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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 379 405
Rank change year-on-year +13 +26 +138
Contract jobs citing Customer Engagement 207 105 152
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.41% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.45% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 69 96
10th Percentile £358 £297 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £567 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% -5.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £688
90th Percentile £789 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 6
10th Percentile - - £14.00
25th Percentile - £27.50 £18.06
Median hourly rate £14.00 £41.25 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -66.06% +9.27% -32.94%
75th Percentile £35.00 £58.19 £47.50
90th Percentile £53.00 £62.28 £47.83
UK median hourly rate £14.00 £41.25 £37.75
% change year-on-year -66.06% +9.27% +79.76%

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 30,906 23,179 32,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.22% 90.17% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,822 14,560 21,758
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £618 £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 1,906 762 2,042
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £34.23
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +2.25% -2.20%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.94
90th Percentile £72.52 £75.23 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year -15.38% -1.71% -5.53%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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 +12 113 £500 -4.76% 51
South East -20 28 £525 -6.67% 47
West Midlands -25 28 £600 +5.82% 13
Midlands -31 28 £600 +5.82% 22
East of England -23 15 £375 -42.31% 11
North of England -54 14 £444 -21.78% 18
North West -21 9 £444 -1.44% 12
Yorkshire -62 5 - - 6
South West -30 3 £463 -28.85% 14
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 6 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.93%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (1.45%) WordPress
4 2 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.97%) Confluence
4 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.48%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (4.83%) Chatbot
2 6 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.45%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.45%) Notion
4 2 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.48%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (21.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.93%) Oracle Assets
2 4 (1.93%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.93%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (1.93%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (1.93%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.48%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.48%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 52 (25.12%) Dynamics 365
2 50 (24.15%) Azure
3 43 (20.77%) Power Platform
4 26 (12.56%) Power Automate
5 19 (9.18%) PowerApps
6 17 (8.21%) AWS
7 16 (7.73%) Azure Logic Apps
8 13 (6.28%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (5.80%) SaaS
10 10 (4.83%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (4.35%) WhatsApp
12 7 (3.38%) Azure Functions
12 7 (3.38%) GCP
12 7 (3.38%) Google Workspace
12 7 (3.38%) Miro
12 7 (3.38%) Serverless
13 6 (2.90%) AtomSphere
13 6 (2.90%) Boomi
13 6 (2.90%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.80%) HTTP
1 12 (5.80%) VPN
2 10 (4.83%) WAN
3 8 (3.86%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.38%) LAN
5 5 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.93%) Network Security
6 4 (1.93%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.45%) Firewall
7 3 (1.45%) SMS
8 2 (0.97%) BGP
8 2 (0.97%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.97%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.97%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.97%) OSPF
8 2 (0.97%) VLAN
8 2 (0.97%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.48%) DHCP
9 1 (0.48%) DNS
9 1 (0.48%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.14%) Power BI
2 7 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.93%) Power Query
3 4 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.93%) ZAP BI
4 3 (1.45%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.45%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.45%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.97%) Pinecone
5 2 (0.97%) Tableau
5 2 (0.97%) Weaviate
6 1 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.48%) DB2
6 1 (0.48%) Looker
6 1 (0.48%) Mixpanel
6 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Burp Suite
1 2 (0.97%) Fiddler
1 2 (0.97%) JDeveloper
1 2 (0.97%) JIRA
1 2 (0.97%) Metasploit
1 2 (0.97%) sqlmap
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) GitLab
2 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
General
1 90 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 50 (24.15%) Marketing
3 46 (22.22%) Finance
4 44 (21.26%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (10.14%) Public Sector
6 16 (7.73%) Retail
7 13 (6.28%) Banking
8 9 (4.35%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.38%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.42%) Italian Language
11 4 (1.93%) Brand Awareness
11 4 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.45%) Billing
12 3 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.97%) Back Office
13 2 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.97%) Legal
13 2 (0.97%) Military
13 2 (0.97%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (16.43%) Consultant
2 31 (14.98%) Architect
2 31 (14.98%) Developer
3 19 (9.18%) Lead
4 17 (8.21%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 14 (6.76%) Analyst
5 14 (6.76%) Senior
6 11 (5.31%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.83%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (4.83%) Technical Architect
8 9 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 9 (4.35%) Functional Consultant
8 9 (4.35%) Security Consultant
9 7 (3.38%) Dynamics 365 Architect
9 7 (3.38%) Technical Support
10 6 (2.90%) Integration Developer
10 6 (2.90%) Marketing Manager
10 6 (2.90%) Technical Manager
10 6 (2.90%) Technical Project Manager
11 5 (2.42%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.70%) JSON
2 15 (7.25%) .NET
2 15 (7.25%) HTML
3 13 (6.28%) REST
4 9 (4.35%) HTML5 Canvas
4 9 (4.35%) SOAP
5 8 (3.86%) OAuth
6 6 (2.90%) Ajax
6 6 (2.90%) OAuth2
6 6 (2.90%) XML
7 4 (1.93%) CSS
7 4 (1.93%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.93%) PyTorch
7 4 (1.93%) TensorFlow
8 2 (0.97%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.97%) Faiss
8 2 (0.97%) Hugging Face
8 2 (0.97%) Keras
8 2 (0.97%) LangChain
8 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.83%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.35%) Social Media
2 9 (4.35%) Virtual Team
3 8 (3.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (3.86%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.38%) Marketing Technology
4 7 (3.38%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.42%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.93%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.93%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.93%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.93%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (1.45%) Midjourney
7 3 (1.45%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.45%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.80%) Windows
2 6 (2.90%) Linux
3 4 (1.93%) Unix
4 3 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.97%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.48%) Android
6 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (35.27%) CRM
2 52 (25.12%) Agile
3 40 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (18.84%) Analytics
4 39 (18.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 38 (18.36%) DevOps
6 31 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (11.59%) AI
7 24 (11.59%) Business Intelligence
8 23 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 22 (10.63%) Customer Experience
10 20 (9.66%) Customer Service
10 20 (9.66%) Use Case
10 20 (9.66%) Validation
11 19 (9.18%) Roadmaps
12 18 (8.70%) CI/CD
12 18 (8.70%) Requirements Gathering
13 17 (8.21%) Data Modelling
13 17 (8.21%) Workshop Facilitation
14 16 (7.73%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 25 (12.08%) JavaScript
2 24 (11.59%) C#
3 17 (8.21%) Python
4 13 (6.28%) SQL
5 10 (4.83%) Java
6 6 (2.90%) Groovy
6 6 (2.90%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.90%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (2.42%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.93%) VBA
9 3 (1.45%) Bash
9 3 (1.45%) Bicep
10 2 (0.97%) R
10 2 (0.97%) Scala
11 1 (0.48%) C++
11 1 (0.48%) Go
11 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 26 (12.56%) Security Cleared
2 22 (10.63%) Degree
3 17 (8.21%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.90%) GPEN
6 6 (2.90%) OSCP
7 5 (2.42%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.93%) GWAPT
9 3 (1.45%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.45%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.45%) MBA
10 2 (0.97%) CCIE
10 2 (0.97%) CCNP
10 2 (0.97%) CCSE
10 2 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.97%) JNCIE
10 2 (0.97%) JNCIP
10 2 (0.97%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.97%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.25%) GDPR
2 9 (4.35%) QA
3 8 (3.86%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.86%) SLA
4 4 (1.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (1.93%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.93%) NIST
5 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.97%) PMO
6 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.48%) GRC
6 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (5.31%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) IAG
2 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (3.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 5 (2.42%) Terraform
3 4 (1.93%) Ansible
4 2 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.97%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.97%) Nessus
4 2 (0.97%) Nmap
4 2 (0.97%) SysTrack
5 1 (0.48%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 69 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.28%) Salesforce
3 12 (5.80%) ServiceNow
4 9 (4.35%) Google
5 6 (2.90%) CyberArk
5 6 (2.90%) Databricks
5 6 (2.90%) Oracle
6 5 (2.42%) Cisco
6 5 (2.42%) Meraki
6 5 (2.42%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 5 (2.42%) SAP
7 4 (1.93%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.93%) Sage
8 3 (1.45%) Adobe
8 3 (1.45%) F5
8 3 (1.45%) Genesys
8 3 (1.45%) Juniper
8 3 (1.45%) Pega
8 3 (1.45%) Remedy
8 3 (1.45%) YouTube