Customer Engagement Contracts in England

Customer Engagement
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Customer Engagement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Customer Engagement over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 437 483
Rank change year-on-year +81 +46 +42
Contract jobs citing Customer Engagement 140 117 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.32% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.37% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 72 103
10th Percentile £363 £328 £325
25th Percentile £450 £398 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% +7.50% -13.42%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £633
90th Percentile £725 £795 £670
UK median daily rate £547 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -2.71% +7.14% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 12
10th Percentile - £14.00 £23.43
25th Percentile £47.25 £21.07 £38.86
Median hourly rate £48.50 £31.50 £54.40
Median % change year-on-year +53.97% -42.09% +109.21%
75th Percentile £49.75 £47.83 £56.29
90th Percentile - - £56.30
UK median hourly rate £48.50 £31.50 £55.15
% change year-on-year +53.97% -42.88% +112.10%

All Process and 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 23,377 31,762 42,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.15% 85.55% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,054 20,587 29,761
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.57% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,168 2,328 1,554
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.00 £75.80
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Customer Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Customer Engagement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Engagement in England

Customer Engagement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Engagement in England.

Daily rate trend for Customer Engagement in England

Customer Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Engagement in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Engagement in England

Customer Engagement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Engagement in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 July 2025. 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 +78 74 £550 +4.76% 1,428
South East +50 23 £613 +16.67% 369
North of England +20 19 £475 -28.30% 260
North West +16 15 £475 -28.30% 142
South West +32 11 £545 -12.88% 133
Midlands +8 6 £500 - 166
West Midlands +1 5 £525 +5.00% 95
East of England +20 4 £650 +5.49% 141
Yorkshire +4 4 £475 -17.39% 99
East Midlands +4 1 £475 - 71
Customer Engagement
UK

Customer Engagement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.71%) IBM Domino
2 6 (4.29%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.57%) CMS
4 3 (2.14%) Confluence
5 1 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.71%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.86%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.86%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.71%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.71%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.71%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.71%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.71%) Sketch
3 1 (0.71%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (12.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.43%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 39 (27.86%) Power Platform
2 30 (21.43%) Azure
2 30 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
3 25 (17.86%) AWS
4 15 (10.71%) PowerApps
5 14 (10.00%) Power Automate
6 10 (7.14%) GCP
7 8 (5.71%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (5.71%) Serverless
8 7 (5.00%) SaaS
9 5 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (3.57%) Snowflake
10 4 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.86%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.86%) Azure Functions
10 4 (2.86%) Azure Stack
11 3 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (2.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.00%) Network Security
2 2 (1.43%) Unified Communications
2 2 (1.43%) VoIP
3 1 (0.71%) 4G
3 1 (0.71%) 5G
3 1 (0.71%) BGP
3 1 (0.71%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.71%) Firewall
3 1 (0.71%) HTTP
3 1 (0.71%) Internet
3 1 (0.71%) NAS
3 1 (0.71%) PBX
3 1 (0.71%) SAN
3 1 (0.71%) VLAN
3 1 (0.71%) Wireless
3 1 (0.71%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (20.00%) Power BI
2 17 (12.14%) Tableau
3 6 (4.29%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.43%) Big Data
5 2 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.71%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.71%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 6 (4.29%) JIRA
2 3 (2.14%) ERwin
2 3 (2.14%) Git
2 3 (2.14%) Postman
3 1 (0.71%) Android Studio
3 1 (0.71%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.71%) GitLab
3 1 (0.71%) Gradle
3 1 (0.71%) Jaeger
3 1 (0.71%) MLflow
3 1 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.71%) Xcode
General
1 53 (37.86%) Social Skills
2 39 (27.86%) Marketing
3 26 (18.57%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (16.43%) Finance
5 17 (12.14%) Retail
6 10 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 8 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.57%) Banking
9 4 (2.86%) Advertising
9 4 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.14%) Aviation
10 3 (2.14%) Brand Awareness
10 3 (2.14%) Law
10 3 (2.14%) Local Government
11 2 (1.43%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.43%) Games
11 2 (1.43%) International Banking
11 2 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.71%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 27 (19.29%) Architect
2 21 (15.00%) Consultant
3 17 (12.14%) Analyst
4 16 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (6.43%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 9 (6.43%) Project Manager
6 8 (5.71%) Developer
7 7 (5.00%) Product Manager
7 7 (5.00%) Security Specialist
8 5 (3.57%) Data Consultant
8 5 (3.57%) Designer
8 5 (3.57%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 5 (3.57%) Senior
8 5 (3.57%) Senior Manager
9 4 (2.86%) AWS Engineer
9 4 (2.86%) Communications Manager
9 4 (2.86%) CRM Developer
9 4 (2.86%) Platform Architect
9 4 (2.86%) Power Platform Architect
9 4 (2.86%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.43%) CSS
2 8 (5.71%) HTML
3 7 (5.00%) .NET
4 5 (3.57%) Middleware
4 5 (3.57%) REST
5 4 (2.86%) ASP.NET
6 3 (2.14%) Kafka
6 3 (2.14%) OpenAPI
6 3 (2.14%) Swagger
6 3 (2.14%) Web Services
7 2 (1.43%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.43%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (1.43%) DCOM
7 2 (1.43%) EDI
7 2 (1.43%) JSON
7 2 (1.43%) OAuth
7 2 (1.43%) PyTorch
7 2 (1.43%) React
7 2 (1.43%) XML
8 1 (0.71%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.71%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.86%) Social Media
6 3 (2.14%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (2.14%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.14%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.43%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.71%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.71%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.71%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.71%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.71%) Motion Graphics
8 1 (0.71%) Photography
8 1 (0.71%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.71%) Windows
2 2 (1.43%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.71%) Android
3 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.71%) Linux
3 1 (0.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (26.43%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (20.71%) Agile
3 28 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (20.00%) CRM
4 27 (19.29%) Analytics
5 25 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (15.71%) Customer Experience
7 20 (14.29%) Migration
8 19 (13.57%) E-Commerce
9 16 (11.43%) DevOps
10 15 (10.71%) A/B Testing
10 15 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
10 15 (10.71%) Customer Service
10 15 (10.71%) Decision-Making
10 15 (10.71%) Roadmaps
11 14 (10.00%) Change Management
12 13 (9.29%) Customer-Centricity
12 13 (9.29%) Project Management
13 12 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (8.57%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.71%) SQL
2 11 (7.86%) JavaScript
3 10 (7.14%) Python
4 9 (6.43%) C#
5 2 (1.43%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.71%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.71%) Bash
6 1 (0.71%) Go
6 1 (0.71%) Java
6 1 (0.71%) JSX
6 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.86%) Degree
4 9 (6.43%) CISM
5 6 (4.29%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.86%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.86%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.43%) CISA
8 2 (1.43%) CISSP
8 2 (1.43%) CRISC
8 2 (1.43%) ISACA
9 1 (0.71%) CCNA
9 1 (0.71%) CCNP
9 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.71%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.71%) MBA
9 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.57%) GDPR
2 5 (3.57%) QA
3 2 (1.43%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.43%) PMO
3 2 (1.43%) SLA
4 1 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.71%) GxP
4 1 (0.71%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.57%) Terraform
2 2 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.71%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (0.71%) Grafana
3 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 34 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.86%) Salesforce
3 10 (7.14%) Adobe
4 9 (6.43%) Google
5 5 (3.57%) Cisco
6 3 (2.14%) Juniper
6 3 (2.14%) Oracle
6 3 (2.14%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.43%) Apple
7 2 (1.43%) Aruba
7 2 (1.43%) Databricks
7 2 (1.43%) F5
7 2 (1.43%) HP
7 2 (1.43%) Optimizely
7 2 (1.43%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.43%) SAP
8 1 (0.71%) Dell
8 1 (0.71%) Ericsson
8 1 (0.71%) NetApp
8 1 (0.71%) Nokia