Customer Service Jobs with Work from Home Options

Customer Service
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 69 89
Rank change year-on-year +13 +20 +20
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 1,569 1,884 2,727
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.63% 4.53% 3.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.07% 4.72% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,292 1,266 1,834
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,938 £30,500 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +5.88% +1.19%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,835 £58,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £71,940
UK median annual salary £32,000 £36,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -4.00% +0.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,965 39,955 66,612
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.45% 96.10% 96.96%
Number of salaries quoted 23,443 27,739 41,261
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Customer Service
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Customer Service trend for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Customer Service.

Customer Service salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Customer Service salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 96 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 66 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (2.61%) IIS
4 23 (1.47%) Confluence
5 8 (0.51%) Appian
5 8 (0.51%) CMS
6 7 (0.45%) nginx
6 7 (0.45%) WordPress
7 6 (0.38%) Apache
8 4 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (0.25%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.19%) GlassFish
9 3 (0.19%) JBoss
9 3 (0.19%) Moodle
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
Applications
1 190 (12.11%) Microsoft Office
2 111 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Trello
7 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.064%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 70 (4.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.83%) NEC Housing
3 12 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
4 11 (0.70%) Sage 200
5 10 (0.64%) Infor SunSystems
5 10 (0.64%) iTrent
5 10 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (0.57%) SAP HR
7 8 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 6 (0.38%) Sage CRM
9 5 (0.32%) Carpe Diem
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.32%) Sage 50
9 5 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 408 (26.00%) Microsoft 365
2 349 (22.24%) Azure
3 128 (8.16%) Power Platform
4 90 (5.74%) Dynamics 365
5 75 (4.78%) AWS
6 74 (4.72%) Entra ID
7 63 (4.02%) Power Automate
8 61 (3.89%) SaaS
9 49 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
10 48 (3.06%) PowerApps
11 37 (2.36%) GCP
12 25 (1.59%) Serverless
13 20 (1.27%) OpenShift
13 20 (1.27%) WhatsApp
14 18 (1.15%) OneDrive
15 16 (1.02%) Azure Functions
16 15 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
17 14 (0.89%) OCI
18 10 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
18 10 (0.64%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 105 (6.69%) Firewall
2 76 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
3 73 (4.65%) WAN
4 71 (4.53%) LAN
5 57 (3.63%) TCP/IP
6 52 (3.31%) DNS
7 47 (3.00%) VoIP
8 41 (2.61%) Wireless
9 38 (2.42%) VPN
10 36 (2.29%) DHCP
11 31 (1.98%) Internet
12 30 (1.91%) VLAN
13 28 (1.78%) Broadband
14 25 (1.59%) SAN
15 19 (1.21%) Network Security
16 18 (1.15%) MPLS
17 17 (1.08%) OSPF
18 16 (1.02%) BGP
19 14 (0.89%) WLAN
20 13 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (10.39%) SQL Server
2 83 (5.29%) Power BI
3 53 (3.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (2.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 32 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 26 (1.66%) Relational Database
6 25 (1.59%) MySQL
7 16 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
8 10 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.38%) GIS
10 6 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.38%) Power Query
10 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
11 5 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.25%) Metadata
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 53 (3.38%) JIRA
2 28 (1.78%) Jasmine
2 28 (1.78%) Karma Test Runner
3 21 (1.34%) Git
4 17 (1.08%) IBM UrbanCode
5 9 (0.57%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.32%) GitLab
7 5 (0.32%) Mercurial
7 5 (0.32%) MSI
7 5 (0.32%) webpack
8 4 (0.25%) AdminStudio
8 4 (0.25%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.25%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.19%) GCC
9 3 (0.19%) GoCD
10 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.13%) PowerBuilder
10 2 (0.13%) Subversion
11 1 (0.064%) Selenium
General
1 700 (44.61%) Social Skills
2 303 (19.31%) Finance
3 188 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (8.35%) Retail
5 115 (7.33%) Legal
6 112 (7.14%) Marketing
7 110 (7.01%) Organisational Skills
8 100 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 59 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
10 53 (3.38%) Banking
10 53 (3.38%) Public Sector
11 52 (3.31%) Law
12 48 (3.06%) Telecoms
13 47 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.66%) Games
14 26 (1.66%) Local Government
15 25 (1.59%) Manufacturing
16 23 (1.47%) Billing
17 20 (1.27%) General Ledger
18 16 (1.02%) Military
Job Titles
1 266 (16.95%) Analyst
2 209 (13.32%) IT Support
3 133 (8.48%) Support Engineer
4 129 (8.22%) Senior
5 114 (7.27%) Support Technician
6 110 (7.01%) Developer
6 110 (7.01%) IT Technician
7 98 (6.25%) Support Analyst
8 97 (6.18%) IT Support Technician
9 87 (5.54%) Consultant
10 84 (5.35%) Lead
11 82 (5.23%) Administrator
12 67 (4.27%) IT Engineer
13 66 (4.21%) Technical Support
14 58 (3.70%) Service Analyst
15 57 (3.63%) IT Analyst
16 51 (3.25%) IT Support Engineer
17 48 (3.06%) Service Desk Analyst
18 47 (3.00%) 2nd Line Support
19 46 (2.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (5.54%) .NET
2 43 (2.74%) AngularJS
3 36 (2.29%) Web Services
4 35 (2.23%) JSON
4 35 (2.23%) XML
5 33 (2.10%) ASP.NET
5 33 (2.10%) Sass
6 31 (1.98%) REST
6 31 (1.98%) SOAP
7 28 (1.78%) RxJS
7 28 (1.78%) XML Schema
8 26 (1.66%) CSS
9 24 (1.53%) HTML
10 20 (1.27%) HTML5 Canvas
11 12 (0.76%) Laravel
11 12 (0.76%) React
12 10 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
13 9 (0.57%) ASP.NET Web API
13 9 (0.57%) RESTful
14 7 (0.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 105 (6.69%) Self-Motivation
2 68 (4.33%) Management Information System
3 57 (3.63%) Social Media
4 51 (3.25%) Onboarding
5 47 (3.00%) Driving Licence
6 35 (2.23%) Public Cloud
7 29 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 22 (1.40%) Low-Code
9 21 (1.34%) Product Ownership
10 15 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (0.83%) EPoS
12 12 (0.76%) Credit Risk
13 11 (0.70%) Replication
13 11 (0.70%) Virtual Team
14 10 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 10 (0.64%) Mobile App
15 9 (0.57%) Housing Association
15 9 (0.57%) Photography
16 8 (0.51%) e-Learning
16 8 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 353 (22.50%) Windows
2 158 (10.07%) Windows Server
3 103 (6.56%) Windows 10
4 92 (5.86%) Linux
5 40 (2.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 39 (2.49%) Apple iOS
7 29 (1.85%) Android
8 27 (1.72%) Windows 7
9 25 (1.59%) Unix
10 23 (1.47%) Mac OS
10 23 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
11 21 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
12 15 (0.96%) Mac OS X
13 11 (0.70%) Windows 8
14 10 (0.64%) Windows NT
15 7 (0.45%) Ubuntu
16 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.38%) Windows Vista
17 3 (0.19%) AIX
17 3 (0.19%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
2 306 (19.50%) ITIL
3 209 (13.32%) Agile
4 156 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 153 (9.75%) Project Management
6 143 (9.11%) CRM
7 139 (8.86%) Service Delivery
8 138 (8.80%) Service Management
9 127 (8.09%) DevOps
10 110 (7.01%) ERP
11 100 (6.37%) Business Intelligence
11 100 (6.37%) Customer Experience
12 98 (6.25%) Project Delivery
13 95 (6.05%) ITSM
14 91 (5.80%) Mentoring
15 88 (5.61%) Decision-Making
16 83 (5.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 81 (5.16%) Roadmaps
18 76 (4.84%) Incident Management
19 73 (4.65%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 201 (12.81%) SQL
2 122 (7.78%) C#
3 74 (4.72%) JavaScript
4 57 (3.63%) PowerShell
5 56 (3.57%) T-SQL
6 38 (2.42%) TypeScript
7 33 (2.10%) VB
8 32 (2.04%) VB.NET
9 28 (1.78%) VB6
10 22 (1.40%) Java
11 21 (1.34%) PHP
12 19 (1.21%) Bash
13 18 (1.15%) Python
14 17 (1.08%) C++
14 17 (1.08%) Groovy
15 14 (0.89%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.25%) R
17 3 (0.19%) C
17 3 (0.19%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.13%) Go
Qualifications
1 205 (13.07%) Degree
2 124 (7.90%) Security Cleared
3 79 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 69 (4.40%) DBS Check
5 54 (3.44%) DV Cleared
6 41 (2.61%) SC Cleared
7 30 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
8 29 (1.85%) NVQ Level 3
9 28 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.02%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.96%) CCNA
12 15 (0.96%) CISM
12 15 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 14 (0.89%) CISSP
13 14 (0.89%) GCIA
13 14 (0.89%) GCIH
13 14 (0.89%) GREM
14 13 (0.83%) CCNP
14 13 (0.83%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.93%) SLA
2 65 (4.14%) QA
3 20 (1.27%) GDPR
4 19 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 12 (0.76%) Data Quality
7 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (0.64%) PMO
9 6 (0.38%) GAAP
9 6 (0.38%) IFRS
10 5 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.19%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.19%) NIST
12 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.13%) SEPA
13 1 (0.064%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.064%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.064%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.064%) SOC 2
System Software
1 242 (15.42%) Active Directory
2 73 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (2.87%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.40%) vSphere
5 12 (0.76%) Docker
5 12 (0.76%) Firmware
6 10 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.45%) XenDesktop
9 6 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.32%) XenApp
11 4 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.25%) vCloud
12 3 (0.19%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.13%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.064%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 63 (4.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (3.12%) SCCM
3 29 (1.85%) Ansible
4 27 (1.72%) Terraform
5 25 (1.59%) WSUS
6 18 (1.15%) Progress Chef
7 12 (0.76%) Kubernetes
8 10 (0.64%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.57%) Nagios
9 9 (0.57%) Sysprep
10 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.32%) AirWatch
10 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.25%) Grafana
11 4 (0.25%) Nessus
11 4 (0.25%) Oracle Statspack
12 3 (0.19%) Backup Exec
12 3 (0.19%) OfficeScan
13 2 (0.13%) CASB
13 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 612 (39.01%) Microsoft
2 106 (6.76%) VMware
3 67 (4.27%) SAP
4 64 (4.08%) Cisco
5 47 (3.00%) Dell
6 35 (2.23%) IBM
6 35 (2.23%) Oracle
7 34 (2.17%) Salesforce
8 29 (1.85%) Google
9 25 (1.59%) ServiceNow
10 22 (1.40%) Citrix
10 22 (1.40%) Veeam
11 18 (1.15%) Fortinet
12 14 (0.89%) Sage
13 13 (0.83%) HP
13 13 (0.83%) Meraki
13 13 (0.83%) NEC
14 12 (0.76%) Aruba
15 11 (0.70%) BMC
16 10 (0.64%) CheckPoint