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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 107 135
Rank change year-on-year +3 +28 -5
Contract jobs citing CRM 1,160 690 600
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.51% 2.52% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 2.78% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 699 417 375
10th Percentile £310 £230 £313
25th Percentile £412 £360 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.10% -1.86%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £623
90th Percentile £700 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £525 £498 £500
% change year-on-year +5.53% -0.50% -4.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 30 9
10th Percentile £13.08 £14.73 £23.33
25th Percentile £13.39 £14.75 £26.50
Median hourly rate £14.85 £17.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.65% -51.43% +91.10%
75th Percentile £18.59 £28.39 £36.50
90th Percentile £28.89 £37.05 £137.50
UK median hourly rate £14.85 £17.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year -12.65% -41.38% +64.49%

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 39,157 24,863 28,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.69% 90.87% 86.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,010 15,784 17,561
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £648
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,714 1,478 1,320
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.29 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.74 £66.53
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +3 597 £525 +5.00% 2,276
South East -29 162 £580 +20.52% 530
Midlands +12 150 £464 +3.06% 315
North of England -13 132 £511 +13.99% 435
West Midlands +6 111 £463 - 183
North West -1 90 £513 +20.59% 260
East of England +21 73 £450 -10.89% 158
South West -35 39 £410 -3.53% 142
East Midlands +4 36 £490 +36.49% 132
North East -19 22 £523 +19.43% 40
Yorkshire -32 22 £480 -4.00% 138
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 47 (4.05%) CMS
2 34 (2.93%) Confluence
3 32 (2.76%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 9 (0.78%) SAS
7 7 (0.60%) NetWeaver
8 6 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
9 5 (0.43%) SAP EP
10 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.26%) Kentico
11 3 (0.26%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
11 3 (0.26%) WordPress
12 2 (0.17%) Apache
12 2 (0.17%) Appian
12 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.086%) Ethereum
13 1 (0.086%) Hyperledger
13 1 (0.086%) Mendix
Applications
1 51 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (3.71%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (0.86%) AutoCAD
4 10 (0.86%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.69%) Revit
7 6 (0.52%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.43%) SPSS
9 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.17%) Notion
10 2 (0.17%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.086%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.086%) InDesign
11 1 (0.086%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 299 (25.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 58 (5.00%) Salesforce CRM
3 19 (1.64%) NetSuite
4 18 (1.55%) SAP CRM
5 17 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
6 16 (1.38%) Siebel CRM
7 10 (0.86%) SAP PSCD
8 9 (0.78%) SAP ERP
8 9 (0.78%) Temenos T24
9 8 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
9 8 (0.69%) Shopify
10 6 (0.52%) Finacle
11 5 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
11 5 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
11 5 (0.43%) Magento
11 5 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
11 5 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
11 5 (0.43%) Sage X3
12 4 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
12 4 (0.34%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 243 (20.95%) Azure
2 228 (19.66%) Dynamics 365
3 155 (13.36%) Power Platform
4 98 (8.45%) AWS
5 93 (8.02%) Azure DevOps
6 84 (7.24%) Power Automate
7 66 (5.69%) SaaS
8 60 (5.17%) PowerApps
9 48 (4.14%) GCP
10 45 (3.88%) Serverless
11 43 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
12 38 (3.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 36 (3.10%) Azure Functions
14 32 (2.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 24 (2.07%) Snowflake
16 20 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
16 20 (1.72%) GitHub
16 20 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
17 16 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
18 15 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.12%) SMS
2 7 (0.60%) Firewall
2 7 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (0.43%) NAS
3 5 (0.43%) WAN
4 3 (0.26%) Broadband
4 3 (0.26%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.17%) ADSL
5 2 (0.17%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.17%) Internet
5 2 (0.17%) MPLS
5 2 (0.17%) PSTN
5 2 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.17%) SSL
6 1 (0.086%) CTI
6 1 (0.086%) HTTP
6 1 (0.086%) SMTP
6 1 (0.086%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.086%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.086%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (6.21%) Power BI
2 47 (4.05%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.81%) Data Lake
5 15 (1.29%) BigQuery
6 13 (1.12%) Tableau
7 11 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.86%) Siebel EIM
9 9 (0.78%) Snowflake Schema
10 8 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.60%) SAP BW
12 6 (0.52%) GIS
12 6 (0.52%) Metadata
12 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.52%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.52%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.43%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.43%) Looker
13 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 83 (7.16%) JIRA
2 26 (2.24%) Git
3 20 (1.72%) Selenium
4 17 (1.47%) Postman
5 12 (1.03%) Cucumber
6 11 (0.95%) Cypress.io
6 11 (0.95%) WebDriver
7 6 (0.52%) SpecFlow
7 6 (0.52%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.43%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.26%) Protractor
9 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.17%) Appium
10 2 (0.17%) HP UFT
10 2 (0.17%) TestRail
10 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.086%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.086%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.086%) REST Assured
General
1 429 (36.98%) Social Skills
2 286 (24.66%) Finance
3 231 (19.91%) Marketing
4 129 (11.12%) Analytical Skills
5 123 (10.60%) Retail
6 100 (8.62%) Public Sector
7 90 (7.76%) Banking
8 58 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
9 49 (4.22%) Billing
10 46 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 43 (3.71%) Telecoms
12 39 (3.36%) Manufacturing
13 34 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
14 33 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (2.24%) Legal
16 24 (2.07%) Automotive
16 24 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (1.64%) Local Government
18 12 (1.03%) Back Office
19 11 (0.95%) Law
Job Titles
1 198 (17.07%) Analyst
2 172 (14.83%) Architect
3 139 (11.98%) Developer
4 109 (9.40%) Lead
5 103 (8.88%) Business Analyst
6 88 (7.59%) Senior
7 80 (6.90%) Consultant
8 69 (5.95%) Solutions Architect
9 58 (5.00%) Project Manager
10 50 (4.31%) CRM Manager
11 43 (3.71%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 42 (3.62%) Administrator
13 37 (3.19%) Enterprise Architect
14 30 (2.59%) CRM Analyst
15 29 (2.50%) Data Analyst
15 29 (2.50%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 29 (2.50%) Salesforce Analyst
15 29 (2.50%) Salesforce Developer
16 28 (2.41%) Salesforce Architect
17 27 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (6.29%) REST
2 54 (4.66%) .NET
3 47 (4.05%) Middleware
4 36 (3.10%) HTML
5 35 (3.02%) JSON
6 33 (2.84%) SOAP
7 31 (2.67%) CSS
8 29 (2.50%) XML
9 24 (2.07%) Kafka
10 17 (1.47%) Lightning Web Components
10 17 (1.47%) Terraform
10 17 (1.47%) XSLT
11 16 (1.38%) SAP Fiori
11 16 (1.38%) SAP PI
12 15 (1.29%) HTML5 Canvas
12 15 (1.29%) SAPUI5
13 14 (1.21%) ASP.NET Web API
13 14 (1.21%) React
14 13 (1.12%) Gherkin
14 13 (1.12%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 66 (5.69%) Onboarding
2 53 (4.57%) Enterprise Software
2 53 (4.57%) Product Ownership
3 44 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
4 38 (3.28%) Marketing Technology
5 32 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 27 (2.33%) Cloud Native
7 26 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 23 (1.98%) Data Structures
9 22 (1.90%) Social Media
10 21 (1.81%) IVR
11 19 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (1.47%) AI Agents
13 14 (1.21%) Virtual Team
14 13 (1.12%) Mobile App
14 13 (1.12%) Video\Live Streaming
15 11 (0.95%) Taxonomies
16 10 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
16 10 (0.86%) Low-Code
17 9 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.38%) Windows
2 9 (0.78%) Apple iOS
3 8 (0.69%) Android
3 8 (0.69%) Unix
4 6 (0.52%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.26%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) HPUX
6 2 (0.17%) Linux
6 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (28.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 276 (23.79%) Agile
3 206 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
4 166 (14.31%) ERP
5 161 (13.88%) Migration
6 157 (13.53%) Analytics
7 147 (12.67%) Roadmaps
8 140 (12.07%) Customer Service
9 131 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 127 (10.95%) DevOps
11 125 (10.78%) AI
12 115 (9.91%) Data Modelling
13 103 (8.88%) CI/CD
13 103 (8.88%) Decision-Making
14 97 (8.36%) Data Migration
15 90 (7.76%) Customer Engagement
16 89 (7.67%) Business Intelligence
16 89 (7.67%) User Acceptance Testing
17 80 (6.90%) Customer Experience
17 80 (6.90%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 147 (12.67%) SQL
2 103 (8.88%) JavaScript
3 76 (6.55%) C#
4 47 (4.05%) Python
5 26 (2.24%) Java
6 25 (2.16%) ABAP
7 22 (1.90%) TypeScript
8 18 (1.55%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.78%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.60%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (0.52%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.34%) Korn
13 3 (0.26%) R
14 2 (0.17%) Bicep
14 2 (0.17%) Groovy
14 2 (0.17%) SOQL
14 2 (0.17%) VBA
15 1 (0.086%) DAML
15 1 (0.086%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 110 (9.48%) Security Cleared
2 82 (7.07%) Degree
3 81 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 37 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.55%) PMP
6 15 (1.29%) PMI Certification
7 13 (1.12%) A+ Certification
7 13 (1.12%) CCNA
7 13 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (1.12%) MCSA
8 12 (1.03%) ISTQB
9 11 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.78%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.78%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.43%) IIBA
13 4 (0.34%) CBAP
13 4 (0.34%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.34%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (7.76%) Data Quality
2 81 (6.98%) GDPR
3 74 (6.38%) QA
4 24 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 23 (1.98%) PMO
6 20 (1.72%) WCAG
7 15 (1.29%) SLA
8 7 (0.60%) ISO 20022
9 6 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.52%) SEPA
10 5 (0.43%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
11 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 2 (0.17%) IFRS
13 2 (0.17%) NIST
13 2 (0.17%) PERC
13 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.086%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.086%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.086%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.34%) Docker
3 3 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (0.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 4 (0.34%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.086%) Autotask
5 1 (0.086%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 338 (29.14%) Microsoft
2 287 (24.74%) Salesforce
3 96 (8.28%) SAP
4 59 (5.09%) Oracle
5 52 (4.48%) ServiceNow
6 42 (3.62%) Adobe
7 32 (2.76%) Databricks
7 32 (2.76%) MuleSoft
8 26 (2.24%) Braze
8 26 (2.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 23 (1.98%) Google
10 22 (1.90%) Siebel
11 21 (1.81%) HubSpot
12 11 (0.95%) Workday
13 8 (0.69%) Autodesk
13 8 (0.69%) Conga
13 8 (0.69%) DocuSign
13 8 (0.69%) Meraki
14 7 (0.60%) ION Trading
14 7 (0.60%) Sitecore