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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 410 438
Rank change year-on-year +73 +28 +79
Contract jobs citing Customer Engagement 190 102 141
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 0.33% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.38% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 69 79
10th Percentile £379 £363 £174
25th Percentile £463 £400 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.91% -12.59%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £651
90th Percentile £725 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% -10.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 7
10th Percentile £14.00 - £23.43
25th Percentile £14.13 £59.25 £33.71
Median hourly rate £34.00 £63.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.46% +20.95% +101.92%
75th Percentile £35.00 £67.75 £55.02
90th Percentile £43.25 - £56.29
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £63.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -46.46% +20.95% +101.92%

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 26,350 26,956 35,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.59% 86.61% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,713 16,431 24,426
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £639 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,707 979 1,488
10th Percentile £14.69 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -12.36% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.23 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.09 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.50 £43.95
% change year-on-year -29.15% -19.23% +25.57%

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 2 November 2025.

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 2 November 2025.

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 2 November 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 +62 95 £523 +4.45% 256
South East +17 36 £525 +23.53% 236
North of England -11 26 £500 -11.82% 43
Midlands -19 16 £600 +5.82% 37
West Midlands -23 16 £600 +5.82% 22
North West - 16 £700 - 20
East of England -7 10 £625 +19.05% 15
Yorkshire -23 9 £475 -16.23% 17
South West +1 1 £463 -22.92% 31
North East - 1 £450 - 6
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 3 (1.58%) Confluence
1 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.58%) WordPress
2 1 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.53%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.11%) Chatbot
2 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.58%) Notion
4 1 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.53%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 26 (13.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.05%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.53%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.53%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.53%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 48 (25.26%) Power Platform
2 47 (24.74%) Dynamics 365
3 45 (23.68%) Azure
4 22 (11.58%) AWS
4 22 (11.58%) Power Automate
5 19 (10.00%) PowerApps
6 15 (7.89%) SaaS
7 12 (6.32%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.68%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.68%) GCP
8 7 (3.68%) Serverless
9 6 (3.16%) AtomSphere
9 6 (3.16%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (3.16%) Boomi
9 6 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (3.16%) Snowflake
10 5 (2.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 4 (2.11%) Azure Functions
11 4 (2.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.21%) Network Security
2 4 (2.11%) HTTP
2 4 (2.11%) VPN
3 3 (1.58%) VLAN
3 3 (1.58%) Wireshark
4 2 (1.05%) Firewall
4 2 (1.05%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.05%) SMS
4 2 (1.05%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.05%) WAN
5 1 (0.53%) NAS
5 1 (0.53%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (17.89%) Power BI
2 14 (7.37%) Tableau
3 7 (3.68%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.11%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.53%) DB2
6 1 (0.53%) Mixpanel
6 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (2.63%) JIRA
2 3 (1.58%) Fiddler
3 2 (1.05%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.05%) Git
3 2 (1.05%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.05%) Postman
3 2 (1.05%) sqlmap
4 1 (0.53%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.53%) Gradle
4 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) MLflow
4 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.53%) Xcode
General
1 71 (37.37%) Social Skills
2 63 (33.16%) Marketing
3 50 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.21%) Finance
5 21 (11.05%) Retail
6 16 (8.42%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.74%) Brand Awareness
8 6 (3.16%) Banking
8 6 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.16%) Italian Language
9 4 (2.11%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.58%) Local Government
10 3 (1.58%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.05%) Billing
11 2 (1.05%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.05%) Electronics
11 2 (1.05%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.05%) Military
11 2 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.05%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (16.32%) Architect
2 26 (13.68%) Consultant
3 24 (12.63%) Analyst
4 21 (11.05%) Developer
5 17 (8.95%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (6.84%) Senior
7 11 (5.79%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 9 (4.74%) Senior Manager
9 8 (4.21%) Lead
9 8 (4.21%) Project Manager
10 7 (3.68%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 7 (3.68%) Marketing Manager
10 7 (3.68%) Security Specialist
10 7 (3.68%) Technical Support
11 6 (3.16%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 6 (3.16%) Integration Developer
11 6 (3.16%) Microsoft Consultant
11 6 (3.16%) Senior Marketing Manager
12 5 (2.63%) CRM Developer
12 5 (2.63%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.84%) REST
2 11 (5.79%) .NET
3 10 (5.26%) JSON
3 10 (5.26%) SOAP
4 9 (4.74%) HTML
5 7 (3.68%) CSS
6 6 (3.16%) XML
7 5 (2.63%) Middleware
7 5 (2.63%) OAuth
8 4 (2.11%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.58%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (1.05%) .NET Core
10 2 (1.05%) EDI
10 2 (1.05%) OpenAPI
10 2 (1.05%) PyTorch
10 2 (1.05%) React
10 2 (1.05%) RESTful
10 2 (1.05%) Swagger
10 2 (1.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.37%) Product Ownership
2 12 (6.32%) Social Media
3 7 (3.68%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (3.68%) Security Posture
4 6 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.16%) Web Conferencing
5 5 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.63%) Marketing Technology
5 5 (2.63%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.11%) IVR
6 4 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.11%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.11%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.58%) Midjourney
7 3 (1.58%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.74%) Windows
2 6 (3.16%) Linux
3 3 (1.58%) Unix
3 3 (1.58%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.53%) Android
4 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (32.11%) CRM
2 54 (28.42%) Agile
3 44 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (21.58%) Analytics
5 40 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (18.42%) Business Intelligence
7 31 (16.32%) Customer Experience
8 29 (15.26%) DevOps
9 23 (12.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 21 (11.05%) Customer Service
10 21 (11.05%) E-Commerce
11 20 (10.53%) CI/CD
12 19 (10.00%) Validation
13 18 (9.47%) AI
13 18 (9.47%) Data Modelling
14 17 (8.95%) Translating Business Requirements
15 16 (8.42%) Project Management
16 14 (7.37%) A/B Testing
16 14 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (7.37%) Marketing Automation
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.05%) JavaScript
2 19 (10.00%) SQL
3 18 (9.47%) C#
3 18 (9.47%) Python
4 10 (5.26%) Java
5 6 (3.16%) Groovy
5 6 (3.16%) T-SQL
6 4 (2.11%) Bash
6 4 (2.11%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.58%) Go
8 2 (1.05%) Scala
8 2 (1.05%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.53%) Bicep
9 1 (0.53%) C++
9 1 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.53%) JSX
9 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 19 (10.00%) Degree
2 18 (9.47%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.84%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (4.21%) CISM
6 6 (3.16%) GPEN
6 6 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.16%) OSCP
7 4 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.11%) GWAPT
8 3 (1.58%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.05%) CISSP
9 2 (1.05%) GXPN
9 2 (1.05%) OSCE
9 2 (1.05%) SANS
10 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.53%) MBA
10 1 (0.53%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.00%) GDPR
2 10 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.16%) QA
5 4 (2.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (2.11%) NIST
6 2 (1.05%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.05%) PMO
7 1 (0.53%) COBIT
7 1 (0.53%) COSO
7 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.53%) GRC
7 1 (0.53%) GxP
7 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (4.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (2.11%) Terraform
2 2 (1.05%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.05%) Nessus
2 2 (1.05%) Nmap
2 2 (1.05%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.53%) Ansible
3 1 (0.53%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 51 (26.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.00%) Salesforce
3 8 (4.21%) Google
4 7 (3.68%) Adobe
4 7 (3.68%) SAP
4 7 (3.68%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.16%) Databricks
6 5 (2.63%) Oracle
7 4 (2.11%) Cvent
7 4 (2.11%) Genesys
8 3 (1.58%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.58%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.58%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.58%) Pega
8 3 (1.58%) YouTube
9 2 (1.05%) Cisco
9 2 (1.05%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.05%) Marketo
9 2 (1.05%) Optimizely
9 2 (1.05%) Tealium