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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 19 27
Rank change year-on-year -25 +8 +12
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 212 337 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 4.00% 7.96% 6.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 8.75% 7.60%
Number of salaries quoted 138 104 213
10th Percentile £24,500 £27,500 £21,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £46,750 £32,121
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +45.55% -1.17%
75th Percentile £52,500 £61,375 £41,358
90th Percentile £59,125 £70,000 £58,250
England median annual salary £31,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% +7.14% -6.67%

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 4,355 3,852 3,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.17% 90.96% 86.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,259 1,716 2,621
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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
Birmingham -4 61 £36,250 -32.87% 43
Staffordshire -26 42 £40,000 +8.12% 13
Warwickshire -19 25 £43,500 -8.42% 7
Worcestershire -10 19 £31,500 -35.00% 12
Shropshire -15 15 £34,000 -40.87% 6
Coventry -7 14 £33,000 +22.22% 14
Solihull -3 8 £24,500 -30.00% 3
Herefordshire -8 3 £31,500 +21.15% 3
Walsall - 3 £40,000 -
Halesowen - 3 - -
Wolverhampton -7 1 - - 3
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 9 (4.25%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.47%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 31 (14.62%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (10.38%) Chatbot
3 19 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.89%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.94%) iTrent
4 1 (0.47%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 28 (13.21%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (7.55%) Azure
3 13 (6.13%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (3.77%) SaaS
5 7 (3.30%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.42%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.42%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.42%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.47%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.47%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.47%) OCI
9 1 (0.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.43%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (5.66%) DNS
3 10 (4.72%) DHCP
3 10 (4.72%) Firewall
4 8 (3.77%) VPN
5 7 (3.30%) Ethernet
5 7 (3.30%) VoIP
6 6 (2.83%) Wireless
7 5 (2.36%) ADSL
7 5 (2.36%) Internet
7 5 (2.36%) PBX
7 5 (2.36%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (2.36%) VDSL
8 4 (1.89%) Broadband
8 4 (1.89%) LAN
8 4 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (1.89%) RFID
9 3 (1.42%) WAN
10 2 (0.94%) MPLS
10 2 (0.94%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.25%) SQL Server
1 9 (4.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (1.89%) Power BI
3 2 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.89%) LabVIEW
2 2 (0.94%) JIRA
General
1 84 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.98%) Retail
3 22 (10.38%) Manufacturing
4 21 (9.91%) Finance
5 19 (8.96%) Public Sector
6 17 (8.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (7.55%) Electronics
7 16 (7.55%) Marketing
7 16 (7.55%) Telecoms
8 15 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (4.25%) Law
10 8 (3.77%) Advertising
11 7 (3.30%) Legal
12 4 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.94%) Banking
13 2 (0.94%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.47%) Games
14 1 (0.47%) Local Government
14 1 (0.47%) Military
14 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (14.15%) Technical Support
2 28 (13.21%) Support Engineer
3 23 (10.85%) Analyst
4 22 (10.38%) Trainer
5 21 (9.91%) Technical Engineer
6 19 (8.96%) Technical Support Engineer
7 12 (5.66%) Business Manager
7 12 (5.66%) Developer
7 12 (5.66%) Junior
7 12 (5.66%) Senior
8 11 (5.19%) Delivery Manager
8 11 (5.19%) IT Support
8 11 (5.19%) Support Manager
9 10 (4.72%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (4.72%) Business Development Manager
9 10 (4.72%) Consultant
9 10 (4.72%) Development Manager
9 10 (4.72%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 10 (4.72%) Help Desk Analyst
9 10 (4.72%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.66%) .NET
2 3 (1.42%) Web Services
3 2 (0.94%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.68%) Driving Licence
2 25 (11.79%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.66%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.30%) Blog
6 6 (2.83%) PDA
7 5 (2.36%) EPoS
8 4 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (1.89%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Licensing
8 4 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.89%) SCADA
8 4 (1.89%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.42%) CCTV
9 3 (1.42%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.94%) IoT
10 2 (0.94%) Social Media
11 1 (0.47%) BYOD
11 1 (0.47%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.38%) Windows
2 10 (4.72%) Windows 10
3 8 (3.77%) Linux
4 3 (1.42%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.94%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.47%) Android
6 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (16.04%) AI
3 33 (15.57%) ITIL
4 28 (13.21%) CRM
5 25 (11.79%) Service Delivery
6 23 (10.85%) Customer Experience
7 22 (10.38%) Business Development
7 22 (10.38%) Conversational UI
8 16 (7.55%) Agile
8 16 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
9 15 (7.08%) B2B
10 14 (6.60%) Service Management
11 13 (6.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (5.66%) Customer Engagement
12 12 (5.66%) Customer-Centricity
12 12 (5.66%) ERP
12 12 (5.66%) Time Management
13 11 (5.19%) Customer Requirements
13 11 (5.19%) Logistics
14 9 (4.25%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.55%) SQL
2 12 (5.66%) C#
3 11 (5.19%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.94%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.47%) Python
5 1 (0.47%) VB
5 1 (0.47%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (26.89%) Degree
2 13 (6.13%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.66%) HNC
4 5 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.89%) MCP
5 4 (1.89%) MCSA
6 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.94%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.36%) PMO
1 5 (2.36%) SLA
2 2 (0.94%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.94%) GDPR
3 1 (0.47%) COSHH
3 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 16 (7.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.36%) Firmware
3 2 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.89%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.94%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.47%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 57 (26.89%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.38%) PayPal
3 6 (2.83%) SAP
3 6 (2.83%) VMware
4 5 (2.36%) Panasonic
4 5 (2.36%) Samsung
5 4 (1.89%) Sage
5 4 (1.89%) Veeam
6 2 (0.94%) Civica
6 2 (0.94%) ConnectWise
6 2 (0.94%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.94%) Juniper
6 2 (0.94%) Sophos
7 1 (0.47%) Cisco
7 1 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.47%) Infor
7 1 (0.47%) Logitech
7 1 (0.47%) Lotus
7 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.47%) Yealink