Customer Service
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Customer Service skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Customer Service over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 62 | 74 | 57 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +12 | -17 | -6 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Customer Service | 33 | 36 | 58 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 2.81% | 2.11% | 3.28% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 3.06% | 2.45% | 3.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 29 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £129 | £212 | £148 |
| 25th Percentile | £241 | £235 | £149 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | £540 | £210 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -35.19% | +157.14% | -44.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £541 | £581 | £215 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £693 | £400 |
| South East median daily rate | £225 | £238 | £215 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | +10.72% | -14.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £23.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.75 | - | £31.88 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.50 | - | £45.50 |
| 75th Percentile | £16.25 | - | £58.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £19.89 | - | £66.75 |
| South East median hourly rate | £15.50 | £16.19 | £16.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.26% | +1.19% | +6.67% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire
Customer Service falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,079 | 1,472 | 1,582 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 91.75% | 86.28% | 89.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 664 | 778 | 1,001 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £323 | £311 |
| 25th Percentile | £418 | £450 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £518 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.91% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £700 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £517 | £518 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.34% | -0.22% | +3.58% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 41 | 75 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.75 | £16.10 | £18.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £41.50 | £44.10 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £61.60 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -47.97% | +2.67% | +130.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.24 | £72.04 | £71.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.25 | £87.46 | £75.67 |
| South East median hourly rate | £24.00 | £57.35 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -58.15% | +14.70% | +80.31% |
Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
Customer Service
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Customer Service.
Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.
Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Customer Service.
Customer Service
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Berkshire
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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 August 2025. 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | +23 | 26 | £350 | -35.78% | 30 |
| Slough | - | 2 | £442 | - | 31 |
| Wokingham | - | 1 | £600 | - | 4 |
| Customer Service South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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: