Customer Service Job Trends in the North of England

Customer Service
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England 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 31 25 31
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +12
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 593 694 511
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.64% 7.33% 6.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.84% 8.17% 7.55%
Number of salaries quoted 444 308 419
10th Percentile £24,375 £24,409 £22,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £37,500 £33,197
Median % change year-on-year -25.33% +12.96% -0.91%
75th Percentile £33,750 £44,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £31,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% +7.14% -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,666 8,497 6,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.37% 89.75% 90.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,589 3,870 5,287
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,667 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.59% -0.94%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,100 £82,548
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 North of England

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in the North of England

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the North of England

Customer Service
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the North of England 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
North West -3 308 £29,000 -27.50% 236
Yorkshire -7 213 £26,520 -18.40% 173
North East -11 72 £28,500 -24.00% 40
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 48 (8.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (6.58%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.51%) CMS
4 2 (0.34%) nginx
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 91 (15.35%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (5.40%) Chatbot
3 20 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.18%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (1.01%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.34%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.17%) C-CURE
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.17%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 153 (25.80%) Microsoft 365
2 79 (13.32%) Azure
3 22 (3.71%) Entra ID
4 21 (3.54%) Power Platform
5 12 (2.02%) SaaS
6 6 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (1.01%) Mimecast
6 6 (1.01%) OneDrive
7 5 (0.84%) IaaS
8 4 (0.67%) AWS
8 4 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.34%) Google Docs
9 2 (0.34%) Viva Engage
10 1 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.17%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.17%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 79 (13.32%) Broadband
2 56 (9.44%) Firewall
3 53 (8.94%) LAN
3 53 (8.94%) VPN
4 51 (8.60%) WAN
5 46 (7.76%) DNS
6 45 (7.59%) DHCP
7 40 (6.75%) TCP/IP
8 34 (5.73%) VLAN
9 20 (3.37%) VoIP
9 20 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (3.37%) Wireless
10 16 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
11 10 (1.69%) SD-WAN
12 8 (1.35%) BGP
12 8 (1.35%) MPLS
13 7 (1.18%) ADSL
13 7 (1.18%) Structured Cabling
13 7 (1.18%) WebEx
13 7 (1.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.37%) Power BI
2 15 (2.53%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.84%) Tableau
5 4 (0.67%) MySQL
6 2 (0.34%) GIS
7 1 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Git
2 1 (0.17%) JIRA
General
1 283 (47.72%) Social Skills
2 62 (10.46%) Finance
3 53 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
5 39 (6.58%) Retail
6 38 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (6.07%) Games
8 29 (4.89%) Advertising
8 29 (4.89%) Banking
9 25 (4.22%) Marketing
10 21 (3.54%) Law
11 20 (3.37%) Legal
12 17 (2.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 17 (2.87%) Telecoms
13 16 (2.70%) Manufacturing
14 13 (2.19%) Billing
14 13 (2.19%) Public Sector
15 11 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (1.52%) Local Government
17 8 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (17.71%) IT Support
2 98 (16.53%) Analyst
3 80 (13.49%) Support Engineer
4 74 (12.48%) Technical Support
5 64 (10.79%) Support Analyst
6 51 (8.60%) Technical Engineer
7 50 (8.43%) Customer Service Advisor
7 50 (8.43%) Technical Support Engineer
8 46 (7.76%) Support Technician
9 45 (7.59%) IT Analyst
10 40 (6.75%) 1st Line Support
11 35 (5.90%) 2nd Line Support
12 32 (5.40%) IT Support Analyst
13 30 (5.06%) Desktop Support
13 30 (5.06%) IT Engineer
14 28 (4.72%) IT Support Engineer
14 28 (4.72%) Trainer
15 27 (4.55%) Customer Service Representative
16 25 (4.22%) Service Analyst
17 22 (3.71%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.67%) CSS
1 4 (0.67%) HTML
2 3 (0.51%) jQuery
3 2 (0.34%) Laravel
3 2 (0.34%) React
3 2 (0.34%) REST
3 2 (0.34%) XML
4 1 (0.17%) .NET
4 1 (0.17%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.17%) cXML
4 1 (0.17%) EDI
4 1 (0.17%) JSON
4 1 (0.17%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.17%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 72 (12.14%) Driving Licence
2 44 (7.42%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (5.40%) Management Information System
4 27 (4.55%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.70%) EPoS
6 15 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.36%) Blog
8 10 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
8 10 (1.69%) Social Media
9 9 (1.52%) Augmented Reality
9 9 (1.52%) Virtual Reality
10 7 (1.18%) Graphic Design
10 7 (1.18%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.18%) NHS
10 7 (1.18%) Replication
11 6 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.01%) Handset
11 6 (1.01%) SCADA
11 6 (1.01%) Smartphone
12 5 (0.84%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 171 (28.84%) Windows
2 51 (8.60%) Windows Server
3 50 (8.43%) Windows 10
4 26 (4.38%) Android
5 24 (4.05%) Mac OS
6 14 (2.36%) Apple iOS
6 14 (2.36%) Linux
7 6 (1.01%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.51%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
9 1 (0.17%) Unix
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (27.49%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (15.01%) ITIL
3 61 (10.29%) Service Delivery
4 60 (10.12%) AI
5 45 (7.59%) Mentoring
6 44 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (7.08%) Customer Experience
8 39 (6.58%) ITSM
9 38 (6.41%) Coaching
10 37 (6.24%) Business Development
11 35 (5.90%) Time Management
12 34 (5.73%) CRM
13 32 (5.40%) Conversational UI
14 28 (4.72%) Decision-Making
15 26 (4.38%) Agile
15 26 (4.38%) B2B
16 25 (4.22%) Collaborative Working
17 24 (4.05%) Customer-Centricity
18 23 (3.88%) Mathematics
19 22 (3.71%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 29 (4.89%) SQL
2 10 (1.69%) T-SQL
3 9 (1.52%) PL/SQL
3 9 (1.52%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.18%) Python
4 7 (1.18%) VBScript
5 4 (0.67%) Java
6 3 (0.51%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.34%) C
7 2 (0.34%) C++
7 2 (0.34%) Perl
7 2 (0.34%) PHP
7 2 (0.34%) Ruby
7 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.17%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.17%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.17%) Bash
8 1 (0.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 103 (17.37%) Degree
2 20 (3.37%) CCNA
2 20 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (3.37%) DBS Check
3 14 (2.36%) ITIL Certification
4 13 (2.19%) A+ Certification
4 13 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
6 10 (1.69%) HNC
7 8 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.18%) MCP
9 6 (1.01%) MCSA
9 6 (1.01%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.01%) Security Cleared
10 5 (0.84%) City & Guilds
10 5 (0.84%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.51%) AAT
12 3 (0.51%) NVQ Level 4
12 3 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.58%) SLA
2 11 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (1.18%) GDPR
3 7 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.18%) QA
4 5 (0.84%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 5 (0.84%) GxP
4 5 (0.84%) ISO 14001
4 5 (0.84%) NEBOSH
5 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 120 (20.24%) Active Directory
2 32 (5.40%) Hyper-V
3 27 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.51%) Docker
5 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 47 (7.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.69%) FortiGate
2 10 (1.69%) SCCM
3 6 (1.01%) Autotask
4 5 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.34%) Plesk
5 2 (0.34%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.17%) Ansible
6 1 (0.17%) Podman
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 223 (37.61%) Microsoft
2 71 (11.97%) BT
3 31 (5.23%) VMware
4 30 (5.06%) Cisco
5 25 (4.22%) PayPal
5 25 (4.22%) Veeam
6 22 (3.71%) ServiceNow
7 18 (3.04%) SonicWALL
8 16 (2.70%) Apple
9 13 (2.19%) Meraki
10 10 (1.69%) Sage
10 10 (1.69%) WatchGuard
11 9 (1.52%) Citrix
11 9 (1.52%) Fortinet
12 8 (1.35%) Huawei
13 7 (1.18%) Aruba
13 7 (1.18%) HubSpot
13 7 (1.18%) Polycom
14 6 (1.01%) Facebook
14 6 (1.01%) Northgate