Customer Service Job Trends in London

Customer Service
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 88 67
Rank change year-on-year -5 -21 +17
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 449 485 895
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.63% 3.63% 4.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 3.77% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 288 281 668
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £33,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £50,313 £69,375 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,375 £90,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £31,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.38% -8.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,563 12,852 20,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.29% 96.19% 91.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,463 7,581 15,888
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £54,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in London

Customer Service
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in London over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the London region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
Central London -31 77 £37,500 -3.85% 46
West London -9 18 £32,250 -26.70% 23
South London +10 8 £37,500 +33.93% 17
North London +5 4 £33,000 -34.00% 3
East London -20 4 £32,000 +1.59% 15
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 57 (12.69%) SharePoint
2 35 (7.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.89%) Confluence
3 4 (0.89%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.45%) MTS
Applications
1 95 (21.16%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (8.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (4.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.23%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.89%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.89%) Trello
6 2 (0.45%) Avid Media Composer
6 2 (0.45%) Pro Tools
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 15 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.45%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.45%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.22%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.22%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.22%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 155 (34.52%) Microsoft 365
2 90 (20.04%) Azure
3 53 (11.80%) AWS
4 43 (9.58%) SaaS
5 42 (9.35%) Entra ID
6 30 (6.68%) Power Platform
7 15 (3.34%) OneDrive
8 14 (3.12%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (2.67%) GCP
11 11 (2.45%) Mimecast
12 10 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
13 9 (2.00%) Google Workspace
14 8 (1.78%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.78%) PowerApps
15 6 (1.34%) Google Docs
16 5 (1.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 5 (1.11%) Slack
17 4 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
17 4 (0.89%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.91%) DHCP
1 40 (8.91%) VPN
2 38 (8.46%) Wi-Fi
3 37 (8.24%) Firewall
4 35 (7.80%) DNS
5 30 (6.68%) TCP/IP
6 24 (5.35%) LAN
6 24 (5.35%) WAN
7 18 (4.01%) Wireless
8 17 (3.79%) Structured Cabling
9 10 (2.23%) VoIP
9 10 (2.23%) WebEx
10 9 (2.00%) VLAN
11 7 (1.56%) Broadband
11 7 (1.56%) Internet
11 7 (1.56%) SD-WAN
12 6 (1.34%) Intranet
13 4 (0.89%) Extranet
14 3 (0.67%) Network Security
14 3 (0.67%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.90%) Power BI
2 6 (1.34%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.89%) Big Data
4 3 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.67%) Tableau
5 2 (0.45%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.45%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.45%) MySQL
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (2.45%) JIRA
2 10 (2.23%) TeamCity
3 4 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 219 (48.78%) Social Skills
2 73 (16.26%) Finance
3 66 (14.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 40 (8.91%) Law
5 37 (8.24%) Marketing
5 37 (8.24%) Retail
6 36 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (8.02%) Organisational Skills
6 36 (8.02%) Public Sector
7 30 (6.68%) French Language
7 30 (6.68%) Legal
8 25 (5.57%) Banking
9 16 (3.56%) Telecoms
10 15 (3.34%) Swedish Language
11 14 (3.12%) German Language
12 13 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (2.00%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.78%) Billing
14 8 (1.78%) Dutch Language
15 7 (1.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 91 (20.27%) Analyst
2 63 (14.03%) IT Support
3 60 (13.36%) Support Engineer
4 48 (10.69%) Service Analyst
4 48 (10.69%) Service Desk Analyst
5 42 (9.35%) Support Analyst
6 33 (7.35%) IT Analyst
6 33 (7.35%) Senior
7 28 (6.24%) IT Engineer
8 25 (5.57%) IT Support Engineer
9 21 (4.68%) IT Support Analyst
9 21 (4.68%) Technical Support
10 19 (4.23%) Consultant
11 16 (3.56%) Technical Engineer
12 15 (3.34%) 1st Line Support
13 14 (3.12%) 2nd Line Support
13 14 (3.12%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (3.12%) Support Specialist
13 14 (3.12%) Technical Support Engineer
14 13 (2.90%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.00%) React
2 7 (1.56%) .NET
2 7 (1.56%) CSS
2 7 (1.56%) EDI
2 7 (1.56%) HTML
2 7 (1.56%) Sass
3 6 (1.34%) Hugging Face
4 4 (0.89%) Matplotlib
4 4 (0.89%) NumPy
4 4 (0.89%) Pandas
4 4 (0.89%) scikit-learn
4 4 (0.89%) Streamlit
5 3 (0.67%) REST
5 3 (0.67%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.45%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.45%) NLTK
6 2 (0.45%) RESTful
6 2 (0.45%) SOAP
6 2 (0.45%) SpaCy
7 1 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (14.03%) Onboarding
2 39 (8.69%) Blog
3 37 (8.24%) Driving Licence
4 27 (6.01%) Video Conferencing
5 22 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (3.79%) Management Information System
7 16 (3.56%) EPoS
8 12 (2.67%) Cloud Native
8 12 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (2.45%) CCTV
9 11 (2.45%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.78%) Digital Signage
10 8 (1.78%) iPhone
11 7 (1.56%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.56%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.56%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.34%) Podcast
13 5 (1.11%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.89%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 122 (27.17%) Windows
2 57 (12.69%) Windows 10
3 25 (5.57%) Windows Server
4 22 (4.90%) Mac OS
5 11 (2.45%) Linux
6 9 (2.00%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.56%) Mac OS X
8 5 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.45%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.45%) VMS
10 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.22%) Android
11 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (27.17%) Problem-Solving
2 107 (23.83%) ITIL
3 57 (12.69%) ITSM
4 55 (12.25%) AI
4 55 (12.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (9.35%) CRM
5 42 (9.35%) Mentoring
6 35 (7.80%) Incident Management
7 34 (7.57%) Coaching
8 33 (7.35%) Business Development
9 32 (7.13%) Agile
10 31 (6.90%) Performance Metrics
11 28 (6.24%) Change Management
12 27 (6.01%) Decision-Making
12 27 (6.01%) Service Delivery
13 24 (5.35%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (5.35%) Problem Management
13 24 (5.35%) User Experience
14 23 (5.12%) Collaborative Working
15 22 (4.90%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.46%) Python
2 27 (6.01%) PowerShell
3 26 (5.79%) SQL
4 23 (5.12%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.45%) Java
6 10 (2.23%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.11%) C#
8 2 (0.45%) C
8 2 (0.45%) C++
8 2 (0.45%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.45%) PHP
8 2 (0.45%) R
8 2 (0.45%) Scala
9 1 (0.22%) ABAP
9 1 (0.22%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.22%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 121 (26.95%) Degree
2 45 (10.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (6.01%) AWS Certification
4 24 (5.35%) MCSE
5 15 (3.34%) A+ Certification
5 15 (3.34%) Network+ Certification
6 14 (3.12%) DBS Check
7 12 (2.67%) Security Cleared
8 11 (2.45%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (2.00%) HND
10 8 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.56%) CCNA
11 7 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.56%) SC Cleared
12 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 5 (1.11%) CCNP
13 5 (1.11%) JNCIA
14 4 (0.89%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.89%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.35%) SLA
2 32 (7.13%) QA
3 5 (1.11%) PMO
4 4 (0.89%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.67%) GDPR
5 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.22%) GRC
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 96 (21.38%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.45%) Hyper-V
3 9 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.11%) Firmware
5 4 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.67%) KVM
7 2 (0.45%) IAG
7 2 (0.45%) vSphere
7 2 (0.45%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 42 (9.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.23%) SCCM
3 12 (2.67%) Terraform
4 10 (2.23%) Grafana
4 10 (2.23%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.11%) Ansible
5 5 (1.11%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 206 (45.88%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.58%) ServiceNow
3 21 (4.68%) Cisco
4 18 (4.01%) Salesforce
5 16 (3.56%) Citrix
6 14 (3.12%) Google
7 13 (2.90%) Apple
8 9 (2.00%) Sophos
8 9 (2.00%) VMware
9 8 (1.78%) Meraki
9 8 (1.78%) SAP
10 6 (1.34%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.34%) HP
10 6 (1.34%) Okta
11 5 (1.11%) iManage
11 5 (1.11%) Juniper
11 5 (1.11%) PayPal
11 5 (1.11%) Yealink
11 5 (1.11%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.67%) PagerDuty