Customer Service Jobs in the South West

Customer Service
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Customer Service skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Service over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 38 51
Rank change year-on-year +8 +13 +11
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 591 496 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.08% 7.38% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.46% 7.80% 5.97%
Number of salaries quoted 464 267 274
10th Percentile £21,250 £25,000 £21,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £28,000 £24,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £31,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +2.36% +15.45%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,625 £47,058
90th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £32,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% -6.67% +2.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Customer Service is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,925 6,357 8,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 81.59% 94.63% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 5,692 3,502 5,073
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,294 £37,908
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.48% +8.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the South West.

Salary trend for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the South West over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol -19 138 £28,500 -11.63% 77
Wiltshire +3 95 £30,000 -14.29% 62
Gloucestershire +11 94 £31,250 +0.81% 51
Dorset +11 85 £27,925 -9.92% 30
Devon +22 71 £29,000 -36.78% 47
Somerset +5 62 £29,250 -5.65% 69
Cornwall +18 38 £39,005 - 10
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.52%) Confluence
4 4 (0.68%) CMS
5 3 (0.51%) Apache
5 3 (0.51%) GlassFish
5 3 (0.51%) JBoss
5 3 (0.51%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.17%) JOnAS
6 1 (0.17%) Moodle
6 1 (0.17%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 84 (14.21%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.17%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 120 (20.30%) Microsoft 365
2 86 (14.55%) Azure
3 33 (5.58%) Entra ID
4 17 (2.88%) OneDrive
5 16 (2.71%) Power Platform
5 16 (2.71%) SaaS
6 14 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (2.03%) AWS
8 6 (1.02%) GCP
8 6 (1.02%) Slack
9 5 (0.85%) WhatsApp
10 3 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.51%) IaaS
10 3 (0.51%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.34%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.34%) dbt
11 2 (0.34%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.34%) OCI
11 2 (0.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 47 (7.95%) Firewall
2 42 (7.11%) VPN
3 38 (6.43%) LAN
4 30 (5.08%) DNS
4 30 (5.08%) TCP/IP
5 26 (4.40%) Remote Desktop
5 26 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
6 24 (4.06%) DHCP
7 20 (3.38%) WAN
8 18 (3.05%) Wireless
9 14 (2.37%) VLAN
10 13 (2.20%) Network Security
11 9 (1.52%) Internet
11 9 (1.52%) IPsec
12 8 (1.35%) SAN
12 8 (1.35%) VSAT
13 6 (1.02%) Telepresence
14 5 (0.85%) NetScaler
14 5 (0.85%) VoIP
14 5 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.55%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.37%) Power BI
3 10 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
5 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.68%) OLAP
6 4 (0.68%) OLAP Cube
6 4 (0.68%) Oracle OLAP
6 4 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.51%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.51%) Oracle Database 12c
8 2 (0.34%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.34%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (2.03%) JIRA
2 3 (0.51%) Git
3 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.17%) Selenium
General
1 284 (48.05%) Social Skills
2 82 (13.87%) Finance
3 67 (11.34%) Organisational Skills
4 63 (10.66%) Telecoms
5 60 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (9.81%) Retail
7 49 (8.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (6.77%) Law
9 36 (6.09%) Banking
10 30 (5.08%) Legal
11 28 (4.74%) Investment Banking
12 17 (2.88%) Manufacturing
13 16 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (2.37%) Fire and Rescue
16 11 (1.86%) Local Government
17 10 (1.69%) Public Sector
18 9 (1.52%) Military
19 8 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
20 7 (1.18%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 89 (15.06%) Analyst
2 88 (14.89%) IT Support
3 79 (13.37%) Support Engineer
4 53 (8.97%) IT Engineer
5 46 (7.78%) IT Support Engineer
6 41 (6.94%) Lead
7 40 (6.77%) Technical Support
8 34 (5.75%) 1st Line Support
9 33 (5.58%) Service Analyst
10 31 (5.25%) Project Manager
11 26 (4.40%) Senior
12 25 (4.23%) Service Desk Analyst
13 24 (4.06%) Team Leader
14 22 (3.72%) Administrator
15 21 (3.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 21 (3.55%) Support Analyst
16 20 (3.38%) IT Analyst
17 18 (3.05%) 2nd Line Support
18 17 (2.88%) IT Technician
18 17 (2.88%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.02%) Node.js
2 5 (0.85%) Middleware
3 4 (0.68%) .NET
3 4 (0.68%) HTML
3 4 (0.68%) React
4 3 (0.51%) CSS
4 3 (0.51%) LDAP
4 3 (0.51%) RESTful
4 3 (0.51%) SAML
5 2 (0.34%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.34%) D3.js
5 2 (0.34%) GatsbyJS
5 2 (0.34%) jQuery
5 2 (0.34%) SOAP
5 2 (0.34%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 2 (0.34%) Vue
5 2 (0.34%) Web Services
6 1 (0.17%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.17%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.17%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.97%) Driving Licence
2 35 (5.92%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 25 (4.23%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.20%) NHS
5 11 (1.86%) Product Ownership
5 11 (1.86%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (1.35%) Credit Risk
6 8 (1.35%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.35%) Freedom of Information
7 7 (1.18%) Credit Derivative
7 7 (1.18%) Derivative
7 7 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.18%) Replication
8 6 (1.02%) Digital Signage
9 3 (0.51%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (0.51%) Housing Association
9 3 (0.51%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.34%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 153 (25.89%) Windows
2 52 (8.80%) Windows Server
3 45 (7.61%) Windows 10
4 28 (4.74%) Mac OS
5 25 (4.23%) Linux
6 11 (1.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.69%) Apple iOS
8 8 (1.35%) Windows 7
8 8 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.85%) CentOS
10 5 (0.85%) Unix
11 4 (0.68%) Android
11 4 (0.68%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.68%) Windows XP
12 3 (0.51%) AIX
12 3 (0.51%) Solaris
13 2 (0.34%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (29.78%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (16.07%) ITIL
3 62 (10.49%) Service Delivery
4 55 (9.31%) Project Management
5 54 (9.14%) Service Management
6 44 (7.45%) Time Management
7 41 (6.94%) Process Improvement
8 40 (6.77%) Project Delivery
9 39 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 39 (6.60%) Mentoring
10 37 (6.26%) Customer Experience
11 34 (5.75%) Change Management
12 31 (5.25%) Agile
12 31 (5.25%) Incident Management
12 31 (5.25%) Line Management
13 29 (4.91%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (4.74%) User Experience
15 24 (4.06%) B2B
16 23 (3.89%) PRINCE2
17 22 (3.72%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 37 (6.26%) SQL
2 17 (2.88%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.71%) JavaScript
4 14 (2.37%) Java
5 8 (1.35%) C#
5 8 (1.35%) PHP
6 7 (1.18%) Python
6 7 (1.18%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.85%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.68%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.34%) Lisp
10 1 (0.17%) Progress 4GL
10 1 (0.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 67 (11.34%) Degree
2 46 (7.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (6.26%) DBS Check
4 34 (5.75%) Security Cleared
5 23 (3.89%) A+ Certification
6 20 (3.38%) MCP
7 14 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.37%) SC Cleared
8 13 (2.20%) DV Cleared
9 12 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 8 (1.35%) MCSE
11 7 (1.18%) CCNA
11 7 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (1.02%) MCITP
13 5 (0.85%) CCNP
13 5 (0.85%) RHCE
13 5 (0.85%) RHCSA
14 4 (0.68%) CCA
14 4 (0.68%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (11.17%) SLA
2 16 (2.71%) QA
3 15 (2.54%) GDPR
4 13 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.68%) NIST
7 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.17%) NCSC
8 1 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 114 (19.29%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (2.20%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.52%) XenDesktop
6 7 (1.18%) XenApp
7 3 (0.51%) Firmware
8 2 (0.34%) Docker
8 2 (0.34%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (2.37%) SCCM
2 13 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.18%) Icinga
3 7 (1.18%) WSUS
4 6 (1.02%) ServiceCenter
5 5 (0.85%) Ansible
5 5 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (0.85%) Puppet
6 4 (0.68%) Backup Exec
6 4 (0.68%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 3 (0.51%) Nagios
7 3 (0.51%) OfficeScan
7 3 (0.51%) Oracle Statspack
7 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.51%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.34%) CASB
8 2 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.34%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 231 (39.09%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.08%) VMware
3 26 (4.40%) ServiceNow
4 19 (3.21%) Citrix
5 16 (2.71%) Cisco
6 11 (1.86%) Draytek
6 11 (1.86%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.86%) SolarWinds
7 10 (1.69%) Ericsson
8 9 (1.52%) Apple
8 9 (1.52%) Oracle
9 8 (1.35%) HP
9 8 (1.35%) Veeam
10 7 (1.18%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.02%) Aderant
11 6 (1.02%) Dell
11 6 (1.02%) iManage
11 6 (1.02%) SAP
12 5 (0.85%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.68%) Veritas