Customer Service Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Customer Service
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Customer Service skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 22 28
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 -5
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 77 37 37
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 8.71% 6.28% 5.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.31% 7.24% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 12 23
10th Percentile £131 £180 £164
25th Percentile £131 £184 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £205 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% -51.76% +112.50%
75th Percentile £210 £241 £450
90th Percentile £238 £347 £550
England median daily rate £213 £250 £245
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.04% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 7
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.10 £10.76
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.53 £12.39
Median hourly rate £16.35 £17.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.82% +9.68% +3.33%
75th Percentile £16.50 £17.37 £17.25
90th Percentile £16.75 £20.53 £18.75
England median hourly rate £16.34 £16.23 £15.31
% change year-on-year +0.65% +6.01% -1.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 747 511 596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.50% 86.76% 82.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 315 425
10th Percentile £188 £250 £213
25th Percentile £352 £333 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £453
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -6.18% -4.63%
75th Percentile £525 £545 £575
90th Percentile £625 £625 £681
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 23 45
10th Percentile £15.86 £15.48 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.44 £22.50 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -18.07% +1.01% +32.35%
75th Percentile £24.87 £27.65 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £38.49 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Customer Service
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Customer Service.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the East Midlands

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Customer Service.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Nottinghamshire +6 47 £190 -29.63% 14
Leicestershire +1 16 £131 -37.54% 5
Northamptonshire -14 11 £200 -20.79% 11
Derbyshire -1 2 - - 13
Lincolnshire -11 1 - - 5
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (7.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.30%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.88%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (7.79%) Azure
2 6 (7.79%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.30%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.19%) SAN
2 2 (2.60%) ATM
3 1 (1.30%) LAN
3 1 (1.30%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) JIRA
General
1 22 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (12.99%) Retail
4 7 (9.09%) Finance
5 5 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.49%) Law
5 5 (6.49%) Marketing
6 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.60%) Electronics
7 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.30%) Banking
8 1 (1.30%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 25 (32.47%) Analyst
2 12 (15.58%) Desktop Support
3 10 (12.99%) Hardware Engineer
3 10 (12.99%) Support Technician
4 9 (11.69%) Break Fix Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) Field Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) Service Analyst
4 9 (11.69%) Service Desk Analyst
4 9 (11.69%) Support Engineer
5 7 (9.09%) Field Hardware Engineer
5 7 (9.09%) IT Support
6 6 (7.79%) Desktop Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) Desktop Support Technician
6 6 (7.79%) Desktop Technician
7 5 (6.49%) Help Desk Analyst
7 5 (6.49%) IT Technician
8 4 (5.19%) IT Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Senior Support Technician
8 4 (5.19%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.29%) Smartphone
2 5 (6.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (5.19%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.60%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (32.47%) Windows
2 16 (20.78%) Windows 10
3 6 (7.79%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (20.78%) Customer Experience
3 12 (15.58%) ITSM
4 11 (14.29%) Migration
4 11 (14.29%) Pattern Recognition
5 10 (12.99%) Time Management
6 9 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (9.09%) Digital Strategy
7 7 (9.09%) Service Delivery
8 6 (7.79%) BCP
8 6 (7.79%) Data Migration
8 6 (7.79%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (7.79%) Service Management
9 5 (6.49%) Business Continuity
9 5 (6.49%) Change Management
9 5 (6.49%) ITIL
9 5 (6.49%) Line Management
9 5 (6.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (5.19%) Break/Fix
10 4 (5.19%) Business Continuity Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (5.19%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.90%) A+ Certification
2 3 (3.90%) CCNA
2 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (3.90%) MCSE
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.90%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (2.60%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.60%) Degree
4 1 (1.30%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.30%) PMP
4 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.60%) QA
1 2 (2.60%) SLA
2 1 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
System Software
1 19 (24.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (14.29%) SCCM
2 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (25.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.99%) Genesys
3 9 (11.69%) HP
4 3 (3.90%) Dell
5 2 (2.60%) Oracle
5 2 (2.60%) SAP
5 2 (2.60%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.30%) Zoho