Customer Service Jobs in the West Midlands

Customer Service
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 12 36 20
Rank change year-on-year +24 -16 +2
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 729 471 692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.09% 7.00% 9.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.14% 7.23% 10.03%
Number of salaries quoted 424 273 384
10th Percentile £21,500 £21,300 £21,000
25th Percentile £24,700 £27,750 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £38,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% -3.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £43,750 £53,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £62,200 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £32,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% -6.67% -

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,005 6,515 6,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.09% 96.86% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,520 3,307 4,728
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,550 £80,000
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 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
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +18 160 £43,227 +17.62% 75
Staffordshire +7 145 £24,750 -16.81% 43
Warwickshire +68 122 £28,000 -46.67% 28
Worcestershire -4 60 £25,000 -39.39% 29
Coventry +54 37 £26,500 -14.52% 15
Wolverhampton +30 31 £53,500 +50.70% 7
Herefordshire +10 18 £27,500 -16.35% 7
Shropshire -9 18 £28,750 -50.00% 17
Solihull -10 16 £24,000 -31.43% 16
Walsall +23 13 £26,000 -38.82% 4
Dudley +14 13 £31,000 -4.62% 4
Sutton Coldfield - 12 £29,500 - 4
Wednesbury +5 10 £32,500 +12.07% 1
Halesowen - 9 - - 6
Brierley Hill - 8 £33,500 - 1
Smethwick - 5 £42,500 - 1
West Bromwich +1 4 - - 1
Rowley Regis 0 4 - - 1
Tipton -3 4 - -
Willenhall - 4 - - 2
Bilston - 4 - -
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 24 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.37%) Confluence
4 8 (1.10%) Appian
5 5 (0.69%) IIS
5 5 (0.69%) nginx
6 3 (0.41%) CMS
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.14%) Moodle
8 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 251 (34.43%) Microsoft Office
2 82 (11.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.65%) Trello
4 4 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.55%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.55%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.27%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
3 2 (0.27%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.14%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 100 (13.72%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (6.72%) Azure
3 28 (3.84%) SaaS
4 21 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
5 17 (2.33%) Power Platform
6 14 (1.92%) Entra ID
7 13 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.78%) Smartsheet
8 12 (1.65%) PowerApps
9 10 (1.37%) Power Automate
10 7 (0.96%) OneDrive
11 5 (0.69%) AWS
11 5 (0.69%) npm
12 4 (0.55%) Google Docs
12 4 (0.55%) Google Sheets
13 1 (0.14%) Discord
13 1 (0.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.12%) Wi-Fi
2 28 (3.84%) Firewall
3 25 (3.43%) LAN
3 25 (3.43%) WAN
4 17 (2.33%) DNS
4 17 (2.33%) TCP/IP
5 15 (2.06%) DHCP
6 12 (1.65%) VPN
7 10 (1.37%) Internet
8 6 (0.82%) Wireless
9 5 (0.69%) Network Security
9 5 (0.69%) SAN
10 4 (0.55%) VSAN
11 3 (0.41%) Broadband
12 2 (0.27%) IPv4
12 2 (0.27%) IPv6
12 2 (0.27%) PBX
12 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
12 2 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.98%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.65%) Power BI
3 10 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 7 (0.96%) MySQL
6 6 (0.82%) Power Query
7 5 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.55%) Metadata
8 4 (0.55%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.55%) Oracle Database 12c
8 4 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.14%) Big Data
10 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (3.70%) JIRA
2 9 (1.23%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (0.69%) Git
4 5 (0.69%) Jasmine
4 5 (0.69%) Karma Test Runner
4 5 (0.69%) webpack
5 2 (0.27%) LSMW
General
1 429 (58.85%) Social Skills
2 227 (31.14%) Analytical Skills
3 199 (27.30%) Organisational Skills
4 116 (15.91%) Influencing Skills
5 112 (15.36%) Finance
6 72 (9.88%) Retail
7 64 (8.78%) Military
8 40 (5.49%) Public Sector
9 34 (4.66%) Manufacturing
9 34 (4.66%) Marketing
10 31 (4.25%) Law
11 29 (3.98%) Legal
12 21 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (2.33%) Local Government
14 14 (1.92%) Back Office
14 14 (1.92%) Environmental Health
14 14 (1.92%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.78%) Police
16 8 (1.10%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 216 (29.63%) Analyst
2 116 (15.91%) Product Analyst
2 116 (15.91%) Sales Analyst
3 94 (12.89%) Graduate
4 54 (7.41%) IT Support
5 48 (6.58%) Consultant
6 33 (4.53%) 1st Line Support
6 33 (4.53%) Developer
6 33 (4.53%) Support Analyst
7 31 (4.25%) Lead
7 31 (4.25%) Service Analyst
8 29 (3.98%) Service Desk Analyst
8 29 (3.98%) Technical Support
9 28 (3.84%) Support Engineer
10 26 (3.57%) Administrator
10 26 (3.57%) Senior
11 25 (3.43%) Graduate Consultant
11 25 (3.43%) IT Engineer
11 25 (3.43%) IT Technician
11 25 (3.43%) Resource Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.74%) .NET
2 11 (1.51%) HTML
3 10 (1.37%) Sass
4 9 (1.23%) JSON
5 6 (0.82%) ASP.NET
5 6 (0.82%) CSS
6 5 (0.69%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.69%) HTML5
6 5 (0.69%) jQuery
6 5 (0.69%) LAMP
6 5 (0.69%) Laravel
6 5 (0.69%) LEMP Stack
6 5 (0.69%) LESS
6 5 (0.69%) React
6 5 (0.69%) REST
6 5 (0.69%) RxJS
6 5 (0.69%) SOAP
6 5 (0.69%) Web Services
6 5 (0.69%) XML
6 5 (0.69%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.56%) Onboarding
2 57 (7.82%) Self-Motivation
3 37 (5.08%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 14 (1.92%) NHS
7 12 (1.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 10 (1.37%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.10%) Low-Code
10 7 (0.96%) Algorithms
10 7 (0.96%) Smartphone
11 5 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.69%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.69%) PKI
12 4 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.55%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.55%) Photography
13 3 (0.41%) Blockchain
13 3 (0.41%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 106 (14.54%) Windows
2 48 (6.58%) Windows Server
3 43 (5.90%) Windows 10
4 28 (3.84%) Linux
5 17 (2.33%) Windows 7
6 16 (2.19%) Windows 8
6 16 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (1.23%) Android
7 9 (1.23%) Mac OS
8 8 (1.10%) CentOS
9 7 (0.96%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.82%) Unix
10 6 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.14%) Debian
13 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.14%) Scientific Linux
13 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (33.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 228 (31.28%) Problem-Solving
3 132 (18.11%) Mathematics
4 123 (16.87%) Customer Requirements
5 85 (11.66%) Logistics
6 84 (11.52%) Customer Experience
7 76 (10.43%) Data Analysis
8 72 (9.88%) Agile
9 71 (9.74%) Process Improvement
10 64 (8.78%) Contingency Planning
10 64 (8.78%) Creative Thinking
10 64 (8.78%) Performance Metrics
10 64 (8.78%) Project Management
11 57 (7.82%) ITIL
12 55 (7.54%) CRM
13 52 (7.13%) ERP
14 41 (5.62%) Service Management
15 40 (5.49%) Change Management
16 38 (5.21%) Asset Management
16 38 (5.21%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 60 (8.23%) SQL
2 21 (2.88%) C#
3 19 (2.61%) JavaScript
4 16 (2.19%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.23%) T-SQL
6 8 (1.10%) Java
7 7 (0.96%) C++
7 7 (0.96%) Python
8 5 (0.69%) PHP
8 5 (0.69%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.69%) VB
8 5 (0.69%) VB.NET
8 5 (0.69%) VB6
9 1 (0.14%) Bash
9 1 (0.14%) C
9 1 (0.14%) Go
9 1 (0.14%) Perl
9 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 234 (32.10%) Degree
2 55 (7.54%) Security Cleared
3 16 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (2.19%) SC Cleared
4 11 (1.51%) A+ Certification
5 10 (1.37%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.23%) DBS Check
7 8 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.82%) MCSA
9 6 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (0.69%) HNC
11 4 (0.55%) CCNA
11 4 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.41%) CSPO
12 3 (0.41%) HND
12 3 (0.41%) IIBA
12 3 (0.41%) MCSE
13 2 (0.27%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.21%) SLA
2 23 (3.16%) GDPR
3 17 (2.33%) QA
4 14 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.37%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.82%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.27%) IFRS
8 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 86 (11.80%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.10%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.10%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (0.55%) vSphere
5 2 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 2 (0.27%) XenApp
5 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.14%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 7 (0.96%) SCCM
2 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.55%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 207 (28.40%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.39%) Cisco
3 30 (4.12%) VMware
4 14 (1.92%) Citrix
5 13 (1.78%) SAP
6 12 (1.65%) Remedy
7 11 (1.51%) HP
8 9 (1.23%) Apple
8 9 (1.23%) Dell
9 8 (1.10%) WatchGuard
10 7 (0.96%) Genesys
11 6 (0.82%) Adobe
11 6 (0.82%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.82%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.69%) Google
12 5 (0.69%) Oracle
12 5 (0.69%) YouTube
13 4 (0.55%) NEC
14 3 (0.41%) Sophos
14 3 (0.41%) Veeam