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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 124 114
Rank change year-on-year +22 -10 +13
Contract jobs citing CRM 822 558 770
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.59% 2.07% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.93% 2.32% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 336 491
10th Percentile £313 £300 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -1.68% -0.95%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £613
90th Percentile £669 £784 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 8 22
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.16 £13.02
25th Percentile £14.63 £20.46 £16.72
Median hourly rate £18.28 £30.75 £23.36
Median % change year-on-year -40.55% +31.65% +18.51%
75th Percentile £39.13 £35.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £43.86 £65.75 £62.54
UK median hourly rate £17.64 £26.25 £23.36
% change year-on-year -32.80% +12.38% +18.51%

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 28,047 24,036 31,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.31% 89.14% 87.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,899 14,761 21,230
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,744 772 1,471
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.54 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.59 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 +23 459 £520 -0.95% 432
South East +26 124 £525 +16.67% 772
Midlands -21 89 £450 -16.67% 360
North of England -25 75 £488 -2.50% 472
West Midlands -26 62 £463 -13.15% 144
North West -21 43 £438 -5.91% 211
East of England +3 32 £475 +13.43% 355
Yorkshire -32 30 £488 -14.02% 194
East Midlands -11 27 £400 -27.27% 211
South West -24 20 £488 +3.72% 299
North East -9 2 £508 -11.35% 70
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 37 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.77%) CMS
3 16 (1.95%) Confluence
4 10 (1.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.73%) Appian
5 6 (0.73%) Camunda
5 6 (0.73%) SugarCRM
6 4 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.36%) Moodle
7 3 (0.36%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.24%) Documentum
8 2 (0.24%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.12%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.12%) Apache
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 48 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.85%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 237 (28.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 60 (7.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 12 (1.46%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.97%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.49%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle CRM
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.24%) Eloqua
7 2 (0.24%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.24%) SAP FI-CA
7 2 (0.24%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.24%) SAP PSCD
7 2 (0.24%) Shopify
7 2 (0.24%) Workfront
8 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 176 (21.41%) Dynamics 365
2 164 (19.95%) Azure
3 157 (19.10%) Power Platform
4 70 (8.52%) Power Automate
5 62 (7.54%) AWS
6 55 (6.69%) PowerApps
7 47 (5.72%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (4.50%) SaaS
9 33 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (3.53%) Azure Logic Apps
11 23 (2.80%) Serverless
12 20 (2.43%) GCP
13 18 (2.19%) Azure Functions
13 18 (2.19%) Microsoft Copilot
14 16 (1.95%) Snowflake
15 14 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (1.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 13 (1.58%) PaaS
17 12 (1.46%) GitHub
18 11 (1.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.34%) HTTP
2 8 (0.97%) DNS
2 8 (0.97%) SMS
3 7 (0.85%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.85%) VPN
4 6 (0.73%) DHCP
5 4 (0.49%) Broadband
6 3 (0.36%) Internet
7 2 (0.24%) Cisco ICM
7 2 (0.24%) Firewall
7 2 (0.24%) ISDN
7 2 (0.24%) PSTN
7 2 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.24%) WebEx
8 1 (0.12%) CTI
8 1 (0.12%) GPRS
8 1 (0.12%) GSM
8 1 (0.12%) Intranet
8 1 (0.12%) SSL
8 1 (0.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (11.19%) Power BI
2 24 (2.92%) SQL Server
3 22 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (2.19%) Tableau
5 12 (1.46%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.22%) BigQuery
7 9 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.73%) Looker
8 6 (0.73%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.61%) Big Data
9 5 (0.61%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.61%) Metadata
9 5 (0.61%) MySQL
9 5 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.61%) SAP BW
9 5 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.49%) GIS
10 4 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 47 (5.72%) JIRA
2 14 (1.70%) Git
3 8 (0.97%) 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%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.24%) CocoaPods
5 2 (0.24%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
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
General
1 320 (38.93%) Social Skills
2 181 (22.02%) Finance
3 157 (19.10%) Marketing
4 138 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
5 82 (9.98%) Public Sector
6 43 (5.23%) Banking
7 41 (4.99%) Retail
8 38 (4.62%) Billing
9 26 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (3.04%) Legal
10 25 (3.04%) Telecoms
11 18 (2.19%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (1.58%) Italian Language
12 13 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.46%) French Language
13 12 (1.46%) Law
14 11 (1.34%) German Language
14 11 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.34%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 126 (15.33%) Analyst
2 121 (14.72%) Architect
3 92 (11.19%) Developer
4 69 (8.39%) Business Analyst
5 63 (7.66%) Consultant
5 63 (7.66%) Lead
6 61 (7.42%) Senior
7 50 (6.08%) Project Manager
7 50 (6.08%) Solutions Architect
8 44 (5.35%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 36 (4.38%) Salesforce Architect
10 25 (3.04%) CRM Manager
10 25 (3.04%) Functional Consultant
11 23 (2.80%) Senior Manager
12 22 (2.68%) CRM Specialist
12 22 (2.68%) Data Analyst
13 19 (2.31%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 19 (2.31%) Salesforce Analyst
14 18 (2.19%) Administrator
15 17 (2.07%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (6.33%) .NET
2 41 (4.99%) HTML
3 40 (4.87%) REST
4 32 (3.89%) JSON
5 22 (2.68%) XML
6 21 (2.55%) CSS
7 18 (2.19%) SOAP
8 14 (1.70%) OAuth
9 11 (1.34%) RESTful
10 10 (1.22%) HTML5 Canvas
11 9 (1.09%) ASP.NET Web API
11 9 (1.09%) PySpark
12 8 (0.97%) Node.js
12 8 (0.97%) OAuth2
12 8 (0.97%) OpenID
12 8 (0.97%) SAML
12 8 (0.97%) SAP Fiori
12 8 (0.97%) Web Services
13 7 (0.85%) ADO
13 7 (0.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.62%) Product Ownership
2 31 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
3 30 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (3.65%) Onboarding
4 21 (2.55%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
5 17 (2.07%) Mobile App
6 16 (1.95%) Cloud Native
6 16 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.82%) Marketing Technology
8 14 (1.70%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.70%) Low-Code
9 13 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.58%) Web Conferencing
10 11 (1.34%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.22%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.09%) Social Media
13 8 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
15 5 (0.61%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.46%) Windows
2 8 (0.97%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.49%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.36%) Android
6 2 (0.24%) Unix
6 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (26.16%) Agile
2 155 (18.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 143 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
4 124 (15.09%) ERP
5 103 (12.53%) Business Intelligence
5 103 (12.53%) Migration
6 100 (12.17%) Analytics
7 99 (12.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 91 (11.07%) DevOps
9 79 (9.61%) Customer Engagement
10 78 (9.49%) Customer Service
11 76 (9.25%) Data Modelling
12 74 (9.00%) User Experience
13 71 (8.64%) Project Management
14 68 (8.27%) Roadmaps
15 66 (8.03%) AI
15 66 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
16 60 (7.30%) Data Migration
17 57 (6.93%) Change Management
18 53 (6.45%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 95 (11.56%) SQL
2 85 (10.34%) JavaScript
3 60 (7.30%) C#
4 45 (5.47%) Python
5 20 (2.43%) Java
6 18 (2.19%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.34%) PHP
8 8 (0.97%) ABAP
9 7 (0.85%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.61%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.61%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.36%) Bicep
11 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.36%) R
12 2 (0.24%) Bash
12 2 (0.24%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.24%) SOQL
12 2 (0.24%) SOSL
12 2 (0.24%) Swift
12 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (8.88%) Degree
2 60 (7.30%) Security Cleared
3 34 (4.14%) SC Cleared
4 25 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.43%) PMI Certification
5 20 (2.43%) PMP
6 19 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.22%) MCP
8 9 (1.09%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.97%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.61%) MBA
10 5 (0.61%) MCDST
11 4 (0.49%) 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%) IIBA
13 2 (0.24%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.42%) GDPR
2 56 (6.81%) QA
3 42 (5.11%) Data Quality
4 32 (3.89%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.85%) SLA
7 6 (0.73%) WCAG
8 5 (0.61%) PMO
9 4 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.49%) GxP
9 4 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.36%) ITGC
11 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
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%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (2.31%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.73%) Docker
3 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.24%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 7 (0.85%) Terraform
2 6 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.61%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.61%) SCCM
4 3 (0.36%) Grafana
4 3 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.24%) Cisco UCCE
5 2 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
Vendors
1 220 (26.76%) Salesforce
2 217 (26.40%) Microsoft
3 58 (7.06%) SAP
4 42 (5.11%) Oracle
5 34 (4.14%) HubSpot
6 28 (3.41%) ServiceNow
7 22 (2.68%) Google
8 21 (2.55%) Databricks
9 19 (2.31%) Adobe
9 19 (2.31%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 9 (1.09%) MuleSoft
10 9 (1.09%) Pega
11 8 (0.97%) Genesys
12 7 (0.85%) Workday
13 6 (0.73%) Ariba
13 6 (0.73%) iManage
14 5 (0.61%) Mitel
15 4 (0.49%) Guidewire
15 4 (0.49%) OneTrust
15 4 (0.49%) Splunk