Customer Service Contracts in Manchester

Customer Service
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 43 24 40
Rank change year-on-year -19 +16 +23
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 36 90 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.89% 5.93% 4.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 6.81% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 29 44
10th Percentile £179 £189 £125
25th Percentile £193 £313 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -6.67% +114.29%
75th Percentile £425 £500 £550
90th Percentile £510 £588 £650
North West median daily rate £205 £325 £250
% change year-on-year -36.92% +30.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 10
10th Percentile £14.14 £11.79 £12.48
25th Percentile £14.16 £12.25 £13.63
Median hourly rate £14.40 £13.00 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -22.85% -5.07%
75th Percentile £21.80 £17.72 -
90th Percentile £26.12 £26.80 £20.12
North West median hourly rate £14.25 £11.50 £16.85
% change year-on-year +23.91% -31.75% -3.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester 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
Bolton +1 10 £188 - 29
Bury - 4 £205 - 7
Altrincham - 2 £300 - 9
Oldham -1 1 - - 2
Cheadle - 1 - -
Customer Service
North West

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.11%) GCP
3 3 (8.33%) Azure
3 3 (8.33%) Figma
4 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) 2G
1 4 (11.11%) 3G
1 4 (11.11%) 4G
1 4 (11.11%) 5G
1 4 (11.11%) DHCP
1 4 (11.11%) DNS
1 4 (11.11%) Firewall
1 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 4 (11.11%) VPN
2 2 (5.56%) DWDM
2 2 (5.56%) Ethernet
2 2 (5.56%) Network Security
2 2 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (5.56%) WAN
3 1 (2.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.78%) EDRMS
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Finance
3 6 (16.67%) Legal
4 4 (11.11%) French Language
4 4 (11.11%) Marketing
5 1 (2.78%) Automotive
5 1 (2.78%) Law
5 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (36.11%) Analyst
2 8 (22.22%) IT Support
2 8 (22.22%) Service Analyst
2 8 (22.22%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (16.67%) IT Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Support Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Project Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Content Designer
6 3 (8.33%) Designer
6 3 (8.33%) Support Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) UX Designer
7 2 (5.56%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (5.56%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Business Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Lead
7 2 (5.56%) NOC Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Service Desk Support
7 2 (5.56%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (11.11%) IoT
2 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 4 (11.11%) Smartphone
3 3 (8.33%) Mobile App
3 3 (8.33%) NHS
3 3 (8.33%) Social Media
4 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.78%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 17 (47.22%) Windows
2 6 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 4 (11.11%) Android
3 4 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.78%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (19.44%) Service Management
3 6 (16.67%) Agile
3 6 (16.67%) ITSM
4 5 (13.89%) Asset Management
4 5 (13.89%) User Experience
4 5 (13.89%) Validation
5 4 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 4 (11.11%) Customer Insight
5 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (11.11%) Data Security
5 4 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 4 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (11.11%) Project Management
5 4 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 4 (11.11%) Time Management
6 3 (8.33%) Business Strategy
6 3 (8.33%) Content Marketing
6 3 (8.33%) Conversational UI
6 3 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (11.11%) A+ Certification
4 2 (5.56%) CCNA
4 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) ISEB
5 1 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.56%) GDPR
2 2 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (19.44%) ServiceNow
3 4 (11.11%) Google
4 1 (2.78%) Ivanti
4 1 (2.78%) Oracle