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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 34 25
Rank change year-on-year 0 -9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 262 267 290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.77% 5.51% 7.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.52% 6.73% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 198 143 228
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,100 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,750 £35,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% -5.41% +23.33%
75th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £55,600 £56,525
South East median annual salary £32,000 £32,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -1.54% -12.16% +5.71%

All Process and 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 3,486 3,970 3,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.12% 81.97% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,478 2,086 2,463
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £31,775
25th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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
Buckinghamshire +4 107 £37,000 +5.71% 47
Berkshire -11 95 £28,700 -18.00% 85
Oxfordshire +7 60 £34,500 +6.15% 48
Customer Service
South East

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 13 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) Apache
3 1 (0.38%) IIS
Applications
1 60 (22.90%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (10.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (4.20%) NetSuite
1 11 (4.20%) Sage 200
1 11 (4.20%) Sage CRM
2 7 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 46 (17.56%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (10.69%) Azure
3 10 (3.82%) SaaS
4 6 (2.29%) AWS
5 5 (1.91%) IaaS
6 3 (1.15%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.76%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.38%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.38%) Serverless
8 1 (0.38%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.34%) SNMP
2 10 (3.82%) WAN
3 9 (3.44%) DNS
3 9 (3.44%) Firewall
3 9 (3.44%) LAN
4 8 (3.05%) 5G
4 8 (3.05%) VoIP
5 7 (2.67%) PSTN
6 5 (1.91%) SAN
6 5 (1.91%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.91%) VPN
7 4 (1.53%) DHCP
7 4 (1.53%) VLAN
7 4 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.15%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.76%) Network Security
10 1 (0.38%) 4G
10 1 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.29%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.91%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.76%) Power BI
4 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 12 (4.58%) JIRA
General
1 179 (68.32%) Social Skills
2 49 (18.70%) Finance
3 28 (10.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (9.16%) Manufacturing
5 19 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (6.87%) Retail
7 16 (6.11%) Marketing
8 14 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (4.96%) Billing
10 9 (3.44%) Telecoms
11 8 (3.05%) German Language
11 8 (3.05%) Law
11 8 (3.05%) Spanish Language
12 6 (2.29%) Legal
13 5 (1.91%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.53%) French Language
14 4 (1.53%) Military
15 3 (1.15%) Local Government
15 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (22.90%) Analyst
2 55 (20.99%) Support Analyst
3 32 (12.21%) IT Support
4 31 (11.83%) Technical Support
5 30 (11.45%) Support Engineer
6 23 (8.78%) 1st Line Support
7 18 (6.87%) 3rd Line Support
7 18 (6.87%) Administrator
8 17 (6.49%) Software Analyst
9 16 (6.11%) Software Support Analyst
10 14 (5.34%) Field Engineer
10 14 (5.34%) Field Service Engineer
11 13 (4.96%) Coordinator
12 12 (4.58%) 1st Line Support Analyst
12 12 (4.58%) Applications Support
12 12 (4.58%) Applications Support Analyst
12 12 (4.58%) Technical Engineer
13 11 (4.20%) 3rd Line Technical Support
13 11 (4.20%) Sage 200 Support
13 11 (4.20%) Sage Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.91%) SAML
2 1 (0.38%) JSON
2 1 (0.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 47 (17.94%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (8.78%) Driving Licence
3 17 (6.49%) Data Centre
4 14 (5.34%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Licensing
6 5 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.91%) PKI
7 3 (1.15%) CCTV
8 2 (0.76%) IoT
8 2 (0.76%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.38%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.38%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.38%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 73 (27.86%) Windows
2 30 (11.45%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.44%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.91%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.53%) Android
6 2 (0.76%) Linux
7 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (41.22%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (13.74%) CRM
3 29 (11.07%) Project Management
4 28 (10.69%) Artificial Intelligence
5 25 (9.54%) Customer Experience
6 24 (9.16%) Preventative Maintenance
7 23 (8.78%) Time Management
8 22 (8.40%) Coaching
8 22 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (7.63%) Mentoring
10 17 (6.49%) ITIL
10 17 (6.49%) Mathematics
11 16 (6.11%) Business Development
11 16 (6.11%) ERP
12 15 (5.73%) Change Management
13 13 (4.96%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (4.96%) Case Management
14 12 (4.58%) Inventory Management
15 11 (4.20%) Customer-Centricity
15 11 (4.20%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.69%) SQL
2 2 (0.76%) Python
3 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.38%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 60 (22.90%) Degree
2 16 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (4.20%) A+ Certification
3 11 (4.20%) HNC
4 5 (1.91%) Azure Certification
4 5 (1.91%) CCNA
4 5 (1.91%) CCNP
4 5 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (1.53%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.15%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.76%) City & Guilds
7 2 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.76%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.76%) HND
8 1 (0.38%) CEH
8 1 (0.38%) CISA
8 1 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.38%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.38%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.07%) SLA
2 5 (1.91%) GDPR
3 4 (1.53%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.76%) QA
5 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 40 (15.27%) Active Directory
2 24 (9.16%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.76%) SCCM
2 2 (0.76%) SCOM
2 2 (0.76%) SCSM
3 1 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 114 (43.51%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.11%) Cisco
3 11 (4.20%) Sage
3 11 (4.20%) VMware
4 8 (3.05%) Dell
5 6 (2.29%) BT
5 6 (2.29%) NetApp
6 5 (1.91%) Adobe
6 5 (1.91%) Veeam
7 4 (1.53%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.53%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.15%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.76%) Siemens
9 2 (0.76%) Splunk
10 1 (0.38%) Citrix
10 1 (0.38%) Freshdesk
10 1 (0.38%) Genesys
10 1 (0.38%) Openreach
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle
10 1 (0.38%) Workday