Customer Service Contracts in London

Customer Service
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 149 84 117
Rank change year-on-year -65 +33 +63
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 231 461 595
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.84% 2.59% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 2.92% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 267 394
10th Percentile £167 £145 £147
25th Percentile £214 £185 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £263 £300
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £503 £510 £525
90th Percentile £638 £605 £629
England median daily rate £250 £275 £250
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 72 39
10th Percentile £11.96 £15.28 £17.90
25th Percentile £15.84 £16.25 £19.47
Median hourly rate £17.00 £20.02 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.08% -19.92% +8.70%
75th Percentile £23.75 £31.94 £34.00
90th Percentile £47.40 £41.25 £54.00
England median hourly rate £15.84 £15.00 £13.58
% change year-on-year +5.60% +10.46% -9.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London -21 41 £301 +22.34% 45
South London +8 18 £370 +85.13% 31
West London +3 9 £128 -68.13% 33
East London +13 5 £245 +48.48% 15
North London - 5 £405 - 9
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 15 (6.49%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.30%) CMS
3 3 (1.30%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 37 (16.02%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (6.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.43%) iTrent
3 1 (0.43%) Magento
3 1 (0.43%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (24.24%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (19.48%) Azure
3 30 (12.99%) Power Platform
4 23 (9.96%) Dynamics 365
5 17 (7.36%) Entra ID
6 16 (6.93%) Power Automate
6 16 (6.93%) PowerApps
7 12 (5.19%) OneDrive
8 8 (3.46%) Google Workspace
9 5 (2.16%) SaaS
10 4 (1.73%) AWS
10 4 (1.73%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.73%) IaaS
11 3 (1.30%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.30%) PaaS
12 2 (0.87%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.87%) GCP
12 2 (0.87%) Serverless
12 2 (0.87%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.43%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.63%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (5.19%) DNS
3 11 (4.76%) LAN
3 11 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 11 (4.76%) VPN
4 9 (3.90%) DHCP
4 9 (3.90%) Firewall
4 9 (3.90%) WAN
5 6 (2.60%) Wireless
6 5 (2.16%) BGP
6 5 (2.16%) Network Security
6 5 (2.16%) OSPF
6 5 (2.16%) VLAN
7 4 (1.73%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (1.30%) Multicast
8 3 (1.30%) NX-OS
8 3 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (1.30%) SD-WAN
8 3 (1.30%) VoIP
8 3 (1.30%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.63%) Power BI
2 6 (2.60%) Tableau
3 3 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.30%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.87%) Big Data
4 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.43%) Looker
5 1 (0.43%) Metadata
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.76%) JIRA
2 3 (1.30%) Git
3 2 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 129 (55.84%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.61%) Finance
3 42 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (12.12%) Public Sector
5 22 (9.52%) Marketing
6 15 (6.49%) Legal
7 10 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.90%) Local Government
9 7 (3.03%) Retail
10 6 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.60%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.16%) Banking
11 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.73%) Electronics
12 4 (1.73%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.73%) Law
13 3 (1.30%) Billing
13 3 (1.30%) Games
13 3 (1.30%) German Language
Job Titles
1 37 (16.02%) Analyst
2 33 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 21 (9.09%) Desktop Support
4 17 (7.36%) Desktop Engineer
5 16 (6.93%) Developer
6 14 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
6 14 (6.06%) Architect
6 14 (6.06%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 13 (5.63%) IT Support
7 13 (5.63%) Service Analyst
8 12 (5.19%) Service Desk Analyst
9 11 (4.76%) IT Engineer
10 10 (4.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 10 (4.33%) Coordinator
10 10 (4.33%) Lead
11 9 (3.90%) IT Support Engineer
12 8 (3.46%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 8 (3.46%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 8 (3.46%) Support Analyst
13 7 (3.03%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.33%) .NET
2 5 (2.16%) ASP.NET Web API
2 5 (2.16%) HTML
3 4 (1.73%) RESTful
4 2 (0.87%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.87%) Middleware
4 2 (0.87%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.87%) REST
4 2 (0.87%) SOAP
5 1 (0.43%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.90%) Data Centre
1 9 (3.90%) Onboarding
1 9 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
1 9 (3.90%) Smartphone
2 6 (2.60%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (1.73%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.30%) CMDB
5 3 (1.30%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (1.30%) iPhone
5 3 (1.30%) Learning Management System
5 3 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (1.30%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.30%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.30%) Social Media
6 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (0.87%) iPad
6 2 (0.87%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.87%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 58 (25.11%) Windows
2 28 (12.12%) Windows 10
3 20 (8.66%) Apple iOS
4 17 (7.36%) Mac OS
5 14 (6.06%) Android
6 7 (3.03%) Linux
7 6 (2.60%) Unix
8 3 (1.30%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.87%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.87%) VMS
9 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (19.05%) ITIL
3 33 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 31 (13.42%) Service Management
5 29 (12.55%) ITSM
6 27 (11.69%) Service Delivery
7 24 (10.39%) CRM
8 23 (9.96%) Project Management
9 21 (9.09%) Time Management
10 19 (8.23%) Analytics
10 19 (8.23%) Incident Management
11 18 (7.79%) Agile
12 17 (7.36%) Roadmaps
13 16 (6.93%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (6.06%) Migration
14 14 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
15 13 (5.63%) Asset Management
15 13 (5.63%) Decision-Making
16 12 (5.19%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.19%) Python
2 11 (4.76%) C#
2 11 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 11 (4.76%) SQL
3 4 (1.73%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.87%) Bash
4 2 (0.87%) R
5 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 36 (15.58%) Security Cleared
2 30 (12.99%) Degree
2 30 (12.99%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.60%) A+ Certification
4 6 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.16%) CCNP
5 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.30%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.87%) ACSP
8 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.87%) CCIE
8 2 (0.87%) CCIE Data Center
8 2 (0.87%) CCNA
8 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.87%) PMP
8 2 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.43%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.36%) SLA
2 7 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.73%) QA
4 2 (0.87%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.43%) GDPR
5 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 51 (22.08%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.03%) vSphere
4 6 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.87%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (8.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (6.06%) SCCM
3 5 (2.16%) Ansible
3 5 (2.16%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (2.16%) Terraform
4 3 (1.30%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.87%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.87%) AppManager
5 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.87%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (0.43%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (0.43%) Cisco LMS
6 1 (0.43%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.43%) Netcool
6 1 (0.43%) OPNET
6 1 (0.43%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.43%) WSUS
6 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 102 (44.16%) Microsoft
2 33 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 15 (6.49%) Cisco
4 14 (6.06%) Salesforce
5 12 (5.19%) Google
6 11 (4.76%) VMware
7 10 (4.33%) Apple
8 9 (3.90%) SAP
9 6 (2.60%) HP
10 5 (2.16%) Dell
11 4 (1.73%) Citrix
11 4 (1.73%) Remedy
12 3 (1.30%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.87%) Adobe
13 2 (0.87%) CheckPoint
13 2 (0.87%) EMC
13 2 (0.87%) IBM
13 2 (0.87%) Oracle
13 2 (0.87%) Symantec
13 2 (0.87%) Unisys