Customer Service Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Customer Service
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Customer Service skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 7 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 131 159 223
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 9.95% 10.50% 11.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% 12.82% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 17 36
10th Percentile £128 £165 £121
25th Percentile £163 £181 £137
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £220 £175
Median % change year-on-year - +25.71% -25.53%
75th Percentile £384 £300 £345
90th Percentile £588 £443 £514
England median daily rate £235 £259 £228
% change year-on-year -9.18% +13.74% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 116 173
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +11.93% -
75th Percentile £16.55 £16.85 £15.98
90th Percentile £20.52 - £20.56
England median hourly rate £16.07 £16.23 £15.50
% change year-on-year -0.97% +4.71% -

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 1,179 1,240 1,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.59% 81.90% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 451 882
10th Percentile £200 £200 £219
25th Percentile £383 £306 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £442 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.24% -11.60% -
75th Percentile £600 £550 £623
90th Percentile £688 £638 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 351 369
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.84 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.11 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.63 £42.50 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -46.75% +114.54% -5.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.27% +51.44%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

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 27 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the East of England

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 0 69 £350 +59.09% 47
Hertfordshire +5 31 £190 +7.95% 66
Bedfordshire +4 10 £575 +31.43% 17
Essex -2 8 £215 -16.10% 26
Suffolk +8 7 £220 +4.76% 13
Norfolk -8 6 - - 8
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 7 (5.34%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (18.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (16.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.76%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.98%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (7.63%) Azure
3 6 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (3.82%) Google Workspace
4 5 (3.82%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.76%) AWS
6 1 (0.76%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (0.76%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (0.76%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.76%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.92%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (2.29%) VPN
3 2 (1.53%) LAN
3 2 (1.53%) WAN
4 1 (0.76%) ATM
4 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.53%) Power BI
General
1 85 (64.89%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.40%) Spanish Language
3 9 (6.87%) Lithuanian Language
4 7 (5.34%) German Language
4 7 (5.34%) Polish Language
5 6 (4.58%) Retail
5 6 (4.58%) Romanian Language
6 5 (3.82%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.29%) Finance
8 3 (2.29%) Marketing
9 2 (1.53%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.53%) Automotive
9 2 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Law
10 1 (0.76%) Legal
10 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 45 (34.35%) Analyst
2 40 (30.53%) Service Analyst
3 33 (25.19%) Service Desk Analyst
4 14 (10.69%) IT Support
5 13 (9.92%) Support Engineer
6 8 (6.11%) Help Desk Support
7 7 (5.34%) 1st Line Support
7 7 (5.34%) Customer Analyst
7 7 (5.34%) Customer Service Analyst
7 7 (5.34%) IT Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Desktop Support
8 6 (4.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Support Assistant
9 5 (3.82%) Call Centre Analyst
9 5 (3.82%) First Line Help Desk Support
9 5 (3.82%) Help Desk Assistant
9 5 (3.82%) Technical Analyst
9 5 (3.82%) Technical Services Analyst
10 4 (3.05%) Junior IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.11%) iPad
1 8 (6.11%) iPhone
2 5 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.05%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.29%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.53%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.53%) FPGA
5 2 (1.53%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.53%) Social Media
5 2 (1.53%) Verilog
5 2 (1.53%) VHDL
6 1 (0.76%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.76%) EPoS
6 1 (0.76%) IVR
6 1 (0.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.32%) Windows
2 10 (7.63%) Windows 10
3 8 (6.11%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.05%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.53%) Linux
5 2 (1.53%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.76%) Android
6 1 (0.76%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (38.17%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (20.61%) Incident Management
2 27 (20.61%) Service Delivery
3 22 (16.79%) ITIL
4 21 (16.03%) Mathematics
5 12 (9.16%) ITSM
6 9 (6.87%) Service Management
7 7 (5.34%) Antivirus Management
7 7 (5.34%) Time Management
8 5 (3.82%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (3.05%) Agile
9 4 (3.05%) Asset Management
9 4 (3.05%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (3.05%) Customer Insight
9 4 (3.05%) Line Management
9 4 (3.05%) Migration
9 4 (3.05%) Root Cause Analysis
10 3 (2.29%) Customer Engagement
10 3 (2.29%) Customer Requirements
10 3 (2.29%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 17 (12.98%) Security Cleared
2 16 (12.21%) SC Cleared
3 12 (9.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (7.63%) A+ Certification
4 10 (7.63%) MCSA
5 3 (2.29%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.53%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.53%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.53%) Degree
7 1 (0.76%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.11%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (12.98%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.53%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (32.82%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.27%) ServiceNow
3 10 (7.63%) Citrix
4 5 (3.82%) Google
4 5 (3.82%) MobileIron
4 5 (3.82%) Nexthink
5 4 (3.05%) SAP
6 3 (2.29%) McAfee
6 3 (2.29%) Starlink
7 2 (1.53%) Intel
7 2 (1.53%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 2 (1.53%) VMware
7 2 (1.53%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.76%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.76%) Genesys
8 1 (0.76%) HP
8 1 (0.76%) Kaspersky
8 1 (0.76%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.76%) Sophos
8 1 (0.76%) Veritas