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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 122 111
Rank change year-on-year +21 -11 +14
Contract jobs citing CRM 809 559 778
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.60% 2.07% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 2.33% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 335 499
10th Percentile £313 £300 £313
25th Percentile £403 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% -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 28 9 22
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.81 £13.02
25th Percentile £14.69 £21.25 £16.72
Median hourly rate £18.89 £31.50 £23.36
Median % change year-on-year -40.03% +34.86% +18.51%
75th Percentile £38.31 £35.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £43.38 £137.50 £62.54
UK median hourly rate £18.28 £30.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year -39.07% +28.44% +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 27,490 23,991 31,990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.32% 89.05% 87.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,508 14,731 21,614
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 1,729 768 1,481
10th Percentile £15.16 £15.59 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £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 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.99 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +16.41%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +23 456 £525 - 417
South East +36 122 £525 +16.67% 810
Midlands -25 86 £447 -16.06% 392
North of England -23 73 £475 -5.00% 509
West Midlands -22 61 £463 -11.90% 152
North West -22 43 £438 -9.79% 218
East of England +4 31 £475 +11.76% 400
Yorkshire -34 28 £488 -14.02% 216
East Midlands -8 25 £360 -34.55% 236
South West -21 20 £488 +4.84% 342
North East -7 2 £508 -11.35% 78
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 39 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.96%) CMS
3 16 (1.98%) Confluence
4 10 (1.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.74%) Appian
5 6 (0.74%) Camunda
5 6 (0.74%) SugarCRM
6 4 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.37%) Moodle
7 3 (0.37%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.25%) Documentum
8 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.25%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.12%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Kentico
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 48 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.87%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.62%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 236 (29.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 56 (6.92%) Salesforce CRM
3 12 (1.48%) NetSuite
4 10 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.99%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.49%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle CRM
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.25%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.25%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.25%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.25%) SAP FI-CA
8 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.25%) SAP PSCD
8 2 (0.25%) Shopify
8 2 (0.25%) Workfront
9 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 175 (21.63%) Dynamics 365
2 163 (20.15%) Azure
3 160 (19.78%) Power Platform
4 71 (8.78%) Power Automate
5 62 (7.66%) AWS
6 55 (6.80%) PowerApps
7 46 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (4.57%) SaaS
9 34 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (3.46%) Azure Logic Apps
11 22 (2.72%) Serverless
12 21 (2.60%) GCP
13 18 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
14 17 (2.10%) Azure Functions
15 16 (1.98%) Snowflake
16 14 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (1.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 13 (1.61%) PaaS
18 12 (1.48%) GitHub
19 11 (1.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.36%) HTTP
2 8 (0.99%) DNS
2 8 (0.99%) SMS
3 7 (0.87%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.87%) VPN
4 6 (0.74%) DHCP
5 3 (0.37%) Broadband
5 3 (0.37%) Firewall
5 3 (0.37%) Internet
6 2 (0.25%) Cisco ICM
6 2 (0.25%) ISDN
6 2 (0.25%) PSTN
6 2 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.25%) WebEx
7 1 (0.12%) CTI
7 1 (0.12%) GPRS
7 1 (0.12%) GSM
7 1 (0.12%) Intranet
7 1 (0.12%) SSL
7 1 (0.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (11.62%) Power BI
2 24 (2.97%) SQL Server
3 22 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (2.35%) Tableau
5 13 (1.61%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.24%) BigQuery
7 9 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.74%) Looker
8 6 (0.74%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.62%) Big Data
9 5 (0.62%) Delta Lake
9 5 (0.62%) Metadata
9 5 (0.62%) MySQL
9 5 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.62%) SAP BW
9 5 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.49%) GIS
10 4 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 48 (5.93%) JIRA
2 14 (1.73%) Git
3 8 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.37%) Selenium
4 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.25%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.25%) CocoaPods
5 2 (0.25%) Crashlytics
5 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.25%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.25%) fastlane
5 2 (0.25%) GitLab
5 2 (0.25%) JDeveloper
5 2 (0.25%) MSBuild
5 2 (0.25%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.25%) TestRail
5 2 (0.25%) Xcode
5 2 (0.25%) Zephyr
General
1 317 (39.18%) Social Skills
2 181 (22.37%) Finance
3 154 (19.04%) Marketing
4 137 (16.93%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (10.01%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.19%) Banking
7 40 (4.94%) Retail
8 38 (4.70%) Billing
9 26 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (3.21%) Legal
10 24 (2.97%) Telecoms
11 16 (1.98%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (1.61%) Italian Language
12 13 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.48%) French Language
13 12 (1.48%) Law
14 11 (1.36%) German Language
14 11 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.36%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 123 (15.20%) Analyst
2 118 (14.59%) Architect
3 93 (11.50%) Developer
4 67 (8.28%) Business Analyst
5 62 (7.66%) Lead
6 59 (7.29%) Consultant
7 58 (7.17%) Senior
8 52 (6.43%) Project Manager
9 48 (5.93%) Solutions Architect
10 45 (5.56%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 34 (4.20%) Salesforce Architect
12 24 (2.97%) CRM Manager
13 23 (2.84%) Senior Manager
14 22 (2.72%) CRM Specialist
14 22 (2.72%) Functional Consultant
15 21 (2.60%) Data Analyst
16 19 (2.35%) Administrator
16 19 (2.35%) Salesforce Analyst
17 18 (2.22%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
18 17 (2.10%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (6.43%) .NET
2 40 (4.94%) HTML
3 39 (4.82%) REST
4 31 (3.83%) JSON
5 21 (2.60%) XML
6 20 (2.47%) CSS
7 18 (2.22%) SOAP
8 14 (1.73%) OAuth
9 11 (1.36%) RESTful
10 10 (1.24%) HTML5 Canvas
11 9 (1.11%) ASP.NET Web API
11 9 (1.11%) PySpark
12 8 (0.99%) Node.js
12 8 (0.99%) OAuth2
12 8 (0.99%) OpenID
12 8 (0.99%) SAML
12 8 (0.99%) SAP Fiori
12 8 (0.99%) Web Services
13 7 (0.87%) Ajax
13 7 (0.87%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.70%) Product Ownership
2 30 (3.71%) Enterprise Software
2 30 (3.71%) Onboarding
3 29 (3.58%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 18 (2.22%) Mobile App
6 16 (1.98%) Cloud Native
6 16 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.85%) Marketing Technology
8 14 (1.73%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.61%) Low-Code
9 13 (1.61%) Web Conferencing
10 9 (1.11%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.11%) Social Media
11 8 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (0.99%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.62%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.48%) Windows
2 8 (0.99%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.62%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.49%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.37%) Android
6 2 (0.25%) Unix
6 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (26.33%) Agile
2 150 (18.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 139 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
4 121 (14.96%) ERP
5 105 (12.98%) Business Intelligence
6 101 (12.48%) Migration
7 98 (12.11%) Analytics
8 97 (11.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 90 (11.12%) DevOps
10 79 (9.77%) Customer Service
11 76 (9.39%) Customer Engagement
12 73 (9.02%) Data Modelling
13 72 (8.90%) Project Management
14 70 (8.65%) User Experience
15 67 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
15 67 (8.28%) Roadmaps
16 64 (7.91%) AI
17 59 (7.29%) Data Migration
18 55 (6.80%) Change Management
19 52 (6.43%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 95 (11.74%) SQL
2 84 (10.38%) JavaScript
3 60 (7.42%) C#
4 46 (5.69%) Python
5 20 (2.47%) Java
6 18 (2.22%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.36%) PHP
8 8 (0.99%) ABAP
9 7 (0.87%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.62%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.62%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.49%) R
12 3 (0.37%) Bicep
12 3 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.25%) Bash
13 2 (0.25%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.25%) SOQL
13 2 (0.25%) SOSL
13 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.25%) XPath
Qualifications
1 73 (9.02%) Degree
2 61 (7.54%) Security Cleared
3 35 (4.33%) SC Cleared
4 23 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.60%) PMI Certification
5 21 (2.60%) PMP
6 19 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.11%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.11%) MCP
8 8 (0.99%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.62%) MBA
9 5 (0.62%) MCDST
10 4 (0.49%) CCA
11 3 (0.37%) ACCA
11 3 (0.37%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.37%) CIMA
11 3 (0.37%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.25%) CFA
12 2 (0.25%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.54%) GDPR
2 57 (7.05%) QA
3 41 (5.07%) Data Quality
4 31 (3.83%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 8 (0.99%) SLA
7 6 (0.74%) WCAG
8 5 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.62%) PMO
9 4 (0.49%) GxP
10 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.37%) ITGC
11 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.25%) MiFID
11 2 (0.25%) NIST
11 2 (0.25%) PERC
12 1 (0.12%) Basel III
12 1 (0.12%) COBIT
12 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (2.35%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.74%) Docker
3 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.25%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 7 (0.87%) Terraform
2 6 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.62%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.62%) SCCM
4 3 (0.37%) Grafana
4 3 (0.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.25%) Cisco UCCE
5 2 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
Vendors
1 218 (26.95%) Microsoft
2 212 (26.21%) Salesforce
3 56 (6.92%) SAP
4 42 (5.19%) Oracle
5 34 (4.20%) HubSpot
6 28 (3.46%) ServiceNow
7 23 (2.84%) Google
8 21 (2.60%) Databricks
9 20 (2.47%) Adobe
10 17 (2.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (1.11%) Pega
12 8 (0.99%) Genesys
12 8 (0.99%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.74%) Ariba
13 6 (0.74%) iManage
13 6 (0.74%) Workday
14 5 (0.62%) Mitel
15 4 (0.49%) Guidewire
15 4 (0.49%) OneTrust
15 4 (0.49%) Splunk