Customer Service Job Trends in Somerset

Customer Service
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 17 9
Rank change year-on-year +10 -8 +25
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 86 32 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 15.58% 7.22% 11.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.05% 9.25% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 23 9 42
10th Percentile £25,682 £27,700 £25,025
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,543 £30,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% -3.23% +14.31%
75th Percentile £33,250 £55,000 £38,371
90th Percentile £53,500 £57,750 £58,125
South West median annual salary £30,000 £34,750 £32,500
% change year-on-year -13.67% +6.92% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 429 346 319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 77.72% 78.10% 86.22%
Number of salaries quoted 194 124 254
10th Percentile £26,825 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £54,660 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.25% +21.47% -10.00%
75th Percentile £54,688 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,750 £83,875 £70,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +2.94%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in Somerset

Customer Service
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Somerset over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in Somerset

Customer Service
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 14 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
Bath +12 51 £52,500 +23.53% 6
Weston-super-Mare +3 15 - -
Clevedon - 15 - -
Street - 13 £30,780 - 5
Taunton - 5 £28,000 -
Portishead -5 1 £36,051 -15.17%
Customer Service
South West

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 42 (48.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (15.12%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (11.63%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 56 (65.12%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (48.84%) Azure
3 4 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (4.65%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.49%) AWS
5 2 (2.33%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 41 (47.67%) DHCP
1 41 (47.67%) DNS
2 1 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.16%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.16%) VLAN
2 1 (1.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (41.86%) Amazon RDS
General
1 66 (76.74%) Social Skills
2 37 (43.02%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.47%) Back Office
4 8 (9.30%) Retail
5 7 (8.14%) Advertising
6 5 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.65%) Law
7 4 (4.65%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.65%) Marketing
8 3 (3.49%) Finance
8 3 (3.49%) Legal
8 3 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.16%) Military
9 1 (1.16%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (43.02%) Systems Engineer
2 14 (16.28%) Support Engineer
3 11 (12.79%) IT Support
4 10 (11.63%) Trainer
5 9 (10.47%) Desktop Engineer
5 9 (10.47%) Desktop Support
5 9 (10.47%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 9 (10.47%) Site Engineer
6 8 (9.30%) Analyst
6 8 (9.30%) IT Support Technician
6 8 (9.30%) IT Technician
6 8 (9.30%) Support Technician
7 7 (8.14%) Support Analyst
7 7 (8.14%) Technical Analyst
7 7 (8.14%) Technical Support
7 7 (8.14%) Technical Support Analyst
8 6 (6.98%) 1st Line Support
9 3 (3.49%) Account Manager
9 3 (3.49%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Support Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 36 (41.86%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (9.30%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (8.14%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.49%) EPoS
4 3 (3.49%) LIMS
4 3 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.49%) NHS
4 3 (3.49%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.33%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.16%) CCTV
6 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 49 (56.98%) Windows
2 38 (44.19%) Windows Server
3 36 (41.86%) Linux
3 36 (41.86%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (10.47%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (54.65%) Customer Experience
2 45 (52.33%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (41.86%) Email Filtering
3 36 (41.86%) Kalman Filter
3 36 (41.86%) Migration
3 36 (41.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 36 (41.86%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 36 (41.86%) Web Filtering
4 13 (15.12%) Mathematics
5 12 (13.95%) ITIL
5 12 (13.95%) Ticket Management
6 10 (11.63%) AI
6 10 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (11.63%) Conversational UI
6 10 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (10.47%) Analytics
7 9 (10.47%) Customer Acquisition
7 9 (10.47%) Patch Management
7 9 (10.47%) People Management
7 9 (10.47%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 45 (52.33%) SC Cleared
1 45 (52.33%) Security Cleared
2 21 (24.42%) Degree
3 9 (10.47%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (3.49%) ECDL
5 2 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (2.33%) MCP
5 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.16%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.16%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.16%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (41.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 36 (41.86%) PCI DSS
2 9 (10.47%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 36 (41.86%) Hyper-V
2 36 (41.86%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 59 (68.60%) Microsoft
2 38 (44.19%) Veeam
3 36 (41.86%) Brocade
3 36 (41.86%) Nimble Storage
3 36 (41.86%) SolarWinds
3 36 (41.86%) Splunk
3 36 (41.86%) Tanium
3 36 (41.86%) VMware
4 11 (12.79%) Cisco
5 10 (11.63%) PayPal
6 2 (2.33%) arcserve