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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 57 49
Rank change year-on-year -17 -8 +16
Contract jobs citing CRM 54 23 46
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 2.76% 2.35% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.30% 2.69% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 11 39
10th Percentile £431 - £344
25th Percentile £455 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.38%
75th Percentile £588 £513 £544
90th Percentile £688 £600 £638
North West median daily rate £506 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +8.87% -7.00% -

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 1,638 856 1,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.66% 87.62% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 992 570 799
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £586 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
North West median daily rate £478 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +6.17% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 40 81
10th Percentile £22.63 £14.20 £12.50
25th Percentile £30.00 £19.35 £15.92
Median hourly rate £59.00 £33.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +76.12% +24.07% +35.00%
75th Percentile £77.00 £70.63 £62.50
90th Percentile £87.25 £79.33 £74.50
North West median hourly rate £50.50 £29.90 £27.50
% change year-on-year +68.90% +8.73% -6.14%

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 11 July 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
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CRM within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton +1 2 £550 - 7
CRM
North West

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 (5.56%) CMS
2 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.41%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.70%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (24.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.56%) Adobe Campaign
2 3 (5.56%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (29.63%) Azure
2 11 (20.37%) AWS
3 7 (12.96%) GCP
4 5 (9.26%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (7.41%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (5.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (3.70%) Azure AI
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Functions
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.70%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (3.70%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.70%) Serverless
8 1 (1.85%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.85%) Dialogflow
8 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.85%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.70%) Metadata
3 1 (1.85%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 27 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (37.04%) Finance
3 10 (18.52%) Marketing
4 8 (14.81%) Manufacturing
5 7 (12.96%) Banking
5 7 (12.96%) Retail
6 6 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (5.56%) Legal
8 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
9 2 (3.70%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.85%) Automotive
10 1 (1.85%) Billing
10 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.85%) Military
10 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (24.07%) Analyst
1 13 (24.07%) Architect
2 10 (18.52%) Senior
3 8 (14.81%) Lead
4 7 (12.96%) Project Manager
5 6 (11.11%) Lead Architect
5 6 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (9.26%) Enterprise Architect
6 5 (9.26%) Lead Enterprise Architect
6 5 (9.26%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Business Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Business Systems Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) CRM Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) CRM Systems Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Data Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Business Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Manager
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (7.41%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) HTML
1 2 (3.70%) JSON
1 2 (3.70%) Node.js
1 2 (3.70%) REST
2 1 (1.85%) .NET
2 1 (1.85%) CSS
2 1 (1.85%) J2EE
2 1 (1.85%) Java EE
2 1 (1.85%) Middleware
2 1 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.85%) Spring
2 1 (1.85%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (11.11%) IVR
3 5 (9.26%) Marketing Technology
4 4 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (5.56%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.85%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.85%) IoT
7 1 (1.85%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (31.48%) Migration
3 11 (20.37%) Workflow
4 10 (18.52%) Agile
4 10 (18.52%) Decision-Making
5 8 (14.81%) Data Modelling
5 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (14.81%) Workshop Facilitation
6 7 (12.96%) Analytics
6 7 (12.96%) Customer Service
6 7 (12.96%) Data Governance
6 7 (12.96%) ERP
6 7 (12.96%) Logistics
6 7 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (12.96%) Project Delivery
6 7 (12.96%) Systems Analysis
7 6 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
7 6 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 6 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.41%) SQL
2 3 (5.56%) C#
2 3 (5.56%) Python
3 2 (3.70%) Java
3 2 (3.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.85%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (9.26%) Degree
2 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
2 1 (1.85%) PMP
2 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) GDPR
2 3 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.70%) QA
4 1 (1.85%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.85%) PMO
4 1 (1.85%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Vendors
1 17 (31.48%) Salesforce
2 9 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.26%) Adobe
4 3 (5.56%) MuleSoft
4 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.70%) Databricks
5 2 (3.70%) Foundry
5 2 (3.70%) OpenAI
5 2 (3.70%) Oracle
6 1 (1.85%) Genesys
6 1 (1.85%) Google
6 1 (1.85%) Informatica
6 1 (1.85%) Marketo
6 1 (1.85%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.85%) SAP
6 1 (1.85%) Siebel