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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 49 60
Rank change year-on-year -22 +11 +18
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 897 1,425 1,729
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.57% 3.81% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 4.46% 4.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 674 861
10th Percentile £140 £143 £130
25th Percentile £181 £185 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £275 £238
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £450 £493 £475
90th Percentile £575 £582 £600
UK median daily rate £235 £286 £250
% change year-on-year -17.76% +14.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 227 440 433
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.07 £9.80
25th Percentile £13.99 £12.75 £10.63
Median hourly rate £15.84 £14.84 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% +8.64% -11.87%
75th Percentile £20.69 £17.73 £16.56
90th Percentile £26.35 £22.00 £22.00
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £14.84 £13.66
% change year-on-year +7.82% +8.64% -11.87%

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 22,947 31,985 42,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.37% 85.42% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,830 20,733 29,654
10th Percentile £300 £304 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,102 2,360 1,544
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.25
25th Percentile £17.82 £16.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £25.50 £37.50 £35.03
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +7.05% +36.41%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.53 £64.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.54 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -41 251 £289 +5.00% 1,233
North of England -16 185 £235 -21.67% 677
South East +11 159 £215 -21.82% 645
Midlands -3 121 £231 +15.25% 386
East of England -7 95 £229 -29.62% 249
North West -18 95 £205 -36.92% 317
South West +46 87 £235 +28.42% 262
West Midlands -4 79 £235 -24.80% 206
Yorkshire -12 79 £306 +2.08% 273
East Midlands -5 42 £190 - 172
North East -1 11 £110 -27.87% 97
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 50 (5.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (5.13%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.45%) CMS
3 4 (0.45%) IBM Notes
4 3 (0.33%) Confluence
5 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.11%) IIS
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 143 (15.94%) Microsoft Office
2 130 (14.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 65 (7.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.89%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.11%) InDesign
7 1 (0.11%) Maya
7 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 20 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.56%) assyst
2 5 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.33%) Sprinklr
4 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.11%) iTrent
5 1 (0.11%) Maximo
5 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.11%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 213 (23.75%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (10.59%) Azure
3 59 (6.58%) Entra ID
4 48 (5.35%) Power Platform
5 47 (5.24%) Google Workspace
6 36 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (2.56%) OneDrive
8 21 (2.34%) Power Automate
8 21 (2.34%) PowerApps
9 10 (1.11%) GCP
9 10 (1.11%) SaaS
10 9 (1.00%) AWS
11 7 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.45%) Azure Stack
13 4 (0.45%) Figma
13 4 (0.45%) IaaS
14 3 (0.33%) Azure Functions
14 3 (0.33%) PaaS
14 3 (0.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 48 (5.35%) VPN
1 48 (5.35%) Wi-Fi
2 36 (4.01%) Firewall
3 35 (3.90%) LAN
4 30 (3.34%) WAN
5 22 (2.45%) DNS
5 22 (2.45%) TCP/IP
5 22 (2.45%) Wireless
6 20 (2.23%) DHCP
7 16 (1.78%) VLAN
8 12 (1.34%) Remote Desktop
8 12 (1.34%) VoIP
9 11 (1.23%) ATM
10 9 (1.00%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.56%) BGP
11 5 (0.56%) Internet
11 5 (0.56%) Skype
12 4 (0.45%) 2G
12 4 (0.45%) 3G
12 4 (0.45%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.23%) Power BI
2 8 (0.89%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.78%) Tableau
4 6 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.45%) RDBMS
6 4 (0.45%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.33%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.33%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.22%) Big Data
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.11%) Looker
9 1 (0.11%) Metadata
9 1 (0.11%) NonStop SQL
9 1 (0.11%) Power Query
9 1 (0.11%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 14 (1.56%) JIRA
2 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.22%) Git
3 1 (0.11%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 511 (56.97%) Social Skills
2 99 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (10.14%) Finance
4 57 (6.35%) Public Sector
5 45 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (4.46%) Retail
8 34 (3.79%) Legal
9 29 (3.23%) Banking
9 29 (3.23%) Marketing
10 28 (3.12%) Telecoms
11 21 (2.34%) Billing
12 19 (2.12%) Law
12 19 (2.12%) Local Government
13 13 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.45%) German Language
14 12 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.23%) Games
16 8 (0.89%) French Language
16 8 (0.89%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 200 (22.30%) Analyst
2 118 (13.15%) Service Analyst
3 111 (12.37%) Support Engineer
4 98 (10.93%) Service Desk Analyst
5 90 (10.03%) IT Support
6 80 (8.92%) Desktop Support
7 73 (8.14%) 1st Line Support
8 53 (5.91%) Desktop Engineer
9 52 (5.80%) Administrator
10 51 (5.69%) Support Analyst
11 47 (5.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 46 (5.13%) IT Engineer
13 42 (4.68%) IT Analyst
14 35 (3.90%) 2nd Line Support
15 31 (3.46%) Support Manager
15 31 (3.46%) Support Officer
16 29 (3.23%) Architect
17 28 (3.12%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 28 (3.12%) IT Support Analyst
18 27 (3.01%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.11%) REST
2 9 (1.00%) .NET
3 8 (0.89%) JSON
4 7 (0.78%) HTML
5 6 (0.67%) Web Services
6 5 (0.56%) SOAP
7 4 (0.45%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (0.45%) React
8 3 (0.33%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.33%) CSS
9 2 (0.22%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.22%) EDI
10 1 (0.11%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.11%) Bootstrap
10 1 (0.11%) Kafka
10 1 (0.11%) Node.js
10 1 (0.11%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.11%) RESTful
10 1 (0.11%) SAP Fiori
10 1 (0.11%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.58%) iPhone
2 54 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
3 39 (4.35%) Smartphone
4 37 (4.12%) iPad
5 32 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 30 (3.34%) Driving Licence
7 27 (3.01%) Onboarding
8 23 (2.56%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
10 15 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.34%) CMDB
12 11 (1.23%) NHS
13 10 (1.11%) Social Media
14 9 (1.00%) EPoS
15 7 (0.78%) Mobile App
16 6 (0.67%) IoT
17 5 (0.56%) Frameworx
17 5 (0.56%) Replication
17 5 (0.56%) TM Forum
17 5 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 239 (26.64%) Windows
2 107 (11.93%) Windows 10
3 57 (6.35%) Mac OS
4 46 (5.13%) Apple iOS
5 33 (3.68%) Android
6 16 (1.78%) Windows Server
7 14 (1.56%) Linux
8 6 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.56%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.45%) VMS
11 3 (0.33%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.22%) Debian
12 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.22%) Unix
12 2 (0.22%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.22%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.11%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (31.55%) Problem-Solving
2 225 (25.08%) ITIL
3 162 (18.06%) Service Delivery
4 140 (15.61%) ITSM
5 129 (14.38%) Service Management
6 102 (11.37%) Incident Management
7 51 (5.69%) CRM
8 50 (5.57%) Time Management
9 49 (5.46%) Mathematics
10 48 (5.35%) Agile
11 47 (5.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 45 (5.02%) Project Management
12 45 (5.02%) Stakeholder Management
13 43 (4.79%) Change Management
13 43 (4.79%) Customer Experience
14 39 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
15 36 (4.01%) Business Intelligence
15 36 (4.01%) User Experience
16 30 (3.34%) Asset Management
16 30 (3.34%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 50 (5.57%) SQL
2 20 (2.23%) JavaScript
3 13 (1.45%) Python
4 11 (1.23%) C#
5 5 (0.56%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.45%) PowerShell
6 4 (0.45%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.22%) Bash
7 2 (0.22%) C++
7 2 (0.22%) Java
7 2 (0.22%) R
8 1 (0.11%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.11%) COBOL
8 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.11%) RPG
8 1 (0.11%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 113 (12.60%) Security Cleared
2 88 (9.81%) Degree
3 80 (8.92%) SC Cleared
4 46 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 39 (4.35%) A+ Certification
6 33 (3.68%) DBS Check
7 32 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
8 25 (2.79%) DV Cleared
8 25 (2.79%) MCSA
9 21 (2.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 14 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.34%) CCNA
11 12 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.11%) ACSP
12 10 (1.11%) ACTC
13 7 (0.78%) CCNP
14 5 (0.56%) CIPD
14 5 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (8.14%) SLA
2 26 (2.90%) GDPR
3 15 (1.67%) QA
4 14 (1.56%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.78%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.33%) PMO
8 2 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.11%) ITGC
9 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 213 (23.75%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.11%) vSphere
4 9 (1.00%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.67%) Docker
6 5 (0.56%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.56%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.22%) XenApp
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 61 (6.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (3.90%) Jamf Pro
3 30 (3.34%) SCCM
4 6 (0.67%) SmoothWall
5 4 (0.45%) AppManager
5 4 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.45%) Podman
5 4 (0.45%) Terraform
6 3 (0.33%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.33%) OPNET
6 3 (0.33%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.22%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.22%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.22%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.22%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.22%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 1 (0.11%) Netcool
8 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 378 (42.14%) Microsoft
2 186 (20.74%) ServiceNow
3 56 (6.24%) Google
4 55 (6.13%) Apple
5 50 (5.57%) Citrix
6 37 (4.12%) Cisco
7 33 (3.68%) Salesforce
8 29 (3.23%) VMware
9 28 (3.12%) Nexthink
10 26 (2.90%) MobileIron
11 25 (2.79%) HP
12 20 (2.23%) SAP
13 17 (1.90%) Juniper
14 15 (1.67%) Dell
15 14 (1.56%) Remedy
16 13 (1.45%) Oracle
17 12 (1.34%) IBM
17 12 (1.34%) McAfee
18 9 (1.00%) Adobe
19 7 (0.78%) SolarWinds