Customer Service Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Customer Service
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 11 40
Rank change year-on-year -52 +29 -19
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 31 23 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 2.75% 7.90% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.88% 8.55% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 11
10th Percentile £29,700 £26,301 -
25th Percentile £30,706 - £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £32,851 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +17.33% -44.00%
75th Percentile £38,000 £48,750 £30,000
90th Percentile - £61,500 £52,500
UK median annual salary £31,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% - -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 800 269 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 71.05% 92.44% 82.75%
Number of salaries quoted 271 107 323
10th Percentile - £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £70,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Customer Service
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 10 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
County Antrim -21 21 £31,706 -39.61% 20
Newry -12 5 - - 1
County Armagh -18 5 £38,000 - 3
County Down -34 5 - - 1
Customer Service
UK

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (19.35%) AWS
3 3 (9.68%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.23%) Azure
General
1 28 (90.32%) Social Skills
2 14 (45.16%) Finance
2 14 (45.16%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (32.26%) Legal
4 6 (19.35%) French Language
5 4 (12.90%) Banking
5 4 (12.90%) Financial Institution
6 2 (6.45%) Games
7 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Retail
7 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Analyst
2 7 (22.58%) Service Analyst
2 7 (22.58%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Support Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Technical Support
3 5 (16.13%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Deskside Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Deskside Support
4 2 (6.45%) Deskside Support Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Desktop Support
4 2 (6.45%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Network Operations Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (32.26%) Podcast
1 10 (32.26%) Virtual Team
1 10 (32.26%) Web Conferencing
2 4 (12.90%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (12.90%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.45%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.81%) ITIL
2 6 (19.35%) ITSM
2 6 (19.35%) Performance Metrics
3 5 (16.13%) Inventory Management
4 4 (12.90%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 4 (12.90%) BCP
4 4 (12.90%) Business Continuity
4 4 (12.90%) Business Continuity Planning
4 4 (12.90%) Due Diligence
4 4 (12.90%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (12.90%) Risk Management
5 2 (6.45%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (6.45%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.23%) Agile
6 1 (3.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.23%) Mathematics
6 1 (3.23%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.23%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (25.81%) Degree
3 6 (19.35%) AWS Certification
3 6 (19.35%) MCSE
3 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.45%) A+ Certification
4 2 (6.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (32.26%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.23%) VMware