Customer Service Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 39 19
Rank change year-on-year +14 -20 +9
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 251 190 364
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.10% 5.64% 8.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.62% 6.14% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 197 99 306
10th Percentile £24,542 £27,400 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.25% +25.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £55,000 £55,250
90th Percentile £43,931 £64,500 £65,000
South East median annual salary £31,500 £35,000 £32,730
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.94% -6.49%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,295 3,096 4,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.01% 91.95% 88.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,812 1,358 2,860
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £53,260
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.65% -3.16%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,009 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 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
Buckinghamshire +19 110 £36,000 -24.21% 29
Berkshire +11 75 £32,100 -24.47% 53
Oxfordshire +8 66 £34,500 -13.75% 22
Customer Service
South East

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (1.99%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 50 (19.92%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.59%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 78 (31.08%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (17.13%) Azure
3 16 (6.37%) SaaS
4 11 (4.38%) Google Workspace
5 10 (3.98%) AWS
6 7 (2.79%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.79%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.99%) GCP
8 3 (1.20%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.80%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.40%) Asana
10 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.40%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.40%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.18%) Firewall
2 12 (4.78%) DNS
3 11 (4.38%) DHCP
3 11 (4.38%) LAN
3 11 (4.38%) WAN
4 10 (3.98%) VoIP
5 7 (2.79%) Broadband
6 5 (1.99%) Wireless
7 4 (1.59%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.59%) VPN
8 2 (0.80%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.40%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.79%) Power BI
2 5 (1.99%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 142 (56.57%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.33%) Finance
3 33 (13.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (9.96%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (8.76%) Marketing
7 21 (8.37%) Retail
8 14 (5.58%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.98%) Law
10 9 (3.59%) Telecoms
11 8 (3.19%) Legal
11 8 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.79%) Military
12 7 (2.79%) Public Sector
13 6 (2.39%) Billing
13 6 (2.39%) Local Government
14 5 (1.99%) French Language
15 2 (0.80%) Electronics
16 1 (0.40%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 65 (25.90%) IT Support
2 54 (21.51%) Analyst
3 40 (15.94%) Support Analyst
4 33 (13.15%) IT Analyst
5 26 (10.36%) 3rd Line Support
5 26 (10.36%) Technical Support
6 24 (9.56%) IT Support Analyst
7 23 (9.16%) Consultant
8 21 (8.37%) Support Engineer
9 18 (7.17%) 2nd Line Support
10 16 (6.37%) Senior
11 14 (5.58%) IT Support Technician
11 14 (5.58%) IT Technician
11 14 (5.58%) Support Technician
12 13 (5.18%) ICT Consultant
12 13 (5.18%) Technical Engineer
13 12 (4.78%) 3rd Line Technical Support
14 11 (4.38%) IT Engineer
15 10 (3.98%) IT Consultant
15 10 (3.98%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.74%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (11.16%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.98%) Blog
4 8 (3.19%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.39%) Social Media
6 5 (1.99%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.20%) CCTV
7 3 (1.20%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.80%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.40%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.40%) FMCG
9 1 (0.40%) IoT
9 1 (0.40%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.40%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (31.08%) Windows
2 36 (14.34%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.79%) Linux
3 7 (2.79%) Windows 10
3 7 (2.79%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (1.99%) Android
4 5 (1.99%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (29.88%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (11.95%) AI
3 25 (9.96%) Mentoring
4 21 (8.37%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (7.97%) Customer-Centricity
6 18 (7.17%) Coaching
6 18 (7.17%) Customer-Centric Approach
7 16 (6.37%) CRM
7 16 (6.37%) Customer Experience
8 15 (5.98%) Logistics
9 14 (5.58%) ITIL
10 13 (5.18%) ITSM
10 13 (5.18%) Time Management
11 12 (4.78%) Business Development
12 10 (3.98%) Project Management
13 8 (3.19%) Business Case
13 8 (3.19%) Collaborative Culture
14 7 (2.79%) Commercial Awareness
14 7 (2.79%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.38%) SQL
2 5 (1.99%) C#
2 5 (1.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 5 (1.99%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (1.99%) Python
3 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 49 (19.52%) Degree
2 11 (4.38%) HNC
3 8 (3.19%) DBS Check
4 6 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.39%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.80%) HND
5 2 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (0.80%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.40%) AAT
6 1 (0.40%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.39%) SLA
2 3 (1.20%) GDPR
3 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.80%) QA
4 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
System Software
1 75 (29.88%) Active Directory
2 24 (9.56%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (4.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.99%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (1.99%) SmoothWall
3 3 (1.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 112 (44.62%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.18%) Google
3 9 (3.59%) Adobe
4 8 (3.19%) VMware
5 7 (2.79%) Cisco
6 5 (1.99%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.99%) BT
6 5 (1.99%) Meraki
7 2 (0.80%) Dell
7 2 (0.80%) Logitech
7 2 (0.80%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.80%) Yealink
8 1 (0.40%) Citrix
8 1 (0.40%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.40%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.40%) McAfee
8 1 (0.40%) Openreach
8 1 (0.40%) Trend Micro
8 1 (0.40%) Veeam
8 1 (0.40%) Xero