Customer Service Job Trends in the Highlands

Customer Service
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Highlands 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 - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 17 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the Highlands 24.29% - 46.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 35.42% - 53.85%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 - -
Scotland median annual salary £32,000 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.27% +32.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Highlands

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 Highlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48 11 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands 68.57% 40.74% 86.67%
Number of salaries quoted 18 6 4
10th Percentile - £26,250 -
25th Percentile - £27,188 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £30,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £38,000 £39,750 -
90th Percentile - £43,125 -
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 the Highlands

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the Highlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Highlands 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
Inverness - 13 £32,000 - 6
Alness - 4 - -
Customer Service
Scotland

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
General
1 13 (76.47%) Finance
1 13 (76.47%) Retail
2 4 (23.53%) Back Office
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Desktop Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support
1 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
1 4 (23.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Customer Experience
2 13 (76.47%) Coaching
3 4 (23.53%) Analytics
3 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (23.53%) Customer Acquisition
3 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (23.53%) ITIL
3 4 (23.53%) Patch Management
3 4 (23.53%) Software Deployment
3 4 (23.53%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) CTC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
1 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) SLA
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) BT
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco