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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 413 444
Rank change year-on-year +72 +31 +86
Contract jobs citing Customer Engagement 195 108 142
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.35% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.40% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 71 78
10th Percentile £354 £363 £171
25th Percentile £428 £394 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.30%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £656
90th Percentile £725 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -8.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 7
10th Percentile - £31.82 £23.43
25th Percentile £14.00 £38.29 £33.71
Median hourly rate £24.50 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.33% - +5.45%
75th Percentile £35.00 £61.84 £55.02
90th Percentile £37.25 £65.39 £56.29
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -53.33% - +150.00%

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 27,655 27,305 34,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.92% 87.48% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,548 16,677 23,333
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,803 1,004 1,443
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.80
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.29 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.43 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.01% -21.27% +23.29%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +25.71%

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 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 27 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 27 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 +52 99 £510 +4.62% 109
South East 0 33 £525 +23.53% 124
Midlands -18 21 £600 +5.82% 42
West Midlands -21 21 £600 +5.82% 21
North of England -19 20 £700 +23.46% 29
East of England -9 13 £625 +19.05% 11
North West -10 12 £700 - 19
Yorkshire -33 7 £700 +23.46% 4
South West -9 2 £463 -22.92% 21
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 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.54%) WordPress
2 2 (1.03%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.51%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (2.56%) Chatbot
1 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.54%) Notion
3 1 (0.51%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.51%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.51%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.51%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 31 (15.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.03%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.51%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.51%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.51%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 46 (23.59%) Dynamics 365
2 45 (23.08%) Azure
3 39 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 22 (11.28%) Power Automate
5 21 (10.77%) AWS
6 18 (9.23%) PowerApps
7 16 (8.21%) SaaS
8 14 (7.18%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (4.62%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (4.62%) Serverless
10 8 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (3.59%) Entra ID
12 6 (3.08%) AtomSphere
12 6 (3.08%) Azure Functions
12 6 (3.08%) Boomi
12 6 (3.08%) GCP
12 6 (3.08%) Snowflake
13 5 (2.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 4 (2.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.10%) HTTP
2 6 (3.08%) Network Security
2 6 (3.08%) VPN
3 5 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.05%) WAN
5 3 (1.54%) VLAN
5 3 (1.54%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.03%) Firewall
6 2 (1.03%) LAN
6 2 (1.03%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.03%) SMS
6 2 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.51%) DHCP
7 1 (0.51%) DNS
7 1 (0.51%) NAS
7 1 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.85%) Power BI
2 10 (5.13%) Tableau
3 5 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (2.05%) BigQuery
4 4 (2.05%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.51%) DB2
6 1 (0.51%) Mixpanel
6 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Fiddler
2 2 (1.03%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.03%) Git
2 2 (1.03%) JIRA
2 2 (1.03%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.03%) Postman
2 2 (1.03%) sqlmap
3 1 (0.51%) GitLab
3 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.51%) MLflow
General
1 74 (37.95%) Social Skills
2 69 (35.38%) Marketing
3 48 (24.62%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (14.36%) Finance
5 19 (9.74%) Retail
6 15 (7.69%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.64%) Banking
8 7 (3.59%) Brand Awareness
8 7 (3.59%) Italian Language
9 5 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.54%) Billing
10 3 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.54%) Electronics
10 3 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.54%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.03%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.03%) Local Government
11 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (14.36%) Architect
2 25 (12.82%) Consultant
3 22 (11.28%) Developer
4 20 (10.26%) Analyst
5 16 (8.21%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (6.67%) Senior
7 11 (5.64%) Project Manager
8 10 (5.13%) Lead
9 9 (4.62%) Senior Manager
9 9 (4.62%) Technical Support
10 8 (4.10%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 8 (4.10%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 8 (4.10%) Marketing Manager
11 7 (3.59%) Functional Consultant
12 6 (3.08%) Business Analyst
12 6 (3.08%) Integration Developer
12 6 (3.08%) Senior Marketing Manager
12 6 (3.08%) Technical Manager
12 6 (3.08%) Technical Project Manager
13 5 (2.56%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.18%) JSON
2 13 (6.67%) .NET
2 13 (6.67%) REST
3 11 (5.64%) HTML
4 10 (5.13%) SOAP
5 9 (4.62%) OAuth
6 6 (3.08%) XML
7 5 (2.56%) Ajax
7 5 (2.56%) CSS
7 5 (2.56%) OAuth2
8 4 (2.05%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (1.54%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (1.54%) Middleware
10 2 (1.03%) OpenAPI
10 2 (1.03%) PyTorch
10 2 (1.03%) RESTful
10 2 (1.03%) Swagger
10 2 (1.03%) Web Services
11 1 (0.51%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.18%) Product Ownership
2 13 (6.67%) Social Media
3 8 (4.10%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (3.59%) Security Posture
5 6 (3.08%) Web Conferencing
6 5 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.56%) Marketing Technology
6 5 (2.56%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.05%) IVR
7 4 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.05%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.54%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.54%) Midjourney
8 3 (1.54%) Taxonomies
8 3 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.13%) Windows
2 6 (3.08%) Linux
3 3 (1.54%) Unix
3 3 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (35.90%) CRM
2 57 (29.23%) Agile
3 41 (21.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (20.00%) Analytics
5 38 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (17.95%) DevOps
7 30 (15.38%) Customer Experience
8 29 (14.87%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (11.79%) Customer Service
11 21 (10.77%) AI
12 20 (10.26%) Validation
13 19 (9.74%) CI/CD
13 19 (9.74%) Data Modelling
14 18 (9.23%) E-Commerce
15 15 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (7.69%) Marketing Automation
16 14 (7.18%) Mentoring
16 14 (7.18%) Project Management
16 14 (7.18%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.26%) JavaScript
2 19 (9.74%) C#
2 19 (9.74%) Python
3 15 (7.69%) SQL
4 10 (5.13%) Java
5 6 (3.08%) Groovy
5 6 (3.08%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.56%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.05%) Bash
7 4 (2.05%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.54%) Go
9 2 (1.03%) Scala
10 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.51%) Bicep
10 1 (0.51%) C++
10 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 22 (11.28%) Degree
2 18 (9.23%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.08%) CISM
6 6 (3.08%) GPEN
6 6 (3.08%) OSCP
7 4 (2.05%) GWAPT
8 3 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.54%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.03%) CISSP
9 2 (1.03%) GXPN
9 2 (1.03%) OSCE
9 2 (1.03%) SANS
10 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.51%) MBA
10 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.51%) PMP
10 1 (0.51%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.77%) GDPR
2 11 (5.64%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.08%) QA
4 5 (2.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (2.05%) NIST
6 2 (1.03%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.03%) PMO
6 2 (1.03%) SLA
7 1 (0.51%) COBIT
7 1 (0.51%) COSO
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.51%) GRC
7 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (5.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.51%) Docker
2 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (2.05%) Terraform
2 3 (1.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (1.03%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.03%) Nessus
3 2 (1.03%) Nmap
4 1 (0.51%) Ansible
4 1 (0.51%) SysTrack
4 1 (0.51%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 54 (27.69%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.77%) Salesforce
3 9 (4.62%) SAP
4 8 (4.10%) Google
4 8 (4.10%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.08%) Adobe
5 6 (3.08%) Databricks
6 5 (2.56%) CyberArk
6 5 (2.56%) Genesys
6 5 (2.56%) Oracle
7 4 (2.05%) Cvent
8 3 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.54%) OneTrust
8 3 (1.54%) Optimizely
8 3 (1.54%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.54%) Pega
8 3 (1.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (1.54%) YouTube
9 2 (1.03%) Meraki
9 2 (1.03%) Tealium