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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 118 104
Rank change year-on-year +5 -14 +34
Contract jobs citing CRM 935 582 756
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.18% 2.36% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 2.58% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 376 487
10th Percentile £331 £281 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -2.15% -2.67%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £614
90th Percentile £699 £691 £678
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £512
% change year-on-year +2.50% -2.30% -2.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 19 21
10th Percentile £13.58 £14.40 -
25th Percentile £15.03 £15.14 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £27.40 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -36.13% +18.03% +2.59%
75th Percentile £25.22 £35.46 £32.50
90th Percentile £46.00 £48.10 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £17.75 £27.40 £23.22
% change year-on-year -35.22% +18.03% +2.59%

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 36,481 22,561 31,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.14% 91.35% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,067 14,578 20,676
10th Percentile £325 £302 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -0.98% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +1.28% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,283 1,053 2,381
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.81 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.91% -26.67% +7.05%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.32 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.02% -29.21% +6.23%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -4 521 £515 +1.98% 647
South East -22 123 £550 +35.80% 345
Midlands +1 104 £475 +2.70% 193
North of England -50 90 £500 +5.26% 295
West Midlands -17 70 £463 -3.39% 125
East of England +29 69 £500 - 89
North West -36 54 £513 +10.22% 172
East Midlands 0 32 £490 +30.67% 68
Yorkshire -45 26 £500 -9.09% 88
South West -33 17 £525 +23.53% 84
North East -24 12 £525 +20.00% 39
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 38 (4.06%) Confluence
2 36 (3.85%) CMS
3 19 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.43%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.43%) SAP EP
6 4 (0.43%) SAS
7 3 (0.32%) Kentico
7 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.21%) Apache
8 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.21%) Appian
9 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.39%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.75%) AutoCAD
5 7 (0.75%) Revit
5 7 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.64%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.21%) Notion
9 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 259 (27.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 51 (5.45%) Salesforce CRM
3 18 (1.93%) NetSuite
4 13 (1.39%) SAP CRM
5 10 (1.07%) Siebel CRM
6 9 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.32%) Sage X3
10 2 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.21%) SAP BPC
10 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.21%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
10 2 (0.21%) Shopify
10 2 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 214 (22.89%) Azure
2 196 (20.96%) Dynamics 365
3 145 (15.51%) Power Platform
4 76 (8.13%) Azure DevOps
5 72 (7.70%) AWS
6 62 (6.63%) Power Automate
7 58 (6.20%) SaaS
8 52 (5.56%) PowerApps
9 37 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (3.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 31 (3.32%) GCP
12 29 (3.10%) Serverless
13 25 (2.67%) Azure Logic Apps
14 22 (2.35%) Azure Functions
14 22 (2.35%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.93%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 17 (1.82%) Azure Service Bus
17 15 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
18 12 (1.28%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.96%) SMS
2 6 (0.64%) Internet
3 4 (0.43%) HTTP
4 3 (0.32%) DHCP
4 3 (0.32%) DNS
4 3 (0.32%) Firewall
4 3 (0.32%) IPv4
4 3 (0.32%) IPv6
4 3 (0.32%) WAN
5 2 (0.21%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.11%) 4G
6 1 (0.11%) ADSL
6 1 (0.11%) Broadband
6 1 (0.11%) CTI
6 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.11%) LAN
6 1 (0.11%) MPLS
6 1 (0.11%) PSTN
6 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (7.49%) Power BI
2 28 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (2.67%) SQL Server
4 16 (1.71%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.28%) Tableau
6 10 (1.07%) Metadata
6 10 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (0.86%) Siebel EIM
8 7 (0.75%) BigQuery
8 7 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.64%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.53%) Big Data
10 5 (0.53%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.53%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.32%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.32%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 71 (7.59%) JIRA
2 14 (1.50%) Git
3 8 (0.86%) Postman
4 6 (0.64%) Selenium
5 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.32%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.32%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.21%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.21%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.11%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.11%) Hudson
8 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.11%) Protractor
8 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.11%) TestRail
8 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 337 (36.04%) Social Skills
2 204 (21.82%) Finance
3 166 (17.75%) Marketing
4 118 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
5 87 (9.30%) Public Sector
6 65 (6.95%) Retail
7 42 (4.49%) Telecoms
8 40 (4.28%) Banking
9 39 (4.17%) Billing
10 36 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
12 26 (2.78%) Legal
13 20 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 19 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (1.82%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.71%) Automotive
17 14 (1.50%) Local Government
18 13 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
19 10 (1.07%) Back Office
20 9 (0.96%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 153 (16.36%) Analyst
2 132 (14.12%) Architect
3 116 (12.41%) Developer
4 83 (8.88%) Business Analyst
5 81 (8.66%) Senior
6 73 (7.81%) Lead
7 57 (6.10%) Project Manager
8 53 (5.67%) CRM Manager
9 51 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
10 44 (4.71%) Consultant
11 30 (3.21%) Data Engineer
11 30 (3.21%) Salesforce Architect
12 29 (3.10%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 26 (2.78%) Data Analyst
14 25 (2.67%) Salesforce Analyst
15 24 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
16 23 (2.46%) CRM Analyst
17 22 (2.35%) Salesforce Developer
18 20 (2.14%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
19 19 (2.03%) CRM Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (5.13%) REST
2 43 (4.60%) HTML
3 41 (4.39%) Middleware
4 39 (4.17%) .NET
5 37 (3.96%) CSS
6 25 (2.67%) JSON
7 17 (1.82%) Kafka
7 17 (1.82%) Node.js
8 15 (1.60%) XML
9 12 (1.28%) Lightning Web Components
9 12 (1.28%) SOAP
10 11 (1.18%) ASP.NET Web API
10 11 (1.18%) RESTful
11 10 (1.07%) React
12 9 (0.96%) Ajax
12 9 (0.96%) HTML5 Canvas
12 9 (0.96%) ONVIF
13 8 (0.86%) GraphQL
13 8 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
13 8 (0.86%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 63 (6.74%) Onboarding
2 46 (4.92%) Product Ownership
3 43 (4.60%) Legacy Systems
4 36 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (2.03%) AI Agents
7 18 (1.93%) Marketing Technology
8 15 (1.60%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.60%) Social Media
9 13 (1.39%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.07%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.96%) IoT
13 9 (0.96%) Management Information System
13 9 (0.96%) Mobile App
13 9 (0.96%) Video\Live Streaming
14 8 (0.86%) FMCG
15 7 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.28%) Windows
2 8 (0.86%) Android
2 8 (0.86%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.43%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.21%) HPUX
4 2 (0.21%) Linux
4 2 (0.21%) Unix
4 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (24.49%) Stakeholder Management
2 200 (21.39%) Agile
3 149 (15.94%) Migration
4 144 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
5 128 (13.69%) ERP
6 115 (12.30%) Analytics
7 114 (12.19%) DevOps
8 109 (11.66%) Roadmaps
9 90 (9.63%) Customer Service
9 90 (9.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 89 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
11 88 (9.41%) Decision-Making
12 86 (9.20%) Data Modelling
13 85 (9.09%) AI
14 84 (8.98%) Data Migration
15 75 (8.02%) CI/CD
16 71 (7.59%) User Acceptance Testing
17 63 (6.74%) Project Management
18 62 (6.63%) Workflow
19 60 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 122 (13.05%) SQL
2 80 (8.56%) JavaScript
3 54 (5.78%) C#
4 43 (4.60%) Python
5 15 (1.60%) Java
6 12 (1.28%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.96%) Apex Code
7 9 (0.96%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.86%) ABAP
9 6 (0.64%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.21%) Bicep
12 2 (0.21%) C++
12 2 (0.21%) Korn
12 2 (0.21%) SOQL
13 1 (0.11%) C
13 1 (0.11%) Groovy
13 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 98 (10.48%) Security Cleared
2 73 (7.81%) SC Cleared
3 71 (7.59%) Degree
4 24 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (1.28%) PMI Certification
6 12 (1.28%) PMP
7 10 (1.07%) CCNA
7 10 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (0.96%) A+ Certification
8 9 (0.96%) MCSA
9 8 (0.86%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.75%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.75%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.43%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.32%) IIBA
13 3 (0.32%) MBA
13 3 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (8.66%) GDPR
2 76 (8.13%) Data Quality
3 51 (5.45%) QA
4 21 (2.25%) SLA
5 16 (1.71%) PMO
6 13 (1.39%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.64%) WCAG
8 5 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.43%) NIST
10 3 (0.32%) IFRS
10 3 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.32%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
11 2 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.21%) GMP
11 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.11%) GAAP
12 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (0.75%) Docker
2 6 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (1.71%) Terraform
2 8 (0.86%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (0.32%) Grafana
3 3 (0.32%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.11%) Autotask
5 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 254 (27.17%) Salesforce
2 245 (26.20%) Microsoft
3 59 (6.31%) SAP
4 54 (5.78%) Oracle
5 42 (4.49%) ServiceNow
6 35 (3.74%) Adobe
7 30 (3.21%) Databricks
8 28 (2.99%) MuleSoft
9 23 (2.46%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 22 (2.35%) Google
11 16 (1.71%) Siebel
12 14 (1.50%) HubSpot
13 13 (1.39%) Workday
14 11 (1.18%) Braze
15 9 (0.96%) Foundry
16 7 (0.75%) Autodesk
16 7 (0.75%) Conga
16 7 (0.75%) DocuSign
17 6 (0.64%) OpenAI
18 5 (0.53%) Informatica