Customer Service Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Customer Service
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring Customer Service skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 14 22
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 7 10 4
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 14.00% 9.35% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.91% 13.51% 3.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile - £179 £104
25th Percentile £213 £185 £110
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £210 £120
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +75.00% -30.43%
75th Percentile £238 £230 £154
90th Percentile - £325 £174
East of England median daily rate £220 £225 £175
% change year-on-year -2.22% +28.57% -13.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.50
Median hourly rate £18.92 - £14.00
75th Percentile - - £14.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £14.50
% change year-on-year -1.42% +11.93% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44 74 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 88.00% 69.16% 83.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 32 80
10th Percentile £212 £187 £248
25th Percentile £240 £300 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £700
90th Percentile £550 £629 £745
East of England median daily rate £501 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.22% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 1
10th Percentile £13.47 - -
25th Percentile £14.78 £14.05 £13.50
Median hourly rate £17.46 £14.60 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.59% +4.29% -
75th Percentile £20.48 £51.91 £14.50
90th Percentile £23.28 £52.27 -
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% +50.00% -4.76%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Customer Service
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 11 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
Leiston +9 6 £220 +20.55% 1
Ipswich +8 1 - - 6
Customer Service
East of England

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Desktop Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Desktop Support
1 6 (85.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Assistant
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Assistant
3 1 (14.29%) Procurement Assistant
3 1 (14.29%) Support Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) iPad
1 3 (42.86%) iPhone
1 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows 10
2 3 (42.86%) Apple iOS
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Antivirus Management
2 6 (85.71%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Inventory Management
3 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Catalogue
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) McAfee
2 3 (42.86%) Starlink