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

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 394 456
Rank change year-on-year -16 +62 +20
Contract jobs citing Customer-Centricity 126 121 133
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.43% 0.39% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.45% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 54 101
10th Percentile £350 £233 £180
25th Percentile £394 £329 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £472 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -10.10% -12.50%
75th Percentile £644 £609 £638
90th Percentile £725 £668 £725
UK median daily rate £490 £435 £510
% change year-on-year +12.77% -14.80% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £24.19 £32.49 £16.15
25th Percentile £30.20 £35.62 £16.37
Median hourly rate £40.44 £41.46 £16.73
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +147.79% -
75th Percentile £40.65 £47.92 £17.10
90th Percentile - £51.42 £17.31
UK median hourly rate £40.44 £41.46 £16.73
% change year-on-year -2.46% +147.79% -

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 26,438 26,981 35,634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.65% 86.62% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,783 16,466 24,522
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 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,710 986 1,492
10th Percentile £14.69 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.03 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.59 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.47% -11.03% +27.14%
75th Percentile £44.98 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.47 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £43.90
% change year-on-year -30.30% -17.81% +25.43%

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 1 November 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 1 November 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 1 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 +21 70 £425 -17.07% 125
South East +9 30 £688 +37.50% 121
North of England -41 12 £513 +76.12% 39
Yorkshire -25 6 £525 - 14
East of England -8 5 £625 +55.39% 16
North West -25 5 £513 +76.12% 19
Midlands -22 4 £420 +20.59% 29
South West +3 3 £613 -2.00% 20
East Midlands -17 3 £360 +3.37% 13
West Midlands -25 1 £500 - 14
North East - 1 £450 - 6
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 7 (5.56%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.97%) CMS
3 4 (3.17%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.38%) Confluence
5 1 (0.79%) Apache
5 1 (0.79%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.79%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.17%) Sketch
4 3 (2.38%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (2.38%) Adobe XD
5 2 (1.59%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (1.59%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (1.59%) InDesign
5 2 (1.59%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.79%) Marvel
6 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (7.14%) Unit4 Business World
2 7 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.79%) Magento
3 1 (0.79%) Shopify
3 1 (0.79%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 17 (13.49%) Azure
2 16 (12.70%) SaaS
3 12 (9.52%) AWS
4 9 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (4.76%) GCP
6 3 (2.38%) GitHub
7 2 (1.59%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.59%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.59%) Figma
7 2 (1.59%) Miro
8 1 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.79%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.79%) Canva
8 1 (0.79%) dbt
8 1 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.38%) Firewall
2 2 (1.59%) HTTP
3 1 (0.79%) NAS
3 1 (0.79%) SAN
3 1 (0.79%) VoIP
3 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.76%) Mixpanel
1 6 (4.76%) Power BI
1 6 (4.76%) Tableau
2 5 (3.97%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (3.97%) GIS
2 5 (3.97%) QGIS
3 2 (1.59%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.79%) Couchbase
4 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.79%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.79%) Looker
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.79%) Redis
4 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Visual Website Optimizer
2 5 (3.97%) Git
3 4 (3.17%) Axure RP
3 4 (3.17%) JIRA
4 2 (1.59%) Postman
5 1 (0.79%) AppVeyor
5 1 (0.79%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.79%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.79%) Selenium
General
1 42 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 41 (32.54%) Finance
3 23 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.11%) Marketing
5 11 (8.73%) Retail
6 10 (7.94%) Telecoms
7 7 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.76%) Banking
8 6 (4.76%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.38%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.59%) Military
11 2 (1.59%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.59%) Swedish Language
12 1 (0.79%) Billing
12 1 (0.79%) French Language
12 1 (0.79%) German Language
12 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (23.81%) Analyst
2 20 (15.87%) Architect
3 13 (10.32%) Support Analyst
4 12 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
5 10 (7.94%) Data Analyst
6 9 (7.14%) Designer
6 9 (7.14%) Senior
7 6 (4.76%) Consultant
7 6 (4.76%) Digital Architect
7 6 (4.76%) HR Analyst
7 6 (4.76%) HR Data Analyst
7 6 (4.76%) Product Owner
7 6 (4.76%) Senior Manager
7 6 (4.76%) Systems Analyst
8 5 (3.97%) Enterprise Architect
8 5 (3.97%) IT Support
8 5 (3.97%) Lead
8 5 (3.97%) Product Manager
9 4 (3.17%) Python Data Engineer
9 4 (3.17%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.97%) CSS
1 5 (3.97%) GeoPandas
1 5 (3.97%) HTML
1 5 (3.97%) Middleware
1 5 (3.97%) PostGIS
2 3 (2.38%) .NET
2 3 (2.38%) MACH
2 3 (2.38%) REST
3 2 (1.59%) EDI
3 2 (1.59%) OpenAPI
3 2 (1.59%) Playwright
3 2 (1.59%) PySpark
3 2 (1.59%) React
3 2 (1.59%) Swagger
3 2 (1.59%) Web Services
4 1 (0.79%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.79%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.79%) ATL
4 1 (0.79%) SOAP
4 1 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.87%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (6.35%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.35%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.76%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.97%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (2.38%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.38%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (2.38%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.59%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.59%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.59%) Social Media
8 1 (0.79%) NHS
8 1 (0.79%) Online Banking
8 1 (0.79%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.76%) Android
1 6 (4.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (26.98%) Agile
2 31 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (23.02%) Roadmaps
4 29 (23.02%) User Experience
5 26 (20.63%) Analytics
6 23 (18.25%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (17.46%) Customer Experience
8 18 (14.29%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 17 (13.49%) Process Improvement
10 16 (12.70%) E-Commerce
11 15 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (11.11%) Project Management
12 14 (11.11%) UX Design
13 13 (10.32%) Decision-Making
14 12 (9.52%) CI/CD
14 12 (9.52%) Dashboard Development
14 12 (9.52%) Microservices
14 12 (9.52%) User Stories
15 11 (8.73%) Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 17 (13.49%) SQL
2 10 (7.94%) Python
3 5 (3.97%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.17%) Java
5 2 (1.59%) Bash
5 2 (1.59%) PHP
5 2 (1.59%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.59%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.79%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.79%) C#
6 1 (0.79%) R
6 1 (0.79%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (6.35%) Degree
1 8 (6.35%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.17%) APMP
2 4 (3.17%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.38%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (1.59%) CEH
4 2 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.59%) CISSP
4 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.59%) PMP
5 1 (0.79%) CCAB
5 1 (0.79%) CSPO
5 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.97%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.17%) GDPR
3 4 (3.17%) P3O
3 4 (3.17%) QA
4 3 (2.38%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.38%) PMO
5 2 (1.59%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.79%) GRC
6 1 (0.79%) SLA
6 1 (0.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) Ansible
1 2 (1.59%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.59%) SCCM
1 2 (1.59%) SCOM
1 2 (1.59%) Terraform
2 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.94%) Google
3 9 (7.14%) Databricks
4 8 (6.35%) Adobe
5 6 (4.76%) Amplitude
5 6 (4.76%) Hotjar
5 6 (4.76%) Optimizely
6 4 (3.17%) IFS
6 4 (3.17%) Liquidlogic
7 3 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.38%) Sitecore
8 2 (1.59%) BMC
8 2 (1.59%) Oracle
8 2 (1.59%) Workday
9 1 (0.79%) Citrix
9 1 (0.79%) New Relic
9 1 (0.79%) Niku
9 1 (0.79%) Rollbar
9 1 (0.79%) SAP
9 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow