Customer Service Contracts in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 35 56
Rank change year-on-year -28 +21 -12
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 39 140 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.58% 5.21% 3.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 5.98% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 108 72
10th Percentile £125 £148 £176
25th Percentile £256 £205 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £215 £483
Median % change year-on-year +62.79% -55.44% +114.44%
75th Percentile £536 £550 £591
90th Percentile £543 £575 £744
South East median daily rate £250 £255 £224
% change year-on-year -1.96% +13.97% -10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 18 7
10th Percentile - £11.50 £11.00
25th Percentile £13.08 £13.52 £15.25
Median hourly rate £14.08 £17.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% -12.50% +85.70%
75th Percentile £17.49 £18.75 £23.00
90th Percentile £18.94 £30.00 £28.00
South East median hourly rate £15.00 £16.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% -13.51% +23.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire -34 23 £300 +39.53% 134
Buckinghamshire -3 10 £508 -7.73% 99
Oxfordshire -4 6 £500 +244.83% 79
Customer Service
South East

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (2.56%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (12.82%) Azure
2 5 (12.82%) Google Workspace
3 3 (7.69%) OneDrive
4 2 (5.13%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (12.82%) Firewall
2 5 (12.82%) VLAN
3 2 (5.13%) VPN
4 1 (2.56%) DHCP
4 1 (2.56%) DNS
4 1 (2.56%) LAN
4 1 (2.56%) WAN
General
1 20 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Billing
2 7 (17.95%) Telecoms
3 5 (12.82%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Retail
5 2 (5.13%) Dutch Language
5 2 (5.13%) Marketing
6 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Automotive
6 1 (2.56%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (2.56%) Electronics
6 1 (2.56%) German Language
6 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (17.95%) Analyst
2 5 (12.82%) Designer
2 5 (12.82%) IT Support
2 5 (12.82%) Lead
2 5 (12.82%) Solutions Designer
3 4 (10.26%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (7.69%) Service Analyst
4 3 (7.69%) Service Desk Support
4 3 (7.69%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Administrator
5 2 (5.13%) Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Customer Service Administrator
5 2 (5.13%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) IT Administrator
5 2 (5.13%) IT Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) JSON
1 5 (12.82%) REST
1 5 (12.82%) Web Services
2 2 (5.13%) Node.js
2 2 (5.13%) Parceljs
2 2 (5.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Frameworx
1 5 (12.82%) TM Forum
2 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (5.13%) NHS
4 1 (2.56%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.56%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.56%) IoT
4 1 (2.56%) Pharmacovigilance
4 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (28.21%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (23.08%) Service Delivery
3 8 (20.51%) ITIL
4 7 (17.95%) Workflow
5 6 (15.38%) CRM
5 6 (15.38%) Customer Experience
5 6 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (12.82%) Agile
6 5 (12.82%) Business Strategy
6 5 (12.82%) Content Management
6 5 (12.82%) Microservices
6 5 (12.82%) Network Segmentation
6 5 (12.82%) Post-Production
6 5 (12.82%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (12.82%) Process Improvement
6 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (12.82%) UML
7 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (7.69%) API Integration
8 3 (7.69%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.13%) A+ Certification
2 2 (5.13%) Degree
2 2 (5.13%) MCSA
2 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) CCDA
3 1 (2.56%) CCDP
3 1 (2.56%) CCNA
3 1 (2.56%) CCNP
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (17.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 8 (20.51%) ServiceNow
3 6 (15.38%) Salesforce
4 5 (12.82%) Google
4 5 (12.82%) SAP
5 3 (7.69%) Cisco
5 3 (7.69%) HP
6 2 (5.13%) Citrix
7 1 (2.56%) Apple
7 1 (2.56%) Dell
7 1 (2.56%) F5
7 1 (2.56%) IBM
7 1 (2.56%) McAfee