Customer Service Jobs

Customer Service
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Customer Service skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Customer Service over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 49 57
Rank change year-on-year +19 +8 -2
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 5,470 4,488 10,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.05% 5.56% 5.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.39% 5.83% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,546 3,025 4,942
10th Percentile £23,000 £23,850 £23,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £27,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,795
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £33,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -5.97% -8.22% +5.80%

All Process and 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 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Service.

Salary trend for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +21 4,988 £32,500 -7.14% 1,940
UK excluding London +15 4,603 £31,500 -5.97% 1,862
Midlands +18 1,265 £32,000 -8.57% 355
Work from Home +2 1,187 £40,000 - 689
South East +4 1,059 £30,000 -10.45% 497
North of England +24 999 £32,500 +3.17% 453
West Midlands +29 906 £30,000 -21.31% 198
London -18 710 £45,000 +10.57% 339
South West +16 498 £30,000 -7.69% 232
North West +9 453 £32,500 +4.84% 237
East of England +14 438 £33,895 +11.13% 237
Yorkshire +30 370 £32,500 - 166
East Midlands -1 353 £32,500 +3.17% 156
Scotland -51 219 £42,683 +0.43% 95
North East +12 176 £35,000 +4.48% 58
Wales +32 103 £28,750 -7.26% 69
Northern Ireland -18 18 £28,000 -44.00% 41
Isle of Man - 4 £37,000 - 1
Channel Islands -3 2 £85,000 +142.86% 1

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 281 (5.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 276 (5.05%) SharePoint
3 46 (0.84%) IIS
4 41 (0.75%) CMS
4 41 (0.75%) nginx
5 37 (0.68%) Confluence
6 35 (0.64%) Camunda
7 11 (0.20%) SAS
8 8 (0.15%) Anypoint
8 8 (0.15%) Apache
8 8 (0.15%) Appian
8 8 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.15%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.15%) WordPress
9 6 (0.11%) Moodle
9 6 (0.11%) OpenEdge
10 5 (0.091%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2013
12 3 (0.055%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1,155 (21.12%) Microsoft Office
2 573 (10.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 70 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 13 (0.24%) Trello
8 6 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.073%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.073%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.055%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.055%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.037%) Autodesk Inventor
11 2 (0.037%) Fusion 360
11 2 (0.037%) InDesign
11 2 (0.037%) Revit
12 1 (0.018%) CPLEX
12 1 (0.018%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 166 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 46 (0.84%) NEC Housing
3 30 (0.55%) Unit4 Business World
4 19 (0.35%) iTrent
5 18 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
6 17 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 16 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
8 14 (0.26%) NetSuite
8 14 (0.26%) Sage 200
9 13 (0.24%) Infor SunSystems
10 10 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
11 9 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
11 9 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
12 6 (0.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 6 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
13 5 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
13 5 (0.091%) Oracle Payables
13 5 (0.091%) Sage 50
13 5 (0.091%) Sage CRM
14 4 (0.073%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1,133 (20.71%) Microsoft 365
2 803 (14.68%) Azure
3 241 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
4 227 (4.15%) Entra ID
5 217 (3.97%) Power Platform
6 152 (2.78%) Power Automate
7 149 (2.72%) AWS
8 137 (2.50%) SaaS
9 107 (1.96%) PowerApps
10 86 (1.57%) OneDrive
11 74 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
12 44 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
13 40 (0.73%) IBM Cloud
14 38 (0.69%) OpenShift
14 38 (0.69%) Serverless
15 35 (0.64%) WhatsApp
16 30 (0.55%) Mimecast
17 29 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
18 25 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
18 25 (0.46%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 352 (6.44%) Firewall
2 230 (4.20%) DNS
3 212 (3.88%) TCP/IP
4 206 (3.77%) LAN
5 199 (3.64%) WAN
6 198 (3.62%) VPN
7 184 (3.36%) DHCP
8 150 (2.74%) Wireless
9 128 (2.34%) Internet
9 128 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
10 99 (1.81%) VoIP
11 69 (1.26%) VLAN
12 68 (1.24%) Network Security
13 66 (1.21%) Remote Desktop
14 63 (1.15%) SAN
15 51 (0.93%) WLAN
16 42 (0.77%) Broadband
16 42 (0.77%) MPLS
17 35 (0.64%) FTP
18 28 (0.51%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (3.86%) SQL Server
2 115 (2.10%) Power BI
3 76 (1.39%) Oracle Database
4 48 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
5 46 (0.84%) MongoDB
6 42 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 39 (0.71%) MySQL
8 35 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 29 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
10 28 (0.51%) Oracle Database 12c
11 21 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 18 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
13 17 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
13 17 (0.31%) Relational Database
14 16 (0.29%) GIS
15 12 (0.22%) Tableau
16 10 (0.18%) Data Lake
16 10 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
16 10 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
17 8 (0.15%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 114 (2.08%) JIRA
2 56 (1.02%) Git
3 28 (0.51%) Jasmine
3 28 (0.51%) Karma Test Runner
4 24 (0.44%) Jenkins
5 14 (0.26%) AdminStudio
5 14 (0.26%) MSI
6 13 (0.24%) InstallShield
6 13 (0.24%) PowerBuilder
6 13 (0.24%) Robot Framework
7 10 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 10 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (0.091%) Maven
9 5 (0.091%) webpack
10 4 (0.073%) Mercurial
10 4 (0.073%) Moq
11 3 (0.055%) GitLab
11 3 (0.055%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.055%) Subversion
General
1 2,666 (48.74%) Social Skills
2 818 (14.95%) Finance
3 769 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
4 628 (11.48%) Retail
5 519 (9.49%) Organisational Skills
6 359 (6.56%) Military
7 330 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 318 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
9 236 (4.31%) Legal
10 235 (4.30%) Marketing
11 228 (4.17%) Public Sector
12 212 (3.88%) Telecoms
13 182 (3.33%) Law
14 151 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
15 140 (2.56%) Manufacturing
16 134 (2.45%) Billing
17 108 (1.97%) Local Government
18 102 (1.86%) Banking
19 71 (1.30%) Police
20 69 (1.26%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 904 (16.53%) Analyst
2 592 (10.82%) IT Support
3 403 (7.37%) Support Engineer
4 381 (6.97%) Graduate
5 359 (6.56%) Senior
6 276 (5.05%) Lead
7 268 (4.90%) Consultant
8 266 (4.86%) IT Analyst
9 256 (4.68%) Service Analyst
10 254 (4.64%) Support Analyst
11 248 (4.53%) IT Engineer
12 246 (4.50%) Developer
13 224 (4.10%) Service Desk Analyst
14 222 (4.06%) Technical Support
15 221 (4.04%) IT Technician
16 192 (3.51%) Support Technician
17 187 (3.42%) 2nd Line Support
18 184 (3.36%) 1st Line Support
19 180 (3.29%) IT Support Engineer
20 161 (2.94%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (3.25%) .NET
2 109 (1.99%) HTML
3 97 (1.77%) XML
4 85 (1.55%) CSS
5 84 (1.54%) JSON
6 69 (1.26%) React
7 55 (1.01%) REST
8 54 (0.99%) Web Services
9 49 (0.90%) ASP.NET
9 49 (0.90%) SOAP
10 47 (0.86%) Node.js
11 46 (0.84%) AngularJS
12 35 (0.64%) KeystoneJS
12 35 (0.64%) Swagger
13 33 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
13 33 (0.60%) Sass
14 28 (0.51%) RxJS
14 28 (0.51%) XML Schema
15 27 (0.49%) .NET Core
16 21 (0.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 703 (12.85%) Onboarding
2 421 (7.70%) Self-Motivation
3 267 (4.88%) Driving Licence
4 251 (4.59%) Management Information System
5 135 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
6 107 (1.96%) Digital Signage
7 91 (1.66%) Product Ownership
8 89 (1.63%) Video\Live Streaming
9 87 (1.59%) Data Centre
10 83 (1.52%) Smartphone
11 61 (1.12%) Replication
12 56 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
12 56 (1.02%) NHS
13 55 (1.01%) EPoS
14 50 (0.91%) e-Learning
15 49 (0.90%) Social Media
16 43 (0.79%) Blockchain
17 40 (0.73%) Mobile App
18 39 (0.71%) Public Cloud
18 39 (0.71%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1,178 (21.54%) Windows
2 420 (7.68%) Windows 10
3 375 (6.86%) Windows Server
4 168 (3.07%) Linux
5 141 (2.58%) Android
6 140 (2.56%) Apple iOS
7 121 (2.21%) Mac OS
8 100 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
9 96 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 86 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
11 63 (1.15%) Windows 7
12 46 (0.84%) Unix
13 22 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 20 (0.37%) Windows 8
15 19 (0.35%) Mac OS X
16 17 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
17 15 (0.27%) CentOS
18 11 (0.20%) VMS
19 10 (0.18%) Windows Phone
20 9 (0.16%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,580 (28.88%) Problem-Solving
2 809 (14.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 737 (13.47%) ITIL
4 653 (11.94%) Customer Experience
5 652 (11.92%) Data Analysis
6 500 (9.14%) Logistics
7 469 (8.57%) Process Improvement
8 464 (8.48%) Mentoring
9 433 (7.92%) Mathematics
10 423 (7.73%) CRM
11 403 (7.37%) Agile
12 377 (6.89%) Creative Thinking
12 377 (6.89%) Service Management
13 367 (6.71%) Service Delivery
14 353 (6.45%) Performance Metrics
15 339 (6.20%) Contingency Planning
16 332 (6.07%) Project Management
17 310 (5.67%) ITSM
18 299 (5.47%) Time Management
19 228 (4.17%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 423 (7.73%) SQL
2 211 (3.86%) C#
2 211 (3.86%) JavaScript
3 135 (2.47%) PowerShell
4 115 (2.10%) Java
5 107 (1.96%) Python
6 51 (0.93%) T-SQL
7 50 (0.91%) Bash
7 50 (0.91%) TypeScript
8 47 (0.86%) VB.NET
9 42 (0.77%) PHP
9 42 (0.77%) VB
10 40 (0.73%) C++
11 35 (0.64%) Lua
12 32 (0.59%) PL/SQL
13 28 (0.51%) VB6
14 23 (0.42%) C
15 20 (0.37%) R
16 17 (0.31%) Ruby
17 15 (0.27%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,323 (24.19%) Degree
2 311 (5.69%) DBS Check
3 284 (5.19%) Security Cleared
4 248 (4.53%) HNC
5 235 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 121 (2.21%) A+ Certification
7 118 (2.16%) SC Cleared
8 113 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
9 111 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 86 (1.57%) MCP
11 83 (1.52%) CCNA
12 63 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
13 62 (1.13%) DV Cleared
14 52 (0.95%) Azure Certification
14 52 (0.95%) Master's Degree
14 52 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
15 51 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
15 51 (0.93%) MCSE
16 38 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 33 (0.60%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 545 (9.96%) SLA
2 152 (2.78%) GDPR
3 122 (2.23%) QA
4 80 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 73 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 46 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (0.49%) ISO 9001
8 20 (0.37%) Data Quality
9 17 (0.31%) PMO
10 16 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (0.24%) NIST
12 8 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.11%) GAAP
13 6 (0.11%) IFRS
14 5 (0.091%) COSHH
14 5 (0.091%) Disclosure Scotland
14 5 (0.091%) NEBOSH
15 4 (0.073%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.073%) GRC
15 4 (0.073%) SOC 2
System Software
1 863 (15.78%) Active Directory
2 212 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 187 (3.42%) Hyper-V
4 56 (1.02%) Docker
5 47 (0.86%) Firmware
6 43 (0.79%) vSphere
7 28 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
8 27 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
9 20 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
10 16 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
10 16 (0.29%) Terminal Services
11 15 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
12 11 (0.20%) XenApp
12 11 (0.20%) XenDesktop
13 7 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
14 5 (0.091%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.073%) Lustre
15 4 (0.073%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 4 (0.073%) vCloud
16 3 (0.055%) KVM
Systems Management
1 194 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 118 (2.16%) SCCM
3 53 (0.97%) WSUS
4 49 (0.90%) Kubernetes
5 28 (0.51%) Ansible
6 19 (0.35%) Autotask
7 18 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
8 16 (0.29%) AirWatch
8 16 (0.29%) Terraform
9 14 (0.26%) FortiGate
10 12 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 11 (0.20%) vCenter Server
12 10 (0.18%) ServiceCenter
13 9 (0.16%) Nessus
13 9 (0.16%) Puppet
13 9 (0.16%) Sysprep
14 8 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 8 (0.15%) SCDPM
14 8 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
14 8 (0.15%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 1,864 (34.08%) Microsoft
2 319 (5.83%) VMware
3 215 (3.93%) Cisco
4 145 (2.65%) Oracle
5 134 (2.45%) ServiceNow
6 128 (2.34%) Citrix
7 99 (1.81%) Apple
7 99 (1.81%) SAP
8 96 (1.76%) Dell
9 85 (1.55%) IBM
10 79 (1.44%) HP
11 71 (1.30%) Salesforce
12 65 (1.19%) Fortinet
13 62 (1.13%) Red Hat
14 55 (1.01%) NEC
14 55 (1.01%) NetApp
15 54 (0.99%) Sophos
16 53 (0.97%) Google
17 51 (0.93%) Veeam
18 45 (0.82%) EMC