Customer Service Contracts in Reading

Customer Service
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 24 60 40
Rank change year-on-year +36 -20 +9
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 79 26 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 6.67% 2.51% 4.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.39% 2.78% 5.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 21 46
10th Percentile - £150 £141
25th Percentile £205 £400 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £570 £408
Median % change year-on-year -62.28% +39.88% -6.86%
75th Percentile £575 £750 £492
90th Percentile - £784 £600
Berkshire median daily rate £215 £538 £400
% change year-on-year -60.00% +34.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.50 £9.75
Median hourly rate £13.68 £19.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +90.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £10.25
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £13.68 £20.00 £10.00
% change year-on-year -31.60% +100.00% -16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,069 935 1,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 90.21% 90.43% 90.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 619 821
10th Percentile £213 £363 £238
25th Percentile £413 £456 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £658 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £509 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 23 8
10th Percentile £27.58 £45.50 £12.73
25th Percentile £53.74 £53.00 £19.44
Median hourly rate £62.07 £65.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% +132.14% -35.63%
75th Percentile £82.55 £74.40 £33.13
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.19 £40.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.60 £57.82 £21.05
% change year-on-year +6.54% +174.67% -2.09%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Reading

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Reading

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in Reading

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Reading

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 37 (46.84%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (2.53%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (2.53%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (2.53%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (2.53%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.27%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.27%) AWS
1 1 (1.27%) Azure
1 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (22.78%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.53%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.27%) Data Mining
General
1 64 (81.01%) Social Skills
2 37 (46.84%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (7.59%) Finance
4 4 (5.06%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.80%) Legal
6 2 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Billing
7 1 (1.27%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.27%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (27.85%) Windows Engineer
2 21 (26.58%) Build Engineer
2 21 (26.58%) Windows Build Engineer
3 20 (25.32%) Support Engineer
4 18 (22.78%) Desktop Engineer
4 18 (22.78%) Desktop Support
4 18 (22.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 18 (22.78%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
4 18 (22.78%) Hardware Engineer
5 8 (10.13%) Analyst
6 5 (6.33%) Break Fix Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) IT Analyst
6 5 (6.33%) Product Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) IT Support
7 3 (3.80%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Support Analyst
8 2 (2.53%) Consultant
8 2 (2.53%) Functional Consultant
8 2 (2.53%) Oracle Consultant
8 2 (2.53%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 36 (45.57%) Driving Licence
2 5 (6.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (1.27%) Handset
3 1 (1.27%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 61 (77.22%) Windows
2 57 (72.15%) Windows 10
3 36 (45.57%) Windows 7
4 22 (27.85%) Windows Server
5 21 (26.58%) Windows NT
5 21 (26.58%) Windows Server 2012
5 21 (26.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (26.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.80%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (73.42%) ITIL
2 40 (50.63%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (26.58%) Deployment Automation
3 21 (26.58%) Release Management
3 21 (26.58%) Service Management
3 21 (26.58%) User Acceptance Testing
4 19 (24.05%) Service Delivery
5 18 (22.78%) Customer Requirements
5 18 (22.78%) Hardware Maintenance
5 18 (22.78%) Software Deployment
5 18 (22.78%) Software Testing
6 6 (7.59%) CRM
7 5 (6.33%) Backlog Refinement
7 5 (6.33%) Product Backlog
7 5 (6.33%) Requirements Analysis
7 5 (6.33%) Roadmaps
7 5 (6.33%) SDLC
8 4 (5.06%) Contract Management
9 3 (3.80%) Agile
9 3 (3.80%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.53%) PL/SQL
1 2 (2.53%) SQL
2 1 (1.27%) Java
2 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 58 (73.42%) DV Cleared
1 58 (73.42%) Security Cleared
2 21 (26.58%) Degree
3 1 (1.27%) ACMT
3 1 (1.27%) CEH
3 1 (1.27%) CISSP
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (27.85%) QA
System Software
1 39 (49.37%) Firmware
2 22 (27.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 57 (72.15%) SCCM
2 21 (26.58%) Sysprep
2 21 (26.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 59 (74.68%) Microsoft
2 36 (45.57%) HP
3 2 (2.53%) Oracle
4 1 (1.27%) Apple
4 1 (1.27%) Cisco
4 1 (1.27%) Salesforce