Customer Engagement Job Trends

Customer Engagement
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Customer Engagement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 376 415
Rank change year-on-year +119 +39 -31
Permanent jobs citing Customer Engagement 506 359 356
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.83% 0.68% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.75% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 275 155 255
10th Percentile £25,700 £38,750 £32,050
25th Percentile £35,893 £49,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +3.85% -13.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% -8.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Customer Engagement 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,307 48,088 54,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.63% 90.91% 89.35%
Number of salaries quoted 29,027 23,255 41,501
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Customer Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Customer Engagement relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Customer Engagement job vacancy trend in the UK

Customer Engagement
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Customer Engagement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Customer Engagement

Customer Engagement
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Engagement over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Engagement in the UK

Customer Engagement
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Engagement within the UK over the 6 months to 20 January 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
England +159 458 £55,000 -18.52% 618
UK excluding London +104 331 £50,000 -25.93% 606
Work from Home +95 190 £57,500 -10.99% 178
London +93 130 £71,250 -9.52% 73
North of England +49 87 £44,000 -30.16% 116
South East +67 86 £45,000 -40.00% 179
Midlands +48 69 £43,500 -32.66% 92
West Midlands +42 45 £48,500 -31.93% 25
Yorkshire +21 45 £31,000 -66.49% 56
North West +25 35 £52,500 +8.10% 45
South West +20 35 £55,000 -16.03% 88
East of England +31 31 £70,000 -20.00% 90
East Midlands -1 22 £31,000 -27.06% 65
Scotland -24 17 £95,000 +31.03% 16
North East - 7 £44,000 - 16
Wales +3 4 £50,000 +33.33% 26
Northern Ireland -8 2 £57,500 -28.13% 14

Customer Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 14 (2.77%) CMS
2 12 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.19%) WordPress
4 4 (0.79%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.79%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.79%) Headless CMS
4 4 (0.79%) Oracle Spatial
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Strapi
Applications
1 43 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.79%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.59%) Autodesk Inventor
7 3 (0.59%) Notion
7 3 (0.59%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 46 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.99%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.59%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.40%) Shopify
5 1 (0.20%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 93 (18.38%) SaaS
2 82 (16.21%) Azure
3 56 (11.07%) Dynamics 365
4 54 (10.67%) Power Platform
5 45 (8.89%) AWS
6 25 (4.94%) Amazon SageMaker
7 22 (4.35%) Azure AI
7 22 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (4.15%) Vertex AI
9 17 (3.36%) Power Automate
10 14 (2.77%) H2O.ai
10 14 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (2.77%) OpenShift
11 13 (2.57%) GCP
11 13 (2.57%) PowerApps
12 12 (2.37%) Serverless
13 6 (1.19%) Entra ID
14 5 (0.99%) GitHub
14 5 (0.99%) Google Analytics
15 4 (0.79%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.13%) SMS
2 20 (3.95%) Broadband
3 14 (2.77%) WAN
4 11 (2.17%) SD-WAN
4 11 (2.17%) VoIP
5 10 (1.98%) Firewall
6 9 (1.78%) LAN
7 8 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.38%) IP Telephony
8 7 (1.38%) PSTN
9 5 (0.99%) Internet
10 4 (0.79%) 5G
10 4 (0.79%) WLAN
11 3 (0.59%) PBX
11 3 (0.59%) Wireless
12 2 (0.40%) DHCP
12 2 (0.40%) DNS
12 2 (0.40%) MPLS
12 2 (0.40%) SNA
12 2 (0.40%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.73%) Power BI
2 15 (2.96%) Data Lake
2 15 (2.96%) Metadata
2 15 (2.96%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (2.77%) Tableau
4 11 (2.17%) DTS
5 6 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.99%) BigQuery
6 5 (0.99%) GIS
7 4 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.79%) Looker
7 4 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.79%) QGIS
8 2 (0.40%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 5 (0.99%) Git
2 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.20%) JIRA
General
1 172 (33.99%) Social Skills
2 168 (33.20%) Marketing
3 101 (19.96%) Finance
4 68 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (13.44%) Retail
5 49 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (6.72%) Manufacturing
7 33 (6.52%) Public Sector
8 30 (5.93%) Banking
8 30 (5.93%) Law
8 30 (5.93%) Telecoms
9 28 (5.53%) Pharmaceutical
9 28 (5.53%) Police
10 27 (5.34%) Games
11 24 (4.74%) Legal
12 22 (4.35%) Aviation
12 22 (4.35%) Fire and Rescue
13 17 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (1.98%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 74 (14.62%) Senior
2 71 (14.03%) Architect
3 35 (6.92%) Lead
4 34 (6.72%) CRM Executive
5 28 (5.53%) Service Manager
6 27 (5.34%) Analyst
7 23 (4.55%) Consultant
8 22 (4.35%) Developer
8 22 (4.35%) Operations Manager
8 22 (4.35%) Service Operations Manager
9 19 (3.75%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 19 (3.75%) Technical Engineer
10 18 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (2.57%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 13 (2.57%) Support Engineer
12 12 (2.37%) QA Manager
12 12 (2.37%) Quality Manager
12 12 (2.37%) Technical Architect
12 12 (2.37%) Technical Support
12 12 (2.37%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.56%) .NET
2 16 (3.16%) REST
3 15 (2.96%) React
4 14 (2.77%) Keras
4 14 (2.77%) PyTorch
4 14 (2.77%) TensorFlow
5 10 (1.98%) CSS
6 7 (1.38%) GraphQL
6 7 (1.38%) HTML
6 7 (1.38%) Next.js
6 7 (1.38%) SOAP
6 7 (1.38%) Web Services
7 6 (1.19%) Hugging Face
8 5 (0.99%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.79%) Django
9 4 (0.79%) Node.js
9 4 (0.79%) NumPy
9 4 (0.79%) Pandas
9 4 (0.79%) scikit-learn
10 3 (0.59%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.25%) Onboarding
2 31 (6.13%) Data Centre
3 30 (5.93%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.94%) Blog
5 23 (4.55%) Life Science
6 22 (4.35%) Robotics
7 21 (4.15%) Pharmacovigilance
7 21 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (3.95%) Social Media
9 15 (2.96%) Enterprise Cloud
10 11 (2.17%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.98%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.78%) Driving Licence
13 8 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.38%) Embedded Systems
14 7 (1.38%) IVR
14 7 (1.38%) NHS
15 6 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (1.19%) Cloud Native
15 6 (1.19%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.58%) Windows
2 4 (0.79%) Linux
2 4 (0.79%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.20%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (29.25%) AI
2 147 (29.05%) CRM
3 108 (21.34%) Analytics
4 101 (19.96%) Agile
5 97 (19.17%) Problem-Solving
6 90 (17.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 89 (17.59%) Presales
7 89 (17.59%) Roadmaps
8 85 (16.80%) Stakeholder Management
9 79 (15.61%) Customer Experience
10 77 (15.22%) Project Management
11 75 (14.82%) Service Delivery
12 58 (11.46%) Digital Marketing
13 56 (11.07%) Business Development
14 53 (10.47%) DevOps
15 51 (10.08%) Collaborative Culture
16 50 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
17 49 (9.68%) Mentoring
18 47 (9.29%) Marketing Strategy
19 45 (8.89%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.13%) SQL
2 26 (5.14%) JavaScript
3 23 (4.55%) C#
4 16 (3.16%) Python
5 9 (1.78%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.59%) Delphi
7 3 (0.59%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.20%) ABAP
8 1 (0.20%) Bash
8 1 (0.20%) Go
8 1 (0.20%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) R
8 1 (0.20%) Ruby
8 1 (0.20%) Scala
Qualifications
1 105 (20.75%) Degree
2 43 (8.50%) Master's Degree
3 38 (7.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 35 (6.92%) DBS Check
5 32 (6.32%) PMP
6 27 (5.34%) Security Cleared
7 19 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (2.17%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.78%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.58%) SC Cleared
12 5 (0.99%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.99%) HNC
13 4 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.79%) VCAP
13 4 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.40%) CCNP
14 2 (0.40%) CCSP
14 2 (0.40%) CWNA
14 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (12.25%) GDPR
2 41 (8.10%) QA
3 24 (4.74%) PSD2
4 21 (4.15%) EU AI Act
4 21 (4.15%) HIPAA
4 21 (4.15%) Solvency II
5 17 (3.36%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.78%) SLA
7 5 (0.99%) PMO
8 4 (0.79%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.59%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.59%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.20%) NIST
11 1 (0.20%) PERC
System Software
1 11 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.38%) Firmware
3 4 (0.79%) Docker
3 4 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.79%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.78%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.38%) Ansible
3 4 (0.79%) Autotask
4 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.40%) Terraform
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 93 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 79 (15.61%) Salesforce
3 37 (7.31%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 36 (7.11%) Google
5 26 (5.14%) Dell
6 19 (3.75%) Cisco
6 19 (3.75%) HubSpot
7 17 (3.36%) Adobe
8 15 (2.96%) Databricks
9 14 (2.77%) NVIDIA
10 11 (2.17%) Fortinet
11 10 (1.98%) Apple
12 9 (1.78%) Palo Alto
13 8 (1.58%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (1.58%) Red Hat
14 7 (1.38%) Avaya
14 7 (1.38%) Genesys
14 7 (1.38%) SAP
14 7 (1.38%) Tenable
15 6 (1.19%) OpenAI