Customer Service Job Trends in Scotland

Customer Service
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 15 80
Rank change year-on-year -14 +65 -58
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 157 330 250
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.69% 13.15% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.61% 14.49% 4.66%
Number of salaries quoted 82 198 165
10th Percentile £25,375 £25,087 £22,850
25th Percentile £25,750 - £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,851 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% -13.55% -10.59%
75th Percentile £38,563 £32,951 £48,000
90th Percentile £59,675 £47,098 £61,250
UK median annual salary £31,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% - -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,374 2,277 5,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 70.97% 90.72% 88.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 1,007 2,422
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,968 £28,025
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,851 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Customer Service relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Customer Service job vacancy trend in Scotland

Customer Service
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in Scotland

Customer Service
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Glasgow +29 39 £32,375 +7.92% 11
Edinburgh -27 32 £31,250 -4.87% 11
West Lothian -1 22 £27,500 -16.29% 3
North Lanarkshire -3 9 - - 1
Highlands +1 8 £26,500 -33.75% 13
South Lanarkshire - 8 £33,000 -
West Dunbartonshire - 8 - -
Stirling +1 7 £54,500 +19.43% 1
Renfrewshire +2 6 - - 2
Lanarkshire +11 4 - - 10
Banffshire - 3 £23,500 - 1
Ayrshire - 2 - -
Aberdeen - 2 £34,500 - 1
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
East Ayrshire - 2 - -
Fife -10 1 - - 3
South Ayrshire - 1 £19,000 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £23,500 -
Customer Service
UK

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 15 (9.55%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.18%) Jupyter
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 46 (29.30%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (7.01%) MS Visio
3 8 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (3.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.27%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 71 (45.22%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (24.84%) Entra ID
3 18 (11.46%) Azure
4 11 (7.01%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.82%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.18%) AWS
7 5 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.18%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.55%) SaaS
9 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.91%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.91%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.27%) Collibra
10 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.64%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.64%) IaaS
11 1 (0.64%) OCI
11 1 (0.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.01%) Broadband
2 7 (4.46%) VoIP
3 6 (3.82%) SAN
4 4 (2.55%) DHCP
4 4 (2.55%) DNS
4 4 (2.55%) Firewall
4 4 (2.55%) VPN
5 3 (1.91%) Internet
6 2 (1.27%) Mobile Broadband
6 2 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.27%) Softphone
6 2 (1.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.01%) Power BI
2 1 (0.64%) Big Data
2 1 (0.64%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.64%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.18%) JIRA
1 5 (3.18%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (1.91%) ERwin
3 1 (0.64%) Git
3 1 (0.64%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 102 (64.97%) Social Skills
2 35 (22.29%) Back Office
3 25 (15.92%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (15.29%) Finance
5 21 (13.38%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (10.19%) Public Sector
6 16 (10.19%) Retail
7 14 (8.92%) Manufacturing
8 12 (7.64%) Legal
9 9 (5.73%) Billing
9 9 (5.73%) Law
10 5 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.55%) Local Government
11 4 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.55%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.91%) Games
12 3 (1.91%) Marketing
13 1 (0.64%) Banking
13 1 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 56 (35.67%) Support Engineer
2 38 (24.20%) Desktop Engineer
2 38 (24.20%) Desktop Support
2 38 (24.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 32 (20.38%) Site Engineer
4 31 (19.75%) Analyst
4 31 (19.75%) IT Support
5 24 (15.29%) IT Engineer
6 18 (11.46%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (9.55%) Administrator
8 13 (8.28%) Support Analyst
9 12 (7.64%) 1st Line Support
10 11 (7.01%) Help Desk Administrator
11 10 (6.37%) 2nd Line Support
11 10 (6.37%) Field Engineer
11 10 (6.37%) Service Analyst
11 10 (6.37%) Service Desk Analyst
12 9 (5.73%) Field Service Engineer
13 8 (5.10%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 8 (5.10%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.18%) Hugging Face
1 5 (3.18%) Matplotlib
1 5 (3.18%) NumPy
1 5 (3.18%) Pandas
1 5 (3.18%) scikit-learn
1 5 (3.18%) Streamlit
2 3 (1.91%) .NET
3 2 (1.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.38%) Driving Licence
2 15 (9.55%) Onboarding
3 11 (7.01%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (5.73%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.82%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (3.82%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.82%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.82%) Smartphone
6 5 (3.18%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.18%) Podcast
6 5 (3.18%) Social Media
6 5 (3.18%) Virtual Team
6 5 (3.18%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.27%) iPhone
9 1 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.64%) Smart Home
9 1 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.64%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 62 (39.49%) Windows
2 47 (29.94%) Windows 10
3 15 (9.55%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.64%) AIX
5 1 (0.64%) Linux
5 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.64%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (32.48%) Continuous Improvement
2 48 (30.57%) ITIL
3 40 (25.48%) Customer Experience
4 37 (23.57%) Analytics
4 37 (23.57%) Ticket Management
5 36 (22.93%) Cybersecurity
6 35 (22.29%) Customer Acquisition
6 35 (22.29%) Patch Management
6 35 (22.29%) Software Deployment
7 33 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (10.83%) Coaching
9 16 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (9.55%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (8.28%) Service Delivery
12 12 (7.64%) Agile
13 11 (7.01%) Collaborative Working
13 11 (7.01%) Time Management
14 9 (5.73%) Business Development
15 8 (5.10%) Data Privacy
15 8 (5.10%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.46%) JavaScript
2 6 (3.82%) Python
3 3 (1.91%) C#
3 3 (1.91%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.27%) SQL
5 1 (0.64%) Bash
Qualifications
1 53 (33.76%) Degree
2 38 (24.20%) Security Cleared
3 35 (22.29%) CTC Cleared
3 35 (22.29%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (5.73%) A+ Certification
6 8 (5.10%) MCSE
6 8 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (3.82%) CCNA
7 6 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (3.82%) HND
7 6 (3.82%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (3.18%) AWS Certification
8 5 (3.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (3.18%) City & Guilds
9 3 (1.91%) Server+ Certification
10 2 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (1.27%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (29.94%) SLA
2 6 (3.82%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.18%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.55%) GDPR
5 3 (1.91%) QA
System Software
1 16 (10.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.27%) BitLocker
2 2 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (3.18%) SCCM
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.64%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 82 (52.23%) Microsoft
2 35 (22.29%) Cisco
3 7 (4.46%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.82%) Adobe
4 6 (3.82%) Dell
4 6 (3.82%) Freshdesk
4 6 (3.82%) Nintex
5 3 (1.91%) Citrix
5 3 (1.91%) iManage
6 2 (1.27%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (1.27%) Bomgar
6 2 (1.27%) Informatica
7 1 (0.64%) BT
7 1 (0.64%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.64%) Intapp
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle
7 1 (0.64%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.64%) Sage
7 1 (0.64%) Sophos
7 1 (0.64%) YouTube