Customer Experience Contracts

Customer Experience (CX)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Customer Experience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Experience over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 257 195
Rank change year-on-year +59 -62 +15
Contract jobs citing Customer Experience 508 641 1,313
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 1.08% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.21% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 398 828
10th Percentile £263 £313 £360
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.58% -6.68% +17.90%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 36 36
10th Percentile £11.17 £12.37 £11.17
25th Percentile £11.87 £13.60 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.63 £17.61 £17.81
Median % change year-on-year -11.27% -1.11% +26.92%
75th Percentile £18.04 £21.53 £30.94
90th Percentile £35.98 £49.50 £55.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.38 £16.58 £15.74
% change year-on-year -25.34% +5.35% +12.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Customer Experience is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Customer Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Customer Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Experience.

Daily rate trend for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Experience over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Experience.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Experience over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
England +50 463 £500 -2.44% 726
London +78 268 £516 -6.18% 265
UK excluding London -5 199 £495 +4.21% 493
Work from Home +53 172 £500 +1.01% 340
South East -4 85 £463 +8.82% 122
North of England +14 54 £500 -9.09% 148
North West +17 46 £500 -6.98% 85
South West +19 24 £370 -7.50% 52
Scotland +21 16 £545 +3.81% 33
Midlands +22 12 £495 +6.45% 81
West Midlands +19 9 £500 +11.11% 53
Yorkshire +9 6 £475 -13.64% 39
East of England -7 6 £438 -12.50% 43
Northern Ireland +6 4 £435 +45.00% 11
East Midlands +22 3 £475 -9.52% 28
North East +19 1 £625 - 26
Wales +12 1 £300 -42.86% 22

Customer Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (2.56%) CMS
2 10 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.77%) Confluence
4 8 (1.57%) govService
5 6 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.79%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.59%) Apache
7 3 (0.59%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (0.59%) Jadu
8 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.20%) Appian
9 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.20%) IIS
9 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.20%) SAS
9 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 30 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.97%) Chatbot
5 6 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.39%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.20%) Sketch
7 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (3.74%) Shopify
2 13 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.59%) CA PPM
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.39%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.39%) Softmar
5 2 (0.39%) WebTrends
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 49 (9.65%) Azure
2 27 (5.31%) AWS
3 24 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (3.74%) SaaS
5 18 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (2.76%) BigCommerce
6 14 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (2.76%) Power Platform
7 12 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.97%) Google Analytics
9 9 (1.77%) PaaS
10 8 (1.57%) GCP
11 7 (1.38%) Serverless
12 6 (1.18%) Figma
12 6 (1.18%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (0.98%) GitHub
14 4 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
15 3 (0.59%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.72%) 5G
2 17 (3.35%) 3G
2 17 (3.35%) 4G
2 17 (3.35%) Radio Access Network
2 17 (3.35%) VPN
3 16 (3.15%) DNS
4 9 (1.77%) Internet
4 9 (1.77%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.57%) HTTP
5 8 (1.57%) VoIP
6 6 (1.18%) 2G
6 6 (1.18%) VoLTE
6 6 (1.18%) Wireshark
7 5 (0.98%) DHCP
7 5 (0.98%) Diameter Protocol
7 5 (0.98%) Firewall
7 5 (0.98%) GGSN
7 5 (0.98%) LTE
7 5 (0.98%) RANAP
7 5 (0.98%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.76%) Power BI
2 11 (2.17%) Tableau
3 7 (1.38%) GIS
4 6 (1.18%) MySQL
4 6 (1.18%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.79%) QGIS
6 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.59%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.39%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.39%) Looker
7 2 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (4.33%) Git
2 13 (2.56%) JIRA
3 9 (1.77%) git-flow
3 9 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.57%) Maven
4 8 (1.57%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 4 (0.79%) Appium
5 4 (0.79%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.59%) GitLab
6 3 (0.59%) Subversion
7 2 (0.39%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.39%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.39%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.39%) Capybara
7 2 (0.39%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.39%) GoCD
7 2 (0.39%) Gradle
7 2 (0.39%) Postman
7 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.39%) XCUITest
General
1 177 (34.84%) Social Skills
2 91 (17.91%) Finance
3 81 (15.94%) Marketing
4 64 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (12.40%) Retail
6 52 (10.24%) Telecoms
7 48 (9.45%) Public Sector
8 28 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (5.31%) Banking
10 16 (3.15%) Law
11 13 (2.56%) Retail Banking
12 12 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (2.36%) Manufacturing
13 11 (2.17%) Investment Banking
14 10 (1.97%) Corporate Banking
14 10 (1.97%) Legal
15 9 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.77%) Local Government
15 9 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (13.98%) Senior
2 51 (10.04%) Analyst
3 40 (7.87%) Consultant
4 33 (6.50%) Lead
5 32 (6.30%) Support Engineer
6 29 (5.71%) Architect
6 29 (5.71%) Project Manager
7 22 (4.33%) Business Analyst
7 22 (4.33%) Designer
7 22 (4.33%) Product Owner
8 16 (3.15%) Product Manager
9 15 (2.95%) Desktop Engineer
9 15 (2.95%) Desktop Support
10 14 (2.76%) Data Analyst
10 14 (2.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 14 (2.76%) Technical Leader
11 13 (2.56%) Head of Customer Experience
11 13 (2.56%) Head of Digital
12 12 (2.36%) Administrator
12 12 (2.36%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.54%) CSS
2 15 (2.95%) React
3 14 (2.76%) VML
4 12 (2.36%) .NET
5 11 (2.17%) REST
6 10 (1.97%) HTML
6 10 (1.97%) Sass
7 9 (1.77%) JSON
7 9 (1.77%) RESTful
7 9 (1.77%) Web Services
8 8 (1.57%) Jest
9 7 (1.38%) LESS
9 7 (1.38%) Material-UI
9 7 (1.38%) Node.js
9 7 (1.38%) OpenFin
9 7 (1.38%) Redux
9 7 (1.38%) Tailwind CSS
9 7 (1.38%) WebSockets
10 5 (0.98%) Spring
10 5 (0.98%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.46%) Product Ownership
2 18 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.56%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.36%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.36%) Virtual Team
6 11 (2.17%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.77%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.57%) BYOD
8 8 (1.57%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.38%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.38%) Social Media
9 7 (1.38%) Taxonomies
10 6 (1.18%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.98%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.98%) IVR
12 4 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.68%) Windows
2 19 (3.74%) Linux
2 19 (3.74%) Windows 10
3 16 (3.15%) Apple iOS
4 15 (2.95%) Android
5 8 (1.57%) Unix
5 8 (1.57%) Windows 7
6 6 (1.18%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.59%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (19.29%) Agile
3 67 (13.19%) User Experience
4 64 (12.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 61 (12.01%) Stakeholder Management
6 56 (11.02%) Project Management
7 54 (10.63%) Analytics
8 53 (10.43%) CRM
8 53 (10.43%) Decision-Making
8 53 (10.43%) DevOps
9 49 (9.65%) Customer Service
9 49 (9.65%) Roadmaps
10 43 (8.46%) Change Management
11 41 (8.07%) Service Design
12 39 (7.68%) Data Analysis
12 39 (7.68%) E-Commerce
12 39 (7.68%) Scrum
12 39 (7.68%) Service Delivery
13 36 (7.09%) Migration
14 35 (6.89%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 38 (7.48%) SQL
2 27 (5.31%) JavaScript
3 25 (4.92%) Java
4 24 (4.72%) Python
5 15 (2.95%) TypeScript
6 14 (2.76%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.97%) C#
8 6 (1.18%) Go
8 6 (1.18%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.79%) Ruby
10 3 (0.59%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.59%) PHP
10 3 (0.59%) Scala
10 3 (0.59%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.59%) Swift
10 3 (0.59%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.39%) Bash
11 2 (0.39%) C++
11 2 (0.39%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 64 (12.60%) Degree
2 45 (8.86%) Security Cleared
3 23 (4.53%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.56%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (1.18%) PMP
7 4 (0.79%) CCNA
7 4 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.79%) MBA
7 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.79%) PhD
8 3 (0.59%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.39%) IIBA
9 2 (0.39%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.20%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.20%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.48%) SLA
2 19 (3.74%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.95%) GDPR
4 14 (2.76%) QA
5 9 (1.77%) PMO
6 8 (1.57%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.38%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.59%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.39%) PSD2
11 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (3.74%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.77%) Docker
3 7 (1.38%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.98%) NFS
5 5 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.59%) vSphere
7 1 (0.20%) Ceph
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.97%) SCCM
3 9 (1.77%) Ansible
4 8 (1.57%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.38%) Terraform
6 6 (1.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (0.59%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.59%) Puppet
7 3 (0.59%) WSUS
8 2 (0.39%) Grafana
9 1 (0.20%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.20%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.20%) Kibana
9 1 (0.20%) Mesos
9 1 (0.20%) Nagios
9 1 (0.20%) OpenView
9 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (12.80%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.87%) SAP
3 35 (6.89%) Salesforce
4 30 (5.91%) Adobe
5 23 (4.53%) ServiceNow
6 19 (3.74%) Cisco
7 17 (3.35%) Google
8 16 (3.15%) Sitecore
9 14 (2.76%) Oracle
10 12 (2.36%) Dell
10 12 (2.36%) Intel
11 11 (2.17%) Apple
12 10 (1.97%) Avaya
13 7 (1.38%) BT
14 6 (1.18%) Optimizely
15 5 (0.98%) Empirix
15 5 (0.98%) NetScout
15 5 (0.98%) VMware
16 4 (0.79%) Ariba
16 4 (0.79%) Citrix