Customer Service
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Customer Service skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Service over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 53 69
Rank change year-on-year +23 +16 -12
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 6,378 5,658 7,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.43% 5.57% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.51% 5.83% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,722 3,427 4,602
10th Percentile £22,500 £23,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £25,468 £27,836 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £36,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -4.00% +0.40%
75th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £32,638 £35,000
% change year-on-year -8.08% -6.75% +2.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Customer Service is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +26 5,759 £32,000 -8.57% 2,629
UK excluding London +13 5,303 £30,000 -8.08% 2,298
Work from Home +13 1,569 £39,500 -12.22% 776
South East +12 1,392 £30,000 -7.69% 576
North of England +35 1,183 £30,469 -2.89% 592
Midlands +38 1,127 £29,000 -19.44% 406
London +1 875 £42,500 -5.56% 495
West Midlands +35 761 £29,000 -27.17% 246
North West +27 612 £30,500 -1.61% 331
South West +2 587 £31,000 -4.62% 311
East of England +20 571 £29,000 -6.45% 303
Yorkshire +44 444 £30,500 -4.69% 186
East Midlands +40 360 £29,000 -6.45% 160
Scotland -50 269 £35,388 -10.96% 140
Wales +26 138 £30,000 -3.23% 81
North East +7 127 £29,750 -25.63% 88
Northern Ireland -26 25 £30,000 -40.00% 27
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 - 1
Channel Islands +1 5 £85,000 +142.86%

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
1 412 (6.46%) SharePoint
2 345 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (0.88%) IIS
4 50 (0.78%) CMS
5 48 (0.75%) Confluence
6 44 (0.69%) nginx
7 36 (0.56%) Camunda
8 16 (0.25%) WordPress
9 12 (0.19%) SAS
10 10 (0.16%) Apache
10 10 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 9 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
12 8 (0.13%) Anypoint
12 8 (0.13%) Appian
12 8 (0.13%) WebSphere
13 7 (0.11%) Moodle
14 6 (0.094%) Exchange Server 2010
15 5 (0.078%) ArcGIS
16 4 (0.063%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 4 (0.063%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1,170 (18.34%) Microsoft Office
2 446 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 85 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 58 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.28%) Trello
7 16 (0.25%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.13%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 6 (0.094%) LightWave 3D
11 5 (0.078%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.063%) Adobe Illustrator
12 4 (0.063%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.063%) EPLAN
12 4 (0.063%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.047%) InDesign
14 1 (0.016%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.016%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 158 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (0.55%) NEC Housing
3 22 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 21 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 18 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.28%) Sage 200
6 16 (0.25%) iTrent
7 14 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
8 13 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 13 (0.20%) Infor SunSystems
9 12 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
10 11 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
11 10 (0.16%) Shopify
12 9 (0.14%) SAP HR
13 7 (0.11%) SAP ERP
14 6 (0.094%) Elite 3E
14 6 (0.094%) Oracle General Ledger
14 6 (0.094%) Oracle Payables
14 6 (0.094%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 6 (0.094%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,470 (23.05%) Microsoft 365
2 956 (14.99%) Azure
3 270 (4.23%) Power Platform
4 263 (4.12%) Entra ID
5 220 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
6 201 (3.15%) AWS
7 154 (2.41%) Power Automate
8 153 (2.40%) SaaS
9 111 (1.74%) PowerApps
10 104 (1.63%) OneDrive
11 80 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
12 65 (1.02%) GCP
13 56 (0.88%) OpenShift
14 54 (0.85%) Mimecast
15 48 (0.75%) IaaS
16 44 (0.69%) IBM Cloud
17 42 (0.66%) Serverless
18 41 (0.64%) WhatsApp
19 37 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
20 35 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 445 (6.98%) Firewall
2 288 (4.52%) DNS
3 274 (4.30%) LAN
4 242 (3.79%) WAN
5 241 (3.78%) TCP/IP
6 222 (3.48%) DHCP
7 216 (3.39%) VPN
8 198 (3.10%) Wi-Fi
9 175 (2.74%) Internet
9 175 (2.74%) Wireless
10 138 (2.16%) VoIP
11 100 (1.57%) VLAN
12 85 (1.33%) Intranet
13 82 (1.29%) Network Security
14 75 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
15 60 (0.94%) Broadband
16 56 (0.88%) MPLS
17 51 (0.80%) SAN
18 41 (0.64%) BGP
18 41 (0.64%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 264 (4.14%) SQL Server
2 160 (2.51%) Power BI
3 67 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 66 (1.03%) Oracle Database
5 54 (0.85%) MySQL
6 48 (0.75%) MongoDB
7 45 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 37 (0.58%) Relational Database
9 35 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
10 33 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
11 32 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 31 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
13 25 (0.39%) Data Lake
14 23 (0.36%) NoSQL
15 22 (0.34%) Oracle Database 12c
16 21 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
16 21 (0.33%) GIS
17 15 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
18 11 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
18 11 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 128 (2.01%) JIRA
2 53 (0.83%) Git
3 28 (0.44%) Jasmine
3 28 (0.44%) Karma Test Runner
4 20 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
6 16 (0.25%) Visual Studio
7 11 (0.17%) Robot Framework
8 8 (0.13%) Maven
9 7 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (0.094%) Mercurial
10 6 (0.094%) MSI
11 5 (0.078%) AdminStudio
11 5 (0.078%) GitLab
11 5 (0.078%) webpack
12 4 (0.063%) InstallShield
13 3 (0.047%) GCC
13 3 (0.047%) GoCD
13 3 (0.047%) Moq
13 3 (0.047%) Subversion
General
1 3,189 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1,014 (15.90%) Finance
3 930 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 709 (11.12%) Organisational Skills
5 554 (8.69%) Retail
6 392 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 322 (5.05%) Legal
8 300 (4.70%) Telecoms
9 287 (4.50%) Marketing
10 252 (3.95%) Public Sector
11 205 (3.21%) Law
12 174 (2.73%) Banking
13 168 (2.63%) Military
14 167 (2.62%) Manufacturing
15 160 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
15 160 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
16 139 (2.18%) Billing
17 113 (1.77%) Local Government
18 95 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
19 86 (1.35%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,060 (16.62%) Analyst
2 830 (13.01%) IT Support
3 568 (8.91%) Support Engineer
4 436 (6.84%) Senior
5 361 (5.66%) IT Engineer
6 332 (5.21%) Support Analyst
7 325 (5.10%) Lead
8 317 (4.97%) Administrator
9 313 (4.91%) IT Technician
10 306 (4.80%) Service Analyst
11 287 (4.50%) Support Technician
12 286 (4.48%) Technical Support
13 280 (4.39%) 1st Line Support
14 277 (4.34%) Consultant
15 275 (4.31%) IT Support Engineer
16 274 (4.30%) Service Desk Analyst
17 238 (3.73%) IT Analyst
18 235 (3.68%) 2nd Line Support
19 227 (3.56%) Developer
20 216 (3.39%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (2.59%) .NET
2 94 (1.47%) HTML
3 82 (1.29%) CSS
4 78 (1.22%) React
5 72 (1.13%) JSON
6 65 (1.02%) XML
7 53 (0.83%) AngularJS
8 52 (0.82%) Node.js
9 49 (0.77%) ASP.NET
10 48 (0.75%) REST
11 45 (0.71%) Web Services
12 36 (0.56%) KeystoneJS
12 36 (0.56%) Swagger
13 35 (0.55%) HTML5 Canvas
13 35 (0.55%) SOAP
14 33 (0.52%) Sass
15 28 (0.44%) RxJS
15 28 (0.44%) XML Schema
16 22 (0.34%) .NET Core
17 21 (0.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 548 (8.59%) Self-Motivation
2 349 (5.47%) Driving Licence
3 312 (4.89%) Onboarding
4 289 (4.53%) Management Information System
5 145 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 145 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
6 109 (1.71%) Digital Signage
7 91 (1.43%) Smartphone
8 89 (1.40%) Video\Live Streaming
9 80 (1.25%) Social Media
10 77 (1.21%) Product Ownership
11 68 (1.07%) CCTV
12 66 (1.03%) Blockchain
13 62 (0.97%) e-Learning
13 62 (0.97%) EPoS
14 57 (0.89%) Public Cloud
14 57 (0.89%) Replication
15 54 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
16 50 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
17 47 (0.74%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1,486 (23.30%) Windows
2 538 (8.44%) Windows Server
3 485 (7.60%) Windows 10
4 224 (3.51%) Linux
5 147 (2.30%) Apple iOS
6 139 (2.18%) Android
7 129 (2.02%) Mac OS
8 109 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 105 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 89 (1.40%) Windows 7
11 83 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
12 78 (1.22%) Unix
13 36 (0.56%) Mac OS X
14 29 (0.45%) Windows 8
14 29 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
15 23 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 21 (0.33%) CentOS
17 18 (0.28%) VyOS
18 17 (0.27%) VMS
19 13 (0.20%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,793 (28.11%) Problem-Solving
2 934 (14.64%) ITIL
3 653 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 563 (8.83%) Agile
5 539 (8.45%) Project Management
6 492 (7.71%) Customer Experience
7 489 (7.67%) Service Delivery
8 455 (7.13%) CRM
9 424 (6.65%) Service Management
10 388 (6.08%) Time Management
11 354 (5.55%) Mentoring
12 336 (5.27%) ITSM
13 331 (5.19%) Logistics
14 315 (4.94%) Process Improvement
15 305 (4.78%) Project Delivery
16 275 (4.31%) Mathematics
17 270 (4.23%) Decision-Making
18 269 (4.22%) Line Management
19 261 (4.09%) Coaching
20 255 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 460 (7.21%) SQL
2 229 (3.59%) JavaScript
3 209 (3.28%) C#
4 151 (2.37%) PowerShell
5 111 (1.74%) Java
6 98 (1.54%) Python
7 66 (1.03%) T-SQL
8 57 (0.89%) TypeScript
9 46 (0.72%) Bash
10 44 (0.69%) PHP
11 40 (0.63%) VB
12 36 (0.56%) C++
12 36 (0.56%) Lua
13 34 (0.53%) VB.NET
14 28 (0.44%) VB6
15 24 (0.38%) R
16 21 (0.33%) Groovy
17 19 (0.30%) C
18 17 (0.27%) PL/SQL
19 12 (0.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,096 (17.18%) Degree
2 336 (5.27%) Security Cleared
3 318 (4.99%) DBS Check
4 281 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 158 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
6 141 (2.21%) A+ Certification
7 128 (2.01%) SC Cleared
8 120 (1.88%) CCNA
9 116 (1.82%) DV Cleared
9 116 (1.82%) MCP
10 97 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
11 76 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
12 70 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
13 67 (1.05%) Master's Degree
14 63 (0.99%) Azure Certification
15 55 (0.86%) HNC
16 52 (0.82%) MCSE
17 46 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 39 (0.61%) CCNP
19 38 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 687 (10.77%) SLA
2 159 (2.49%) GDPR
3 154 (2.41%) QA
4 104 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 59 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 54 (0.85%) Accessibility
7 45 (0.71%) ISO 9001
8 27 (0.42%) Data Quality
9 25 (0.39%) PMO
10 14 (0.22%) NIST
11 11 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.14%) NEBOSH
14 7 (0.11%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.094%) Disclosure Scotland
15 6 (0.094%) GAAP
15 6 (0.094%) IFRS
15 6 (0.094%) ISO 14001
16 5 (0.078%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.078%) COSHH
System Software
1 1,047 (16.42%) Active Directory
2 233 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 223 (3.50%) Hyper-V
4 62 (0.97%) Docker
5 58 (0.91%) Firmware
6 39 (0.61%) vSphere
7 33 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 32 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
9 23 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
10 19 (0.30%) Terminal Services
11 18 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
12 16 (0.25%) XenApp
13 15 (0.24%) KVM
13 15 (0.24%) XenDesktop
14 12 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.063%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.063%) vCloud
15 4 (0.063%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.047%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 226 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 158 (2.48%) SCCM
3 46 (0.72%) WSUS
4 41 (0.64%) Kubernetes
5 38 (0.60%) Ansible
6 31 (0.49%) Terraform
7 21 (0.33%) FortiGate
7 21 (0.33%) Progress Chef
8 18 (0.28%) AirWatch
9 15 (0.24%) Autotask
10 12 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (0.19%) Sysprep
11 11 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
12 10 (0.16%) vCenter Server
13 9 (0.14%) Nagios
14 8 (0.13%) Icinga
14 8 (0.13%) SmoothWall
15 7 (0.11%) Nessus
15 7 (0.11%) Puppet
15 7 (0.11%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 2,335 (36.61%) Microsoft
2 359 (5.63%) VMware
3 278 (4.36%) Cisco
4 157 (2.46%) SAP
5 146 (2.29%) ServiceNow
6 140 (2.20%) Citrix
7 135 (2.12%) Oracle
8 126 (1.98%) Apple
9 121 (1.90%) Dell
10 118 (1.85%) IBM
11 98 (1.54%) HP
12 94 (1.47%) Fortinet
12 94 (1.47%) Google
13 87 (1.36%) Salesforce
14 65 (1.02%) Veeam
15 61 (0.96%) Juniper
16 60 (0.94%) Red Hat
16 60 (0.94%) Sophos
17 52 (0.82%) Meraki
18 49 (0.77%) EMC