Customer Service Job Trends in South Wales

Customer Service
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 23 39
Rank change year-on-year +19 +16 +11
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 109 43 31
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 13.64% 6.69% 5.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.05% 8.13% 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 86 15 22
10th Percentile - - £24,675
25th Percentile £21,620 £27,000 £33,602
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.10% -16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £35,000 £49,125 £65,531
90th Percentile £45,625 £71,779 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £25,087 £36,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year -30.79% +3.57% -12.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 604 529 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 75.59% 82.27% 90.46%
Number of salaries quoted 423 277 408
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,620
25th Percentile £30,125 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +1.12%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,149 £78,340 £72,500
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in South Wales

Customer Service
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in South Wales over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in South Wales

Customer Service
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 7 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
Glamorgan +5 22 £25,087 - 9
Cardiff +11 20 £32,500 -0.76% 11
Newport +3 19 £38,250 -26.44% 5
Caerphilly - 18 £21,620 -
Rhondda Cynon Taff - 10 £21,620 -
Bridgend -8 8 £32,000 -11.72%
Gwent +10 6 £48,500 - 4
Blaenau Gwent - 5 £21,620 -
Merthyr Tydfil - 4 £21,620 -
Vale of Glamorgan - 2 £23,354 - 1
Customer Service
Wales

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 12 (11.01%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.75%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Magento
1 1 (0.92%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 23 (21.10%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (16.51%) Azure
3 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.92%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.92%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (42.20%) Broadband
2 19 (17.43%) DHCP
2 19 (17.43%) DNS
3 2 (1.83%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.92%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.92%) WAN
4 1 (0.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.01%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.92%) Power BI
2 1 (0.92%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 36 (33.03%) Social Skills
2 32 (29.36%) Finance
3 29 (26.61%) Marketing
4 15 (13.76%) Games
5 14 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (11.93%) Telecoms
7 6 (5.50%) Billing
8 5 (4.59%) Banking
8 5 (4.59%) Retail
9 3 (2.75%) Back Office
9 3 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.92%) Law
10 1 (0.92%) Legal
10 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (20.18%) Customer Service Advisor
2 13 (11.93%) Lead
3 12 (11.01%) Systems Engineer
4 10 (9.17%) Analyst
5 8 (7.34%) Desktop Engineer
5 8 (7.34%) Desktop Support
5 8 (7.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 8 (7.34%) Support Engineer
6 7 (6.42%) Applications Support
6 7 (6.42%) Applications Support Analyst
6 7 (6.42%) Support Analyst
7 6 (5.50%) Customer Service Representative
7 6 (5.50%) Team Leader
8 5 (4.59%) IT Technician
9 4 (3.67%) Help Desk Technician
10 3 (2.75%) Help Desk Team Lead
10 3 (2.75%) IT Support
10 3 (2.75%) Site Engineer
10 3 (2.75%) Support Team Leader
10 3 (2.75%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.01%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (1.83%) Virtual Team
3 1 (0.92%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.92%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (16.51%) Windows
2 12 (11.01%) Linux
2 12 (11.01%) Windows Server
2 12 (11.01%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (4.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (29.36%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (18.35%) Customer Experience
3 15 (13.76%) Coaching
4 13 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (11.01%) Email Filtering
5 12 (11.01%) Kalman Filter
5 12 (11.01%) Migration
5 12 (11.01%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 12 (11.01%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 12 (11.01%) Web Filtering
6 10 (9.17%) Software Deployment
7 9 (8.26%) Mentoring
8 8 (7.34%) Agile
9 7 (6.42%) Change Control
9 7 (6.42%) CI/CD
9 7 (6.42%) Configuration Management
9 7 (6.42%) Deployment Automation
9 7 (6.42%) Release Management
9 7 (6.42%) Service Delivery
10 6 (5.50%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.42%) C#
2 1 (0.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (13.76%) SC Cleared
1 15 (13.76%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.34%) Degree
3 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.75%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.83%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.92%) CCNP
6 1 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.01%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (11.01%) PCI DSS
2 6 (5.50%) SLA
3 1 (0.92%) GDPR
3 1 (0.92%) QA
System Software
1 19 (17.43%) Active Directory
2 12 (11.01%) Hyper-V
2 12 (11.01%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.83%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (36.70%) BT
2 23 (21.10%) Microsoft
3 13 (11.93%) SolarWinds
4 12 (11.01%) Brocade
4 12 (11.01%) Nimble Storage
4 12 (11.01%) Splunk
4 12 (11.01%) Tanium
4 12 (11.01%) Veeam
4 12 (11.01%) VMware
5 4 (3.67%) Cisco
6 3 (2.75%) PayPal
6 3 (2.75%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.83%) Citrix
8 1 (0.92%) ESRI
8 1 (0.92%) Google
8 1 (0.92%) Oracle
8 1 (0.92%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.92%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.92%) Zscaler