Customer-Centricity Contract Job Trends in England

Customer-Centric
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Customer-Centricity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 436 397 412
Rank change year-on-year -39 +15 +70
Contract jobs citing Customer-Centricity 113 114 145
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.39% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.44% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 53 108
10th Percentile £322 £252 £250
25th Percentile £394 £331 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £518
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.25% -10.39%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £715 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £492 £510
% change year-on-year +1.63% -3.53% -10.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £20.35 £30.63 -
25th Percentile £20.61 £30.97 -
Median hourly rate £30.59 £31.52 £17.46
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +80.53% -
75th Percentile £40.65 £42.64 -
90th Percentile - £49.30 -
UK median hourly rate £30.59 £31.52 £17.46
% change year-on-year -2.94% +80.53% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Customer-Centricity 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 27,925 25,808 32,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.90% 88.45% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,780 15,959 22,396
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,812 863 1,395
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.97 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

Customer-Centricity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Customer-Centricity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Customer-Centricity job vacancy trend in England

Customer-Centricity
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Customer-Centricity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Customer-Centricity

Customer-Centricity
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer-Centricity in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer-Centricity in England

Customer-Centricity
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Customer-Centricity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Customer-Centricity

Customer-Centricity
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer-Centricity in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer-Centricity in England

Customer-Centricity
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-Centricity within the England region over the 6 months to 17 December 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 -2 65 £450 -13.46% 37
South East -16 16 £650 +52.22% 41
North of England -49 10 £463 +58.93% 14
East of England -10 7 £625 +55.39% 10
Midlands -34 6 £420 +5.00% 28
Yorkshire -41 6 £488 - 10
South West 0 5 £594 -5.00% 4
East Midlands -24 5 £390 +11.98% 9
North West -33 3 £475 +63.23% 4
West Midlands -36 1 £500 +25.00% 18
North East - 1 £450 - 1
Customer-Centricity
UK

Customer-Centricity
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 4 (3.54%) Confluence
2 3 (2.65%) CMS
3 2 (1.77%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.88%) Apache
4 1 (0.88%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.88%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.65%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.77%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (1.77%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (1.77%) InDesign
4 2 (1.77%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.77%) Sketch
5 1 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.88%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.88%) InVision
5 1 (0.88%) Marvel
5 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.88%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 9 (7.96%) Unit4 Business World
2 6 (5.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.88%) Magento
3 1 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.88%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.39%) SaaS
2 11 (9.73%) AWS
3 9 (7.96%) Azure
4 4 (3.54%) Figma
4 4 (3.54%) GCP
5 3 (2.65%) GitHub
5 3 (2.65%) Miro
6 2 (1.77%) Adobe Analytics
6 2 (1.77%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 2 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.88%) dbt
7 1 (0.88%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.88%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.54%) Firewall
2 2 (1.77%) HTTP
3 1 (0.88%) NAS
3 1 (0.88%) SAN
3 1 (0.88%) VoIP
3 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.31%) Mixpanel
2 2 (1.77%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.88%) Couchbase
3 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.88%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.88%) Looker
3 1 (0.88%) Metadata
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.88%) Power BI
3 1 (0.88%) Redis
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (7.08%) JIRA
2 6 (5.31%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 2 (1.77%) Axure RP
3 2 (1.77%) Postman
4 1 (0.88%) AppVeyor
4 1 (0.88%) HP UFT
4 1 (0.88%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.88%) Selenium
General
1 41 (36.28%) Social Skills
2 39 (34.51%) Finance
3 21 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.62%) Banking
5 10 (8.85%) Marketing
6 6 (5.31%) Retail
7 5 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.42%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.42%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.54%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.77%) Legal
10 2 (1.77%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.77%) Military
11 1 (0.88%) Automotive
11 1 (0.88%) Billing
11 1 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 28 (24.78%) Analyst
2 11 (9.73%) Architect
2 11 (9.73%) Senior
2 11 (9.73%) Support Analyst
3 9 (7.96%) Business Analyst
3 9 (7.96%) Designer
3 9 (7.96%) Product Owner
4 7 (6.19%) Data Analyst
5 6 (5.31%) HR Analyst
5 6 (5.31%) HR Data Analyst
5 6 (5.31%) Lead
5 6 (5.31%) Senior Manager
6 5 (4.42%) Digital Architect
7 4 (3.54%) Consultant
7 4 (3.54%) Digital Product Owner
7 4 (3.54%) Enterprise Architect
7 4 (3.54%) Scrum Master
7 4 (3.54%) Service Manager
7 4 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.65%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.65%) .NET
1 3 (2.65%) MACH
1 3 (2.65%) Middleware
1 3 (2.65%) React
1 3 (2.65%) REST
2 2 (1.77%) CSS
2 2 (1.77%) HTML
2 2 (1.77%) OpenAPI
2 2 (1.77%) Playwright
2 2 (1.77%) Swagger
2 2 (1.77%) Web Services
3 1 (0.88%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.88%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.88%) ADO
3 1 (0.88%) ATL
3 1 (0.88%) Kafka
3 1 (0.88%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.88%) SOAP
3 1 (0.88%) UIKit
3 1 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.93%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.96%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.54%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.65%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.65%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.65%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.77%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.77%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.77%) Social Media
7 1 (0.88%) Culture of Ownership
7 1 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.88%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.88%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.54%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.65%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (34.51%) Agile
2 28 (24.78%) User Experience
3 26 (23.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (21.24%) Roadmaps
5 23 (20.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (17.70%) Customer Experience
7 19 (16.81%) Analytics
8 15 (13.27%) User Stories
9 14 (12.39%) UX Design
10 13 (11.50%) Customer-Centric Approach
10 13 (11.50%) Scrum
11 12 (10.62%) Dashboard Development
11 12 (10.62%) Decision-Making
11 12 (10.62%) E-Commerce
12 11 (9.73%) Business Analysis
12 11 (9.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 10 (8.85%) Journey Map
13 10 (8.85%) Microservices
13 10 (8.85%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.85%) SQL
2 5 (4.42%) Java
2 5 (4.42%) Python
3 2 (1.77%) Bash
3 2 (1.77%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.77%) PHP
3 2 (1.77%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.77%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.88%) BeanShell
4 1 (0.88%) C#
4 1 (0.88%) R
4 1 (0.88%) Scala
4 1 (0.88%) Swift
Qualifications
1 13 (11.50%) Degree
2 8 (7.08%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.42%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.54%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.65%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.65%) PMP
6 2 (1.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.77%) CEH
6 2 (1.77%) CISSP
6 2 (1.77%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.88%) CCNA
7 1 (0.88%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.54%) Accessibility
1 4 (3.54%) GDPR
1 4 (3.54%) PMO
1 4 (3.54%) QA
2 3 (2.65%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.77%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.77%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.77%) WCAG
4 1 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.88%) COBIT
4 1 (0.88%) GRC
4 1 (0.88%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.65%) Ansible
1 3 (2.65%) SCCM
1 3 (2.65%) SCOM
2 2 (1.77%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.88%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (13.27%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.08%) Google
3 6 (5.31%) Adobe
3 6 (5.31%) Amplitude
3 6 (5.31%) Hotjar
3 6 (5.31%) Optimizely
4 3 (2.65%) BMC
4 3 (2.65%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.77%) Oracle
5 2 (1.77%) SAP
5 2 (1.77%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.77%) Workday
6 1 (0.88%) Aruba
6 1 (0.88%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.88%) Databricks
6 1 (0.88%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (0.88%) Mitel
6 1 (0.88%) New Relic
6 1 (0.88%) Rollbar
6 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow