Customer Service Contract Job Trends in Devon

Customer Service
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Customer Service skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 28 30
Rank change year-on-year +14 +2 -8
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 13 9 5
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 7.88% 3.98% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.15% 4.95% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 2
10th Percentile - £186 £170
25th Percentile - £188 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £198 £350
Median % change year-on-year +39.24% -43.57% -4.94%
75th Percentile - £203 £461
90th Percentile £281 £316 £527
South West median daily rate £235 £225 £200
% change year-on-year +4.44% +12.50% -16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 142 182 182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 86.06% 80.53% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 98 150
10th Percentile £145 £187 £324
25th Percentile £269 £346 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £478 £575
Median % change year-on-year -16.23% -16.96% +9.52%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £673
90th Percentile £588 £685 £707
South West median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 15 5
10th Percentile £15.74 £40.25 £20.08
25th Percentile - £53.75 £31.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +73.33% -10.71%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £40.00
90th Percentile - - £64.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +4.17%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in Devon

Customer Service
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 7 October 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
Exeter +12 6 £275 +41.03% 3
Dartmouth - 5 £275 -
Plymouth -1 1 £275 +41.03% 5
Customer Service
South West

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) PABX
General
1 5 (38.46%) Billing
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Field Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Business Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Facilitator
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Desktop Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.69%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Windows
1 8 (61.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Change Management
2 4 (30.77%) CRM
2 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (7.69%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) A+ Certification
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow