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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 31 9
Rank change year-on-year -16 -22 +25
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 218 204 961
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.71% 6.03% 12.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 7.04% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 154 169 398
10th Percentile £25,750 £16,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £24,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% +5.00% -22.58%
75th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £55,580 £62,500
England median annual salary £31,000 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -1.59% -3.08% -7.14%

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 5,533 2,898 6,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 68.73% 85.61% 80.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,154 1,824 4,136
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,822 £27,300
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £79,800
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +47 75 £28,000 -6.67% 11
Birmingham -37 45 £37,500 -1.32% 23
Worcestershire -12 35 £28,000 +60.00% 9
Warwickshire -9 26 £32,500 +0.78% 12
Solihull +19 9 £30,000 -55.56% 3
Shropshire -20 9 £31,000 +8.77% 5
Coventry -13 3 £26,000 -5.45% 1
Wolverhampton -23 2 £34,250 +5.38% 2
Herefordshire -22 1 £31,000 -4.62% 1
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £28,000 -
Dudley - 1 £26,100 -
Halesowen - 1 - -
Bilston - 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 8 (3.67%) Jupyter
1 8 (3.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.83%) IIS
4 2 (0.92%) Confluence
5 1 (0.46%) Apache
5 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (13.76%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.13%) Chatbot
3 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.46%) Academy Housing
3 1 (0.46%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.46%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (22.02%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (9.63%) AWS
2 21 (9.63%) Azure
3 14 (6.42%) Entra ID
4 13 (5.96%) SaaS
5 8 (3.67%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.29%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.29%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.83%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.83%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.92%) Siteimprove
10 1 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.46%) Miro
10 1 (0.46%) OCI
10 1 (0.46%) PaaS
10 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.46%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.39%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (8.26%) Broadband
3 14 (6.42%) Internet
4 12 (5.50%) Firewall
4 12 (5.50%) LAN
4 12 (5.50%) WAN
5 9 (4.13%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.67%) DHCP
6 8 (3.67%) DNS
7 5 (2.29%) VPN
8 2 (0.92%) Wireless
9 1 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.46%) Cisco Wireless
9 1 (0.46%) DSLAM
9 1 (0.46%) Intranet
9 1 (0.46%) Network Security
9 1 (0.46%) SAN
9 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.46%) VLAN
9 1 (0.46%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.75%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.29%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.46%) Metadata
3 1 (0.46%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (3.67%) Visual Studio Code
2 4 (1.83%) JIRA
3 2 (0.92%) Selenium
3 2 (0.92%) TestRail
3 2 (0.92%) Toad
3 2 (0.92%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.46%) Git
General
1 113 (51.83%) Social Skills
2 38 (17.43%) Manufacturing
3 28 (12.84%) Finance
4 27 (12.39%) Marketing
5 22 (10.09%) Retail
6 17 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (7.34%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (5.50%) Legal
8 12 (5.50%) Swedish Language
9 8 (3.67%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.83%) Automotive
11 4 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.38%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.92%) Back Office
13 2 (0.92%) Law
13 2 (0.92%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.46%) Billing
14 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (20.18%) Support Engineer
2 35 (16.06%) Analyst
3 33 (15.14%) IT Support
4 30 (13.76%) Technical Support
5 29 (13.30%) Technical Engineer
5 29 (13.30%) Technical Support Engineer
6 22 (10.09%) Senior
7 20 (9.17%) Service Analyst
7 20 (9.17%) Service Desk Analyst
8 19 (8.72%) Sales Executive
9 16 (7.34%) Network Engineer
10 15 (6.88%) 1st Line Support
10 15 (6.88%) IT Engineer
10 15 (6.88%) Senior Network Engineer
11 14 (6.42%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (5.96%) Field Sales Executive
13 12 (5.50%) Support Analyst
14 10 (4.59%) Customer Service Advisor
14 10 (4.59%) Technical Advisor
15 9 (4.13%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.67%) Hugging Face
1 8 (3.67%) Matplotlib
1 8 (3.67%) NumPy
1 8 (3.67%) Pandas
1 8 (3.67%) scikit-learn
1 8 (3.67%) Streamlit
2 4 (1.83%) COM
2 4 (1.83%) DCOM
2 4 (1.83%) LDAP
2 4 (1.83%) Middleware
3 2 (0.92%) OAuth
3 2 (0.92%) REST
3 2 (0.92%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.46%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.80%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.96%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (5.05%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.67%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.75%) CCTV
5 6 (2.75%) Web Conferencing
6 5 (2.29%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.29%) Podcast
6 5 (2.29%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.83%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.83%) PKI
7 4 (1.83%) Smartcard
8 3 (1.38%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.92%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.46%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.46%) CMDB
10 1 (0.46%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (0.46%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.76%) Windows
2 10 (4.59%) Windows 10
3 8 (3.67%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.83%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.92%) Android
6 1 (0.46%) Linux
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (45.41%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (18.35%) Customer Experience
3 27 (12.39%) CRM
4 24 (11.01%) ITIL
5 23 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (9.17%) Presales
7 19 (8.72%) ITSM
8 17 (7.80%) Workflow
9 16 (7.34%) AI
10 12 (5.50%) ERP
10 12 (5.50%) Performance Metrics
11 10 (4.59%) Business Continuity
11 10 (4.59%) Business Development
12 9 (4.13%) Conversational UI
12 9 (4.13%) Process Improvement
12 9 (4.13%) Service Delivery
13 8 (3.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
13 8 (3.67%) LLM
13 8 (3.67%) Prompt Engineering
13 8 (3.67%) Sentiment Analysis
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.26%) Ladder Logic
2 11 (5.05%) SQL
3 9 (4.13%) Python
4 2 (0.92%) Apex Code
4 2 (0.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (15.14%) Degree
2 20 (9.17%) AWS Certification
3 16 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (5.96%) MCSE
5 9 (4.13%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.29%) A+ Certification
7 5 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.38%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.92%) CCNA
10 2 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.46%) CCNP
11 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.42%) QA
2 8 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (3.67%) SLA
3 5 (2.29%) GDPR
4 3 (1.38%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.92%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.46%) GRC
6 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (10.09%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.92%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.92%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 71 (32.57%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.34%) ServiceNow
3 12 (5.50%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.75%) Google
5 5 (2.29%) BT
6 4 (1.83%) VMware
7 3 (1.38%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.38%) Oracle
7 3 (1.38%) TOWER Software
8 2 (0.92%) Dell
8 2 (0.92%) HP
8 2 (0.92%) MobileIron
9 1 (0.46%) Cisco
9 1 (0.46%) F5
9 1 (0.46%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.46%) Juniper
9 1 (0.46%) McAfee
9 1 (0.46%) Meraki
9 1 (0.46%) SAP
9 1 (0.46%) Sophos