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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 53 50
Rank change year-on-year -15 -3 +48
Contract jobs citing CRM 24 32 50
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 2.06% 3.05% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 3.36% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 26 39
10th Percentile £313 £438 £398
25th Percentile £344 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £631 £634 £538
90th Percentile £678 £735 £652
North West median daily rate £438 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -9.79% -3.00% +14.29%

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 1,043 951 1,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.37% 90.74% 87.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 709 569 966
10th Percentile £305 £294 £302
25th Percentile £380 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £584
90th Percentile £638 £681 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 33 43
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.93 £13.08
25th Percentile £19.75 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% -8.45% -11.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £33.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £64.63 £60.00 £76.75
North West median hourly rate £41.68 £30.95 £40.00
% change year-on-year +34.67% -22.63% +14.29%

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 10 January 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 10 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton - 1 - - 16
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 2 (8.33%) CMS
2 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (4.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (45.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (20.83%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (4.17%) SAP HR
3 1 (4.17%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
1 6 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (20.83%) Power Platform
3 3 (12.50%) Power Automate
3 3 (12.50%) PowerApps
4 2 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.17%) AWS
5 1 (4.17%) ChatGPT
5 1 (4.17%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.17%) GCP
5 1 (4.17%) Google Analytics
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Big Data
2 1 (4.17%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (4.17%) GIS
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Selenium
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
3 3 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Architect
2 4 (16.67%) Data Architect
2 4 (16.67%) Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Salesforce Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Administrator
3 3 (12.50%) Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
3 3 (12.50%) Tester
4 2 (8.33%) Campaign Manager
4 2 (8.33%) CRM Campaign Manager
4 2 (8.33%) CRM Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Project Administrator
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Tester
5 1 (4.17%) Automation Tester
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Functional Test Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Middleware Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) HTML
2 3 (12.50%) REST
3 2 (8.33%) .NET
3 2 (8.33%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (4.17%) CSS
4 1 (4.17%) Middleware
4 1 (4.17%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (4.17%) SAPUI5
4 1 (4.17%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Data Structures
2 2 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.17%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Agile
2 6 (25.00%) Analytics
3 5 (20.83%) Data Modelling
4 4 (16.67%) Data Architecture
4 4 (16.67%) DevOps
4 4 (16.67%) TOGAF
5 3 (12.50%) Architecture Governance
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (12.50%) Data Analytics
5 3 (12.50%) Data Governance
5 3 (12.50%) Data Management
5 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 3 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Data Management
5 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.50%) Scrum
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (8.33%) CI/CD
6 2 (8.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 2 (8.33%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) C#
1 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.17%) ABAP
2 1 (4.17%) Java
2 1 (4.17%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
1 1 (4.17%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 3 (12.50%) GDPR
2 2 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Salesforce
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Adobe
3 1 (4.17%) Avaya
3 1 (4.17%) Genesys
3 1 (4.17%) Google
3 1 (4.17%) MuleSoft
3 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) SAP