Customer Service Contracts with Work from Home Options

Customer Service
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 99 93 140
Rank change year-on-year -6 +47 +17
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 329 582 845
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.23% 2.44% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 2.72% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 367 556
10th Percentile £150 £135 £145
25th Percentile £204 £204 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +3.13% +18.52%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £626 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £275 £250 £250
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -12.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 29 60
10th Percentile £12.75 £12.50 £12.17
25th Percentile £13.92 £14.25 £14.81
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.00 £19.23
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -22.00% +32.62%
75th Percentile £19.26 £22.16 £22.38
90th Percentile £23.94 £36.90 £29.38
UK median hourly rate £14.84 £13.66 £15.00
% change year-on-year +8.64% -8.93% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Customer Service
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Customer Service trend for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Customer Service.

Customer Service daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Customer Service daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Customer Service.

Customer Service hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Customer Service hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 6 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.91%) IBM HTTP Server
3 3 (0.91%) WebSphere
3 3 (0.91%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (0.91%) WebSphere Portal
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 48 (14.59%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (8.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.82%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.52%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (2.43%) NEC Housing
3 4 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.22%) SAP SD
3 4 (1.22%) Workfront
4 2 (0.61%) JDE OneWorld
4 2 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.61%) Primavera
4 2 (0.61%) Shopify
4 2 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.61%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.30%) Actimize
5 1 (0.30%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.30%) iTrent
5 1 (0.30%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.30%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 47 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (12.77%) Azure
3 20 (6.08%) Dynamics 365
4 19 (5.78%) AWS
5 15 (4.56%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.04%) Power Automate
7 8 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.43%) Entra ID
7 8 (2.43%) SaaS
8 4 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 4 (1.22%) GCP
8 4 (1.22%) IaaS
8 4 (1.22%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.91%) Amazon Bedrock
9 3 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (0.91%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (0.91%) Azure AI
9 3 (0.91%) OCI
9 3 (0.91%) OpenShift
9 3 (0.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.78%) Firewall
1 19 (5.78%) TCP/IP
2 18 (5.47%) VPN
3 16 (4.86%) SAN
4 11 (3.34%) Internet
5 6 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.52%) LAN
6 5 (1.52%) Wireless
7 4 (1.22%) HTTP
7 4 (1.22%) WAN
8 3 (0.91%) DNS
8 3 (0.91%) MPLS
8 3 (0.91%) NAS
8 3 (0.91%) VLAN
9 2 (0.61%) ADSL
9 2 (0.61%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.61%) DHCP
9 2 (0.61%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.61%) PSTN
9 2 (0.61%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.04%) Power BI
2 6 (1.82%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.52%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.22%) Big Data
4 4 (1.22%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.91%) Hadoop
5 3 (0.91%) MySQL
5 3 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.91%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.91%) Tableau
6 2 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.30%) Metadata
7 1 (0.30%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.30%) QlikView
7 1 (0.30%) Redash
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.30%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 6 (1.82%) JIRA
2 3 (0.91%) Git
2 3 (0.91%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.61%) Maven
4 1 (0.30%) Android Studio
General
1 159 (48.33%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (13.68%) Finance
4 37 (11.25%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.99%) Marketing
6 18 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.65%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.34%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.74%) Banking
9 9 (2.74%) Legal
9 9 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.43%) Local Government
11 5 (1.52%) Electronics
11 5 (1.52%) Retail
12 4 (1.22%) Billing
13 3 (0.91%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Law
13 3 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 74 (22.49%) Analyst
2 38 (11.55%) Service Analyst
3 37 (11.25%) Service Desk Analyst
4 36 (10.94%) Consultant
5 34 (10.33%) Developer
6 29 (8.81%) Senior
7 18 (5.47%) Support Engineer
8 15 (4.56%) IT Support
9 14 (4.26%) Architect
9 14 (4.26%) Support Analyst
10 13 (3.95%) 1st Line Support
10 13 (3.95%) Functional Consultant
10 13 (3.95%) ServiceNow Developer
11 12 (3.65%) Coordinator
11 12 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.74%) Python Developer
13 8 (2.43%) Administrator
13 8 (2.43%) Applications Support
13 8 (2.43%) IT Manager
13 8 (2.43%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.29%) Web Services
2 7 (2.13%) .NET
2 7 (2.13%) Middleware
3 6 (1.82%) CSS
4 5 (1.52%) J2EE
5 4 (1.22%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.22%) Entity Framework
5 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
5 4 (1.22%) WCF
6 3 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.91%) HTML
6 3 (0.91%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.91%) Spring
7 2 (0.61%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.61%) Jest
7 2 (0.61%) jQuery
7 2 (0.61%) React
7 2 (0.61%) VML
7 2 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.43%) Management Information System
1 8 (2.43%) Onboarding
2 5 (1.52%) Housing Association
2 5 (1.52%) Product Ownership
2 5 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (1.52%) Virtual Team
3 4 (1.22%) BYOD
3 4 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (0.91%) Algorithms
4 3 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (0.91%) Distributed Applications
4 3 (0.91%) Driving Licence
4 3 (0.91%) Social Media
5 2 (0.61%) Client/Server
5 2 (0.61%) CMDB
5 2 (0.61%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.61%) IoT
5 2 (0.61%) iPad
5 2 (0.61%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 83 (25.23%) Windows
2 23 (6.99%) Windows 10
3 20 (6.08%) Linux
4 11 (3.34%) Windows 7
5 9 (2.74%) Debian
5 9 (2.74%) Mac OS
5 9 (2.74%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.43%) Unix
7 6 (1.82%) Windows Server
8 5 (1.52%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.91%) Android
9 3 (0.91%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.30%) HPUX
10 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (23.10%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (18.54%) ITIL
3 51 (15.50%) Agile
4 46 (13.98%) Service Management
5 39 (11.85%) Service Delivery
6 33 (10.03%) CRM
7 29 (8.81%) ITSM
8 23 (6.99%) Migration
8 23 (6.99%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (6.38%) Asset Management
9 21 (6.38%) IT Asset Management
9 21 (6.38%) Operations Management
9 21 (6.38%) Time Management
10 20 (6.08%) Business Intelligence
10 20 (6.08%) Project Management
11 19 (5.78%) Configuration Management
12 17 (5.17%) API Development
12 17 (5.17%) Prototyping
13 16 (4.86%) Customer Requirements
13 16 (4.86%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.78%) Python
2 18 (5.47%) SQL
3 10 (3.04%) C#
4 8 (2.43%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.13%) Java
5 7 (2.13%) PL/SQL
5 7 (2.13%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.82%) Perl
7 5 (1.52%) Bash
8 3 (0.91%) PHP
8 3 (0.91%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.61%) C++
9 2 (0.61%) VBScript
10 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.30%) R
10 1 (0.30%) Rust
10 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (15.50%) Security Cleared
2 43 (13.07%) SC Cleared
3 40 (12.16%) Degree
4 11 (3.34%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (1.52%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.61%) BC Cleared
8 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.61%) PMP
8 2 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.30%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.73%) SLA
2 11 (3.34%) QA
3 8 (2.43%) GDPR
4 6 (1.82%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.22%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.91%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.91%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.61%) COBIT
8 2 (0.61%) GRC
8 2 (0.61%) P3O
8 2 (0.61%) PMO
9 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 53 (16.11%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.52%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.22%) Docker
5 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.22%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.22%) SCCM
3 3 (0.91%) Ansible
3 3 (0.91%) Terraform
4 2 (0.61%) Nessus
4 2 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.61%) WSUS
5 1 (0.30%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 111 (33.74%) Microsoft
2 47 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 22 (6.69%) VMware
4 18 (5.47%) SAP
5 14 (4.26%) Oracle
6 13 (3.95%) Cisco
6 13 (3.95%) Red Hat
6 13 (3.95%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.43%) Google
7 8 (2.43%) NEC
8 6 (1.82%) Adobe
9 5 (1.52%) Computacenter
10 4 (1.22%) Apple
10 4 (1.22%) Citrix
10 4 (1.22%) HP
11 3 (0.91%) Ariba
11 3 (0.91%) IBM
11 3 (0.91%) Northgate
11 3 (0.91%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.91%) Veeam