Customer Service Contracts in the East of England

Customer Service
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 104 204 256
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 11.02% 10.68% 12.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.40% 12.40% 14.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 35 101
10th Percentile £177 £119 £120
25th Percentile £205 £175 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £325 £210
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +54.76% -11.58%
75th Percentile £470 £358 £345
90th Percentile £527 £582 £500
England median daily rate £250 £275 £250
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 166 138
10th Percentile £14.54 £14.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% +6.77%
75th Percentile £19.77 £16.08 £19.07
90th Percentile £21.55 £21.37 £22.00
England median hourly rate £16.19 £15.00 £13.58
% change year-on-year +7.93% +10.46% -9.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 839 1,645 1,801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 88.88% 86.13% 87.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 709 1,065
10th Percentile £230 £206 £201
25th Percentile £406 £333 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 605 340
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £14.25
Median hourly rate £46.18 £40.00 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% +62.47% +58.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.27% -4.45% +53.20%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the East of England

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the East of England

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the East of England

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the East of England

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the East of England

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Cambridgeshire -4 62 £470 -6.75% 48
Hertfordshire +21 18 £525 +59.09% 44
Essex +13 8 £241 +119.32% 35
Suffolk -2 8 £215 +2.38% 17
Norfolk +6 6 £140 - 11
Bedfordshire -6 2 £250 -23.08% 18
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 11 (10.58%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.96%) IIS
Applications
1 53 (50.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 34 (32.69%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (7.69%) Azure
3 5 (4.81%) Google Workspace
4 4 (3.85%) OneDrive
5 3 (2.88%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.96%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.96%) OCI
6 1 (0.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (28.85%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (9.62%) VPN
3 7 (6.73%) Intranet
4 5 (4.81%) VoIP
4 5 (4.81%) WAN
5 4 (3.85%) DHCP
5 4 (3.85%) Fibre Channel
5 4 (3.85%) LAN
5 4 (3.85%) VLAN
6 3 (2.88%) DNS
7 2 (1.92%) Firewall
7 2 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (1.92%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.96%) 802.11
8 1 (0.96%) BGP
8 1 (0.96%) HSRP
8 1 (0.96%) MPLS
8 1 (0.96%) OSPF
8 1 (0.96%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
General
1 39 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.58%) German Language
3 10 (9.62%) Back Office
4 7 (6.73%) Billing
4 7 (6.73%) Manufacturing
5 6 (5.77%) Hungarian Language
6 5 (4.81%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.81%) Retail
7 4 (3.85%) Finance
8 2 (1.92%) Law
8 2 (1.92%) Lithuanian Language
9 1 (0.96%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.96%) Automotive
9 1 (0.96%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.96%) Legal
9 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.96%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (40.38%) Analyst
1 42 (40.38%) Service Analyst
2 33 (31.73%) Service Desk Analyst
3 18 (17.31%) Technical Analyst
3 18 (17.31%) Technical Services Analyst
4 13 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 10 (9.62%) Desktop Engineer
5 10 (9.62%) Desktop Support
5 10 (9.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 9 (8.65%) Customer Analyst
6 9 (8.65%) Customer Service Analyst
7 8 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
8 7 (6.73%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (6.73%) IT Manager
8 7 (6.73%) IT Services Delivery Manager
8 7 (6.73%) IT Services Manager
8 7 (6.73%) Service Delivery Manager
8 7 (6.73%) Service Manager
9 5 (4.81%) Call Centre Analyst
10 4 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.96%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.96%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.46%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (11.54%) iPad
2 12 (11.54%) iPhone
3 4 (3.85%) Clustering
3 4 (3.85%) Replication
4 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (24.04%) Windows
2 12 (11.54%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.81%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.85%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.92%) Linux
5 2 (1.92%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.96%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (65.38%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (62.50%) Incident Management
3 61 (58.65%) Service Delivery
4 50 (48.08%) Mathematics
5 46 (44.23%) ITIL
6 13 (12.50%) Problem Management
7 9 (8.65%) Service Management
8 8 (7.69%) Line Management
8 8 (7.69%) Proactive Maintenance
9 7 (6.73%) Antivirus Management
9 7 (6.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (6.73%) Contract Management
9 7 (6.73%) Contract Negotiation
9 7 (6.73%) Facilities Management
9 7 (6.73%) Inventory Management
9 7 (6.73%) Performance Management
9 7 (6.73%) Red Team
9 7 (6.73%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (6.73%) Time Management
10 6 (5.77%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.85%) Shell Script
2 1 (0.96%) Apex Code
2 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 29 (27.88%) A+ Certification
1 29 (27.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (25.96%) MCSA
3 26 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 21 (20.19%) SC Cleared
5 8 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (4.81%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.92%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.96%) GDPR
1 1 (0.96%) ITGC
System Software
1 38 (36.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.85%) Docker
3 4 (3.85%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.85%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (3.85%) Podman
3 3 (2.88%) AppManager
3 3 (2.88%) SCCM
4 1 (0.96%) Ansible
4 1 (0.96%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 67 (64.42%) Microsoft
2 33 (31.73%) ServiceNow
3 27 (25.96%) Citrix
4 7 (6.73%) McAfee
4 7 (6.73%) VMware
5 5 (4.81%) Google
5 5 (4.81%) MobileIron
5 5 (4.81%) Nexthink
6 4 (3.85%) LogicMonitor
7 3 (2.88%) Ivanti
8 2 (1.92%) Facebook
8 2 (1.92%) HP
9 1 (0.96%) Adobe
9 1 (0.96%) Apple
9 1 (0.96%) Aruba
9 1 (0.96%) Cisco
9 1 (0.96%) Oracle
9 1 (0.96%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.96%) ZyXEL