Customer Service Contracts in the West Midlands

Customer Service
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 37 67 44
Rank change year-on-year +30 -23 -1
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 77 75 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.00% 3.15% 4.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.76% 3.56% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 31 112
10th Percentile £150 £148 £130
25th Percentile £194 £163 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £325 £225
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +44.44% +50.00%
75th Percentile £494 £531 £400
90th Percentile £691 £619 £575
England median daily rate £275 £250 £240
% change year-on-year +10.00% +4.17% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 19 29
10th Percentile £10.42 £11.00 £10.74
25th Percentile £12.50 £12.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £13.50 £13.00 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -17.41% +4.93%
75th Percentile £17.38 £15.64 £17.70
90th Percentile £25.04 £19.50 £18.12
England median hourly rate £15.00 £13.58 £15.00
% change year-on-year +10.46% -9.47% +3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,617 2,107 3,207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.00% 88.53% 90.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,446 2,363
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +17.47%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 71
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.81
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%
75th Percentile £41.13 £23.75 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £51.25 £22.25
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham 0 28 £350 +7.69% 76
Warwickshire +19 23 £481 +153.29% 27
Shropshire - 10 £189 - 17
Coventry +9 3 £550 +10.00% 15
Worcestershire +8 3 £300 - 29
Solihull - 3 £145 - 17
Staffordshire +1 2 £444 +177.34% 42
Dudley - 2 £369 - 4
Tipton - 2 £313 -
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.60%) CMS
3 2 (2.60%) Drupal
3 2 (2.60%) IBM Domino
3 2 (2.60%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.30%) Moodle
4 1 (1.30%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 17 (22.08%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.30%) MFGPRO
1 1 (1.30%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.30%) Sage 200
1 1 (1.30%) Sage 50
1 1 (1.30%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.97%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (15.58%) Azure
3 9 (11.69%) Entra ID
3 9 (11.69%) Power Platform
4 8 (10.39%) OneDrive
5 6 (7.79%) Power Automate
5 6 (7.79%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.60%) OCI
7 1 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.09%) VPN
2 6 (7.79%) Unified Communications
3 4 (5.19%) DNS
3 4 (5.19%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (5.19%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.90%) ADSL
4 3 (3.90%) Ethernet
4 3 (3.90%) Firewall
4 3 (3.90%) Internet
4 3 (3.90%) MPLS
4 3 (3.90%) Network Security
4 3 (3.90%) PSTN
4 3 (3.90%) WAN
5 2 (2.60%) DHCP
5 2 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.09%) Power BI
2 1 (1.30%) MS Access
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 62 (80.52%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.49%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.19%) Finance
5 3 (3.90%) German Language
5 3 (3.90%) Local Government
5 3 (3.90%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.90%) Marketing
5 3 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.60%) Retail
7 1 (1.30%) Automotive
7 1 (1.30%) Back Office
7 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (14.29%) Analyst
2 9 (11.69%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (10.39%) Service Analyst
4 7 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
4 7 (9.09%) Service Desk Support
4 7 (9.09%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 7 (9.09%) Support Analyst
4 7 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 6 (7.79%) Lead
5 6 (7.79%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 5 (6.49%) Project Manager
7 4 (5.19%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (3.90%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
8 3 (3.90%) Business Analyst
8 3 (3.90%) Coordinator
8 3 (3.90%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Project Coordinator
8 3 (3.90%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.30%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.30%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Digital Signage
1 6 (7.79%) NHS
1 6 (7.79%) PKI
2 3 (3.90%) Graphic Design
2 3 (3.90%) Industry 4.0
2 3 (3.90%) IoT
2 3 (3.90%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.90%) Social Media
3 2 (2.60%) iPad
3 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.30%) CMDB
4 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.30%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.30%) IVR
4 1 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.30%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 26 (33.77%) Windows
2 13 (16.88%) Windows 10
3 8 (10.39%) Windows Server
3 8 (10.39%) Windows Server 2016
3 8 (10.39%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (3.90%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.60%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.30%) Android
6 1 (1.30%) HPUX
6 1 (1.30%) Linux
6 1 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.30%) Unix
6 1 (1.30%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (27.27%) ITIL
2 13 (16.88%) Agile
3 11 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 10 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (12.99%) Ticket Management
5 9 (11.69%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (7.79%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 5 (6.49%) Analytical Thinking
8 5 (6.49%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.49%) CRM
8 5 (6.49%) Project Management
8 5 (6.49%) Time Management
9 4 (5.19%) Analytics
9 4 (5.19%) Business Transformation
9 4 (5.19%) Change Management
9 4 (5.19%) ITSM
9 4 (5.19%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (3.90%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (10.39%) Degree
2 4 (5.19%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (5.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (3.90%) BC Cleared
3 3 (3.90%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.90%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.60%) Dell Certification
4 2 (2.60%) MCSE
4 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.30%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.30%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.30%) MCP
5 1 (1.30%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (24.68%) SLA
2 3 (3.90%) QA
3 1 (1.30%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (22.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.60%) Terminal Services
2 2 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.79%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (5.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (29.87%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.69%) Oracle
3 5 (6.49%) Cisco
3 5 (6.49%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.19%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.90%) BT
5 3 (3.90%) HP
5 3 (3.90%) Openreach
5 3 (3.90%) SAP
6 2 (2.60%) Apple
6 2 (2.60%) Dell
6 2 (2.60%) Fujitsu
6 2 (2.60%) Laserfiche
6 2 (2.60%) Lotus
6 2 (2.60%) Sun
6 2 (2.60%) VMware
7 1 (1.30%) Progress
7 1 (1.30%) QAD
7 1 (1.30%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.30%) Sage