Customer Service Jobs in Scotland

Customer Service
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Customer Service skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Customer Service over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 93 43
Rank change year-on-year +55 -50 +29
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 212 268 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 7.02% 3.99% 6.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.55% 4.32% 6.74%
Number of salaries quoted 98 159 137
10th Percentile £23,504 £22,500 £20,750
25th Percentile £24,990 £25,750 £27,267
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,419 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -12.50% +40.35%
75th Percentile £42,500 £57,512 £70,000
90th Percentile £65,934 £65,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £30,500 £32,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -4.69% -11.11% -4.00%

All Process and 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 2,807 6,203 4,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 93.01% 92.46% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,380 2,419 2,194
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,017
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +6.48%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,156
90th Percentile £83,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Scotland

Customer Service
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Customer Service in Scotland

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

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 11 May 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
Edinburgh +23 83 £39,000 -2.50% 33
Glasgow +127 28 £23,504 -38.15% 46
Midlothian +1 24 £32,851 - 9
West Lothian +11 18 £26,000 +4.00% 10
Renfrewshire -6 12 £23,504 -26.55% 22
North Lanarkshire 0 7 £23,504 -26.55% 7
Dundee +2 6 £26,968 +13.55% 10
Lanarkshire -5 6 £23,504 -41.24% 14
Stirling -6 6 £45,635 -14.88% 2
East Lothian 0 5 £32,851 - 6
Highlands +1 4 £40,000 -12.09% 3
Fife -7 3 £62,500 +70.07% 4
Inverclyde - 3 £24,990 -
West Dunbartonshire - 3 £23,504 -
Ayrshire - 2 £23,504 -
South Lanarkshire -5 1 - - 1
Perthshire - 1 £32,600 -
Customer Service
UK

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.94%) Confluence
3 1 (0.47%) CICS
Applications
1 14 (6.60%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (6.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 9 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (2.83%) Azure
2 6 (2.83%) OneDrive
3 4 (1.89%) SaaS
4 3 (1.42%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.94%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.47%) AWS
6 1 (0.47%) Collibra
6 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 50 (23.58%) Broadband
2 9 (4.25%) SSL
3 4 (1.89%) IPsec
3 4 (1.89%) VLAN
3 4 (1.89%) VPN
3 4 (1.89%) Wireless
4 3 (1.42%) Internet
4 3 (1.42%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.94%) SSH
6 1 (0.47%) Firewall
6 1 (0.47%) FTP
6 1 (0.47%) LAN
6 1 (0.47%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.47%) SAN
6 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.36%) MS Access
2 4 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.42%) Power BI
3 3 (1.42%) Tableau
4 2 (0.94%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.89%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.42%) JIRA
3 1 (0.47%) ERwin
General
1 100 (47.17%) Finance
2 72 (33.96%) Banking
3 60 (28.30%) Retail
4 49 (23.11%) Social Skills
5 27 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.30%) Games
7 6 (2.83%) Legal
7 6 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.89%) Back Office
9 4 (1.89%) Law
9 4 (1.89%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.94%) Billing
11 2 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 41 (19.34%) Analyst
2 30 (14.15%) Customer Service Representative
3 20 (9.43%) Service Analyst
4 18 (8.49%) Customer Analyst
4 18 (8.49%) Customer Service Advisor
4 18 (8.49%) Customer Service Analyst
5 17 (8.02%) Operations Analyst
6 16 (7.55%) Senior
7 8 (3.77%) Fraud Analyst
8 7 (3.30%) IT Support
9 6 (2.83%) Administrator
9 6 (2.83%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (2.83%) Help Desk Administrator
9 6 (2.83%) Lead
9 6 (2.83%) Service Delivery Manager
9 6 (2.83%) Service Manager
10 5 (2.36%) Asset Management Analyst
10 5 (2.36%) Graduate
10 5 (2.36%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 5 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.42%) Middleware
2 2 (0.94%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.77%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.36%) Driving Licence
2 5 (2.36%) Hackathon
2 5 (2.36%) Learning Management System
2 5 (2.36%) Mobile App
3 4 (1.89%) Clustering
3 4 (1.89%) Replication
4 3 (1.42%) Mainframe
4 3 (1.42%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.94%) EPoS
5 2 (0.94%) Genomics
5 2 (0.94%) Life Science
5 2 (0.94%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.94%) Tandem
6 1 (0.47%) CMDB
6 1 (0.47%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.47%) iSeries
6 1 (0.47%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.72%) Windows
2 7 (3.30%) Linux
2 7 (3.30%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.83%) Solaris
3 6 (2.83%) Unix
4 5 (2.36%) zOS
5 4 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.42%) AIX
6 3 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (33.49%) Coaching
2 68 (32.08%) Customer Experience
3 27 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (12.26%) Agile
4 26 (12.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (10.38%) DevOps
6 20 (9.43%) Roadmaps
7 17 (8.02%) CI/CD
7 17 (8.02%) Continuous Delivery
7 17 (8.02%) Continuous Integration
7 17 (8.02%) Technology Roadmap
8 16 (7.55%) Operational Stability
9 11 (5.19%) Artificial Intelligence
10 9 (4.25%) Decision-Making
10 9 (4.25%) Service Delivery
11 7 (3.30%) Analytics
11 7 (3.30%) Customer Engagement
11 7 (3.30%) ITIL
11 7 (3.30%) Migration
12 6 (2.83%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.25%) Python
2 7 (3.30%) Java
3 5 (2.36%) C#
3 5 (2.36%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.36%) Kotlin
3 5 (2.36%) SQL
4 4 (1.89%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.94%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (7.55%) Degree
2 5 (2.36%) Master's Degree
2 5 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (2.36%) PhD
3 4 (1.89%) Oracle Certification
4 3 (1.42%) CCNA
4 3 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (1.42%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.42%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.42%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.94%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.94%) PMP
6 1 (0.47%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.47%) MCSE
6 1 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.89%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.94%) QA
5 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.47%) GDPR
5 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.89%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) RACF
3 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (1.89%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 101 (47.64%) BT
2 27 (12.74%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.30%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.83%) Google
4 6 (2.83%) IBM
5 4 (1.89%) Oracle
6 3 (1.42%) Cisco
6 3 (1.42%) F5
6 3 (1.42%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.42%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.94%) Draytek
7 2 (0.94%) Genesys
7 2 (0.94%) LogicMonitor
7 2 (0.94%) NETGEAR
7 2 (0.94%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.94%) Sun
7 2 (0.94%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (0.94%) Verint
8 1 (0.47%) Citrix
8 1 (0.47%) Dell