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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 50 60
Rank change year-on-year -32 +10 +10
Contract jobs citing CRM 31 21 35
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.78% 2.35% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 2.64% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 9 31
10th Percentile £400 £413 £268
25th Percentile £431 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £544 - -
90th Percentile £670 £548 £525
North West median daily rate £460 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -

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 1,462 795 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.83% 88.93% 86.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 878 544 845
10th Percentile £306 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £668 £694
North West median daily rate £474 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -0.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 27 79
10th Percentile £21.00 £14.17 £12.48
25th Percentile £36.75 £24.70 £13.81
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +130.77% -5.80%
75th Percentile £77.13 £74.38 £60.63
90th Percentile £90.00 £86.20 £72.90
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £30.40 £26.00
% change year-on-year +80.92% +16.92% -25.71%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 - 4
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 (6.45%) CMS
1 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) MS Visio
2 2 (6.45%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (35.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (9.68%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) Azure
2 5 (16.13%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.45%) AWS
4 2 (6.45%) Azure AI
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Functions
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (6.45%) Copilot Studio
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (6.45%) Power Automate
4 2 (6.45%) Serverless
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.23%) GCP
5 1 (3.23%) iPaaS
5 1 (3.23%) PaaS
5 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Metadata
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 12 (38.71%) Finance
3 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Marketing
5 3 (9.68%) Legal
5 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.45%) Retail
7 1 (3.23%) Automotive
7 1 (3.23%) Billing
7 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Analyst
2 9 (29.03%) Senior
3 6 (19.35%) Business Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Project Manager
4 5 (16.13%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Data Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Business Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (9.68%) Data Migration Analyst
6 3 (9.68%) Migration Analyst
6 3 (9.68%) Release Manager
7 2 (6.45%) Architect
7 2 (6.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Customer Service Specialist
7 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
7 2 (6.45%) Test Analyst
8 1 (3.23%) Consultant
8 1 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) REST
2 2 (6.45%) HTML
2 2 (6.45%) JSON
2 2 (6.45%) Node.js
3 1 (3.23%) .NET
3 1 (3.23%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (3.23%) Middleware
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (9.68%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.23%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Migration
2 10 (32.26%) Workflow
3 6 (19.35%) Business Analysis
3 6 (19.35%) Data Analysis
3 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (16.13%) Decision-Making
4 5 (16.13%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (12.90%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (12.90%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (12.90%) Cost Control
5 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
5 4 (12.90%) Data Protection
5 4 (12.90%) Economics
5 4 (12.90%) People Management
5 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.90%) Project Delivery
5 4 (12.90%) Regulatory Change
5 4 (12.90%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) SQL
2 3 (9.68%) C#
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.23%) C++
4 1 (3.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) IIBA
2 1 (3.23%) PMP
2 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.23%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Salesforce
2 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.68%) MuleSoft
4 2 (6.45%) Foundry
4 2 (6.45%) OpenAI
4 2 (6.45%) Oracle
5 1 (3.23%) Braze
5 1 (3.23%) Databricks
5 1 (3.23%) Informatica
5 1 (3.23%) Optimizely
5 1 (3.23%) SAP
5 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.23%) Siebel