Customer-Centricity Contracts

Customer-Centric
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 411 517
Rank change year-on-year +4 +106 +13
Contract jobs citing Customer-Centricity 148 181 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.43% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.51% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 102 127
10th Percentile £353 £176 £180
25th Percentile £425 £345 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £510
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -11.76% -8.93%
75th Percentile £624 £600 £600
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £430 £475
% change year-on-year +18.14% -9.47% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £15.36 - £16.29
25th Percentile £15.53 £6.57 £16.73
Median hourly rate £15.80 £10.30 £17.46
Median % change year-on-year +53.40% -41.01% -33.49%
75th Percentile £20.92 £13.97 £27.40
90th Percentile £23.99 £15.49 £33.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.65 £10.30 £16.73
% change year-on-year +51.94% -38.43% +28.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,679 35,651 49,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.34% 85.41% 89.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,626 22,859 33,990
10th Percentile £300 £306 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,574 2,252 1,634
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.31 £16.81 £18.49
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -10.31% +61.35%
75th Percentile £50.94 £62.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.63 £72.50 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.57 £38.12 £40.59
% change year-on-year -38.18% -6.09% +88.79%

Customer-Centricity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer-Centricity over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 20 July 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
England +13 132 £500 +11.11% 782
UK excluding London +27 72 £508 +18.14% 385
London +18 62 £455 -1.62% 447
Work from Home +4 51 £500 +5.26% 311
South East +34 44 £500 +2.56% 93
North of England +1 10 £519 +22.06% 118
Scotland -3 7 £490 +2.03% 32
Yorkshire +4 5 £525 -12.50% 42
Midlands 0 5 £500 +25.79% 74
East of England 0 5 £638 +84.78% 43
North West +5 4 £556 +147.22% 73
South West +28 3 £463 -10.54% 31
East Midlands - 3 £500 - 25
West Midlands +5 2 £41 -89.69% 47
North East - 1 £450 - 7

Customer-Centricity
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 15 (10.14%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.05%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.70%) CMS
3 4 (2.70%) Confluence
4 3 (2.03%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.68%) Apache
5 1 (0.68%) IIS
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.03%) Adobe XD
4 3 (2.03%) Sketch
5 2 (1.35%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (3.38%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (1.35%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.35%) Workfront
3 1 (0.68%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.68%) Magento
3 1 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.68%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 35 (23.65%) Azure
2 22 (14.86%) AWS
3 14 (9.46%) Power Platform
4 13 (8.78%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (8.11%) GitHub
6 11 (7.43%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (6.76%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (6.08%) SaaS
9 5 (3.38%) OneDrive
10 4 (2.70%) GCP
11 3 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (2.03%) Entra ID
12 2 (1.35%) Adobe Analytics
12 2 (1.35%) Boomi
12 2 (1.35%) IaaS
12 2 (1.35%) PaaS
12 2 (1.35%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.35%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 1 (0.68%) AWS CodeBuild
13 1 (0.68%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.05%) Firewall
2 5 (3.38%) HTTP
3 2 (1.35%) DNS
3 2 (1.35%) VPN
4 1 (0.68%) DHCP
4 1 (0.68%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.68%) SMTP
4 1 (0.68%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.76%) Power BI
2 7 (4.73%) Big Data
3 6 (4.05%) Tableau
4 5 (3.38%) Geospatial Data
4 5 (3.38%) GIS
4 5 (3.38%) QGIS
5 2 (1.35%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.35%) Metadata
6 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.68%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.68%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.68%) Looker
6 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (9.46%) Git
2 8 (5.41%) Jenkins
2 8 (5.41%) JIRA
3 3 (2.03%) Axure RP
3 3 (2.03%) Postman
4 1 (0.68%) GitLab
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.68%) Selenium
4 1 (0.68%) Subversion
4 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 54 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 52 (35.14%) Finance
3 27 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.14%) Telecoms
5 14 (9.46%) Marketing
5 14 (9.46%) Retail
6 11 (7.43%) Banking
7 5 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.38%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.38%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.70%) Legal
9 3 (2.03%) Law
9 3 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.35%) Automotive
10 2 (1.35%) French Language
10 2 (1.35%) German Language
10 2 (1.35%) International Banking
10 2 (1.35%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 24 (16.22%) Architect
2 23 (15.54%) Analyst
3 12 (8.11%) Project Manager
3 12 (8.11%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (7.43%) Senior
5 10 (6.76%) Designer
5 10 (6.76%) Support Analyst
6 8 (5.41%) Product Manager
7 7 (4.73%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 7 (4.73%) Platform Engineer
7 7 (4.73%) Systems Analyst
8 6 (4.05%) Lead
8 6 (4.05%) Senior Manager
9 5 (3.38%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.38%) Business IT Analyst
9 5 (3.38%) Business Support Analyst
9 5 (3.38%) Business Systems Analyst
9 5 (3.38%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.38%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (3.38%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.05%) React
2 5 (3.38%) .NET
2 5 (3.38%) GeoPandas
2 5 (3.38%) Middleware
2 5 (3.38%) PostGIS
3 4 (2.70%) CSS
3 4 (2.70%) HTML
4 3 (2.03%) OpenAPI
4 3 (2.03%) REST
4 3 (2.03%) Swagger
4 3 (2.03%) Web Services
5 2 (1.35%) EDI
5 2 (1.35%) PySpark
6 1 (0.68%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.68%) Jest
6 1 (0.68%) Kafka
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.68%) Playwright
6 1 (0.68%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.14%) Product Ownership
2 12 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.38%) Algorithms
3 5 (3.38%) Distributed Computing
3 5 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.38%) Low-Code
3 5 (3.38%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.70%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.03%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.35%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.35%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (1.35%) Robotics
7 1 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.68%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.68%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.78%) Windows
2 10 (6.76%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.08%) Linux
4 8 (5.41%) Ubuntu
5 5 (3.38%) Android
5 5 (3.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.68%) CentOS
6 1 (0.68%) Rocky
6 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (30.41%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (25.00%) Agile
3 31 (20.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (18.24%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 26 (17.57%) Customer Experience
6 25 (16.89%) Analytics
7 24 (16.22%) Roadmaps
7 24 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (15.54%) Project Management
9 20 (13.51%) DevOps
9 20 (13.51%) Process Improvement
10 18 (12.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (11.49%) User Experience
12 14 (9.46%) Decision-Making
12 14 (9.46%) Strategic Thinking
13 13 (8.78%) Project Delivery
14 12 (8.11%) B2B
14 12 (8.11%) Customer Engagement
14 12 (8.11%) Migration
14 12 (8.11%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.51%) Python
2 14 (9.46%) PowerShell
3 12 (8.11%) SQL
4 6 (4.05%) Java
4 6 (4.05%) TypeScript
5 5 (3.38%) Bash
6 4 (2.70%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.70%) PHP
7 1 (0.68%) C#
7 1 (0.68%) Perl
7 1 (0.68%) Scala
7 1 (0.68%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (8.78%) Degree
2 10 (6.76%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.08%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.38%) APMP
4 5 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (2.70%) CEH
5 4 (2.70%) CISSP
5 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (2.03%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.35%) SAFe Agilist
8 1 (0.68%) CCAB
8 1 (0.68%) CCNA
8 1 (0.68%) IIBA
8 1 (0.68%) MCSE
8 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.68%) PMP
8 1 (0.68%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.08%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.05%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.05%) GDPR
2 6 (4.05%) QA
3 5 (3.38%) P3O
3 5 (3.38%) PMO
4 4 (2.70%) HIPAA
4 4 (2.70%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.35%) PSD2
6 1 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.68%) NIST
6 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.35%) Docker
3 1 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (8.78%) Terraform
2 11 (7.43%) Ansible
3 1 (0.68%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.68%) Grafana
3 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 41 (27.70%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.16%) Databricks
3 7 (4.73%) Adobe
4 5 (3.38%) Google
4 5 (3.38%) IFS
4 5 (3.38%) Liquidlogic
4 5 (3.38%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.38%) SAP
5 4 (2.70%) Sitecore
6 3 (2.03%) Cisco
6 3 (2.03%) Oracle
6 3 (2.03%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.35%) Aruba
7 2 (1.35%) Blue Prism
7 2 (1.35%) Dell
7 2 (1.35%) HP
7 2 (1.35%) Juniper
7 2 (1.35%) Pega
7 2 (1.35%) Splunk
8 1 (0.68%) Qualys