Customer Service Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Customer Service
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Customer Service skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 31 56
Rank change year-on-year -24 +25 +10
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 93 95 58
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 4.11% 5.68% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.72% 6.58% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 51 32
10th Percentile £128 £160 £150
25th Percentile £163 £190 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £350 £220
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +59.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £250 £567 £355
90th Percentile £491 £650 £631
England median daily rate £213 £250 £239
% change year-on-year -15.00% +4.71% -4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 12
10th Percentile £14.00 - £12.55
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.70 £13.19
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.30 £15.02
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +41.78% -0.96%
75th Percentile £23.50 £27.80 £17.43
90th Percentile £27.21 £30.68 £17.72
England median hourly rate £16.34 £16.23 £15.48
% change year-on-year +0.65% +4.84% -0.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,971 1,444 1,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 87.06% 86.36% 85.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,247 910 1,045
10th Percentile £263 £225 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% -
75th Percentile £583 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £714 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 49 48
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £14.42
25th Percentile £16.03 £16.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.23% -4.35% +29.94%
75th Percentile £27.21 £33.75 £58.13
90th Percentile £35.96 £52.50 £67.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Customer Service.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Customer Service.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
Birmingham -12 37 £195 -42.22% 48
Warwickshire +3 22 £215 -62.61% 2
Coventry -14 5 £475 +127.54% 10
Solihull - 5 £575 - 3
Staffordshire +4 4 £200 - 17
Shropshire -44 3 £494 -12.49% 17
Smethwick - 3 - - 1
Wolverhampton +2 2 £227 - 8
Worcestershire -21 2 £175 +20.69% 17
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (4.30%) HCL Notes
2 3 (3.23%) CMS
2 3 (3.23%) Confluence
2 3 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (13.98%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (8.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (6.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.23%) Maximo
3 1 (1.08%) Aareon QL
3 1 (1.08%) iTrent
3 1 (1.08%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (1.08%) NEC Housing
3 1 (1.08%) OPENHousing
3 1 (1.08%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.83%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
2 9 (9.68%) Power Platform
3 6 (6.45%) Azure
3 6 (6.45%) Power Automate
3 6 (6.45%) PowerApps
4 3 (3.23%) Google Workspace
5 2 (2.15%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.90%) VPN
2 7 (7.53%) TCP/IP
3 6 (6.45%) DHCP
3 6 (6.45%) DNS
4 4 (4.30%) VoIP
5 2 (2.15%) Wireless
6 1 (1.08%) Firewall
6 1 (1.08%) NAS
6 1 (1.08%) SAN
6 1 (1.08%) Telepresence
6 1 (1.08%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.15%) Metadata
2 1 (1.08%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Git
1 1 (1.08%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.08%) JIRA
1 1 (1.08%) Selenium
General
1 48 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 24 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (11.83%) Public Sector
5 10 (10.75%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (6.45%) Finance
7 4 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.30%) Legal
8 3 (3.23%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.23%) Automotive
8 3 (3.23%) Marketing
8 3 (3.23%) Publishing
9 2 (2.15%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.08%) Advertising
10 1 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.08%) Law
10 1 (1.08%) Retail
10 1 (1.08%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 27 (29.03%) Analyst
2 18 (19.35%) IT Support
3 16 (17.20%) IT Analyst
4 14 (15.05%) Support Analyst
5 12 (12.90%) Service Analyst
6 11 (11.83%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (11.83%) Service Desk Analyst
7 10 (10.75%) 1st Line Support
7 10 (10.75%) IT Support Analyst
7 10 (10.75%) Support Engineer
8 9 (9.68%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 6 (6.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 6 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 6 (6.45%) Administrator
9 6 (6.45%) Field Engineer
9 6 (6.45%) IT Engineer
9 6 (6.45%) IT Technician
9 6 (6.45%) Technical Specialist
10 5 (5.38%) Junior Analyst
10 5 (5.38%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.45%) .NET
1 6 (6.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.60%) Data Centre
1 8 (8.60%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (6.45%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 4 (4.30%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.23%) IoT
4 3 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.15%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.08%) iPad
6 1 (1.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 21 (22.58%) Windows
2 13 (13.98%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.23%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.08%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (22.58%) ITIL
3 16 (17.20%) CRM
4 13 (13.98%) Service Delivery
5 12 (12.90%) Time Management
6 10 (10.75%) Service Management
7 8 (8.60%) Customer Experience
7 8 (8.60%) ITSM
7 8 (8.60%) Proactive Monitoring
8 7 (7.53%) Change Management
9 6 (6.45%) Mobile Device Management
9 6 (6.45%) Ticket Management
10 5 (5.38%) AI
10 5 (5.38%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (5.38%) Customer Engagement
10 5 (5.38%) Disk Encryption
10 5 (5.38%) Inventory Management
10 5 (5.38%) Problem Management
11 4 (4.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (4.30%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.45%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.30%) SQL
3 3 (3.23%) C#
4 1 (1.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (9.68%) DBS Check
1 9 (9.68%) Degree
2 8 (8.60%) Security Cleared
3 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (6.45%) MCP
5 5 (5.38%) MCDST
5 5 (5.38%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.23%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.15%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.45%) SLA
2 2 (2.15%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.08%) GDPR
3 1 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (17.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.08%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (9.68%) SCCM
2 1 (1.08%) Ansible
2 1 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 32 (34.41%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.68%) ServiceNow
3 8 (8.60%) Cisco
4 5 (5.38%) iManage
4 5 (5.38%) Mitel
5 4 (4.30%) HP
5 4 (4.30%) Lotus
5 4 (4.30%) Netskope
6 3 (3.23%) Google
6 3 (3.23%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.15%) SAP
8 1 (1.08%) Apple
8 1 (1.08%) Ariba
8 1 (1.08%) Capita
8 1 (1.08%) Civica
8 1 (1.08%) Commvault
8 1 (1.08%) Dell
8 1 (1.08%) NEC
8 1 (1.08%) Northgate
8 1 (1.08%) Orchard