Customer Service Contracts

Customer Service
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 31 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 60 66
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 +19
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 1,081 1,368 1,764
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.29% 3.44% 3.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 4.03% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 688 966
10th Percentile £130 £142 £130
25th Percentile £170 £185 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £271 £243
Median % change year-on-year -12.36% +11.75% -3.00%
75th Percentile £438 £500 £500
90th Percentile £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £233 £234 £215
% change year-on-year -0.37% +8.66% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 366 315
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.75 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.13 £13.18 £13.85
Median hourly rate £15.92 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £20.69 £17.94 £19.63
90th Percentile £25.15 £22.00 £23.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £14.84 £14.50
% change year-on-year +4.45% +2.34% -3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,714 33,945 48,046
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.45% 85.44% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,636 21,810 32,978
10th Percentile £300 £308 £320
25th Percentile £404 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £736 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,632 1,968 1,574
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.71 £18.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +60.38%
75th Percentile £50.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.00 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £40.33 £40.00
% change year-on-year -41.72% +0.81% +83.65%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 31 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 31 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 31 July 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
England -16 944 £250 -9.09% 2,661
UK excluding London -3 751 £233 -0.37% 1,962
London -31 279 £311 +7.33% 960
South East +16 187 £225 -7.22% 573
North of England -22 181 £211 -35.00% 459
Work from Home -35 181 £319 -25.09% 886
Midlands -6 128 £235 -5.05% 328
North West -15 89 £155 -52.31% 217
East of England -15 86 £223 -19.09% 205
West Midlands -2 81 £235 -32.86% 207
South West +32 79 £243 +32.51% 208
Yorkshire -16 79 £275 -38.89% 181
Scotland -7 69 £200 -5.88% 141
East Midlands -5 47 £195 +2.63% 120
Wales +7 16 £221 -14.90% 70
North East +1 13 £110 -30.16% 70
Northern Ireland -16 11 £250 +66.67% 23

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 52 (4.81%) SharePoint
2 50 (4.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.46%) CMS
4 4 (0.37%) Confluence
4 4 (0.37%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.19%) IIS
5 2 (0.19%) JBoss
5 2 (0.19%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.093%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.093%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.093%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.093%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.093%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.093%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 159 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
2 135 (12.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 62 (5.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.19%) Maya
8 1 (0.093%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.093%) InDesign
8 1 (0.093%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.093%) Revit
8 1 (0.093%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.65%) assyst
3 5 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.37%) Sprinklr
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.19%) iTrent
6 2 (0.19%) Magento
6 2 (0.19%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.19%) SAP IS-U
6 2 (0.19%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.093%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.093%) Maximo
7 1 (0.093%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.093%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.093%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.093%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.093%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 221 (20.44%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (8.79%) Azure
3 66 (6.11%) Power Platform
4 63 (5.83%) Entra ID
5 49 (4.53%) Google Workspace
6 47 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
7 30 (2.78%) PowerApps
8 28 (2.59%) Power Automate
9 18 (1.67%) OneDrive
10 15 (1.39%) SaaS
11 12 (1.11%) GCP
12 11 (1.02%) AWS
13 7 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.46%) IaaS
15 4 (0.37%) Azure Stack
15 4 (0.37%) PaaS
15 4 (0.37%) Serverless
16 3 (0.28%) Azure Functions
16 3 (0.28%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.98%) VPN
2 41 (3.79%) LAN
3 38 (3.52%) Wi-Fi
4 35 (3.24%) Firewall
5 32 (2.96%) WAN
6 29 (2.68%) Wireless
7 25 (2.31%) TCP/IP
8 23 (2.13%) DNS
9 21 (1.94%) DHCP
10 17 (1.57%) ATM
11 16 (1.48%) Remote Desktop
11 16 (1.48%) VLAN
11 16 (1.48%) VoIP
12 12 (1.11%) Unified Communications
13 8 (0.74%) Internet
14 7 (0.65%) SAN
15 5 (0.46%) WebEx
16 3 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
16 3 (0.28%) IP Telephony
16 3 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.16%) Power BI
2 10 (0.93%) Relational Database
2 10 (0.93%) Tableau
3 8 (0.74%) SQL Server
4 6 (0.56%) MariaDB
4 6 (0.56%) MySQL
4 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.37%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.28%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.28%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.19%) Big Data
8 2 (0.19%) Metadata
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.093%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.093%) Looker
9 1 (0.093%) Power Query
9 1 (0.093%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 18 (1.67%) JIRA
2 6 (0.56%) Browser DevTools
2 6 (0.56%) Firebug
3 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.19%) Git
4 1 (0.093%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.093%) Toad
4 1 (0.093%) Visual Studio
General
1 610 (56.43%) Social Skills
2 126 (11.66%) Finance
3 114 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (7.49%) Public Sector
5 52 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
6 48 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (4.35%) Banking
8 42 (3.89%) Telecoms
9 41 (3.79%) Retail
10 36 (3.33%) Marketing
11 31 (2.87%) Legal
12 27 (2.50%) Local Government
13 23 (2.13%) Billing
14 18 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
14 18 (1.67%) Law
14 18 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.30%) German Language
16 11 (1.02%) French Language
16 11 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 234 (21.65%) Analyst
2 118 (10.92%) Support Engineer
3 112 (10.36%) IT Support
3 112 (10.36%) Service Analyst
4 99 (9.16%) Desktop Support
5 92 (8.51%) Service Desk Analyst
6 75 (6.94%) 1st Line Support
7 74 (6.85%) Support Analyst
8 64 (5.92%) Administrator
9 59 (5.46%) IT Engineer
10 52 (4.81%) Desktop Engineer
11 50 (4.63%) IT Analyst
12 47 (4.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 36 (3.33%) Support Officer
14 35 (3.24%) 2nd Line Support
14 35 (3.24%) IT Support Analyst
15 34 (3.15%) Senior
16 31 (2.87%) Support Manager
17 30 (2.78%) Architect
17 30 (2.78%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.30%) HTML
2 10 (0.93%) CSS
2 10 (0.93%) REST
3 9 (0.83%) JSON
4 7 (0.65%) Web Services
4 7 (0.65%) XML
5 6 (0.56%) .NET
5 6 (0.56%) React
6 5 (0.46%) SOAP
7 3 (0.28%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.28%) Middleware
8 2 (0.19%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.19%) EDI
8 2 (0.19%) IBM Integration Bus
9 1 (0.093%) Flash
9 1 (0.093%) J2EE
9 1 (0.093%) Java RMI
9 1 (0.093%) OAuth
9 1 (0.093%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.093%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (5.64%) iPhone
2 57 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
3 55 (5.09%) Driving Licence
4 41 (3.79%) Data Centre
4 41 (3.79%) Onboarding
5 40 (3.70%) iPad
6 36 (3.33%) Smartphone
7 35 (3.24%) Management Information System
8 22 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (1.67%) CMDB
10 16 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.20%) EPoS
12 11 (1.02%) NHS
13 10 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
14 9 (0.83%) Social Media
15 7 (0.65%) Product Ownership
16 6 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
16 6 (0.56%) Security Posture
16 6 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 5 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 248 (22.94%) Windows
2 99 (9.16%) Windows 10
3 67 (6.20%) Mac OS
4 44 (4.07%) Apple iOS
5 36 (3.33%) Android
6 23 (2.13%) Linux
7 14 (1.30%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.65%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.46%) Unix
10 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.37%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.37%) VMS
12 2 (0.19%) Debian
12 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.19%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (29.14%) Problem-Solving
2 233 (21.55%) ITIL
3 169 (15.63%) ITSM
4 167 (15.45%) Service Delivery
5 164 (15.17%) Service Management
6 95 (8.79%) Incident Management
7 68 (6.29%) Agile
8 66 (6.11%) CRM
9 63 (5.83%) Project Management
10 54 (5.00%) Customer Experience
11 53 (4.90%) Business Intelligence
12 52 (4.81%) Stakeholder Management
13 50 (4.63%) Change Management
14 49 (4.53%) Time Management
15 48 (4.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 43 (3.98%) Process Improvement
17 41 (3.79%) Collaborative Working
17 41 (3.79%) Mathematics
18 36 (3.33%) Asset Management
19 35 (3.24%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 53 (4.90%) SQL
2 26 (2.41%) JavaScript
3 21 (1.94%) Python
4 8 (0.74%) C#
5 6 (0.56%) TypeScript
6 5 (0.46%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.28%) Java
8 2 (0.19%) C++
8 2 (0.19%) R
9 1 (0.093%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.093%) Bash
9 1 (0.093%) COBOL
9 1 (0.093%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.093%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.093%) PHP
9 1 (0.093%) Ruby
9 1 (0.093%) VB
Qualifications
1 133 (12.30%) Security Cleared
2 94 (8.70%) Degree
3 90 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 51 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 36 (3.33%) DBS Check
6 34 (3.15%) A+ Certification
6 34 (3.15%) DV Cleared
7 27 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
8 24 (2.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 20 (1.85%) MCSA
10 13 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.93%) ACSP
11 10 (0.93%) ACTC
12 9 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.65%) CCNA
14 6 (0.56%) CISSP
15 5 (0.46%) CIPD
15 5 (0.46%) Network+ Certification
16 4 (0.37%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (7.31%) SLA
2 29 (2.68%) GDPR
3 17 (1.57%) QA
4 15 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.30%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.11%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
8 7 (0.65%) PMO
9 3 (0.28%) ITGC
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.093%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.093%) COBIT
11 1 (0.093%) GRC
11 1 (0.093%) GxP
11 1 (0.093%) ISO 15022
11 1 (0.093%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 194 (17.95%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.93%) vSphere
4 9 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.46%) BitLocker
5 5 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.19%) Docker
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.19%) XenApp
7 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.093%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 57 (5.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (3.15%) Jamf Pro
3 24 (2.22%) SCCM
4 6 (0.56%) SmoothWall
5 4 (0.37%) AppManager
6 3 (0.28%) Terraform
7 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.19%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.19%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.19%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.19%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.19%) OPNET
7 2 (0.19%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 1 (0.093%) Ansible
8 1 (0.093%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.093%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.093%) Cisco LMS
8 1 (0.093%) Cisco UCCX
8 1 (0.093%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 401 (37.10%) Microsoft
2 202 (18.69%) ServiceNow
3 62 (5.74%) Apple
4 60 (5.55%) Google
5 52 (4.81%) Citrix
6 41 (3.79%) Cisco
7 39 (3.61%) Salesforce
8 32 (2.96%) SAP
9 30 (2.78%) HP
10 29 (2.68%) Dell
10 29 (2.68%) Nexthink
11 27 (2.50%) MobileIron
12 26 (2.41%) Oracle
13 24 (2.22%) VMware
14 16 (1.48%) Juniper
15 15 (1.39%) Remedy
16 14 (1.30%) IBM
17 11 (1.02%) Adobe
18 6 (0.56%) Ivanti
18 6 (0.56%) McAfee