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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 37 21
Rank change year-on-year +11 -16 0
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 241 220 278
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.09% 6.24% 8.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.43% 6.85% 9.63%
Number of salaries quoted 185 118 235
10th Percentile £24,500 £28,025 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £42,500 £49,991
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -14.98% +58.70%
75th Percentile £38,750 £54,688 £55,644
90th Percentile £43,750 £61,125 £65,750
South East median annual salary £32,000 £34,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year -7.25% -2.82% +1.43%

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 3,244 3,213 2,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.92% 91.20% 92.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,735 1,528 2,099
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +5.50% -0.91%

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 22 December 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 22 December 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 +22 114 £36,000 -10.00% 31
Berkshire -4 75 £30,850 -31.44% 37
Oxfordshire +2 52 £34,250 -4.20% 21
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 4 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 56 (23.24%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.24%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 75 (31.12%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (14.94%) Azure
3 14 (5.81%) SaaS
4 9 (3.73%) AWS
5 8 (3.32%) Google Workspace
6 7 (2.90%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.07%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.66%) GCP
9 2 (0.83%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.83%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.41%) Asana
10 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.41%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.41%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.15%) DHCP
1 10 (4.15%) DNS
2 9 (3.73%) Firewall
3 8 (3.32%) LAN
3 8 (3.32%) VoIP
3 8 (3.32%) WAN
4 5 (2.07%) Wireless
5 3 (1.24%) 5G
5 3 (1.24%) Broadband
5 3 (1.24%) PSTN
5 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.24%) VPN
6 2 (0.83%) SNMP
6 2 (0.83%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.90%) Power BI
2 5 (2.07%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (1.66%) JIRA
General
1 143 (59.34%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 33 (13.69%) Finance
4 22 (9.13%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (8.30%) Retail
6 18 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (7.47%) Marketing
7 14 (5.81%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.73%) Billing
9 8 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.90%) Law
10 7 (2.90%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.49%) Local Government
11 6 (2.49%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.07%) French Language
12 5 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.66%) Legal
13 4 (1.66%) Military
14 2 (0.83%) Electronics
15 1 (0.41%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 67 (27.80%) IT Support
2 56 (23.24%) Analyst
3 43 (17.84%) Support Analyst
4 33 (13.69%) IT Analyst
5 26 (10.79%) Technical Support
6 24 (9.96%) 3rd Line Support
6 24 (9.96%) IT Support Analyst
7 19 (7.88%) Consultant
7 19 (7.88%) Support Engineer
8 18 (7.47%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (6.22%) IT Support Technician
9 15 (6.22%) IT Technician
9 15 (6.22%) Support Technician
10 14 (5.81%) Senior
11 13 (5.39%) Technical Engineer
12 12 (4.98%) 3rd Line Technical Support
13 11 (4.56%) Administrator
13 11 (4.56%) Coordinator
14 10 (4.15%) IT Consultant
14 10 (4.15%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.60%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (11.20%) Driving Licence
3 14 (5.81%) Blog
4 6 (2.49%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Licensing
6 3 (1.24%) CCTV
6 3 (1.24%) Social Media
6 3 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.83%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.83%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.83%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.41%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.41%) FMCG
8 1 (0.41%) IoT
8 1 (0.41%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.41%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.41%) Video Editing
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 77 (31.95%) Windows
2 33 (13.69%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.90%) Windows 10
3 7 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (2.07%) Android
4 5 (2.07%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.07%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (31.54%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (13.69%) AI
3 24 (9.96%) Mentoring
4 23 (9.54%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (8.71%) Customer-Centricity
6 19 (7.88%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 19 (7.88%) Time Management
7 18 (7.47%) Coaching
7 18 (7.47%) Customer Experience
8 16 (6.64%) Business Development
8 16 (6.64%) CRM
9 15 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (5.81%) Logistics
11 13 (5.39%) ITSM
12 12 (4.98%) ITIL
12 12 (4.98%) Mathematics
13 7 (2.90%) Business Case
13 7 (2.90%) Business Intelligence
13 7 (2.90%) CAD
13 7 (2.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.56%) SQL
2 5 (2.07%) C#
2 5 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 5 (2.07%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (2.07%) Python
3 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 51 (21.16%) Degree
2 11 (4.56%) HNC
3 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.49%) DBS Check
4 6 (2.49%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.83%) HND
5 2 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (0.83%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.41%) AAT
6 1 (0.41%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.90%) SLA
2 3 (1.24%) GDPR
3 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 71 (29.46%) Active Directory
2 24 (9.96%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (1.24%) SCCM
2 3 (1.24%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 113 (46.89%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.15%) Google
3 9 (3.73%) Adobe
4 8 (3.32%) VMware
5 5 (2.07%) BT
5 5 (2.07%) Cisco
6 4 (1.66%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.24%) Meraki
8 2 (0.83%) Dell
8 2 (0.83%) Logitech
8 2 (0.83%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.83%) Yealink
9 1 (0.41%) Citrix
9 1 (0.41%) Computacenter
9 1 (0.41%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.41%) McAfee
9 1 (0.41%) Openreach
9 1 (0.41%) Trend Micro
9 1 (0.41%) Veeam
9 1 (0.41%) Xero