Customer Service Contracts in the UK excluding London

Customer Service
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 34 35
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +27
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 1,102 1,303 1,682
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.38% 5.55% 5.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.37% 6.20% 6.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 649 897
10th Percentile £138 £121 £122
25th Percentile £172 £155 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £215 £210
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% +2.38% +20.00%
75th Percentile £500 £450 £400
90th Percentile £575 £580 £538
UK median daily rate £275 £250 £250
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 424 367 444
10th Percentile £11.00 - £11.14
25th Percentile £12.41 £9.80 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.49 £13.66 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -5.79% +7.41%
75th Percentile £16.50 £16.59 £18.55
90th Percentile £20.18 £21.19 £22.43
UK median hourly rate £14.84 £13.66 £15.00
% change year-on-year +8.64% -8.93% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the UK excluding London

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the UK excluding London

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the UK excluding London

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the UK excluding London

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the UK excluding London

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
North of England +13 335 £300 +20.00% 568
South East +2 228 £275 +27.91% 560
East of England +3 210 £325 +54.76% 296
North West +30 181 £325 +30.00% 313
Yorkshire +8 141 £300 +20.00% 184
Midlands +16 140 £310 +12.73% 396
Scotland +5 84 £340 +36.00% 136
South West -31 84 £175 -14.88% 300
West Midlands +28 82 £338 -6.90% 240
East Midlands +3 57 £200 - 156
North East +13 14 £345 +130.00% 84
Wales +2 13 £220 +37.50% 82
Northern Ireland +1 8 £190 +11.76% 25
Customer Service
UK

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 58 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (3.72%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.91%) Skype for Business
4 6 (0.54%) CMS
5 4 (0.36%) IBM Notes
6 3 (0.27%) IBM HTTP Server
6 3 (0.27%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.27%) WebSphere Portal
7 2 (0.18%) Drupal
7 2 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.18%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.18%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.091%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.091%) IIS
8 1 (0.091%) Moodle
8 1 (0.091%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.091%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 197 (17.88%) Microsoft Office
2 118 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 71 (6.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.091%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.091%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.36%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.27%) Actimize
4 3 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.18%) Primavera
5 2 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.091%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.091%) MFGPRO
6 1 (0.091%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.091%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.091%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.091%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.091%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.091%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 225 (20.42%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (6.99%) Azure
3 31 (2.81%) Power Platform
4 28 (2.54%) Entra ID
5 25 (2.27%) AWS
5 25 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (1.81%) OneDrive
7 17 (1.54%) Power Automate
8 8 (0.73%) PowerApps
9 7 (0.64%) IaaS
9 7 (0.64%) SaaS
10 5 (0.45%) WhatsApp
11 4 (0.36%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.27%) PaaS
13 2 (0.18%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.18%) GCP
13 2 (0.18%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.18%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.18%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 61 (5.54%) Wi-Fi
2 50 (4.54%) LAN
3 49 (4.45%) VPN
4 40 (3.63%) Firewall
5 34 (3.09%) TCP/IP
6 32 (2.90%) SAN
7 29 (2.63%) DNS
8 26 (2.36%) WAN
9 24 (2.18%) DHCP
10 21 (1.91%) Wireless
11 12 (1.09%) Internet
11 12 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
12 11 (1.00%) Ethernet
13 10 (0.91%) Skype
14 7 (0.64%) OSPF
14 7 (0.64%) Wireless Security
15 6 (0.54%) Unified Communications
16 5 (0.45%) Broadband
16 5 (0.45%) Network Security
17 4 (0.36%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.27%) Power BI
2 6 (0.54%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.45%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.27%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.18%) Big Data
5 2 (0.18%) NonStop SQL
5 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.091%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.091%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.091%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.091%) DTS
6 1 (0.091%) EDMS
6 1 (0.091%) Metadata
6 1 (0.091%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.091%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.091%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.091%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 8 (0.73%) JIRA
2 5 (0.45%) Git
2 5 (0.45%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (0.18%) TestRail
5 1 (0.091%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.091%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.091%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.091%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.091%) Selenium
5 1 (0.091%) Valgrind
5 1 (0.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 604 (54.81%) Social Skills
2 123 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (7.80%) Finance
4 85 (7.71%) Public Sector
5 71 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
6 66 (5.99%) Retail
7 45 (4.08%) Telecoms
8 26 (2.36%) Legal
9 24 (2.18%) Manufacturing
10 23 (2.09%) Marketing
11 18 (1.63%) Law
12 16 (1.45%) German Language
13 15 (1.36%) Hungarian Language
13 15 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.27%) Dutch Language
15 13 (1.18%) Automotive
16 11 (1.00%) Local Government
17 9 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.82%) Electronics
18 8 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 308 (27.95%) Analyst
2 211 (19.15%) Service Analyst
3 194 (17.60%) Service Desk Analyst
4 110 (9.98%) Support Engineer
5 94 (8.53%) IT Support
6 78 (7.08%) IT Engineer
7 57 (5.17%) Support Analyst
8 49 (4.45%) Service Desk Agent
9 46 (4.17%) Administrator
10 42 (3.81%) 1st Line Support
11 38 (3.45%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
11 38 (3.45%) Desktop Engineer
11 38 (3.45%) Desktop Support
11 38 (3.45%) Developer
12 37 (3.36%) IT Support Engineer
12 37 (3.36%) Senior
13 34 (3.09%) Customer Analyst
13 34 (3.09%) Customer Service Analyst
13 34 (3.09%) Field Engineer
14 33 (2.99%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.36%) Web Services
2 9 (0.82%) Middleware
3 7 (0.64%) CSS
4 6 (0.54%) HTML
5 3 (0.27%) AWS CDK
5 3 (0.27%) J2EE
5 3 (0.27%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.27%) Node.js
5 3 (0.27%) React
5 3 (0.27%) Spring
5 3 (0.27%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.18%) LDAP
6 2 (0.18%) REST
6 2 (0.18%) XMPP
7 1 (0.091%) .NET
7 1 (0.091%) Flash
7 1 (0.091%) Google Maps API
7 1 (0.091%) jQuery
7 1 (0.091%) JSON
7 1 (0.091%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.17%) Driving Licence
2 48 (4.36%) Management Information System
3 38 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (1.54%) Data Centre
5 17 (1.54%) iPhone
6 14 (1.27%) NHS
7 13 (1.18%) Digital Signage
7 13 (1.18%) iPad
7 13 (1.18%) Onboarding
8 10 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
9 9 (0.82%) BYOD
9 9 (0.82%) Clustering
9 9 (0.82%) PKI
10 8 (0.73%) CMDB
10 8 (0.73%) Smartphone
11 6 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.45%) Blog
13 4 (0.36%) CCTV
13 4 (0.36%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 394 (35.75%) Windows
2 204 (18.51%) Windows 10
3 70 (6.35%) Windows 7
4 69 (6.26%) Windows Server
5 41 (3.72%) Apple iOS
5 41 (3.72%) Linux
6 37 (3.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 32 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 26 (2.36%) Windows Server 2012
9 23 (2.09%) Mac OS
10 20 (1.81%) Android
10 20 (1.81%) Windows NT
11 16 (1.45%) Ubuntu
12 15 (1.36%) Debian
13 7 (0.64%) Unix
14 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
16 4 (0.36%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (34.30%) Problem-Solving
2 266 (24.14%) ITIL
3 152 (13.79%) Service Delivery
4 124 (11.25%) Incident Management
5 94 (8.53%) Service Management
6 80 (7.26%) Agile
7 71 (6.44%) Time Management
8 68 (6.17%) Mathematics
9 57 (5.17%) ITSM
10 50 (4.54%) Asset Management
10 50 (4.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 49 (4.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (3.99%) Break/Fix
12 44 (3.99%) CRM
13 43 (3.90%) Decision-Making
14 34 (3.09%) Project Management
15 33 (2.99%) Customer Requirements
16 32 (2.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 32 (2.90%) Problem Management
17 30 (2.72%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (2.18%) Python
1 24 (2.18%) SQL
2 17 (1.54%) PowerShell
3 8 (0.73%) Java
4 6 (0.54%) C#
4 6 (0.54%) JavaScript
4 6 (0.54%) PL/SQL
5 4 (0.36%) Bash
5 4 (0.36%) Perl
6 3 (0.27%) C++
6 3 (0.27%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.18%) C
7 2 (0.18%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.18%) VB
8 1 (0.091%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.091%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.091%) PHP
8 1 (0.091%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 232 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 152 (13.79%) SC Cleared
3 126 (11.43%) Degree
4 80 (7.26%) DV Cleared
5 70 (6.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 63 (5.72%) A+ Certification
7 46 (4.17%) MCP
8 44 (3.99%) MCSA
9 33 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
10 28 (2.54%) CCNA
11 20 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (1.54%) MCSE
13 12 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.00%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 8 (0.73%) DBS Check
16 8 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
17 6 (0.54%) Azure Certification
18 4 (0.36%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (14.52%) SLA
2 32 (2.90%) Disclosure Scotland
3 31 (2.81%) QA
4 11 (1.00%) GDPR
4 11 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.73%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.18%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.18%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.091%) COBIT
8 1 (0.091%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.091%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 249 (22.60%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.27%) Firmware
3 33 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.63%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.54%) vSphere
6 4 (0.36%) KVM
6 4 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.27%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.27%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.091%) Docker
9 1 (0.091%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.091%) Samba
9 1 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.091%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 119 (10.80%) SCCM
2 50 (4.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (2.72%) WSUS
4 20 (1.81%) Sysprep
5 8 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.73%) vCenter Server
6 7 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (0.27%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.18%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.18%) IBM BigFix
10 2 (0.18%) Nagios
10 2 (0.18%) OpenView
10 2 (0.18%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.18%) VxRail
11 1 (0.091%) Ansible
11 1 (0.091%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.091%) Nessus
11 1 (0.091%) vMotion
Vendors
1 442 (40.11%) Microsoft
2 144 (13.07%) ServiceNow
3 73 (6.62%) Citrix
4 55 (4.99%) HP
4 55 (4.99%) VMware
5 40 (3.63%) Cisco
6 34 (3.09%) Apple
7 25 (2.27%) SAP
8 22 (2.00%) Oracle
9 21 (1.91%) Red Hat
10 19 (1.72%) Dell
11 10 (0.91%) Google
12 9 (0.82%) Remedy
13 8 (0.73%) Salesforce
14 6 (0.54%) Computacenter
14 6 (0.54%) Lotus
14 6 (0.54%) McAfee
15 5 (0.45%) Avaya
15 5 (0.45%) NetApp
15 5 (0.45%) Openreach