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 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 36 35
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 +18
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 92 107 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.20% 4.45% 4.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.73% 5.29% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 33 63
10th Percentile - £200 £150
25th Percentile £129 £230 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £149 £325 £260
Median % change year-on-year -54.17% +25.00% +30.00%
75th Percentile £214 £538 £575
90th Percentile £300 £598 £648
England median daily rate £250 £275 £238
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 36 28
10th Percentile £12.21 - £14.00
25th Percentile £12.62 - £15.72
Median hourly rate £13.16 £10.95 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +20.18% -35.01% -3.71%
75th Percentile £14.60 £17.40 £18.00
90th Percentile £19.82 £27.00 £19.58
England median hourly rate £15.84 £15.12 £15.00
% change year-on-year +4.76% +0.80% -3.23%

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 1,943 2,023 2,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.64% 84.12% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,252 1,216 1,765
10th Percentile £282 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £406 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £671 £680 £661
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 167 157
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.90
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.06 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.19 £35.00 £30.76
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +13.80% +41.21%
75th Percentile £55.37 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.13 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.75 £40.55
% change year-on-year -41.17% +5.44% +50.28%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -20 34 £210 -40.00% 137
Merseyside +19 30 £133 -42.39% 25
Cheshire -14 20 £150 -50.00% 44
Cumbria -6 5 £602 +200.75% 9
Lancashire -4 2 - - 123
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 5 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.09%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.43%) assyst
2 1 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 14 (15.22%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.43%) GCP
3 1 (1.09%) Azure
3 1 (1.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.09%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (18.48%) LAN
2 14 (15.22%) WAN
3 5 (5.43%) DHCP
3 5 (5.43%) DNS
3 5 (5.43%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.35%) VPN
5 3 (3.26%) Unified Communications
6 2 (2.17%) ATM
7 1 (1.09%) 2G
7 1 (1.09%) 3G
7 1 (1.09%) 4G
7 1 (1.09%) 5G
7 1 (1.09%) Firewall
7 1 (1.09%) Internet
7 1 (1.09%) IP Telephony
7 1 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.09%) Skype
7 1 (1.09%) VoIP
7 1 (1.09%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.09%) Looker
General
1 50 (54.35%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (9.78%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (8.70%) Finance
5 6 (6.52%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.43%) Law
6 5 (5.43%) Local Government
6 5 (5.43%) Police
7 4 (4.35%) French Language
8 3 (3.26%) Billing
9 2 (2.17%) Banking
9 2 (2.17%) Games
9 2 (2.17%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.17%) Retail
9 2 (2.17%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.09%) Dutch Language
10 1 (1.09%) Legal
10 1 (1.09%) Military
10 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (29.35%) Analyst
2 17 (18.48%) IT Support
2 17 (18.48%) Service Desk Analyst
3 16 (17.39%) Service Analyst
4 14 (15.22%) IT Technician
5 10 (10.87%) Desktop Support
6 9 (9.78%) Support Analyst
7 7 (7.61%) 1st Line Support
7 7 (7.61%) IT Engineer
7 7 (7.61%) Support Engineer
8 5 (5.43%) Architect
8 5 (5.43%) Support Officer
9 4 (4.35%) Deskside Analyst
9 4 (4.35%) Deskside Support
9 4 (4.35%) Deskside Support Analyst
9 4 (4.35%) IT Analyst
9 4 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (4.35%) Project Engineer
9 4 (4.35%) Technical Architect
9 4 (4.35%) Technology Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.87%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.52%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.43%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.17%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.09%) EPoS
5 1 (1.09%) IoT
5 1 (1.09%) LIMS
5 1 (1.09%) NHS
5 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.09%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (22.83%) Windows
2 8 (8.70%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.17%) Android
3 2 (2.17%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (33.70%) Service Management
2 20 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (19.57%) ITIL
4 12 (13.04%) ITSM
4 12 (13.04%) Service Delivery
5 8 (8.70%) Test Automation
6 7 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (6.52%) Computer Science
7 6 (6.52%) Data Analysis
7 6 (6.52%) Workflow
8 5 (5.43%) Project Management
8 5 (5.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (5.43%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (4.35%) Customer Experience
9 4 (4.35%) Data Entry
9 4 (4.35%) Due Diligence
9 4 (4.35%) Technical Architecture
9 4 (4.35%) Time Management
10 3 (3.26%) CRM
10 3 (3.26%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (14.13%) Security Cleared
2 9 (9.78%) SC Cleared
3 7 (7.61%) DBS Check
3 7 (7.61%) Degree
4 4 (4.35%) A+ Certification
4 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.52%) SLA
2 2 (2.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (31.52%) Microsoft
2 17 (18.48%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.43%) Google
4 2 (2.17%) Ivanti
5 1 (1.09%) Bomgar
5 1 (1.09%) Cisco
5 1 (1.09%) iManage
5 1 (1.09%) Meraki
5 1 (1.09%) Oracle
5 1 (1.09%) Remedy
5 1 (1.09%) Salesforce