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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 374 415
Rank change year-on-year +124 +41 -41
Permanent jobs citing Customer Engagement 520 365 332
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.87% 0.68% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.75% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 288 160 237
10th Percentile £26,350 £38,625 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £49,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +3.85% -13.33%
75th Percentile £79,063 £90,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +22.73% -

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 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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 14 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 14 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 +167 470 £55,000 -18.52% 445
UK excluding London +109 343 £50,000 -25.93% 417
Work from Home +102 198 £56,250 -12.93% 135
London +88 129 £70,000 -11.11% 73
North of England +59 93 £39,500 -28.18% 75
South East +77 87 £45,000 -40.00% 135
Midlands +43 72 £41,750 -35.37% 61
Yorkshire +27 49 £31,000 -61.25% 36
West Midlands +33 48 £48,500 -31.93% 20
North West +25 37 £52,500 +8.10% 30
South West +22 37 £52,500 -19.85% 60
East of England +29 30 £70,000 -20.00% 61
East Midlands 0 22 £31,000 -27.06% 40
Scotland -18 17 £95,000 +31.03% 10
North East - 7 £44,000 - 10
Wales +8 5 £52,500 +40.00% 17
Northern Ireland -12 2 £57,500 -28.13% 9

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 13 (2.50%) CMS
2 12 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.15%) WordPress
4 4 (0.77%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
4 4 (0.77%) Headless CMS
4 4 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.19%) Strapi
Applications
1 43 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.77%) Autodesk Inventor
6 4 (0.77%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.77%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.58%) Notion
8 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.19%) InDesign
9 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 47 (9.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.77%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.38%) Shopify
5 1 (0.19%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 94 (18.08%) SaaS
2 84 (16.15%) Azure
3 57 (10.96%) Dynamics 365
4 55 (10.58%) Power Platform
5 44 (8.46%) AWS
6 25 (4.81%) Amazon SageMaker
7 24 (4.62%) Azure AI
7 24 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (4.04%) Vertex AI
9 17 (3.27%) Power Automate
10 14 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (2.50%) GCP
11 13 (2.50%) PowerApps
12 12 (2.31%) Serverless
13 11 (2.12%) H2O.ai
13 11 (2.12%) OpenShift
14 8 (1.54%) Entra ID
15 5 (0.96%) Azure AKS
15 5 (0.96%) GitHub
15 5 (0.96%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.96%) SMS
2 20 (3.85%) Broadband
3 14 (2.69%) WAN
4 11 (2.12%) SD-WAN
4 11 (2.12%) VoIP
5 10 (1.92%) Firewall
6 9 (1.73%) LAN
7 8 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.35%) IP Telephony
8 7 (1.35%) PSTN
9 5 (0.96%) Internet
10 4 (0.77%) 5G
10 4 (0.77%) WLAN
11 3 (0.58%) PBX
11 3 (0.58%) Wireless
12 2 (0.38%) DHCP
12 2 (0.38%) DNS
12 2 (0.38%) MPLS
12 2 (0.38%) SNA
12 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.58%) Power BI
2 15 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.88%) Tableau
3 14 (2.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (2.31%) Data Lake
4 12 (2.31%) Metadata
5 11 (2.12%) DTS
6 6 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.96%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.77%) GIS
8 4 (0.77%) Looker
8 4 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.77%) QGIS
9 2 (0.38%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.38%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 5 (0.96%) Git
2 1 (0.19%) JIRA
General
1 177 (34.04%) Social Skills
2 174 (33.46%) Marketing
3 100 (19.23%) Finance
4 73 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (13.27%) Retail
6 54 (10.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (7.12%) Public Sector
8 32 (6.15%) Manufacturing
9 30 (5.77%) Banking
9 30 (5.77%) Law
10 29 (5.58%) Police
10 29 (5.58%) Telecoms
11 28 (5.38%) Pharmaceutical
12 27 (5.19%) Games
13 24 (4.62%) Legal
14 22 (4.23%) Aviation
14 22 (4.23%) Fire and Rescue
15 17 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (2.12%) Electronics
17 10 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (15.00%) Architect
1 78 (15.00%) Senior
2 35 (6.73%) Lead
3 34 (6.54%) CRM Executive
4 29 (5.58%) Analyst
4 29 (5.58%) Service Manager
5 23 (4.42%) Consultant
6 22 (4.23%) Developer
6 22 (4.23%) Operations Manager
6 22 (4.23%) Service Operations Manager
7 20 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
7 20 (3.85%) Technical Engineer
8 19 (3.65%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 14 (2.69%) Support Engineer
10 13 (2.50%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 13 (2.50%) Technical Architect
10 13 (2.50%) Technical Support
10 13 (2.50%) Technical Support Engineer
11 12 (2.31%) Integration Architect
11 12 (2.31%) QA Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.85%) .NET
2 16 (3.08%) REST
3 15 (2.88%) React
4 11 (2.12%) Keras
4 11 (2.12%) PyTorch
4 11 (2.12%) TensorFlow
5 10 (1.92%) CSS
6 7 (1.35%) GraphQL
6 7 (1.35%) HTML
6 7 (1.35%) Next.js
6 7 (1.35%) SOAP
6 7 (1.35%) Web Services
7 6 (1.15%) Hugging Face
8 5 (0.96%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.77%) Django
9 4 (0.77%) Node.js
9 4 (0.77%) NumPy
9 4 (0.77%) Pandas
9 4 (0.77%) scikit-learn
10 3 (0.58%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 65 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 33 (6.35%) Data Centre
3 28 (5.38%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.81%) Blog
5 23 (4.42%) Life Science
5 23 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (4.23%) Robotics
7 21 (4.04%) Pharmacovigilance
7 21 (4.04%) Social Media
8 15 (2.88%) Enterprise Cloud
9 11 (2.12%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.92%) Driving Licence
10 10 (1.92%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
12 7 (1.35%) IVR
12 7 (1.35%) NHS
12 7 (1.35%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.15%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.92%) Windows
2 4 (0.77%) Linux
2 4 (0.77%) Ubuntu
2 4 (0.77%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.19%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (29.23%) AI
2 150 (28.85%) CRM
3 106 (20.38%) Agile
4 105 (20.19%) Analytics
5 102 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 89 (17.12%) Presales
8 88 (16.92%) Roadmaps
9 85 (16.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 80 (15.38%) Project Management
11 77 (14.81%) Customer Experience
12 74 (14.23%) Service Delivery
13 59 (11.35%) Digital Marketing
14 55 (10.58%) Cybersecurity
14 55 (10.58%) DevOps
15 54 (10.38%) Business Development
16 51 (9.81%) Collaborative Culture
17 49 (9.42%) Mentoring
18 48 (9.23%) Marketing Strategy
19 47 (9.04%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.35%) SQL
2 26 (5.00%) JavaScript
3 24 (4.62%) C#
4 16 (3.08%) Python
5 9 (1.73%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.77%) Delphi
7 3 (0.58%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.38%) R
9 1 (0.19%) ABAP
9 1 (0.19%) Bash
9 1 (0.19%) Go
9 1 (0.19%) Java
9 1 (0.19%) Ruby
9 1 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 109 (20.96%) Degree
2 39 (7.50%) Master's Degree
3 35 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (6.73%) DBS Check
4 33 (6.35%) PMP
5 29 (5.58%) Security Cleared
6 19 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.31%) PMI Certification
8 10 (1.92%) SC Cleared
9 9 (1.73%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.96%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.96%) HNC
11 4 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.77%) VCAP
11 4 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.38%) CCNA
12 2 (0.38%) CCNP
12 2 (0.38%) CCSP
12 2 (0.38%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (12.12%) GDPR
2 42 (8.08%) QA
3 24 (4.62%) PSD2
4 21 (4.04%) EU AI Act
4 21 (4.04%) HIPAA
4 21 (4.04%) Solvency II
5 15 (2.88%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.73%) SLA
7 5 (0.96%) PMO
8 4 (0.77%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.58%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.19%) NIST
11 1 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 11 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.35%) Firmware
3 4 (0.77%) Docker
3 4 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.77%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (1.92%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.35%) Ansible
3 4 (0.77%) Autotask
4 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 103 (19.81%) Microsoft
2 82 (15.77%) Salesforce
3 37 (7.12%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 36 (6.92%) Google
5 23 (4.42%) Dell
6 21 (4.04%) Adobe
7 19 (3.65%) Cisco
7 19 (3.65%) HubSpot
8 14 (2.69%) Apple
9 13 (2.50%) Palo Alto
10 12 (2.31%) Databricks
11 11 (2.12%) Fortinet
11 11 (2.12%) NVIDIA
12 8 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (1.54%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.54%) SAP
13 7 (1.35%) Avaya
13 7 (1.35%) Genesys
13 7 (1.35%) Sage
13 7 (1.35%) Tenable