Customer Service Job Trends in Lancashire

Customer Service
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 38 18
Rank change year-on-year +14 -20 +4
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 47 40 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 4.06% 5.04% 6.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.82% 5.52% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 39 20 29
10th Percentile £20,776 £26,000 -
25th Percentile £23,625 £29,315 £22,314
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,500 £42,134 £25,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.48% +65.23% -8.96%
75th Percentile £26,750 £55,000 £30,000
90th Percentile £31,280 £63,110 £45,750
North West median annual salary £29,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -27.50% +23.08% +1.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 975 725 373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 84.27% 91.31% 77.87%
Number of salaries quoted 289 433 300
10th Percentile £25,087 £36,350 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,055 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +8.81% +2.22%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,943 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,199 £66,325 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Customer Service
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Lancashire over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in Lancashire

Customer Service
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Chorley +1 7 £24,750 -53.95%
Lancaster -3 5 £35,000 -16.93% 1
Carnforth - 4 £13,380 -
Preston +3 3 £30,000 +11.11% 7
Blackburn +1 1 £27,000 -
Accrington - 1 £25,087 -
Lytham St Annes - 1 £32,400 -
Morecambe - 1 £25,087 -
Newton-le-Willows - 1 £25,087 -
Customer Service
North West

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 12 (25.53%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.64%) Photoshop
3 2 (4.26%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.53%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (12.77%) Power Platform
3 5 (10.64%) Azure
4 1 (2.13%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.02%) Broadband
2 7 (14.89%) DHCP
2 7 (14.89%) DNS
2 7 (14.89%) Firewall
3 6 (12.77%) LAN
3 6 (12.77%) WAN
4 1 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.77%) Power BI
General
1 15 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Finance
3 6 (12.77%) Retail
4 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.64%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (6.38%) Advertising
5 3 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Banking
6 1 (2.13%) Games
6 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Support Engineer
2 12 (25.53%) IT Engineer
2 12 (25.53%) IT Support
2 12 (25.53%) IT Support Engineer
3 11 (23.40%) 1st Line Support
4 7 (14.89%) Technical Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) Technical Support
4 7 (14.89%) Technical Support Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) Customer Service Advisor
6 5 (10.64%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 5 (10.64%) 3D Designer
6 5 (10.64%) Designer
6 5 (10.64%) Support Technician
7 4 (8.51%) Customer Service Representative
7 4 (8.51%) Lead
7 4 (8.51%) Support Team Leader
7 4 (8.51%) Team Leader
8 2 (4.26%) Coordinator
8 2 (4.26%) Trainer
9 1 (2.13%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) 3D Graphics
1 5 (10.64%) EPoS
1 5 (10.64%) Graphic Design
2 3 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (48.94%) Windows
2 17 (36.17%) Mac OS
3 8 (17.02%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.13%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.13%) Windows 8
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (21.28%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (14.89%) Critical Thinking
3 7 (14.89%) ERP
3 7 (14.89%) ITSM
4 6 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (10.64%) CAD
5 5 (10.64%) CRM
5 5 (10.64%) Customer-Centricity
5 5 (10.64%) ITIL
5 5 (10.64%) Mentoring
5 5 (10.64%) Service Delivery
5 5 (10.64%) Time Management
6 4 (8.51%) Budgeting
6 4 (8.51%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (8.51%) Data Security
7 2 (4.26%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (4.26%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) PL/SQL
1 7 (14.89%) SQL
1 7 (14.89%) VBScript
2 6 (12.77%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (23.40%) Degree
2 4 (8.51%) Azure Certification
2 4 (8.51%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.13%) City & Guilds
3 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.13%) PMO
2 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (14.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.13%) Autotask
Vendors
1 19 (40.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.02%) BT
3 7 (14.89%) Veeam
3 7 (14.89%) VMware
4 4 (8.51%) Mitel
5 1 (2.13%) ESET
5 1 (2.13%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.13%) Google
5 1 (2.13%) SAP