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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 125 106
Rank change year-on-year +20 -19 +18
Contract jobs citing CRM 819 575 813
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.61% 2.01% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 2.26% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 354 537
10th Percentile £288 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £510
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £613
90th Percentile £669 £781 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 7 18
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.52 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.75 £24.17 £15.78
Median hourly rate £18.28 £35.00 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -47.77% +64.71% +1.50%
75th Percentile £31.18 £86.25 £33.44
90th Percentile £41.66 £137.50 £62.49
UK median hourly rate £17.64 £19.59 £21.25
% change year-on-year -9.95% -7.81% +1.50%

All Process and 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 27,841 25,403 32,703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.68% 88.66% 88.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,693 15,673 22,260
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,817 837 1,372
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +22.57%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.29 £74.92 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.86
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.90% +25.31%

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 22 December 2025.

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 22 December 2025.

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 22 December 2025. 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 +15 449 £510 -3.77% 657
South East +36 135 £525 +16.67% 290
Midlands -32 85 £450 -11.33% 129
North of England -29 70 £475 -5.00% 207
West Midlands -29 59 £463 -7.50% 76
North West -27 40 £425 -14.14% 135
East of England +6 34 £475 +11.76% 56
Yorkshire -31 28 £488 -14.02% 55
East Midlands -5 24 £400 -27.27% 53
South West -9 21 £500 +9.29% 86
North East -5 2 £508 -11.35% 17
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 45 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 33 (4.03%) CMS
3 19 (2.32%) Confluence
4 8 (0.98%) 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 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.37%) Moodle
7 3 (0.37%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.24%) Documentum
8 2 (0.24%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.12%) Apache
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 48 (5.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.98%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.12%) InVision
6 1 (0.12%) OmniGraffle
6 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.12%) Sketch
6 1 (0.12%) SPSS
6 1 (0.12%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 237 (28.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 62 (7.57%) Salesforce CRM
3 12 (1.47%) NetSuite
4 10 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.98%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.49%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle CRM
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.37%) Shopify
8 2 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.24%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.24%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.24%) SAP FI-CA
8 2 (0.24%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.24%) SAP PSCD
8 2 (0.24%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.24%) Workfront
9 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 176 (21.49%) Dynamics 365
2 162 (19.78%) Azure
3 157 (19.17%) Power Platform
4 72 (8.79%) Power Automate
5 63 (7.69%) AWS
6 57 (6.96%) PowerApps
7 46 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (5.13%) SaaS
9 37 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
10 24 (2.93%) Azure Logic Apps
11 22 (2.69%) GCP
12 20 (2.44%) Serverless
13 19 (2.32%) Azure Data Factory
13 19 (2.32%) Microsoft Copilot
14 17 (2.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 17 (2.08%) Snowflake
15 15 (1.83%) Azure Functions
16 14 (1.71%) PaaS
17 13 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 10 (1.22%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.34%) DNS
2 10 (1.22%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.22%) VPN
3 9 (1.10%) HTTP
4 8 (0.98%) SMS
5 6 (0.73%) Broadband
5 6 (0.73%) DHCP
5 6 (0.73%) Firewall
6 5 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.24%) Cisco ICM
7 2 (0.24%) Internet
7 2 (0.24%) ISDN
7 2 (0.24%) PSTN
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 (11.23%) Power BI
2 21 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 20 (2.44%) Tableau
4 13 (1.59%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.22%) BigQuery
6 9 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.85%) Metadata
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%) MySQL
9 5 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.61%) SAP BW
9 5 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.49%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 4 (0.49%) GIS
10 4 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 50 (6.11%) JIRA
2 14 (1.71%) Git
3 8 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.49%) Selenium
5 3 (0.37%) Postman
5 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.24%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.24%) CocoaPods
6 2 (0.24%) Crashlytics
6 2 (0.24%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.24%) fastlane
6 2 (0.24%) GitLab
6 2 (0.24%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.24%) MSBuild
6 2 (0.24%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.24%) TestRail
6 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 332 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 187 (22.83%) Finance
3 175 (21.37%) Marketing
4 139 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (8.79%) Public Sector
6 47 (5.74%) Retail
7 45 (5.49%) Banking
8 39 (4.76%) Billing
9 30 (3.66%) Legal
10 28 (3.42%) Telecoms
11 26 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.95%) French Language
12 16 (1.95%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.83%) Law
14 13 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.59%) Italian Language
15 12 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (1.34%) German Language
16 11 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (1.34%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 124 (15.14%) Analyst
2 111 (13.55%) Architect
3 78 (9.52%) Developer
4 71 (8.67%) Business Analyst
5 62 (7.57%) Consultant
6 61 (7.45%) Lead
7 55 (6.72%) Senior
8 53 (6.47%) Project Manager
9 44 (5.37%) Solutions Architect
10 33 (4.03%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 30 (3.66%) Salesforce Architect
12 24 (2.93%) CRM Manager
12 24 (2.93%) Functional Consultant
13 22 (2.69%) CRM Specialist
14 21 (2.56%) Administrator
14 21 (2.56%) Salesforce Analyst
14 21 (2.56%) Senior Manager
15 19 (2.32%) Data Analyst
15 19 (2.32%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
16 18 (2.20%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (6.11%) .NET
2 39 (4.76%) REST
3 33 (4.03%) HTML
4 30 (3.66%) JSON
5 22 (2.69%) XML
6 18 (2.20%) SOAP
7 14 (1.71%) CSS
7 14 (1.71%) OAuth
8 10 (1.22%) RESTful
9 9 (1.10%) PySpark
9 9 (1.10%) Web Services
10 8 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
10 8 (0.98%) Lightning Web Components
10 8 (0.98%) OAuth2
10 8 (0.98%) OpenID
10 8 (0.98%) SAML
10 8 (0.98%) SAP Fiori
11 7 (0.85%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (0.85%) Node.js
11 7 (0.85%) React
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.13%) Product Ownership
2 31 (3.79%) Onboarding
3 30 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (2.69%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.69%) Mobile App
6 19 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (2.08%) Marketing Technology
8 16 (1.95%) Cloud Native
9 15 (1.83%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.83%) Low-Code
9 15 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.59%) Web Conferencing
11 12 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.47%) Social Media
12 11 (1.34%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (0.98%) Virtual Team
15 6 (0.73%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.83%) Windows
2 11 (1.34%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.85%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.37%) Android
6 2 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (27.23%) Agile
2 149 (18.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 142 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
4 125 (15.26%) ERP
5 109 (13.31%) Migration
6 108 (13.19%) Business Intelligence
6 108 (13.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 103 (12.58%) Analytics
8 92 (11.23%) DevOps
9 82 (10.01%) Customer Service
10 80 (9.77%) Customer Engagement
11 78 (9.52%) Data Modelling
12 74 (9.04%) Project Management
13 71 (8.67%) Roadmaps
14 70 (8.55%) Continuous Improvement
14 70 (8.55%) User Experience
15 66 (8.06%) AI
16 65 (7.94%) Data Migration
17 59 (7.20%) Change Management
18 56 (6.84%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 97 (11.84%) SQL
2 80 (9.77%) JavaScript
3 57 (6.96%) C#
4 49 (5.98%) Python
5 22 (2.69%) Java
6 16 (1.95%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.34%) PHP
8 8 (0.98%) ABAP
9 6 (0.73%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.61%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.61%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.49%) R
12 3 (0.37%) Bicep
12 3 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.24%) Bash
13 2 (0.24%) Go
13 2 (0.24%) SOQL
13 2 (0.24%) SOSL
13 2 (0.24%) Swift
13 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 77 (9.40%) Degree
2 56 (6.84%) Security Cleared
3 35 (4.27%) SC Cleared
4 25 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.69%) PMI Certification
5 22 (2.69%) PMP
6 21 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.10%) MCP
9 8 (0.98%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.61%) MBA
10 5 (0.61%) MCDST
11 4 (0.49%) CCA
12 3 (0.37%) ACCA
12 3 (0.37%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.37%) CIMA
12 3 (0.37%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.24%) CISSP
13 2 (0.24%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.94%) GDPR
2 55 (6.72%) QA
3 40 (4.88%) Data Quality
4 33 (4.03%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (0.73%) PMO
6 6 (0.73%) SLA
6 6 (0.73%) WCAG
7 5 (0.61%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.49%) GxP
9 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.37%) ITGC
10 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.24%) COBIT
10 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.24%) MiFID
10 2 (0.24%) NIST
10 2 (0.24%) PERC
11 1 (0.12%) Basel III
11 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.73%) Docker
3 5 (0.61%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.61%) Terminal Services
3 5 (0.61%) 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 4 (0.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.37%) Grafana
6 2 (0.24%) Cisco UCCE
6 2 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
Vendors
1 225 (27.47%) Microsoft
2 216 (26.37%) Salesforce
3 61 (7.45%) SAP
4 41 (5.01%) Oracle
5 36 (4.40%) HubSpot
6 29 (3.54%) ServiceNow
7 26 (3.17%) Google
8 23 (2.81%) Databricks
9 22 (2.69%) Adobe
10 15 (1.83%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (1.10%) Pega
12 8 (0.98%) Genesys
12 8 (0.98%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.85%) Workday
14 6 (0.73%) Ariba
14 6 (0.73%) iManage
14 6 (0.73%) OneTrust
15 5 (0.61%) Citrix
15 5 (0.61%) Mitel
15 5 (0.61%) VMware