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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 17 23
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 +11
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 475 586 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.10% 8.78% 7.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.47% 9.80% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 341 203 292
10th Percentile £24,250 £24,649 £21,500
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £37,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.19% -1.54%
75th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £42,906
90th Percentile £57,500 £68,177 £59,875
England median annual salary £31,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% +7.14% -6.67%

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 6,361 5,982 4,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.66% 89.64% 88.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,507 2,641 3,683
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,479 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 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
East Midlands +4 259 £27,500 -19.12% 152
West Midlands -25 216 £38,000 -16.48% 181
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 32 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.89%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.84%) Confluence
5 1 (0.21%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 55 (11.58%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (6.53%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.84%) CATIA
4 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.26%) Sage 200
3 4 (0.84%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.42%) iTrent
4 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.21%) C-CURE
5 1 (0.21%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.21%) Magento
5 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 114 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (13.05%) Azure
3 48 (10.11%) SaaS
4 17 (3.58%) Entra ID
5 15 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (1.89%) AWS
6 9 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (1.89%) GCP
7 8 (1.68%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.05%) Intacct
10 4 (0.84%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.84%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.63%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
13 1 (0.21%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.21%) BigCommerce
13 1 (0.21%) Copilot Studio
13 1 (0.21%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.21%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 58 (12.21%) DNS
2 56 (11.79%) DHCP
3 45 (9.47%) Remote Desktop
4 24 (5.05%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (4.42%) Firewall
6 16 (3.37%) Internet
7 13 (2.74%) LAN
8 10 (2.11%) WAN
9 9 (1.89%) Skype
10 8 (1.68%) Structured Cabling
10 8 (1.68%) VPN
11 7 (1.47%) Ethernet
11 7 (1.47%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.47%) VoIP
12 6 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (1.26%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (1.26%) Network Security
12 6 (1.26%) Wireless
13 5 (1.05%) VDSL
13 5 (1.05%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.32%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.89%) DTS
2 9 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (0.84%) Power BI
4 3 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (2.11%) JIRA
2 3 (0.63%) LabVIEW
General
1 227 (47.79%) Social Skills
2 108 (22.74%) Retail
3 77 (16.21%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (7.58%) Manufacturing
5 33 (6.95%) Finance
6 27 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (5.68%) Public Sector
7 24 (5.05%) Telecoms
8 19 (4.00%) Electronics
8 19 (4.00%) Marketing
9 15 (3.16%) Law
10 13 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.53%) Legal
12 8 (1.68%) Advertising
13 6 (1.26%) Military
14 3 (0.63%) Local Government
15 2 (0.42%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.42%) Banking
15 2 (0.42%) German Language
15 2 (0.42%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 84 (17.68%) Support Engineer
2 83 (17.47%) IT Support
3 63 (13.26%) Analyst
4 58 (12.21%) Technical Support
5 57 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 49 (10.32%) IT Engineer
7 45 (9.47%) Support Technician
8 41 (8.63%) IT Support Engineer
9 40 (8.42%) Support Analyst
10 37 (7.79%) 1st Line Support
11 31 (6.53%) Trainer
12 30 (6.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 30 (6.32%) Technical Engineer
13 27 (5.68%) Technical Support Engineer
14 17 (3.58%) Senior
15 16 (3.37%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
15 16 (3.37%) 2nd Line Support Technician
16 15 (3.16%) 1st Line Support Analyst
16 15 (3.16%) Applications Support
16 15 (3.16%) ERP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.74%) .NET
2 3 (0.63%) HTML
2 3 (0.63%) Middleware
2 3 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 104 (21.89%) Driving Licence
2 91 (19.16%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.37%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.32%) e-Learning
6 9 (1.89%) CMDB
6 9 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.47%) Blog
7 7 (1.47%) SCADA
8 6 (1.26%) EPoS
8 6 (1.26%) iPad
8 6 (1.26%) PDA
8 6 (1.26%) PMI
9 4 (0.84%) CCTV
9 4 (0.84%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (0.84%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Licensing
9 4 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.84%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.63%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 113 (23.79%) Windows
2 67 (14.11%) Windows Server
3 19 (4.00%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.11%) Linux
5 9 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.63%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.42%) Android
8 2 (0.42%) Unix
9 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (40.63%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
3 74 (15.58%) CRM
4 60 (12.63%) ERP
5 59 (12.42%) Logistics
6 58 (12.21%) ITIL
6 58 (12.21%) Root Cause Analysis
7 54 (11.37%) Mentoring
8 48 (10.11%) Service Delivery
9 43 (9.05%) AI
10 41 (8.63%) E-Commerce
11 40 (8.42%) Data Privacy
12 39 (8.21%) Analytical Thinking
13 32 (6.74%) Incident Management
14 31 (6.53%) Conversational UI
15 30 (6.32%) Customer Experience
16 27 (5.68%) Service Management
17 25 (5.26%) Business Development
18 22 (4.63%) Agile
19 20 (4.21%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (13.05%) SQL
2 52 (10.95%) C#
3 11 (2.32%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.11%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.63%) C
5 3 (0.63%) Java
5 3 (0.63%) PHP
6 2 (0.42%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.21%) VB
7 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 81 (17.05%) Degree
2 16 (3.37%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.32%) HNC
4 9 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (1.68%) CCNA
6 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.26%) PMI Certification
7 4 (0.84%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.63%) MCP
8 3 (0.63%) MCSA
9 2 (0.42%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.42%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.42%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.21%) CIPD
10 1 (0.21%) City & Guilds
10 1 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.16%) QA
2 25 (5.26%) SLA
3 6 (1.26%) PMO
4 3 (0.63%) GDPR
5 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.21%) COSHH
6 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 93 (19.58%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.05%) Firmware
6 4 (0.84%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.89%) Nagios
2 9 (1.89%) ZABBIX
3 6 (1.26%) WSUS
4 4 (0.84%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.21%) Autotask
6 1 (0.21%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 139 (29.26%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.53%) PayPal
3 20 (4.21%) VMware
4 19 (4.00%) SAP
5 14 (2.95%) Sage
6 13 (2.74%) Apple
6 13 (2.74%) Cisco
7 9 (1.89%) BMC
7 9 (1.89%) Citrix
7 9 (1.89%) Darktrace
7 9 (1.89%) Google
7 9 (1.89%) Proofpoint
7 9 (1.89%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.89%) SolarWinds
7 9 (1.89%) Tanium
7 9 (1.89%) Trend Micro
8 6 (1.26%) Meraki
9 5 (1.05%) Panasonic
9 5 (1.05%) Samsung
9 5 (1.05%) ServiceNow