Customer Service Job Trends in Sunderland

Customer Service
Tyne and Wear > Sunderland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sunderland requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 11 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 3 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Sunderland 3.61% 10.34% 3.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 11.32% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile - £19,365 -
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £27,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -54.17% +166.67%
75th Percentile £29,250 £28,750 £62,500
90th Percentile - £31,875 -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £29,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -22.67% +15.38% -20.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sunderland

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 Sunderland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 69 53 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sunderland 83.13% 91.38% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 37 26 39
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £39,331 £32,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -15.91% +50.68%
75th Percentile £58,750 £68,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,500 £78,750 £77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Sunderland

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in Sunderland

Customer Service
Salary Trend in Sunderland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sunderland citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sunderland citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sunderland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Law
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Buyer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Buyer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft