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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 119 107
Rank change year-on-year +7 -12 +35
Contract jobs citing CRM 973 592 767
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.24% 2.35% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 2.57% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 384 497
10th Percentile £318 £268 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £614
90th Percentile £700 £684 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £511
% change year-on-year +2.50% -2.15% -2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 18 20
10th Percentile £14.03 £14.23 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.11 £14.79 £13.14
Median hourly rate £17.75 £24.95 £23.82
Median % change year-on-year -28.86% +4.73% +19.11%
75th Percentile £31.25 £35.86 £33.38
90th Percentile £43.50 £48.40 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £24.95 £23.22
% change year-on-year -19.84% +7.47% +16.08%

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 37,044 23,037 31,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.39% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,386 14,872 20,693
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £417 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -4.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,321 1,118 2,341
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% +8.48%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +5 532 £515 +1.73% 406
South East -21 128 £580 +63.38% 311
Midlands +3 116 £465 +0.54% 178
North of England -44 94 £500 +6.38% 234
West Midlands -8 83 £463 -6.57% 109
East of England +35 73 £475 -5.00% 68
North West -34 58 £513 +10.22% 143
East Midlands +13 31 £475 +26.67% 69
Yorkshire -40 25 £500 -9.09% 64
South West -36 19 £525 +23.53% 76
North East -22 13 £525 +18.31% 30
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 42 (4.32%) Confluence
2 37 (3.80%) CMS
3 21 (2.16%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.51%) SAS
7 4 (0.41%) NetWeaver
7 4 (0.41%) SAP EP
8 3 (0.31%) Kentico
8 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.21%) Apache
9 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.21%) Appian
10 1 (0.10%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.10%) Drupal
10 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 33 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.54%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.03%) AutoCAD
4 10 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.82%) Revit
6 7 (0.72%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.21%) Notion
9 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.10%) InDesign
10 1 (0.10%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.10%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 256 (26.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 51 (5.24%) Salesforce CRM
3 20 (2.06%) NetSuite
4 16 (1.64%) Siebel CRM
5 13 (1.34%) SAP CRM
6 12 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.51%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.51%) SAP PSCD
8 4 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.41%) Sage X3
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.31%) Shopify
10 2 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.21%) SAP BPC
10 2 (0.21%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 236 (24.25%) Azure
2 195 (20.04%) Dynamics 365
3 137 (14.08%) Power Platform
4 87 (8.94%) AWS
5 85 (8.74%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (6.58%) Power Automate
6 64 (6.58%) SaaS
7 53 (5.45%) PowerApps
8 42 (4.32%) GCP
9 37 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
10 34 (3.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 33 (3.39%) Serverless
12 25 (2.57%) Azure Functions
12 25 (2.57%) Azure Logic Apps
13 24 (2.47%) Snowflake
14 19 (1.95%) Azure Service Bus
14 19 (1.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 18 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
16 16 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
17 14 (1.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.92%) SMS
2 6 (0.62%) Internet
3 3 (0.31%) DHCP
3 3 (0.31%) DNS
3 3 (0.31%) Firewall
3 3 (0.31%) IPv4
3 3 (0.31%) IPv6
3 3 (0.31%) WAN
4 2 (0.21%) HTTP
4 2 (0.21%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.10%) 4G
5 1 (0.10%) 5G
5 1 (0.10%) ADSL
5 1 (0.10%) Broadband
5 1 (0.10%) CTI
5 1 (0.10%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.10%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.10%) MPLS
5 1 (0.10%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (7.09%) Power BI
2 28 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (2.77%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.06%) Data Lake
5 12 (1.23%) Metadata
5 12 (1.23%) Tableau
6 10 (1.03%) Siebel EIM
7 9 (0.92%) BigQuery
7 9 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.62%) Oracle Database
9 6 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.51%) Big Data
10 5 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.51%) SAP BW
10 5 (0.51%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 78 (8.02%) JIRA
2 17 (1.75%) Git
3 11 (1.13%) Postman
4 8 (0.82%) Selenium
5 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.51%) WebDriver
6 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.31%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.31%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.31%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.21%) Protractor
8 2 (0.21%) TestRail
8 2 (0.21%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.10%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.10%) GitLab
9 1 (0.10%) Hudson
9 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.10%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 353 (36.28%) Social Skills
2 219 (22.51%) Finance
3 176 (18.09%) Marketing
4 122 (12.54%) Analytical Skills
5 91 (9.35%) Public Sector
6 78 (8.02%) Retail
7 47 (4.83%) Telecoms
8 45 (4.62%) Banking
9 43 (4.42%) Billing
10 39 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
12 28 (2.88%) Legal
13 26 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (2.57%) Manufacturing
15 22 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (1.75%) Automotive
17 14 (1.44%) Local Government
18 11 (1.13%) Back Office
18 11 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
19 10 (1.03%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 164 (16.86%) Analyst
2 138 (14.18%) Architect
3 123 (12.64%) Developer
4 86 (8.84%) Business Analyst
5 82 (8.43%) Senior
6 78 (8.02%) Lead
7 61 (6.27%) Project Manager
8 54 (5.55%) Solutions Architect
9 50 (5.14%) Consultant
9 50 (5.14%) CRM Manager
10 30 (3.08%) Data Engineer
11 29 (2.98%) Data Analyst
12 28 (2.88%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 27 (2.77%) CRM Analyst
14 26 (2.67%) Salesforce Architect
14 26 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
15 25 (2.57%) Salesforce Analyst
16 23 (2.36%) Salesforce Developer
16 23 (2.36%) Technical Architect
17 20 (2.06%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (5.65%) REST
2 44 (4.52%) .NET
2 44 (4.52%) Middleware
3 37 (3.80%) HTML
4 34 (3.49%) CSS
5 24 (2.47%) JSON
6 18 (1.85%) Kafka
7 17 (1.75%) Node.js
8 16 (1.64%) SOAP
8 16 (1.64%) XML
9 12 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
9 12 (1.23%) ONVIF
9 12 (1.23%) RESTful
10 11 (1.13%) ASP.NET Web API
10 11 (1.13%) React
10 11 (1.13%) SAP Fiori
10 11 (1.13%) SAPUI5
11 10 (1.03%) HTML5 Canvas
12 9 (0.92%) Ajax
12 9 (0.92%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 65 (6.68%) Onboarding
2 48 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
3 44 (4.52%) Product Ownership
4 39 (4.01%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (2.26%) Marketing Technology
7 21 (2.16%) AI Agents
8 17 (1.75%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.64%) Social Media
10 14 (1.44%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.23%) Video\Live Streaming
12 12 (1.23%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.13%) Management Information System
13 11 (1.13%) Mobile App
14 10 (1.03%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (0.92%) IoT
16 8 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.23%) Windows
2 8 (0.82%) Android
2 8 (0.82%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.41%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.21%) HPUX
4 2 (0.21%) Linux
4 2 (0.21%) Unix
4 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (24.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 216 (22.20%) Agile
3 156 (16.03%) Migration
3 156 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
4 137 (14.08%) Analytics
5 135 (13.87%) ERP
6 124 (12.74%) DevOps
7 113 (11.61%) Roadmaps
8 100 (10.28%) Data Modelling
9 98 (10.07%) AI
9 98 (10.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 92 (9.46%) Business Intelligence
11 91 (9.35%) Data Migration
12 89 (9.15%) Customer Service
13 88 (9.04%) Decision-Making
14 85 (8.74%) CI/CD
15 74 (7.61%) User Acceptance Testing
16 70 (7.19%) Workflow
17 65 (6.68%) Data Governance
18 64 (6.58%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 131 (13.46%) SQL
2 80 (8.22%) JavaScript
3 56 (5.76%) C#
4 46 (4.73%) Python
5 15 (1.54%) ABAP
5 15 (1.54%) Java
5 15 (1.54%) TypeScript
6 10 (1.03%) Apex Code
7 8 (0.82%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.72%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.72%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.21%) Bicep
9 2 (0.21%) C++
9 2 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.21%) Korn
9 2 (0.21%) SOQL
10 1 (0.10%) C
10 1 (0.10%) Groovy
10 1 (0.10%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 107 (11.00%) Security Cleared
2 83 (8.53%) SC Cleared
3 72 (7.40%) Degree
4 22 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (1.54%) PMI Certification
6 15 (1.54%) PMP
7 13 (1.34%) CCNA
7 13 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (1.23%) A+ Certification
8 12 (1.23%) MCSA
9 9 (0.92%) Azure Certification
9 9 (0.92%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.72%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.62%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 3 (0.31%) CCA
14 3 (0.31%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (8.84%) GDPR
2 81 (8.32%) Data Quality
3 54 (5.55%) QA
4 22 (2.26%) SLA
5 15 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.54%) PMO
6 8 (0.82%) WCAG
7 6 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.41%) NIST
9 4 (0.41%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.31%) IFRS
10 3 (0.31%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
11 2 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.21%) GMP
11 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.21%) PERC
12 1 (0.10%) GAAP
12 1 (0.10%) MiFID
System Software
1 8 (0.82%) Docker
2 6 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (1.95%) Terraform
2 9 (0.92%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.31%) Grafana
4 3 (0.31%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.10%) Autotask
6 1 (0.10%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.10%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 261 (26.82%) Salesforce
2 252 (25.90%) Microsoft
3 68 (6.99%) SAP
4 58 (5.96%) Oracle
5 46 (4.73%) ServiceNow
6 36 (3.70%) Adobe
7 33 (3.39%) MuleSoft
8 32 (3.29%) Databricks
9 23 (2.36%) Google
9 23 (2.36%) Siebel
10 22 (2.26%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 15 (1.54%) HubSpot
12 13 (1.34%) Workday
13 10 (1.03%) Braze
14 9 (0.92%) Foundry
15 8 (0.82%) Autodesk
15 8 (0.82%) Conga
15 8 (0.82%) DocuSign
16 6 (0.62%) OpenAI
16 6 (0.62%) Sage