Customer-Centric
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Customer-Centricity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Customer-Centricity 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 368 277 284
Rank change year-on-year -91 +7 +151
Permanent jobs citing Customer-Centricity 713 1,368 2,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 1.31% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.37% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 471 532 659
10th Percentile £26,750 £33,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £47,500 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,958 £68,515 £62,920
Median % change year-on-year -31.46% +8.89% +19.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,294 £85,000
90th Percentile £88,500 £100,000 £94,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £69,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -38.85% +15.83% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Customer-Centricity 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Customer-Centricity
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Customer-Centricity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer-Centricity.

Salary trend for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer-Centricity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer-Centricity within the UK 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
England -88 619 £46,958 -32.92% 287
UK excluding London -71 508 £42,500 -38.85% 195
Work from Home -80 281 £47,229 -33.10% 161
London -59 170 £70,000 - 116
South East -29 135 £42,500 -27.34% 48
North of England -72 104 £36,250 -48.65% 54
Midlands +7 87 £45,000 -28.00% 26
South West 0 82 £46,958 -24.87% 23
North West +10 63 £35,000 -50.42% 27
West Midlands +11 50 £65,000 +4.00% 16
East of England -35 39 £33,250 -52.90% 19
Scotland -40 39 £45,000 -36.26% 15
Yorkshire -34 38 £38,250 -41.15% 15
East Midlands -1 37 £31,000 -52.31% 10
Wales +27 19 £35,000 -50.42% 8
Northern Ireland +30 3 £32,500 - 8
North East -12 3 £37,500 -46.88% 12

Customer-Centricity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.66%) Confluence
4 7 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.70%) CMS
6 4 (0.56%) Apache
6 4 (0.56%) SAS
7 3 (0.42%) IIS
7 3 (0.42%) Moodle
7 3 (0.42%) WordPress
8 2 (0.28%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 40 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.56%) Adobe Captivate
5 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.42%) InVision
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.28%) Sketch
8 1 (0.14%) 1Password
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.14%) Blender
8 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 17 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
2 5 (0.70%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 4 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.14%) Data Workbench
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 154 (21.60%) Azure
2 106 (14.87%) AWS
3 87 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (9.96%) Power Platform
5 48 (6.73%) SaaS
6 26 (3.65%) GCP
6 26 (3.65%) Power Automate
7 22 (3.09%) PowerApps
8 20 (2.81%) Entra ID
9 18 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.54%) OneDrive
12 10 (1.40%) Serverless
13 9 (1.26%) OCI
14 8 (1.12%) Amazon EMR
14 8 (1.12%) Amazon S3
15 7 (0.98%) Snowflake
16 6 (0.84%) Matillion
16 6 (0.84%) PaaS
17 5 (0.70%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.05%) Firewall
2 26 (3.65%) LAN
3 16 (2.24%) DNS
4 11 (1.54%) DHCP
5 10 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.26%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (1.12%) WAN
7 8 (1.12%) Wireless
8 7 (0.98%) Network Security
8 7 (0.98%) VoIP
8 7 (0.98%) VPN
9 5 (0.70%) HTTP
10 4 (0.56%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (0.56%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.42%) PBX
12 2 (0.28%) Internet
12 2 (0.28%) Intranet
13 1 (0.14%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (9.54%) Power BI
2 27 (3.79%) MySQL
3 21 (2.95%) SQL Server
4 18 (2.52%) Tableau
5 14 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
6 13 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (1.68%) MongoDB
8 11 (1.54%) Metadata
9 10 (1.40%) Big Data
10 9 (1.26%) Amazon QuickSight
11 8 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.12%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.98%) Apache Hive
12 7 (0.98%) Hadoop
13 6 (0.84%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.84%) Data Mining
13 6 (0.84%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.70%) NoSQL
15 4 (0.56%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 27 (3.79%) JIRA
2 25 (3.51%) Git
3 4 (0.56%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.56%) Postman
3 4 (0.56%) webpack
4 2 (0.28%) JMeter
5 1 (0.14%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 351 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 183 (25.67%) Analytical Skills
2 183 (25.67%) Finance
3 85 (11.92%) Marketing
4 70 (9.82%) Retail
5 53 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (7.29%) Legal
7 44 (6.17%) Presentation Skills
8 43 (6.03%) Public Sector
9 41 (5.75%) Organisational Skills
10 38 (5.33%) Banking
11 36 (5.05%) Telecoms
12 35 (4.91%) Manufacturing
13 31 (4.35%) Law
14 24 (3.37%) Fire and Rescue
15 21 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (2.52%) Brand Awareness
17 12 (1.68%) Automotive
18 10 (1.40%) Back Office
18 10 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 95 (13.32%) Senior
2 79 (11.08%) Analyst
3 63 (8.84%) Architect
4 59 (8.27%) Developer
5 55 (7.71%) Lead
6 48 (6.73%) Software Engineer
7 46 (6.45%) Support Engineer
8 40 (5.61%) IT Support
9 34 (4.77%) Product Manager
10 33 (4.63%) Project Manager
11 26 (3.65%) Consultant
11 26 (3.65%) Senior Architect
12 25 (3.51%) Security Architect
13 23 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 22 (3.09%) Applications Developer
15 21 (2.95%) Product Owner
16 20 (2.81%) Designer
16 20 (2.81%) Team Leader
17 19 (2.66%) IT Engineer
18 18 (2.52%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (7.15%) .NET
2 45 (6.31%) HTML
3 44 (6.17%) AngularJS
4 40 (5.61%) React
5 37 (5.19%) CSS
6 31 (4.35%) RESTful
7 23 (3.23%) Node.js
8 20 (2.81%) Web Services
9 13 (1.82%) jQuery
10 12 (1.68%) HTML5
11 11 (1.54%) Express.js
11 11 (1.54%) MEAN Stack
11 11 (1.54%) MERN Stack
11 11 (1.54%) Vue
12 8 (1.12%) Laravel
12 8 (1.12%) Symfony
13 7 (0.98%) .NET Framework
13 7 (0.98%) Blazor
14 6 (0.84%) CSS3
14 6 (0.84%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.98%) Product Ownership
2 63 (8.84%) Onboarding
3 48 (6.73%) Management Information System
4 45 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (3.65%) Data Centre
6 21 (2.95%) Data Structures
7 20 (2.81%) Driving Licence
8 19 (2.66%) Algorithms
9 18 (2.52%) Cyberattack
10 16 (2.24%) Mobile App
11 13 (1.82%) iPhone
12 11 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.54%) PMI
13 5 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (0.70%) e-Learning
13 5 (0.70%) Fat Client
13 5 (0.70%) Learning Management System
13 5 (0.70%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.70%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 70 (9.82%) Windows
2 26 (3.65%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.24%) Linux
3 16 (2.24%) Windows 10
4 11 (1.54%) Android
4 11 (1.54%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.70%) Unix
7 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (31.84%) Agile
2 214 (30.01%) Problem-Solving
3 163 (22.86%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 158 (22.16%) Customer Experience
5 122 (17.11%) Customer Service
6 117 (16.41%) Roadmaps
7 111 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 107 (15.01%) Project Management
9 83 (11.64%) Analytics
10 76 (10.66%) User Experience
11 75 (10.52%) CRM
11 75 (10.52%) ITIL
12 74 (10.38%) Software Engineering
13 73 (10.24%) Scrum
14 72 (10.10%) Business Development
15 63 (8.84%) Decision-Making
16 62 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
17 60 (8.42%) Coaching
17 60 (8.42%) Collaborative Working
17 60 (8.42%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 92 (12.90%) SQL
2 44 (6.17%) Java
2 44 (6.17%) JavaScript
3 41 (5.75%) Python
4 36 (5.05%) C#
5 14 (1.96%) C
6 13 (1.82%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.68%) PHP
7 12 (1.68%) R
8 9 (1.26%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.98%) Kotlin
9 7 (0.98%) Scala
10 6 (0.84%) Go
11 5 (0.70%) Bash
11 5 (0.70%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.70%) VBA
12 4 (0.56%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.56%) Swift
13 2 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.28%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 144 (20.20%) Degree
2 41 (5.75%) Azure Certification
3 30 (4.21%) CISSP
4 26 (3.65%) Master's Degree
4 26 (3.65%) Security Cleared
5 25 (3.51%) AWS Certification
5 25 (3.51%) SC Cleared
6 24 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.52%) CISM
7 18 (2.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 17 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.96%) MBA
11 13 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.82%) OSCP
12 12 (1.68%) A+ Certification
13 11 (1.54%) PMI Certification
14 8 (1.12%) CSPO
15 7 (0.98%) CEH
15 7 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.07%) SLA
2 23 (3.23%) GDPR
3 22 (3.09%) QA
4 12 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.12%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.98%) HIPAA
6 7 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (0.98%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.84%) PMO
8 5 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.70%) GAAP
8 5 (0.70%) IASME
8 5 (0.70%) IFRS
9 4 (0.56%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.56%) ISO 22301
9 4 (0.56%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.42%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.28%) COBIT
11 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 63 (8.84%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.37%) Docker
3 19 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.54%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (1.68%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.98%) SCCM
4 3 (0.42%) Terraform
5 2 (0.28%) CASB
6 1 (0.14%) Ansible
6 1 (0.14%) Autotask
6 1 (0.14%) Nessus
6 1 (0.14%) Puppet
6 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.14%) WSUS
6 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 199 (27.91%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.51%) VMware
3 24 (3.37%) Oracle
4 23 (3.23%) SAP
5 18 (2.52%) Cisco
6 15 (2.10%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.54%) Databricks
8 7 (0.98%) Adobe
8 7 (0.98%) CyberArk
8 7 (0.98%) Red Hat
8 7 (0.98%) Veeam
9 6 (0.84%) Apple
9 6 (0.84%) Citrix
9 6 (0.84%) Sophos
10 5 (0.70%) Fortinet
10 5 (0.70%) Genesys
10 5 (0.70%) Google
10 5 (0.70%) Palo Alto
10 5 (0.70%) PeopleSoft
10 5 (0.70%) YouTube