Customer Service Job Trends in the Midlands

Customer Service
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 21 10
Rank change year-on-year -20 -11 +13
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 451 431 1,401
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.40% 7.65% 10.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 8.93% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 331 358 675
10th Percentile £24,998 £23,500 £22,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £24,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £29,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -1.67% -17.81%
75th Percentile £38,750 £39,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,000 £57,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £31,000 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -1.59% -3.08% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,263 4,824 10,473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.79% 85.67% 79.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6,568 2,871 6,988
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the Midlands

Customer Service
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
East Midlands -15 237 £28,500 +3.64% 70
West Midlands -15 214 £30,500 -0.81% 73
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 13 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.00%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.89%) IIS
5 2 (0.44%) Confluence
6 1 (0.22%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (10.86%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.22%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.22%) Academy Housing
3 1 (0.22%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 113 (25.06%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (9.76%) Azure
3 26 (5.76%) SaaS
4 22 (4.88%) AWS
5 21 (4.66%) Entra ID
6 11 (2.44%) Mimecast
7 10 (2.22%) Google Workspace
8 9 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.77%) Power Automate
9 8 (1.77%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.55%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.44%) Siteimprove
14 1 (0.22%) Azure Monitor
14 1 (0.22%) Azure Storage
14 1 (0.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 1 (0.22%) Miro
14 1 (0.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 42 (9.31%) Wi-Fi
2 29 (6.43%) Internet
3 28 (6.21%) Broadband
3 28 (6.21%) Firewall
4 25 (5.54%) LAN
4 25 (5.54%) WAN
5 23 (5.10%) DNS
6 19 (4.21%) DHCP
7 18 (3.99%) TCP/IP
8 14 (3.10%) VPN
9 4 (0.89%) IP Telephony
9 4 (0.89%) VoIP
9 4 (0.89%) Wireless
10 3 (0.67%) VLAN
11 2 (0.44%) SMTP
11 2 (0.44%) SSH
11 2 (0.44%) SSL
12 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.22%) Intranet
12 1 (0.22%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.55%) MySQL
2 6 (1.33%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.11%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.22%) Metadata
4 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (2.00%) Visual Studio Code
2 6 (1.33%) JIRA
3 2 (0.44%) Selenium
3 2 (0.44%) TestRail
3 2 (0.44%) Toad
3 2 (0.44%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.22%) Git
General
1 223 (49.45%) Social Skills
2 50 (11.09%) Finance
2 50 (11.09%) Retail
3 48 (10.64%) Manufacturing
4 41 (9.09%) Marketing
5 40 (8.87%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (3.55%) Public Sector
9 13 (2.88%) Legal
10 12 (2.66%) Swedish Language
10 12 (2.66%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.55%) Dutch Language
12 6 (1.33%) Advertising
12 6 (1.33%) Italian Language
13 5 (1.11%) Automotive
13 5 (1.11%) German Language
14 4 (0.89%) Local Government
14 4 (0.89%) Portuguese Language
14 4 (0.89%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 71 (15.74%) IT Support
2 65 (14.41%) Support Engineer
3 55 (12.20%) IT Engineer
4 53 (11.75%) Analyst
5 45 (9.98%) Technical Support
6 33 (7.32%) IT Support Engineer
7 31 (6.87%) Technical Engineer
7 31 (6.87%) Technical Support Engineer
8 29 (6.43%) Sales Executive
9 28 (6.21%) Support Technician
10 27 (5.99%) Senior
11 24 (5.32%) 1st Line Support
11 24 (5.32%) Service Analyst
11 24 (5.32%) Service Desk Analyst
12 23 (5.10%) Field Sales Executive
13 20 (4.43%) IT Technician
14 19 (4.21%) Customer Service Advisor
14 19 (4.21%) IT Support Technician
15 18 (3.99%) Field Engineer
15 18 (3.99%) Technical Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.00%) Hugging Face
1 9 (2.00%) Matplotlib
1 9 (2.00%) NumPy
1 9 (2.00%) Pandas
1 9 (2.00%) scikit-learn
1 9 (2.00%) Streamlit
2 6 (1.33%) ATL
3 4 (0.89%) COM
3 4 (0.89%) DCOM
3 4 (0.89%) LDAP
3 4 (0.89%) Middleware
4 2 (0.44%) OAuth
4 2 (0.44%) REST
4 2 (0.44%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.22%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 55 (12.20%) Driving Licence
2 30 (6.65%) Onboarding
3 29 (6.43%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.00%) Algorithms
5 7 (1.55%) Web Conferencing
6 6 (1.33%) CCTV
6 6 (1.33%) EPoS
7 5 (1.11%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.11%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.11%) Podcast
7 5 (1.11%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.89%) PKI
8 4 (0.89%) SCADA
8 4 (0.89%) Smartcard
9 3 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.67%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.44%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.44%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.44%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 96 (21.29%) Windows
2 38 (8.43%) Windows 10
3 26 (5.76%) Windows Server
4 15 (3.33%) Apple iOS
5 14 (3.10%) Android
5 14 (3.10%) Linux
6 7 (1.55%) Debian
7 3 (0.67%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (39.47%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (18.18%) Customer Experience
3 74 (16.41%) CRM
4 60 (13.30%) ITIL
5 44 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (9.53%) B2B
7 35 (7.76%) ITSM
8 32 (7.10%) Service Delivery
9 26 (5.76%) ERP
10 24 (5.32%) Business Development
11 21 (4.66%) AI
11 21 (4.66%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (4.66%) Data Privacy
12 20 (4.43%) Collaborative Working
12 20 (4.43%) Presales
12 20 (4.43%) Time Management
12 20 (4.43%) Workflow
13 17 (3.77%) Process Improvement
14 16 (3.55%) Logistics
14 16 (3.55%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 18 (3.99%) Ladder Logic
2 14 (3.10%) PowerShell
3 11 (2.44%) Python
3 11 (2.44%) SQL
4 2 (0.44%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 47 (10.42%) Degree
2 21 (4.66%) AWS Certification
3 19 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (2.88%) MCSE
5 11 (2.44%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (1.11%) A+ Certification
7 5 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (0.89%) CCNA
8 4 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.89%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.44%) CCNP
9 2 (0.44%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.22%) CISM
10 1 (0.22%) CISSP
10 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.21%) SLA
2 14 (3.10%) QA
3 12 (2.66%) GDPR
4 8 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.89%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.22%) COBIT
7 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.22%) GRC
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.33%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.44%) Firmware
5 2 (0.44%) Samba
5 2 (0.44%) vSphere
6 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.44%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 145 (32.15%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.43%) ServiceNow
3 14 (3.10%) TOWER Software
4 13 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.66%) Sophos
6 11 (2.44%) Google
6 11 (2.44%) Logitech
7 9 (2.00%) Apple
8 7 (1.55%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.33%) OpenText
9 6 (1.33%) Sage
9 6 (1.33%) VMware
10 5 (1.11%) BT
10 5 (1.11%) Freshdesk
11 3 (0.67%) Cisco
11 3 (0.67%) HP
11 3 (0.67%) Oracle
12 2 (0.44%) Dell
12 2 (0.44%) MobileIron
12 2 (0.44%) Veeam