Customer Service Job Trends in the South East

Customer Service
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East 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 25 32 25
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 683 592 706
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 6.58% 6.59% 8.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.21% 7.48% 9.08%
Number of salaries quoted 517 268 575
10th Percentile £25,200 £25,675 £23,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £26,975
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,700 £35,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +1.45% -1.43%
75th Percentile £38,750 £48,846 £55,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £61,125 £58,250
England median annual salary £31,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -17.33% +7.14% -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in the South East

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
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 Service within the South East 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
Thames Valley +16 244 £34,000 -20.00% 117
Hampshire +23 185 £29,500 -1.67% 51
Surrey +11 114 £34,000 - 35
Buckinghamshire +24 109 £36,000 -20.00% 28
Kent -17 92 £32,189 -3.91% 40
Berkshire +5 74 £31,700 -29.56% 64
Oxfordshire +8 61 £34,500 -13.75% 28
East Sussex +8 21 £28,000 -66.06% 13
West Sussex -9 12 £31,250 -26.47% 22
Isle of Wight - 6 £43,500 - 7
Sussex +2 3 £26,000 - 9
Middlesex -17 1 £37,500 +11.94% 7
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
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 22 (3.22%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.44%) CMS
3 3 (0.44%) Confluence
4 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 141 (20.64%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.46%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.88%) Sage X3
3 5 (0.73%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.15%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 1 (0.15%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 174 (25.48%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (10.98%) Azure
3 39 (5.71%) AWS
4 34 (4.98%) SaaS
5 30 (4.39%) Cloud Computing
6 22 (3.22%) Entra ID
7 13 (1.90%) Google Workspace
8 11 (1.61%) Power Platform
9 5 (0.73%) GCP
9 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (0.73%) OneDrive
10 4 (0.59%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.29%) Google Docs
11 2 (0.29%) Google Drive
11 2 (0.29%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.29%) Intacct
11 2 (0.29%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.15%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.15%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 43 (6.30%) Firewall
2 30 (4.39%) Wireless
3 27 (3.95%) DNS
4 25 (3.66%) VSAT
5 24 (3.51%) DHCP
6 22 (3.22%) LAN
6 22 (3.22%) WAN
7 21 (3.07%) TCP/IP
8 17 (2.49%) VLAN
8 17 (2.49%) VoIP
9 16 (2.34%) VPN
9 16 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (1.02%) BGP
11 6 (0.88%) Broadband
11 6 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (0.88%) EIGRP
11 6 (0.88%) OSPF
12 5 (0.73%) LTE
13 4 (0.59%) 5G
13 4 (0.59%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.49%) Relational Database
2 16 (2.34%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.32%) Power BI
4 3 (0.44%) Power Query
5 2 (0.29%) GIS
5 2 (0.29%) Metadata
6 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.15%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 20 (2.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.15%) Android Studio
2 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.15%) Xcode
General
1 304 (44.51%) Social Skills
2 57 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (7.91%) Finance
4 38 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (5.42%) Retail
6 36 (5.27%) Organisational Skills
7 35 (5.12%) Marketing
8 31 (4.54%) French Language
9 23 (3.37%) Manufacturing
10 22 (3.22%) Swedish Language
11 20 (2.93%) Law
12 18 (2.64%) Electronics
13 17 (2.49%) Legal
14 14 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (2.05%) Public Sector
14 14 (2.05%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.76%) Billing
16 9 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (1.17%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 146 (21.38%) Analyst
1 146 (21.38%) IT Support
2 99 (14.49%) Technical Support
3 94 (13.76%) Support Engineer
4 71 (10.40%) Support Analyst
5 68 (9.96%) IT Analyst
6 63 (9.22%) Service Analyst
6 63 (9.22%) Service Desk Analyst
7 58 (8.49%) Technical Engineer
8 53 (7.76%) Technical Support Engineer
9 48 (7.03%) IT Support Analyst
10 42 (6.15%) Support Technician
11 39 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support
12 38 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
13 36 (5.27%) IT Engineer
14 35 (5.12%) Consultant
15 32 (4.69%) 3rd Line Support
16 30 (4.39%) IT Technician
17 27 (3.95%) IT Support Technician
18 24 (3.51%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.59%) 802.1X
1 4 (0.59%) DCOM
2 3 (0.44%) CSS
2 3 (0.44%) EDI
3 2 (0.29%) HTML
4 1 (0.15%) Ajax
4 1 (0.15%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.15%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.15%) JSON
4 1 (0.15%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.15%) Next.js
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.15%) React
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.81%) Self-Motivation
2 45 (6.59%) Social Media
3 43 (6.30%) Driving Licence
4 36 (5.27%) Data Centre
5 32 (4.69%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.49%) Blog
7 11 (1.61%) EPoS
8 9 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (0.59%) CCTV
10 4 (0.59%) FMCG
10 4 (0.59%) IoT
10 4 (0.59%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.59%) Life Science
10 4 (0.59%) Smartphone
11 3 (0.44%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.29%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.29%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 164 (24.01%) Windows
2 51 (7.47%) Windows Server
3 20 (2.93%) Android
4 19 (2.78%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.64%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.46%) Linux
7 9 (1.32%) Windows 7
8 8 (1.17%) Mac OS
9 7 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.15%) Unix
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (28.40%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (10.69%) ITIL
3 59 (8.64%) ITSM
4 56 (8.20%) Mentoring
5 51 (7.47%) AI
6 50 (7.32%) Customer Experience
7 49 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (5.86%) Logistics
9 38 (5.56%) CRM
10 34 (4.98%) Commercial Awareness
10 34 (4.98%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (4.98%) Time Management
11 31 (4.54%) Coaching
12 27 (3.95%) Performance Metrics
13 26 (3.81%) Customer-Centricity
13 26 (3.81%) Project Management
14 25 (3.66%) ERP
15 23 (3.37%) Business Development
16 19 (2.78%) Asset Management
17 18 (2.64%) Customer-Centric Approach
Programming Languages
1 47 (6.88%) SQL
2 13 (1.90%) Python
3 8 (1.17%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.73%) C#
4 5 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (0.44%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.29%) PHP
7 1 (0.15%) Go
7 1 (0.15%) Java
7 1 (0.15%) Perl
7 1 (0.15%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 112 (16.40%) Degree
2 36 (5.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 34 (4.98%) Cisco Certification
4 29 (4.25%) MCSE
4 29 (4.25%) Security Cleared
5 28 (4.10%) CCNA
6 26 (3.81%) AWS Certification
7 25 (3.66%) DBS Check
8 24 (3.51%) JNCIA
9 19 (2.78%) SC Cleared
10 11 (1.61%) HNC
11 6 (0.88%) CCNP
12 5 (0.73%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.59%) GCSC
14 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.44%) Network+ Certification
15 2 (0.29%) HND
15 2 (0.29%) NVQ Level 3
16 1 (0.15%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (7.47%) SLA
2 38 (5.56%) QA
3 8 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.02%) GDPR
5 5 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.15%) IFRS
8 1 (0.15%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.15%) NIST
8 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 115 (16.84%) Active Directory
2 28 (4.10%) Hyper-V
3 15 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
5 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 29 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (2.34%) SCCM
3 6 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.73%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 257 (37.63%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.12%) ServiceNow
3 19 (2.78%) Google
4 17 (2.49%) Cisco
4 17 (2.49%) VMware
5 14 (2.05%) Meraki
6 12 (1.76%) Sage
6 12 (1.76%) Zoho
7 10 (1.46%) Adobe
7 10 (1.46%) PayPal
8 9 (1.32%) BT
8 9 (1.32%) SAP
9 7 (1.02%) Freshdesk
9 7 (1.02%) Starlink
10 6 (0.88%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.88%) Palo Alto
10 6 (0.88%) Xero
11 5 (0.73%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.73%) Dell
11 5 (0.73%) WatchGuard