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 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 40 19
Rank change year-on-year +14 -21 +21
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 245 191 425
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.66% 5.95% 7.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.27% 6.38% 8.97%
Number of salaries quoted 187 98 353
10th Percentile £25,800 £26,963 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £37,500 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £38,750 £54,688 £55,000
90th Percentile £44,202 £63,750 £64,500
South East median annual salary £31,375 £34,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year -7.72% +7.94% -7.35%

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 3,371 2,995 4,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 77.82% 93.27% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,966 1,251 3,467
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 17 February 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 17 February 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 +19 115 £36,000 -10.00% 28
Berkshire -6 67 £32,750 -6.43% 48
Oxfordshire +11 63 £34,000 - 17
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 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 46 (18.78%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.63%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.41%) SAP HR
1 1 (0.41%) SAP IS-U
1 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 90 (36.73%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (21.63%) Azure
3 13 (5.31%) Entra ID
4 12 (4.90%) Google Workspace
4 12 (4.90%) SaaS
5 7 (2.86%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.45%) AWS
7 5 (2.04%) GCP
8 4 (1.63%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.82%) Google Analytics
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 19 (7.76%) Firewall
2 16 (6.53%) DNS
3 15 (6.12%) LAN
3 15 (6.12%) WAN
4 11 (4.49%) DHCP
5 10 (4.08%) VoIP
6 8 (3.27%) Broadband
6 8 (3.27%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.27%) VPN
7 5 (2.04%) Wireless
8 3 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.82%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.86%) Power BI
2 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (0.82%) JIRA
General
1 139 (56.73%) Social Skills
2 34 (13.88%) Finance
3 29 (11.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (9.80%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (8.16%) Marketing
7 12 (4.90%) Retail
8 10 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (4.08%) Law
8 10 (4.08%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.67%) Legal
10 8 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.86%) Electronics
11 7 (2.86%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.45%) Local Government
13 5 (2.04%) Manufacturing
13 5 (2.04%) Military
14 3 (1.22%) Billing
14 3 (1.22%) French Language
15 1 (0.41%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 68 (27.76%) IT Support
2 45 (18.37%) Analyst
3 31 (12.65%) 3rd Line Support
3 31 (12.65%) IT Analyst
3 31 (12.65%) Support Analyst
4 25 (10.20%) Technical Support
5 24 (9.80%) Consultant
5 24 (9.80%) Support Engineer
6 22 (8.98%) IT Support Analyst
7 18 (7.35%) 2nd Line Support
8 16 (6.53%) Senior
9 15 (6.12%) 3rd Line Technical Support
9 15 (6.12%) IT Engineer
10 13 (5.31%) ICT Consultant
11 12 (4.90%) IT Support Technician
11 12 (4.90%) IT Technician
11 12 (4.90%) Support Technician
12 10 (4.08%) IT Consultant
12 10 (4.08%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (4.08%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.92%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (11.43%) Driving Licence
3 15 (6.12%) Blog
4 8 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.45%) Learning Management System
5 6 (2.45%) Social Media
6 5 (2.04%) Augmented Reality
6 5 (2.04%) NHS
7 3 (1.22%) CCTV
7 3 (1.22%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.22%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.41%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.41%) FMCG
9 1 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.41%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.41%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 86 (35.10%) Windows
2 43 (17.55%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.49%) Linux
4 7 (2.86%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (2.04%) Android
5 5 (2.04%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (12.24%) Mentoring
3 27 (11.02%) AI
4 23 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (8.16%) Coaching
7 19 (7.76%) CRM
8 18 (7.35%) Customer-Centricity
9 16 (6.53%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 16 (6.53%) ITIL
10 14 (5.71%) Logistics
11 12 (4.90%) Customer Experience
11 12 (4.90%) ITSM
12 11 (4.49%) Collaborative Culture
12 11 (4.49%) Time Management
13 10 (4.08%) Project Management
14 8 (3.27%) Business Case
14 8 (3.27%) Business Intelligence
15 7 (2.86%) Commercial Awareness
15 7 (2.86%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.27%) SQL
2 5 (2.04%) C#
2 5 (2.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 5 (2.04%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (2.04%) Python
3 1 (0.41%) ABAP
3 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (15.92%) Degree
2 8 (3.27%) DBS Check
2 8 (3.27%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.45%) City & Guilds
3 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (2.04%) HNC
5 4 (1.63%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.82%) HND
6 2 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.41%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.45%) SLA
2 3 (1.22%) GDPR
3 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.82%) QA
4 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 82 (33.47%) Active Directory
2 27 (11.02%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (4.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (2.04%) SmoothWall
3 3 (1.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 114 (46.53%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.71%) Google
3 6 (2.45%) Cisco
3 6 (2.45%) Meraki
3 6 (2.45%) VMware
4 5 (2.04%) Adobe
4 5 (2.04%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.63%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.22%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.82%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.82%) Logitech
7 2 (0.82%) SAP
7 2 (0.82%) Yealink
8 1 (0.41%) Citrix
8 1 (0.41%) McAfee
8 1 (0.41%) Openreach
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle
8 1 (0.41%) Trend Micro
8 1 (0.41%) Veeam
8 1 (0.41%) Xero