CRM Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring CRM skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 98 84
Rank change year-on-year +28 -14 -3
Contract jobs citing CRM 51 27 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.02% 1.25% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 1.46% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 14 30
10th Percentile £350 £249 £398
25th Percentile £363 £373 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £573 £531
Median % change year-on-year -8.34% +7.81% -2.61%
75th Percentile £609 £589 £622
90th Percentile £650 £635 £750
South East median daily rate £514 £520 £520
% change year-on-year -1.20% - -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.75 £11.66 -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £11.87 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.58% -15.21% -37.78%
75th Percentile £17.00 £12.09 -
90th Percentile £27.30 - -
South East median hourly rate £15.63 £11.87 £15.21
% change year-on-year +31.63% -21.96% -7.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

CRM 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,533 1,852 2,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.93% 85.42% 90.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 939 1,031 1,656
10th Percentile £258 £300 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £510 £523
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% -2.49% +4.60%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 78 85
10th Percentile £14.40 £18.64 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.13 £30.10 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £59.47 £52.10
Median % change year-on-year -57.71% +14.15% +163.80%
75th Percentile £40.65 £67.38 £66.44
90th Percentile £79.00 £79.72 £75.15
South East median hourly rate £22.35 £58.49 £54.38
% change year-on-year -61.80% +7.56% +87.48%

CRM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing CRM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for CRM in the Thames Valley

CRM
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CRM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CRM

CRM
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CRM in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CRM in the Thames Valley

CRM
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CRM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CRM

CRM
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CRM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Berkshire +40 45 £525 -8.34% 58
Oxfordshire -5 4 £450 - 25
Buckinghamshire +4 2 £375 - 28
CRM
South East

CRM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (13.73%) CMS
2 5 (9.80%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.84%) Confluence
4 2 (3.92%) Camunda
5 1 (1.96%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.96%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.96%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (27.45%) SaaS
2 9 (17.65%) Azure
3 7 (13.73%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (9.80%) AWS
5 4 (7.84%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (5.88%) Oracle CX
7 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) SD-WAN
1 2 (3.92%) WAN
2 1 (1.96%) DNS
2 1 (1.96%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (1.96%) Power BI
1 1 (1.96%) Power Query
1 1 (1.96%) Sisense
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (1.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (9.80%) JIRA
2 3 (5.88%) Selenium
General
1 22 (43.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.53%) Telecoms
3 10 (19.61%) Billing
4 8 (15.69%) Finance
4 8 (15.69%) Marketing
5 7 (13.73%) French Language
6 6 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (9.80%) Retail
8 4 (7.84%) Automotive
9 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.96%) Italian Language
10 1 (1.96%) Law
10 1 (1.96%) Legal
10 1 (1.96%) Social Science
10 1 (1.96%) Spanish Language
10 1 (1.96%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 9 (17.65%) Project Manager
2 8 (15.69%) Analyst
2 8 (15.69%) Business Analyst
3 7 (13.73%) Customer Service Advisor
4 4 (7.84%) E-Commerce Manager
4 4 (7.84%) E-Commerce Project Manager
4 4 (7.84%) Lead
5 3 (5.88%) Administrator
5 3 (5.88%) Architect
5 3 (5.88%) Digital Project Manager
5 3 (5.88%) Product Owner
5 3 (5.88%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) BSS Architect
6 2 (3.92%) Customer Support Representative
6 2 (3.92%) Designer
6 2 (3.92%) Oracle Project Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Scrum Master
6 2 (3.92%) Test Leader
7 1 (1.96%) Sales Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) ADO
2 1 (1.96%) .NET
2 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.96%) JSON
2 1 (1.96%) MDX
2 1 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.96%) Playwright
2 1 (1.96%) React
2 1 (1.96%) REST
2 1 (1.96%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (1.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 5 (9.80%) Mobile App
3 4 (7.84%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.88%) TM Forum
5 2 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.92%) Social Media
6 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.96%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.96%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.96%) EPoS
6 1 (1.96%) Frameworx
6 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.96%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.96%) Photography
6 1 (1.96%) Smart Meter
6 1 (1.96%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) Agile
2 10 (19.61%) ERP
3 9 (17.65%) Project Management
3 9 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (15.69%) Customer Service
5 7 (13.73%) Business Analysis
5 7 (13.73%) DevOps
6 6 (11.76%) Customer Experience
6 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (11.76%) Project Delivery
6 6 (11.76%) Scrum
6 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (11.76%) User Stories
7 5 (9.80%) E-Commerce
7 5 (9.80%) PRINCE2
7 5 (9.80%) Roadmaps
7 5 (9.80%) Waterfall
8 4 (7.84%) Change Management
8 4 (7.84%) Project Governance
8 4 (7.84%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.92%) Java
2 1 (1.96%) Python
2 1 (1.96%) Ruby
2 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (7.84%) PMI Certification
1 4 (7.84%) PMP
2 2 (3.92%) Degree
3 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.96%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.96%) IIBA
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) GDPR
2 3 (5.88%) QA
3 1 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 20 (39.22%) Salesforce
2 9 (17.65%) SAP
3 6 (11.76%) Oracle
4 4 (7.84%) HubSpot
4 4 (7.84%) MuleSoft
5 3 (5.88%) Microsoft
6 2 (3.92%) Facebook
6 2 (3.92%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.96%) Adobe
7 1 (1.96%) Genesys
7 1 (1.96%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (1.96%) Remedy
7 1 (1.96%) Virgin Media