Customer Service Contracts in the West Midlands

Customer Service
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 53 46
Rank change year-on-year +18 -7 +7
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 86 78 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.21% 3.52% 4.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.16% 4.02% 5.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 34 112
10th Percentile £138 £160 £130
25th Percentile £188 £213 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £400 £246
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +62.44% +64.17%
75th Percentile £492 £555 £500
90th Percentile £625 £688 £550
England median daily rate £275 £240 £250
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 25
10th Percentile £10.42 £11.00 £11.21
25th Percentile £13.09 £12.25 £12.66
Median hourly rate £14.50 £13.00 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -17.41% +18.93%
75th Percentile £17.75 £14.40 £17.75
90th Percentile £25.04 £17.48 £19.14
England median hourly rate £14.84 £13.62 £15.00
% change year-on-year +8.96% -9.20% +11.11%

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 1,667 1,939 3,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 81.64% 87.62% 90.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,104 1,316 2,338
10th Percentile £265 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.00% +16.53%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £586
90th Percentile £731 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 51 58
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.50 £12.18
25th Percentile £14.31 £14.03 £13.90
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year - +30.43% +15.00%
75th Percentile £40.38 £28.75 £19.97
90th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £24.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the West Midlands

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 20 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend 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 20 June 2024. 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 +9 35 £350 -3.45% 64
Warwickshire +9 22 £244 +5.98% 30
Shropshire - 8 £117 - 10
Staffordshire +5 4 £269 +67.97% 44
Coventry +5 4 £550 +10.00% 17
Solihull -8 4 £145 - 6
Worcestershire +3 2 £200 - 13
Tipton - 2 £313 - 1
Dudley - 2 £369 - 3
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (9.30%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.33%) CMS
3 2 (2.33%) Drupal
3 2 (2.33%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (1.16%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 14 (16.28%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.16%) MFGPRO
2 1 (1.16%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.16%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 23 (26.74%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (11.63%) Azure
3 9 (10.47%) Entra ID
3 9 (10.47%) Power Platform
4 8 (9.30%) OneDrive
5 6 (6.98%) Power Automate
5 6 (6.98%) PowerApps
6 5 (5.81%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.33%) OCI
7 2 (2.33%) WhatsApp
8 1 (1.16%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.14%) VPN
2 6 (6.98%) Unified Communications
3 4 (4.65%) DNS
3 4 (4.65%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (4.65%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.33%) ADSL
4 2 (2.33%) DHCP
4 2 (2.33%) Ethernet
4 2 (2.33%) Firewall
4 2 (2.33%) Internet
4 2 (2.33%) MPLS
4 2 (2.33%) PSTN
4 2 (2.33%) WAN
4 2 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.14%) Power BI
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
General
1 63 (73.26%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (16.28%) Finance
3 6 (6.98%) Marketing
4 5 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.49%) German Language
5 3 (3.49%) Local Government
5 3 (3.49%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.33%) Retail
6 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.16%) Automotive
7 1 (1.16%) Back Office
7 1 (1.16%) Banking
7 1 (1.16%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (24.42%) Analyst
2 15 (17.44%) Service Analyst
3 14 (16.28%) Service Desk Analyst
4 10 (11.63%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (10.47%) Support Analyst
5 9 (10.47%) Support Engineer
6 8 (9.30%) IT Analyst
6 8 (9.30%) Service Desk Support
6 8 (9.30%) Service Desk Support Analyst
7 6 (6.98%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 6 (6.98%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) 1st Line Support
8 4 (4.65%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (4.65%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
8 4 (4.65%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (4.65%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 4 (4.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.33%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.16%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.14%) NHS
2 6 (6.98%) Digital Signage
2 6 (6.98%) PKI
3 4 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.49%) Graphic Design
4 3 (3.49%) Industry 4.0
4 3 (3.49%) IoT
4 3 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.49%) Social Media
5 2 (2.33%) iPad
5 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.16%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.16%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.16%) CMDB
6 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.16%) EPoS
6 1 (1.16%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.16%) IVR
6 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (32.56%) Windows
2 18 (20.93%) Windows 10
3 8 (9.30%) Windows Server
3 8 (9.30%) Windows Server 2016
3 8 (9.30%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (2.33%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.33%) Windows 7
4 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.16%) Android
5 1 (1.16%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.16%) HPUX
5 1 (1.16%) Linux
5 1 (1.16%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.16%) Unix
5 1 (1.16%) Windows 8
5 1 (1.16%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (18.60%) ITIL
2 14 (16.28%) Ticket Management
3 13 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (11.63%) Agile
4 10 (11.63%) Service Delivery
5 9 (10.47%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (8.14%) Business Transformation
7 7 (8.14%) Change Management
7 7 (8.14%) Project Management
8 6 (6.98%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 5 (5.81%) Analytical Thinking
9 5 (5.81%) CRM
9 5 (5.81%) ERP
9 5 (5.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (5.81%) Workshop Facilitation
10 4 (4.65%) Analytics
10 4 (4.65%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (4.65%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.16%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (10.47%) Degree
2 3 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.33%) BC Cleared
3 2 (2.33%) Dell Certification
3 2 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (2.33%) MCSE
3 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.16%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.16%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.60%) SLA
2 2 (2.33%) QA
3 1 (1.16%) GDPR
3 1 (1.16%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (26.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.33%) Terminal Services
2 2 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (11.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.98%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (4.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (30.23%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.63%) Oracle
3 8 (9.30%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.81%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.65%) Cisco
6 3 (3.49%) Apple
6 3 (3.49%) HP
6 3 (3.49%) SAP
7 2 (2.33%) BT
7 2 (2.33%) Dell
7 2 (2.33%) Fujitsu
7 2 (2.33%) Laserfiche
7 2 (2.33%) Openreach
7 2 (2.33%) Sun
7 2 (2.33%) VMware
8 1 (1.16%) Adobe
8 1 (1.16%) Ivanti
8 1 (1.16%) Progress
8 1 (1.16%) QAD
8 1 (1.16%) Red Hat