Customer Service Contracts in Chester

Customer Service
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester 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 13 13 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -13
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 7 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 10.29% 1.85% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.45% 2.63% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £225
75th Percentile - - £238
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £145 £165 £215
% change year-on-year -12.12% -23.26% -42.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £16.60 - -
25th Percentile £17.50 - -
Median hourly rate £19.00 - -
75th Percentile £44.50 - -
90th Percentile £59.80 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £18.00 £17.11 -
% change year-on-year +5.20% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67 38 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 98.53% 70.37% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 43
10th Percentile £325 £266 £288
25th Percentile £405 £445 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £638 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +59.38% -7.51%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £525
90th Percentile £738 - £680
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 11
10th Percentile £19.00 - £23.15
25th Percentile £26.49 £41.25 £29.58
Median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +39.16% +77.48%
75th Percentile £86.00 £47.50 £35.00
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
% change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Chester

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Chester

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Chester

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in Chester

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

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in Chester

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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 (57.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) SAP MM
2 1 (14.29%) SAP PP
2 1 (14.29%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Skype
1 4 (57.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SAP HANA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Banking
3 3 (42.86%) Investment Banking
3 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (28.57%) German Language
5 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Service Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (14.29%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
1 4 (57.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Chat Support
1 4 (57.14%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
2 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Order Management
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
1 4 (57.14%) Citrix
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) Remedy
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow