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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 43 42
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 134 224 272
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.51% 4.09% 4.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.93% 4.84% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 142 180
10th Percentile £143 £148 £136
25th Percentile £168 £205 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £244 £213
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +14.59% -15.00%
75th Percentile £475 £558 £438
90th Percentile £536 £575 £580
England median daily rate £250 £275 £241
% change year-on-year -9.09% +14.23% +0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 45 24
10th Percentile - £11.50 £13.75
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.25 £15.87
Median hourly rate £15.00 £15.48 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% -16.32% +23.33%
75th Percentile £21.85 £18.00 £20.38
90th Percentile £28.00 £22.25 £22.16
England median hourly rate £15.84 £14.84 £13.58
% change year-on-year +6.74% +9.28% -9.47%

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 2,716 4,624 5,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.32% 84.35% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,732 2,697 3,519
10th Percentile £250 £250 £248
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £619
90th Percentile £665 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 223
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.00 £16.37
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.20 £22.16
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -3.06% +127.91%
75th Percentile £62.37 £62.50 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £37.34
% change year-on-year -20.55% -2.25% +49.36%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -24 44 £350 +62.79% 223
Surrey +12 27 £175 -25.43% 90
Berkshire -26 25 £275 +27.91% 107
West Sussex +19 15 £205 -60.95% 31
Hampshire +1 11 £488 +13.04% 135
Buckinghamshire -3 11 £508 +9.73% 68
Kent 0 10 £169 +2.27% 71
Oxfordshire -4 8 £500 +244.83% 65
East Sussex - 5 £275 - 14
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 (4.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (10.45%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (8.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (7.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.49%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.49%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (1.49%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.75%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.18%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (8.21%) Google Workspace
3 8 (5.97%) Azure
4 3 (2.24%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.49%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.72%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (4.48%) Firewall
3 5 (3.73%) Remote Desktop
3 5 (3.73%) VLAN
4 4 (2.99%) 2G
4 4 (2.99%) 3G
4 4 (2.99%) 4G
4 4 (2.99%) 5G
5 2 (1.49%) DHCP
5 2 (1.49%) DNS
5 2 (1.49%) LAN
5 2 (1.49%) Softphone
5 2 (1.49%) VPN
5 2 (1.49%) WAN
6 1 (0.75%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) Big Data
1 1 (0.75%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.75%) Power BI
1 1 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (0.75%) Tableau
General
1 81 (60.45%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.70%) Finance
4 12 (8.96%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.97%) Billing
6 6 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.73%) Marketing
8 4 (2.99%) Portuguese Language
8 4 (2.99%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.99%) Retail
9 3 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.49%) Automotive
10 2 (1.49%) Dutch Language
10 2 (1.49%) German Language
10 2 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.49%) Local Government
11 1 (0.75%) Electronics
11 1 (0.75%) Legal
11 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (15.67%) Analyst
2 16 (11.94%) Support Engineer
3 13 (9.70%) Service Analyst
4 12 (8.96%) 2nd Line Support
4 12 (8.96%) IT Support
4 12 (8.96%) Service Desk Analyst
5 10 (7.46%) Administrator
6 9 (6.72%) Server Engineer
7 8 (5.97%) 1st Line Support
7 8 (5.97%) IT Analyst
8 7 (5.22%) Lead
9 6 (4.48%) Customer Service Administrator
9 6 (4.48%) Desktop Support
9 6 (4.48%) Server Support
9 6 (4.48%) Server Support Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) Break Fix Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) Designer
10 5 (3.73%) Service Desk Support
10 5 (3.73%) Solutions Designer
11 4 (2.99%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.73%) JSON
1 5 (3.73%) REST
1 5 (3.73%) Web Services
2 2 (1.49%) Node.js
2 2 (1.49%) Parceljs
2 2 (1.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.70%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.48%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.48%) IoT
3 6 (4.48%) iPad
3 6 (4.48%) iPhone
4 5 (3.73%) Frameworx
4 5 (3.73%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.73%) TM Forum
5 4 (2.99%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.99%) Smartphone
6 3 (2.24%) e-Learning
6 3 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.24%) NHS
6 3 (2.24%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.75%) BYOD
8 1 (0.75%) Pharmacovigilance
8 1 (0.75%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 35 (26.12%) Windows
2 15 (11.19%) Windows 10
3 10 (7.46%) Apple iOS
4 5 (3.73%) Android
5 3 (2.24%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (35.07%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (17.91%) ITIL
3 19 (14.18%) Service Delivery
4 16 (11.94%) Time Management
5 11 (8.21%) CRM
6 9 (6.72%) Break/Fix
6 9 (6.72%) ITSM
7 8 (5.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (5.22%) Incident Management
8 7 (5.22%) Service Management
8 7 (5.22%) Workflow
9 6 (4.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (4.48%) Customer Experience
9 6 (4.48%) Proactive Maintenance
9 6 (4.48%) Project Delivery
9 6 (4.48%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (4.48%) User Experience
10 5 (3.73%) Business Strategy
10 5 (3.73%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (3.73%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.99%) SQL
2 2 (1.49%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.75%) Python
3 1 (0.75%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (4.48%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (2.99%) Degree
4 3 (2.24%) A+ Certification
4 3 (2.24%) MCSA
5 2 (1.49%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.49%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.49%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.75%) CCDA
6 1 (0.75%) CCDP
6 1 (0.75%) CCNA
6 1 (0.75%) CCNP
6 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.75%) IBM Certification
6 1 (0.75%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (12.69%) SLA
2 6 (4.48%) QA
System Software
1 18 (13.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (23.13%) Microsoft
2 29 (21.64%) ServiceNow
3 15 (11.19%) HP
4 14 (10.45%) IBM
5 13 (9.70%) Dell
6 11 (8.21%) Google
7 7 (5.22%) Salesforce
7 7 (5.22%) SAP
8 6 (4.48%) MobileIron
8 6 (4.48%) Nexthink
9 4 (2.99%) Cisco
9 4 (2.99%) Citrix
10 3 (2.24%) Remedy
11 2 (1.49%) VMware
12 1 (0.75%) Alteryx
12 1 (0.75%) Apple
12 1 (0.75%) McAfee
12 1 (0.75%) Meraki
12 1 (0.75%) Veeam
12 1 (0.75%) WatchGuard