Customer Service Job Trends in Wales

Customer Service
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 38 23
Rank change year-on-year +17 -15 +30
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 76 29 115
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 6.06% 5.20% 7.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.60% 5.77% 8.80%
Number of salaries quoted 58 16 90
10th Percentile £21,620 £24,377 £21,700
25th Percentile £24,000 £29,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £37,500 £30,281
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +23.84% -2.32%
75th Percentile £37,500 £49,688 £45,780
90th Percentile £47,875 £67,500 £57,500
UK median annual salary £31,500 £35,000 £32,090
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.07% -8.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 884 503 1,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 70.49% 90.14% 83.78%
Number of salaries quoted 544 279 998
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,350
25th Percentile £33,875 £40,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +12.22% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,797 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in Wales

Customer Service
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Wales over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in Wales

Customer Service
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Wales region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
South Wales +20 66 £25,794 -31.22% 26
North Wales -4 6 £47,500 +88.12% 8
Mid Wales - 2 £36,500 -
West Wales - 2 £25,000 - 3
Customer Service
UK

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 14 (18.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.32%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (11.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.63%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Magento
1 1 (1.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 24 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (25.00%) Azure
3 5 (6.58%) SaaS
3 5 (6.58%) Slack
4 4 (5.26%) OneDrive
5 3 (3.95%) AWS
6 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.32%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (25.00%) DHCP
1 19 (25.00%) DNS
2 17 (22.37%) Broadband
3 9 (11.84%) TCP/IP
4 5 (6.58%) VoIP
4 5 (6.58%) WAN
5 4 (5.26%) LAN
5 4 (5.26%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (2.63%) Firewall
7 1 (1.32%) Internet
7 1 (1.32%) Network Security
7 1 (1.32%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.32%) VLAN
7 1 (1.32%) VPN
7 1 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.84%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.32%) Power BI
2 1 (1.32%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.32%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 35 (46.05%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.05%) Games
3 12 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (15.79%) Marketing
4 9 (11.84%) Billing
5 8 (10.53%) Finance
6 6 (7.89%) Law
6 6 (7.89%) Telecoms
7 5 (6.58%) Retail
8 4 (5.26%) Banking
9 3 (3.95%) Back Office
10 2 (2.63%) Dutch Language
10 2 (2.63%) German Language
10 2 (2.63%) Spanish Language
11 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (19.74%) Customer Service Advisor
2 13 (17.11%) Support Engineer
3 9 (11.84%) Systems Engineer
4 8 (10.53%) Desktop Engineer
4 8 (10.53%) Desktop Support
4 8 (10.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 5 (6.58%) Customer Support Manager
5 5 (6.58%) Head of Support
5 5 (6.58%) IT Support
5 5 (6.58%) Support Manager
6 4 (5.26%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (5.26%) First Line Help Desk Support
6 4 (5.26%) Help Desk Support
7 3 (3.95%) Help Desk Team Lead
7 3 (3.95%) IT Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) Lead
7 3 (3.95%) Site Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) Team Leader
8 2 (2.63%) Finance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.84%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (6.58%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.95%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.32%) CCTV
4 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.32%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 21 (27.63%) Windows
2 14 (18.42%) Windows Server
3 11 (14.47%) Windows 10
4 9 (11.84%) Linux
4 9 (11.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.32%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (26.32%) Customer Experience
3 17 (22.37%) Coaching
4 14 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (11.84%) Email Filtering
6 9 (11.84%) Kalman Filter
6 9 (11.84%) Migration
6 9 (11.84%) Process Improvement
6 9 (11.84%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 9 (11.84%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 9 (11.84%) Web Filtering
7 8 (10.53%) People Management
8 6 (7.89%) E-Commerce
9 5 (6.58%) Analytics
9 5 (6.58%) Client Onboarding
9 5 (6.58%) Conflict Resolution
9 5 (6.58%) CRM
9 5 (6.58%) Customer Insight
9 5 (6.58%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.95%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (15.79%) SC Cleared
1 12 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.21%) Degree
3 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.95%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.63%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.32%) CCNP
6 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.84%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (11.84%) PCI DSS
2 7 (9.21%) SLA
3 1 (1.32%) GDPR
3 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 19 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.79%) Hyper-V
3 9 (11.84%) Terminal Server
4 4 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.11%) VMware
3 11 (14.47%) SolarWinds
4 9 (11.84%) Brocade
4 9 (11.84%) BT
4 9 (11.84%) Nimble Storage
4 9 (11.84%) Splunk
4 9 (11.84%) Tanium
4 9 (11.84%) Veeam
5 4 (5.26%) Cisco
6 2 (2.63%) PayPal
7 1 (1.32%) Google
7 1 (1.32%) Oracle
7 1 (1.32%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.32%) WooCommerce
7 1 (1.32%) Zscaler