Customer Service Contracts in the South East

Customer Service
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 48 41 43
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 124 232 273
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.12% 4.18% 4.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.50% 4.93% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 149 183
10th Percentile £146 £148 £136
25th Percentile £171 £205 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £275 £215
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +27.91% -14.00%
75th Percentile £466 £550 £460
90th Percentile £536 £575 £592
England median daily rate £250 £275 £250
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 47 21
10th Percentile - £11.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.25 £16.84
Median hourly rate £15.00 £16.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -13.51% +23.33%
75th Percentile £21.27 £18.35 £21.50
90th Percentile £24.90 £22.90 £22.16
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
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 4,707 5,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.54% 84.81% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,757 2,740 3,571
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 435 221
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.26 £23.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.79
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley -31 39 £350 +56.60% 231
Surrey +14 28 £175 -25.43% 62
Berkshire -34 23 £300 +39.53% 108
West Sussex +15 13 £205 -60.95% 28
Kent +5 10 £169 +2.27% 61
Hampshire 0 10 £488 +8.33% 99
Buckinghamshire -2 10 £508 -7.73% 74
Oxfordshire -2 6 £500 +244.83% 70
East Sussex - 5 £275 - 21
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (4.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (7.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.61%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.61%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (1.61%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.81%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 17 (13.71%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (8.87%) Google Workspace
3 8 (6.45%) Azure
4 3 (2.42%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.61%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.81%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (4.84%) Firewall
3 5 (4.03%) Remote Desktop
3 5 (4.03%) VLAN
4 4 (3.23%) 2G
4 4 (3.23%) 3G
4 4 (3.23%) 4G
4 4 (3.23%) 5G
5 2 (1.61%) DHCP
5 2 (1.61%) DNS
5 2 (1.61%) LAN
5 2 (1.61%) Softphone
5 2 (1.61%) VPN
5 2 (1.61%) WAN
6 1 (0.81%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.81%) Big Data
1 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.81%) Power BI
1 1 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (0.81%) Tableau
General
1 76 (61.29%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (9.68%) Finance
4 11 (8.87%) Telecoms
5 8 (6.45%) Billing
6 6 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.03%) Marketing
8 4 (3.23%) Portuguese Language
8 4 (3.23%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.42%) Retail
10 2 (1.61%) Dutch Language
10 2 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Automotive
11 1 (0.81%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.81%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.81%) German Language
11 1 (0.81%) Legal
11 1 (0.81%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 18 (14.52%) Analyst
2 14 (11.29%) Support Engineer
3 12 (9.68%) IT Support
4 11 (8.87%) Service Analyst
5 10 (8.06%) 2nd Line Support
5 10 (8.06%) Server Engineer
5 10 (8.06%) Service Desk Analyst
6 8 (6.45%) 1st Line Support
6 8 (6.45%) Administrator
7 6 (4.84%) IT Analyst
7 6 (4.84%) Lead
7 6 (4.84%) Server Support
7 6 (4.84%) Server Support Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Break Fix Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Designer
8 5 (4.03%) Desktop Support
8 5 (4.03%) Service Desk Support
8 5 (4.03%) Solutions Designer
9 4 (3.23%) Desktop Engineer
9 4 (3.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.03%) JSON
1 5 (4.03%) REST
1 5 (4.03%) Web Services
2 2 (1.61%) Node.js
2 2 (1.61%) Parceljs
2 2 (1.61%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.10%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.26%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.84%) IoT
3 6 (4.84%) iPad
3 6 (4.84%) iPhone
4 5 (4.03%) Frameworx
4 5 (4.03%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.03%) TM Forum
5 4 (3.23%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.23%) Smartphone
6 3 (2.42%) e-Learning
6 3 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.42%) NHS
6 3 (2.42%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.81%) CCTV
8 1 (0.81%) Pharmacovigilance
8 1 (0.81%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.81%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 32 (25.81%) Windows
2 14 (11.29%) Windows 10
3 10 (8.06%) Apple iOS
4 5 (4.03%) Android
5 3 (2.42%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (34.68%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (16.94%) ITIL
3 16 (12.90%) Service Delivery
3 16 (12.90%) Time Management
4 11 (8.87%) CRM
5 10 (8.06%) Break/Fix
6 9 (7.26%) ITSM
7 8 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (5.65%) Workflow
9 6 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (4.84%) Customer Experience
9 6 (4.84%) Incident Management
9 6 (4.84%) Proactive Maintenance
9 6 (4.84%) Service Management
9 6 (4.84%) Technical Leadership
10 5 (4.03%) Network Segmentation
10 5 (4.03%) Post-Production
10 5 (4.03%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (4.03%) Project Delivery
10 5 (4.03%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.23%) SQL
2 2 (1.61%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.81%) Python
3 1 (0.81%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (4.03%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (3.23%) Degree
4 3 (2.42%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.61%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.61%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.61%) MCSA
5 2 (1.61%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) CCDA
6 1 (0.81%) CCDP
6 1 (0.81%) CCNA
6 1 (0.81%) CCNP
6 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.81%) IBM Certification
6 1 (0.81%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.32%) SLA
2 7 (5.65%) QA
System Software
1 16 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.81%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.42%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (23.39%) ServiceNow
2 27 (21.77%) Microsoft
3 17 (13.71%) HP
4 16 (12.90%) IBM
5 15 (12.10%) Dell
6 11 (8.87%) Google
7 7 (5.65%) Salesforce
8 6 (4.84%) MobileIron
8 6 (4.84%) Nexthink
8 6 (4.84%) SAP
9 4 (3.23%) Cisco
10 3 (2.42%) Citrix
11 2 (1.61%) Remedy
11 2 (1.61%) VMware
12 1 (0.81%) D-Link
12 1 (0.81%) F5
12 1 (0.81%) McAfee
12 1 (0.81%) Meraki
12 1 (0.81%) Veeam
12 1 (0.81%) WatchGuard