Customer Service Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Customer Service
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Customer Service skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 24 18
Rank change year-on-year -4 -6 +29
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 12 19 38
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 3.96% 5.38% 9.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.60% 6.67% 10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 25
10th Percentile £178 £192 £128
25th Percentile £189 £200 £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £250 £140
Median % change year-on-year -21.91% +78.57% -24.32%
75th Percentile £256 £619 £195
90th Percentile £365 £650 £369
Wales median daily rate £229 £229 £149
% change year-on-year +0.10% +53.78% -19.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 5
10th Percentile £12.82 - £12.88
25th Percentile £13.87 £20.30 £13.33
Median hourly rate £14.61 £21.59 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.33% -4.04% -
75th Percentile £15.00 £22.89 £33.75
90th Percentile £15.79 - £34.65
Wales median hourly rate £14.61 £21.59 £22.50
% change year-on-year -32.33% -4.04% +50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 261 285 356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 86.14% 80.74% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 142 276
10th Percentile £202 £160 £170
25th Percentile £281 £210 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -11.11% -13.46%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £588
90th Percentile £665 £649 £647
Wales median daily rate £410 £419 £450
% change year-on-year -2.09% -6.94% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 41 20
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £16.63
25th Percentile £14.23 £20.12 £21.86
Median hourly rate £17.50 £25.18 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -30.50% -15.60% +49.16%
75th Percentile £20.75 £40.00 £53.19
90th Percentile £30.75 £50.00 £55.38
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.18 £27.17
% change year-on-year -18.59% -7.31% +50.92%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Customer Service relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Customer Service job vacancy trend in South Wales

Customer Service
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in South Wales over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in South Wales

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Glamorgan -4 7 - - 26
Cardiff -9 3 £183 -43.85% 17
Torfaen - 2 £310 -
Merthyr Tydfil - 1 - -
Customer Service
Wales

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Broadband
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Games
2 2 (16.67%) Legal
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Customer Service Advisor
1 2 (16.67%) IT Support
1 2 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
1 2 (16.67%) IT Technician
1 2 (16.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (8.33%) Facilitator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 5 (41.67%) Ticket Management
4 2 (16.67%) EAM
4 2 (16.67%) Information Governance
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (8.33%) Agile
5 1 (8.33%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Break/Fix
5 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Change Management
5 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
5 1 (8.33%) Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) BT
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft