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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 112 120
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 +26
Contract jobs citing CRM 1,097 669 671
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.43% 2.42% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 2.67% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 682 417 434
10th Percentile £310 £234 £313
25th Percentile £407 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £619
90th Percentile £700 £675 £680
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 30 14
10th Percentile £13.15 £14.68 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.25 £14.75 £13.06
Median hourly rate £14.96 £17.00 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -37.61% +32.51%
75th Percentile £28.00 £33.01 £35.50
90th Percentile £38.75 £46.83 £137.50
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £18.30 £19.59
% change year-on-year -12.54% -6.61% +11.12%

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 38,456 25,047 28,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 90.72% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,987 16,039 18,801
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £758
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,460 1,391 1,685
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.69 £17.87 £18.16
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +3 589 £525 +5.00% 833
Midlands +12 136 £465 +3.33% 186
South East -43 136 £575 +27.78% 383
North of England -12 123 £500 +6.67% 269
West Midlands 0 101 £463 - 107
North West -16 87 £509 +10.05% 156
East of England +39 71 £463 -17.78% 104
East Midlands +9 33 £475 +32.68% 79
South West -34 31 £475 +11.76% 106
Yorkshire -38 23 £480 -6.34% 81
North East -29 15 £525 +18.31% 33
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 41 (3.74%) CMS
2 40 (3.65%) Confluence
3 22 (2.01%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 9 (0.82%) SAS
5 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.27%) Apache
8 3 (0.27%) Kentico
8 3 (0.27%) NetWeaver
8 3 (0.27%) SAP EP
8 3 (0.27%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
9 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.18%) Appian
9 2 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.091%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.091%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.091%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 42 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.09%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.91%) AutoCAD
4 10 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.73%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.73%) Revit
6 5 (0.46%) SPSS
7 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.18%) Notion
8 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.091%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.091%) InDesign
9 1 (0.091%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 289 (26.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 52 (4.74%) Salesforce CRM
3 18 (1.64%) NetSuite
4 16 (1.46%) Siebel CRM
5 15 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
6 14 (1.28%) SAP CRM
7 10 (0.91%) SAP PSCD
8 9 (0.82%) Temenos T24
9 6 (0.55%) Finacle
9 6 (0.55%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
10 5 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
10 5 (0.46%) Raiser’s Edge
10 5 (0.46%) Sage X3
11 4 (0.36%) Adobe Campaign
11 4 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
11 4 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
11 4 (0.36%) Shopify
12 3 (0.27%) BusinessWorks
12 3 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 248 (22.61%) Azure
2 222 (20.24%) Dynamics 365
3 143 (13.04%) Power Platform
4 101 (9.21%) AWS
5 85 (7.75%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (6.38%) Power Automate
6 70 (6.38%) SaaS
7 60 (5.47%) PowerApps
8 46 (4.19%) GCP
9 42 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
10 36 (3.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 32 (2.92%) Serverless
12 30 (2.73%) Snowflake
13 23 (2.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 22 (2.01%) Azure Functions
15 19 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
15 19 (1.73%) GitHub
16 17 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
17 13 (1.19%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.91%) SMS
2 7 (0.64%) Firewall
3 4 (0.36%) NAS
3 4 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.27%) DHCP
4 3 (0.27%) DNS
4 3 (0.27%) IPv4
4 3 (0.27%) IPv6
4 3 (0.27%) WAN
5 2 (0.18%) Internet
5 2 (0.18%) SSL
5 2 (0.18%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.091%) ADSL
6 1 (0.091%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.091%) HTTP
6 1 (0.091%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.091%) LAN
6 1 (0.091%) MPLS
6 1 (0.091%) PSTN
6 1 (0.091%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (6.84%) Power BI
2 34 (3.10%) SQL Server
3 30 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (2.28%) Data Lake
5 14 (1.28%) BigQuery
6 13 (1.19%) Tableau
7 11 (1.00%) Metadata
7 11 (1.00%) Snowflake Schema
8 10 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.91%) Siebel EIM
9 9 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.55%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.46%) Big Data
13 5 (0.46%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.46%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.46%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 79 (7.20%) JIRA
2 17 (1.55%) Selenium
3 16 (1.46%) Git
3 16 (1.46%) Postman
4 11 (1.00%) Cucumber
4 11 (1.00%) Cypress.io
5 10 (0.91%) WebDriver
6 7 (0.64%) SpecFlow
7 4 (0.36%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.27%) Protractor
8 3 (0.27%) TestRail
8 3 (0.27%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.091%) GitLab
9 1 (0.091%) Hudson
9 1 (0.091%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.091%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.091%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.091%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 392 (35.73%) Social Skills
2 272 (24.79%) Finance
3 210 (19.14%) Marketing
4 138 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
5 107 (9.75%) Retail
6 95 (8.66%) Public Sector
7 82 (7.47%) Banking
8 46 (4.19%) Billing
8 46 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
9 45 (4.10%) Telecoms
10 36 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 35 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
12 29 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
12 29 (2.64%) Legal
12 29 (2.64%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.91%) Automotive
14 18 (1.64%) Local Government
15 17 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.09%) Back Office
17 11 (1.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 193 (17.59%) Analyst
2 163 (14.86%) Architect
3 127 (11.58%) Developer
4 106 (9.66%) Business Analyst
5 98 (8.93%) Lead
6 91 (8.30%) Senior
7 77 (7.02%) Consultant
8 73 (6.65%) Solutions Architect
9 61 (5.56%) Project Manager
10 47 (4.28%) CRM Manager
11 33 (3.01%) Data Engineer
12 32 (2.92%) CRM Analyst
13 30 (2.73%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 30 (2.73%) Salesforce Analyst
14 29 (2.64%) Administrator
14 29 (2.64%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 29 (2.64%) Enterprise Architect
14 29 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
15 28 (2.55%) CRM Specialist
15 28 (2.55%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (5.93%) REST
2 50 (4.56%) Middleware
3 45 (4.10%) .NET
4 30 (2.73%) HTML
5 28 (2.55%) CSS
5 28 (2.55%) SOAP
6 25 (2.28%) Kafka
7 21 (1.91%) JSON
8 17 (1.55%) XML
9 15 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (1.37%) React
10 13 (1.19%) Node.js
10 13 (1.19%) ONVIF
11 12 (1.09%) Gherkin
11 12 (1.09%) RESTful
11 12 (1.09%) SAP PI
12 11 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
13 10 (0.91%) OAuth
13 10 (0.91%) SAP Fiori
13 10 (0.91%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 77 (7.02%) Onboarding
2 53 (4.83%) Product Ownership
3 49 (4.47%) Enterprise Software
4 47 (4.28%) Legacy Systems
5 35 (3.19%) Marketing Technology
6 29 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (2.01%) Cloud Native
8 19 (1.73%) AI Agents
8 19 (1.73%) Data Structures
8 19 (1.73%) IVR
9 15 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (1.28%) Management Information System
10 14 (1.28%) Mobile App
10 14 (1.28%) Social Media
11 13 (1.19%) Video\Live Streaming
12 11 (1.00%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (0.73%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.46%) Windows
2 9 (0.82%) Apple iOS
3 8 (0.73%) Android
3 8 (0.73%) Unix
4 5 (0.46%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.18%) HPUX
6 2 (0.18%) Linux
6 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (26.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 264 (24.07%) Agile
3 181 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
4 169 (15.41%) Migration
5 158 (14.40%) Analytics
6 146 (13.31%) ERP
7 140 (12.76%) Roadmaps
8 127 (11.58%) DevOps
9 124 (11.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 119 (10.85%) Data Modelling
11 114 (10.39%) AI
12 111 (10.12%) Customer Service
13 103 (9.39%) Decision-Making
14 102 (9.30%) CI/CD
15 100 (9.12%) Business Intelligence
16 95 (8.66%) Data Migration
17 86 (7.84%) User Acceptance Testing
18 80 (7.29%) Workshop Facilitation
19 71 (6.47%) Workflow
20 68 (6.20%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 142 (12.94%) SQL
2 88 (8.02%) JavaScript
3 57 (5.20%) C#
4 53 (4.83%) Python
5 20 (1.82%) ABAP
6 19 (1.73%) Java
7 15 (1.37%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.28%) Apex Code
9 7 (0.64%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.64%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.64%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.36%) Korn
11 2 (0.18%) Bicep
11 2 (0.18%) Groovy
11 2 (0.18%) R
11 2 (0.18%) SOQL
12 1 (0.091%) DAML
12 1 (0.091%) Rust
12 1 (0.091%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 112 (10.21%) Security Cleared
2 89 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 86 (7.84%) Degree
4 26 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.28%) CCNA
6 14 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (1.28%) PMP
7 13 (1.19%) A+ Certification
7 13 (1.19%) MCSA
7 13 (1.19%) PMI Certification
8 12 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (0.91%) ISTQB
10 9 (0.82%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.64%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.46%) IIBA
13 5 (0.46%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.36%) CBAP
15 3 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (8.30%) Data Quality
2 86 (7.84%) GDPR
3 66 (6.02%) QA
4 20 (1.82%) PMO
5 18 (1.64%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.64%) SLA
6 12 (1.09%) WCAG
7 5 (0.46%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.46%) NIST
7 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.46%) SEPA
7 5 (0.46%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
8 4 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.27%) IFRS
10 2 (0.18%) GMP
10 2 (0.18%) PERC
11 1 (0.091%) GAAP
11 1 (0.091%) MiFID
System Software
1 10 (0.91%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.82%) Docker
3 1 (0.091%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (1.91%) Terraform
2 9 (0.82%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.73%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.27%) Grafana
5 3 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.091%) Autotask
7 1 (0.091%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.091%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 302 (27.53%) Microsoft
2 265 (24.16%) Salesforce
3 83 (7.57%) SAP
4 57 (5.20%) Oracle
5 48 (4.38%) ServiceNow
6 41 (3.74%) Adobe
7 38 (3.46%) Databricks
8 33 (3.01%) MuleSoft
9 27 (2.46%) Google
10 22 (2.01%) Siebel
11 21 (1.91%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 20 (1.82%) Braze
13 17 (1.55%) HubSpot
14 12 (1.09%) Workday
15 8 (0.73%) Autodesk
15 8 (0.73%) Conga
15 8 (0.73%) DocuSign
16 7 (0.64%) ION Trading
16 7 (0.64%) Marketo
17 6 (0.55%) webMethods