Customer Service Jobs in Kent

Customer Service
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring Customer Service skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Customer Service over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 10 8
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +13
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 65 182 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 8.00% 11.64% 14.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.79% 14.55% 15.66%
Number of salaries quoted 50 129 64
10th Percentile - £22,100 £27,425
25th Percentile £23,731 £23,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,500 £30,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -25.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £29,500 £41,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £40,500 £48,000 £57,062
South East median annual salary £32,000 £30,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -10.45% +1.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 664 1,251 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 81.77% 79.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 315 900 494
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,800
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Kent

Customer Service
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in Kent.

Salary trend for Customer Service in Kent

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Kent over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in Kent

Customer Service
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Kent region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Sevenoaks +5 21 £25,154 -37.12%
Canterbury +14 9 £40,000 - 2
Chatham +8 6 £25,500 -68.13% 1
Rochester - 6 £25,500 - 1
Dartford +4 5 £29,000 +30.34% 57
Gravesend +2 3 £62,500 +90.84% 4
Sittingbourne -3 3 £32,500 +18.18% 4
Maidstone -6 1 £44,500 +58.93% 56
Customer Service
South East

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (1.54%) Confluence
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.15%) Azure
3 3 (4.62%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.54%) Asana
4 1 (1.54%) Miro
4 1 (1.54%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 21 (32.31%) 4G
1 21 (32.31%) 5G
2 7 (10.77%) Wireless
3 5 (7.69%) Firewall
4 2 (3.08%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.54%) Broadband
5 1 (1.54%) DNS
5 1 (1.54%) LAN
5 1 (1.54%) Network Security
5 1 (1.54%) SAN
5 1 (1.54%) VLAN
5 1 (1.54%) VPN
5 1 (1.54%) WAN
5 1 (1.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 22 (33.85%) Telecoms
2 21 (32.31%) Retail
3 13 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (12.31%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.08%) Finance
7 1 (1.54%) Banking
7 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (21.54%) IT Support
1 14 (21.54%) Technical Support
2 12 (18.46%) 1st Line Support
3 8 (12.31%) Support Technician
4 7 (10.77%) Analyst
5 6 (9.23%) Lead
5 6 (9.23%) Support Team Leader
5 6 (9.23%) Team Leader
5 6 (9.23%) Technical Advisor
5 6 (9.23%) Technical Support Advisor
6 5 (7.69%) Support Analyst
7 4 (6.15%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (6.15%) IT Analyst
7 4 (6.15%) IT Support Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 3 (4.62%) Desktop Support
9 2 (3.08%) 1st Line Engineer
9 2 (3.08%) Field Engineer
9 2 (3.08%) IT Engineer
10 1 (1.54%) SQL Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.23%) IoT
2 4 (6.15%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.54%) CCTV
4 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.54%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.54%) Over-the-Top Content
4 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.54%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.85%) Windows
2 2 (3.08%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.54%) Linux
3 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.54%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (44.62%) Customer Experience
2 18 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 9 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (12.31%) Coaching
5 8 (12.31%) Technical Analysis
6 7 (10.77%) Customer-Centricity
7 6 (9.23%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (4.62%) ERP
9 3 (4.62%) Kalman Filter
9 3 (4.62%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (3.08%) Computer Science
10 2 (3.08%) Critical Thinking
10 2 (3.08%) ITIL
10 2 (3.08%) Problem Management
10 2 (3.08%) Ticket Management
10 2 (3.08%) Time Management
11 1 (1.54%) Data Collection
11 1 (1.54%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.23%) SQL
2 1 (1.54%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 8 (12.31%) NVQ Level 4
2 4 (6.15%) Degree
3 3 (4.62%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.54%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.08%) SLA
2 1 (1.54%) COSHH
2 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.54%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.08%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.54%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.62%) HubSpot
3 1 (1.54%) Apple
3 1 (1.54%) Citrix
3 1 (1.54%) Ivanti
3 1 (1.54%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.54%) VMware
3 1 (1.54%) WatchGuard