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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 429 432
Rank change year-on-year +64 +3 +82
Contract jobs citing Customer Engagement 151 99 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.30% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.35% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 68 97
10th Percentile £355 £325 £250
25th Percentile £453 £374 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -0.08% -14.82%
75th Percentile £655 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £693 £671
UK median daily rate £525 £501 £519
% change year-on-year +4.90% -3.52% -10.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 8
10th Percentile £25.30 £20.89 £23.43
25th Percentile £32.75 £27.29 £38.86
Median hourly rate £34.00 £40.07 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year -15.14% -20.27% +34.44%
75th Percentile £36.25 £54.97 £54.39
90th Percentile £42.40 £62.64 £56.29
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £40.07 £52.50
% change year-on-year -15.14% -23.69% +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 25,024 27,970 37,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.88% 86.03% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,893 17,419 26,295
10th Percentile £300 £313 £319
25th Percentile £405 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,490 1,309 1,438
10th Percentile £14.37 £14.96 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%
75th Percentile £49.31 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%

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
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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +71 83 £525 +5.00% 220
South East +21 26 £596 +40.24% 162
North of England +6 21 £500 -11.82% 51
North West - 14 £700 - 29
East of England +8 7 £625 +19.05% 34
Yorkshire -10 6 £475 -16.23% 18
South West +17 4 £406 -31.14% 29
West Midlands -19 4 £615 +18.04% 37
Midlands -20 4 £615 +18.04% 59
North East - 1 £450 - 4
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 5 (3.31%) CMS
1 5 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.99%) Confluence
3 1 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.66%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.65%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (2.65%) Photoshop
4 3 (1.99%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.66%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.66%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.66%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.66%) Sketch
5 1 (0.66%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (16.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.32%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.66%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.66%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 48 (31.79%) Power Platform
2 42 (27.81%) Dynamics 365
3 33 (21.85%) Azure
4 20 (13.25%) Power Automate
4 20 (13.25%) PowerApps
5 17 (11.26%) AWS
6 10 (6.62%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (5.96%) SaaS
8 7 (4.64%) GCP
8 7 (4.64%) Serverless
9 5 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (3.31%) Entra ID
10 4 (2.65%) Adobe Analytics
10 4 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.65%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (2.65%) GitHub
10 4 (2.65%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 4 (2.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.64%) Network Security
2 3 (1.99%) VLAN
3 2 (1.32%) SMS
3 2 (1.32%) VPN
4 1 (0.66%) BGP
4 1 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.66%) Firewall
4 1 (0.66%) HTTP
4 1 (0.66%) NAS
4 1 (0.66%) SAN
4 1 (0.66%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.66%) VoIP
4 1 (0.66%) Wireless
4 1 (0.66%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (23.18%) Power BI
2 16 (10.60%) Tableau
3 5 (3.31%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.66%) Big Data
6 1 (0.66%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 6 (3.97%) JIRA
2 4 (2.65%) Postman
3 2 (1.32%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.32%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.32%) sqlmap
4 1 (0.66%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.66%) ERwin
4 1 (0.66%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.66%) Git
4 1 (0.66%) GitLab
4 1 (0.66%) Gradle
4 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.66%) MLflow
4 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.66%) Xcode
General
1 54 (35.76%) Social Skills
2 51 (33.77%) Marketing
3 29 (19.21%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (15.89%) Finance
5 18 (11.92%) Retail
6 9 (5.96%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.97%) Banking
8 5 (3.31%) Brand Awareness
8 5 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.99%) Local Government
11 2 (1.32%) Advertising
11 2 (1.32%) Electronics
11 2 (1.32%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.32%) International Banking
11 2 (1.32%) Italian Language
11 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.66%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 24 (15.89%) Architect
2 21 (13.91%) Consultant
3 20 (13.25%) Analyst
4 14 (9.27%) Solutions Architect
5 12 (7.95%) Developer
6 11 (7.28%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 8 (5.30%) Project Manager
8 7 (4.64%) Security Specialist
8 7 (4.64%) Senior
9 6 (3.97%) Designer
9 6 (3.97%) Dynamics 365 Architect
9 6 (3.97%) Senior Manager
10 5 (3.31%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 4 (2.65%) AWS Engineer
11 4 (2.65%) Communications Manager
11 4 (2.65%) CRM Developer
11 4 (2.65%) Lead
11 4 (2.65%) Platform Architect
11 4 (2.65%) Product Owner
11 4 (2.65%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.62%) .NET
2 7 (4.64%) CSS
2 7 (4.64%) HTML
3 6 (3.97%) Middleware
4 5 (3.31%) REST
5 4 (2.65%) ASP.NET
5 4 (2.65%) OpenAPI
5 4 (2.65%) Swagger
5 4 (2.65%) Web Services
6 2 (1.32%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.32%) EDI
6 2 (1.32%) OAuth
6 2 (1.32%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.32%) React
7 1 (0.66%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.66%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.66%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.66%) Kafka
7 1 (0.66%) React Native
7 1 (0.66%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.62%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.64%) Social Media
3 6 (3.97%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.31%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.31%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.65%) IVR
6 3 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.99%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.32%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.32%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.32%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.32%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.66%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.66%) Life Science
8 1 (0.66%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.30%) Windows
2 3 (1.99%) Linux
3 1 (0.66%) Android
3 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (31.79%) CRM
2 38 (25.17%) Agile
3 36 (23.84%) Business Intelligence
4 34 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (21.19%) Analytics
6 30 (19.87%) Stakeholder Management
7 28 (18.54%) Customer Experience
8 20 (13.25%) Customer Service
8 20 (13.25%) E-Commerce
9 18 (11.92%) Project Management
10 17 (11.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (10.60%) Migration
12 15 (9.93%) Artificial Intelligence
12 15 (9.93%) DevOps
12 15 (9.93%) User Experience
13 12 (7.95%) A/B Testing
13 12 (7.95%) CI/CD
13 12 (7.95%) Translating Business Requirements
13 12 (7.95%) Validation
14 11 (7.28%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.60%) SQL
2 14 (9.27%) JavaScript
2 14 (9.27%) Python
3 12 (7.95%) C#
4 4 (2.65%) Bash
5 3 (1.99%) Go
6 2 (1.32%) Java
6 2 (1.32%) Scala
7 1 (0.66%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.66%) JSX
7 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (9.93%) Security Cleared
2 12 (7.95%) Degree
3 11 (7.28%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.64%) CISM
5 6 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.99%) GPEN
8 3 (1.99%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.99%) OSCP
9 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.32%) GXPN
9 2 (1.32%) OSCE
9 2 (1.32%) SANS
10 1 (0.66%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.66%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.66%) GWAPT
10 1 (0.66%) MBA
10 1 (0.66%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.27%) GDPR
2 7 (4.64%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.99%) QA
4 2 (1.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.66%) COBIT
5 1 (0.66%) COSO
5 1 (0.66%) GxP
5 1 (0.66%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.66%) NIST
5 1 (0.66%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (3.97%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.66%) Docker
2 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.99%) Terraform
2 2 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (1.32%) Nessus
2 2 (1.32%) Nmap
2 2 (1.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.66%) Ansible
3 1 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.66%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 47 (31.13%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.92%) Salesforce
3 11 (7.28%) Adobe
4 10 (6.62%) Google
5 8 (5.30%) SAP
6 7 (4.64%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.31%) Oracle
8 4 (2.65%) Cvent
9 3 (1.99%) Databricks
10 2 (1.32%) Cisco
10 2 (1.32%) Genesys
10 2 (1.32%) Marketo
10 2 (1.32%) Monzo
10 2 (1.32%) OneTrust
10 2 (1.32%) Optimizely
11 1 (0.66%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.66%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.66%) Pega
11 1 (0.66%) VMware
11 1 (0.66%) Workday