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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 61 49
Rank change year-on-year -10 -12 +8
Contract jobs citing CRM 52 23 39
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 2.62% 2.26% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 2.55% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 9 31
10th Percentile £455 £392 £413
25th Percentile £496 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £575
90th Percentile £695 £540 £638
North West median daily rate £510 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +19.88% -15.00% -4.76%

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 1,647 902 1,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.14% 88.69% 86.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 992 575 660
10th Percentile £310 £307 £331
25th Percentile £402 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £581 £600
90th Percentile £694 £666 £713
North West median daily rate £500 £455 £500
% change year-on-year +9.95% -9.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 60 46
10th Percentile £21.00 £16.79 £15.96
25th Percentile £29.96 £19.07 £23.96
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +120.95% -35.34% +79.49%
75th Percentile £75.00 £56.62 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.25 £88.00
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -28.14% +9.80%

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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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CRM in Manchester over the 6 months to 22 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CRM in Manchester

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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

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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 (5.77%) CMS
2 2 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (23.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.77%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (1.92%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (25.00%) Azure
2 11 (21.15%) AWS
3 7 (13.46%) GCP
4 3 (5.77%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 2 (3.85%) Copilot Studio
5 2 (3.85%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.92%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.92%) ChatGPT
6 1 (1.92%) Dialogflow
6 1 (1.92%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.92%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.62%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.92%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.92%) Metadata
2 1 (1.92%) Power BI
2 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 22 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.92%) Finance
3 13 (25.00%) Banking
4 11 (21.15%) Marketing
5 9 (17.31%) Manufacturing
6 7 (13.46%) Retail
7 4 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
8 3 (5.77%) Legal
9 2 (3.85%) Aerospace
9 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.92%) Automotive
10 1 (1.92%) Billing
10 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.92%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.92%) Law
10 1 (1.92%) Military
10 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (36.54%) Architect
2 14 (26.92%) Lead
3 12 (23.08%) Lead Architect
4 11 (21.15%) Enterprise Architect
4 11 (21.15%) Lead Enterprise Architect
5 7 (13.46%) Analyst
6 6 (11.54%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (9.62%) Systems Analyst
8 4 (7.69%) Business Systems Analyst
8 4 (7.69%) CRM Analyst
8 4 (7.69%) CRM Systems Analyst
8 4 (7.69%) Project Manager
8 4 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (5.77%) Consultant
9 3 (5.77%) CRM Manager
9 3 (5.77%) Documentation Analyst
9 3 (5.77%) Release Manager
9 3 (5.77%) Senior
10 2 (3.85%) Programme Manager
10 2 (3.85%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) CSS
1 1 (1.92%) HTML
1 1 (1.92%) Jakarta EE
1 1 (1.92%) Middleware
1 1 (1.92%) REST
1 1 (1.92%) SOAP
1 1 (1.92%) Spring
1 1 (1.92%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) IVR
2 6 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (9.62%) Marketing Technology
4 3 (5.77%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.77%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.77%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.92%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.92%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (36.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (17.31%) Agile
2 9 (17.31%) Migration
3 8 (15.38%) Analytics
3 8 (15.38%) Data Modelling
3 8 (15.38%) Decision-Making
3 8 (15.38%) Logistics
4 7 (13.46%) Systems Analysis
5 6 (11.54%) Customer Service
5 6 (11.54%) Data Governance
5 6 (11.54%) Roadmaps
5 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (11.54%) Translating Business Requirements
6 5 (9.62%) Data Pipeline
6 5 (9.62%) E-Commerce
6 5 (9.62%) ERP
6 5 (9.62%) Validation
6 5 (9.62%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (7.69%) Data Architecture
7 4 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.85%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.92%) Java
2 1 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (1.92%) DBS Check
1 1 (1.92%) Degree
1 1 (1.92%) PMP
1 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) GDPR
2 2 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.85%) QA
3 1 (1.92%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.92%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.92%) PMO
3 1 (1.92%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Vendors
1 14 (26.92%) Salesforce
2 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.62%) Adobe
4 3 (5.77%) MuleSoft
4 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.92%) Databricks
5 1 (1.92%) Genesys
5 1 (1.92%) Google
5 1 (1.92%) Marketo
5 1 (1.92%) Optimizely