Customer Service Contracts in Wales

Customer Service
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 34 30 39
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +9
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 13 33 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 3.24% 5.23% 4.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.10% 6.07% 5.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 27 28
10th Percentile £150 £116 £124
25th Percentile £176 £131 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £165 £175
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -5.71% -0.71%
75th Percentile - £375 £196
90th Percentile - £599 £438
UK median daily rate £275 £250 £250
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 4
10th Percentile £11.00 £14.40 £19.06
25th Percentile £11.75 £14.63 £20.47
Median hourly rate £13.50 £15.00 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -36.84% +70.92%
75th Percentile £18.06 £15.83 £26.19
90th Percentile £19.02 £16.33 £26.98
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
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 317 544 847
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.05% 86.21% 83.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 419 616
10th Percentile £172 £180 £200
25th Percentile £350 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -2.06% +7.78%
75th Percentile £570 £569 £575
90th Percentile £667 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 28 31
10th Percentile £11.75 £14.78 £14.31
25th Percentile £14.78 £16.98 £19.02
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.82 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.59% -24.74% +29.87%
75th Percentile £51.75 £26.50 £29.25
90th Percentile £86.00 £49.13 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Wales

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Wales

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Wales

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 27 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
South Wales -3 7 £220 +18.92% 69
North Wales +7 3 - - 9
West Wales +1 3 - - 12
Customer Service
UK

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) LAN
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) WLAN
3 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Field Engineer
1 6 (46.15%) IT Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Field Service Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Service Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Database Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Coordinator
5 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) IT Support
5 1 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Officer
5 1 (7.69%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (15.38%) BYOD
3 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (7.69%) Android
3 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Break/Fix
3 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
3 2 (15.38%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (15.38%) Service Management
3 2 (15.38%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.69%) Configuration Management
4 1 (7.69%) Data Entry
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL
4 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) Test Management
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Dell
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco
3 2 (15.38%) SonicWALL
3 2 (15.38%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) WatchGuard
4 1 (7.69%) HP