Customer Service Contracts in the North West

Customer Service
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 23 53 41
Rank change year-on-year +30 -12 +2
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 188 123 201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 6.80% 3.83% 4.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.88% 4.23% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 60 104
10th Percentile £134 £134 £128
25th Percentile £200 £163 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £250 £200
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +25.00% -8.05%
75th Percentile £509 £506 £300
90th Percentile £588 £576 £500
England median daily rate £275 £250 £240
% change year-on-year +10.00% +4.17% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 18 28
10th Percentile - £12.09 £12.57
25th Percentile £10.95 £14.55 £15.19
Median hourly rate £11.50 £16.85 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% -3.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £16.50 £19.13 £19.23
90th Percentile £17.91 £20.36 £30.63
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
North 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 contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,385 2,910 3,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.32% 90.57% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,526 2,071 2,633
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £401 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £589 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 145 164
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.49 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.28 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +10.64%
75th Percentile £45.44 £48.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £58.75
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Manchester +16 90 £350 -6.67% 171
Cumbria +1 34 £575 +24.32% 14
Cheshire +17 32 £130 -39.53% 88
Merseyside +23 21 £150 -10.18% 36
Lancashire +10 9 £325 +117.39% 36
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 8 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.13%) IBM Notes
2 4 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 52 (27.66%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (11.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (5.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (20.21%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (7.98%) Azure
3 10 (5.32%) OneDrive
4 9 (4.79%) AWS
5 2 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.06%) Mimecast
5 2 (1.06%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.53%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.53%) IaaS
6 1 (0.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.32%) VPN
2 8 (4.26%) LAN
2 8 (4.26%) OSPF
2 8 (4.26%) WAN
3 7 (3.72%) Ethernet
3 7 (3.72%) Wireless
3 7 (3.72%) Wireless Security
4 6 (3.19%) DNS
4 6 (3.19%) Firewall
5 4 (2.13%) DHCP
6 1 (0.53%) ATM
6 1 (0.53%) BGP
6 1 (0.53%) Broadband
6 1 (0.53%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.53%) MPLS
6 1 (0.53%) Network Security
6 1 (0.53%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Git
1 1 (0.53%) GitLab
1 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.53%) JIRA
General
1 91 (48.40%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.70%) Public Sector
3 15 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.26%) Finance
5 7 (3.72%) Law
5 7 (3.72%) Legal
6 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.06%) Banking
7 2 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.06%) Retail
8 1 (0.53%) Advertising
8 1 (0.53%) French Language
8 1 (0.53%) German Language
8 1 (0.53%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.53%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (31.91%) Analyst
2 43 (22.87%) Service Analyst
3 42 (22.34%) Service Desk Analyst
4 31 (16.49%) Service Desk Agent
5 17 (9.04%) IT Support
6 11 (5.85%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
7 10 (5.32%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.79%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.26%) Network Engineer
10 7 (3.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 7 (3.72%) Architect
10 7 (3.72%) IT Analyst
10 7 (3.72%) IT Engineer
10 7 (3.72%) Senior
11 6 (3.19%) 1st Line Engineer
11 6 (3.19%) 2nd Line Support
11 6 (3.19%) IT Support Analyst
11 6 (3.19%) Support Analyst
12 5 (2.66%) 1st Line Support
12 5 (2.66%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.53%) Google Maps API
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.32%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
3 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.53%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.53%) Clustering
3 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.53%) Life Science
3 1 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 77 (40.96%) Windows
2 46 (24.47%) Windows 10
3 9 (4.79%) Linux
4 7 (3.72%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.72%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.53%) Android
6 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (41.49%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (20.74%) Time Management
3 27 (14.36%) Decision-Making
4 17 (9.04%) ITIL
5 15 (7.98%) Migration
6 14 (7.45%) Service Management
7 11 (5.85%) Agile
8 10 (5.32%) Asset Management
8 10 (5.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (4.79%) Customer Experience
9 9 (4.79%) Incident Management
9 9 (4.79%) Information Security
9 9 (4.79%) Project Management
10 8 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (4.26%) Service Delivery
11 7 (3.72%) Technical Leadership
11 7 (3.72%) Workshop Facilitation
12 6 (3.19%) Customer Requirements
12 6 (3.19%) Inventory Management
12 6 (3.19%) Requirements Workshops
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.06%) Java
1 2 (1.06%) PowerShell
1 2 (1.06%) Python
1 2 (1.06%) SQL
2 1 (0.53%) C
2 1 (0.53%) C++
2 1 (0.53%) Go
2 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 37 (19.68%) SC Cleared
3 19 (10.11%) Degree
4 7 (3.72%) CCNA
4 7 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.60%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.06%) MCP
6 2 (1.06%) MCSE
6 2 (1.06%) MOS
7 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.53%) ISEB
7 1 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (32.98%) SLA
2 26 (13.83%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (1.60%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.06%) GDPR
System Software
1 35 (18.62%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.91%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.53%) Docker
5 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (5.32%) Microsoft Intune
1 10 (5.32%) SCCM
2 6 (3.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (1.06%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.53%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.53%) VxRail
Vendors
1 81 (43.09%) Microsoft
2 35 (18.62%) ServiceNow
3 14 (7.45%) VMware
4 6 (3.19%) Apple
5 4 (2.13%) iManage
5 4 (2.13%) Lotus
6 3 (1.60%) Veeam
7 2 (1.06%) Bomgar
7 2 (1.06%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.06%) Sophos
8 1 (0.53%) Ciena
8 1 (0.53%) Dell
8 1 (0.53%) EMC
8 1 (0.53%) Facebook
8 1 (0.53%) Google
8 1 (0.53%) Okta
8 1 (0.53%) SAP