Customer Service Contracts in Bolton

Customer Service
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bolton 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 5 6 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +6
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 10 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bolton 31.25% 6.25% 6.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 37.04% 6.67% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £156 - -
25th Percentile £166 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 - -
75th Percentile £236 - -
90th Percentile £275 - -
Manchester median daily rate £275 £350 £375
% change year-on-year -21.43% -6.67% +114.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £16.85
Manchester median hourly rate £14.40 £13.00 £16.85
% change year-on-year +10.77% -22.85% -5.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27 15 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton 84.38% 93.75% 83.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 1
10th Percentile £155 £406 -
25th Percentile £164 £429 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -62.24% +3.16% +58.33%
75th Percentile £236 £528 £488
90th Percentile £255 £538 -
Manchester median daily rate £468 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 23
10th Percentile £54.60 £24.15 £26.17
25th Percentile - £26.39 £38.49
Median hourly rate £60.00 £41.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.34% -36.92% +31.31%
75th Percentile £75.00 £57.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £78.75 -
Manchester median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
% change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Bolton

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bolton

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Bolton

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Bolton

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in Bolton

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bolton

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Bolton

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (40.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DHCP
1 4 (40.00%) DNS
1 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (40.00%) VPN
2 2 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) VoIP
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (40.00%) French Language
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) IT Support
2 5 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Support Engineer
3 4 (40.00%) Analyst
3 4 (40.00%) Project Engineer
3 4 (40.00%) Service Analyst
3 4 (40.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (20.00%) NHS
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) ITSM
2 5 (50.00%) Service Management
3 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Coaching
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (40.00%) A+ Certification
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Google
3 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow