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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 117 106
Rank change year-on-year +4 -11 +38
Contract jobs citing CRM 916 565 767
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.17% 2.31% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 2.53% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 366 494
10th Percentile £340 £281 £313
25th Percentile £413 £397 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.06% -2.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £614
90th Percentile £690 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £511
% change year-on-year +2.00% -2.15% -2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 21
10th Percentile £13.58 £14.05 -
25th Percentile £15.03 £16.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £29.00 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -39.66% +24.92% +2.59%
75th Percentile £25.22 £36.25 £32.50
90th Percentile £46.00 £48.70 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £17.63 £29.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -39.22% +107.14% -38.14%

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 35,948 22,351 32,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.10% 91.35% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,764 14,463 20,809
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,016 2,371
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.12 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.86% -25.33% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.28 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.14% -25.26% +1.39%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -4 520 £515 +3.00% 457
South East -23 118 £550 +54.93% 314
Midlands -4 99 £500 +8.11% 195
North of England -59 83 £488 +3.72% 268
East of England +35 70 £500 - 78
West Midlands -15 65 £500 +4.44% 128
North West -38 48 £463 -0.54% 156
East Midlands -4 32 £490 +30.67% 67
Yorkshire -45 26 £500 -9.09% 81
South West -31 15 £525 +23.53% 68
North East -15 11 £450 +2.86% 34
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 35 (3.82%) CMS
1 35 (3.82%) Confluence
2 20 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.44%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.44%) SAP EP
5 4 (0.44%) SAS
6 3 (0.33%) Kentico
7 2 (0.22%) Apache
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.22%) Appian
8 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
8 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.42%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.76%) AutoCAD
5 7 (0.76%) Revit
5 7 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.66%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.22%) Notion
9 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 255 (27.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 52 (5.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 18 (1.97%) NetSuite
4 13 (1.42%) SAP CRM
5 10 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (1.09%) Siebel CRM
6 5 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.33%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.22%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.22%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.22%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.22%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.22%) SAP PSCD
9 2 (0.22%) Shopify
10 1 (0.11%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 207 (22.60%) Azure
2 194 (21.18%) Dynamics 365
3 147 (16.05%) Power Platform
4 69 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
5 67 (7.31%) AWS
6 63 (6.88%) Power Automate
7 58 (6.33%) SaaS
8 53 (5.79%) PowerApps
9 37 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (3.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 30 (3.28%) GCP
12 26 (2.84%) Serverless
13 25 (2.73%) Azure Logic Apps
14 20 (2.18%) Snowflake
15 19 (2.07%) Azure Functions
16 17 (1.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 16 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
18 15 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
19 11 (1.20%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.98%) SMS
2 6 (0.66%) Internet
3 5 (0.55%) HTTP
4 3 (0.33%) DHCP
4 3 (0.33%) DNS
4 3 (0.33%) IPv4
4 3 (0.33%) IPv6
5 2 (0.22%) Firewall
5 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.22%) WAN
6 1 (0.11%) 5G
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 71 (7.75%) Power BI
2 26 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (2.40%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.42%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.31%) Tableau
6 10 (1.09%) Metadata
6 10 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (0.87%) Siebel EIM
8 6 (0.66%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.66%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.55%) Big Data
9 5 (0.55%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.55%) Star Schema
10 4 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.33%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 66 (7.21%) JIRA
2 14 (1.53%) Git
3 6 (0.66%) Postman
4 5 (0.55%) Selenium
5 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.22%) JDeveloper
6 2 (0.22%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.11%) Appium
7 1 (0.11%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.11%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.11%) GitLab
7 1 (0.11%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.11%) Hudson
7 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.11%) TestRail
7 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 329 (35.92%) Social Skills
2 190 (20.74%) Finance
3 156 (17.03%) Marketing
4 115 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
5 82 (8.95%) Public Sector
6 61 (6.66%) Retail
7 41 (4.48%) Telecoms
8 38 (4.15%) Billing
9 34 (3.71%) Banking
10 32 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
11 31 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
12 26 (2.84%) Legal
13 17 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.75%) Automotive
14 16 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (1.75%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.53%) Local Government
16 11 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.98%) Advertising
17 9 (0.98%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 149 (16.27%) Analyst
2 132 (14.41%) Architect
3 116 (12.66%) Developer
4 82 (8.95%) Business Analyst
5 79 (8.62%) Senior
6 70 (7.64%) Lead
7 58 (6.33%) Project Manager
8 50 (5.46%) CRM Manager
9 48 (5.24%) Solutions Architect
10 44 (4.80%) Consultant
11 32 (3.49%) Salesforce Architect
12 31 (3.38%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 25 (2.73%) Data Analyst
13 25 (2.73%) Data Engineer
13 25 (2.73%) Salesforce Analyst
14 23 (2.51%) Senior Analyst
15 21 (2.29%) CRM Analyst
15 21 (2.29%) Salesforce Developer
16 20 (2.18%) Senior Manager
16 20 (2.18%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.35%) REST
2 42 (4.59%) HTML
3 41 (4.48%) Middleware
4 40 (4.37%) .NET
5 35 (3.82%) CSS
6 25 (2.73%) JSON
7 17 (1.86%) Kafka
7 17 (1.86%) Node.js
8 14 (1.53%) XML
9 12 (1.31%) SOAP
10 11 (1.20%) RESTful
11 10 (1.09%) Ajax
11 10 (1.09%) ASP.NET Web API
11 10 (1.09%) Lightning Web Components
11 10 (1.09%) React
12 9 (0.98%) ONVIF
12 9 (0.98%) SAP Fiori
13 8 (0.87%) GraphQL
13 8 (0.87%) HTML5 Canvas
13 8 (0.87%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.77%) Onboarding
2 44 (4.80%) Product Ownership
3 42 (4.59%) Legacy Systems
4 34 (3.71%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (2.07%) AI Agents
7 15 (1.64%) Marketing Technology
7 15 (1.64%) Social Media
8 14 (1.53%) Cloud Native
8 14 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.31%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.20%) Virtual Team
11 9 (0.98%) Data Centre
11 9 (0.98%) IoT
11 9 (0.98%) Video\Live Streaming
12 8 (0.87%) FMCG
12 8 (0.87%) Management Information System
12 8 (0.87%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.31%) Windows
2 8 (0.87%) Android
2 8 (0.87%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.44%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.22%) HPUX
4 2 (0.22%) Linux
4 2 (0.22%) Unix
4 2 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (23.80%) Stakeholder Management
2 190 (20.74%) Agile
3 148 (16.16%) Migration
4 143 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
5 127 (13.86%) ERP
6 110 (12.01%) Analytics
7 108 (11.79%) Roadmaps
8 105 (11.46%) DevOps
9 89 (9.72%) Business Intelligence
9 89 (9.72%) Customer Service
10 87 (9.50%) Decision-Making
11 86 (9.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 83 (9.06%) Data Migration
12 83 (9.06%) Data Modelling
13 82 (8.95%) AI
14 70 (7.64%) CI/CD
15 67 (7.31%) User Acceptance Testing
16 64 (6.99%) Project Management
17 61 (6.66%) Workflow
18 58 (6.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (12.88%) SQL
2 80 (8.73%) JavaScript
3 55 (6.00%) C#
4 40 (4.37%) Python
5 15 (1.64%) Java
6 12 (1.31%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.98%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.87%) ABAP
9 7 (0.76%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.66%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.66%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.22%) Bicep
12 2 (0.22%) C++
12 2 (0.22%) Korn
12 2 (0.22%) SOQL
13 1 (0.11%) C
13 1 (0.11%) Groovy
13 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 97 (10.59%) Security Cleared
2 71 (7.75%) SC Cleared
3 70 (7.64%) Degree
4 25 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (1.31%) PMP
7 11 (1.20%) PMI Certification
8 10 (1.09%) CCNA
8 10 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (0.98%) A+ Certification
9 9 (0.98%) Azure Certification
9 9 (0.98%) MCSA
10 7 (0.76%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.33%) IIBA
13 3 (0.33%) MBA
14 2 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (8.62%) GDPR
2 76 (8.30%) Data Quality
3 48 (5.24%) QA
4 21 (2.29%) SLA
5 15 (1.64%) PMO
6 11 (1.20%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.44%) NIST
8 4 (0.44%) WCAG
9 3 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.33%) IFRS
9 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.33%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
10 2 (0.22%) GMP
10 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.11%) EMIR
11 1 (0.11%) GxP
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 7 (0.76%) Active Directory
1 7 (0.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (1.53%) Terraform
2 8 (0.87%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.33%) Grafana
4 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.11%) Autotask
6 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 245 (26.75%) Salesforce
2 239 (26.09%) Microsoft
3 63 (6.88%) SAP
4 56 (6.11%) Oracle
5 41 (4.48%) ServiceNow
6 31 (3.38%) Adobe
7 29 (3.17%) Databricks
8 28 (3.06%) MuleSoft
9 22 (2.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 21 (2.29%) Google
11 16 (1.75%) Siebel
12 14 (1.53%) HubSpot
13 13 (1.42%) Workday
14 11 (1.20%) Braze
15 9 (0.98%) Foundry
16 7 (0.76%) Autodesk
16 7 (0.76%) Conga
16 7 (0.76%) DocuSign
17 6 (0.66%) OpenAI
18 5 (0.55%) Informatica