Hybrid/Remote Customer Engagement Job Trends

Customer Engagement
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Customer Engagement skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 293 329
Rank change year-on-year +99 +36 -41
Permanent jobs citing Customer Engagement 193 152 161
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 0.93% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 0.99% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 125 82 103
10th Percentile £20,000 £36,500 £42,383
25th Percentile £31,250 £44,030 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,600 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% -7.71% -9.68%
75th Percentile £78,750 £92,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +3.85% -13.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,144 15,339 20,307
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.43% 93.72% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8,355 9,020 16,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,100 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Customer Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Customer Engagement and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Customer Engagement job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Customer Engagement
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Customer Engagement.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Customer Engagement

Customer Engagement
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Customer Engagement over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Customer Engagement salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Customer Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (2.07%) ArcGIS
1 4 (2.07%) GeoServer
1 4 (2.07%) Oracle Spatial
2 3 (1.55%) CMS
3 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.52%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (2.07%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (12.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.52%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 45 (23.32%) SaaS
2 40 (20.73%) Azure
3 29 (15.03%) Dynamics 365
4 20 (10.36%) Power Platform
5 16 (8.29%) AWS
6 13 (6.74%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (5.18%) Serverless
8 6 (3.11%) GCP
8 6 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.59%) GitHub
9 5 (2.59%) Google Analytics
10 4 (2.07%) Amazon SageMaker
10 4 (2.07%) Azure Machine Learning
10 4 (2.07%) dbt
10 4 (2.07%) Fivetran
10 4 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.07%) Google Ads
10 4 (2.07%) Nutanix
10 4 (2.07%) PowerApps
10 4 (2.07%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.70%) Broadband
2 9 (4.66%) SD-WAN
2 9 (4.66%) WAN
3 5 (2.59%) LAN
4 4 (2.07%) 5G
4 4 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.04%) IP Telephony
5 2 (1.04%) PSTN
5 2 (1.04%) VoIP
6 1 (0.52%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.52%) DHCP
6 1 (0.52%) DNS
6 1 (0.52%) Firewall
6 1 (0.52%) Internet
6 1 (0.52%) MPLS
6 1 (0.52%) SNA
6 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.52%) Wireless
6 1 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.29%) Power BI
2 13 (6.74%) SQL Server
3 12 (6.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (3.63%) Tableau
5 4 (2.07%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (2.07%) BigQuery
5 4 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.07%) GIS
5 4 (2.07%) Looker
5 4 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.07%) QGIS
6 2 (1.04%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 4 (2.07%) Git
2 1 (0.52%) JIRA
General
1 66 (34.20%) Social Skills
2 50 (25.91%) Marketing
3 46 (23.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 33 (17.10%) Finance
5 31 (16.06%) Public Sector
5 31 (16.06%) Retail
6 23 (11.92%) Law
7 19 (9.84%) Legal
8 12 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (6.22%) Telecoms
9 10 (5.18%) Games
10 5 (2.59%) Advertising
11 4 (2.07%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.55%) Banking
13 2 (1.04%) Brand Awareness
13 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.52%) Italian Language
14 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (27.46%) Architect
2 22 (11.40%) Senior
3 18 (9.33%) Consultant
4 16 (8.29%) Developer
4 16 (8.29%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 16 (8.29%) Solutions Architect
5 15 (7.77%) Analyst
6 12 (6.22%) Integration Architect
7 11 (5.70%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 10 (5.18%) Azure Architect
8 10 (5.18%) ITSM Architect
8 10 (5.18%) Technical Architect
8 10 (5.18%) Technical Solutions Architect
9 8 (4.15%) IT Support
9 8 (4.15%) Senior Architect
10 7 (3.63%) Delivery Manager
10 7 (3.63%) Marketing Manager
10 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Developer
11 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Consultant
11 6 (3.11%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.29%) .NET
2 6 (3.11%) Hugging Face
3 4 (2.07%) AngularJS
3 4 (2.07%) Django
3 4 (2.07%) NumPy
3 4 (2.07%) Pandas
3 4 (2.07%) React
3 4 (2.07%) scikit-learn
4 3 (1.55%) REST
5 2 (1.04%) Kafka
5 2 (1.04%) Node.js
5 2 (1.04%) Nuxt
5 2 (1.04%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.04%) SOAP
5 2 (1.04%) Vue
5 2 (1.04%) Web Services
6 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.52%) ADO
6 1 (0.52%) JSON
6 1 (0.52%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.44%) Blog
2 20 (10.36%) Data Centre
3 15 (7.77%) Enterprise Cloud
4 9 (4.66%) Public Cloud
5 8 (4.15%) Social Media
6 6 (3.11%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.07%) GNSS
7 4 (2.07%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.07%) Self-Driving Car
8 3 (1.55%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.55%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.55%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.04%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.04%) Digital Media
9 2 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.04%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.04%) IVR
9 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.52%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.07%) Linux
1 4 (2.07%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.52%) Windows
2 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (36.27%) AI
2 51 (26.42%) CRM
3 44 (22.80%) Project Management
3 44 (22.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 42 (21.76%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (20.73%) Customer Experience
6 35 (18.13%) Time Management
7 31 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (15.54%) Roadmaps
9 29 (15.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (15.03%) Software Licensing
10 24 (12.44%) Presales
11 22 (11.40%) Agile
11 22 (11.40%) Mentoring
11 22 (11.40%) Strategic Thinking
12 21 (10.88%) ITSM
13 20 (10.36%) Business Intelligence
14 19 (9.84%) Collaborative Culture
14 19 (9.84%) Project Delivery
14 19 (9.84%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 27 (13.99%) SQL
2 12 (6.22%) Python
3 11 (5.70%) C#
3 11 (5.70%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.04%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.52%) ABAP
6 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (25.91%) Degree
2 21 (10.88%) PMP
3 12 (6.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (6.22%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.15%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.63%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.07%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.07%) VCAP
6 4 (2.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (1.55%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.04%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.52%) CCNP
9 1 (0.52%) CCSP
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.52%) MBA
9 1 (0.52%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.15%) SLA
2 3 (1.55%) QA
3 2 (1.04%) GDPR
3 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.04%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.07%) Docker
2 4 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.07%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.59%) Ansible
3 4 (2.07%) Autotask
4 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 53 (27.46%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.36%) Adobe
3 18 (9.33%) Salesforce
4 16 (8.29%) Apple
5 15 (7.77%) Palo Alto
6 11 (5.70%) Google
7 8 (4.15%) Red Hat
8 6 (3.11%) HubSpot
8 6 (3.11%) OpenAI
9 5 (2.59%) VMware
10 4 (2.07%) Alteryx
10 4 (2.07%) Cisco
10 4 (2.07%) ESRI
10 4 (2.07%) Oracle
10 4 (2.07%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (2.07%) Talend
10 4 (2.07%) Zoho
11 3 (1.55%) Sitecore
12 2 (1.04%) Fortinet
12 2 (1.04%) Foundry