Customer Service Contracts in the North West

Customer Service
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 23 57
Rank change year-on-year -23 +34 -17
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 88 188 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.47% 6.85% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.96% 7.93% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 56 63
10th Percentile £133 £134 £127
25th Percentile £148 £200 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £325 £250
Median % change year-on-year -36.92% +30.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £322 £481 £506
90th Percentile £511 £588 £638
England median daily rate £250 £275 £250
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 65 16
10th Percentile £12.82 - £13.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £16.23
Median hourly rate £14.25 £11.50 £17.18
Median % change year-on-year +23.91% -33.04% -1.86%
75th Percentile £18.50 £16.50 £19.44
90th Percentile £29.00 £17.91 £20.59
England median hourly rate £15.84 £15.00 £13.62
% change year-on-year +5.60% +10.13% -9.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,774 2,370 2,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.14% 86.37% 90.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 1,513 2,045
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £689 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 246 142
10th Percentile £16.03 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.72 £13.36 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £21.56 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.46% -38.41% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.66 £48.56
90th Percentile £84.51 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Manchester -21 35 £263 -25.00% 184
Merseyside +3 27 £150 - 33
Cheshire -17 12 £145 -12.12% 87
Cumbria -17 9 £605 +5.22% 8
Lancashire -1 5 £130 -60.00% 91
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (17.05%) SharePoint
2 12 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.41%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.14%) assyst
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.14%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.14%) SAP PP
2 1 (1.14%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 32 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.95%) Azure
3 5 (5.68%) GCP
4 4 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.41%) Figma
6 2 (2.27%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.14%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.14%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.09%) VPN
2 7 (7.95%) Firewall
2 7 (7.95%) LAN
2 7 (7.95%) Skype
3 6 (6.82%) Remote Desktop
3 6 (6.82%) WAN
4 4 (4.55%) 2G
4 4 (4.55%) 3G
4 4 (4.55%) 4G
4 4 (4.55%) 5G
4 4 (4.55%) DHCP
4 4 (4.55%) DNS
4 4 (4.55%) Internet
4 4 (4.55%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.41%) iSCSI
5 3 (3.41%) Unified Communications
5 3 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (3.41%) Wireless
6 2 (2.27%) Ethernet
6 2 (2.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.14%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.14%) Power BI
3 1 (1.14%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 50 (56.82%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (12.50%) Finance
3 7 (7.95%) Legal
4 5 (5.68%) Banking
5 4 (4.55%) French Language
5 4 (4.55%) Marketing
5 4 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.41%) Billing
6 3 (3.41%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.27%) German Language
7 2 (2.27%) Military
8 1 (1.14%) Automotive
8 1 (1.14%) Law
8 1 (1.14%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.14%) Retail
8 1 (1.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (32.95%) Analyst
2 22 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 22 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 10 (11.36%) IT Support
4 8 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
4 8 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 8 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 6 (6.82%) Architect
6 5 (5.68%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (5.68%) Technical Architect
7 4 (4.55%) Project Engineer
7 4 (4.55%) Service Desk Engineer
8 3 (3.41%) Content Designer
8 3 (3.41%) Designer
8 3 (3.41%) IT Analyst
8 3 (3.41%) IT Technician
8 3 (3.41%) Lead
8 3 (3.41%) Network Engineer
8 3 (3.41%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (3.41%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.14%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.14%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.68%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (5.68%) Smartphone
3 4 (4.55%) IoT
3 4 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.41%) IVR
4 3 (3.41%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.41%) NHS
4 3 (3.41%) Social Media
5 2 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.14%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.14%) EPoS
6 1 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.14%) LIMS
6 1 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 40 (45.45%) Windows
2 24 (27.27%) Windows 10
3 8 (9.09%) Android
4 5 (5.68%) Apple iOS
5 3 (3.41%) Linux
5 3 (3.41%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (28.41%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (20.45%) ITIL
3 10 (11.36%) Incident Management
3 10 (11.36%) ITSM
3 10 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (10.23%) Service Management
5 8 (9.09%) Service Delivery
6 7 (7.95%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (7.95%) Time Management
7 6 (6.82%) Computer Science
8 5 (5.68%) Agile
8 5 (5.68%) Asset Management
8 5 (5.68%) Due Diligence
8 5 (5.68%) Project Management
8 5 (5.68%) Technical Architecture
8 5 (5.68%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (5.68%) User Experience
8 5 (5.68%) Validation
9 4 (4.55%) Chat Support
9 4 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (13.64%) Degree
2 11 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 11 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.55%) A+ Certification
4 4 (4.55%) CCNA
4 4 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.41%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.27%) CCNP
6 2 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.14%) ISEB
7 1 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.64%) SLA
2 5 (5.68%) GDPR
3 3 (3.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 26 (29.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (3.41%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (4.55%) SCCM
2 2 (2.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 30 (34.09%) Microsoft
2 22 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.82%) Cisco
4 5 (5.68%) Google
4 5 (5.68%) Remedy
5 4 (4.55%) Bomgar
5 4 (4.55%) Citrix
5 4 (4.55%) iManage
5 4 (4.55%) VMware
6 3 (3.41%) Apple
6 3 (3.41%) Wyse
7 2 (2.27%) Nokia
7 2 (2.27%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.14%) Ivanti
8 1 (1.14%) Oracle
8 1 (1.14%) SAP