Customer Service Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Customer Service skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 65 42
Rank change year-on-year +15 -23 +15
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 72 61 124
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 4.25% 2.84% 4.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.69% 3.32% 5.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 42 90
10th Percentile £160 £178 £148
25th Percentile £180 £200 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £250 £210
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +19.05% -40.00%
75th Percentile £438 £578 £249
90th Percentile £556 £599 £501
South East median daily rate £211 £232 £213
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.09% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 4
10th Percentile - £12.37 £18.73
25th Percentile £14.75 £13.44 £19.06
Median hourly rate £15.50 £16.19 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -21.02% +64.00%
75th Percentile £16.25 £20.46 £34.31
90th Percentile £17.48 £22.43 £56.93
South East median hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -3.13% - -0.93%

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 1,535 1,836 2,426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.56% 85.40% 90.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 952 1,034 1,623
10th Percentile £267 £300 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% -1.92% +4.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £682 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 76 86
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.73 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.91 £29.44 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £51.05
Median % change year-on-year -56.89% +14.28% +155.25%
75th Percentile £51.00 £63.75 £69.81
90th Percentile £79.00 £75.32 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £59.25 £53.00
% change year-on-year -62.02% +11.78% +66.09%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Customer Service.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Customer Service

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 7 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Customer Service.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Customer Service

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 7 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
Berkshire +13 35 £331 -29.52% 65
Buckinghamshire +7 24 £220 +10.00% 36
Oxfordshire +2 13 £225 +80.00% 32
Customer Service
South East

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.39%) IIS
2 1 (1.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (18.06%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (15.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 14 (19.44%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (11.11%) SaaS
3 7 (9.72%) Azure
4 6 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 5 (6.94%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.78%) Oracle CX
7 1 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.56%) SAN
1 4 (5.56%) VPN
1 4 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (4.17%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.78%) DNS
3 2 (2.78%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.56%) Power BI
2 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Browser DevTools
1 3 (4.17%) Firebug
General
1 34 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.83%) Finance
3 8 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.72%) Telecoms
5 6 (8.33%) French Language
6 5 (6.94%) Local Government
7 3 (4.17%) Automotive
7 3 (4.17%) German Language
7 3 (4.17%) Retail
8 2 (2.78%) Front Office
8 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.39%) Banking
9 1 (1.39%) Billing
9 1 (1.39%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.39%) Legal
9 1 (1.39%) Marketing
9 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (30.56%) Analyst
2 11 (15.28%) Senior
2 11 (15.28%) Support Engineer
3 10 (13.89%) Service Analyst
4 8 (11.11%) Desktop Support
4 8 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
5 7 (9.72%) Administrator
5 7 (9.72%) Customer Service Advisor
6 4 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (5.56%) Accountant
6 4 (5.56%) Deskside Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Deskside Support Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Financial Accountant
6 4 (5.56%) IT Analyst
6 4 (5.56%) Senior Accountant
6 4 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (5.56%) Senior Systems Accountant
6 4 (5.56%) Service Desk Support
6 4 (5.56%) Support Analyst
6 4 (5.56%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) CSS
1 4 (5.56%) HTML
1 4 (5.56%) XML
2 1 (1.39%) .NET
2 1 (1.39%) JSON
2 1 (1.39%) OAuth
2 1 (1.39%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.17%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.39%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.39%) iPad
5 1 (1.39%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 27 (37.50%) Windows
2 11 (15.28%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.17%) Mac OS
3 3 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.78%) Debian
4 2 (2.78%) Linux
4 2 (2.78%) Ubuntu
4 2 (2.78%) Unix
4 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (26.39%) ITIL
3 10 (13.89%) Service Delivery
4 9 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 9 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 9 (12.50%) Service Management
5 8 (11.11%) Agile
5 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (9.72%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (9.72%) CRM
6 7 (9.72%) ERP
6 7 (9.72%) Incident Management
7 6 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 6 (8.33%) ITSM
7 6 (8.33%) Process Management
7 6 (8.33%) Project Delivery
7 6 (8.33%) Records Management
8 5 (6.94%) Waterfall
9 4 (5.56%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.56%) Java
1 4 (5.56%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.78%) Python
3 1 (1.39%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.33%) Degree
3 5 (6.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (6.94%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.56%) A+ Certification
4 4 (5.56%) CCAB
5 3 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.17%) MCSA
6 2 (2.78%) Server+ Certification
7 1 (1.39%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.39%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.33%) GDPR
2 4 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.56%) SLA
3 1 (1.39%) QA
System Software
1 15 (20.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (11.11%) SCCM
2 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 34 (47.22%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.28%) SAP
3 10 (13.89%) ServiceNow
4 8 (11.11%) Salesforce
5 3 (4.17%) Citrix
5 3 (4.17%) McAfee
6 2 (2.78%) Oracle
6 2 (2.78%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.78%) Remedy
6 2 (2.78%) Tanium
6 2 (2.78%) VMware