Customer Service
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 53 69
Rank change year-on-year +23 +16 -13
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 6,478 5,349 8,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.31% 5.49% 5.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.49% 5.75% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,700 3,278 4,632
10th Percentile £22,500 £23,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £25,250 £28,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £35,200 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -6.13% +2.93%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £33,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.45% -4.29% +4.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the UK 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
England +28 5,859 £32,000 -8.57% 2,962
UK excluding London +16 5,401 £30,000 -10.45% 2,530
Work from Home +15 1,572 £39,500 -9.00% 846
South East +10 1,391 £30,000 -10.45% 622
Midlands +38 1,223 £29,000 -21.62% 442
North of England +34 1,178 £30,438 -3.37% 654
London -4 869 £42,500 - 572
West Midlands +33 832 £29,500 -26.25% 241
North West +29 612 £30,438 -1.81% 353
South West +8 591 £30,000 -7.69% 360
East of England +19 582 £29,000 -6.45% 340
Yorkshire +45 438 £30,500 -6.15% 230
East Midlands +42 385 £29,000 -6.45% 201
Scotland -49 261 £35,000 -12.50% 155
Wales +29 139 £28,375 -8.47% 66
North East +5 128 £29,500 -26.25% 78
Northern Ireland -20 25 £30,000 -40.00% 36
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 - 3
Channel Islands +1 5 £85,000 +142.86%

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 413 (6.38%) SharePoint
2 353 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 52 (0.80%) IIS
4 51 (0.79%) CMS
5 44 (0.68%) nginx
6 43 (0.66%) Confluence
7 36 (0.56%) Camunda
8 15 (0.23%) WordPress
9 12 (0.19%) SAS
10 10 (0.15%) Apache
10 10 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 8 (0.12%) Anypoint
11 8 (0.12%) Appian
11 8 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
11 8 (0.12%) Moodle
11 8 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 5 (0.077%) ArcGIS
12 5 (0.077%) Exchange Server 2010
13 4 (0.062%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 4 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1,219 (18.82%) Microsoft Office
2 503 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 87 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 58 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.28%) Trello
7 16 (0.25%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.12%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 6 (0.093%) LightWave 3D
11 5 (0.077%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
12 4 (0.062%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.062%) EPLAN
13 3 (0.046%) InDesign
14 2 (0.031%) SOLIDWORKS
15 1 (0.015%) Adobe Premiere
15 1 (0.015%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 168 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (0.59%) NEC Housing
3 22 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 21 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 18 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.28%) Sage 200
6 16 (0.25%) iTrent
7 14 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
8 13 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 13 (0.20%) Infor SunSystems
9 12 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
10 11 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
11 10 (0.15%) Shopify
12 9 (0.14%) SAP HR
13 7 (0.11%) Oracle General Ledger
13 7 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
14 6 (0.093%) Elite 3E
14 6 (0.093%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 6 (0.093%) Sage CRM
14 6 (0.093%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,467 (22.65%) Microsoft 365
2 952 (14.70%) Azure
3 274 (4.23%) Power Platform
4 258 (3.98%) Entra ID
5 235 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
6 186 (2.87%) AWS
7 163 (2.52%) Power Automate
8 143 (2.21%) SaaS
9 112 (1.73%) PowerApps
10 101 (1.56%) OneDrive
11 82 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
12 56 (0.86%) OpenShift
13 55 (0.85%) Mimecast
14 51 (0.79%) GCP
15 44 (0.68%) IBM Cloud
16 42 (0.65%) Serverless
17 38 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
17 38 (0.59%) WhatsApp
18 36 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
19 30 (0.46%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 443 (6.84%) Firewall
2 285 (4.40%) DNS
3 261 (4.03%) LAN
4 250 (3.86%) TCP/IP
5 233 (3.60%) WAN
6 220 (3.40%) DHCP
7 210 (3.24%) VPN
8 198 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
9 173 (2.67%) Internet
10 172 (2.66%) Wireless
11 132 (2.04%) VoIP
12 92 (1.42%) VLAN
13 86 (1.33%) Intranet
14 80 (1.23%) Network Security
15 77 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
16 58 (0.90%) MPLS
17 50 (0.77%) Broadband
17 50 (0.77%) SAN
18 44 (0.68%) OSPF
19 43 (0.66%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 269 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 158 (2.44%) Power BI
3 66 (1.02%) Oracle Database
4 65 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 55 (0.85%) MySQL
6 48 (0.74%) MongoDB
7 47 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 38 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
9 34 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
10 32 (0.49%) Relational Database
10 32 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 25 (0.39%) Oracle Database 12c
12 21 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
12 21 (0.32%) GIS
13 20 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
14 15 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
15 14 (0.22%) Data Lake
16 13 (0.20%) NoSQL
17 11 (0.17%) MariaDB
17 11 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 126 (1.95%) JIRA
2 54 (0.83%) Git
3 28 (0.43%) Jasmine
3 28 (0.43%) Karma Test Runner
4 22 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
6 14 (0.22%) Visual Studio
7 13 (0.20%) Robot Framework
8 8 (0.12%) Maven
8 8 (0.12%) MSI
9 7 (0.11%) AdminStudio
10 6 (0.093%) InstallShield
10 6 (0.093%) Mercurial
10 6 (0.093%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 5 (0.077%) PowerBuilder
11 5 (0.077%) webpack
12 3 (0.046%) GitLab
12 3 (0.046%) Octopus Deploy
12 3 (0.046%) Selenium
12 3 (0.046%) Subversion
General
1 3,207 (49.51%) Social Skills
2 999 (15.42%) Finance
3 932 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
4 713 (11.01%) Organisational Skills
5 567 (8.75%) Retail
6 398 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 309 (4.77%) Legal
8 294 (4.54%) Telecoms
9 289 (4.46%) Marketing
10 251 (3.87%) Public Sector
11 230 (3.55%) Military
12 207 (3.20%) Law
13 167 (2.58%) Manufacturing
14 166 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
15 161 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
16 143 (2.21%) Banking
17 141 (2.18%) Billing
18 113 (1.74%) Local Government
19 91 (1.40%) Back Office
20 90 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,061 (16.38%) Analyst
2 826 (12.75%) IT Support
3 557 (8.60%) Support Engineer
4 442 (6.82%) Senior
5 365 (5.63%) IT Engineer
6 334 (5.16%) Lead
7 331 (5.11%) Support Analyst
8 322 (4.97%) Administrator
9 317 (4.89%) IT Technician
10 312 (4.82%) Service Analyst
11 293 (4.52%) Consultant
12 292 (4.51%) Technical Support
13 290 (4.48%) Support Technician
14 280 (4.32%) Service Desk Analyst
15 277 (4.28%) IT Support Engineer
16 272 (4.20%) 1st Line Support
17 247 (3.81%) Graduate
18 239 (3.69%) IT Analyst
19 235 (3.63%) Developer
20 227 (3.50%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (2.67%) .NET
2 102 (1.57%) HTML
3 86 (1.33%) CSS
4 78 (1.20%) React
5 77 (1.19%) JSON
6 76 (1.17%) XML
7 52 (0.80%) AngularJS
7 52 (0.80%) Node.js
8 50 (0.77%) ASP.NET
8 50 (0.77%) REST
9 49 (0.76%) Web Services
10 37 (0.57%) SOAP
11 36 (0.56%) KeystoneJS
11 36 (0.56%) Swagger
12 34 (0.52%) HTML5 Canvas
13 33 (0.51%) Sass
14 28 (0.43%) RxJS
14 28 (0.43%) XML Schema
15 22 (0.34%) .NET Core
16 20 (0.31%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 551 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
2 380 (5.87%) Onboarding
3 353 (5.45%) Driving Licence
4 291 (4.49%) Management Information System
5 146 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
6 142 (2.19%) Data Centre
7 109 (1.68%) Digital Signage
8 90 (1.39%) Smartphone
9 89 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
10 81 (1.25%) Social Media
11 79 (1.22%) Product Ownership
12 68 (1.05%) CCTV
13 62 (0.96%) e-Learning
13 62 (0.96%) EPoS
13 62 (0.96%) Public Cloud
14 57 (0.88%) Replication
15 54 (0.83%) Blockchain
15 54 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
16 53 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
17 50 (0.77%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1,474 (22.75%) Windows
2 527 (8.14%) Windows Server
3 471 (7.27%) Windows 10
4 232 (3.58%) Linux
5 143 (2.21%) Apple iOS
6 140 (2.16%) Android
7 126 (1.95%) Mac OS
8 110 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 106 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 87 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
11 80 (1.23%) Windows 7
12 65 (1.00%) Unix
13 36 (0.56%) Mac OS X
14 26 (0.40%) Windows 8
15 24 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
16 23 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 21 (0.32%) CentOS
18 18 (0.28%) VyOS
19 17 (0.26%) VMS
20 13 (0.20%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,799 (27.77%) Problem-Solving
2 928 (14.33%) ITIL
3 716 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 569 (8.78%) Customer Experience
5 538 (8.31%) Agile
5 538 (8.31%) Project Management
6 484 (7.47%) Service Delivery
7 469 (7.24%) CRM
8 428 (6.61%) Service Management
9 394 (6.08%) Logistics
9 394 (6.08%) Time Management
10 372 (5.74%) Process Improvement
11 364 (5.62%) Mentoring
12 331 (5.11%) ITSM
13 322 (4.97%) Data Analysis
14 304 (4.69%) Project Delivery
15 287 (4.43%) Mathematics
16 282 (4.35%) Line Management
17 269 (4.15%) Decision-Making
18 267 (4.12%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 467 (7.21%) SQL
2 236 (3.64%) JavaScript
3 218 (3.37%) C#
4 148 (2.28%) PowerShell
5 115 (1.78%) Java
6 102 (1.57%) Python
7 66 (1.02%) T-SQL
8 56 (0.86%) TypeScript
9 49 (0.76%) Bash
10 42 (0.65%) PHP
10 42 (0.65%) VB
11 39 (0.60%) VB.NET
12 38 (0.59%) C++
13 36 (0.56%) Lua
14 28 (0.43%) VB6
15 24 (0.37%) R
16 21 (0.32%) Groovy
17 19 (0.29%) C
18 18 (0.28%) PL/SQL
19 11 (0.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,161 (17.92%) Degree
2 331 (5.11%) Security Cleared
3 324 (5.00%) DBS Check
4 274 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 149 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
6 139 (2.15%) A+ Certification
7 125 (1.93%) SC Cleared
8 119 (1.84%) MCP
9 111 (1.71%) CCNA
10 107 (1.65%) DV Cleared
11 99 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 78 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
13 67 (1.03%) Master's Degree
14 63 (0.97%) Azure Certification
15 61 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
16 59 (0.91%) HNC
17 54 (0.83%) MCSE
18 45 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 42 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
20 39 (0.60%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 689 (10.64%) SLA
2 162 (2.50%) GDPR
3 160 (2.47%) QA
4 102 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 58 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 57 (0.88%) Accessibility
7 45 (0.69%) ISO 9001
8 27 (0.42%) Data Quality
9 24 (0.37%) PMO
10 14 (0.22%) NIST
11 11 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.14%) NEBOSH
13 8 (0.12%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.093%) Disclosure Scotland
14 6 (0.093%) GAAP
14 6 (0.093%) IFRS
14 6 (0.093%) ISO 14001
15 5 (0.077%) COSHH
15 5 (0.077%) NCSC
System Software
1 1,055 (16.29%) Active Directory
2 229 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 228 (3.52%) Hyper-V
4 64 (0.99%) Docker
5 62 (0.96%) Firmware
6 41 (0.63%) vSphere
7 34 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 30 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
9 21 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
10 20 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
11 19 (0.29%) Terminal Services
12 17 (0.26%) XenApp
13 16 (0.25%) XenDesktop
14 12 (0.19%) KVM
14 12 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
15 7 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
16 4 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.062%) vCloud
17 3 (0.046%) VMware Server
18 2 (0.031%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 233 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 150 (2.32%) SCCM
3 49 (0.76%) Kubernetes
3 49 (0.76%) WSUS
4 40 (0.62%) Ansible
5 33 (0.51%) Terraform
6 21 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 19 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 17 (0.26%) AirWatch
9 14 (0.22%) Autotask
9 14 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (0.19%) Sysprep
11 11 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (0.15%) vCenter Server
13 9 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 9 (0.14%) Nagios
14 8 (0.12%) Icinga
14 8 (0.12%) Nessus
14 8 (0.12%) SmoothWall
15 7 (0.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2,349 (36.26%) Microsoft
2 356 (5.50%) VMware
3 269 (4.15%) Cisco
4 154 (2.38%) SAP
5 153 (2.36%) ServiceNow
6 141 (2.18%) Citrix
7 136 (2.10%) Oracle
8 127 (1.96%) Apple
9 116 (1.79%) IBM
10 115 (1.78%) Dell
11 96 (1.48%) Google
12 94 (1.45%) Fortinet
13 90 (1.39%) HP
14 86 (1.33%) Salesforce
15 63 (0.97%) Red Hat
15 63 (0.97%) Veeam
16 61 (0.94%) Sophos
17 60 (0.93%) Juniper
18 54 (0.83%) NetApp
19 51 (0.79%) NEC