (1.74%) Terraform
10 16 (1.39%) Lightning Web Components
11 15 (1.31%) HTML5 Canvas
12 14 (1.22%) ASP.NET Web API
12 14 (1.22%) Node.js
12 14 (1.22%) React
13 13 (1.13%) .NET Framework
13 13 (1.13%) ONVIF
14 12 (1.05%) Gherkin
14 12 (1.05%) RESTful
14 12 (1.05%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 70 (6.10%) Onboarding
2 57 (4.97%) Product Ownership
3 53 (4.62%) Enterprise Software
4 45 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
5 38 (3.31%) Marketing Technology
6 27 (2.35%) Cloud Native
7 23 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (1.92%) Data Structures
8 22 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 21 (1.83%) IVR
10 19 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (1.48%) AI Agents
11 17 (1.48%) Social Media
12 14 (1.22%) Mobile App
13 13 (1.13%) Video\Live Streaming
14 11 (0.96%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.87%) Low-Code
16 9 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
17 8 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
17 8 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.48%) Windows
2 9 (0.78%) Apple iOS
3 8 (0.70%) Android
3 8 (0.70%) Unix
4 6 (0.52%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.35%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) HPUX
6 2 (0.17%) Linux
6 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (28.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 276 (24.06%) Agile
3 199 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
4 166 (14.47%) ERP
5 162 (14.12%) Migration
6 156 (13.60%) Analytics
7 138 (12.03%) Roadmaps
8 133 (11.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 132 (11.51%) Customer Service
10 125 (10.90%) DevOps
11 116 (10.11%) AI
12 111 (9.68%) Data Modelling
13 103 (8.98%) CI/CD
13 103 (8.98%) Decision-Making
14 98 (8.54%) Data Migration
15 94 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
16 90 (7.85%) User Acceptance Testing
17 83 (7.24%) Customer Engagement
18 81 (7.06%) Workshop Facilitation
19 78 (6.80%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 149 (12.99%) SQL
2 100 (8.72%) JavaScript
3 71 (6.19%) C#
4 51 (4.45%) Python
5 23 (2.01%) TypeScript
6 22 (1.92%) Java
7 20 (1.74%) ABAP
8 17 (1.48%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.78%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.61%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.35%) Korn
13 3 (0.26%) R
14 2 (0.17%) Bicep
14 2 (0.17%) Groovy
14 2 (0.17%) SOQL
15 1 (0.087%) DAML
15 1 (0.087%) Rust
15 1 (0.087%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 116 (10.11%) Security Cleared
2 87 (7.59%) SC Cleared
3 82 (7.15%) Degree
4 30 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (1.66%) PMP
6 16 (1.39%) PMI Certification
7 14 (1.22%) CCNA
7 14 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (1.13%) A+ Certification
8 13 (1.13%) MCSA
9 11 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (0.96%) ISTQB
10 9 (0.78%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.61%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.44%) IIBA
13 5 (0.44%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.35%) CBAP
14 4 (0.35%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (7.59%) Data Quality
2 79 (6.89%) GDPR
3 72 (6.28%) QA
4 25 (2.18%) PMO
5 20 (1.74%) SLA
6 17 (1.48%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.13%) WCAG
8 7 (0.61%) ISO 20022
8 7 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.52%) SEPA
10 5 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.44%) NIST
10 5 (0.44%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
11 4 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.17%) IFRS
12 2 (0.17%) PERC
12 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.087%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.087%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.087%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.70%) Docker
3 3 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (0.70%) Kubernetes
1 8 (0.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (0.26%) Grafana
2 3 (0.26%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.087%) Autotask
4 1 (0.087%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.087%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 332 (28.95%) Microsoft
2 280 (24.41%) Salesforce
3 86 (7.50%) SAP
4 56 (4.88%) Oracle
5 55 (4.80%) ServiceNow
6 42 (3.66%) Adobe
7 35 (3.05%) Databricks
8 33 (2.88%) MuleSoft
9 27 (2.35%) Google
10 25 (2.18%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 24 (2.09%) Braze
12 22 (1.92%) Siebel
13 19 (1.66%) HubSpot
14 12 (1.05%) Workday
15 8 (0.70%) Autodesk
15 8 (0.70%) Conga
15 8 (0.70%) DocuSign
15 8 (0.70%) Meraki
16 7 (0.61%) ION Trading
16 7 (0.61%) Sitecore