Customer Service Jobs in the North West

Customer Service
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Customer Service skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Customer Service over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 27 49
Rank change year-on-year -25 +22 -8
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 429 609 481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.47% 5.85% 6.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.71% 7.23% 6.70%
Number of salaries quoted 260 507 288
10th Percentile £20,280 £22,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £23,504 £24,200 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £30,147 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.78% -2.75% -11.43%
75th Percentile £35,319 £45,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £30,125 £32,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.86% -8.57% -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,516 8,426 7,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 80.99% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,815 6,336 3,833
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Cheshire +16 153 £23,504 -9.60% 51
Manchester -19 136 £30,000 -15.49% 156
Lancashire -55 84 £25,087 -8.77% 81
Cumbria -60 32 £23,504 -2.88% 8
Merseyside +2 23 £30,000 -7.69% 29
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 13 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.70%) Confluence
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 32 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.17%) NetSuite
1 5 (1.17%) Sage 200
1 5 (1.17%) Sage CRM
2 2 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 64 (14.92%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (8.16%) Azure
3 13 (3.03%) Power Platform
4 10 (2.33%) SaaS
5 9 (2.10%) AWS
6 6 (1.40%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.17%) GCP
7 5 (1.17%) Mimecast
8 4 (0.93%) Entra ID
8 4 (0.93%) Nutanix
9 3 (0.70%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.70%) PaaS
10 2 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.47%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.47%) IaaS
11 1 (0.23%) Asana
11 1 (0.23%) Miro
11 1 (0.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 223 (51.98%) Broadband
2 16 (3.73%) VPN
3 14 (3.26%) DNS
3 14 (3.26%) Firewall
4 10 (2.33%) WAN
5 6 (1.40%) MPLS
6 5 (1.17%) LAN
7 4 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (0.93%) DHCP
7 4 (0.93%) HTTP
7 4 (0.93%) SSH
8 3 (0.70%) VoIP
8 3 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.47%) Skype
10 1 (0.23%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.23%) FTP
10 1 (0.23%) OSPF
10 1 (0.23%) PBX
10 1 (0.23%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.56%) Power BI
2 5 (1.17%) Tableau
3 4 (0.93%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.70%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.47%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.47%) Cloud Spanner
5 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.23%) Big Data
6 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.23%) Power Query
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (1.63%) JIRA
2 4 (0.93%) Git
3 3 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.23%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.23%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 199 (46.39%) Banking
2 155 (36.13%) Games
3 104 (24.24%) Social Skills
4 53 (12.35%) Finance
5 25 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.96%) Retail
7 13 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.10%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.86%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.86%) Marketing
10 7 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.93%) Law
11 4 (0.93%) Military
12 2 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.47%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.47%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.23%) Billing
13 1 (0.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 211 (49.18%) Customer Service Advisor
2 60 (13.99%) Analyst
3 35 (8.16%) IT Support
4 19 (4.43%) 1st Line Support
4 19 (4.43%) IT Analyst
5 18 (4.20%) Service Analyst
6 17 (3.96%) Administrator
7 16 (3.73%) IT Administrator
7 16 (3.73%) Lead
7 16 (3.73%) Support Analyst
8 14 (3.26%) IT Support Analyst
9 13 (3.03%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 13 (3.03%) Senior
9 13 (3.03%) Service Desk Analyst
10 10 (2.33%) Customer Service Representative
11 9 (2.10%) Service Desk Support
11 9 (2.10%) Service Manager
12 8 (1.86%) IT Engineer
12 8 (1.86%) Technical Support
13 7 (1.63%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.93%) LDAP
2 2 (0.47%) CSS
2 2 (0.47%) HTML
2 2 (0.47%) jQuery
2 2 (0.47%) JSON
2 2 (0.47%) Kafka
2 2 (0.47%) REST
2 2 (0.47%) SOAP
2 2 (0.47%) Web Services
2 2 (0.47%) XML
3 1 (0.23%) .NET
3 1 (0.23%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.23%) RxJS
3 1 (0.23%) Sass
3 1 (0.23%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.83%) Social Media
2 17 (3.96%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (3.03%) EPoS
4 9 (2.10%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.10%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.40%) Private Cloud
7 5 (1.17%) IoT
8 4 (0.93%) Anti-Spyware
8 4 (0.93%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.47%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.23%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.23%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.23%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.23%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.23%) Over-the-Top Content
10 1 (0.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 53 (12.35%) Windows
2 23 (5.36%) Windows 10
3 17 (3.96%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.86%) Linux
5 7 (1.63%) Android
6 4 (0.93%) Windows Vista
7 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.70%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.47%) Unix
9 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (56.41%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (12.35%) ITIL
3 40 (9.32%) Customer Experience
4 32 (7.46%) Service Delivery
5 31 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (6.76%) Process Improvement
7 28 (6.53%) Mentoring
8 26 (6.06%) ITSM
9 24 (5.59%) CRM
9 24 (5.59%) Time Management
10 22 (5.13%) Coaching
11 21 (4.90%) Asset Management
12 18 (4.20%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (4.20%) Data Protection
12 18 (4.20%) Service Management
13 17 (3.96%) Customer-Centricity
14 16 (3.73%) Line Management
15 14 (3.26%) Agile
16 13 (3.03%) Incident Management
17 12 (2.80%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.03%) SQL
2 6 (1.40%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.93%) JavaScript
3 4 (0.93%) Python
4 3 (0.70%) Java
5 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.23%) C#
6 1 (0.23%) Perl
6 1 (0.23%) Ruby
6 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.23%) VB
6 1 (0.23%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.23%) VB6
Qualifications
1 42 (9.79%) DBS Check
2 18 (4.20%) Degree
3 12 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (1.63%) A+ Certification
4 7 (1.63%) MOS
5 6 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (0.93%) ACCA
6 4 (0.93%) CIMA
6 4 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.70%) ACSP
7 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.70%) HP AIS
7 3 (0.70%) MCSA
7 3 (0.70%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.70%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.23%) GSEC
8 1 (0.23%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.16%) SLA
2 6 (1.40%) QA
3 5 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (0.93%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.93%) GDPR
5 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.47%) NIST
System Software
1 38 (8.86%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.70%) vSphere
5 2 (0.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (3.26%) SCCM
2 6 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (1.40%) Proxmox
3 4 (0.93%) Ansible
3 4 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.70%) Autotask
5 2 (0.47%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 229 (53.38%) BT
2 101 (23.54%) Microsoft
3 21 (4.90%) Cisco
4 19 (4.43%) ServiceNow
4 19 (4.43%) VMware
5 7 (1.63%) Apple
5 7 (1.63%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.17%) Citrix
6 5 (1.17%) Dell
6 5 (1.17%) Google
6 5 (1.17%) Meraki
6 5 (1.17%) Sage
6 5 (1.17%) Sophos
7 4 (0.93%) Cognos
7 4 (0.93%) Okta
7 4 (0.93%) Perforce
8 3 (0.70%) Avaya
8 3 (0.70%) HP
8 3 (0.70%) Veeam
9 2 (0.47%) Remedy