Customer Service Contracts in Somerset

Customer Service
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 23 29
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 -3
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Customer Service 12 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 6.70% 3.13% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.36% 4.41% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 2
10th Percentile - - £144
25th Percentile £140 £188 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 £195 £155
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% +25.81% -43.64%
75th Percentile £218 £220 £166
90th Percentile £281 £231 £170
South West median daily rate £235 £195 £200
% change year-on-year +20.51% -2.50% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £13.00 -
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £13.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +147.62% -25.93% -4.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 163 136 164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 91.06% 70.83% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 90 112
10th Percentile £186 £200 £203
25th Percentile £263 £378 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year - +3.90% +1.32%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £652
90th Percentile £745 £676 £722
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% +2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 26
10th Percentile £16.47 - £33.70
25th Percentile - £12.50 £46.05
Median hourly rate £18.51 £16.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +15.69% -69.17% +3.78%
75th Percentile £62.81 £41.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £61.88 £68.09
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +3.85% +18.18%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Somerset

Customer Service
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Customer Service.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Somerset over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in Somerset

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Customer Service.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Customer Service

Customer Service
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 26 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath -2 5 £140 -28.21% 14
Bridgwater - 3 £220 - 1
Street - 2 £178 - 3
Portishead - 2 - -
Customer Service
South West

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 12 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Police
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) IT Support
2 5 (41.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Desktop Support
2 5 (41.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (8.33%) iPad
1 1 (8.33%) iPhone
1 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 3 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) ITIL
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Logistics
4 2 (16.67%) Antivirus Management
4 2 (16.67%) Data Entry
4 2 (16.67%) Inventory Management
4 2 (16.67%) Line Management
4 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Configuration Management
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
5 1 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.33%) Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Storyboarding
5 1 (8.33%) Traceability Matrix
5 1 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) McAfee