Customer Service Contracts in Birmingham

Customer Service
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 38 38
Rank change year-on-year +17 0 -9
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 30 29 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 5.75% 3.75% 4.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.64% 4.50% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 17 12
10th Percentile £106 £187 £201
25th Percentile £133 £200 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £350 £325
Median % change year-on-year -45.71% +7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £288 £488 £391
90th Percentile £505 £714 £524
West Midlands median daily rate £231 £338 £325
% change year-on-year -31.70% +3.85% +31.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 14
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.83 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.36 £13.23 £11.25
Median hourly rate £22.05 £13.75 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.36% +10.00% -29.38%
75th Percentile £29.50 £17.53 £13.65
90th Percentile £30.68 £26.98 £14.44
West Midlands median hourly rate £17.16 £13.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +27.07% +3.85% -19.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 452 644 798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.59% 83.31% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 423 537
10th Percentile £163 £240 £263
25th Percentile £375 £368 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -9.76% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 27
10th Percentile - £13.20 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.62 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.38 £27.25 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.57% +81.67% -14.19%
75th Percentile £27.69 £48.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £30.68 £56.25 £71.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 15 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (30.00%) Azure
3 7 (23.33%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
General
1 22 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Analyst
2 9 (30.00%) Support Analyst
3 6 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 6 (20.00%) IT Support
4 5 (16.67%) Desktop Analyst
4 5 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
5 4 (13.33%) 1st Line Support
5 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (13.33%) Desktop Support
5 4 (13.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 4 (13.33%) Service Analyst
5 4 (13.33%) Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Support Officer
6 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Database Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) IT Services Delivery Manager
7 1 (3.33%) IT Services Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Windows Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 14 (46.67%) Windows
2 9 (30.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (13.33%) Android
4 2 (6.67%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) ITIL
2 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 5 (16.67%) Service Management
4 4 (13.33%) Data Analysis
4 4 (13.33%) ITSM
5 3 (10.00%) Ticket Management
5 3 (10.00%) Workflow
6 2 (6.67%) Customer Experience
6 2 (6.67%) Process Improvement
6 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.33%) Change Control
7 1 (3.33%) Continuous Delivery
7 1 (3.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.33%) Data Visualisation
7 1 (3.33%) DevOps
7 1 (3.33%) Incident Management
7 1 (3.33%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.33%) Resource Management
7 1 (3.33%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) A+ Certification
2 2 (6.67%) MCP
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle