Customer Service Contracts in the East Midlands

Customer Service
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 19 18
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 55 86 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 7.18% 8.24% 7.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.20% 9.35% 9.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 53 53
10th Percentile £122 £115 £94
25th Percentile £152 £125 £106
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £218 £300 £190
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +57.89% +106.52%
75th Percentile £467 £350 £376
90th Percentile £550 £488 £453
England median daily rate £275 £250 £240
% change year-on-year +10.00% +4.17% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 18 25
10th Percentile £11.94 £10.85 £8.37
25th Percentile £12.24 £11.80 £9.49
Median hourly rate £13.50 £13.84 £9.74
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +42.09% -2.94%
75th Percentile £14.72 £19.86 £15.00
90th Percentile £15.25 £21.33 £17.50
England median hourly rate £15.00 £13.58 £15.00
% change year-on-year +10.46% -9.47% +3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 598 920 1,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.07% 88.12% 83.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 692 886
10th Percentile £200 £213 £209
25th Percentile £269 £330 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +2.27% +13.55%
75th Percentile £561 £566 £520
90th Percentile £625 £700 £610
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 74 83
10th Percentile £11.41 £12.07 £9.51
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.25 £13.32
Median hourly rate £17.00 £18.56 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.39% +0.31% +24.96%
75th Percentile £26.15 £31.50 £26.81
90th Percentile £45.79 £58.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the East Midlands

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the East Midlands

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the East Midlands

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the East Midlands

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
Nottinghamshire +5 16 £322 -19.44% 35
Derbyshire -3 13 £200 +73.91% 41
Leicestershire +10 9 £160 +35.02% 33
Lincolnshire +16 6 £130 -17.72% 23
Northamptonshire -13 3 £272 -22.29% 29
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.45%) Azure
3 2 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.64%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.64%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.82%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.82%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.73%) TCP/IP
2 5 (9.09%) SAN
2 5 (9.09%) VPN
3 3 (5.45%) DNS
4 2 (3.64%) Broadband
4 2 (3.64%) Internet
5 1 (1.82%) DHCP
5 1 (1.82%) LAN
5 1 (1.82%) PBX
5 1 (1.82%) PSTN
5 1 (1.82%) WAN
5 1 (1.82%) WebEx
5 1 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 20 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 16 (29.09%) Finance
3 8 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.73%) Public Sector
4 7 (12.73%) Telecoms
5 6 (10.91%) Marketing
6 4 (7.27%) Electronics
6 4 (7.27%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.64%) Automotive
7 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.82%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (27.27%) Analyst
2 7 (12.73%) Support Engineer
3 6 (10.91%) IT Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Developer
4 5 (9.09%) Python Developer
4 5 (9.09%) Service Analyst
4 5 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 3 (5.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Consultant
6 3 (5.45%) Field Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Finance Systems Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) IT Support
6 3 (5.45%) Lead
6 3 (5.45%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) Middleware
2 1 (1.82%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.45%) iPad
3 2 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.82%) BYOD
4 1 (1.82%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.82%) iPhone
4 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.82%) PDA
4 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.82%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.82%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (36.36%) Windows
2 8 (14.55%) Windows 10
3 5 (9.09%) Debian
3 5 (9.09%) Linux
3 5 (9.09%) Ubuntu
3 5 (9.09%) Windows 7
4 2 (3.64%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.64%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.82%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.09%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (20.00%) Agile
3 9 (16.36%) Technical Leadership
4 8 (14.55%) ITIL
5 7 (12.73%) Configuration Management
6 6 (10.91%) CRM
7 5 (9.09%) Data Engineering
7 5 (9.09%) Data Modelling
7 5 (9.09%) Matrix Organization
7 5 (9.09%) Prototyping
7 5 (9.09%) Service Delivery
7 5 (9.09%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 4 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (7.27%) Business Strategy
8 4 (7.27%) Customer Requirements
8 4 (7.27%) Digital Strategy
8 4 (7.27%) Information Security
8 4 (7.27%) Programme Management
8 4 (7.27%) Project Delivery
8 4 (7.27%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (29.09%) SC Cleared
1 16 (29.09%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.64%) Degree
4 1 (1.82%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.82%) MCP
4 1 (1.82%) MCSE
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.82%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (9.09%) SCCM
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (43.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.09%) Red Hat
2 5 (9.09%) VMware
3 4 (7.27%) Computacenter
3 4 (7.27%) SAP
4 2 (3.64%) Apple
4 2 (3.64%) Openreach
4 2 (3.64%) Virgin Media
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco
5 1 (1.82%) Dell
5 1 (1.82%) Google
5 1 (1.82%) HP
5 1 (1.82%) Intel
5 1 (1.82%) NetApp
5 1 (1.82%) Peregrine
5 1 (1.82%) Remedy
5 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow