Customer Service Job Trends in Edinburgh

Customer Service
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 29 40
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 +42
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 81 85 81
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 7.65% 7.63% 7.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.94% 7.93% 8.37%
Number of salaries quoted 42 26 64
10th Percentile £25,684 £26,125 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £33,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £42,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.15% -38.93% +44.72%
75th Percentile £34,000 £52,692 £81,952
90th Percentile £40,100 £68,114 £84,056
Scotland median annual salary £32,000 £40,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.50% -19.50% +25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 906 1,072 968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.55% 96.23% 91.93%
Number of salaries quoted 387 405 780
10th Percentile £26,000 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% +4.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Customer Service
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in Edinburgh

Customer Service
Job Locations in Edinburgh

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Edinburgh region over the 6 months to 13 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
Balerno - 6 £32,000 -
Customer Service
Scotland

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.94%) Chatbot
2 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.47%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.47%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 34 (41.98%) Azure
2 18 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (9.88%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.47%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (19.75%) Firewall
1 16 (19.75%) LAN
1 16 (19.75%) SD-WAN
1 16 (19.75%) WAN
1 16 (19.75%) Wireless
1 16 (19.75%) Wireshark
2 5 (6.17%) Broadband
3 1 (1.23%) DHCP
3 1 (1.23%) DNS
General
1 50 (61.73%) Finance
2 33 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 27 (33.33%) Retail
4 21 (25.93%) Telecoms
5 6 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (6.17%) Games
6 5 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.70%) Legal
8 2 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.47%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.23%) Banking
9 1 (1.23%) Billing
9 1 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Law
9 1 (1.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (16.05%) Analyst
2 12 (14.81%) Network Engineer
3 11 (13.58%) IT Support
3 11 (13.58%) Support Analyst
4 8 (9.88%) IT Technician
4 8 (9.88%) Senior
5 7 (8.64%) IT Analyst
5 7 (8.64%) IT Support Analyst
6 6 (7.41%) Help Desk Technician
6 6 (7.41%) Project Manager
6 6 (7.41%) Senior Manager
6 6 (7.41%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (4.94%) Network Analyst
7 4 (4.94%) Network Support
7 4 (4.94%) Network Support Analyst
7 4 (4.94%) Trainer
8 3 (3.70%) Lead
9 2 (2.47%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 2 (2.47%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Technician
9 2 (2.47%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.93%) Management Information System
2 17 (20.99%) Data Centre
3 8 (9.88%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.47%) Robotics
5 2 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.23%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.81%) Windows
2 5 (6.17%) Apple iOS
3 4 (4.94%) Linux
4 2 (2.47%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (45.68%) Coaching
2 25 (30.86%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (25.93%) Customer Experience
4 20 (24.69%) Change Management
5 19 (23.46%) Asset Management
6 18 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
7 16 (19.75%) Load Balancing
7 16 (19.75%) Network Monitoring
7 16 (19.75%) Network Planning
7 16 (19.75%) Network Virtualisation
7 16 (19.75%) Problem Management
8 13 (16.05%) ITIL
9 8 (9.88%) Budget Management
9 8 (9.88%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 8 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (9.88%) Project Delivery
9 8 (9.88%) Project Management
10 7 (8.64%) Mentoring
11 6 (7.41%) AI
11 6 (7.41%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.47%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (14.81%) Degree
2 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.47%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.47%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.47%) CCNA
4 2 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.47%) CISM
4 2 (2.47%) CISSP
4 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.47%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.47%) GDPR
1 2 (2.47%) GxP
2 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (8.64%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (4.94%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.47%) Docker
5 2 (2.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.47%) Ansible
2 2 (2.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (27.16%) BT
2 21 (25.93%) Microsoft
3 18 (22.22%) Cisco
4 16 (19.75%) CheckPoint
4 16 (19.75%) Meraki
4 16 (19.75%) Palo Alto
4 16 (19.75%) SolarWinds
5 5 (6.17%) Apple
5 5 (6.17%) Citrix
5 5 (6.17%) Freshdesk
6 4 (4.94%) PayPal
7 3 (3.70%) VMware
8 1 (1.23%) Computacenter