Customer Service Jobs in the South East

Customer Service
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 21 28
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 +11
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 589 1,363 949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.13% 7.29% 7.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.69% 8.91% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 413 1,050 620
10th Percentile £23,731 £22,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,878 £30,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.26% -9.09% -2.94%
75th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £56,736 £62,625
England median annual salary £30,000 £32,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -8.57% -7.69%

All Process and 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 8,806 15,297 12,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.63% 81.85% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,352 10,413 7,547
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,752 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the South East.

Salary trend for Customer Service in the South East

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 June 2025.

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 June 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
Thames Valley -13 210 £35,000 +11.11% 336
Hampshire +3 130 £31,000 +6.90% 103
Surrey +2 111 £32,000 +28.00% 76
Berkshire -9 91 £31,000 -0.40% 211
Buckinghamshire +2 82 £35,000 +7.69% 71
Kent -3 70 £25,500 -15.00% 63
Oxfordshire -13 37 £60,000 +88.98% 62
East Sussex -2 25 £31,500 +5.00% 19
West Sussex +4 24 £37,500 +10.29% 34
Middlesex -13 13 - - 9
Sussex +16 5 £26,000 -25.71% 16
Isle of Wight -77 1 £47,000 +88.00% 1
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (5.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.06%) IBM Domino
4 13 (2.21%) Confluence
5 5 (0.85%) Apache
5 5 (0.85%) IIS
6 2 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 76 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.85%) Trello
5 4 (0.68%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.17%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.17%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.04%) Dynamics AX
2 12 (2.04%) NetSuite
3 11 (1.87%) Sage 200
3 11 (1.87%) Sage CRM
4 6 (1.02%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 4 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 122 (20.71%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (12.73%) Azure
3 21 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
4 19 (3.23%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.21%) Power Platform
6 10 (1.70%) Asana
6 10 (1.70%) Miro
7 6 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.02%) SaaS
8 5 (0.85%) IaaS
8 5 (0.85%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.68%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.51%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.51%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.17%) AWS
12 1 (0.17%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 1 (0.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 46 (7.81%) 5G
2 43 (7.30%) 4G
3 38 (6.45%) Firewall
4 36 (6.11%) WAN
5 35 (5.94%) LAN
6 30 (5.09%) VoIP
7 29 (4.92%) DNS
8 25 (4.24%) TCP/IP
9 22 (3.74%) DHCP
9 22 (3.74%) VLAN
10 20 (3.40%) Wireless
11 11 (1.87%) SD-WAN
11 11 (1.87%) SNMP
11 11 (1.87%) VPN
12 10 (1.70%) Broadband
12 10 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (1.53%) WLAN
14 7 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (1.19%) VSAT
15 6 (1.02%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.06%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (0.85%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.51%) Power BI
5 2 (0.34%) Metadata
5 2 (0.34%) Tableau
6 1 (0.17%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 25 (4.24%) JIRA
2 6 (1.02%) NDoc
3 2 (0.34%) Git
General
1 273 (46.35%) Social Skills
2 107 (18.17%) Finance
3 78 (13.24%) Telecoms
4 65 (11.04%) Retail
5 31 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 30 (5.09%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (4.41%) Marketing
8 25 (4.24%) Legal
9 20 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (3.06%) Military
11 16 (2.72%) Aerospace
12 15 (2.55%) Electronics
13 12 (2.04%) General Ledger
13 12 (2.04%) Public Sector
14 10 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.70%) Law
15 9 (1.53%) Local Government
16 8 (1.36%) Billing
16 8 (1.36%) German Language
Job Titles
1 87 (14.77%) Analyst
2 68 (11.54%) Support Engineer
3 63 (10.70%) IT Support
4 57 (9.68%) Support Analyst
5 56 (9.51%) Technical Support
6 45 (7.64%) 1st Line Support
7 28 (4.75%) Support Technician
8 27 (4.58%) IT Engineer
9 26 (4.41%) Developer
10 25 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support
11 24 (4.07%) Lead
12 22 (3.74%) IT Support Engineer
13 21 (3.57%) Field Engineer
13 21 (3.57%) Help Desk Technician
14 19 (3.23%) Field Service Engineer
14 19 (3.23%) IT Manager
15 17 (2.89%) Service Manager
16 16 (2.72%) Desktop Support
16 16 (2.72%) Product Analyst
16 16 (2.72%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.72%) SAPUI5
2 6 (1.02%) .NET
3 5 (0.85%) .NET Framework
3 5 (0.85%) SAML
4 3 (0.51%) JSON
4 3 (0.51%) REST
4 3 (0.51%) XML
5 2 (0.34%) SOAP
6 1 (0.17%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.17%) CSS
6 1 (0.17%) EDI
6 1 (0.17%) HTML
6 1 (0.17%) HTML5
6 1 (0.17%) React
6 1 (0.17%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 66 (11.21%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (4.58%) Data Centre
3 24 (4.07%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.90%) Driving Licence
5 20 (3.40%) Management Information System
6 10 (1.70%) Over-the-Top Content
6 10 (1.70%) Product Ownership
6 10 (1.70%) Video\Live Streaming
7 9 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (1.36%) IoT
9 7 (1.19%) CCTV
10 6 (1.02%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.85%) Client/Server
11 5 (0.85%) PKI
12 4 (0.68%) iPhone
13 2 (0.34%) Freedom of Information
13 2 (0.34%) Freedom of Information Act
13 2 (0.34%) Learning Management System
14 1 (0.17%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 160 (27.16%) Windows
2 44 (7.47%) Mac OS
3 42 (7.13%) Windows Server
4 31 (5.26%) Windows 10
5 19 (3.23%) Apple iOS
6 13 (2.21%) Android
7 9 (1.53%) Windows 7
8 7 (1.19%) Linux
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (33.28%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (15.62%) Customer Experience
3 81 (13.75%) Service Delivery
4 64 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
5 63 (10.70%) CRM
6 61 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 53 (9.00%) Coaching
8 51 (8.66%) Project Management
9 47 (7.98%) ITIL
10 44 (7.47%) Time Management
11 40 (6.79%) Mentoring
12 33 (5.60%) Agile
12 33 (5.60%) ERP
12 33 (5.60%) Roadmaps
13 32 (5.43%) Customer-Centricity
14 31 (5.26%) ITSM
14 31 (5.26%) Service Management
15 30 (5.09%) Change Management
16 23 (3.90%) Incident Management
17 22 (3.74%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 40 (6.79%) SQL
2 10 (1.70%) C#
3 8 (1.36%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.19%) Python
5 4 (0.68%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.51%) Uniface
7 1 (0.17%) PL/1
7 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 82 (13.92%) Degree
2 49 (8.32%) Security Cleared
3 39 (6.62%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (2.89%) CCNA
5 17 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (2.55%) NVQ Level 4
7 13 (2.21%) A+ Certification
8 8 (1.36%) JNCIA
9 7 (1.19%) CCNP
9 7 (1.19%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.85%) HND
10 5 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (0.68%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.68%) HNC
12 3 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.34%) CEH
13 2 (0.34%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.17%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.66%) SLA
2 13 (2.21%) GDPR
3 11 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (1.87%) QA
4 6 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.02%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.34%) COSHH
6 2 (0.34%) PMO
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 65 (11.04%) Active Directory
2 24 (4.07%) Hyper-V
3 20 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.02%) Firmware
6 5 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (0.85%) ZABBIX
3 3 (0.51%) SCCM
4 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.34%) SCOM
4 2 (0.34%) SCSM
4 2 (0.34%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.34%) WSUS
5 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 225 (38.20%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.26%) Cisco
2 31 (5.26%) VMware
3 21 (3.57%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.40%) SAP
5 17 (2.89%) Dell
6 16 (2.72%) Citrix
7 14 (2.38%) Sage
8 13 (2.21%) ServiceNow
9 12 (2.04%) Google
9 12 (2.04%) Veeam
10 10 (1.70%) Apple
10 10 (1.70%) BT
11 8 (1.36%) HubSpot
12 7 (1.19%) HP
12 7 (1.19%) Oracle
12 7 (1.19%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.19%) Workday
13 6 (1.02%) NetApp
13 6 (1.02%) PeopleSoft