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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 25 37
Rank change year-on-year +11 +12 -24
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 78 12 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 8.84% 4.33% 4.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.08% 4.84% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 18 3 13
10th Percentile - £30,053 £27,500
25th Percentile - £39,877 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £36,500 £65,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £38,000 £69,750 £68,500
UK median annual salary £31,500 £34,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +7.81% -9.60%

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 704 248 422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 79.82% 89.53% 86.83%
Number of salaries quoted 263 70 285
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,112 £30,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £40,791 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 2 April 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 -3 34 £31,000 -46.09% 11
County Armagh +2 20 £30,000 - 2
County Down -14 13 - - 3
Newry - 5 - -
County Tyrone - 5 - -
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 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 43 (55.13%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (26.92%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (8.97%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.64%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (23.08%) AWS
3 2 (2.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) ADSL
1 1 (1.28%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 7 (8.97%) JIRA
General
1 58 (74.36%) Social Skills
2 18 (23.08%) French Language
3 11 (14.10%) Finance
3 11 (14.10%) Swedish Language
4 7 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.13%) Banking
5 4 (5.13%) Financial Institution
5 4 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.85%) Games
7 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Marketing
7 2 (2.56%) Retail
8 1 (1.28%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.28%) Law
8 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (32.05%) Analyst
2 18 (23.08%) Service Analyst
2 18 (23.08%) Service Desk Analyst
3 10 (12.82%) Support Engineer
3 10 (12.82%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (12.82%) Technical Support
3 10 (12.82%) Technical Support Engineer
4 7 (8.97%) Account Manager
4 7 (8.97%) Support Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Business Support Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Business Systems Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Systems Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Systems Support
5 5 (6.41%) Systems Support Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) Business Development Executive
7 3 (3.85%) ERP Analyst
7 3 (3.85%) ERP Support
8 2 (2.56%) Deskside Analyst
8 2 (2.56%) Deskside Support
8 2 (2.56%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.41%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (8.97%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.13%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.56%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.28%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.28%) Social Media
5 1 (1.28%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (38.46%) Logistics
2 23 (29.49%) Performance Metrics
3 21 (26.92%) ITIL
4 18 (23.08%) CRM
4 18 (23.08%) ITSM
5 14 (17.95%) Time Management
6 12 (15.38%) ERP
6 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (11.54%) Service Delivery
7 9 (11.54%) Telesales
8 7 (8.97%) B2B
8 7 (8.97%) Customer Requirements
8 7 (8.97%) Process Improvement
9 5 (6.41%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (6.41%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (6.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (6.41%) Kalman Filter
10 4 (5.13%) Anti-Money Laundering
10 4 (5.13%) Business Continuity Planning
10 4 (5.13%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 39 (50.00%) Degree
2 18 (23.08%) AWS Certification
2 18 (23.08%) MCSE
2 18 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (6.41%) HNC
3 5 (6.41%) HND
4 2 (2.56%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.28%) CCNA
5 1 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.28%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (30.77%) QA
2 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 48 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 19 (24.36%) ServiceNow
3 8 (10.26%) Cisco
4 7 (8.97%) Dell
4 7 (8.97%) HP
4 7 (8.97%) Sage
4 7 (8.97%) Salesforce
5 5 (6.41%) Adobe
6 2 (2.56%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.28%) Juniper
7 1 (1.28%) Remedy
7 1 (1.28%) SolarWinds