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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 41 26
Rank change year-on-year +13 -15 +14
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 242 152 446
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.88% 5.53% 7.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.63% 5.92% 8.25%
Number of salaries quoted 182 96 367
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.67% +15.38% +4.84%
75th Percentile £37,500 £55,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £54,575 £63,750 £61,000
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 3,651 2,567 5,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 73.61% 93.38% 85.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,337 1,191 3,985
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +18.81% -4.72%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £88,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 2 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 2 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 -2 103 £35,000 -17.65% 37
Berkshire +19 71 £32,500 -13.33% 46
Oxfordshire +15 68 £31,000 -22.50% 19
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 7 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
Applications
1 40 (16.53%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.65%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) 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 80 (33.06%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (16.12%) Azure
3 14 (5.79%) Entra ID
4 12 (4.96%) Google Workspace
5 9 (3.72%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.31%) SaaS
7 6 (2.48%) AWS
8 5 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.07%) GCP
9 4 (1.65%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.65%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.83%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.41%) Asana
11 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.41%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (9.09%) Firewall
2 16 (6.61%) DNS
3 15 (6.20%) LAN
3 15 (6.20%) WAN
4 13 (5.37%) Broadband
5 12 (4.96%) VoIP
6 11 (4.55%) DHCP
7 9 (3.72%) TCP/IP
8 8 (3.31%) VPN
9 5 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (2.07%) Wireless
10 2 (0.83%) NAS
10 2 (0.83%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.41%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.72%) Power BI
2 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 6 (2.48%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 111 (45.87%) Social Skills
2 32 (13.22%) Finance
3 29 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (11.57%) Marketing
5 25 (10.33%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (9.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.72%) Electronics
7 9 (3.72%) Legal
7 9 (3.72%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.89%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.48%) Retail
10 4 (1.65%) Law
11 3 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.24%) German Language
11 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.24%) Military
12 2 (0.83%) Local Government
12 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Billing
Job Titles
1 65 (26.86%) IT Support
2 46 (19.01%) Analyst
3 29 (11.98%) Support Engineer
4 25 (10.33%) Support Analyst
5 24 (9.92%) IT Analyst
6 20 (8.26%) IT Engineer
7 18 (7.44%) 2nd Line Support
7 18 (7.44%) Coordinator
7 18 (7.44%) Technical Support
8 17 (7.02%) 3rd Line Support
8 17 (7.02%) Consultant
9 15 (6.20%) IT Support Analyst
9 15 (6.20%) IT Support Engineer
10 12 (4.96%) IT Technician
11 11 (4.55%) IT Support Technician
11 11 (4.55%) Senior
11 11 (4.55%) Support Technician
12 10 (4.13%) ICT Consultant
12 10 (4.13%) Service Analyst
12 10 (4.13%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.41%) Hugging Face
1 1 (0.41%) Matplotlib
1 1 (0.41%) NumPy
1 1 (0.41%) Pandas
1 1 (0.41%) scikit-learn
1 1 (0.41%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.16%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (9.50%) Driving Licence
3 15 (6.20%) Blog
4 13 (5.37%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.89%) Augmented Reality
5 7 (2.89%) Learning Management System
5 7 (2.89%) NHS
5 7 (2.89%) Social Media
6 6 (2.48%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.24%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.41%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.41%) CCTV
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%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (32.23%) Windows
2 31 (12.81%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.55%) Linux
4 9 (3.72%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (2.07%) Android
6 5 (2.07%) Apple iOS
6 5 (2.07%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (31.40%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (10.74%) CRM
4 22 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (8.26%) AI
6 18 (7.44%) ITIL
7 17 (7.02%) Logistics
7 17 (7.02%) Mentoring
8 14 (5.79%) Coaching
9 13 (5.37%) B2B
9 13 (5.37%) Customer-Centricity
10 12 (4.96%) Collaborative Culture
10 12 (4.96%) Customer-Centric Approach
11 11 (4.55%) Customer Experience
11 11 (4.55%) Time Management
12 10 (4.13%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (3.72%) Data Analysis
13 9 (3.72%) Presales
14 8 (3.31%) Customer Engagement
14 8 (3.31%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.72%) SQL
2 6 (2.48%) 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
4 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (15.70%) Degree
2 9 (3.72%) DBS Check
3 7 (2.89%) City & Guilds
3 7 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.48%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.65%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.83%) HNC
6 2 (0.83%) HND
6 2 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.41%) AAT
7 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.31%) SLA
2 5 (2.07%) QA
3 4 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.83%) GDPR
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
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 64 (26.45%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.96%) Hyper-V
3 8 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.83%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.83%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (2.07%) SmoothWall
3 3 (1.24%) SCCM
4 1 (0.41%) Autotask
4 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 93 (38.43%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.79%) Google
3 8 (3.31%) Meraki
3 8 (3.31%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.31%) VMware
4 7 (2.89%) Cisco
5 5 (2.07%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.07%) SAP
6 4 (1.65%) Adobe
6 4 (1.65%) Oracle
6 4 (1.65%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.24%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (1.24%) Sophos
8 2 (0.83%) Barracuda Networks
8 2 (0.83%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.83%) Logitech
8 2 (0.83%) Yealink
9 1 (0.41%) Computacenter
9 1 (0.41%) Trend Micro
9 1 (0.41%) Veeam