Customer Service Job Trends in the West Midlands

Customer Service
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Customer Service skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 25 7
Rank change year-on-year -17 -18 +27
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 255 233 805
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.97% 6.74% 12.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 7.97% 16.17%
Number of salaries quoted 176 185 265
10th Percentile £25,925 £18,850 £22,400
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,968 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £31,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.61% -13.89%
75th Percentile £41,875 £41,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £54,560 £62,500
England median annual salary £31,500 £31,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -2.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,938 2,923 4,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.11% 84.60% 78.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,464 1,853 2,895
10th Percentile £32,250 £28,600 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -8.80%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Customer Service.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
Staffordshire +39 74 £28,000 -30.00% 20
Birmingham -42 60 £37,500 - 66
Worcestershire -11 37 £42,750 +144.29% 24
Warwickshire -13 26 £32,500 -7.14% 23
Shropshire -15 18 £31,000 +8.77% 15
Solihull +12 9 £30,000 +27.66% 10
Coventry -27 4 £42,250 +34.13% 22
Wolverhampton -17 3 £62,500 +92.31% 3
Walsall +2 1 £29,000 +20.83% 7
Bilston - 1 - -
Tipton - 1 £33,500 - 1
Dudley - 1 £26,100 - 2
Halesowen - 1 - - 1
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 15 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.35%) IIS
4 3 (1.18%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.78%) Confluence
6 1 (0.39%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (14.51%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.57%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (4.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.18%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.39%) Academy Housing
Cloud Services
1 59 (23.14%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (9.02%) SaaS
3 22 (8.63%) Azure
4 18 (7.06%) Entra ID
5 17 (6.67%) AWS
6 7 (2.75%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.96%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.96%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.96%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.18%) IaaS
8 3 (1.18%) PaaS
9 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.78%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.78%) Siteimprove
10 1 (0.39%) Miro
10 1 (0.39%) OCI
10 1 (0.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.02%) Wi-Fi
2 19 (7.45%) Broadband
3 18 (7.06%) Firewall
4 14 (5.49%) Internet
5 12 (4.71%) LAN
5 12 (4.71%) WAN
6 9 (3.53%) DHCP
6 9 (3.53%) DNS
6 9 (3.53%) TCP/IP
6 9 (3.53%) Wireless
7 5 (1.96%) VPN
8 4 (1.57%) SD-WAN
9 3 (1.18%) VLAN
9 3 (1.18%) VoIP
10 2 (0.78%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.39%) Cisco Wireless
11 1 (0.39%) Network Security
11 1 (0.39%) SAN
11 1 (0.39%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.35%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.96%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.18%) Power BI
4 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (1.96%) JIRA
2 3 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.78%) Git
3 2 (0.78%) Selenium
3 2 (0.78%) TestRail
3 2 (0.78%) Toad
3 2 (0.78%) Zephyr
General
1 149 (58.43%) Social Skills
2 37 (14.51%) Finance
3 36 (14.12%) Manufacturing
4 28 (10.98%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (10.20%) Marketing
7 22 (8.63%) Retail
8 12 (4.71%) Swedish Language
9 9 (3.53%) Legal
10 6 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.57%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.57%) Social Housing
13 3 (1.18%) Billing
14 2 (0.78%) Back Office
15 1 (0.39%) Advertising
15 1 (0.39%) Automotive
15 1 (0.39%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 44 (17.25%) Support Engineer
2 38 (14.90%) IT Support
2 38 (14.90%) Technical Support
3 37 (14.51%) Analyst
4 28 (10.98%) Technical Engineer
4 28 (10.98%) Technical Support Engineer
5 24 (9.41%) Sales Executive
6 22 (8.63%) Senior
7 20 (7.84%) Support Analyst
8 16 (6.27%) IT Engineer
9 15 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (5.88%) Service Analyst
9 15 (5.88%) Service Desk Analyst
10 13 (5.10%) Field Sales Executive
10 13 (5.10%) Support Technician
11 12 (4.71%) Administrator
12 11 (4.31%) 1st Line Support
12 11 (4.31%) Network Engineer
13 10 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support
13 10 (3.92%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.57%) COM
1 4 (1.57%) DCOM
1 4 (1.57%) LDAP
1 4 (1.57%) Middleware
2 3 (1.18%) Hugging Face
2 3 (1.18%) Matplotlib
2 3 (1.18%) NumPy
2 3 (1.18%) Pandas
2 3 (1.18%) scikit-learn
2 3 (1.18%) Streamlit
3 2 (0.78%) OAuth
3 2 (0.78%) REST
3 2 (0.78%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.39%) .NET
4 1 (0.39%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.39%) Kafka
4 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.55%) Onboarding
2 30 (11.76%) Driving Licence
3 20 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.71%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.53%) Web Conferencing
6 7 (2.75%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.96%) Podcast
8 4 (1.57%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.57%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.57%) PKI
8 4 (1.57%) Smartcard
9 3 (1.18%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.18%) CCTV
9 3 (1.18%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.78%) NHS
11 1 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.39%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 39 (15.29%) Windows
2 12 (4.71%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.53%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.96%) Linux
5 3 (1.18%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.39%) Android
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (46.27%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (17.65%) Customer Experience
3 44 (17.25%) CRM
4 40 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (10.20%) AI
6 24 (9.41%) ITIL
6 24 (9.41%) ITSM
7 19 (7.45%) Presales
8 18 (7.06%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (6.67%) Client Onboarding
9 17 (6.67%) ERP
9 17 (6.67%) Service Delivery
9 17 (6.67%) Service Management
9 17 (6.67%) Workflow
10 15 (5.88%) Logistics
11 13 (5.10%) Process Improvement
11 13 (5.10%) User Experience
12 12 (4.71%) Business Continuity
12 12 (4.71%) Performance Metrics
12 12 (4.71%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.88%) Ladder Logic
2 11 (4.31%) SQL
3 4 (1.57%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.57%) Python
4 2 (0.78%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.39%) C#
5 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 34 (13.33%) Degree
2 20 (7.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (5.88%) AWS Certification
4 13 (5.10%) MCSE
5 9 (3.53%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.57%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.57%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.18%) CCNA
8 3 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.39%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.06%) SLA
2 15 (5.88%) QA
3 9 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.57%) GDPR
5 3 (1.18%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.18%) GMP
5 3 (1.18%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.39%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (9.41%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.57%) Firmware
4 3 (1.18%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.78%) vSphere
5 2 (0.78%) XenApp
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.78%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 83 (32.55%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 14 (5.49%) HubSpot
4 11 (4.31%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.75%) VMware
6 6 (2.35%) Google
6 6 (2.35%) SAP
6 6 (2.35%) YouTube
7 4 (1.57%) Dell
8 3 (1.18%) BT
8 3 (1.18%) Facebook
8 3 (1.18%) Oracle
8 3 (1.18%) Sage
8 3 (1.18%) Sophos
8 3 (1.18%) TOWER Software
9 2 (0.78%) Cisco
9 2 (0.78%) Citrix
9 2 (0.78%) HP
9 2 (0.78%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (0.78%) Xero