Customer Experience Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Customer Experience (CX)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Customer Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 106 108
Rank change year-on-year -25 +2 +53
Contract jobs citing Customer Experience 79 57 77
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 1.67% 1.59% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 1.84% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 27 55
10th Percentile £163 £182 £249
25th Percentile £375 £256 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £356 £500
Median % change year-on-year +30.76% -28.80% -
75th Percentile £519 £565 £544
90th Percentile £588 £643 £641
England median daily rate £500 £450 £484
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.98% -3.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 2
10th Percentile £14.35 £18.73 £16.66
25th Percentile £17.38 £21.05 £16.84
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.88 £17.33
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +32.02% -8.80%
75th Percentile £43.00 £23.85 £17.62
90th Percentile - £24.18 £17.68
England median hourly rate £18.00 £23.99 £17.72
% change year-on-year -24.97% +35.38% +1.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Customer Experience 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,195 3,105 4,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.54% 86.78% 88.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,787 1,767 2,728
10th Percentile £215 £263 £293
25th Percentile £363 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £665 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 155 189
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.32 £17.25 £17.75
Median hourly rate £28.96 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £51.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £68.90 £66.80 £62.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

Customer Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Customer Experience job vacancy trend in the North of England

Customer Experience
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Customer Experience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Customer Experience

Customer Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Experience in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Experience in the North of England

Customer Experience
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Customer Experience.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Customer Experience

Customer Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Experience in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Experience in the North of England

Customer Experience
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Experience within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
North West -21 43 £466 +3.44% 40
Yorkshire -45 26 £470 +104.35% 20
North East 0 10 £450 - 11
Customer Experience
England

Customer Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 13 (16.46%) Confluence
2 6 (7.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.53%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.27%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.27%) InVision
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.92%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (7.59%) Power Platform
3 5 (6.33%) AWS
4 3 (3.80%) Azure
4 3 (3.80%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.80%) SaaS
5 2 (2.53%) GCP
5 2 (2.53%) GitHub
5 2 (2.53%) Google Play
6 1 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.27%) Contentsquare
6 1 (1.27%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.27%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.59%) SSH
2 1 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.27%) Firewall
2 1 (1.27%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.27%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.27%) WAN
2 1 (1.27%) WebEx
2 1 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.59%) Power BI
2 3 (3.80%) Looker
3 1 (1.27%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (18.99%) JIRA
2 5 (6.33%) CircleCI
2 5 (6.33%) Git
3 1 (1.27%) Postman
3 1 (1.27%) Selenium
3 1 (1.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (48.10%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.99%) Finance
3 13 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.39%) Banking
5 7 (8.86%) Public Sector
6 6 (7.59%) Marketing
7 5 (6.33%) Retail
7 5 (6.33%) Telecoms
8 4 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (5.06%) Legal
9 3 (3.80%) Automotive
9 3 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.53%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (1.27%) Billing
11 1 (1.27%) Electronics
11 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 20 (25.32%) Analyst
2 9 (11.39%) IT Support
3 8 (10.13%) Developer
4 6 (7.59%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 6 (7.59%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (7.59%) Business Analyst
4 6 (7.59%) IT Support Specialist
4 6 (7.59%) Support Analyst
4 6 (7.59%) Support Specialist
5 5 (6.33%) Designer
5 5 (6.33%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.33%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Consultant
6 4 (5.06%) Customer Service Advisor
6 4 (5.06%) iOS Developer
6 4 (5.06%) Product Owner
6 4 (5.06%) Technical Support
6 4 (5.06%) Technical Support Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Customer Experience Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.33%) RESTful
2 3 (3.80%) SwiftUI
3 2 (2.53%) Android Jetpack
3 2 (2.53%) Jetpack Compose
3 2 (2.53%) REST
4 1 (1.27%) Middleware
4 1 (1.27%) OpenAPI
4 1 (1.27%) SOAP
4 1 (1.27%) Swagger
4 1 (1.27%) Web Services
4 1 (1.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.39%) Product Ownership
2 6 (7.59%) Mobile App
2 6 (7.59%) Tandem
3 5 (6.33%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.06%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.53%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.27%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.27%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.27%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.27%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (1.27%) Online Banking
6 1 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.27%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (21.52%) Windows
2 7 (8.86%) Apple iOS
3 6 (7.59%) Unix
3 6 (7.59%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.33%) Windows 10
5 4 (5.06%) Android
6 3 (3.80%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.11%) Agile
2 15 (18.99%) Project Management
3 14 (17.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (16.46%) Customer Service
4 13 (16.46%) User Experience
5 12 (15.19%) Change Management
6 11 (13.92%) Incident Management
6 11 (13.92%) ITIL
6 11 (13.92%) Project Delivery
6 11 (13.92%) Service Delivery
6 11 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (12.66%) Data Protection
7 10 (12.66%) Information Security
7 10 (12.66%) Roadmaps
8 9 (11.39%) CI/CD
9 8 (10.13%) Decision-Making
9 8 (10.13%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (10.13%) Service Management
10 7 (8.86%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.06%) Swift
2 3 (3.80%) Python
3 2 (2.53%) Java
3 2 (2.53%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.27%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.27%) Objective-C
4 1 (1.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (10.13%) Degree
2 7 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (7.59%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) SLA
2 2 (2.53%) GRC
3 1 (1.27%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.27%) GDPR
3 1 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 3 (3.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.80%) SCCM
2 3 (3.80%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (1.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 16 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.59%) IBM
2 6 (7.59%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.33%) Apple
4 4 (5.06%) Google
5 2 (2.53%) BMC
5 2 (2.53%) Gemalto
5 2 (2.53%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.53%) SAP
5 2 (2.53%) Thales
6 1 (1.27%) Adobe
6 1 (1.27%) Avaya
6 1 (1.27%) Cisco
6 1 (1.27%) Ekahau
6 1 (1.27%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.27%) Genesys
6 1 (1.27%) Hotjar
6 1 (1.27%) Juniper
6 1 (1.27%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.27%) Zoho