Customer Service Contracts in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 34 58 43
Rank change year-on-year +24 -15 +23
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 142 101 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.29% 3.44% 4.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.08% 3.76% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 72 99
10th Percentile £148 £176 £136
25th Percentile £205 £306 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £483 £225
Median % change year-on-year -55.44% +114.44% -43.75%
75th Percentile £550 £591 £431
90th Percentile £575 £744 £500
South East median daily rate £255 £224 £250
% change year-on-year +13.97% -10.50% -9.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 25
10th Percentile £11.50 £11.00 £10.08
25th Percentile £13.52 £15.25 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +85.70% -17.15%
75th Percentile £18.75 £23.00 £12.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £28.00 £14.80
South East median hourly rate £16.00 £18.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -13.51% +23.33% +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,337 2,689 3,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.10% 91.56% 89.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,302 1,867 2,096
10th Percentile £213 £321 £225
25th Percentile £369 £413 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 62 87
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.71 £24.86 £11.78
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.80
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.45
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.72% -18.36%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +32 97 £215 -60.00% 86
Buckinghamshire +13 30 £550 +28.59% 63
Oxfordshire +10 15 £145 -72.12% 59
Customer Service
South East

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (0.70%) CMS
3 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 55 (38.73%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.93%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.41%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.41%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.70%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (4.93%) Azure
3 6 (4.23%) Power Automate
4 4 (2.82%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.11%) IaaS
6 1 (0.70%) AWS
6 1 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.70%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.70%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.70%) SaaS
6 1 (0.70%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (17.61%) LAN
2 17 (11.97%) TCP/IP
3 11 (7.75%) SAN
4 7 (4.93%) WAN
5 6 (4.23%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (4.23%) VPN
6 3 (2.11%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (2.11%) DHCP
6 3 (2.11%) DNS
6 3 (2.11%) Firewall
7 1 (0.70%) 4G
7 1 (0.70%) 5G
7 1 (0.70%) Broadband
7 1 (0.70%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.41%) Oracle Database
1 2 (1.41%) Power BI
2 1 (0.70%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.70%) Power Query
2 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 86 (60.56%) Social Skills
2 41 (28.87%) Organisational Skills
3 12 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.04%) Finance
5 6 (4.23%) Legal
6 5 (3.52%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.11%) Automotive
7 3 (2.11%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.41%) Banking
8 2 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.41%) Italian Language
8 2 (1.41%) Marketing
8 2 (1.41%) Retail
9 1 (0.70%) Billing
9 1 (0.70%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.70%) French Language
9 1 (0.70%) Law
9 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 30 (21.13%) Support Engineer
2 24 (16.90%) Windows Engineer
3 22 (15.49%) Analyst
4 21 (14.79%) Build Engineer
4 21 (14.79%) Windows Build Engineer
5 19 (13.38%) Desktop Support
6 18 (12.68%) Desktop Engineer
6 18 (12.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 18 (12.68%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
6 18 (12.68%) Hardware Engineer
7 11 (7.75%) Developer
7 11 (7.75%) IT Support
7 11 (7.75%) Python Developer
8 7 (4.93%) IT Engineer
8 7 (4.93%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (4.93%) Service Analyst
8 7 (4.93%) Service Desk Analyst
8 7 (4.93%) Technical Support
9 6 (4.23%) Support Specialist
9 6 (4.23%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.41%) CSS
2 1 (0.70%) HTML
2 1 (0.70%) jQuery
2 1 (0.70%) SPFx
2 1 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (25.35%) Driving Licence
2 6 (4.23%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.82%) CCTV
4 4 (2.82%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.11%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.70%) Handset
7 1 (0.70%) LIMS
7 1 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 85 (59.86%) Windows
2 65 (45.77%) Windows 10
3 42 (29.58%) Windows 7
4 25 (17.61%) Windows Server
5 21 (14.79%) Windows NT
5 21 (14.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 21 (14.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (14.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (7.75%) Debian
6 11 (7.75%) Linux
6 11 (7.75%) Ubuntu
7 3 (2.11%) Apple iOS
7 3 (2.11%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (54.23%) ITIL
2 52 (36.62%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (16.90%) Service Management
4 21 (14.79%) Customer Requirements
4 21 (14.79%) Deployment Automation
4 21 (14.79%) Release Management
4 21 (14.79%) Service Delivery
4 21 (14.79%) User Acceptance Testing
5 18 (12.68%) Hardware Maintenance
5 18 (12.68%) Software Deployment
5 18 (12.68%) Software Testing
6 16 (11.27%) Agile
7 13 (9.15%) Data Modelling
8 11 (7.75%) Matrix Organization
9 10 (7.04%) Configuration Management
9 10 (7.04%) Data Engineering
9 10 (7.04%) Prototyping
9 10 (7.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 9 (6.34%) CRM
11 6 (4.23%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.45%) Python
2 3 (2.11%) SQL
3 2 (1.41%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.70%) Java
4 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 82 (57.75%) Security Cleared
2 75 (52.82%) DV Cleared
3 35 (24.65%) Degree
4 14 (9.86%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.11%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.70%) ACMT
7 1 (0.70%) CEH
7 1 (0.70%) CISSP
7 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.70%) HNC
7 1 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.49%) QA
2 19 (13.38%) SLA
3 1 (0.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 40 (28.17%) Active Directory
2 39 (27.46%) Firmware
3 3 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.41%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 65 (45.77%) SCCM
2 24 (16.90%) WSUS
3 21 (14.79%) Sysprep
4 3 (2.11%) AirWatch
4 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.11%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 92 (64.79%) Microsoft
2 47 (33.10%) HP
3 14 (9.86%) VMware
4 11 (7.75%) Red Hat
4 11 (7.75%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.52%) Cisco
6 4 (2.82%) Apple
6 4 (2.82%) Remedy
7 3 (2.11%) Workday
8 2 (1.41%) McAfee
8 2 (1.41%) MobileIron
8 2 (1.41%) Oracle
9 1 (0.70%) Citrix
9 1 (0.70%) Computacenter
9 1 (0.70%) Salesforce