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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 47 17
Rank change year-on-year +37 -30 +3
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 33 10 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 10.28% 1.96% 10.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.70% 2.49% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 38
10th Percentile £30,000 - £24,000
25th Percentile £31,426 £27,500 £26,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,851 £28,000 £42,394
Median % change year-on-year +17.33% -33.95% -3.10%
75th Percentile £43,750 £30,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,200 - £72,500
UK median annual salary £32,000 £36,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -12.33% -1.35% -7.50%

All Process and 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 282 401 375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 87.85% 78.47% 92.14%
Number of salaries quoted 125 221 287
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £31,050
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,800 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% +17.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service 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
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in Northern Ireland

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 17 September 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
County Antrim +24 14 £37,500 +33.93% 24
County Down - 11 £32,851 -
Newry - 8 £32,851 -
County Tyrone +4 3 - - 1
County Armagh +5 1 - -
County Londonderry - 1 £28,000 - 1
Customer Service
UK

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (18.18%) AWS
3 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) ADSL
1 3 (9.09%) Cisco Wireless
1 3 (9.09%) Ethernet
1 3 (9.09%) Firewall
1 3 (9.09%) LAN
1 3 (9.09%) MPLS
1 3 (9.09%) Wireless
1 3 (9.09%) WLAN
2 1 (3.03%) Broadband
2 1 (3.03%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) GIS
1 1 (3.03%) RDBMS
1 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 11 (33.33%) Finance
3 8 (24.24%) Retail
4 6 (18.18%) French Language
4 6 (18.18%) Swedish Language
5 3 (9.09%) Law
6 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
6 2 (6.06%) Electronics
6 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Games
7 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Analyst
2 8 (24.24%) Service Analyst
3 7 (21.21%) Service Desk Analyst
4 6 (18.18%) Systems Support
5 3 (9.09%) Business Support Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Business Systems Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Network Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) NOC Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Remote Support Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Security Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Security Support Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Support Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Systems Support Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Systems Support Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Technical Support
5 3 (9.09%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) CCTV
1 3 (9.09%) Virtual Team
2 2 (6.06%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Performance Metrics
2 9 (27.27%) Coaching
2 9 (27.27%) ITIL
3 8 (24.24%) Customer Experience
4 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (18.18%) ITSM
5 6 (18.18%) Service Delivery
6 4 (12.12%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (12.12%) Network Management
6 4 (12.12%) Project Management
7 3 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (9.09%) Change Control
7 3 (9.09%) ERP
7 3 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (9.09%) Process Improvement
7 3 (9.09%) Project Delivery
7 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (9.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (39.39%) Degree
2 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (18.18%) AWS Certification
3 6 (18.18%) MCSE
3 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (15.15%) CCNA
4 5 (15.15%) HND
5 4 (12.12%) CCNP
6 3 (9.09%) HNC
6 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) QA
2 3 (9.09%) SLA
3 2 (6.06%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 14 (42.42%) Microsoft
2 9 (27.27%) BT
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco
4 6 (18.18%) ServiceNow
5 3 (9.09%) Adobe
5 3 (9.09%) Aruba
5 3 (9.09%) Fortinet
5 3 (9.09%) Juniper
5 3 (9.09%) Remedy
5 3 (9.09%) SolarWinds