Customer Service Contracts in the South West

Customer Service
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 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 70 44
Rank change year-on-year +22 -26 +37
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 62 87 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.68% 2.73% 4.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 3.29% 5.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 46 60
10th Percentile £140 £135 £117
25th Percentile £200 £152 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £175 £205
Median % change year-on-year +43.27% -14.67% -18.20%
75th Percentile £470 £264 £338
90th Percentile £594 £463 £538
England median daily rate £250 £275 £250
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 32 82
10th Percentile £13.41 £10.42 -
25th Percentile £14.78 £11.87 -
Median hourly rate £18.25 £14.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +30.36% +42.86% -57.85%
75th Percentile £35.63 £15.72 -
90th Percentile £37.50 £17.25 -
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 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,522 2,648 3,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.33% 82.98% 89.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 966 1,690 2,398
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 335 334
10th Percentile £18.36 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.61 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.50 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.37
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West 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
Bristol +29 26 £235 -14.55% 66
Wiltshire +34 14 £470 +133.54% 49
Somerset +5 9 £375 +102.70% 51
Gloucestershire +12 7 £235 +38.24% 67
Dorset -11 5 £220 +27.17% 36
Devon +6 1 - - 43
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (11.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.61%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (20.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (27.42%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.68%) Azure
3 2 (3.23%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.61%) AWS
4 1 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 11 (17.74%) VPN
2 8 (12.90%) Firewall
3 3 (4.84%) BGP
3 3 (4.84%) DHCP
3 3 (4.84%) DNS
3 3 (4.84%) LAN
3 3 (4.84%) VoIP
3 3 (4.84%) WAN
4 2 (3.23%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (3.23%) IOS XR
4 2 (3.23%) MPLS
4 2 (3.23%) OSPF
4 2 (3.23%) VLAN
4 2 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.61%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.61%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.61%) Wireless
General
1 30 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.45%) Finance
5 2 (3.23%) Legal
5 2 (3.23%) Military
5 2 (3.23%) Police
5 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Banking
6 1 (1.61%) Local Government
6 1 (1.61%) Private Banking
6 1 (1.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (30.65%) Analyst
2 15 (24.19%) Support Engineer
3 13 (20.97%) Desktop Support
4 12 (19.35%) Service Analyst
4 12 (19.35%) Service Desk Analyst
5 8 (12.90%) Administrator
5 8 (12.90%) Desktop Engineer
5 8 (12.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 8 (12.90%) Network Administrator
6 7 (11.29%) Support Officer
7 6 (9.68%) Applications Support
7 6 (9.68%) Senior
7 6 (9.68%) Support Analyst
8 5 (8.06%) IT Support
8 5 (8.06%) Senior Applications Support
9 4 (6.45%) IT Analyst
10 3 (4.84%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
10 3 (4.84%) Deskside Support
10 3 (4.84%) Incident Manager
10 3 (4.84%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Management Information System
2 8 (12.90%) CMDB
3 4 (6.45%) iPad
3 4 (6.45%) iPhone
3 4 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (3.23%) PKI
5 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.61%) Clustering
5 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (37.10%) Windows
2 10 (16.13%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.23%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.61%) Android
4 1 (1.61%) Linux
4 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (46.77%) ITIL
2 18 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (29.03%) Service Delivery
3 13 (20.97%) Change Management
4 10 (16.13%) Service Management
4 10 (16.13%) Time Management
5 9 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (14.52%) Incident Management
6 8 (12.90%) ITSM
7 7 (11.29%) Data Protection
8 6 (9.68%) Benchmarking
8 6 (9.68%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (9.68%) Data Security
8 6 (9.68%) Logistics
9 5 (8.06%) Case Management
9 5 (8.06%) Project Management
9 5 (8.06%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (8.06%) User Experience
10 4 (6.45%) Agile
10 4 (6.45%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) SQL
2 1 (1.61%) Bash
2 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (40.32%) Security Cleared
2 14 (22.58%) DV Cleared
3 11 (17.74%) SC Cleared
4 9 (14.52%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (12.90%) A+ Certification
6 5 (8.06%) Degree
6 5 (8.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (4.84%) CCNA
7 3 (4.84%) CCNP
7 3 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (4.84%) MCP
8 1 (1.61%) APMP
8 1 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.29%) GDPR
2 6 (9.68%) Data Quality
3 5 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (4.84%) SLA
5 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 23 (37.10%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.61%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.84%) SCCM
3 2 (3.23%) AppManager
3 2 (3.23%) OPNET
3 2 (3.23%) ZABBIX
4 1 (1.61%) Ansible
4 1 (1.61%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.61%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (1.61%) Puppet
4 1 (1.61%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.52%) Juniper
3 8 (12.90%) Cisco
3 8 (12.90%) ServiceNow
4 5 (8.06%) Citrix
4 5 (8.06%) VMware
5 4 (6.45%) McAfee
6 3 (4.84%) Remedy
7 2 (3.23%) Ivanti
7 2 (3.23%) Nokia
7 2 (3.23%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.61%) Apple
8 1 (1.61%) Aruba
8 1 (1.61%) HP
8 1 (1.61%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.61%) Veritas