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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 35 26
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 +15
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 241 164 461
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.54% 5.81% 7.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.24% 6.23% 8.30%
Number of salaries quoted 182 99 370
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,250 £25,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £37,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% +15.63% +3.23%
75th Percentile £37,875 £51,875 £47,250
90th Percentile £54,575 £63,750 £60,000
South East median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 3,863 2,632 5,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.78% 93.30% 85.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,479 1,202 4,073
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,025 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -5 101 £35,000 -5.41% 23
Berkshire +23 72 £32,500 +8.33% 36
Oxfordshire +15 68 £31,000 -22.50% 8
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 6 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.83%) Gentran
4 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
Applications
1 33 (13.69%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.66%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.41%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.41%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (30.71%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (14.11%) Azure
3 13 (5.39%) Entra ID
4 10 (4.15%) Google Workspace
4 10 (4.15%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.49%) SaaS
6 5 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.07%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.66%) AWS
7 4 (1.66%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.24%) GCP
9 2 (0.83%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.41%) Asana
10 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.41%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.30%) Firewall
2 15 (6.22%) DNS
3 13 (5.39%) Broadband
3 13 (5.39%) LAN
3 13 (5.39%) WAN
4 11 (4.56%) VoIP
5 10 (4.15%) DHCP
6 8 (3.32%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.90%) VPN
8 5 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.66%) Wireless
10 3 (1.24%) NAS
11 2 (0.83%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.41%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.15%) Power BI
2 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 8 (3.32%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 112 (46.47%) Social Skills
2 34 (14.11%) Finance
3 30 (12.45%) Organisational Skills
4 28 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (10.79%) Marketing
6 22 (9.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.73%) Electronics
8 8 (3.32%) Legal
9 7 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.90%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.90%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.49%) Retail
11 4 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.24%) French Language
12 3 (1.24%) German Language
12 3 (1.24%) Law
12 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.24%) Military
12 3 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.41%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 60 (24.90%) IT Support
2 44 (18.26%) Analyst
3 27 (11.20%) Support Engineer
4 22 (9.13%) IT Analyst
4 22 (9.13%) Support Analyst
5 19 (7.88%) 2nd Line Support
5 19 (7.88%) Consultant
5 19 (7.88%) Coordinator
5 19 (7.88%) IT Engineer
6 18 (7.47%) Technical Support
7 15 (6.22%) 3rd Line Support
7 15 (6.22%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (5.39%) IT Support Analyst
9 12 (4.98%) ICT Consultant
10 11 (4.56%) IT Technician
10 11 (4.56%) Senior
11 10 (4.15%) Service Analyst
11 10 (4.15%) Service Desk Analyst
12 9 (3.73%) IT Support Technician
12 9 (3.73%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.83%) EDI
2 1 (0.41%) Hugging Face
2 1 (0.41%) Matplotlib
2 1 (0.41%) NumPy
2 1 (0.41%) Pandas
2 1 (0.41%) scikit-learn
2 1 (0.41%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.54%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (7.88%) Driving Licence
3 15 (6.22%) Blog
3 15 (6.22%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.90%) Augmented Reality
4 7 (2.90%) Learning Management System
4 7 (2.90%) NHS
5 6 (2.49%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.49%) Social Media
6 3 (1.24%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.83%) Life Science
7 2 (0.83%) Pharmacovigilance
7 2 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.41%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.41%) CCTV
8 1 (0.41%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.41%) EPoS
8 1 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.41%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 70 (29.05%) Windows
2 28 (11.62%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.32%) Linux
3 8 (3.32%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.07%) Android
4 5 (2.07%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.07%) Mac OS
4 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (31.54%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (10.79%) CRM
4 18 (7.47%) AI
4 18 (7.47%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (7.05%) Mentoring
6 16 (6.64%) ITIL
7 15 (6.22%) Logistics
8 14 (5.81%) Coaching
9 13 (5.39%) B2B
10 12 (4.98%) Collaborative Culture
11 11 (4.56%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (4.56%) Customer-Centricity
11 11 (4.56%) Time Management
12 10 (4.15%) Customer Experience
13 9 (3.73%) Data Analysis
14 8 (3.32%) Analytics
14 8 (3.32%) Customer Engagement
14 8 (3.32%) Decision-Making
14 8 (3.32%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.73%) SQL
2 6 (2.49%) Python
3 5 (2.07%) C#
3 5 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (2.07%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.41%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 39 (16.18%) Degree
2 10 (4.15%) DBS Check
3 7 (2.90%) City & Guilds
3 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.49%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.49%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.24%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.83%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.83%) HNC
6 2 (0.83%) HND
7 1 (0.41%) AAT
7 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.90%) QA
1 7 (2.90%) SLA
2 4 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.83%) GDPR
4 2 (0.83%) Good Clinical Practice
4 2 (0.83%) GxP
4 2 (0.83%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 51 (21.16%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.56%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.24%) BitLocker
4 3 (1.24%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.66%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.66%) SmoothWall
3 2 (0.83%) SCCM
4 1 (0.41%) Autotask
4 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 83 (34.44%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.56%) Google
3 8 (3.32%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.90%) Meraki
5 6 (2.49%) Cisco
5 6 (2.49%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.49%) VMware
6 5 (2.07%) SAP
7 4 (1.66%) Adobe
7 4 (1.66%) Oracle
7 4 (1.66%) Sophos
8 3 (1.24%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.24%) Barracuda Networks
8 3 (1.24%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.83%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.83%) IBM
9 2 (0.83%) Logitech
9 2 (0.83%) Yealink
10 1 (0.41%) Citrix
10 1 (0.41%) Computacenter