Customer Service Contracts in Scotland

Customer Service
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 56 68
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +31
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 80 129 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.60% 4.51% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 4.87% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 91 81
10th Percentile £143 £120 £129
25th Percentile £175 £150 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £250 £208
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% +20.48% +38.33%
75th Percentile £499 £450 £400
90th Percentile £625 £540 £538
UK median daily rate £275 £250 £250
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 11
10th Percentile £11.50 - £12.05
25th Percentile £12.48 - £15.04
Median hourly rate £16.34 £10.63 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year +53.72% -34.58% +36.67%
75th Percentile £19.13 £15.63 £38.00
90th Percentile £19.50 £17.65 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £15.00 £13.66 £15.00
% change year-on-year +9.81% -8.93% +6.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,967 2,651 3,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.60% 92.63% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,198 1,908 2,312
10th Percentile £229 £263 £240
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 46
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £18.35
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -55.69% -0.01%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £49.34
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Scotland

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Scotland

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in Scotland

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Scotland

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 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
Glasgow -17 32 £420 +68.00% 41
Edinburgh +27 29 £211 +28.03% 40
Aberdeen +4 4 £350 +218.18% 10
Dundee - 3 - - 5
Stirling - 3 £420 - 5
Renfrewshire -1 2 £525 +6.21%
Fife - 2 £365 - 4
South Lanarkshire -10 1 - -
Midlothian - 1 - - 15
Customer Service
UK

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.75%) CMS
2 3 (3.75%) IBM HTTP Server
2 3 (3.75%) Skype for Business
2 3 (3.75%) WebSphere
2 3 (3.75%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (3.75%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (8.75%) Azure
2 7 (8.75%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.75%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.50%) AWS
5 2 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.50%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.25%) SAN
2 6 (7.50%) DNS
3 5 (6.25%) Firewall
4 4 (5.00%) DHCP
5 3 (3.75%) HTTP
5 3 (3.75%) NAS
5 3 (3.75%) Skype
6 2 (2.50%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (2.50%) SNMP
6 2 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.50%) VPN
7 1 (1.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.50%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (1.25%) DTS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) IBM UrbanCode
2 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 40 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 10 (12.50%) Legal
5 9 (11.25%) Finance
6 5 (6.25%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.75%) Banking
8 3 (3.75%) Retail Banking
9 2 (2.50%) Billing
9 2 (2.50%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (32.50%) Analyst
2 12 (15.00%) IT Engineer
2 12 (15.00%) Support Analyst
3 11 (13.75%) Field Engineer
3 11 (13.75%) Field Service Engineer
4 9 (11.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (11.25%) IT Analyst
5 7 (8.75%) 1st Line Support
5 7 (8.75%) IT Support
5 7 (8.75%) Support Engineer
6 6 (7.50%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 6 (7.50%) Administrator
6 6 (7.50%) Help Desk Analyst
7 5 (6.25%) Category Manager
7 5 (6.25%) Help Desk Administrator
7 5 (6.25%) Service Analyst
7 5 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (5.00%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
8 4 (5.00%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (5.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.75%) J2EE
1 3 (3.75%) Middleware
2 2 (2.50%) CSS
2 2 (2.50%) HTML
3 1 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (11.25%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.25%) iPhone
4 4 (5.00%) Clustering
5 3 (3.75%) CMDB
5 3 (3.75%) iPad
6 2 (2.50%) Biopharmaceutical
6 2 (2.50%) Hedge funds
6 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.50%) PKI
6 2 (2.50%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.25%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (31.25%) Windows
2 10 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 6 (7.50%) Apple iOS
4 5 (6.25%) Android
5 4 (5.00%) Linux
5 4 (5.00%) Windows Server
6 3 (3.75%) Windows 7
6 3 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.50%) Solaris
7 2 (2.50%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (1.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (22.50%) ITIL
3 12 (15.00%) Agile
3 12 (15.00%) Break/Fix
3 12 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (10.00%) Service Management
5 7 (8.75%) Asset Management
5 7 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (7.50%) Change Management
7 5 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (6.25%) Supply Chain Management
7 5 (6.25%) User Experience
8 4 (5.00%) Data Modelling
8 4 (5.00%) Digital Strategy
8 4 (5.00%) ETL
8 4 (5.00%) IT Strategy
8 4 (5.00%) ITSM
8 4 (5.00%) Problem Management
8 4 (5.00%) Technology Strategy
8 4 (5.00%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.50%) Java
1 2 (2.50%) JavaScript
1 2 (2.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.50%) Degree
3 8 (10.00%) A+ Certification
4 7 (8.75%) MCSE
4 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (8.75%) SC Cleared
5 6 (7.50%) CCNA
5 6 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (7.50%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (3.75%) MCP
7 2 (2.50%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.50%) RHCE
8 1 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.75%) SLA
2 6 (7.50%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 19 (23.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.50%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.50%) KVM
2 2 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (7.50%) SCCM
2 3 (3.75%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.50%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (2.50%) Nagios
3 2 (2.50%) OpenView
3 2 (2.50%) vCenter Server
3 2 (2.50%) WSUS
4 1 (1.25%) Ansible
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.50%) Citrix
3 8 (10.00%) Cisco
4 7 (8.75%) ServiceNow
5 6 (7.50%) Dell
6 5 (6.25%) Apple
6 5 (6.25%) HP
6 5 (6.25%) Oracle
7 3 (3.75%) Avaya
7 3 (3.75%) IBM
8 2 (2.50%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.50%) McAfee
8 2 (2.50%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.50%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.50%) Symantec
8 2 (2.50%) Veritas
8 2 (2.50%) VMware
9 1 (1.25%) AlienVault
9 1 (1.25%) Mitel
9 1 (1.25%) Okta