Customer Service Jobs in the South West

Customer Service
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 47 48
Rank change year-on-year +16 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 498 377 580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.66% 6.06% 6.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.32% 6.40% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 369 281 318
10th Percentile £21,950 £23,500 £21,500
25th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -1.52% +15.79%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,625 £53,029
90th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £62,875
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -11.39% +7.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,800 5,890 8,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 77.33% 94.65% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 4,670 3,616 5,274
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,188 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Bristol -1 116 £30,000 -4.76% 51
Wiltshire +7 94 £30,000 -14.29% 32
Gloucestershire +22 75 £35,000 +12.90% 33
Dorset +16 73 £27,094 -12.60% 18
Somerset +6 53 £29,000 -14.07% 49
Devon +11 49 £29,000 -37.97% 26
Cornwall +7 33 £39,005 +25.82% 15
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 23 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.41%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.81%) Confluence
4 6 (1.20%) OpenEdge
5 3 (0.60%) Apache
5 3 (0.60%) CMS
5 3 (0.60%) GlassFish
5 3 (0.60%) JBoss
5 3 (0.60%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.40%) SAS
7 1 (0.20%) JOnAS
Applications
1 94 (18.88%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (1.61%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.20%) Maximo
3 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 94 (18.88%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (11.45%) Azure
3 15 (3.01%) Entra ID
4 12 (2.41%) SaaS
5 10 (2.01%) Power Platform
6 9 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (1.81%) OneDrive
7 6 (1.20%) Slack
8 5 (1.00%) IaaS
9 4 (0.80%) AWS
9 4 (0.80%) WhatsApp
10 3 (0.60%) GCP
11 2 (0.40%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.40%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.20%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.20%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.20%) Serverless
12 1 (0.20%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 52 (10.44%) Firewall
2 40 (8.03%) VPN
3 34 (6.83%) LAN
4 31 (6.22%) TCP/IP
5 20 (4.02%) WAN
5 20 (4.02%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (3.82%) Remote Desktop
7 16 (3.21%) DHCP
7 16 (3.21%) DNS
8 14 (2.81%) SAN
9 13 (2.61%) Network Security
10 11 (2.21%) ADSL
11 9 (1.81%) VLAN
11 9 (1.81%) Wireless
12 7 (1.41%) WLAN
13 6 (1.20%) Telepresence
13 6 (1.20%) VSAT
14 5 (1.00%) Ethernet VPN
14 5 (1.00%) NetScaler
14 5 (1.00%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.01%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.20%) Power BI
4 5 (1.00%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (0.60%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.60%) Oracle Database 12c
5 3 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.60%) Tableau
6 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.20%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.20%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.20%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 16 (3.21%) JIRA
2 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.20%) Selenium
General
1 218 (43.78%) Social Skills
2 87 (17.47%) Finance
3 60 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (11.85%) Telecoms
5 46 (9.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (9.04%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (7.23%) Banking
7 36 (7.23%) Retail
8 33 (6.63%) Law
9 28 (5.62%) Investment Banking
10 23 (4.62%) Legal
11 22 (4.42%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (2.21%) Back Office
14 9 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.81%) Military
15 8 (1.61%) Local Government
15 8 (1.61%) Public Sector
16 7 (1.41%) Billing
16 7 (1.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 98 (19.68%) Analyst
2 87 (17.47%) IT Support
3 64 (12.85%) Support Engineer
4 42 (8.43%) IT Engineer
5 41 (8.23%) IT Analyst
6 36 (7.23%) IT Support Engineer
7 35 (7.03%) Technical Support
8 34 (6.83%) Lead
8 34 (6.83%) Service Analyst
9 32 (6.43%) Project Manager
9 32 (6.43%) Support Analyst
10 24 (4.82%) IT Support Analyst
10 24 (4.82%) IT Technician
11 23 (4.62%) Senior
12 22 (4.42%) Service Desk Analyst
13 20 (4.02%) 1st Line Support
13 20 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support
14 18 (3.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 17 (3.41%) Team Leader
16 16 (3.21%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.80%) .NET
1 4 (0.80%) React
2 3 (0.60%) LDAP
2 3 (0.60%) SAML
3 2 (0.40%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.40%) CSS
3 2 (0.40%) HTML
3 2 (0.40%) jQuery
3 2 (0.40%) RESTful
3 2 (0.40%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 1 (0.20%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.20%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.20%) GatsbyJS
4 1 (0.20%) JSON
4 1 (0.20%) Node.js
4 1 (0.20%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.64%) Driving Licence
2 25 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (4.02%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.61%) NHS
6 11 (2.21%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.21%) Replication
7 9 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.61%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.61%) Freedom of Information
8 8 (1.61%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.41%) Credit Derivative
9 7 (1.41%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.41%) Derivative
9 7 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.20%) Digital Signage
10 6 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.60%) Enterprise Storage
12 3 (0.60%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 158 (31.73%) Windows
2 46 (9.24%) Windows 10
3 40 (8.03%) Windows Server
4 32 (6.43%) Linux
5 29 (5.82%) Mac OS
6 15 (3.01%) Apple iOS
7 11 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (1.61%) Android
8 8 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (1.41%) Unix
10 6 (1.20%) CentOS
10 6 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (1.00%) Windows 8
11 5 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.80%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.60%) AIX
13 3 (0.60%) Solaris
13 3 (0.60%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (27.11%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (16.47%) ITIL
3 43 (8.63%) Time Management
4 41 (8.23%) Project Management
5 40 (8.03%) Service Management
6 39 (7.83%) Customer Experience
7 35 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (7.03%) Project Delivery
8 33 (6.63%) Service Delivery
9 30 (6.02%) Agile
10 26 (5.22%) Roadmaps
11 25 (5.02%) Process Improvement
12 24 (4.82%) B2B
13 22 (4.42%) PRINCE2
14 21 (4.22%) ERP
15 20 (4.02%) Mentoring
16 19 (3.82%) Product Roadmap
16 19 (3.82%) User Experience
17 18 (3.61%) Coaching
17 18 (3.61%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.21%) SQL
2 13 (2.61%) PowerShell
3 11 (2.21%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.01%) Java
5 9 (1.81%) Python
6 8 (1.61%) C#
7 7 (1.41%) PHP
8 6 (1.20%) Progress 4GL
9 4 (0.80%) C++
9 4 (0.80%) Perl
10 3 (0.60%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 49 (9.84%) Degree
2 44 (8.84%) Security Cleared
3 40 (8.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (7.43%) DBS Check
5 24 (4.82%) SC Cleared
6 20 (4.02%) A+ Certification
7 19 (3.82%) DV Cleared
7 19 (3.82%) MCP
8 17 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.41%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (1.61%) CCA
10 8 (1.61%) Citrix Certification
10 8 (1.61%) MCITP
10 8 (1.61%) MCSE
11 6 (1.20%) CCNA
11 6 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.00%) CCNP
12 5 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.00%) RHCE
12 5 (1.00%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.23%) SLA
2 15 (3.01%) QA
3 14 (2.81%) GDPR
4 8 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.80%) NIST
6 3 (0.60%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.60%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 101 (20.28%) Active Directory
2 26 (5.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.81%) Hyper-V
3 14 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (2.01%) XenDesktop
5 8 (1.61%) XenApp
6 4 (0.80%) Lustre
6 4 (0.80%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 3 (0.60%) Firmware
8 2 (0.40%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (1.81%) ServiceCenter
2 8 (1.61%) Backup Exec
2 8 (1.61%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 7 (1.41%) SCCM
4 6 (1.20%) Icinga
5 5 (1.00%) Ansible
5 5 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (1.00%) Puppet
5 5 (1.00%) WSUS
6 4 (0.80%) Nagios
7 3 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.60%) OfficeScan
7 3 (0.60%) Oracle Statspack
7 3 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.40%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.20%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 197 (39.56%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.82%) VMware
3 15 (3.01%) Cisco
4 14 (2.81%) Veeam
5 12 (2.41%) Fortinet
5 12 (2.41%) HP
6 11 (2.21%) Dell
6 11 (2.21%) Draytek
7 10 (2.01%) Apple
7 10 (2.01%) Citrix
7 10 (2.01%) Ericsson
7 10 (2.01%) SolarWinds
8 9 (1.81%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.61%) N-able
9 8 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.61%) Symantec
9 8 (1.61%) Veritas
10 7 (1.41%) Progress
11 5 (1.00%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.00%) Sophos