Customer Service Contracts in Edinburgh

Customer Service
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 37 64
Rank change year-on-year -3 +27 +28
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 27 37 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.35% 4.48% 3.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 5.17% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 26 36
10th Percentile £150 £150 £139
25th Percentile £167 £200 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £194 £289 £175
Median % change year-on-year -32.77% +65.00% -2.78%
75th Percentile £207 £340 £509
90th Percentile £442 £498 £661
Scotland median daily rate £200 £340 £250
% change year-on-year -41.18% +36.00% +19.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 2
10th Percentile - £12.00 £21.30
25th Percentile £17.30 £12.63 £21.36
Median hourly rate £18.74 £15.00 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year +24.90% -30.12% +35.34%
75th Percentile £23.00 £18.75 £21.57
90th Percentile £24.43 - £21.63
Scotland median hourly rate £20.99 £15.50 £11.57
% change year-on-year +35.39% +34.03% -27.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 593 716 1,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.65% 86.79% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 422 820
10th Percentile £240 £219 £253
25th Percentile £404 £398 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% - -
75th Percentile £538 £573 £544
90th Percentile £616 £662 £623
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 8
10th Percentile - £13.25 £12.36
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.17 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year +14.76% -10.69% -34.95%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.94
90th Percentile £47.22 - £58.40
Scotland median hourly rate £19.83 £19.50 £15.99
% change year-on-year +1.69% +21.95% -57.28%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Edinburgh

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Edinburgh

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in Edinburgh

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Edinburgh

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in Edinburgh

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (55.56%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (3.70%) Firewall
2 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (3.70%) LAN
2 1 (3.70%) MPLS
2 1 (3.70%) SDH
2 1 (3.70%) WAN
2 1 (3.70%) Wireless
General
1 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Digital Health
4 1 (3.70%) Electronics
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) General Ledger
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
4 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Desktop Support
2 7 (25.93%) Service Desk Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Service Desk Support
3 5 (18.52%) Support Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Windows Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Windows Support Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Deployment Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) IT Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Service Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Field Telecoms Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Help Desk Agent
7 1 (3.70%) Network Field Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Device Driver
2 7 (25.93%) Driving Licence
3 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.70%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.70%) PropTech
4 1 (3.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (51.85%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Linux
3 2 (7.41%) Ubuntu
3 2 (7.41%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (44.44%) ITIL
3 9 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 9 (33.33%) Task Automation
4 6 (22.22%) Break/Fix
5 4 (14.81%) Agile
5 4 (14.81%) Asset Management
5 4 (14.81%) Inventory Management
5 4 (14.81%) Logistics
5 4 (14.81%) Visualisation
6 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.41%) ITSM
6 2 (7.41%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.41%) Service Management
6 2 (7.41%) Time Management
7 1 (3.70%) Case Management
7 1 (3.70%) Customer Engagement
7 1 (3.70%) Data Encryption
7 1 (3.70%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (3.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) Bash
2 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) A+ Certification
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) BC Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.70%) CISM
3 1 (3.70%) CISSP
3 1 (3.70%) CRISC
3 1 (3.70%) HNC
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
1 3 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (14.81%) SCCM
2 1 (3.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.93%) ServiceNow
3 6 (22.22%) Citrix
3 6 (22.22%) Dell
4 4 (14.81%) HP
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco
5 1 (3.70%) Nokia
5 1 (3.70%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.70%) VMware