Customer Service Contracts in Cheshire

Customer Service
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 26 45
Rank change year-on-year -17 +19 -24
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 15 32 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.18% 6.26% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.28% 7.46% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 8
10th Percentile - £112 £200
25th Percentile £143 £122 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £165 £215
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% -23.26% -42.67%
75th Percentile £148 £300 £221
90th Percentile - £420 £309
North West median daily rate £205 £325 £250
% change year-on-year -36.92% +30.00% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 1
10th Percentile - £13.03 -
25th Percentile £12.82 £14.00 £10.55
Median hourly rate £14.91 £17.11 £11.05
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +54.84% -27.82%
75th Percentile £18.75 £17.72 £11.55
90th Percentile £44.50 £17.74 -
North West median hourly rate £13.60 £11.38 £16.85
% change year-on-year +19.56% -32.49% -3.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 458 429 488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.03% 83.95% 91.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 283 327
10th Percentile £313 £301 £288
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £489 £490
Median % change year-on-year -8.59% -0.20% +6.52%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 31 26
10th Percentile £14.41 £14.00 £16.79
25th Percentile £23.90 £16.67 £23.15
Median hourly rate £42.25 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +58.48% -12.70% +37.94%
75th Percentile £85.81 £40.88 £35.02
90th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £24.19 £35.52
% change year-on-year +31.79% -31.89% +47.37%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Cheshire

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Cheshire

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Cheshire

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in Cheshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in Cheshire

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chester +1 8 - - 30
Warrington -2 5 £145 -42.00% 18
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
Knutsford - 1 - - 1
Customer Service
North West

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 5 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (20.00%) assyst
3 1 (6.67%) SAP MM
3 1 (6.67%) SAP PP
3 1 (6.67%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
2 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Skype
2 4 (26.67%) VPN
3 1 (6.67%) ATM
3 1 (6.67%) Internet
3 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (6.67%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SAP HANA
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) German Language
5 1 (6.67%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (20.00%) IT Support
2 3 (20.00%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (6.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (6.67%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Chat Support
1 4 (26.67%) ITIL
1 4 (26.67%) ITSM
1 4 (26.67%) Service Management
2 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.67%) Architectural Design
4 1 (6.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (6.67%) Business Transformation
4 1 (6.67%) ERP
4 1 (6.67%) Front End Development
4 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (6.67%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) Migration
4 1 (6.67%) Order Management
4 1 (6.67%) Project Management
4 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (6.67%) Security Management
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Remedy
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco
3 4 (26.67%) Citrix
3 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.67%) SAP