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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 34 64
Rank change year-on-year +13 +30 -6
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 246 170 181
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 9.03% 6.37% 6.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.21% 6.90% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 146 61 132
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,684 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -27.27% +31.28%
75th Percentile £34,000 £55,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £35,750 £68,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £31,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% +1.35% -5.13%

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 2,195 2,463 2,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 80.55% 92.35% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,071 1,043 1,775
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,779 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 3 January 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 3 January 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
Edinburgh -4 81 £32,000 -25.15% 7
Midlothian +1 43 £32,000 - 5
West Lothian +18 31 £30,000 -52.00% 4
Glasgow +11 19 £25,087 -22.81% 9
Highlands - 17 £32,000 - 9
East Lothian -1 12 £32,000 -1.54%
Perth and Kinross - 8 £34,000 -
Perthshire - 8 £34,000 -
West Dunbartonshire - 5 - - 2
Aberdeen +4 4 £26,150 +8.96%
Dundee +2 4 £25,087 -11.20%
Lanarkshire -5 4 - - 6
Fife +5 3 - - 1
Stirling -4 3 £54,500 +63.82% 4
Renfrewshire -11 3 £38,794 -26.11%
Argyll and Bute +1 1 £28,500 -
North Lanarkshire -14 1 £27,000 -
Angus - 1 - -
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:

Applications
1 14 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.25%) Chatbot
2 8 (3.25%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.81%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 42 (17.07%) Azure
2 33 (13.41%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.47%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.03%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.81%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.98%) Broadband
2 19 (7.72%) LAN
2 19 (7.72%) WAN
2 19 (7.72%) Wireless
3 16 (6.50%) Firewall
3 16 (6.50%) SD-WAN
3 16 (6.50%) Wireshark
4 4 (1.63%) SAN
5 3 (1.22%) WLAN
6 1 (0.41%) DHCP
6 1 (0.41%) DNS
6 1 (0.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.03%) Power BI
General
1 142 (57.72%) Finance
2 126 (51.22%) Retail
3 50 (20.33%) Social Skills
4 32 (13.01%) Telecoms
5 19 (7.72%) Public Sector
6 16 (6.50%) Games
7 13 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.47%) Law
9 10 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.25%) Legal
11 6 (2.44%) Back Office
11 6 (2.44%) Billing
12 4 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.81%) Fire and Rescue
14 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.41%) Banking
15 1 (0.41%) Digital Health
15 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.41%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 27 (10.98%) IT Support
2 21 (8.54%) Analyst
3 16 (6.50%) Support Analyst
4 13 (5.28%) Customer Service Representative
4 13 (5.28%) Senior
5 12 (4.88%) Network Engineer
6 10 (4.07%) IT Technician
6 10 (4.07%) Lead
7 8 (3.25%) 1st Line Support
7 8 (3.25%) IT Engineer
7 8 (3.25%) Team Leader
7 8 (3.25%) Trainer
8 7 (2.85%) IT Analyst
8 7 (2.85%) IT Support Analyst
8 7 (2.85%) Project Manager
8 7 (2.85%) Senior Manager
8 7 (2.85%) Senior Project Manager
8 7 (2.85%) Support Engineer
8 7 (2.85%) Support Team Leader
9 6 (2.44%) Help Desk Technician
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.20%) Management Information System
2 22 (8.94%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.25%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.63%) Smartphone
8 3 (1.22%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.81%) EPoS
9 2 (0.81%) Robotics
9 2 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.41%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.54%) Windows
2 8 (3.25%) Windows 10
3 6 (2.44%) Linux
4 5 (2.03%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.81%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.41%) AIX
6 1 (0.41%) Solaris
6 1 (0.41%) Unix
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (54.88%) Coaching
2 114 (46.34%) Customer Experience
3 50 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (9.76%) Change Management
5 22 (8.94%) ITIL
6 19 (7.72%) Asset Management
7 18 (7.32%) Capacity Planning
7 18 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (6.50%) Load Balancing
8 16 (6.50%) Network Monitoring
8 16 (6.50%) Network Planning
8 16 (6.50%) Network Virtualisation
8 16 (6.50%) Problem Management
9 12 (4.88%) AI
9 12 (4.88%) ITSM
9 12 (4.88%) Service Delivery
10 10 (4.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (3.66%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 9 (3.66%) Mentoring
11 9 (3.66%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.81%) PowerShell
1 2 (0.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (10.16%) Degree
2 12 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (2.85%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.85%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.44%) CCNA
4 6 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.44%) HND
5 5 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.63%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.63%) CTC Cleared
6 4 (1.63%) MCSE
6 4 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.81%) CISM
8 2 (0.81%) CISSP
8 2 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.28%) SLA
2 5 (2.03%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.63%) GDPR
4 3 (1.22%) QA
5 2 (0.81%) GxP
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (4.47%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.63%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.81%) Docker
5 2 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.81%) Ansible
2 2 (0.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 129 (52.44%) BT
2 36 (14.63%) Microsoft
3 22 (8.94%) Cisco
4 16 (6.50%) CheckPoint
4 16 (6.50%) Meraki
4 16 (6.50%) Palo Alto
4 16 (6.50%) SolarWinds
5 10 (4.07%) Freshdesk
6 8 (3.25%) PayPal
7 5 (2.03%) Adobe
7 5 (2.03%) Apple
7 5 (2.03%) Citrix
7 5 (2.03%) Nintex
8 4 (1.63%) Dell
9 3 (1.22%) VMware
10 1 (0.41%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.41%) IBM
10 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.41%) Siemens