Customer Service Contract Job Trends in Chelmsford

Customer Service
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chelmsford requiring Customer Service skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Chelmsford 37.50% - 50.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 60.00% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £103
25th Percentile - - £104
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 - £107
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.73%
75th Percentile - - £111
90th Percentile - - £113
Essex median daily rate £190 £241 £139
% change year-on-year -21.24% +73.87% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £16.35
25th Percentile - - £16.50
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate - - £18.50
% change year-on-year - - -11.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5 6 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford 62.50% 66.67% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 9
10th Percentile £243 £563 £105
25th Percentile £263 £581 £107
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £303 £625 £350
Median % change year-on-year -51.60% +78.57% +118.75%
75th Percentile £348 £656 £538
90th Percentile £372 £668 £550
Essex median daily rate £425 £317 £450
% change year-on-year +34.28% -29.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £16.35
25th Percentile - - £16.50
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £18.87 £15.61 £40.31
% change year-on-year +20.88% -61.28% +61.24%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Customer Service relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford.

Customer Service job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Customer Service
Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Customer Service.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend in Chelmsford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Customer Service.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Field Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Field Hardware Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Break Fix Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Field Service Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Printer Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Break/Fix
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Canon
1 2 (66.67%) Dell
1 2 (66.67%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft