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 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 31 33
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +4
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 715 1,098 1,256
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.43% 5.22% 5.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.00% 6.27% 6.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 486 615
10th Percentile £135 £135 £122
25th Percentile £164 £172 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £266 £220
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +20.96% +3.53%
75th Percentile £410 £459 £450
90th Percentile £525 £575 £580
UK median daily rate £236 £275 £250
% change year-on-year -14.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 418 353
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.00 -
25th Percentile £14.14 £12.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £16.00 £14.49 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +10.46% +6.04% -5.79%
75th Percentile £20.69 £16.85 £15.75
90th Percentile £28.00 £21.37 £20.56
UK median hourly rate £16.19 £14.84 £13.66
% change year-on-year +9.10% +8.64% -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 11,920 17,503 20,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.53% 83.16% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,359 10,332 13,914
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £370 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 889 2,157 1,243
10th Percentile £13.81 £12.50 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.40 £15.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £74.73
UK median hourly rate £27.52 £36.50 £35.90
% change year-on-year -24.62% +1.67% +39.80%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -14 177 £235 -21.67% 669
South East +4 146 £220 -17.68% 908
Midlands -7 117 £235 +4.44% 379
East of England -9 100 £229 -29.62% 227
North West -18 91 £210 -35.38% 354
South West +30 82 £235 +33.52% 276
West Midlands +8 80 £235 -24.80% 180
Yorkshire -14 75 £275 -8.33% 217
Scotland -6 68 £199 -41.62% 175
East Midlands -5 37 £250 +28.21% 192
Wales +12 24 £263 +19.32% 115
North East -4 11 £110 -81.67% 103
Northern Ireland -13 10 £135 -3.76% 45
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 47 (6.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (6.15%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.56%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.28%) JBoss
4 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.14%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) Confluence
5 1 (0.14%) IIS
5 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 110 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 99 (13.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 63 (8.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.26%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.14%) InDesign
8 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.70%) assyst
2 4 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.42%) Sprinklr
4 2 (0.28%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.28%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) iTrent
5 1 (0.14%) Maximo
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.14%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 181 (25.31%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (8.11%) Azure
3 51 (7.13%) Entra ID
4 33 (4.62%) Google Workspace
5 16 (2.24%) OneDrive
6 15 (2.10%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (0.84%) GCP
9 4 (0.56%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.42%) AWS
10 3 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.42%) Figma
10 3 (0.42%) Nutanix
10 3 (0.42%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.42%) SaaS
11 2 (0.28%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (0.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 1 (0.14%) Asana
12 1 (0.14%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (6.15%) VPN
2 41 (5.73%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (4.76%) Firewall
4 30 (4.20%) Remote Desktop
5 23 (3.22%) LAN
6 18 (2.52%) WAN
7 17 (2.38%) ATM
8 15 (2.10%) DHCP
8 15 (2.10%) Wireless
9 13 (1.82%) DNS
9 13 (1.82%) VLAN
10 8 (1.12%) TCP/IP
10 8 (1.12%) Unified Communications
10 8 (1.12%) VoIP
11 7 (0.98%) Skype
12 6 (0.84%) Internet
13 4 (0.56%) 2G
13 4 (0.56%) 3G
13 4 (0.56%) 4G
13 4 (0.56%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.54%) Power BI
2 8 (1.12%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.28%) Tableau
4 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.14%) Big Data
4 1 (0.14%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.14%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.14%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.14%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.14%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.28%) JIRA
2 1 (0.14%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 419 (58.60%) Social Skills
2 79 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (6.99%) Finance
4 47 (6.57%) Public Sector
5 38 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (4.76%) Retail
7 29 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (3.22%) Legal
9 20 (2.80%) Telecoms
10 17 (2.38%) Banking
11 15 (2.10%) Billing
12 14 (1.96%) German Language
12 14 (1.96%) Law
13 10 (1.40%) Marketing
14 8 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.98%) Military
16 6 (0.84%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.70%) Automotive
17 5 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 173 (24.20%) Analyst
2 107 (14.97%) Service Analyst
3 93 (13.01%) Service Desk Analyst
4 89 (12.45%) Support Engineer
5 82 (11.47%) IT Support
6 80 (11.19%) Desktop Support
7 62 (8.67%) 1st Line Support
8 49 (6.85%) Desktop Engineer
9 48 (6.71%) Administrator
10 44 (6.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 41 (5.73%) IT Engineer
12 40 (5.59%) Support Analyst
13 36 (5.03%) IT Analyst
14 28 (3.92%) Field Engineer
14 28 (3.92%) Support Manager
15 27 (3.78%) Support Assistant
16 24 (3.36%) 2nd Line Support
16 24 (3.36%) IT Support Analyst
17 23 (3.22%) Support Officer
18 21 (2.94%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (0.98%) REST
2 5 (0.70%) JSON
2 5 (0.70%) Web Services
3 3 (0.42%) CSS
3 3 (0.42%) HTML
3 3 (0.42%) React
4 2 (0.28%) IBM Integration Bus
4 2 (0.28%) Middleware
4 2 (0.28%) Node.js
4 2 (0.28%) Parceljs
4 2 (0.28%) RESTful
4 2 (0.28%) SOAP
5 1 (0.14%) .NET
5 1 (0.14%) ADO
5 1 (0.14%) Flash
5 1 (0.14%) J2EE
5 1 (0.14%) Java RMI
5 1 (0.14%) OAuth
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.14%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.99%) iPhone
2 38 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 32 (4.48%) Smartphone
5 30 (4.20%) iPad
6 29 (4.06%) Driving Licence
7 23 (3.22%) Data Centre
8 17 (2.38%) EPoS
9 16 (2.24%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.96%) CMDB
11 12 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (1.40%) Device Driver
13 10 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.26%) NHS
15 6 (0.84%) Social Media
16 5 (0.70%) Clustering
16 5 (0.70%) Frameworx
16 5 (0.70%) IoT
16 5 (0.70%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 216 (30.21%) Windows
2 96 (13.43%) Windows 10
3 45 (6.29%) Mac OS
4 26 (3.64%) Apple iOS
5 23 (3.22%) Android
6 18 (2.52%) Linux
7 12 (1.68%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.56%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.14%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.14%) VMS
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.14%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (35.80%) Problem-Solving
2 215 (30.07%) ITIL
3 143 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 105 (14.69%) Incident Management
5 100 (13.99%) ITSM
6 95 (13.29%) Service Management
7 50 (6.99%) Mathematics
8 44 (6.15%) Time Management
9 37 (5.17%) Agile
10 34 (4.76%) Change Management
11 33 (4.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (3.78%) Collaborative Working
12 27 (3.78%) Mobile Device Management
13 25 (3.50%) Customer Experience
13 25 (3.50%) User Experience
14 24 (3.36%) Project Management
14 24 (3.36%) Stakeholder Management
15 23 (3.22%) Break/Fix
16 20 (2.80%) CRM
16 20 (2.80%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (4.76%) SQL
2 13 (1.82%) PowerShell
3 6 (0.84%) Python
4 5 (0.70%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.56%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.28%) Bash
6 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.14%) C#
7 1 (0.14%) R
7 1 (0.14%) RPG
7 1 (0.14%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 91 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 64 (8.95%) Degree
3 56 (7.83%) A+ Certification
4 55 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 53 (7.41%) SC Cleared
6 31 (4.34%) ITIL Certification
7 30 (4.20%) DBS Check
8 26 (3.64%) MCSA
9 21 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 20 (2.80%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (1.12%) CCNA
14 7 (0.98%) ACSP
14 7 (0.98%) ACTC
15 6 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
17 4 (0.56%) MCP
18 3 (0.42%) CCNP
18 3 (0.42%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.51%) SLA
2 22 (3.08%) GDPR
3 13 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.82%) QA
4 8 (1.12%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.84%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.84%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.56%) PMO
7 2 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.14%) ITGC
System Software
1 178 (24.90%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.12%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.70%) BitLocker
5 4 (0.56%) Docker
5 4 (0.56%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (7.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (4.48%) Jamf Pro
3 31 (4.34%) SCCM
4 6 (0.84%) SmoothWall
5 4 (0.56%) AppManager
5 4 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.56%) Podman
6 2 (0.28%) Ansible
6 2 (0.28%) OPNET
6 2 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.28%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.14%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.14%) SCOM
7 1 (0.14%) ServiceCenter
7 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 303 (42.38%) Microsoft
2 157 (21.96%) ServiceNow
3 54 (7.55%) Citrix
4 44 (6.15%) Apple
5 38 (5.31%) Google
6 33 (4.62%) Cisco
7 23 (3.22%) Nexthink
8 21 (2.94%) VMware
9 20 (2.80%) MobileIron
10 18 (2.52%) HP
11 14 (1.96%) Juniper
12 13 (1.82%) Dell
13 12 (1.68%) McAfee
14 11 (1.54%) IBM
14 11 (1.54%) Remedy
15 10 (1.40%) SAP
16 9 (1.26%) Salesforce
17 8 (1.12%) Ivanti
18 6 (0.84%) Bomgar
19 4 (0.56%) Nokia