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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 125 103
Rank change year-on-year +12 -22 +25
Contract jobs citing CRM 877 517 822
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.34% 2.13% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 2.34% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 334 533
10th Percentile £350 £281 £361
25th Percentile £425 £402 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £613
90th Percentile £688 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £517
% change year-on-year - -3.27% -1.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 28
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.90 -
25th Percentile £14.13 £19.67 £13.00
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +29.23% +20.60%
75th Percentile £41.25 £35.46 £39.19
90th Percentile £55.55 £50.50 £65.65
UK median hourly rate £18.89 £29.25 £21.11
% change year-on-year -35.42% +38.58% +9.65%

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 32,321 22,086 32,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.33% 90.81% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,717 14,513 21,645
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £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 1,977 834 2,155
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.67 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £75.40 £77.41 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year - - -9.47%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +29 507 £525 +2.44% 534
South East -20 113 £500 +14.94% 340
North of England -39 88 £475 -4.04% 258
Midlands -29 82 £500 +25.00% 181
West Midlands -28 63 £500 +19.05% 114
North West -33 51 £450 -10.00% 124
East of England +12 50 £523 +4.60% 99
Yorkshire -34 33 £494 +41.07% 110
East Midlands -24 19 £500 +57.73% 67
South West -26 17 £519 +9.21% 93
North East -14 4 £450 -18.18% 27
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 32 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.53%) CMS
3 28 (3.19%) Confluence
4 8 (0.91%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.68%) Appian
5 6 (0.68%) Camunda
6 5 (0.57%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.57%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.23%) Apache
8 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.23%) Documentum
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Kentico
9 1 (0.11%) Moodle
9 1 (0.11%) SugarCRM
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.71%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 245 (27.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 47 (5.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 15 (1.71%) NetSuite
4 13 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.91%) SAP CRM
6 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.34%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.34%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.34%) SAP PSCD
8 2 (0.23%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle CRM
8 2 (0.23%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.23%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.23%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.23%) Shopify
8 2 (0.23%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.11%) Misys Equation
Cloud Services
1 202 (23.03%) Azure
2 197 (22.46%) Dynamics 365
3 157 (17.90%) Power Platform
4 73 (8.32%) Power Automate
5 70 (7.98%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (6.84%) AWS
7 52 (5.93%) PowerApps
8 43 (4.90%) SaaS
9 38 (4.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 35 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
11 29 (3.31%) Serverless
12 25 (2.85%) Azure Functions
13 23 (2.62%) GCP
14 18 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
14 18 (2.05%) Snowflake
15 17 (1.94%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (1.60%) Azure Service Bus
17 13 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 13 (1.48%) PaaS
18 12 (1.37%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.37%) HTTP
2 7 (0.80%) Internet
3 6 (0.68%) SMS
4 4 (0.46%) Broadband
4 4 (0.46%) DHCP
4 4 (0.46%) DNS
5 3 (0.34%) IPv4
5 3 (0.34%) IPv6
5 3 (0.34%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.23%) Cisco ICM
6 2 (0.23%) Firewall
6 2 (0.23%) VPN
6 2 (0.23%) WebEx
7 1 (0.11%) 4G
7 1 (0.11%) GPRS
7 1 (0.11%) GSM
7 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.11%) SSL
7 1 (0.11%) VoIP
7 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (9.01%) Power BI
2 23 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (2.62%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.14%) Data Lake
3 10 (1.14%) Metadata
4 9 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (1.03%) Tableau
5 7 (0.80%) Big Data
6 6 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.46%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.34%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.34%) GIS
9 3 (0.34%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.34%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.23%) Looker
Development Applications
1 56 (6.39%) JIRA
2 10 (1.14%) Git
3 9 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.46%) Selenium
5 3 (0.34%) GitLab
5 3 (0.34%) Postman
5 3 (0.34%) SpecFlow
5 3 (0.34%) TestRail
5 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.34%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.23%) CocoaPods
6 2 (0.23%) Crashlytics
6 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.23%) fastlane
6 2 (0.23%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.23%) MSBuild
6 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.23%) Xcode
7 1 (0.11%) HP UFT
General
1 337 (38.43%) Social Skills
2 194 (22.12%) Finance
3 147 (16.76%) Marketing
4 143 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
5 90 (10.26%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.33%) Billing
7 37 (4.22%) Banking
8 35 (3.99%) Retail
9 31 (3.53%) Telecoms
10 30 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (2.74%) Legal
12 22 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.82%) French Language
14 16 (1.82%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.60%) Law
16 13 (1.48%) German Language
17 12 (1.37%) Japanese Language
18 11 (1.25%) Automotive
18 11 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 140 (15.96%) Architect
2 113 (12.88%) Analyst
3 97 (11.06%) Developer
4 79 (9.01%) Senior
5 70 (7.98%) Business Analyst
6 68 (7.75%) Consultant
7 61 (6.96%) Project Manager
8 59 (6.73%) Lead
9 55 (6.27%) Solutions Architect
10 47 (5.36%) CRM Manager
11 37 (4.22%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 35 (3.99%) Salesforce Architect
13 25 (2.85%) CRM Specialist
13 25 (2.85%) Senior Manager
14 24 (2.74%) Data Analyst
14 24 (2.74%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 21 (2.39%) Data Engineer
15 21 (2.39%) Functional Consultant
16 18 (2.05%) Technical Architect
17 16 (1.82%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.36%) .NET
2 40 (4.56%) REST
3 35 (3.99%) HTML
4 32 (3.65%) JSON
5 22 (2.51%) XML
6 20 (2.28%) Middleware
7 19 (2.17%) CSS
8 14 (1.60%) OAuth
9 11 (1.25%) Kafka
9 11 (1.25%) SAP Fiori
10 10 (1.14%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (1.14%) Node.js
10 10 (1.14%) RESTful
10 10 (1.14%) SOAP
11 9 (1.03%) ASP.NET Web API
11 9 (1.03%) PySpark
11 9 (1.03%) SAPUI5
12 8 (0.91%) OAuth2
13 7 (0.80%) OpenID
13 7 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.47%) Onboarding
2 44 (5.02%) Product Ownership
3 35 (3.99%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 24 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (2.05%) Data Structures
6 18 (2.05%) Social Media
7 16 (1.82%) Mobile App
8 15 (1.71%) Management Information System
9 14 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
10 13 (1.48%) AI Agents
11 12 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.25%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.14%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.14%) Web Conferencing
14 9 (1.03%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.91%) Low-Code
16 7 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
16 7 (0.80%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.03%) Windows
2 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (22.92%) Agile
2 176 (20.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 128 (14.60%) ERP
4 124 (14.14%) Migration
5 123 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
6 122 (13.91%) DevOps
7 110 (12.54%) Analytics
8 98 (11.17%) Business Intelligence
9 97 (11.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 89 (10.15%) Roadmaps
11 86 (9.81%) Customer Service
12 83 (9.46%) Project Management
13 81 (9.24%) Data Modelling
14 75 (8.55%) AI
15 73 (8.32%) Decision-Making
16 70 (7.98%) Customer Engagement
17 69 (7.87%) Data Migration
18 64 (7.30%) Continuous Improvement
19 61 (6.96%) Data Governance
19 61 (6.96%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 87 (9.92%) SQL
2 73 (8.32%) JavaScript
3 68 (7.75%) C#
4 54 (6.16%) Python
5 22 (2.51%) Java
6 19 (2.17%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.03%) ABAP
7 9 (1.03%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.57%) PHP
9 4 (0.46%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.46%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.46%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.34%) Bicep
10 3 (0.34%) C++
11 2 (0.23%) Bash
11 2 (0.23%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.23%) Swift
11 2 (0.23%) VBA
11 2 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 79 (9.01%) Degree
1 79 (9.01%) Security Cleared
2 50 (5.70%) SC Cleared
3 26 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (2.51%) PMI Certification
4 22 (2.51%) PMP
5 13 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (1.37%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.03%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.80%) MBA
9 4 (0.46%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.46%) CFA
10 3 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.34%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.23%) CCNP
11 2 (0.23%) OCA
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (8.55%) GDPR
2 67 (7.64%) Data Quality
3 51 (5.82%) QA
4 19 (2.17%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.82%) SLA
6 11 (1.25%) PMO
7 9 (1.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.57%) WCAG
9 4 (0.46%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.34%) GxP
10 3 (0.34%) ITGC
10 3 (0.34%) MiFID
10 3 (0.34%) NIST
10 3 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.23%) GMP
11 2 (0.23%) IFRS
11 2 (0.23%) PERC
System Software
1 13 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.03%) Docker
3 1 (0.11%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 11 (1.25%) Terraform
2 9 (1.03%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.34%) Grafana
4 3 (0.34%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.23%) Cisco UCCE
5 2 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.11%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.11%) Kibana
6 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 234 (26.68%) Microsoft
2 212 (24.17%) Salesforce
3 63 (7.18%) SAP
4 53 (6.04%) Oracle
5 37 (4.22%) HubSpot
6 26 (2.96%) ServiceNow
7 25 (2.85%) Databricks
8 22 (2.51%) Adobe
9 17 (1.94%) Google
10 16 (1.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 12 (1.37%) Workday
12 10 (1.14%) Pega
13 8 (0.91%) Ariba
13 8 (0.91%) Foundry
13 8 (0.91%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.91%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.80%) Genesys
15 6 (0.68%) Informatica
16 4 (0.46%) iManage
16 4 (0.46%) Remedy