Customer Service Contracts in the UK excluding London

Customer Service
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 36 30 34
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +1
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 662 1,113 1,338
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.19% 5.36% 5.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.74% 6.32% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 485 678
10th Percentile £140 £135 £121
25th Percentile £160 £172 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £275 £220
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% +25.00% +6.02%
75th Percentile £410 £500 £450
90th Percentile £533 £575 £588
UK median daily rate £250 £275 £250
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 424 365
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.00 -
25th Percentile £14.60 £12.47 £9.80
Median hourly rate £16.23 £14.50 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +11.93% +6.15% -5.79%
75th Percentile £21.58 £16.50 £16.85
90th Percentile £28.38 £20.75 £21.21
UK median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £13.66
% change year-on-year +8.20% +9.81% -8.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the UK excluding London

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the UK excluding London

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the UK excluding London

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the UK excluding London

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the UK excluding London

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England -16 171 £235 -21.67% 538
South East -10 124 £250 -1.96% 568
Midlands +4 120 £231 -20.79% 350
East of England -7 100 £245 -24.62% 244
West Midlands +15 90 £231 -31.70% 179
North West -19 89 £205 -36.92% 282
Yorkshire -13 74 £275 -5.42% 206
South West +22 63 £243 +37.78% 252
Scotland -6 60 £205 -39.71% 153
East Midlands -8 30 £190 -5.00% 158
Wales +10 22 £284 +28.98% 107
North East -7 8 £110 -68.12% 61
Northern Ireland -8 8 £141 -25.60% 20
Customer Service
UK

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 53 (8.01%) SharePoint
2 47 (7.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.45%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.30%) JBoss
4 2 (0.30%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.15%) CMS
5 1 (0.15%) IIS
5 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 102 (15.41%) Microsoft Office
2 98 (14.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 66 (9.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.36%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.15%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (0.15%) QuarkXPress
Business Applications
1 5 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.30%) iTrent
3 2 (0.30%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (0.30%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.15%) assyst
4 1 (0.15%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.15%) Maximo
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.15%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 187 (28.25%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (8.01%) Azure
3 37 (5.59%) Entra ID
4 23 (3.47%) Google Workspace
4 23 (3.47%) OneDrive
5 15 (2.27%) Power Platform
6 8 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (0.91%) GCP
8 4 (0.60%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.45%) Figma
9 3 (0.45%) Nutanix
9 3 (0.45%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.30%) AWS
10 2 (0.30%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (0.30%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 1 (0.15%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.15%) GitHub
11 1 (0.15%) OCI
11 1 (0.15%) SaaS
11 1 (0.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (8.01%) VPN
2 51 (7.70%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (5.14%) Remote Desktop
4 30 (4.53%) Firewall
4 30 (4.53%) LAN
5 27 (4.08%) WAN
6 22 (3.32%) DHCP
7 20 (3.02%) DNS
7 20 (3.02%) VLAN
8 17 (2.57%) VoIP
9 12 (1.81%) ATM
9 12 (1.81%) Wireless
10 8 (1.21%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.06%) Skype
12 6 (0.91%) Internet
12 6 (0.91%) Network Security
12 6 (0.91%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.60%) 4G
13 4 (0.60%) Fibre Channel
13 4 (0.60%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.81%) Power BI
2 7 (1.06%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.30%) Tableau
4 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.15%) Big Data
4 1 (0.15%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.15%) Essbase
4 1 (0.15%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.15%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.15%) JIRA
1 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 366 (55.29%) Social Skills
2 72 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (7.55%) Public Sector
4 43 (6.50%) Finance
5 32 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (3.63%) Retail
7 22 (3.32%) Legal
8 19 (2.87%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.27%) German Language
10 14 (2.11%) Banking
11 13 (1.96%) Billing
12 11 (1.66%) Law
13 10 (1.51%) Marketing
14 8 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.06%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.91%) Back Office
16 6 (0.91%) Hungarian Language
17 5 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 160 (24.17%) Analyst
2 109 (16.47%) Service Analyst
3 99 (14.95%) Service Desk Analyst
4 93 (14.05%) Support Engineer
5 65 (9.82%) Desktop Support
6 64 (9.67%) IT Support
7 48 (7.25%) 1st Line Support
8 47 (7.10%) Desktop Engineer
9 42 (6.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 36 (5.44%) IT Engineer
11 31 (4.68%) Administrator
12 28 (4.23%) IT Analyst
12 28 (4.23%) Support Analyst
13 24 (3.63%) 2nd Line Support
13 24 (3.63%) Field Engineer
13 24 (3.63%) Support Assistant
14 21 (3.17%) Support Manager
14 21 (3.17%) Technical Analyst
15 20 (3.02%) Support Officer
16 18 (2.72%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.91%) REST
2 5 (0.76%) JSON
2 5 (0.76%) Web Services
3 2 (0.30%) IBM Integration Bus
3 2 (0.30%) Middleware
3 2 (0.30%) Node.js
3 2 (0.30%) Parceljs
3 2 (0.30%) React
3 2 (0.30%) RESTful
4 1 (0.15%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.15%) ADO
4 1 (0.15%) CSS
4 1 (0.15%) J2EE
4 1 (0.15%) Java RMI
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.15%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.15%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.15%) SOAP
4 1 (0.15%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.59%) iPhone
2 36 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (5.14%) Management Information System
4 31 (4.68%) Data Centre
5 28 (4.23%) Smartphone
6 23 (3.47%) Driving Licence
7 22 (3.32%) iPad
8 16 (2.42%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.96%) CMDB
10 12 (1.81%) EPoS
11 11 (1.66%) NHS
12 10 (1.51%) Device Driver
12 10 (1.51%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.91%) IoT
14 6 (0.91%) Virtual Team
15 5 (0.76%) Clustering
15 5 (0.76%) Frameworx
15 5 (0.76%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 214 (32.33%) Windows
2 110 (16.62%) Windows 10
3 35 (5.29%) Mac OS
4 22 (3.32%) Android
5 20 (3.02%) Linux
6 18 (2.72%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.66%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.45%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.45%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.30%) Unix
11 1 (0.15%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.15%) VMS
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (34.89%) Problem-Solving
2 191 (28.85%) ITIL
3 132 (19.94%) Service Delivery
4 109 (16.47%) Incident Management
5 72 (10.88%) ITSM
6 66 (9.97%) Service Management
7 54 (8.16%) Mathematics
8 49 (7.40%) Time Management
9 33 (4.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (4.68%) Agile
11 28 (4.23%) Change Management
11 28 (4.23%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (4.08%) Break/Fix
13 26 (3.93%) Customer Experience
14 23 (3.47%) Asset Management
15 21 (3.17%) Mobile Device Management
15 21 (3.17%) User Experience
16 20 (3.02%) Project Management
17 19 (2.87%) Collaborative Working
17 19 (2.87%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (4.68%) SQL
2 13 (1.96%) PowerShell
3 6 (0.91%) Python
4 4 (0.60%) Shell Script
5 3 (0.45%) Bash
5 3 (0.45%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.30%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.15%) R
7 1 (0.15%) RPG
7 1 (0.15%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 78 (11.78%) Security Cleared
2 61 (9.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 60 (9.06%) A+ Certification
4 58 (8.76%) Degree
5 50 (7.55%) SC Cleared
6 29 (4.38%) MCSA
7 25 (3.78%) DBS Check
7 25 (3.78%) ITIL Certification
8 14 (2.11%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 10 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.51%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (1.36%) CCNA
11 6 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.91%) MCP
12 5 (0.76%) ACSP
12 5 (0.76%) ACTC
13 4 (0.60%) CCNP
14 3 (0.45%) CCENT
14 3 (0.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (11.33%) SLA
2 18 (2.72%) GDPR
2 18 (2.72%) QA
3 9 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.21%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.91%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.15%) ITGC
8 1 (0.15%) PMO
8 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 182 (27.49%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.36%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.91%) BitLocker
5 4 (0.60%) Docker
5 4 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 51 (7.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (5.59%) SCCM
3 24 (3.63%) Jamf Pro
4 11 (1.66%) AppManager
5 5 (0.76%) SmoothWall
6 4 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (0.60%) Podman
7 3 (0.45%) Ansible
8 2 (0.30%) OPNET
8 2 (0.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.30%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.15%) Cisco UCCX
9 1 (0.15%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) SCOM
9 1 (0.15%) ServiceCenter
9 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 272 (41.09%) Microsoft
2 149 (22.51%) ServiceNow
3 56 (8.46%) Citrix
4 35 (5.29%) Apple
5 33 (4.98%) Cisco
6 28 (4.23%) Google
6 28 (4.23%) VMware
7 27 (4.08%) HP
8 22 (3.32%) Dell
9 20 (3.02%) IBM
10 17 (2.57%) Nexthink
11 15 (2.27%) Ivanti
12 12 (1.81%) McAfee
13 11 (1.66%) MobileIron
13 11 (1.66%) Remedy
14 9 (1.36%) Juniper
14 9 (1.36%) Salesforce
15 7 (1.06%) SAP
16 6 (0.91%) Bomgar
17 5 (0.76%) Oracle