Customer Experience Job Trends in the South East

Customer Experience (CX)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Customer Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 100 127
Rank change year-on-year +2 +27 +20
Permanent jobs citing Customer Experience 283 245 293
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.78% 2.84% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 3.21% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 144 149 204
10th Percentile £24,570 - £26,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £23,731 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,700 £25,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -33.77% -8.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £44,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,375 £63,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £47,138 £40,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +17.84% -13.04% -23.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Customer Experience 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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,418 7,630 12,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.65% 88.48% 81.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,151 4,019 8,685
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Customer Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Customer Experience relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Customer Experience job vacancy trend in the South East

Customer Experience
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Customer Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Customer Experience

Customer Experience
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Experience in the South East over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Experience in the South East

Customer Experience
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Experience within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 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
Hampshire -4 97 £32,250 +26.47% 33
Thames Valley +13 80 £41,250 +55.66% 44
Surrey -4 59 £35,000 +39.14% 20
Berkshire +36 46 £37,500 +41.51% 27
Buckinghamshire -28 25 £50,000 +96.08% 12
Kent -33 17 £27,500 +9.33% 15
Sussex +1 10 £31,500 -16.56% 2
East Sussex -4 10 £35,000 -34.58% 9
West Sussex -19 10 £110,000 +76.00% 6
Oxfordshire -17 9 £105,000 +141.38% 6
Customer Experience
England

Customer Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (6.36%) CMS
2 7 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 20 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.06%) UserZoom
5 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.35%) Sketch
6 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.47%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.35%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 38 (13.43%) Adobe Analytics
2 28 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (7.42%) Figma
4 19 (6.71%) SaaS
5 18 (6.36%) Azure
6 10 (3.53%) Google Data Studio
6 10 (3.53%) Google Tag Manager
7 7 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.47%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.41%) Miro
9 3 (1.06%) Contentsquare
9 3 (1.06%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.71%) AWS
10 2 (0.71%) GCP
10 2 (0.71%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Machine Learning
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.35%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 1 (0.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 49 (17.31%) Broadband
2 14 (4.95%) DHCP
2 14 (4.95%) DNS
3 12 (4.24%) Firewall
4 10 (3.53%) VPN
5 8 (2.83%) VoIP
6 6 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (2.12%) Wireless
7 3 (1.06%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.71%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.71%) VLAN
9 1 (0.35%) Network Security
9 1 (0.35%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.53%) Looker
2 7 (2.47%) Metadata
3 4 (1.41%) Power Query
4 3 (1.06%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.06%) JIRA
General
1 121 (42.76%) Social Skills
2 86 (30.39%) Marketing
3 50 (17.67%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (14.84%) Retail
5 38 (13.43%) Games
6 32 (11.31%) Finance
7 14 (4.95%) Automotive
8 12 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.89%) Legal
10 9 (3.18%) Banking
11 8 (2.83%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.41%) Law
13 4 (1.41%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.41%) Publishing
14 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 41 (14.49%) Sales Executive
2 40 (14.13%) Lead
3 39 (13.78%) Corporate Sales Executive
4 22 (7.77%) Analyst
4 22 (7.77%) Designer
5 20 (7.07%) Lead Designer
6 16 (5.65%) 2nd Line Support
7 13 (4.59%) Account Manager
7 13 (4.59%) Data Engineer
8 12 (4.24%) Senior
8 12 (4.24%) Support Analyst
9 11 (3.89%) Digital Designer
9 11 (3.89%) Support Technician
10 10 (3.53%) Business Development Manager
10 10 (3.53%) Development Manager
10 10 (3.53%) Salesforce Engineer
11 9 (3.18%) 1st Line Support
12 8 (2.83%) 2nd Line Support Technician
12 8 (2.83%) Business Manager
12 8 (2.83%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.83%) Middleware
2 3 (1.06%) CSS
2 3 (1.06%) HTML
3 2 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.35%) LangChain
4 1 (0.35%) LangGraph
4 1 (0.35%) REST
4 1 (0.35%) SOAP
4 1 (0.35%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 39 (13.78%) Social Media
2 21 (7.42%) Marketing Technology
3 18 (6.36%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.59%) EPoS
5 11 (3.89%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.47%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.41%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.41%) FMCG
8 4 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.41%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.41%) Podcast
8 4 (1.41%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.41%) Smart Home
9 3 (1.06%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.06%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.71%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.71%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.71%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.83%) Windows
2 13 (4.59%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.06%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.06%) Windows 7
4 2 (0.71%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (45.58%) AI
2 65 (22.97%) Analytics
2 65 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (18.73%) Roadmaps
4 49 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 48 (16.96%) Customer Service
6 46 (16.25%) Technology Strategy
7 45 (15.90%) IT Strategy
8 43 (15.19%) CRM
9 42 (14.84%) Agile
9 42 (14.84%) Digital Customer Experience
10 41 (14.49%) Product Roadmap
10 41 (14.49%) User Research
11 39 (13.78%) Email Marketing
11 39 (13.78%) Storytelling
12 38 (13.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 31 (10.95%) Prototyping
14 28 (9.89%) Workshop Facilitation
15 26 (9.19%) Customer Insight
16 25 (8.83%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.95%) SQL
2 10 (3.53%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.41%) Java
3 4 (1.41%) Python
4 3 (1.06%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.71%) C
6 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.35%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 8 (2.83%) Degree
2 7 (2.47%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.06%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.35%) AAT
4 1 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.35%) CCNA
4 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.35%) MBA
4 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (15.19%) Accessibility
2 17 (6.01%) Data Quality
3 15 (5.30%) SLA
4 14 (4.95%) GDPR
5 9 (3.18%) WCAG
6 4 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.41%) QA
7 3 (1.06%) PERC
8 2 (0.71%) GRC
8 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.71%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (5.65%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.53%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.35%) Netcool
2 1 (0.35%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 84 (29.68%) Microsoft
2 44 (15.55%) Adobe
3 39 (13.78%) Cisco
3 39 (13.78%) Dell
4 21 (7.42%) Salesforce
5 20 (7.07%) Google
6 10 (3.53%) Braze
7 7 (2.47%) MuleSoft
8 6 (2.12%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.77%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.41%) ConnectWise
10 4 (1.41%) SAP
11 3 (1.06%) Aruba
11 3 (1.06%) Juniper
12 2 (0.71%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.71%) Infor
12 2 (0.71%) N-able
12 2 (0.71%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.71%) SonicWALL
12 2 (0.71%) WatchGuard