Customer Service Job Trends

Customer Service
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 23 31
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +17
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 3,865 3,991 4,821
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.61% 7.95% 5.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.92% 8.92% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,704 2,768 2,942
10th Percentile £25,250 £24,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £32,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% -8.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £41,500 £41,250 £49,778
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £31,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -4.62% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,635 44,750 66,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.41% 89.19% 80.88%
Number of salaries quoted 54,192 25,377 43,044
10th Percentile £30,780 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Customer Service relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Customer Service job vacancy trend in the UK

Customer Service
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the UK over the 6 months to 17 August 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
England -16 3,427 £31,500 - 1,660
UK excluding London -19 3,237 £30,000 -3.23% 1,553
Work from Home -9 991 £34,500 +11.29% 383
South East -5 860 £30,000 -6.25% 459
North of England -8 771 £30,000 +7.43% 394
Midlands -12 544 £29,813 -0.63% 284
London -38 492 £40,000 -2.44% 329
North West +19 440 £31,500 +10.53% 179
South West -23 418 £32,500 +1.56% 158
East of England -21 329 £32,500 +8.33% 189
East Midlands -4 296 £28,500 +3.64% 135
West Midlands -14 248 £31,000 -1.59% 150
Yorkshire -13 240 £30,000 +9.09% 153
Scotland -22 149 £30,000 -8.68% 67
Wales -27 147 £29,311 +8.56% 39
North East -43 91 £30,000 +9.09% 69
Northern Ireland -72 22 £28,250 -14.01% 18
Isle of Man -1 3 £40,000 -56.04% 1
Channel Islands - 3 £75,000 - 1

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 310 (8.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 251 (6.49%) SharePoint
3 26 (0.67%) Jupyter
4 23 (0.60%) IIS
5 10 (0.26%) Apache
6 7 (0.18%) CMS
6 7 (0.18%) Confluence
7 5 (0.13%) nginx
8 4 (0.10%) Totara
9 3 (0.078%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.078%) SAS
10 2 (0.052%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.052%) Gentran
10 2 (0.052%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.052%) WordPress
Applications
1 502 (12.99%) Microsoft Office
2 160 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (0.93%) Chatbot
4 35 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.078%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.052%) Final Cut Pro
9 2 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.052%) Trello
10 1 (0.026%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.026%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.026%) InDesign
10 1 (0.026%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.026%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.026%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 82 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
2 15 (0.39%) NetSuite
2 15 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
3 12 (0.31%) Shopify
4 7 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
6 4 (0.10%) Magento
6 4 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.10%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.078%) Aareon QL
7 3 (0.078%) MIS ActiveH
7 3 (0.078%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.078%) OPENHousing
7 3 (0.078%) Orchard Housing
7 3 (0.078%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.078%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.078%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.052%) C-CURE
8 2 (0.052%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,066 (27.58%) Microsoft 365
2 500 (12.94%) Azure
3 251 (6.49%) Entra ID
4 160 (4.14%) AWS
5 159 (4.11%) SaaS
6 137 (3.54%) Power Platform
7 110 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
8 74 (1.91%) OneDrive
9 62 (1.60%) Power Automate
10 58 (1.50%) PowerApps
11 36 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
12 35 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
13 29 (0.75%) Google Workspace
14 27 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
14 27 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
15 24 (0.62%) Mimecast
16 17 (0.44%) Nutanix
17 15 (0.39%) GCP
18 14 (0.36%) IaaS
18 14 (0.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 298 (7.71%) DNS
2 270 (6.99%) DHCP
3 248 (6.42%) Firewall
4 165 (4.27%) Broadband
5 164 (4.24%) VPN
6 163 (4.22%) TCP/IP
7 161 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
8 132 (3.42%) WAN
9 128 (3.31%) LAN
10 119 (3.08%) VoIP
11 102 (2.64%) Wireless
12 80 (2.07%) VLAN
13 57 (1.47%) Internet
14 29 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
15 26 (0.67%) Network Security
15 26 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
16 23 (0.60%) WLAN
17 18 (0.47%) Cisco IOS
17 18 (0.47%) SAN
18 13 (0.34%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
2 78 (2.02%) Power BI
3 50 (1.29%) SQL Server
4 22 (0.57%) MySQL
5 16 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (0.23%) Data Mining
6 9 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.21%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.16%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.13%) GIS
10 5 (0.13%) Power Query
11 4 (0.10%) Big Data
11 4 (0.10%) QGIS
11 4 (0.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.078%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.078%) Tableau
13 2 (0.052%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.052%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.052%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 82 (2.12%) JIRA
2 26 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
3 11 (0.28%) Selenium
4 7 (0.18%) Git
4 7 (0.18%) Moq
5 6 (0.16%) ERwin
6 5 (0.13%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.078%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.078%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.052%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.052%) TestRail
8 2 (0.052%) Toad
8 2 (0.052%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 2 (0.052%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.026%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.026%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.026%) MSI
9 1 (0.026%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.026%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,991 (51.51%) Social Skills
2 530 (13.71%) Finance
3 484 (12.52%) Organisational Skills
4 392 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
5 289 (7.48%) Retail
6 232 (6.00%) Marketing
7 206 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 204 (5.28%) Legal
9 172 (4.45%) Manufacturing
10 133 (3.44%) Telecoms
11 123 (3.18%) Law
12 90 (2.33%) Games
13 77 (1.99%) Public Sector
14 70 (1.81%) Banking
15 59 (1.53%) Advertising
16 50 (1.29%) Electronics
17 49 (1.27%) Billing
17 49 (1.27%) French Language
17 49 (1.27%) Swedish Language
18 44 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 646 (16.71%) IT Support
2 453 (11.72%) Analyst
3 445 (11.51%) Support Engineer
4 381 (9.86%) IT Engineer
5 315 (8.15%) IT Support Engineer
6 225 (5.82%) Support Technician
7 196 (5.07%) 2nd Line Support
8 194 (5.02%) Support Analyst
9 192 (4.97%) Senior
10 190 (4.92%) IT Technician
11 173 (4.48%) Technical Support
12 170 (4.40%) Service Analyst
13 168 (4.35%) Service Desk Analyst
14 166 (4.29%) IT Analyst
15 154 (3.98%) 1st Line Support
16 136 (3.52%) Administrator
17 131 (3.39%) Coordinator
18 130 (3.36%) Systems Engineer
19 129 (3.34%) IT Support Technician
20 110 (2.85%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (0.72%) JSON
1 28 (0.72%) XML
2 27 (0.70%) scikit-learn
3 26 (0.67%) Hugging Face
3 26 (0.67%) Matplotlib
3 26 (0.67%) NumPy
3 26 (0.67%) Pandas
3 26 (0.67%) Streamlit
4 22 (0.57%) REST
5 20 (0.52%) .NET
6 17 (0.44%) EDI
7 16 (0.41%) Middleware
8 14 (0.36%) SOAP
9 11 (0.28%) HTML
10 9 (0.23%) React
11 7 (0.18%) .NET Framework
11 7 (0.18%) Entity Framework
11 7 (0.18%) XSLT
12 6 (0.16%) LDAP
12 6 (0.16%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 469 (12.13%) Driving Licence
2 312 (8.07%) Onboarding
3 267 (6.91%) Self-Motivation
4 132 (3.42%) Web Conferencing
5 112 (2.90%) Podcast
5 112 (2.90%) Virtual Team
6 87 (2.25%) Management Information System
7 86 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
8 75 (1.94%) EPoS
9 67 (1.73%) Data Centre
10 57 (1.47%) CCTV
11 47 (1.22%) Product Ownership
12 43 (1.11%) Social Media
13 35 (0.91%) Life Science
14 33 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
15 27 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
16 26 (0.67%) Algorithms
16 26 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
17 23 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
18 22 (0.57%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1,026 (26.55%) Windows
2 408 (10.56%) Windows Server
3 226 (5.85%) Windows 10
4 160 (4.14%) Linux
5 103 (2.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 94 (2.43%) Mac OS
7 63 (1.63%) Apple iOS
8 56 (1.45%) Android
9 41 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (0.39%) Debian
11 12 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (0.28%) Mac OS X
13 7 (0.18%) Unix
14 5 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 5 (0.13%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.10%) Rocky
15 4 (0.10%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.052%) CentOS
16 2 (0.052%) tvOS
17 1 (0.026%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,345 (34.80%) Problem-Solving
2 488 (12.63%) ITIL
3 460 (11.90%) Customer Experience
4 452 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 438 (11.33%) CRM
6 341 (8.82%) Service Delivery
7 246 (6.36%) ITSM
8 237 (6.13%) Business Development
9 221 (5.72%) Cybersecurity
10 212 (5.49%) Time Management
11 201 (5.20%) Collaborative Working
12 194 (5.02%) AI
13 190 (4.92%) Logistics
14 188 (4.86%) Service Management
15 182 (4.71%) B2B
16 175 (4.53%) Decision-Making
17 160 (4.14%) Mentoring
18 153 (3.96%) Stakeholder Management
19 149 (3.86%) Coaching
20 148 (3.83%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 172 (4.45%) SQL
2 93 (2.41%) PowerShell
3 82 (2.12%) Python
4 63 (1.63%) JavaScript
5 33 (0.85%) C#
6 17 (0.44%) Ladder Logic
7 10 (0.26%) Java
8 9 (0.23%) Bash
8 9 (0.23%) C++
8 9 (0.23%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.18%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.18%) XAML
10 6 (0.16%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.13%) Perl
11 5 (0.13%) VBScript
12 4 (0.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.10%) Ruby
12 4 (0.10%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.078%) R
13 3 (0.078%) Scala
Qualifications
1 432 (11.18%) Degree
2 219 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 157 (4.06%) DBS Check
4 150 (3.88%) Security Cleared
5 133 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 125 (3.23%) SC Cleared
7 96 (2.48%) AWS Certification
8 89 (2.30%) MCSE
9 70 (1.81%) A+ Certification
10 52 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
11 50 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
12 41 (1.06%) CCNA
13 32 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 32 (0.83%) City & Guilds
14 26 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 23 (0.60%) HNC
15 23 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 18 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
16 18 (0.47%) HND
17 16 (0.41%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 243 (6.29%) SLA
2 147 (3.80%) QA
3 116 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 108 (2.79%) GDPR
5 89 (2.30%) PCI DSS
6 64 (1.66%) Accessibility
7 31 (0.80%) Data Quality
8 19 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 16 (0.41%) Good Clinical Practice
10 16 (0.41%) GxP
11 12 (0.31%) TickIT
12 7 (0.18%) GRC
12 7 (0.18%) NIST
13 6 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.16%) NEBOSH
13 6 (0.16%) PMO
14 2 (0.052%) COBIT
14 2 (0.052%) GMP
14 2 (0.052%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 627 (16.22%) Active Directory
2 211 (5.46%) Hyper-V
3 144 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 81 (2.10%) Terminal Server
5 22 (0.57%) Firmware
6 12 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.28%) vSphere
8 10 (0.26%) BitLocker
8 10 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 9 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.13%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.13%) Docker
10 5 (0.13%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.078%) KVM
11 3 (0.078%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.052%) Samba
12 2 (0.052%) XenApp
13 1 (0.026%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 203 (5.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (2.23%) SCCM
3 26 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
4 20 (0.52%) FortiGate
5 14 (0.36%) WSUS
6 12 (0.31%) Terraform
7 11 (0.28%) Autotask
8 9 (0.23%) Kubernetes
9 7 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.16%) Ansible
11 5 (0.13%) HAProxy
12 4 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.078%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.078%) cPanel
13 3 (0.078%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.078%) Grafana
13 3 (0.078%) Plesk
14 2 (0.052%) HP ALM
14 2 (0.052%) PaperCut
15 1 (0.026%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 1,580 (40.88%) Microsoft
2 248 (6.42%) VMware
3 157 (4.06%) ServiceNow
4 128 (3.31%) Veeam
5 88 (2.28%) SolarWinds
6 87 (2.25%) Cisco
7 81 (2.10%) Splunk
8 80 (2.07%) Brocade
8 80 (2.07%) Nimble Storage
8 80 (2.07%) Tanium
9 71 (1.84%) BT
9 71 (1.84%) Salesforce
10 62 (1.60%) Apple
10 62 (1.60%) SonicWALL
11 52 (1.35%) HubSpot
12 51 (1.32%) SAP
13 48 (1.24%) HP
14 46 (1.19%) Google
14 46 (1.19%) Meraki
15 42 (1.09%) Sophos