Customer Service Contracts in England

Customer Service
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 44 61
Rank change year-on-year -29 +17 +16
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 815 1,497 1,867
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.35% 4.02% 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 4.65% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 722 980
10th Percentile £143 £140 £132
25th Percentile £193 £180 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £275 £250
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £464 £511 £500
90th Percentile £589 £588 £600
UK median daily rate £250 £275 £250
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 464 443
10th Percentile £12.87 £11.09 £9.80
25th Percentile £14.60 £13.22 £10.63
Median hourly rate £15.84 £15.00 £13.58
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% +10.46% -9.47%
75th Percentile £20.77 £18.03 £18.50
90th Percentile £28.70 £22.25 £22.00
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £13.66
% change year-on-year +8.20% +9.81% -8.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in England

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in England

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in England

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in England

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in England

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London -65 231 £350 +33.33% 1,248
North of England -16 171 £235 -21.67% 895
South East -10 124 £250 -1.96% 937
Midlands +4 120 £231 -20.79% 654
East of England -7 100 £245 -24.62% 488
West Midlands +15 90 £231 -31.70% 340
North West -19 89 £205 -36.92% 447
Yorkshire -13 74 £275 -5.42% 352
South West +22 63 £243 +37.78% 430
East Midlands -8 30 £190 -5.00% 277
North East -7 8 £110 -68.12% 107
Customer Service
UK

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 65 (7.98%) SharePoint
2 52 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.49%) CMS
4 3 (0.37%) IBM Notes
4 3 (0.37%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.12%) IIS
5 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 129 (15.83%) Microsoft Office
2 118 (14.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 70 (8.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.98%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.12%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.12%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 21 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (0.25%) SAP IS-U
3 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) assyst
4 1 (0.12%) iTrent
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Maximo
4 1 (0.12%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.12%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.12%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.12%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 219 (26.87%) Microsoft 365
2 91 (11.17%) Azure
3 49 (6.01%) Entra ID
4 43 (5.28%) Power Platform
5 35 (4.29%) OneDrive
6 33 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
7 31 (3.80%) Google Workspace
8 21 (2.58%) PowerApps
9 20 (2.45%) Power Automate
10 8 (0.98%) AWS
10 8 (0.98%) GCP
11 6 (0.74%) SaaS
12 4 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (0.49%) Figma
12 4 (0.49%) IaaS
13 3 (0.37%) Copilot Studio
13 3 (0.37%) GitHub
13 3 (0.37%) Nutanix
13 3 (0.37%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.85%) Wi-Fi
2 61 (7.48%) VPN
3 39 (4.79%) LAN
4 35 (4.29%) Firewall
5 34 (4.17%) WAN
6 31 (3.80%) DNS
7 30 (3.68%) DHCP
8 25 (3.07%) VLAN
9 20 (2.45%) VoIP
10 19 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
11 17 (2.09%) TCP/IP
11 17 (2.09%) Wireless
12 11 (1.35%) Network Security
13 9 (1.10%) BGP
14 8 (0.98%) OSPF
15 7 (0.86%) Skype
16 6 (0.74%) ATM
16 6 (0.74%) Internet
16 6 (0.74%) SD-WAN
16 6 (0.74%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.82%) Power BI
2 8 (0.98%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.86%) Tableau
4 5 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.49%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.37%) Big Data
6 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.25%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.12%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.12%) Looker
8 1 (0.12%) Metadata
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.12%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.12%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (1.35%) JIRA
2 3 (0.37%) Git
3 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 447 (54.85%) Social Skills
2 102 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (9.94%) Finance
4 64 (7.85%) Public Sector
5 36 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (4.29%) Legal
7 34 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (4.05%) Marketing
9 30 (3.68%) Retail
10 23 (2.82%) Telecoms
11 17 (2.09%) Banking
11 17 (2.09%) German Language
12 16 (1.96%) Billing
13 15 (1.84%) Law
14 12 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.35%) Local Government
16 9 (1.10%) Back Office
16 9 (1.10%) Manufacturing
17 8 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.98%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 179 (21.96%) Analyst
2 116 (14.23%) Service Analyst
3 109 (13.37%) Support Engineer
4 105 (12.88%) Service Desk Analyst
5 71 (8.71%) IT Support
6 70 (8.59%) Desktop Support
7 58 (7.12%) Desktop Engineer
8 51 (6.26%) 1st Line Support
9 50 (6.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 35 (4.29%) IT Engineer
11 33 (4.05%) 2nd Line Support
11 33 (4.05%) Support Analyst
12 31 (3.80%) IT Analyst
13 30 (3.68%) Administrator
14 26 (3.19%) Architect
15 24 (2.94%) Lead
15 24 (2.94%) Support Assistant
15 24 (2.94%) Support Officer
16 22 (2.70%) Developer
16 22 (2.70%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.23%) .NET
2 9 (1.10%) REST
3 6 (0.74%) RESTful
3 6 (0.74%) Web Services
4 5 (0.61%) ASP.NET Web API
4 5 (0.61%) HTML
4 5 (0.61%) JSON
5 4 (0.49%) SOAP
6 2 (0.25%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.25%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.25%) Middleware
6 2 (0.25%) NETCONF
6 2 (0.25%) Node.js
6 2 (0.25%) Parceljs
6 2 (0.25%) React
7 1 (0.12%) ADO
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.12%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.12%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.40%) Self-Motivation
2 40 (4.91%) iPhone
3 36 (4.42%) Management Information System
4 35 (4.29%) Smartphone
5 29 (3.56%) Data Centre
6 24 (2.94%) iPad
6 24 (2.94%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.09%) Driving Licence
8 14 (1.72%) CMDB
8 14 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.35%) NHS
10 8 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (0.86%) IoT
11 7 (0.86%) Social Media
12 6 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.74%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.74%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.61%) Clustering
13 5 (0.61%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 233 (28.59%) Windows
2 125 (15.34%) Windows 10
3 49 (6.01%) Mac OS
4 38 (4.66%) Apple iOS
5 35 (4.29%) Android
6 19 (2.33%) Linux
7 13 (1.60%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.98%) Unix
9 6 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.61%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.37%) VMS
11 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.12%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (32.27%) Problem-Solving
2 206 (25.28%) ITIL
3 152 (18.65%) Service Delivery
4 121 (14.85%) Incident Management
5 93 (11.41%) ITSM
6 92 (11.29%) Service Management
7 65 (7.98%) Time Management
8 56 (6.87%) Mathematics
9 46 (5.64%) Customer Experience
10 45 (5.52%) Agile
10 45 (5.52%) Project Management
11 43 (5.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 43 (5.28%) CRM
12 42 (5.15%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (3.93%) Change Management
14 31 (3.80%) Asset Management
14 31 (3.80%) Migration
14 31 (3.80%) User Experience
15 30 (3.68%) Business Intelligence
15 30 (3.68%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.03%) SQL
2 14 (1.72%) JavaScript
2 14 (1.72%) Python
3 11 (1.35%) C#
4 6 (0.74%) PowerShell
5 4 (0.49%) Bash
5 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.37%) R
7 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.12%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.12%) Java
8 1 (0.12%) RPG
8 1 (0.12%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 109 (13.37%) Security Cleared
2 81 (9.94%) SC Cleared
3 79 (9.69%) Degree
4 56 (6.87%) Microsoft Certification
5 52 (6.38%) A+ Certification
6 29 (3.56%) ITIL Certification
6 29 (3.56%) MCSA
7 25 (3.07%) DBS Check
8 17 (2.09%) DV Cleared
9 16 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 11 (1.35%) CCNA
12 9 (1.10%) CCNP
13 7 (0.86%) ACSP
13 7 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.74%) MCP
15 5 (0.61%) ACTC
15 5 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
16 4 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (10.43%) SLA
2 20 (2.45%) QA
3 19 (2.33%) GDPR
4 14 (1.72%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.98%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.12%) ITGC
8 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.12%) PMO
8 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 216 (26.50%) Active Directory
2 34 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.35%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.98%) vSphere
5 7 (0.86%) BitLocker
5 7 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.49%) Docker
6 4 (0.49%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (5.28%) SCCM
3 24 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
4 13 (1.60%) AppManager
5 8 (0.98%) Terraform
6 7 (0.86%) Ansible
7 5 (0.61%) SmoothWall
8 4 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.49%) Podman
9 3 (0.37%) OPNET
9 3 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.37%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.25%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.25%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
11 1 (0.12%) Cisco LMS
11 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 345 (42.33%) Microsoft
2 162 (19.88%) ServiceNow
3 54 (6.63%) Citrix
4 45 (5.52%) Cisco
5 43 (5.28%) Apple
6 39 (4.79%) Google
7 37 (4.54%) VMware
8 28 (3.44%) HP
9 24 (2.94%) Salesforce
10 21 (2.58%) Dell
11 20 (2.45%) IBM
12 18 (2.21%) Nexthink
13 17 (2.09%) SAP
14 15 (1.84%) Ivanti
15 14 (1.72%) Remedy
16 13 (1.60%) McAfee
17 12 (1.47%) Juniper
18 11 (1.35%) MobileIron
19 6 (0.74%) iManage
19 6 (0.74%) Oracle