Customer Service Jobs in the North of England

Customer Service
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Customer Service skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Service over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 61 35
Rank change year-on-year +37 -26 +17
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 1,160 979 1,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.73% 5.59% 7.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.02% 5.77% 7.88%
Number of salaries quoted 954 581 814
10th Percentile £22,750 £22,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £31,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.43% +2.94%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,163 £50,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £64,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £32,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% -6.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Customer Service is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,457 16,959 16,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.81% 96.89% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,096 8,063 10,789
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,130
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,258
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.62% +5.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the North of England

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the North of England.

Salary trend for Customer Service in the North of England

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +26 591 £31,875 +2.82% 348
Yorkshire +44 446 £31,000 -3.13% 175
North East +6 123 £29,500 -26.25% 95
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 84 (7.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 65 (5.60%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.90%) IIS
4 10 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 8 (0.69%) Anypoint
5 8 (0.69%) CMS
5 8 (0.69%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.43%) SAS
7 4 (0.34%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.086%) Apache
9 1 (0.086%) Confluence
9 1 (0.086%) nginx
Applications
1 182 (15.69%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.52%) LightWave 3D
5 5 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.17%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.086%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.086%) InDesign
7 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 33 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.12%) Infor SunSystems
2 13 (1.12%) iTrent
3 10 (0.86%) NEC Housing
3 10 (0.86%) Sage 200
4 6 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.43%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.43%) Sage 50
5 5 (0.43%) Sage CRM
6 3 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (0.17%) Demantra
7 2 (0.17%) Magento
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle ASCP
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.086%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.086%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 303 (26.12%) Microsoft 365
2 228 (19.66%) Azure
3 47 (4.05%) Entra ID
3 47 (4.05%) Power Platform
4 41 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
5 38 (3.28%) AWS
6 37 (3.19%) Power Automate
7 33 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (2.24%) GCP
9 22 (1.90%) SaaS
10 21 (1.81%) PowerApps
11 15 (1.29%) IaaS
12 12 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
12 12 (1.03%) PaaS
13 11 (0.95%) OpenShift
14 9 (0.78%) Google Workspace
15 8 (0.69%) OneDrive
16 6 (0.52%) OCI
17 5 (0.43%) DigitalOcean
18 4 (0.34%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 106 (9.14%) Firewall
2 76 (6.55%) TCP/IP
3 69 (5.95%) LAN
4 65 (5.60%) WAN
5 59 (5.09%) Internet
6 57 (4.91%) Wi-Fi
7 52 (4.48%) DHCP
8 44 (3.79%) DNS
9 42 (3.62%) VPN
10 41 (3.53%) VoIP
11 40 (3.45%) Wireless
12 37 (3.19%) BGP
12 37 (3.19%) MPLS
12 37 (3.19%) OSPF
13 31 (2.67%) Broadband
13 31 (2.67%) Ethernet
14 25 (2.16%) DSL
15 22 (1.90%) Network Security
16 21 (1.81%) VLAN
17 16 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.83%) SQL Server
2 28 (2.41%) Power BI
3 16 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
5 12 (1.03%) Data Lake
6 11 (0.95%) NoSQL
7 10 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (0.69%) MySQL
8 8 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.60%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.43%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.34%) DB2
12 4 (0.34%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.26%) Tableau
14 2 (0.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (1.38%) Jasmine
1 16 (1.38%) Karma Test Runner
2 11 (0.95%) IBM UrbanCode
3 7 (0.60%) JIRA
4 6 (0.52%) Git
5 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.17%) Subversion
7 1 (0.086%) Maven
7 1 (0.086%) QADirector
7 1 (0.086%) Selenium
General
1 595 (51.29%) Social Skills
2 270 (23.28%) Finance
3 170 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (10.60%) Retail
5 113 (9.74%) Organisational Skills
6 86 (7.41%) Legal
7 46 (3.97%) Banking
8 45 (3.88%) Marketing
9 44 (3.79%) Telecoms
10 39 (3.36%) Public Sector
11 37 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 35 (3.02%) Law
13 27 (2.33%) Games
14 21 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.64%) Local Government
16 18 (1.55%) Manufacturing
17 11 (0.95%) Billing
17 11 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.86%) Police
19 8 (0.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 233 (20.09%) Analyst
2 141 (12.16%) IT Support
3 97 (8.36%) Service Analyst
4 95 (8.19%) Service Desk Analyst
4 95 (8.19%) Support Engineer
5 76 (6.55%) Lead
5 76 (6.55%) Senior
6 64 (5.52%) Support Technician
7 63 (5.43%) Developer
8 62 (5.34%) IT Technician
9 55 (4.74%) IT Analyst
10 50 (4.31%) Support Analyst
11 49 (4.22%) Administrator
12 47 (4.05%) IT Support Technician
13 46 (3.97%) 1st Line Support
13 46 (3.97%) Consultant
14 45 (3.88%) 2nd Line Support
14 45 (3.88%) Team Leader
15 43 (3.71%) Technical Support
16 41 (3.53%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.53%) .NET
2 27 (2.33%) JSON
3 26 (2.24%) REST
4 22 (1.90%) ASP.NET
4 22 (1.90%) XML
5 21 (1.81%) AngularJS
6 18 (1.55%) CSS
6 18 (1.55%) SOAP
6 18 (1.55%) Web Services
7 16 (1.38%) OLE
7 16 (1.38%) RxJS
7 16 (1.38%) Sass
7 16 (1.38%) XML Schema
8 15 (1.29%) HTML
9 13 (1.12%) React
10 11 (0.95%) OpenID
11 10 (0.86%) .NET Core
12 8 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
13 5 (0.43%) .NET Framework
13 5 (0.43%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 95 (8.19%) Driving Licence
2 73 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
3 57 (4.91%) Management Information System
4 36 (3.10%) Smartphone
5 34 (2.93%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.84%) Public Cloud
7 27 (2.33%) Data Centre
8 20 (1.72%) Reinsurance
9 16 (1.38%) EPoS
10 14 (1.21%) CCTV
10 14 (1.21%) Mainframe
11 12 (1.03%) Blockchain
12 11 (0.95%) iPad
13 10 (0.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 9 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
15 8 (0.69%) NHS
15 8 (0.69%) Social Media
16 7 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (0.60%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 266 (22.93%) Windows
2 119 (10.26%) Windows Server
3 82 (7.07%) Windows 10
4 42 (3.62%) Linux
5 26 (2.24%) Android
6 25 (2.16%) Unix
7 24 (2.07%) Apple iOS
8 22 (1.90%) Windows 7
8 22 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (1.64%) VyOS
9 19 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (1.38%) Mac OS
11 9 (0.78%) Windows Phone
11 9 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.43%) VMS
13 4 (0.34%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.26%) CentOS
14 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (29.57%) Problem-Solving
2 231 (19.91%) ITIL
3 124 (10.69%) Agile
4 103 (8.88%) CRM
5 97 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 94 (8.10%) Customer Experience
7 92 (7.93%) Time Management
8 90 (7.76%) Service Management
9 81 (6.98%) ITSM
10 77 (6.64%) Service Delivery
11 74 (6.38%) Project Management
12 69 (5.95%) Mentoring
13 66 (5.69%) Collaborative Working
14 65 (5.60%) DevOps
15 61 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 61 (5.26%) Roadmaps
16 58 (5.00%) Decision-Making
17 57 (4.91%) Line Management
18 56 (4.83%) Cybersecurity
18 56 (4.83%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 108 (9.31%) SQL
2 52 (4.48%) C#
3 44 (3.79%) JavaScript
4 27 (2.33%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.90%) TypeScript
6 19 (1.64%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.55%) VB.NET
8 17 (1.47%) Java
9 16 (1.38%) Python
9 16 (1.38%) R
9 16 (1.38%) VB
9 16 (1.38%) VB6
10 11 (0.95%) Groovy
11 6 (0.52%) PHP
11 6 (0.52%) Ruby
12 4 (0.34%) Bash
13 3 (0.26%) Go
14 2 (0.17%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 147 (12.67%) Degree
2 82 (7.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 66 (5.69%) DBS Check
4 48 (4.14%) Cisco Certification
5 42 (3.62%) CCNA
6 26 (2.24%) Security Cleared
7 25 (2.16%) JNCIA
7 25 (2.16%) MCP
8 23 (1.98%) A+ Certification
9 20 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
10 15 (1.29%) Azure Certification
10 15 (1.29%) MCSE
11 14 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (1.21%) HNC
12 13 (1.12%) HND
13 12 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (0.95%) MCSA
15 10 (0.86%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.78%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (14.66%) SLA
2 32 (2.76%) QA
3 30 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.72%) GDPR
5 14 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.21%) ISO 9001
6 11 (0.95%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.43%) NIST
8 4 (0.34%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.26%) PMO
10 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.086%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.086%) NCSC
11 1 (0.086%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.086%) SOC 2
System Software
1 221 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 69 (5.95%) Hyper-V
3 60 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.38%) vSphere
5 11 (0.95%) Terminal Services
5 11 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.69%) Docker
8 6 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.52%) XenApp
8 6 (0.52%) XenDesktop
9 5 (0.43%) Firmware
10 4 (0.34%) vCloud
11 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.17%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.086%) Shibboleth
12 1 (0.086%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 55 (4.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (2.16%) SCCM
3 17 (1.47%) Terraform
4 11 (0.95%) Ansible
4 11 (0.95%) FortiGate
4 11 (0.95%) Progress Chef
5 10 (0.86%) Kubernetes
6 9 (0.78%) AirWatch
7 6 (0.52%) Nagios
8 5 (0.43%) Autotask
8 5 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.17%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.17%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.17%) SmoothWall
9 2 (0.17%) WSUS
10 1 (0.086%) Graylog
Vendors
1 443 (38.19%) Microsoft
2 102 (8.79%) VMware
3 70 (6.03%) Cisco
4 43 (3.71%) Citrix
5 40 (3.45%) IBM
6 39 (3.36%) Fortinet
7 31 (2.67%) Juniper
7 31 (2.67%) Nokia
8 30 (2.59%) Veeam
9 28 (2.41%) SAP
10 27 (2.33%) Ruckus Wireless
11 26 (2.24%) Dell
11 26 (2.24%) Oracle
12 25 (2.16%) Google
13 23 (1.98%) ServiceNow
14 19 (1.64%) Virgin Media
14 19 (1.64%) Vyatta
15 17 (1.47%) HP
15 17 (1.47%) Sun
16 16 (1.38%) Apple