Customer Service Contracts in Northern Ireland

Customer Service
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 17 21 13
Rank change year-on-year +4 -8 +14
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 8 12 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 5.41% 5.94% 10.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.14% 7.74% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £149 £146 £197
25th Percentile £163 £155 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £170 £305
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -44.26% -
75th Percentile £203 £185 £330
90th Percentile £207 £194 £357
UK median daily rate £275 £250 £250
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 6
10th Percentile - £13.37 £10.06
25th Percentile - £15.00 £10.22
Median hourly rate £12.25 £16.00 £11.36
Median % change year-on-year -23.44% +40.85% -
75th Percentile - £17.39 £16.40
90th Percentile - £18.99 £20.93
UK median hourly rate £15.00 £13.66 £15.00
% change year-on-year +9.81% -8.93% +6.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 112 155 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 75.68% 76.73% 81.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 80 89
10th Percentile £210 £165 £145
25th Percentile £331 £302 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £406 £438
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile £575 £504 £500
90th Percentile £660 £624 £550
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 14 11
10th Percentile - £13.40 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £10.26
Median hourly rate £13.94 £15.25 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year -8.59% -3.11% +12.43%
75th Percentile £23.54 £16.78 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £18.12 -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Northern Ireland

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Northern Ireland

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Northern Ireland

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim -4 8 £190 +11.76% 23
Customer Service
UK

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (12.50%) SharePoint
1 1 (12.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Skype
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Deployment Assistant
1 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Support
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 4 (50.00%) Smartphone
2 3 (37.50%) iPhone
3 2 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (12.50%) BYOD
4 1 (12.50%) iPad
4 1 (12.50%) PDA
4 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Apple iOS
2 4 (50.00%) Android
3 2 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Break/Fix
2 1 (12.50%) Coaching
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Apple
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Dell
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Intel
3 1 (12.50%) Mitel
3 1 (12.50%) Progress