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 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 54 49
Rank change year-on-year +31 -5 -4
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 169 115 183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 6.05% 3.82% 4.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.22% 4.25% 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 54 90
10th Percentile £143 £137 £127
25th Percentile £200 £200 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £288 £216
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +32.95% +13.82%
75th Percentile £381 £531 £388
90th Percentile £588 £650 £540
England median daily rate £275 £240 £250
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 18 20
10th Percentile - £13.60 £12.57
25th Percentile £10.95 £15.79 £15.19
Median hourly rate £11.22 £16.85 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.40% -3.71% +34.62%
75th Percentile £16.50 £18.44 £18.80
90th Percentile £18.08 £19.48 £28.75
England median hourly rate £14.84 £13.62 £15.00
% change year-on-year +8.96% -9.20% +11.11%

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 2,341 2,704 3,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.85% 89.77% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,900 2,591
10th Percentile £310 £313 £241
25th Percentile £401 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £660
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 142 155
10th Percentile £11.00 £16.02 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.13 £20.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.54 £23.70
Median % change year-on-year -8.32% +28.86% +30.83%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.75 £52.63
90th Percentile £66.61 £59.08 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

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 20 June 2024.

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 20 June 2024.

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 20 June 2024. 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 +15 82 £350 -6.67% 146
Cumbria +7 29 £200 -56.76% 13
Cheshire +6 28 £220 +2.33% 51
Merseyside +19 19 £148 -43.81% 34
Lancashire +11 9 £325 +168.04% 43
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 8 (4.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.37%) IBM Notes
3 3 (1.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 43 (25.44%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (13.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (5.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (17.16%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (7.10%) AWS
3 10 (5.92%) Azure
4 3 (1.78%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.18%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.59%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.59%) IaaS
6 1 (0.59%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.14%) Ethernet
1 7 (4.14%) LAN
1 7 (4.14%) OSPF
1 7 (4.14%) VPN
1 7 (4.14%) WAN
1 7 (4.14%) Wireless
1 7 (4.14%) Wireless Security
2 5 (2.96%) Firewall
3 4 (2.37%) DNS
4 3 (1.78%) DHCP
5 1 (0.59%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.59%) SQL Server
General
1 74 (43.79%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.43%) Public Sector
3 8 (4.73%) Legal
4 7 (4.14%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.14%) Finance
5 4 (2.37%) Law
6 2 (1.18%) Banking
6 2 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.18%) Retail
7 1 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (30.77%) Analyst
2 38 (22.49%) Service Analyst
3 37 (21.89%) Service Desk Analyst
4 29 (17.16%) Service Desk Agent
5 17 (10.06%) IT Support
6 11 (6.51%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
7 9 (5.33%) Business Analyst
8 7 (4.14%) Network Engineer
9 6 (3.55%) Senior
10 5 (2.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 5 (2.96%) Help Desk Support
10 5 (2.96%) IT Analyst
10 5 (2.96%) IT Support Analyst
10 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Engineer
10 5 (2.96%) Project Manager
10 5 (2.96%) Support Analyst
11 4 (2.37%) 1st Line Engineer
11 4 (2.37%) IT Engineer
11 4 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (2.37%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.78%) AWS CDK
1 3 (1.78%) Node.js
1 3 (1.78%) React
1 3 (1.78%) Spring
1 3 (1.78%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.59%) Google Maps API
2 1 (0.59%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.55%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.59%) AS400
3 1 (0.59%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.59%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.59%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 69 (40.83%) Windows
2 41 (24.26%) Windows 10
3 8 (4.73%) Linux
4 4 (2.37%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.18%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (44.97%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (22.49%) Time Management
3 27 (15.98%) Decision-Making
4 17 (10.06%) Migration
5 12 (7.10%) Agile
6 11 (6.51%) ITIL
7 9 (5.33%) Project Management
8 7 (4.14%) Incident Management
8 7 (4.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (4.14%) Service Delivery
8 7 (4.14%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (3.55%) Information Security
9 6 (3.55%) PRINCE2
9 6 (3.55%) Requirements Workshops
10 5 (2.96%) Customer Experience
10 5 (2.96%) Service Management
10 5 (2.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (2.96%) Target Operating Model
11 4 (2.37%) Conflict Resolution
11 4 (2.37%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.37%) Java
2 3 (1.78%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.59%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.59%) Python
3 1 (0.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (20.71%) Security Cleared
2 33 (19.53%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.28%) Degree
4 7 (4.14%) CCNA
4 7 (4.14%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.18%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.59%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.59%) MCP
6 1 (0.59%) MCSE
6 1 (0.59%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (33.14%) SLA
2 26 (15.38%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (1.78%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.18%) GDPR
System Software
1 28 (16.57%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 13 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.59%) Docker
4 1 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (4.14%) SCCM
2 3 (1.78%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 68 (40.24%) Microsoft
2 26 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 13 (7.69%) VMware
4 4 (2.37%) Lotus
5 3 (1.78%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.78%) Veeam
6 2 (1.18%) Apple
6 2 (1.18%) Bomgar
6 2 (1.18%) iManage
6 2 (1.18%) SAP
7 1 (0.59%) Facebook
7 1 (0.59%) Google
7 1 (0.59%) Sophos