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 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 23 49
Rank change year-on-year -6 +26 -21
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 26 38 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.63% 5.53% 3.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.31% 6.76% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 29 13
10th Percentile - £170 -
25th Percentile £106 £190 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £200 £350
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -42.86% +40.00%
75th Percentile £288 £519 £425
90th Percentile £358 £570 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £235 £200 £297
% change year-on-year +17.50% -32.62% +23.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 5
10th Percentile £15.61 £13.20 -
25th Percentile £17.50 £13.23 £12.50
Median hourly rate £22.05 £13.75 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.36% +5.77% -26.55%
75th Percentile £22.08 £15.88 £13.70
90th Percentile - £19.25 £14.78
West Midlands median hourly rate £17.07 £14.50 £13.70
% change year-on-year +17.69% +5.84% -8.67%

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 490 562 717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 87.19% 81.80% 83.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 393 484
10th Percentile £164 £226 £263
25th Percentile £325 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +2.41%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £623
90th Percentile £639 £738 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 17 23
10th Percentile - £13.70 £12.74
25th Percentile £12.62 £20.50 £15.57
Median hourly rate £18.87 £40.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -52.83% +58.42% +41.46%
75th Percentile £22.08 £52.50 £30.52
90th Percentile £26.89 £56.25 £88.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £21.75 £27.00
% change year-on-year +11.91% -19.44% +54.29%

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 18 August 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
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 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (34.62%) Azure
2 9 (34.62%) Entra ID
3 3 (11.54%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
General
1 21 (80.77%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Advertising
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Analyst
2 9 (34.62%) IT Support
3 8 (30.77%) IT Analyst
4 7 (26.92%) IT Support Analyst
4 7 (26.92%) Support Analyst
5 6 (23.08%) 1st Line Support
5 6 (23.08%) Service Analyst
5 6 (23.08%) Service Desk Analyst
5 6 (23.08%) Support Officer
6 3 (11.54%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (7.69%) Support Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 1 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Database Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Desktop Analyst
8 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
8 1 (3.85%) IT Services Delivery Manager
8 1 (3.85%) IT Services Manager
8 1 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (42.31%) Windows
2 6 (23.08%) Android
3 4 (15.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) ITIL
2 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (26.92%) ITSM
4 5 (19.23%) Service Management
5 2 (7.69%) Asset Management
5 2 (7.69%) Ticket Management
6 1 (3.85%) Change Control
6 1 (3.85%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.85%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.85%) Project Management
6 1 (3.85%) Project Planning
6 1 (3.85%) Resource Management
6 1 (3.85%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.85%) Workflow
6 1 (3.85%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (57.69%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Cisco
2 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle