CRM Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring CRM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 59 49
Rank change year-on-year -8 -10 -2
Contract jobs citing CRM 53 26 33
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 2.67% 2.56% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.19% 2.85% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 12 25
10th Percentile £470 £319 £455
25th Percentile - £381 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £638
90th Percentile £700 £523 £668
North West median daily rate £511 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +20.29% -19.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
North West median hourly rate £15.23 £15.00 -
% change year-on-year +1.50% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,659 912 1,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.62% 89.94% 87.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 588 631
10th Percentile £313 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 68 35
10th Percentile £21.00 £15.71 £15.95
25th Percentile £33.64 £19.07 £21.63
Median hourly rate £55.00 £22.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +143.04% -35.34% +79.49%
75th Percentile £75.00 £39.31 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.13 £85.60
North West median hourly rate £46.80 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +86.08% -40.82% +21.43%

CRM
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CRM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

CRM job vacancy trend in Manchester

CRM
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CRM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CRM

CRM
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CRM in Manchester over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CRM in Manchester

CRM
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CRM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CRM

CRM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (5.66%) CMS
2 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (24.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.66%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (1.89%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.89%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.64%) Azure
2 11 (20.75%) AWS
3 7 (13.21%) GCP
4 3 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (5.66%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 2 (3.77%) Copilot Studio
5 2 (3.77%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.89%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.89%) ChatGPT
6 1 (1.89%) Dialogflow
6 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.89%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.89%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) JIRA
General
1 22 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 13 (24.53%) Banking
3 12 (22.64%) Finance
3 12 (22.64%) Marketing
4 10 (18.87%) Manufacturing
5 8 (15.09%) Retail
6 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.66%) Legal
8 2 (3.77%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.77%) Law
8 2 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Automotive
9 1 (1.89%) Billing
9 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.89%) Military
9 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (35.85%) Architect
2 14 (26.42%) Lead
3 12 (22.64%) Lead Architect
4 11 (20.75%) Enterprise Architect
4 11 (20.75%) Lead Enterprise Architect
5 6 (11.32%) Analyst
5 6 (11.32%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (9.43%) CRM Manager
6 5 (9.43%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (7.55%) Business Systems Analyst
7 4 (7.55%) CRM Analyst
7 4 (7.55%) CRM Systems Analyst
7 4 (7.55%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) Consultant
8 3 (5.66%) Documentation Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) Project Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Release Manager
9 2 (3.77%) CRM Programme Manager
9 2 (3.77%) CRM Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.77%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) CSS
1 1 (1.89%) HTML
1 1 (1.89%) Jakarta EE
1 1 (1.89%) Middleware
1 1 (1.89%) REST
1 1 (1.89%) SOAP
1 1 (1.89%) Spring
1 1 (1.89%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) IVR
2 6 (11.32%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (9.43%) Marketing Technology
4 3 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.66%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.89%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.89%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (16.98%) Agile
2 9 (16.98%) Logistics
3 8 (15.09%) Analytics
3 8 (15.09%) Customer Service
3 8 (15.09%) Data Modelling
4 7 (13.21%) Decision-Making
4 7 (13.21%) Migration
4 7 (13.21%) Systems Analysis
5 6 (11.32%) Data Governance
5 6 (11.32%) ERP
5 6 (11.32%) Roadmaps
5 6 (11.32%) Translating Business Requirements
6 5 (9.43%) BPMN
6 5 (9.43%) Data Pipeline
6 5 (9.43%) E-Commerce
6 5 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (7.55%) Data Architecture
7 4 (7.55%) Data Integration
7 4 (7.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.77%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.89%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
1 1 (1.89%) PMP
1 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.32%) GDPR
2 2 (3.77%) QA
3 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.89%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.89%) PMO
3 1 (1.89%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Vendors
1 16 (30.19%) Salesforce
2 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.43%) Adobe
4 3 (5.66%) MuleSoft
4 3 (5.66%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.77%) SAP
6 1 (1.89%) Databricks
6 1 (1.89%) Genesys
6 1 (1.89%) Google
6 1 (1.89%) IFS
6 1 (1.89%) Infor
6 1 (1.89%) Marketo
6 1 (1.89%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.89%) Oracle