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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 85 102
Rank change year-on-year +10 +17 -4
Permanent jobs citing Customer Experience 292 297 214
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.82% 3.23% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.49% 3.68% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 195 65 178
10th Percentile £24,570 £30,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £37,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +31.58% -27.62%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £43,000
90th Percentile - £77,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +36.90% -32.80%

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 8,357 8,077 7,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.79% 87.73% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4,941 3,953 4,964
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,130
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +8.23% -3.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 2 January 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 2 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
Thames Valley +36 112 £63,750 +27.50% 49
Hampshire +4 84 £24,785 -44.92% 18
Berkshire +8 53 £75,000 +94.81% 32
Surrey +12 50 £67,500 -10.00% 39
Buckinghamshire +34 46 £47,500 -5.00% 14
Kent -19 22 £35,000 -49.46% 24
Oxfordshire +14 13 £35,000 -52.54% 3
West Sussex -4 11 £30,000 -62.50% 1
East Sussex +13 7 £80,000 - 1
Middlesex - 6 - - 52
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 9 (3.08%) CMS
1 9 (3.08%) Confluence
2 5 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.34%) GIMP
5 1 (0.34%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (2.40%) Shopify
2 5 (1.71%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 77 (26.37%) SaaS
2 28 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (3.77%) Figma
4 10 (3.42%) Azure
5 8 (2.74%) Adobe Analytics
6 6 (2.05%) AWS
6 6 (2.05%) Google Analytics
7 5 (1.71%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 4 (1.37%) Google Ads
8 4 (1.37%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.03%) GCP
10 2 (0.68%) Boomi
10 2 (0.68%) GitHub
10 2 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.68%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.68%) Serverless
10 2 (0.68%) Workato
11 1 (0.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.34%) dbt
11 1 (0.34%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.40%) Broadband
2 6 (2.05%) 5G
2 6 (2.05%) Firewall
2 6 (2.05%) VLAN
2 6 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.71%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.03%) Wireless
5 2 (0.68%) PSTN
6 1 (0.34%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.37%) Metadata
1 4 (1.37%) Power BI
1 4 (1.37%) Tableau
2 1 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.34%) Power Query
2 1 (0.34%) QGIS
2 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (3.42%) JIRA
2 3 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.68%) Git
4 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.34%) mountebank
4 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 107 (36.64%) Marketing
2 106 (36.30%) Social Skills
3 73 (25.00%) Legal
4 40 (13.70%) Retail
5 34 (11.64%) Finance
6 25 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (5.82%) Public Sector
8 16 (5.48%) Law
9 13 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.40%) Banking
12 7 (2.40%) Games
13 6 (2.05%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.37%) Back Office
16 3 (1.03%) Billing
17 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
17 1 (0.34%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 46 (15.75%) Sales Executive
2 43 (14.73%) Corporate Sales Executive
3 24 (8.22%) Analyst
3 24 (8.22%) Senior
4 15 (5.14%) IT Analyst
4 15 (5.14%) Service Analyst
4 15 (5.14%) Service Desk Analyst
5 13 (4.45%) Commercial Lawyer
6 9 (3.08%) 1st Line Support
6 9 (3.08%) IT Support
6 9 (3.08%) Senior Manager
6 9 (3.08%) Support Engineer
7 8 (2.74%) Architect
8 7 (2.40%) Applications Manager
8 7 (2.40%) Applications Support
8 7 (2.40%) Applications Support Manager
8 7 (2.40%) Business Manager
8 7 (2.40%) Support Manager
8 7 (2.40%) User Experience Architect
9 6 (2.05%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.03%) EDI
2 2 (0.68%) CSS
2 2 (0.68%) HTML
2 2 (0.68%) Node.js
2 2 (0.68%) React
2 2 (0.68%) REST
3 1 (0.34%) GeoPandas
3 1 (0.34%) JSON
3 1 (0.34%) Kafka
3 1 (0.34%) MapLibre
3 1 (0.34%) NetworkX
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.34%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.34%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.34%) RESTful
3 1 (0.34%) SOAP
3 1 (0.34%) Streamlit
3 1 (0.34%) Web Services
3 1 (0.34%) WireMock
3 1 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.79%) Educational Technology
2 13 (4.45%) Blog
2 13 (4.45%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.11%) Enterprise Cloud
3 12 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.42%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.08%) Social Media
6 6 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.71%) NHS
8 3 (1.03%) Digital Signage
8 3 (1.03%) EPoS
8 3 (1.03%) IoT
8 3 (1.03%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.68%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.68%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.68%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.68%) Tandem
10 1 (0.34%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.34%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.51%) Windows
2 15 (5.14%) Android
2 15 (5.14%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.34%) Linux
3 1 (0.34%) Unix
3 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (30.48%) AI
2 50 (17.12%) Customer Service
3 48 (16.44%) Email Marketing
3 48 (16.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 45 (15.41%) IT Strategy
4 45 (15.41%) Technology Strategy
5 41 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (9.93%) Analytics
7 29 (9.93%) User Experience
8 21 (7.19%) Customer Engagement
8 21 (7.19%) E-Commerce
9 20 (6.85%) Agile
9 20 (6.85%) CRM
10 19 (6.51%) Decision-Making
11 18 (6.16%) UX Design
11 18 (6.16%) Visualisation
12 17 (5.82%) GTM Strategy
13 16 (5.48%) SEO
14 15 (5.14%) Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.74%) SQL
2 5 (1.71%) Python
3 4 (1.37%) TypeScript
4 3 (1.03%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.68%) Java
5 2 (0.68%) R
6 1 (0.34%) C#
6 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.34%) Scala
6 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (9.25%) Degree
2 3 (1.03%) DBS Check
3 2 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.34%) CCNA
4 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.34%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.11%) QA
2 7 (2.40%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.05%) GDPR
4 3 (1.03%) PMO
4 3 (1.03%) SLA
5 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.34%) GRC
6 1 (0.34%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.68%) Docker
2 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.68%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.34%) Argo
2 1 (0.34%) Netcool
2 1 (0.34%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 60 (20.55%) Microsoft
2 48 (16.44%) Cisco
3 45 (15.41%) Dell
4 13 (4.45%) Adobe
5 9 (3.08%) BT
5 9 (3.08%) Google
6 7 (2.40%) SAP
7 5 (1.71%) Qualtrics
8 4 (1.37%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.03%) IBM
9 3 (1.03%) Oracle
9 3 (1.03%) Ruckus Wireless
9 3 (1.03%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.68%) Epicor
10 2 (0.68%) Infor
10 2 (0.68%) Informatica
10 2 (0.68%) Mitel
10 2 (0.68%) Software AG
10 2 (0.68%) Talend
10 2 (0.68%) TIBCO