Customer Service Contracts in the Midlands

Customer Service
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 27 39
Rank change year-on-year -4 +12 -6
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 117 140 159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.94% 5.18% 4.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.76% 6.31% 5.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 66 91
10th Percentile £129 £130 £117
25th Percentile £156 £182 £151
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £233 £291 £225
Median % change year-on-year -20.02% +29.33% +9.76%
75th Percentile £288 £499 £413
90th Percentile £500 £606 £550
England median daily rate £250 £275 £241
% change year-on-year -9.09% +14.23% +0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 44 32
10th Percentile £14.42 £10.42 £11.00
25th Percentile £14.80 £12.24 £11.80
Median hourly rate £16.67 £13.50 £13.08
Median % change year-on-year +23.50% +3.21% -12.80%
75th Percentile £22.08 £14.88 £16.69
90th Percentile - £18.63 £21.07
England median hourly rate £15.84 £14.84 £13.58
% change year-on-year +6.74% +9.28% -9.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,732 2,219 2,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.96% 82.09% 88.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 1,482 2,074
10th Percentile £200 £238 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £492
Median % change year-on-year - -3.36% +3.47%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £591
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 170 106
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.06 £11.90
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.60 £14.64
Median hourly rate £18.20 £18.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% -7.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £24.20 £34.56 £31.50
90th Percentile £38.28 £55.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £37.34
% change year-on-year -20.55% -2.25% +49.36%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the Midlands

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the Midlands

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the Midlands

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the Midlands

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the Midlands

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
West Midlands +12 86 £231 -31.70% 184
East Midlands -12 31 £250 +25.00% 160
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.42%) IBM Notes
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (20.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.56%) Chatbot
5 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.85%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.85%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.85%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 29 (24.79%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (10.26%) Azure
3 9 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.84%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.98%) OneDrive
6 4 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.71%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (1.71%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.71%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.85%) AWS
8 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.69%) VPN
2 6 (5.13%) LAN
3 4 (3.42%) Firewall
4 3 (2.56%) VLAN
4 3 (2.56%) WAN
5 2 (1.71%) Broadband
5 2 (1.71%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.71%) Telepresence
5 2 (1.71%) Unified Communications
5 2 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.71%) Wireless
6 1 (0.85%) ATM
6 1 (0.85%) DHCP
6 1 (0.85%) DNS
6 1 (0.85%) Internet
6 1 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.85%) SAN
6 1 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.13%) Power BI
2 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
General
1 59 (50.43%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (6.84%) Finance
4 8 (6.84%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (6.84%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.98%) Law
6 4 (3.42%) Games
7 3 (2.56%) Banking
8 1 (0.85%) Automotive
8 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Legal
8 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 21 (17.95%) Analyst
2 17 (14.53%) IT Support
3 16 (13.68%) Support Assistant
4 12 (10.26%) Service Analyst
4 12 (10.26%) Service Desk Analyst
5 11 (9.40%) 1st Line Support
5 11 (9.40%) Desktop Engineer
5 11 (9.40%) Support Engineer
6 10 (8.55%) IT Analyst
7 7 (5.98%) Desktop Support
7 7 (5.98%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) IT Support Analyst
8 6 (5.13%) Support Analyst
9 5 (4.27%) Coordinator
9 5 (4.27%) Support Officer
10 4 (3.42%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
10 4 (3.42%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
10 4 (3.42%) Help Desk Analyst
10 4 (3.42%) IT Engineer
11 3 (2.56%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.71%) React
2 1 (0.85%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.27%) Onboarding
1 5 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (4.27%) Smartphone
2 4 (3.42%) NHS
3 3 (2.56%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.71%) Online Games
4 2 (1.71%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.85%) AS400
5 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.85%) EPoS
5 1 (0.85%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.85%) iPhone
5 1 (0.85%) iSeries
5 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.85%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 36 (30.77%) Windows
2 21 (17.95%) Windows 10
3 10 (8.55%) Android
4 5 (4.27%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.71%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (16.24%) ITIL
3 16 (13.68%) Test Scripting
4 7 (5.98%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (5.13%) Agile
5 6 (5.13%) Computer Science
5 6 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (5.13%) Process Improvement
5 6 (5.13%) Service Delivery
6 5 (4.27%) Asset Management
6 5 (4.27%) Change Management
6 5 (4.27%) Time Management
7 4 (3.42%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (3.42%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 4 (3.42%) Operations Management
7 4 (3.42%) Proactive Monitoring
7 4 (3.42%) Statistics
8 3 (2.56%) Conversational UI
8 3 (2.56%) Project Delivery
8 3 (2.56%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.38%) SQL
2 2 (1.71%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.85%) Bash
3 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.85%) Python
3 1 (0.85%) RPG
3 1 (0.85%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 20 (17.09%) Degree
2 3 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (2.56%) CCENT
2 3 (2.56%) CCNA
2 3 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (2.56%) DBS Check
2 3 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.71%) MCSE
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.71%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.85%) A+ Certification
4 1 (0.85%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (19.66%) SLA
2 7 (5.98%) QA
3 2 (1.71%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.85%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.13%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (7.69%) SCCM
2 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.85%) SCOM
Vendors
1 49 (41.88%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.26%) Cisco
3 8 (6.84%) Apple
3 8 (6.84%) ServiceNow
4 7 (5.98%) Citrix
5 6 (5.13%) Nexthink
6 4 (3.42%) Lotus
7 2 (1.71%) BT
7 2 (1.71%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.71%) Infoblox
7 2 (1.71%) VMware
8 1 (0.85%) Adobe
8 1 (0.85%) Aruba
8 1 (0.85%) EMC
8 1 (0.85%) IBM
8 1 (0.85%) Ivanti
8 1 (0.85%) Meraki
8 1 (0.85%) Oracle
8 1 (0.85%) Quark
8 1 (0.85%) Sage