Customer Engagement Contracts in the UK excluding London

Customer Engagement
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Customer Engagement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Customer Engagement over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 329 346
Rank change year-on-year +34 +17 +60
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Customer Engagement 74 51 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.28% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.34% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 31 50
10th Percentile £357 - £240
25th Percentile £413 £363 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% -0.04% -12.24%
75th Percentile £666 £589 £615
90th Percentile £725 £600 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £21.07 £23.43
25th Percentile £14.50 £25.88 £31.64
Median hourly rate £15.00 £37.42 £56.30
Median % change year-on-year -59.91% -33.54% +14.26%
75th Percentile £15.50 £47.83 £56.30
90th Percentile - £57.79 £66.15
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £37.42 £53.25
% change year-on-year -9.13% -29.74% +104.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Customer Engagement 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 UK excluding London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,687 15,011 19,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.11% 82.65% 88.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,185 8,893 12,773
10th Percentile £238 £245 £260
25th Percentile £367 £387 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,395 1,400 1,211
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.60 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.63 £42.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.75% +6.25% +77.78%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.30 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -4.71% +54.55%

Customer Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Customer Engagement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Engagement in the UK excluding London

Customer Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Customer Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Customer Engagement

Customer Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Engagement in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Engagement in the UK excluding London

Customer Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Customer Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Customer Engagement

Customer Engagement
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Engagement within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +16 27 £573 +34.82% 133
North of England -5 23 £475 - 28
North West +3 16 £500 - 21
South West +20 7 £450 -23.73% 17
Scotland +5 6 £425 - 7
Yorkshire - 6 £475 - 5
East of England +3 5 £625 +19.05% 20
West Midlands -13 4 £613 +22.50% 30
Midlands -18 4 £613 +22.50% 36
Wales - 2 £525 - 10
North East - 1 £450 - 2
Customer Engagement
UK

Customer Engagement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (10.81%) IBM Domino
2 1 (1.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.35%) CMS
2 1 (1.35%) Confluence
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.35%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.35%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.35%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.35%) Sketch
2 1 (1.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (10.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.35%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (1.35%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 24 (32.43%) Power Platform
2 18 (24.32%) Dynamics 365
3 12 (16.22%) Azure
4 8 (10.81%) PowerApps
5 6 (8.11%) AWS
5 6 (8.11%) Power Automate
6 4 (5.41%) Adobe Analytics
6 4 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (5.41%) SaaS
7 3 (4.05%) Contentsquare
7 3 (4.05%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.05%) GitHub
8 2 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.70%) IaaS
8 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.70%) OCI
8 2 (2.70%) Oracle CX
8 2 (2.70%) PaaS
8 2 (2.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (2.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.46%) Network Security
2 1 (1.35%) BGP
2 1 (1.35%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.35%) Firewall
2 1 (1.35%) HTTP
2 1 (1.35%) Internet
2 1 (1.35%) NAS
2 1 (1.35%) SAN
2 1 (1.35%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.35%) VLAN
2 1 (1.35%) VoIP
2 1 (1.35%) Wireless
2 1 (1.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (25.68%) Power BI
2 13 (17.57%) Tableau
3 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.35%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.35%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) JIRA
2 1 (1.35%) Android Studio
2 1 (1.35%) Fiddler
2 1 (1.35%) Gradle
2 1 (1.35%) Postman
2 1 (1.35%) Subversion
2 1 (1.35%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (1.35%) Xcode
General
1 27 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 18 (24.32%) Marketing
3 17 (22.97%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (13.51%) Finance
4 10 (13.51%) Retail
5 7 (9.46%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.70%) Electronics
7 1 (1.35%) Automotive
7 1 (1.35%) Billing
7 1 (1.35%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Law
7 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (22.97%) Analyst
2 11 (14.86%) Architect
2 11 (14.86%) Consultant
3 8 (10.81%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (9.46%) Security Specialist
5 6 (8.11%) Project Manager
6 5 (6.76%) Developer
7 4 (5.41%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 4 (5.41%) Lead
7 4 (5.41%) Senior
8 3 (4.05%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 3 (4.05%) Product Manager
8 3 (4.05%) Security Consultant
8 3 (4.05%) Senior Manager
8 3 (4.05%) Senior Project Manager
9 2 (2.70%) Business Analyst
9 2 (2.70%) Data Architect
9 2 (2.70%) Security Manager
9 2 (2.70%) Support Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.76%) .NET
2 4 (5.41%) CSS
2 4 (5.41%) HTML
3 3 (4.05%) REST
4 2 (2.70%) Middleware
4 2 (2.70%) OAuth
4 2 (2.70%) React
5 1 (1.35%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.35%) EDI
5 1 (1.35%) Jest
5 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (1.35%) OpenAPI
5 1 (1.35%) React Native
5 1 (1.35%) Redux
5 1 (1.35%) Swagger
5 1 (1.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.76%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (5.41%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.05%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.35%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.35%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.35%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.35%) Life Science
5 1 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.35%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.35%) Photography
5 1 (1.35%) PKI
5 1 (1.35%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.35%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.35%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.05%) Windows
2 2 (2.70%) Linux
3 1 (1.35%) Android
3 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (25.68%) Agile
1 19 (25.68%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (21.62%) Analytics
2 16 (21.62%) CRM
2 16 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (20.27%) E-Commerce
4 14 (18.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (14.86%) Customer Experience
6 10 (13.51%) Customer Service
7 8 (10.81%) A/B Testing
7 8 (10.81%) ISMS
7 8 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (10.81%) User Experience
8 7 (9.46%) Change Management
8 7 (9.46%) Information Assurance
8 7 (9.46%) Migration
9 6 (8.11%) Data Protection
9 6 (8.11%) Project Delivery
10 5 (6.76%) CI/CD
10 5 (6.76%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.81%) JavaScript
2 7 (9.46%) SQL
3 6 (8.11%) C#
4 5 (6.76%) Python
5 2 (2.70%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.35%) C++
6 1 (1.35%) Java
6 1 (1.35%) JSX
6 1 (1.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (17.57%) Security Cleared
2 9 (12.16%) CISM
2 9 (12.16%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (5.41%) Degree
3 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.70%) CISA
4 2 (2.70%) CISSP
4 2 (2.70%) CRISC
4 2 (2.70%) ISACA
4 2 (2.70%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.35%) CCNA
5 1 (1.35%) CCNP
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.35%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.35%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.70%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.70%) QA
3 1 (1.35%) GDPR
3 1 (1.35%) GxP
3 1 (1.35%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.35%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (4.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.35%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.35%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.81%) Adobe
3 6 (8.11%) Salesforce
4 4 (5.41%) Oracle
5 3 (4.05%) Genesys
6 2 (2.70%) Cisco
6 2 (2.70%) Google
7 1 (1.35%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.35%) Dell
7 1 (1.35%) F5
7 1 (1.35%) Facebook
7 1 (1.35%) Instagram
7 1 (1.35%) Isilon
7 1 (1.35%) NetApp
7 1 (1.35%) Nintex
7 1 (1.35%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.35%) SAP
7 1 (1.35%) Twitter
7 1 (1.35%) Veeam
7 1 (1.35%) VMware