Customer Service Jobs in Reading

Customer Service
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Customer Service skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Service over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 40 45
Rank change year-on-year +14 +5 -2
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 134 109 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 7.73% 6.98% 5.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.78% 7.19% 5.94%
Number of salaries quoted 126 89 37
10th Percentile £25,500 £20,250 £22,675
25th Percentile £26,000 £23,500 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £26,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.15% -7.14% -33.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £37,500 £37,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £43,750 £47,500
Berkshire median annual salary £31,500 £28,000 £28,225
% change year-on-year +12.50% -0.80% -33.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Customer Service is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,527 1,517 1,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 88.11% 97.18% 92.62%
Number of salaries quoted 911 784 932
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £42,375 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.80% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -12.42% +2.56% +6.36%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Reading

Customer Service
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in Reading.

Salary trend for Customer Service in Reading

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Reading over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in Reading

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 54 (40.30%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (22.39%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (4.48%) Azure
3 4 (2.99%) IaaS
4 3 (2.24%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.75%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.46%) LAN
2 4 (2.99%) 5G
2 4 (2.99%) Wireless
3 3 (2.24%) Broadband
4 2 (1.49%) Firewall
4 2 (1.49%) WAN
5 1 (0.75%) Internet
5 1 (0.75%) LTE
5 1 (0.75%) Network Security
5 1 (0.75%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.49%) Power BI
2 1 (0.75%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (2.99%) AdminStudio
1 4 (2.99%) InstallShield
1 4 (2.99%) MSI
General
1 86 (64.18%) Social Skills
2 52 (38.81%) Organisational Skills
3 14 (10.45%) Back Office
4 12 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.22%) Finance
5 7 (5.22%) Legal
6 5 (3.73%) Marketing
6 5 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.73%) Retail
7 3 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.24%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.49%) Billing
8 2 (1.49%) Police
9 1 (0.75%) French Language
9 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Law
9 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (15.67%) IT Support
2 20 (14.93%) IT Support Technician
2 20 (14.93%) IT Technician
2 20 (14.93%) Support Technician
3 15 (11.19%) Hardware Engineer
4 14 (10.45%) Consultant
4 14 (10.45%) ICT Consultant
5 13 (9.70%) Technical Engineer
6 12 (8.96%) Support Engineer
6 12 (8.96%) Support Specialist
7 10 (7.46%) Desktop Engineer
8 9 (6.72%) Desktop Support
8 9 (6.72%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 9 (6.72%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
9 8 (5.97%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 8 (5.97%) Infrastructure Support
9 8 (5.97%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
9 8 (5.97%) Sales Executive
10 7 (5.22%) Senior
11 6 (4.48%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.24%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.75%) .NET
2 1 (0.75%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.43%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (9.70%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.99%) Shadow IT
4 2 (1.49%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.75%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.75%) IoT
5 1 (0.75%) iPad
5 1 (0.75%) iPhone
5 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (33.58%) Windows
2 39 (29.10%) Windows 10
3 27 (20.15%) Windows 7
4 11 (8.21%) Windows NT
4 11 (8.21%) Windows Server
4 11 (8.21%) Windows Server 2012
4 11 (8.21%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (8.21%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (47.76%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (28.36%) ITIL
3 28 (20.90%) Asset Management
4 20 (14.93%) Service Management
5 15 (11.19%) Break/Fix
6 13 (9.70%) IT Asset Management
6 13 (9.70%) Service Delivery
6 13 (9.70%) Software Deployment
7 12 (8.96%) Customer Requirements
8 11 (8.21%) Decision-Making
8 11 (8.21%) Deployment Automation
8 11 (8.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (6.72%) Project Management
9 9 (6.72%) Software Testing
10 8 (5.97%) B2B
10 8 (5.97%) B2B Sales
11 7 (5.22%) Agile
11 7 (5.22%) ITSM
12 6 (4.48%) Incident Management
12 6 (4.48%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.73%) C#
2 4 (2.99%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.99%) VB
3 2 (1.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (45.52%) Security Cleared
2 58 (43.28%) DV Cleared
3 43 (32.09%) SC Cleared
4 21 (15.67%) A+ Certification
5 16 (11.94%) Degree
6 15 (11.19%) DBS Check
7 14 (10.45%) MCP
7 14 (10.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (3.73%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.99%) HNC
10 2 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.75%) CCNA
11 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.16%) SLA
2 5 (3.73%) GDPR
3 2 (1.49%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.49%) PMO
3 2 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 35 (26.12%) Active Directory
2 22 (16.42%) Firmware
3 14 (10.45%) KVM
4 4 (2.99%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 37 (27.61%) SCCM
2 18 (13.43%) WSUS
3 11 (8.21%) Sysprep
4 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 80 (59.70%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.45%) HP
3 10 (7.46%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.99%) Autodesk
4 4 (2.99%) VMware
5 3 (2.24%) Oracle
5 3 (2.24%) Virgin Media
6 2 (1.49%) Cadence
6 2 (1.49%) Cisco
7 1 (0.75%) Bomgar
7 1 (0.75%) Databricks
7 1 (0.75%) Google
7 1 (0.75%) WatchGuard