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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 31 39
Rank change year-on-year +21 +8 -27
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 89 10 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 11.04% 3.31% 4.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.55% 3.69% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 24 2 11
10th Percentile - £27,904 £31,750
25th Percentile - £34,503 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £46,752 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.83% -18.69% +15.00%
75th Percentile £38,000 £60,251 £67,500
90th Percentile £38,750 £67,600 £68,750
UK median annual salary £31,500 £35,000 £32,404
% change year-on-year -10.00% +8.01% -7.42%

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 657 271 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 81.51% 89.74% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 253 78 282
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,112 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,221 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £84,875 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%

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 9 March 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 +11 42 £31,000 -33.69% 11
County Armagh - 20 £30,000 - 1
County Down -5 13 - - 3
County Tyrone - 6 - -
Newry - 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 (2.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 47 (52.81%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (23.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (7.87%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 24 (26.97%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (24.72%) AWS
3 2 (2.25%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.49%) ADSL
1 4 (4.49%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 7 (7.87%) JIRA
General
1 68 (76.40%) Social Skills
2 22 (24.72%) French Language
3 16 (17.98%) Swedish Language
4 12 (13.48%) Finance
5 7 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.49%) Banking
6 4 (4.49%) Financial Institution
6 4 (4.49%) Law
6 4 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.37%) Games
8 2 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Marketing
8 2 (2.25%) Retail
9 1 (1.12%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (33.71%) Analyst
2 22 (24.72%) Service Analyst
2 22 (24.72%) Service Desk Analyst
3 13 (14.61%) Support Engineer
3 13 (14.61%) Technical Engineer
3 13 (14.61%) Technical Support
3 13 (14.61%) Technical Support Engineer
4 9 (10.11%) Systems Support
5 8 (8.99%) Support Analyst
6 7 (7.87%) Account Manager
7 6 (6.74%) Business Support Analyst
7 6 (6.74%) Business Systems Analyst
7 6 (6.74%) Systems Analyst
7 6 (6.74%) Systems Support Analyst
8 4 (4.49%) Business Development Executive
8 4 (4.49%) NOC Engineer
9 3 (3.37%) ERP Analyst
9 3 (3.37%) ERP Support
9 3 (3.37%) Remote Support Engineer
9 3 (3.37%) Security Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.74%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.22%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (7.87%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.49%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.37%) CCTV
5 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.12%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.12%) Social Media
6 1 (1.12%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (33.71%) Logistics
2 28 (31.46%) ITIL
2 28 (31.46%) Performance Metrics
3 22 (24.72%) ITSM
4 18 (20.22%) CRM
5 14 (15.73%) Time Management
6 13 (14.61%) ERP
6 13 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (13.48%) Service Delivery
8 9 (10.11%) Telesales
9 8 (8.99%) Process Improvement
10 7 (7.87%) B2B
10 7 (7.87%) Customer Requirements
11 6 (6.74%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (6.74%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (6.74%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (6.74%) Kalman Filter
12 4 (4.49%) BCP
12 4 (4.49%) Business Continuity
12 4 (4.49%) Business Continuity Planning
Qualifications
1 44 (49.44%) Degree
2 22 (24.72%) AWS Certification
2 22 (24.72%) MCSE
2 22 (24.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (6.74%) HNC
3 6 (6.74%) HND
4 4 (4.49%) CCNA
4 4 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.49%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.25%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (31.46%) QA
2 4 (4.49%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 53 (59.55%) Microsoft
2 23 (25.84%) ServiceNow
3 11 (12.36%) Cisco
4 7 (7.87%) Dell
4 7 (7.87%) HP
4 7 (7.87%) Sage
4 7 (7.87%) Salesforce
5 6 (6.74%) Adobe
6 4 (4.49%) Juniper
6 4 (4.49%) Remedy
6 4 (4.49%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.25%) HubSpot