CRM Job Trends in the South East

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring CRM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 88 70
Rank change year-on-year +33 -18 +18
Permanent jobs citing CRM 433 240 593
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.99% 3.11% 3.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.12% 3.44% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 330 152 410
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £92,350 £77,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

CRM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,499 6,980 13,829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.48% 90.41% 84.18%
Number of salaries quoted 6,980 3,425 9,849
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,280 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

CRM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CRM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

CRM job vacancy trend in the South East

CRM
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CRM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CRM

CRM
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CRM in the South East over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for CRM in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CRM within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +38 204 £48,750 -11.36% 105
Berkshire +34 118 £40,000 -33.33% 61
Hampshire +6 80 £35,000 -26.32% 38
Surrey +20 59 £41,250 -23.26% 43
Oxfordshire +19 44 £50,000 -28.57% 17
Buckinghamshire +4 42 £55,000 +51.72% 30
Kent -15 38 £45,000 +44.00% 21
West Sussex -6 25 £32,500 -35.00% 12
East Sussex -13 17 £45,000 +59.29% 5
Sussex - 8 £27,500 - 3
Middlesex +31 1 - - 4
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England

CRM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (3.70%) CMS
2 4 (0.92%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.92%) WordPress
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 55 (12.70%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (4.16%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 62 (14.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (3.46%) NetSuite
3 12 (2.77%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.69%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.69%) Shopify
5 2 (0.46%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.23%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.23%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.23%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.23%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (10.85%) Dynamics 365
2 40 (9.24%) Azure
3 30 (6.93%) Power Platform
4 23 (5.31%) SaaS
5 12 (2.77%) Power Automate
6 11 (2.54%) AWS
7 10 (2.31%) Google Data Studio
7 10 (2.31%) Google Tag Manager
8 7 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.39%) iPaaS
10 4 (0.92%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.69%) MailChimp
11 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.46%) Canva
12 2 (0.46%) GCP
12 2 (0.46%) GitHub
12 2 (0.46%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.23%) Firebase
13 1 (0.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.31%) Broadband
2 5 (1.15%) Wireless
3 4 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.46%) Network Security
4 2 (0.46%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.23%) Firewall
5 1 (0.23%) Intranet
5 1 (0.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.70%) Power BI
2 10 (2.31%) Looker
3 5 (1.15%) Power Query
3 5 (1.15%) Tableau
4 4 (0.92%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.69%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.23%) Airbyte
7 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.23%) Metadata
7 1 (0.23%) MySQL
7 1 (0.23%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.23%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (3.23%) JIRA
2 5 (1.15%) Git
3 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 157 (36.26%) Social Skills
2 140 (32.33%) Marketing
3 79 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (12.24%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (11.09%) Finance
6 32 (7.39%) Telecoms
7 25 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (4.39%) Retail
9 16 (3.70%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.08%) Automotive
10 9 (2.08%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.85%) Electronics
12 6 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.15%) Legal
14 4 (0.92%) Billing
15 3 (0.69%) Games
15 3 (0.69%) German Language
16 2 (0.46%) Advertising
16 2 (0.46%) Aerospace
17 1 (0.23%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (7.85%) Administrator
1 34 (7.85%) Sales Executive
2 32 (7.39%) Account Manager
2 32 (7.39%) Consultant
3 27 (6.24%) Analyst
4 25 (5.77%) Lead
5 24 (5.54%) CRM Manager
6 22 (5.08%) Senior
7 21 (4.85%) IT Manager
8 17 (3.93%) Architect
9 16 (3.70%) Support Manager
10 15 (3.46%) Relationships Manager
10 15 (3.46%) Support Engineer
10 15 (3.46%) Technical Support
11 14 (3.23%) Applications Manager
11 14 (3.23%) CRM Consultant
11 14 (3.23%) Customer Relationship Manager
11 14 (3.23%) Technical Engineer
11 14 (3.23%) Technical Support Engineer
12 13 (3.00%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.23%) REST
2 13 (3.00%) SOAP
3 12 (2.77%) JSON
3 12 (2.77%) Middleware
3 12 (2.77%) XML
4 6 (1.39%) HTML
4 6 (1.39%) OAuth
5 5 (1.15%) JWT
5 5 (1.15%) Kafka
5 5 (1.15%) OAuth2
5 5 (1.15%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (0.92%) CSS
6 4 (0.92%) RESTful
6 4 (0.92%) XML Messaging
7 3 (0.69%) React
8 2 (0.46%) .NET
8 2 (0.46%) Next.js
9 1 (0.23%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.23%) Google Maps API
9 1 (0.23%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 73 (16.86%) Self-Motivation
2 39 (9.01%) Onboarding
3 38 (8.78%) Management Information System
4 22 (5.08%) Marketing Technology
5 20 (4.62%) Driving Licence
6 17 (3.93%) Web Conferencing
7 16 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.54%) Social Media
9 10 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.85%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.39%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.39%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.69%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (0.69%) NHS
14 2 (0.46%) AS400
14 2 (0.46%) Data Structures
14 2 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
14 2 (0.46%) IoT
15 1 (0.23%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (15.24%) Business Development
3 65 (15.01%) Decision-Making
4 64 (14.78%) ERP
5 58 (13.39%) B2B
6 53 (12.24%) Service Delivery
7 49 (11.32%) Analytics
8 48 (11.09%) Lead Generation
9 45 (10.39%) Project Management
10 39 (9.01%) Customer Service
11 38 (8.78%) Service Management
12 37 (8.55%) Customer Engagement
13 36 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 35 (8.08%) Customer Experience
15 34 (7.85%) B2B Sales
15 34 (7.85%) Business Strategy
16 33 (7.62%) Stakeholder Management
17 31 (7.16%) Agile
17 31 (7.16%) Logistics
18 28 (6.47%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 32 (7.39%) SQL
2 12 (2.77%) Java
3 5 (1.15%) Python
4 4 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.69%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.46%) C#
6 2 (0.46%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.23%) ABAP
7 1 (0.23%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.23%) PHP
7 1 (0.23%) Ruby
7 1 (0.23%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 51 (11.78%) Degree
2 13 (3.00%) HNC
2 13 (3.00%) HND
3 8 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.39%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.92%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.92%) PMP
7 1 (0.23%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (10.62%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.85%) GDPR
3 17 (3.93%) QA
4 5 (1.15%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.92%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.69%) PERC
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.23%) PMO
7 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (1.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.46%) Terraform
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 105 (24.25%) Salesforce
2 101 (23.33%) Microsoft
3 33 (7.62%) HubSpot
4 22 (5.08%) SAP
5 20 (4.62%) Google
6 12 (2.77%) Braze
7 8 (1.85%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.62%) BMC
8 7 (1.62%) Sage
9 5 (1.15%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.15%) Oracle
9 5 (1.15%) YouTube
10 4 (0.92%) Apple
10 4 (0.92%) ConnectWise
10 4 (0.92%) SYSPRO
11 2 (0.46%) Adobe
11 2 (0.46%) Alcatel-Lucent
11 2 (0.46%) HP
11 2 (0.46%) Informatica
11 2 (0.46%) Peregrine