Customer Service Contracts in Berkshire

Customer Service
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Customer Service skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Service over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 66 55
Rank change year-on-year +32 -11 -2
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 97 49 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.92% 2.70% 3.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.54% 2.98% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 28 53
10th Percentile £164 £164 £138
25th Percentile £205 £381 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £538 £400
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +34.38% -
75th Percentile £575 £607 £488
90th Percentile - £784 £595
South East median daily rate £255 £224 £250
% change year-on-year +13.97% -10.50% -10.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £18.95 -
25th Percentile - £19.63 £9.75
Median hourly rate £13.68 £20.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.60% +100.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £22.75 £10.25
90th Percentile - £27.70 -
South East median hourly rate £16.00 £18.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -13.51% +23.33% +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,751 1,647 2,164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.88% 90.69% 90.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 1,060 1,377
10th Percentile £213 £345 £270
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +8.40%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £676 £707 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 48 43
10th Percentile £20.17 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.75 £25.72 £17.25
Median hourly rate £61.60 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% +174.67% -2.09%
75th Percentile £72.18 £73.69 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.41 £79.51 £68.10
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -15.89%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Berkshire

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Berkshire

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in Berkshire

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Berkshire

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +36 79 £215 -62.28% 39
Wokingham +4 4 £500 +194.12% 1
Bracknell -19 4 £363 +45.00% 16
Maidenhead - 2 £232 - 7
Customer Service
South East

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (1.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 47 (48.45%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (7.22%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (2.06%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (2.06%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (2.06%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (2.06%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.03%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.31%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (4.12%) Azure
2 4 (4.12%) Power Automate
3 3 (3.09%) IaaS
4 1 (1.03%) AWS
4 1 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.03%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.03%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.03%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.03%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (25.77%) LAN
2 7 (7.22%) WAN
3 6 (6.19%) Remote Desktop
3 6 (6.19%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.09%) DHCP
4 3 (3.09%) DNS
4 3 (3.09%) Firewall
5 1 (1.03%) 4G
5 1 (1.03%) 5G
5 1 (1.03%) Broadband
5 1 (1.03%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.06%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.03%) Data Mining
General
1 75 (77.32%) Social Skills
2 38 (39.18%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.19%) Finance
3 6 (6.19%) Legal
4 5 (5.15%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.06%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.03%) Billing
6 1 (1.03%) Dutch Language
6 1 (1.03%) French Language
6 1 (1.03%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.03%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (22.68%) Windows Engineer
2 21 (21.65%) Build Engineer
2 21 (21.65%) Windows Build Engineer
3 20 (20.62%) Support Engineer
4 18 (18.56%) Desktop Engineer
4 18 (18.56%) Desktop Support
4 18 (18.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 18 (18.56%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
4 18 (18.56%) Hardware Engineer
5 11 (11.34%) Analyst
6 6 (6.19%) Support Specialist
6 6 (6.19%) Technical Specialist
6 6 (6.19%) Technical Support
6 6 (6.19%) Technical Support Specialist
7 5 (5.15%) Break Fix Engineer
7 5 (5.15%) IT Analyst
7 5 (5.15%) Product Analyst
8 4 (4.12%) Administrator
8 4 (4.12%) Senior
9 3 (3.09%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.06%) CSS
2 1 (1.03%) HTML
2 1 (1.03%) jQuery
2 1 (1.03%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 36 (37.11%) Driving Licence
2 5 (5.15%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.03%) Handset
4 1 (1.03%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 70 (72.16%) Windows
2 63 (64.95%) Windows 10
3 36 (37.11%) Windows 7
4 25 (25.77%) Windows Server
5 21 (21.65%) Windows NT
5 21 (21.65%) Windows Server 2012
5 21 (21.65%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (21.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (59.79%) ITIL
2 42 (43.30%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (21.65%) Deployment Automation
3 21 (21.65%) Release Management
3 21 (21.65%) Service Management
3 21 (21.65%) User Acceptance Testing
4 19 (19.59%) Service Delivery
5 18 (18.56%) Customer Requirements
5 18 (18.56%) Hardware Maintenance
5 18 (18.56%) Software Deployment
5 18 (18.56%) Software Testing
6 7 (7.22%) CRM
7 6 (6.19%) Knowledge Management
8 5 (5.15%) Backlog Refinement
8 5 (5.15%) Data Protection
8 5 (5.15%) Product Backlog
8 5 (5.15%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (5.15%) Roadmaps
8 5 (5.15%) SDLC
9 4 (4.12%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.06%) PL/SQL
1 2 (2.06%) SQL
2 1 (1.03%) Java
2 1 (1.03%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 67 (69.07%) Security Cleared
2 64 (65.98%) DV Cleared
3 33 (34.02%) Degree
4 1 (1.03%) ACMT
4 1 (1.03%) CEH
4 1 (1.03%) CISSP
4 1 (1.03%) HNC
4 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (22.68%) QA
2 8 (8.25%) SLA
3 1 (1.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 39 (40.21%) Firmware
2 32 (32.99%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 63 (64.95%) SCCM
2 24 (24.74%) WSUS
3 21 (21.65%) Sysprep
4 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 70 (72.16%) Microsoft
2 42 (43.30%) HP
3 8 (8.25%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.09%) VMware
5 2 (2.06%) Cisco
5 2 (2.06%) Oracle
5 2 (2.06%) Workday
6 1 (1.03%) Apple
6 1 (1.03%) Citrix
6 1 (1.03%) Salesforce