Customer-Centricity Contracts in the South East

Customer-Centric
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Customer-Centricity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Customer-Centricity over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 158 183
Rank change year-on-year +33 +25 +48
Contract jobs citing Customer-Centricity 38 29 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.08% 0.59% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 0.71% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 24
10th Percentile £453 £134 £270
25th Percentile £479 £357 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £488 £344
Median % change year-on-year +8.05% +41.82% -29.67%
75th Percentile £725 £613 £417
90th Percentile £786 £703 £538
England median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.25 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £15.80 £16.00 £17.46
% change year-on-year -1.25% -8.36% -77.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,163 4,068 4,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.86% 82.68% 88.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,977 2,484 3,367
10th Percentile £250 £255 £256
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.58% +3.60%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £671 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 322 236
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.38
25th Percentile £15.13 £26.25 £21.05
Median hourly rate £21.41 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.67% +14.70% +100.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £70.14 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.92 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +56.60%

Customer-Centricity
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Customer-Centricity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Customer-Centricity in the South East

Customer-Centricity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer-Centricity in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Customer-Centricity in the South East

Customer-Centricity
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer-Centricity in the South East over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer-Centricity in the South East

Customer-Centricity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer-Centricity in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Customer-Centricity in the South East

Customer-Centricity
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Thames Valley +17 30 £500 +8.11% 29
Buckinghamshire +17 12 £688 +61.76% 6
Berkshire -3 10 £498 -0.40% 13
Oxfordshire - 8 £500 - 10
Hampshire +17 5 £700 +64.71% 13
Sussex - 2 - - 2
Surrey - 1 £450 - 19
Customer-Centricity
England

Customer-Centricity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.26%) CMS
2 2 (5.26%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (13.16%) Azure
3 4 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (7.89%) OneDrive
5 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.63%) AWS
6 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.63%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Metadata
1 2 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) HP UFT
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
1 1 (2.63%) Katalon Studio
1 1 (2.63%) Selenium
General
1 8 (21.05%) Telecoms
2 7 (18.42%) Finance
2 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (13.16%) Retail
4 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Marketing
5 2 (5.26%) Law
5 2 (5.26%) Legal
5 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.26%) Social Housing
5 2 (5.26%) Swedish Language
6 1 (2.63%) Automotive
6 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (21.05%) Analyst
2 6 (15.79%) Architect
2 6 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (13.16%) Business IT Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Business Support Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Business Systems Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) IT Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) IT Support
3 5 (13.16%) IT Support Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Support Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Systems Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Systems Support
3 5 (13.16%) Systems Support Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Digital Architect
4 3 (7.89%) Digital Solutions Architect
4 3 (7.89%) Project Manager
4 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Service Desk Support
5 2 (5.26%) Commercial Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.26%) Low-Code
2 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (26.32%) Change Control
3 9 (23.68%) Analytics
3 9 (23.68%) PRINCE2
4 8 (21.05%) Roadmaps
5 7 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (18.42%) Information Management
5 7 (18.42%) Release Management
6 6 (15.79%) Performance Metrics
6 6 (15.79%) Project Management
7 5 (13.16%) Agile
7 5 (13.16%) Application Security
7 5 (13.16%) Business Continuity
7 5 (13.16%) Knowledge Management
7 5 (13.16%) Performance Monitoring
7 5 (13.16%) Portfolio Management
7 5 (13.16%) Process Improvement
7 5 (13.16%) Project Delivery
7 5 (13.16%) Service Delivery
7 5 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.16%) APMP
2 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (7.89%) Degree
5 1 (2.63%) CCNA
5 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.42%) Data Quality
2 5 (13.16%) P3O
3 2 (5.26%) QA
4 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.63%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) CSIRT
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) IFS
2 5 (13.16%) Liquidlogic
3 3 (7.89%) Sitecore
4 2 (5.26%) Adobe
4 2 (5.26%) Databricks
4 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.63%) Citrix
5 1 (2.63%) Google
5 1 (2.63%) Niku
5 1 (2.63%) Splunk