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 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 61 70
Rank change year-on-year +25 +9 -10
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 82 81 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 4.30% 2.92% 2.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.80% 3.50% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 44 43
10th Percentile £158 £135 £127
25th Percentile £200 £148 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £198 £200
Median % change year-on-year +18.99% -1.25% -16.67%
75th Percentile £388 £450 £348
90th Percentile £473 £595 £539
England median daily rate £250 £275 £238
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 23 15
10th Percentile £15.16 £11.75 £15.62
25th Percentile £24.56 £12.50 £16.22
Median hourly rate £32.50 £13.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +147.62% -25.93% -4.22%
75th Percentile £33.75 £15.25 £22.38
90th Percentile £37.50 £15.62 £46.95
England median hourly rate £15.84 £15.12 £15.00
% change year-on-year +4.76% +0.80% -3.23%

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 1,709 2,312 2,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.71% 83.44% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 996 1,493 2,055
10th Percentile £220 £264 £313
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% +2.48%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 266 250
10th Percentile £14.92 £14.95 £18.95
25th Percentile £18.51 £43.75 £44.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £64.15
Median % change year-on-year -61.60% +2.11% +18.79%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £75.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £76.25 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.85
% change year-on-year -41.51% +5.28% +54.13%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +18 37 £235 -46.29% 64
Wiltshire +19 19 £470 +170.50% 19
Gloucestershire +25 10 £278 +63.53% 65
Somerset 0 8 £153 -27.38% 41
Dorset -2 7 £205 +18.50% 29
Devon +4 1 - - 15
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 12 (14.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (9.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.22%) CMS
Applications
1 16 (19.51%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 22 (26.83%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.66%) OneDrive
2 3 (3.66%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.44%) Azure
4 1 (1.22%) AWS
4 1 (1.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.07%) Firewall
2 10 (12.20%) VPN
3 4 (4.88%) VoIP
3 4 (4.88%) WAN
4 3 (3.66%) DHCP
4 3 (3.66%) DNS
4 3 (3.66%) LAN
4 3 (3.66%) VLAN
4 3 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.44%) ATM
6 1 (1.22%) BGP
6 1 (1.22%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.22%) Network Security
6 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.22%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.66%) Power BI
General
1 40 (48.78%) Social Skills
2 17 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.76%) Finance
4 6 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.66%) Banking
6 2 (2.44%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.44%) Military
6 2 (2.44%) Police
7 1 (1.22%) Aviation
7 1 (1.22%) Billing
7 1 (1.22%) Legal
7 1 (1.22%) Local Government
7 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Private Banking
7 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (34.15%) Desktop Support
2 27 (32.93%) Analyst
3 20 (24.39%) Support Analyst
4 15 (18.29%) Support Engineer
5 13 (15.85%) Administrator
5 13 (15.85%) IT Support
5 13 (15.85%) Network Administrator
6 12 (14.63%) Deskside Support
7 11 (13.41%) Deskside Analyst
7 11 (13.41%) Deskside Support Analyst
7 11 (13.41%) Technology Support Analyst
8 10 (12.20%) Desktop Engineer
8 10 (12.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 7 (8.54%) IT Analyst
9 7 (8.54%) IT Support Analyst
9 7 (8.54%) Support Officer
10 6 (7.32%) Desktop Analyst
10 6 (7.32%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 6 (7.32%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 6 (7.32%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.76%) CMDB
2 7 (8.54%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.54%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.88%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.44%) EPoS
6 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.22%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.22%) PKI
6 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (24.39%) Windows
2 8 (9.76%) Windows 10
3 5 (6.10%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.22%) Android
4 1 (1.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (52.44%) ITIL
2 25 (30.49%) ITSM
2 25 (30.49%) Service Management
3 20 (24.39%) Service Delivery
4 18 (21.95%) Change Management
5 10 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (9.76%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (9.76%) Logistics
7 7 (8.54%) Case Management
7 7 (8.54%) Data Protection
7 7 (8.54%) Project Management
8 6 (7.32%) Agile
8 6 (7.32%) Benchmarking
8 6 (7.32%) Data Security
8 6 (7.32%) Incident Management
9 5 (6.10%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (4.88%) Data Analysis
10 4 (4.88%) User Experience
10 4 (4.88%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (41.46%) Security Cleared
2 17 (20.73%) DV Cleared
2 17 (20.73%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.20%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (8.54%) A+ Certification
5 7 (8.54%) Degree
5 7 (8.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.44%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.44%) MCP
7 1 (1.22%) APMP
7 1 (1.22%) CCNA
7 1 (1.22%) CCNP
7 1 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 6 (7.32%) GDPR
3 5 (6.10%) SLA
4 3 (3.66%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (20.73%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.66%) AppManager
2 3 (3.66%) SCCM
3 2 (2.44%) OPNET
4 1 (1.22%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.22%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 41 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (23.17%) ServiceNow
3 13 (15.85%) Juniper
4 9 (10.98%) Cisco
5 7 (8.54%) Citrix
6 5 (6.10%) VMware
7 3 (3.66%) Ivanti
7 3 (3.66%) Remedy
8 1 (1.22%) Apple
8 1 (1.22%) IFS
8 1 (1.22%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.22%) SAP
8 1 (1.22%) SolarWinds