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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 32 33
Rank change year-on-year +19 +1 +22
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 391 587 511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.94% 6.32% 7.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.71% 7.57% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 250 462 277
10th Percentile £25,087 £21,250 £22,500
25th Percentile £25,267 £25,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £30,347 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -6.62% +4.84%
75th Percentile £44,705 £44,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,985 £62,200 £62,101
England median annual salary £31,250 £32,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -2.34% -8.57% -6.67%

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 3,339 7,756 6,404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.40% 83.53% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,914 5,570 3,595
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,813 £37,500 £39,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,150
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 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 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 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
Devon +16 133 £26,750 -7.76% 33
Cornwall +3 83 £25,267 -35.22% 10
Bristol +3 55 £45,783 +52.61% 79
Wiltshire +16 48 £40,000 +33.33% 37
Dorset +4 33 £37,500 +44.23% 31
Somerset -14 26 £57,500 +93.28% 53
Gloucestershire -8 13 £27,500 -12.70% 62
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 33 (8.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (5.37%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.84%) OpenEdge
4 2 (0.51%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.51%) Confluence
4 2 (0.51%) IIS
Applications
1 42 (10.74%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.26%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.51%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 78 (19.95%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (13.30%) Azure
3 29 (7.42%) Entra ID
4 18 (4.60%) Power Platform
5 16 (4.09%) OneDrive
6 15 (3.84%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (3.07%) Power Automate
8 10 (2.56%) SaaS
9 4 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.77%) AWS
11 2 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.51%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.51%) Scribe Online
11 2 (0.51%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.26%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.26%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 130 (33.25%) Broadband
2 37 (9.46%) Firewall
3 25 (6.39%) DNS
4 13 (3.32%) VPN
5 12 (3.07%) Remote Desktop
6 11 (2.81%) WAN
6 11 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (2.56%) LAN
8 9 (2.30%) VSAT
9 8 (2.05%) DHCP
9 8 (2.05%) Internet
9 8 (2.05%) TCP/IP
9 8 (2.05%) VLAN
10 6 (1.53%) IPsec
11 2 (0.51%) ATM
11 2 (0.51%) SAN
12 1 (0.26%) Intranet
12 1 (0.26%) VoIP
12 1 (0.26%) Wireless
12 1 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.53%) MS Access
1 6 (1.53%) Power BI
2 4 (1.02%) Tableau
3 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (0.77%) JIRA
2 2 (0.51%) Git
General
1 135 (34.53%) Banking
2 129 (32.99%) Games
3 88 (22.51%) Social Skills
4 47 (12.02%) Manufacturing
5 45 (11.51%) Finance
6 34 (8.70%) Retail
7 21 (5.37%) Legal
8 19 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (4.86%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.05%) Back Office
10 7 (1.79%) Private Banking
11 4 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.02%) Marketing
11 4 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.77%) Aviation
12 3 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.77%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.51%) Electronics
13 2 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (32.48%) Customer Service Advisor
2 56 (14.32%) Support Technician
3 51 (13.04%) Technical Support
4 47 (12.02%) 2nd Line Support
5 36 (9.21%) Analyst
5 36 (9.21%) Developer
6 27 (6.91%) Support Engineer
7 24 (6.14%) Service Analyst
8 22 (5.63%) IT Support
9 20 (5.12%) ERP Developer
9 20 (5.12%) Progress Developer
10 19 (4.86%) Technical Engineer
10 19 (4.86%) Technical Support Engineer
11 16 (4.09%) Senior
12 14 (3.58%) 2nd Line Support Technician
12 14 (3.58%) Service Desk Analyst
13 13 (3.32%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 12 (3.07%) Lead
15 11 (2.81%) Desktop Support
16 10 (2.56%) Customer Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.02%) ADO
2 2 (0.51%) .NET
2 2 (0.51%) .NET Core
2 2 (0.51%) CSS
2 2 (0.51%) HTML
2 2 (0.51%) HTML5
2 2 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (3.84%) Driving Licence
3 13 (3.32%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.05%) Legacy Applications
5 8 (2.05%) Social Network
6 4 (1.02%) Handset
6 4 (1.02%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.02%) Smartphone
6 4 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (0.77%) CMDB
7 3 (0.77%) Hackathon
7 3 (0.77%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.51%) CCTV
8 2 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.51%) Life Science
8 2 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.51%) Replication
8 2 (0.51%) Robotics
9 1 (0.26%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 73 (18.67%) Windows
2 22 (5.63%) Linux
3 18 (4.60%) Windows Server
4 17 (4.35%) Mac OS
5 11 (2.81%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.28%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.51%) Android
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (51.15%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (11.76%) ITIL
3 36 (9.21%) Customer Experience
4 33 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 32 (8.18%) Coaching
6 28 (7.16%) Service Delivery
6 28 (7.16%) Service Management
7 25 (6.39%) ITSM
8 24 (6.14%) ERP
8 24 (6.14%) Technical Analysis
9 19 (4.86%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (3.84%) Change Management
11 14 (3.58%) CRM
11 14 (3.58%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (3.32%) Mentoring
12 13 (3.32%) Ticket Management
13 11 (2.81%) Analytics
13 11 (2.81%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (2.81%) Commercial Awareness
14 10 (2.56%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.12%) Progress 4GL
2 18 (4.60%) JavaScript
3 15 (3.84%) C#
4 5 (1.28%) SQL
5 4 (1.02%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.02%) Python
6 3 (0.77%) Java
6 3 (0.77%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.51%) PHP
8 1 (0.26%) C
8 1 (0.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 33 (8.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (6.39%) Degree
3 24 (6.14%) Network+ Certification
3 24 (6.14%) NVQ Level 4
4 23 (5.88%) MCITP
5 20 (5.12%) Security Cleared
6 16 (4.09%) CCNA
6 16 (4.09%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (3.84%) JNCIA
7 15 (3.84%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.81%) A+ Certification
9 7 (1.79%) CTC Cleared
10 5 (1.28%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.02%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.77%) ACCA
12 3 (0.77%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.77%) PhD
13 2 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.51%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (12.79%) SLA
2 7 (1.79%) GDPR
3 4 (1.02%) QA
4 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.26%) NIST
5 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 56 (14.32%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.81%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.51%) XenApp
5 1 (0.26%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Snort
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (3.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.26%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.26%) SCCM
2 1 (0.26%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
2 1 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 127 (32.48%) BT
2 120 (30.69%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.37%) VMware
4 20 (5.12%) Progress
5 18 (4.60%) Cisco
6 9 (2.30%) Juniper
7 8 (2.05%) Google
7 8 (2.05%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.79%) Avaloq
9 5 (1.28%) Citrix
10 3 (0.77%) IBM
11 2 (0.51%) Dell
11 2 (0.51%) Sage
11 2 (0.51%) SAP
12 1 (0.26%) Adobe
12 1 (0.26%) Apple
12 1 (0.26%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.26%) Symantec
12 1 (0.26%) Veeam
12 1 (0.26%) Veritas