Customer Service Job Trends in the East Midlands

Customer Service
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 14 15
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 +15
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 272 301 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 11.16% 10.47% 11.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.81% 12.43% 12.31%
Number of salaries quoted 215 98 88
10th Percentile £24,000 £23,500 £22,750
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £34,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.12% +13.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £34,375 £39,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £53,400 £57,500
England median annual salary £31,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% +7.14% -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,970 2,422 1,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 80.84% 84.27% 92.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,253 1,052 1,039
10th Percentile £25,900 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £51,716
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -8.15% +3.43%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the East Midlands

Customer Service
Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire -5 69 £27,000 -14.27% 16
Nottinghamshire +12 68 £30,000 -11.76% 23
Leicestershire -1 60 £26,750 -21.32% 23
Lincolnshire 0 40 £30,000 -33.33% 7
Northamptonshire +5 34 £28,750 -16.67% 22
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East 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 22 (8.09%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.31%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.37%) CMS
Applications
1 19 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.31%) Chatbot
4 4 (1.47%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 10 (3.68%) Sprinklr
2 5 (1.84%) Sage 200
3 4 (1.47%) Exchequer
4 2 (0.74%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.37%) C-CURE
5 1 (0.37%) Magento
5 1 (0.37%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 87 (31.99%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (16.54%) Azure
3 41 (15.07%) SaaS
4 14 (5.15%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.31%) AWS
5 9 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
5 9 (3.31%) GCP
6 5 (1.84%) Intacct
6 5 (1.84%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.10%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.37%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.37%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (16.18%) DHCP
1 44 (16.18%) DNS
2 39 (14.34%) Remote Desktop
3 10 (3.68%) Firewall
3 10 (3.68%) LAN
4 9 (3.31%) Skype
5 8 (2.94%) Internet
6 7 (2.57%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.21%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (2.21%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (2.21%) WAN
8 4 (1.47%) VLAN
8 4 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.47%) WLAN
9 3 (1.10%) Network Security
9 3 (1.10%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.37%) Broadband
10 1 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.31%) DTS
2 7 (2.57%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (1.47%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (1.47%) EDRMS
3 4 (1.47%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (1.47%) GIS
3 4 (1.47%) Power BI
3 4 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.21%) JIRA
General
1 143 (52.57%) Social Skills
2 81 (29.78%) Retail
3 72 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (6.25%) Finance
5 15 (5.51%) Manufacturing
5 15 (5.51%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.41%) Law
7 11 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.31%) Legal
10 8 (2.94%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.84%) Military
12 3 (1.10%) Electronics
12 3 (1.10%) Marketing
13 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.74%) German Language
13 2 (0.74%) Local Government
14 1 (0.37%) Games
14 1 (0.37%) Police
Job Titles
1 72 (26.47%) IT Support
2 57 (20.96%) Support Engineer
3 49 (18.01%) 2nd Line Support
4 44 (16.18%) Analyst
4 44 (16.18%) IT Engineer
5 40 (14.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 35 (12.87%) 1st Line Support
6 35 (12.87%) Support Analyst
7 34 (12.50%) Support Technician
8 30 (11.03%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 25 (9.19%) Technical Support
10 16 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Technician
10 16 (5.88%) Applications Support
11 15 (5.51%) 1st Line Support Analyst
11 15 (5.51%) ERP Support
12 13 (4.78%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
12 13 (4.78%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 13 (4.78%) ERP Analyst
12 13 (4.78%) Software Analyst
12 13 (4.78%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.04%) HTML
2 10 (3.68%) CSS
3 2 (0.74%) Middleware
4 1 (0.37%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 74 (27.21%) Driving Licence
2 66 (24.26%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (4.04%) e-Learning
5 9 (3.31%) CMDB
5 9 (3.31%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.31%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.10%) iPad
7 3 (1.10%) PMI
7 3 (1.10%) SCADA
7 3 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.37%) CCTV
9 1 (0.37%) EPoS
9 1 (0.37%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 89 (32.72%) Windows
2 61 (22.43%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.31%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (2.57%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.21%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.74%) Android
7 2 (0.74%) Linux
7 2 (0.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (54.41%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (22.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 59 (21.69%) CRM
4 57 (20.96%) Root Cause Analysis
5 53 (19.49%) ERP
6 51 (18.75%) Mentoring
7 44 (16.18%) Logistics
8 40 (14.71%) Data Privacy
8 40 (14.71%) E-Commerce
9 39 (14.34%) Analytical Thinking
10 32 (11.76%) Incident Management
10 32 (11.76%) ITIL
11 22 (8.09%) Service Delivery
12 20 (7.35%) Project Management
13 15 (5.51%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 14 (5.15%) Collaborative Working
15 13 (4.78%) Problem Management
16 12 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 12 (4.41%) Server Management
16 12 (4.41%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (22.06%) SQL
2 40 (14.71%) C#
3 10 (3.68%) JavaScript
3 10 (3.68%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.10%) C
4 3 (1.10%) Java
4 3 (1.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (7.35%) Degree
2 8 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (2.57%) CCNA
4 4 (1.47%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.10%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.10%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.74%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.37%) CCNP
7 1 (0.37%) CIPD
7 1 (0.37%) CISM
7 1 (0.37%) CISSP
7 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.37%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (12.13%) QA
2 20 (7.35%) SLA
3 6 (2.21%) GDPR
4 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.37%) COBIT
5 1 (0.37%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (27.21%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (2.57%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.31%) Nagios
2 9 (3.31%) ZABBIX
3 3 (1.10%) WSUS
4 1 (0.37%) Autotask
Vendors
1 85 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.15%) Cisco
3 13 (4.78%) SAP
4 12 (4.41%) VMware
5 10 (3.68%) Adobe
5 10 (3.68%) Apple
5 10 (3.68%) Sage
6 9 (3.31%) BMC
6 9 (3.31%) Citrix
6 9 (3.31%) Darktrace
6 9 (3.31%) Google
6 9 (3.31%) PayPal
6 9 (3.31%) Proofpoint
6 9 (3.31%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.31%) SolarWinds
6 9 (3.31%) Tanium
6 9 (3.31%) Trend Micro
7 6 (2.21%) Meraki
8 5 (1.84%) OpenText
8 5 (1.84%) Salesforce