Customer Service Job Trends in East Lothian

Customer Service
Scotland > East Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Lothian requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 1 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 12 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in East Lothian 63.16% 50.00% 4.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 75.00% 50.00% 4.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £25,684 - -
25th Percentile £30,421 £31,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £32,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% - -
75th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 -
90th Percentile £34,000 - -
Scotland median annual salary £32,000 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.27% +32.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Lothian

Customer Service falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in East Lothian.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16 2 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Lothian 84.21% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 24
10th Percentile £25,684 - -
25th Percentile - £31,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £32,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £44,500 £33,750 -
90th Percentile £55,000 - £28,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -8.64%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in East Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Customer Service relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in East Lothian.

Customer Service job vacancy trend in East Lothian

Customer Service
Salary Trend in East Lothian

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Lothian citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Lothian citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Job Locations in East Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the East Lothian region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Musselburgh - 6 £32,000 -
Tranent - 6 £32,000 -
Customer Service
Scotland

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Lothian 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Broadband
General
1 12 (100.00%) Retail
2 10 (83.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Games
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Coaching
1 10 (83.33%) Customer Experience
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) BT