Customer Engagement Contract Job Trends in England

Customer Engagement
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Customer Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 370 416
Rank change year-on-year -24 +46 +126
Contract jobs citing Customer Engagement 200 107 134
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.53% 0.44% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.49% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 74 87
10th Percentile £350 £260 £434
25th Percentile £413 £413 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% -11.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £600 £647 £694
90th Percentile £745 £684 £721
UK median daily rate £500 £533 £600
% change year-on-year -6.19% -11.17% +11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 11
10th Percentile - - £14.00
25th Percentile - £27.50 £21.07
Median hourly rate £14.00 £48.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -71.13% +53.97% -44.04%
75th Percentile £17.97 £55.93 £47.83
90th Percentile £51.16 £61.37 -
UK median hourly rate £14.00 £48.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year -71.13% +53.97% -44.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Customer Engagement 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 32,752 22,033 32,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.09% 90.76% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,983 14,520 21,608
10th Percentile £313 £312 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £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 2,011 860 2,165
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.34 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% -1.91% -10.48%

Customer Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Customer Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Customer Engagement job vacancy trend in England

Customer Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Customer Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Customer Engagement

Customer Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Engagement in England over the 6 months to 31 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Engagement in England

Customer Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Customer Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Customer Engagement

Customer Engagement
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Engagement in England over the 6 months to 31 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Engagement in England

Customer Engagement
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 Customer Engagement within the England region over the 6 months to 31 March 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 -24 105 £478 -8.95% 103
South East -32 30 £525 -4.55% 61
Midlands -43 27 £600 +14.29% 25
West Midlands -34 25 £600 +6.67% 17
East of England -28 15 £375 -42.31% 20
North of England -59 15 £444 -1.44% 41
North West -28 10 £444 -1.44% 23
Yorkshire - 5 - - 15
South West -35 2 - - 21
East Midlands -37 1 - - 8
Customer Engagement
UK

Customer Engagement
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 7 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.00%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (1.50%) Confluence
3 3 (1.50%) WordPress
4 2 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.50%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (4.50%) Chatbot
2 8 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.00%) Notion
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.50%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 42 (21.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.00%) Sage X3
3 4 (2.00%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (2.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (1.00%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.50%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.50%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 48 (24.00%) Dynamics 365
2 43 (21.50%) Power Platform
3 41 (20.50%) Azure
4 24 (12.00%) Power Automate
5 18 (9.00%) PowerApps
6 15 (7.50%) Azure Logic Apps
7 13 (6.50%) AWS
7 13 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (5.00%) SaaS
9 8 (4.00%) WhatsApp
10 7 (3.50%) Azure Functions
10 7 (3.50%) Google Workspace
10 7 (3.50%) Miro
10 7 (3.50%) Serverless
11 6 (3.00%) AtomSphere
11 6 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (3.00%) Boomi
11 6 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.50%) PaaS
13 4 (2.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.50%) VPN
2 10 (5.00%) HTTP
2 10 (5.00%) WAN
3 8 (4.00%) Network Security
3 8 (4.00%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.50%) LAN
5 5 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.00%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (1.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (1.50%) Firewall
8 2 (1.00%) BGP
8 2 (1.00%) BIG-IP
8 2 (1.00%) OSPF
8 2 (1.00%) SMS
9 1 (0.50%) DHCP
9 1 (0.50%) DNS
9 1 (0.50%) MPLS
9 1 (0.50%) SSH
9 1 (0.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (11.00%) Power BI
2 8 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.00%) Power Query
3 6 (3.00%) ZAP BI
4 4 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.00%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.00%) Pinecone
5 2 (1.00%) Tableau
5 2 (1.00%) Weaviate
6 1 (0.50%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.50%) Looker
6 1 (0.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.50%) JIRA
2 2 (1.00%) JDeveloper
3 1 (0.50%) Git
General
1 86 (43.00%) Social Skills
2 44 (22.00%) Finance
3 39 (19.50%) Marketing
4 35 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.50%) Public Sector
6 14 (7.00%) Banking
6 14 (7.00%) Retail
7 9 (4.50%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.00%) Italian Language
9 4 (2.00%) Legal
9 4 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.50%) Billing
10 3 (1.50%) Brand Awareness
10 3 (1.50%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.00%) Back Office
11 2 (1.00%) Local Government
11 2 (1.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (16.50%) Architect
1 33 (16.50%) Consultant
2 31 (15.50%) Developer
3 18 (9.00%) Lead
4 16 (8.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 13 (6.50%) Senior
6 11 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (5.00%) Analyst
7 10 (5.00%) Project Manager
7 10 (5.00%) Technical Architect
8 9 (4.50%) Security Consultant
9 8 (4.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 8 (4.00%) Functional Consultant
10 7 (3.50%) Network Architect
11 6 (3.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 6 (3.00%) Delivery Manager
11 6 (3.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 6 (3.00%) Report Developer
11 6 (3.00%) SQL BI Developer
11 6 (3.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.00%) JSON
2 14 (7.00%) .NET
2 14 (7.00%) HTML
3 11 (5.50%) REST
4 7 (3.50%) HTML5 Canvas
4 7 (3.50%) SOAP
5 6 (3.00%) Ajax
5 6 (3.00%) OAuth
5 6 (3.00%) OAuth2
5 6 (3.00%) XML
6 4 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (2.00%) PyTorch
6 4 (2.00%) TensorFlow
7 3 (1.50%) CSS
8 2 (1.00%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.00%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.00%) Faiss
8 2 (1.00%) Hugging Face
8 2 (1.00%) Keras
8 2 (1.00%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 8 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
1 8 (4.00%) Product Ownership
1 8 (4.00%) Social Media
1 8 (4.00%) Virtual Team
2 6 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (2.00%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.00%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.00%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (1.50%) FPGA
5 3 (1.50%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.50%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.50%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (1.50%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.50%) Verilog
5 3 (1.50%) VHDL
5 3 (1.50%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.00%) Windows
2 6 (3.00%) Linux
3 3 (1.50%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.50%) Unix
4 2 (1.00%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.50%) Android
5 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (35.00%) CRM
2 47 (23.50%) Agile
3 38 (19.00%) DevOps
4 37 (18.50%) Analytics
5 36 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (17.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (15.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
8 25 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 22 (11.00%) Requirements Gathering
10 21 (10.50%) AI
10 21 (10.50%) Customer Service
11 20 (10.00%) Roadmaps
12 19 (9.50%) Customer Experience
12 19 (9.50%) Migration
12 19 (9.50%) Use Case
13 18 (9.00%) Presales
13 18 (9.00%) Validation
13 18 (9.00%) Workshop Facilitation
14 15 (7.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 24 (12.00%) JavaScript
2 23 (11.50%) C#
3 14 (7.00%) SQL
4 13 (6.50%) Python
5 10 (5.00%) Java
6 6 (3.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (3.00%) Groovy
6 6 (3.00%) T-SQL
6 6 (3.00%) VBA
7 5 (2.50%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.00%) C++
8 4 (2.00%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.50%) Bicep
9 3 (1.50%) C
9 3 (1.50%) Embedded C
9 3 (1.50%) Embedded C++
10 2 (1.00%) R
11 1 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (14.50%) Security Cleared
2 21 (10.50%) Degree
3 19 (9.50%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.50%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.50%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.50%) MBA
7 3 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.00%) CCIE
8 2 (1.00%) CCNP
8 2 (1.00%) CCSE
8 2 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.00%) GPEN
8 2 (1.00%) GWAPT
8 2 (1.00%) JNCIE
8 2 (1.00%) JNCIP
8 2 (1.00%) OSCP
8 2 (1.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.00%) GDPR
2 8 (4.00%) SLA
3 7 (3.50%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 6 (3.00%) QA
5 4 (2.00%) NIST
6 3 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (1.00%) PMO
8 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.50%) GRC
8 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (3.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.50%) IAG
2 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.50%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (4.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 5 (2.50%) Terraform
3 3 (1.50%) Ansible
4 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.00%) SysTrack
5 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.50%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 63 (31.50%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.50%) Salesforce
3 10 (5.00%) Google
4 9 (4.50%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.50%) SAP
6 6 (3.00%) Cisco
6 6 (3.00%) CyberArk
6 6 (3.00%) Sage
6 6 (3.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 5 (2.50%) Meraki
7 5 (2.50%) Oracle
8 4 (2.00%) F5
8 4 (2.00%) Genesys
8 4 (2.00%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.50%) Databricks
9 3 (1.50%) Intel
9 3 (1.50%) Juniper
9 3 (1.50%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.50%) Xilinx
10 2 (1.00%) Avaya