CRM Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring CRM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CRM over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 86 125
Rank change year-on-year -13 +39 -6
Contract jobs citing CRM 251 369 507
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.54% 2.42% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 2.76% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 259 373
10th Percentile £275 £379 £363
25th Percentile £376 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.75% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £613
90th Percentile £662 £675 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 6
10th Percentile £16.18 £12.83 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.10 £13.25 £13.19
Median hourly rate £30.00 £18.61 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +61.23% +1.96% +3.87%
75th Percentile £34.68 £36.09 £21.75
90th Percentile £73.00 £72.90 £24.83
UK median hourly rate £29.25 £13.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +116.67% -32.50% +21.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,994 13,387 22,922
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.19% 87.93% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,179 8,971 16,192
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 576 528
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.08 £18.68
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.25 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.04 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £60.00 £68.81
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.13 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.96 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.35% -0.11% +44.00%

CRM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CRM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CRM trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CRM.

CRM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CRM
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CRM over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

CRM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CRM
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CRM.

CRM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

CRM
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CRM over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

CRM hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CRM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (5.58%) CMS
2 6 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (1.59%) WordPress
4 3 (1.20%) Confluence
4 3 (1.20%) Drupal
5 2 (0.80%) IIS
5 2 (0.80%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.80%) SAP EP
6 1 (0.40%) Camunda
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.40%) SAS
6 1 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 14 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.99%) Trello
4 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.40%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.40%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 76 (30.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (4.38%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (2.39%) SAP CRM
4 5 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.80%) CiviCRM
5 2 (0.80%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.80%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.40%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.40%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.40%) SAP BRIM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.40%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 59 (23.51%) Dynamics 365
2 41 (16.33%) Power Platform
3 38 (15.14%) Azure
4 23 (9.16%) Power Automate
4 23 (9.16%) PowerApps
5 14 (5.58%) SaaS
6 11 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (3.98%) AWS
7 10 (3.98%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 8 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 6 (2.39%) Figma
11 5 (1.99%) OCI
11 5 (1.99%) Oracle CX
11 5 (1.99%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 5 (1.99%) Serverless
12 4 (1.59%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (1.59%) Entra ID
13 3 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.59%) 5G
1 4 (1.59%) DNS
2 2 (0.80%) Firewall
2 2 (0.80%) VPN
3 1 (0.40%) 4G
3 1 (0.40%) HTTP
3 1 (0.40%) Internet
3 1 (0.40%) VoLTE
3 1 (0.40%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.97%) Power BI
2 19 (7.57%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (4.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.59%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.80%) MS Access
6 2 (0.80%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.80%) Power Query
6 2 (0.80%) Tableau
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.40%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.40%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.40%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.40%) Sisense
7 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 18 (7.17%) JIRA
2 3 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.80%) Git
3 2 (0.80%) Postman
3 2 (0.80%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.40%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.40%) GitLab
4 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.40%) Selenium
4 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.40%) TestComplete
General
1 82 (32.67%) Social Skills
2 53 (21.12%) Finance
3 42 (16.73%) Marketing
4 20 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.37%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.98%) Banking
7 14 (5.58%) Billing
7 14 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.38%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.39%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.99%) Publishing
10 5 (1.99%) Retail
11 4 (1.59%) Advertising
12 3 (1.20%) Automotive
12 3 (1.20%) Legal
13 2 (0.80%) Back Office
13 2 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (15.14%) Developer
2 34 (13.55%) Analyst
3 23 (9.16%) Architect
4 20 (7.97%) Lead
5 19 (7.57%) Consultant
6 18 (7.17%) Business Analyst
6 18 (7.17%) Project Manager
7 14 (5.58%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 13 (5.18%) CRM Analyst
9 11 (4.38%) CRM Developer
10 10 (3.98%) CRM Manager
10 10 (3.98%) Senior
11 8 (3.19%) Designer
11 8 (3.19%) Salesforce Developer
11 8 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.79%) CRM Architect
12 7 (2.79%) CRM Business Analyst
12 7 (2.79%) Digital Executive
12 7 (2.79%) E-Commerce Executive
12 7 (2.79%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.17%) REST
2 14 (5.58%) .NET
2 14 (5.58%) Web Services
3 11 (4.38%) SOAP
4 10 (3.98%) CSS
5 9 (3.59%) Lightning Web Components
6 6 (2.39%) HTML
6 6 (2.39%) Middleware
7 5 (1.99%) JSON
8 4 (1.59%) .NET Framework
8 4 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (1.59%) Visualforce
9 3 (1.20%) Alpine.js
9 3 (1.20%) ASP.NET Web API
9 3 (1.20%) Bootstrap
9 3 (1.20%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (1.20%) Laravel
9 3 (1.20%) RESTful
9 3 (1.20%) SAP Fiori
9 3 (1.20%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.18%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (3.59%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.19%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.99%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.99%) Marketing Technology
5 5 (1.99%) Social Media
6 4 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.59%) Frameworx
6 4 (1.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 4 (1.59%) TM Forum
7 3 (1.20%) Animation
7 3 (1.20%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.20%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.80%) FMCG
8 2 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.80%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.80%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.59%) Windows
2 6 (2.39%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.59%) Linux
4 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (19.12%) Agile
2 41 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (15.14%) Project Management
4 35 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (12.75%) Analytics
6 30 (11.95%) Migration
7 29 (11.55%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (11.55%) ERP
8 23 (9.16%) DevOps
9 22 (8.76%) Decision-Making
10 21 (8.37%) Roadmaps
11 19 (7.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 18 (7.17%) Data Migration
13 17 (6.77%) Data Management
13 17 (6.77%) Digital Marketing
14 16 (6.37%) Data Analysis
15 15 (5.98%) Customer Service
16 14 (5.58%) Change Management
17 13 (5.18%) E-Commerce
17 13 (5.18%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (13.94%) SQL
2 26 (10.36%) C#
3 23 (9.16%) JavaScript
4 13 (5.18%) PowerShell
5 11 (4.38%) Java
6 9 (3.59%) Apex Code
7 6 (2.39%) ABAP
7 6 (2.39%) Python
8 3 (1.20%) PHP
9 2 (0.80%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.40%) Bash
10 1 (0.40%) C
10 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.40%) Rust
10 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (9.56%) Degree
2 20 (7.97%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.38%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.79%) PMP
6 6 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.99%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.80%) CISA
8 2 (0.80%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.40%) CSPO
9 1 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.40%) IIBA
9 1 (0.40%) ISEB
9 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.40%) MCPD
9 1 (0.40%) MCSD
9 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.40%) Siebel Certification
9 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.38%) QA
2 6 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.99%) PMO
3 5 (1.99%) SLA
4 4 (1.59%) GDPR
5 3 (1.20%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.80%) COBIT
6 2 (0.80%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (2.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) Docker
2 1 (0.40%) LXC
Systems Management
1 3 (1.20%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.40%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (25.50%) Microsoft
2 48 (19.12%) Salesforce
3 17 (6.77%) SAP
4 10 (3.98%) Oracle
5 9 (3.59%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.39%) Google
6 6 (2.39%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.20%) Adobe
7 3 (1.20%) Amdocs
7 3 (1.20%) Ariba
7 3 (1.20%) Ciena
7 3 (1.20%) Ericsson
7 3 (1.20%) NetCracker
7 3 (1.20%) Nokia
7 3 (1.20%) Sage
7 3 (1.20%) Siebel
8 2 (0.80%) Genesys
9 1 (0.40%) Hitachi
9 1 (0.40%) HP
9 1 (0.40%) MicroStrategy