Customer Service Jobs in the South East

Customer Service
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Customer Service skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 19 33 44
Rank change year-on-year +14 +11 -2
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 1,408 1,044 1,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.48% 6.92% 6.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 7.33% 6.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,096 685 722
10th Percentile £22,750 £23,500 £21,750
25th Percentile £24,500 £26,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -8.45%
75th Percentile £40,063 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £32,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% -6.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Customer Service is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,075 14,250 18,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.77% 94.50% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,899 8,257 12,075
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the South East.

Salary trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the South East 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +15 463 £32,000 +6.67% 210
Hampshire +16 319 £29,000 -3.33% 110
Surrey +22 265 £25,000 -47.37% 46
Berkshire +15 213 £33,000 +17.86% 87
Kent 0 188 £27,500 -31.25% 76
Buckinghamshire +5 134 £32,500 +8.33% 64
Oxfordshire +25 116 £31,500 - 59
East Sussex +44 72 £30,000 -3.23% 20
West Sussex +16 68 £34,000 -38.18% 23
Middlesex -10 12 £35,000 -58.82% 1
Sussex - 10 £35,000 -
Isle of Wight - 5 £25,000 - 3
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 111 (7.88%) SharePoint
2 72 (5.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (2.49%) nginx
4 34 (2.41%) Camunda
5 4 (0.28%) CMS
5 4 (0.28%) Confluence
5 4 (0.28%) IIS
6 3 (0.21%) WordPress
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.071%) Apache
8 1 (0.071%) Site Server
Applications
1 254 (18.04%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.071%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.071%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.50%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.50%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
5 4 (0.28%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 384 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 179 (12.71%) Azure
3 56 (3.98%) Entra ID
4 41 (2.91%) IBM Cloud
5 38 (2.70%) AWS
5 38 (2.70%) Power Platform
6 34 (2.41%) OpenShift
7 26 (1.85%) OneDrive
8 23 (1.63%) Mimecast
9 18 (1.28%) SaaS
10 17 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
11 16 (1.14%) IaaS
12 12 (0.85%) WhatsApp
13 11 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.64%) Power Automate
15 7 (0.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 6 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
17 4 (0.28%) PaaS
17 4 (0.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 135 (9.59%) Firewall
2 85 (6.04%) DNS
3 69 (4.90%) LAN
4 63 (4.47%) VPN
5 62 (4.40%) Wireless
6 52 (3.69%) DHCP
7 50 (3.55%) VoIP
7 50 (3.55%) WAN
8 49 (3.48%) TCP/IP
9 43 (3.05%) VLAN
10 33 (2.34%) Intranet
11 25 (1.78%) Broadband
12 24 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (1.14%) ADSL
13 16 (1.14%) Unified Communications
14 14 (0.99%) Internet
15 12 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
15 12 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
16 11 (0.78%) HTTP
16 11 (0.78%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.70%) Oracle Database
2 34 (2.41%) MongoDB
3 31 (2.20%) SQL Server
4 23 (1.63%) Power BI
5 13 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.85%) MySQL
7 8 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.21%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.14%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.14%) Jackrabbit
11 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.071%) DB2
12 1 (0.071%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.071%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.071%) Redis
Development Applications
1 28 (1.99%) JIRA
2 11 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.71%) Git
4 9 (0.64%) Robot Framework
5 7 (0.50%) Maven
6 4 (0.28%) AdminStudio
6 4 (0.28%) InstallShield
6 4 (0.28%) MSI
7 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.14%) GitLab
7 2 (0.14%) Hudson
8 1 (0.071%) Selenium
8 1 (0.071%) Subversion
General
1 740 (52.56%) Social Skills
2 165 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
3 163 (11.58%) Finance
4 132 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
5 120 (8.52%) Retail
6 103 (7.32%) Billing
7 96 (6.82%) Telecoms
8 88 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 58 (4.12%) Public Sector
10 57 (4.05%) Marketing
11 55 (3.91%) Legal
12 51 (3.62%) Manufacturing
13 39 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.20%) Back Office
15 30 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
16 27 (1.92%) Banking
17 21 (1.49%) Military
18 15 (1.07%) Aerospace
19 14 (0.99%) Law
20 13 (0.92%) Games
Job Titles
1 247 (17.54%) IT Support
2 192 (13.64%) Analyst
3 143 (10.16%) Support Engineer
4 102 (7.24%) IT Technician
5 95 (6.75%) Support Analyst
6 94 (6.68%) Support Technician
7 84 (5.97%) Administrator
7 84 (5.97%) IT Engineer
8 81 (5.75%) IT Analyst
9 80 (5.68%) IT Support Technician
10 67 (4.76%) Senior
11 61 (4.33%) Technical Support
12 60 (4.26%) IT Support Engineer
13 57 (4.05%) Lead
14 53 (3.76%) 1st Line Support
15 52 (3.69%) Consultant
16 51 (3.62%) 2nd Line Support
16 51 (3.62%) IT Support Analyst
17 50 (3.55%) Service Analyst
18 47 (3.34%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.20%) React
2 34 (2.41%) KeystoneJS
2 34 (2.41%) Node.js
2 34 (2.41%) Swagger
3 18 (1.28%) HTML
4 17 (1.21%) .NET
5 16 (1.14%) XML
6 9 (0.64%) CSS
7 8 (0.57%) HTML5 Canvas
8 7 (0.50%) JSON
9 5 (0.36%) Kafka
10 4 (0.28%) YAML
11 3 (0.21%) ADO
11 3 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
12 2 (0.14%) .NET Core
12 2 (0.14%) JSR 170
12 2 (0.14%) OSGi
12 2 (0.14%) RESTful
12 2 (0.14%) Software Packaging
13 1 (0.071%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 195 (13.85%) Self-Motivation
2 93 (6.61%) Video Conferencing
3 90 (6.39%) Digital Signage
4 88 (6.25%) Video\Live Streaming
5 61 (4.33%) Driving Licence
6 54 (3.84%) Management Information System
7 46 (3.27%) e-Learning
8 42 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
9 41 (2.91%) Blockchain
10 38 (2.70%) Onboarding
11 31 (2.20%) Data Centre
12 26 (1.85%) CCTV
13 25 (1.78%) Product Ownership
14 21 (1.49%) Smartphone
15 18 (1.28%) IoT
16 12 (0.85%) Credit Risk
16 12 (0.85%) Social Media
17 10 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 9 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
19 8 (0.57%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 363 (25.78%) Windows
2 156 (11.08%) Windows Server
3 152 (10.80%) Windows 10
4 43 (3.05%) Windows Server 2016
4 43 (3.05%) Windows Server 2019
5 39 (2.77%) Linux
6 34 (2.41%) Windows 7
7 30 (2.13%) Android
8 28 (1.99%) Apple iOS
9 25 (1.78%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (1.07%) Windows NT
11 9 (0.64%) Mac OS X
12 8 (0.57%) Mac OS
13 6 (0.43%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.28%) VMS
16 2 (0.14%) Windows 8
17 1 (0.071%) Data ONTAP
17 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.071%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 454 (32.24%) Problem-Solving
2 204 (14.49%) ITIL
3 136 (9.66%) Project Management
4 131 (9.30%) Service Delivery
5 127 (9.02%) Logistics
6 110 (7.81%) Presales
7 108 (7.67%) Agile
8 95 (6.75%) Mentoring
8 95 (6.75%) Preventative Maintenance
9 93 (6.61%) Service Management
10 84 (5.97%) Coaching
11 82 (5.82%) Customer Experience
12 77 (5.47%) Line Management
13 76 (5.40%) Continuous Improvement
14 64 (4.55%) CRM
15 62 (4.40%) Process Improvement
16 58 (4.12%) Change Management
16 58 (4.12%) ITSM
17 56 (3.98%) Time Management
18 55 (3.91%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 82 (5.82%) SQL
2 63 (4.47%) JavaScript
3 42 (2.98%) Java
4 38 (2.70%) PowerShell
5 34 (2.41%) Lua
6 22 (1.56%) C#
6 22 (1.56%) Python
7 15 (1.07%) Bash
8 8 (0.57%) PHP
9 4 (0.28%) VB
10 2 (0.14%) C
10 2 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 157 (11.15%) Security Cleared
2 127 (9.02%) Degree
3 98 (6.96%) DV Cleared
4 90 (6.39%) DBS Check
5 80 (5.68%) SC Cleared
6 64 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 50 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
8 45 (3.20%) A+ Certification
9 40 (2.84%) CCNA
10 37 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
11 32 (2.27%) MCP
12 29 (2.06%) NVQ Level 3
13 26 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (1.35%) MCITP
15 16 (1.14%) Azure Certification
16 14 (0.99%) AWS Certification
16 14 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 10 (0.71%) HNC
18 9 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
18 9 (0.64%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (15.63%) SLA
2 61 (4.33%) GDPR
3 27 (1.92%) QA
4 12 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (0.50%) PMO
5 7 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.28%) COSHH
7 4 (0.28%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.14%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.14%) GRC
9 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 244 (17.33%) Active Directory
2 76 (5.40%) Hyper-V
3 47 (3.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (2.84%) Docker
5 32 (2.27%) Firmware
6 15 (1.07%) KVM
7 13 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.21%) GPFS
12 2 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.14%) XenApp
13 1 (0.071%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 75 (5.33%) SCCM
2 32 (2.27%) WSUS
3 31 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (1.07%) Kubernetes
5 14 (0.99%) Sysprep
6 10 (0.71%) Ansible
7 7 (0.50%) Autotask
8 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 6 (0.43%) SCDPM
8 6 (0.43%) SmoothWall
8 6 (0.43%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.36%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.21%) Terraform
11 1 (0.071%) Icinga
11 1 (0.071%) QRadar
Vendors
1 548 (38.92%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.54%) Cisco
3 60 (4.26%) VMware
4 46 (3.27%) Red Hat
5 42 (2.98%) IBM
6 41 (2.91%) Oracle
7 34 (2.41%) SAP
8 31 (2.20%) Apple
8 31 (2.20%) HP
9 27 (1.92%) Sophos
10 26 (1.85%) Citrix
10 26 (1.85%) ServiceNow
11 25 (1.78%) WatchGuard
12 23 (1.63%) Salesforce
13 20 (1.42%) Dell
14 19 (1.35%) Meraki
15 16 (1.14%) Adobe
15 16 (1.14%) Aruba
15 16 (1.14%) Fortinet
16 14 (0.99%) Google