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 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 50 19
Rank change year-on-year +45 -31 0
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 51 3 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 15.04% 0.63% 9.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.23% 0.79% 10.30%
Number of salaries quoted 20 1 29
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,851 £28,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.33% -30.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £38,750 £28,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £49,825 - £67,500
UK median annual salary £31,878 £37,500 £36,173
% change year-on-year -14.99% +3.67% -9.57%

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 296 378 330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 87.32% 78.91% 91.67%
Number of salaries quoted 140 189 250
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,112 £29,650
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £69,063 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £94,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 25 October 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 25 October 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 +34 25 £37,500 +33.93% 6
County Down - 12 £32,851 - 1
Newry - 9 £32,851 -
County Tyrone - 6 - - 2
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:

Applications
1 16 (31.37%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (5.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (31.37%) AWS
1 16 (31.37%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.76%) ADSL
1 6 (11.76%) Ethernet
2 3 (5.88%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (5.88%) Firewall
2 3 (5.88%) LAN
2 3 (5.88%) MPLS
2 3 (5.88%) Wireless
2 3 (5.88%) WLAN
3 1 (1.96%) Broadband
General
1 32 (62.75%) Social Skills
2 16 (31.37%) Finance
2 16 (31.37%) French Language
2 16 (31.37%) Swedish Language
3 8 (15.69%) Retail
4 6 (11.76%) Law
5 2 (3.92%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.92%) Electronics
5 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.96%) Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Games
Job Titles
1 22 (43.14%) Analyst
2 16 (31.37%) Service Analyst
2 16 (31.37%) Service Desk Analyst
3 11 (21.57%) Systems Support
4 6 (11.76%) Business Support Analyst
4 6 (11.76%) Business Systems Analyst
4 6 (11.76%) NOC Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Support Analyst
4 6 (11.76%) Systems Analyst
4 6 (11.76%) Systems Support Analyst
5 5 (9.80%) Remote Support Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Security Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Security Support Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Support Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Systems Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Systems Support Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Technical Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Technical Support
5 5 (9.80%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.76%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) CCTV
2 3 (5.88%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.92%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (43.14%) ITIL
1 22 (43.14%) Performance Metrics
2 16 (31.37%) ITSM
3 10 (19.61%) Customer Experience
3 10 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (17.65%) Service Delivery
5 8 (15.69%) Coaching
5 8 (15.69%) Process Improvement
6 6 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (11.76%) ERP
6 6 (11.76%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (5.88%) Change Control
8 3 (5.88%) Knowledge Transfer
8 3 (5.88%) Network Management
8 3 (5.88%) Project Delivery
8 3 (5.88%) Time Management
9 2 (3.92%) Customer Retention
Qualifications
1 24 (47.06%) Degree
2 16 (31.37%) AWS Certification
2 16 (31.37%) MCSE
2 16 (31.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (15.69%) HND
5 7 (13.73%) CCNA
6 6 (11.76%) HNC
6 6 (11.76%) Security Cleared
7 3 (5.88%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (35.29%) QA
2 6 (11.76%) SLA
3 2 (3.92%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 25 (49.02%) Microsoft
2 16 (31.37%) ServiceNow
3 9 (17.65%) BT
3 9 (17.65%) Cisco
4 6 (11.76%) Adobe
4 6 (11.76%) Juniper
4 6 (11.76%) Remedy
4 6 (11.76%) SolarWinds
5 3 (5.88%) Aruba
5 3 (5.88%) Fortinet