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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 119 107
Rank change year-on-year +18 -12 +37
Contract jobs citing CRM 1,085 651 740
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.41% 2.38% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 2.62% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 672 419 484
10th Percentile £313 £243 £313
25th Percentile £413 £365 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -2.15% -2.67%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £620
90th Percentile £700 £678 £680
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 26 17
10th Percentile £13.25 - £12.46
25th Percentile £14.85 £14.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £18.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% -30.56% +53.15%
75th Percentile £28.56 £33.01 £36.00
90th Percentile £40.00 £42.25 £137.50
UK median hourly rate £16.75 £20.05 £16.97
% change year-on-year -16.44% +18.16% -2.02%

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 38,365 24,818 30,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 90.70% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,059 15,915 19,627
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £633 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,375 1,336 1,933
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.23 £13.60
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £17.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -8.32%
75th Percentile £69.63 £52.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -6.98%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +4 580 £525 +2.44% 500
South East -33 137 £575 +27.78% 314
Midlands +16 134 £470 +4.79% 166
North of England -15 122 £500 +5.26% 222
West Midlands +3 101 £463 - 97
North West -7 87 £509 +7.16% 129
East of England +40 78 £475 -15.56% 74
East Midlands +6 31 £475 +32.68% 69
South West -34 26 £475 +11.76% 89
Yorkshire -38 24 £490 -4.39% 67
North East -26 13 £525 +18.31% 26
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 44 (4.06%) Confluence
2 38 (3.50%) CMS
3 22 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 9 (0.83%) SAS
5 6 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.37%) NetWeaver
6 4 (0.37%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.28%) Apache
7 3 (0.28%) Kentico
7 3 (0.28%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.18%) Appian
9 1 (0.092%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.092%) Drupal
9 1 (0.092%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.092%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.092%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 39 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.20%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.92%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.74%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.74%) Revit
7 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.46%) SPSS
8 3 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.18%) Notion
9 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.092%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.092%) InDesign
10 1 (0.092%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 292 (26.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 55 (5.07%) Salesforce CRM
3 20 (1.84%) NetSuite
4 16 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (1.47%) Siebel CRM
5 14 (1.29%) SAP CRM
6 10 (0.92%) SAP PSCD
7 8 (0.74%) Temenos T24
8 5 (0.46%) Finacle
8 5 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
8 5 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
8 5 (0.46%) Sage X3
8 5 (0.46%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.37%) Adobe Campaign
9 4 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.28%) BusinessWorks
10 3 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 249 (22.95%) Azure
2 220 (20.28%) Dynamics 365
3 139 (12.81%) Power Platform
4 98 (9.03%) AWS
5 85 (7.83%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (6.45%) SaaS
7 65 (5.99%) Power Automate
8 57 (5.25%) PowerApps
9 48 (4.42%) GCP
10 41 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
11 37 (3.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 32 (2.95%) Serverless
13 29 (2.67%) Snowflake
14 23 (2.12%) Azure Functions
14 23 (2.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 19 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
15 19 (1.75%) GitHub
16 18 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
17 17 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
18 16 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.92%) SMS
2 6 (0.55%) Firewall
3 3 (0.28%) DHCP
3 3 (0.28%) DNS
3 3 (0.28%) Internet
3 3 (0.28%) IPv4
3 3 (0.28%) IPv6
3 3 (0.28%) NAS
3 3 (0.28%) WAN
3 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.18%) SSL
4 2 (0.18%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.092%) ADSL
5 1 (0.092%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.092%) HTTP
5 1 (0.092%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.092%) LAN
5 1 (0.092%) MPLS
5 1 (0.092%) PSTN
5 1 (0.092%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (6.54%) Power BI
2 32 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (2.76%) SQL Server
4 25 (2.30%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.29%) BigQuery
6 12 (1.11%) Tableau
7 11 (1.01%) Metadata
7 11 (1.01%) Snowflake Schema
8 10 (0.92%) Siebel EIM
9 9 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.55%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.46%) Big Data
12 5 (0.46%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.46%) SAP BW
12 5 (0.46%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 83 (7.65%) JIRA
2 17 (1.57%) Git
3 15 (1.38%) Selenium
4 14 (1.29%) Postman
5 9 (0.83%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.74%) Cypress.io
6 8 (0.74%) WebDriver
7 7 (0.65%) SpecFlow
8 4 (0.37%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.28%) Protractor
9 3 (0.28%) TestRail
9 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.28%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.092%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.092%) GitLab
10 1 (0.092%) Hudson
10 1 (0.092%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.092%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.092%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 392 (36.13%) Social Skills
2 272 (25.07%) Finance
3 211 (19.45%) Marketing
4 135 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (9.49%) Retail
6 93 (8.57%) Public Sector
7 70 (6.45%) Banking
8 46 (4.24%) Billing
8 46 (4.24%) Telecoms
9 42 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
11 34 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
12 31 (2.86%) Legal
13 28 (2.58%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.94%) Automotive
15 18 (1.66%) Local Government
15 18 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.11%) Back Office
17 11 (1.01%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 188 (17.33%) Analyst
2 163 (15.02%) Architect
3 122 (11.24%) Developer
4 101 (9.31%) Business Analyst
5 92 (8.48%) Lead
6 85 (7.83%) Senior
7 73 (6.73%) Consultant
8 72 (6.64%) Solutions Architect
9 67 (6.18%) Project Manager
10 52 (4.79%) CRM Manager
11 32 (2.95%) Data Engineer
12 31 (2.86%) CRM Analyst
13 30 (2.76%) Data Analyst
13 30 (2.76%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 30 (2.76%) Salesforce Analyst
14 29 (2.67%) CRM Specialist
15 28 (2.58%) Dynamics 365 Developer
16 24 (2.21%) Salesforce Architect
16 24 (2.21%) Salesforce Developer
16 24 (2.21%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (6.18%) REST
2 53 (4.88%) Middleware
3 42 (3.87%) .NET
4 31 (2.86%) HTML
5 29 (2.67%) CSS
5 29 (2.67%) SOAP
6 26 (2.40%) JSON
7 24 (2.21%) Kafka
8 18 (1.66%) XML
9 16 (1.47%) Lightning Web Components
9 16 (1.47%) Node.js
10 13 (1.20%) ONVIF
10 13 (1.20%) SAP PI
11 12 (1.11%) RESTful
12 11 (1.01%) OAuth
12 11 (1.01%) React
12 11 (1.01%) SAP Fiori
12 11 (1.01%) SAPUI5
13 10 (0.92%) GraphQL
13 10 (0.92%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 74 (6.82%) Onboarding
2 54 (4.98%) Product Ownership
3 49 (4.52%) Legacy Systems
4 48 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
5 35 (3.23%) Marketing Technology
6 30 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (1.84%) Cloud Native
7 20 (1.84%) Data Structures
8 17 (1.57%) AI Agents
9 16 (1.47%) IVR
10 15 (1.38%) Management Information System
11 14 (1.29%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.29%) Social Media
12 13 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
13 12 (1.11%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
15 9 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
16 8 (0.74%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.38%) Windows
2 9 (0.83%) Apple iOS
3 8 (0.74%) Android
3 8 (0.74%) Unix
4 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.18%) HPUX
5 2 (0.18%) Linux
5 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (26.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 258 (23.78%) Agile
3 175 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
4 174 (16.04%) Migration
5 153 (14.10%) Analytics
6 149 (13.73%) ERP
7 141 (13.00%) Roadmaps
8 129 (11.89%) DevOps
9 120 (11.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 117 (10.78%) Data Modelling
11 109 (10.05%) AI
12 106 (9.77%) Customer Service
13 101 (9.31%) Data Migration
14 99 (9.12%) CI/CD
15 98 (9.03%) Decision-Making
16 96 (8.85%) Business Intelligence
17 88 (8.11%) User Acceptance Testing
18 75 (6.91%) Workflow
19 70 (6.45%) Change Management
19 70 (6.45%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 142 (13.09%) SQL
2 82 (7.56%) JavaScript
3 57 (5.25%) C#
4 56 (5.16%) Python
5 21 (1.94%) ABAP
6 19 (1.75%) Java
7 15 (1.38%) Apex Code
8 11 (1.01%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.65%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.65%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.65%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.28%) Groovy
10 3 (0.28%) Korn
11 2 (0.18%) Bicep
11 2 (0.18%) R
11 2 (0.18%) SOQL
12 1 (0.092%) DAML
12 1 (0.092%) Rust
12 1 (0.092%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 109 (10.05%) Security Cleared
2 87 (8.02%) SC Cleared
3 86 (7.93%) Degree
4 23 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.66%) PMI Certification
7 16 (1.47%) PMP
8 14 (1.29%) CCNA
8 14 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (1.20%) A+ Certification
9 13 (1.20%) MCSA
10 10 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.83%) Azure Certification
11 9 (0.83%) DV Cleared
11 9 (0.83%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.65%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.37%) CBAP
14 4 (0.37%) IIBA
14 4 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (8.39%) GDPR
2 83 (7.65%) Data Quality
3 63 (5.81%) QA
4 20 (1.84%) PMO
5 19 (1.75%) SLA
6 17 (1.57%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.01%) WCAG
8 5 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.46%) NIST
8 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.46%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
9 4 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.37%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.37%) SEPA
10 3 (0.28%) IFRS
11 2 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.18%) GMP
11 2 (0.18%) PERC
12 1 (0.092%) GAAP
System Software
1 9 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.74%) Docker
3 1 (0.092%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (1.94%) Terraform
2 9 (0.83%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.28%) Grafana
5 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.092%) Autotask
7 1 (0.092%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.092%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 298 (27.47%) Microsoft
2 273 (25.16%) Salesforce
3 83 (7.65%) SAP
4 60 (5.53%) Oracle
5 47 (4.33%) ServiceNow
6 41 (3.78%) Adobe
7 38 (3.50%) Databricks
8 33 (3.04%) MuleSoft
9 27 (2.49%) Google
10 23 (2.12%) Siebel
11 21 (1.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 18 (1.66%) Braze
13 16 (1.47%) HubSpot
14 15 (1.38%) Workday
15 8 (0.74%) Autodesk
15 8 (0.74%) Conga
15 8 (0.74%) DocuSign
15 8 (0.74%) Marketo
16 7 (0.65%) Foundry
16 7 (0.65%) ION Trading