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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 14 25
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 +8
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 243 529 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 6.49% 9.83% 7.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.96% 11.49% 8.01%
Number of salaries quoted 164 139 201
10th Percentile £24,250 £24,150 £21,500
25th Percentile £27,688 £28,204 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,005 £34,643
Median % change year-on-year -16.68% +21.25% +6.59%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £43,742
90th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £70,276
England median annual salary £31,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -17.33% +7.14% -6.67%

All Process and 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 3,053 4,604 3,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 81.59% 85.51% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,067 2,095 2,440
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -3.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,344 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 +3 76 £37,500 -30.56% 40
Staffordshire -15 39 £40,000 +23.08% 10
Worcestershire +7 25 £31,500 -25.00% 16
Warwickshire -11 23 £43,500 -4.59% 16
Coventry -5 18 £31,500 +16.67% 8
Shropshire -3 15 £34,000 +14.29% 2
Solihull -3 9 £24,500 -30.00% 4
Walsall +11 6 £24,000 - 1
Halesowen -3 3 - - 4
Herefordshire -5 3 £31,500 +21.15% 4
West Bromwich -1 2 £30,000 -25.00%
Wolverhampton +3 1 - - 4
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 10 (4.12%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.41%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 38 (15.64%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (9.05%) Chatbot
3 21 (8.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (5.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.65%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.82%) iTrent
4 1 (0.41%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 42 (17.28%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (10.70%) Azure
3 15 (6.17%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.29%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.29%) SaaS
5 4 (1.65%) Power Automate
5 4 (1.65%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.23%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.41%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.41%) IaaS
8 1 (0.41%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.41%) OCI
8 1 (0.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.29%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (6.58%) Firewall
3 8 (3.29%) DNS
4 7 (2.88%) Ethernet
4 7 (2.88%) Remote Desktop
4 7 (2.88%) VoIP
4 7 (2.88%) VPN
5 6 (2.47%) DHCP
5 6 (2.47%) Internet
5 6 (2.47%) Wireless
6 5 (2.06%) ADSL
6 5 (2.06%) Broadband
6 5 (2.06%) PBX
6 5 (2.06%) Structured Cabling
6 5 (2.06%) VDSL
7 3 (1.23%) HTTP
7 3 (1.23%) LAN
7 3 (1.23%) WAN
8 2 (0.82%) MPLS
8 2 (0.82%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.06%) Power BI
4 2 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.41%) MySQL
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.41%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.41%) JIRA
1 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 103 (42.39%) Social Skills
2 37 (15.23%) Retail
3 30 (12.35%) Finance
4 22 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.64%) Manufacturing
6 19 (7.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (7.41%) Telecoms
8 17 (7.00%) Electronics
8 17 (7.00%) Public Sector
9 16 (6.58%) Marketing
10 14 (5.76%) Law
11 8 (3.29%) Advertising
12 7 (2.88%) Legal
13 4 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.65%) Social Housing
14 3 (1.23%) Military
15 2 (0.82%) Banking
15 2 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.41%) Health Technology
16 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (14.81%) Technical Support
2 35 (14.40%) Support Engineer
3 26 (10.70%) Technical Engineer
4 25 (10.29%) Analyst
5 24 (9.88%) Technical Support Engineer
6 23 (9.47%) IT Support
7 22 (9.05%) Trainer
8 18 (7.41%) Developer
9 17 (7.00%) 2nd Line Support
10 15 (6.17%) Business Manager
11 12 (4.94%) Junior
11 12 (4.94%) Senior
11 12 (4.94%) Support Analyst
12 11 (4.53%) Business Development Manager
12 11 (4.53%) Delivery Manager
12 11 (4.53%) Development Manager
12 11 (4.53%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 11 (4.53%) Support Manager
13 10 (4.12%) IT Analyst
13 10 (4.12%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.76%) .NET
2 3 (1.23%) React
2 3 (1.23%) Web Services
3 2 (0.82%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.81%) Driving Licence
2 32 (13.17%) Onboarding
3 15 (6.17%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.53%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.29%) EPoS
6 6 (2.47%) Blog
6 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Licensing
6 6 (2.47%) PDA
7 5 (2.06%) Housing Association
8 4 (1.65%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (1.65%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 4 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.65%) SCADA
8 4 (1.65%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.23%) CCTV
10 2 (0.82%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.82%) IoT
10 2 (0.82%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.82%) Social Media
11 1 (0.41%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 31 (12.76%) Windows
2 19 (7.82%) Windows 10
3 9 (3.70%) Linux
4 3 (1.23%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.23%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.41%) Android
5 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (30.45%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (14.40%) AI
2 35 (14.40%) CRM
3 29 (11.93%) ITIL
4 27 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 25 (10.29%) Customer Experience
6 24 (9.88%) Business Development
7 22 (9.05%) Conversational UI
8 19 (7.82%) Agile
8 19 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (6.58%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (6.58%) Customer-Centricity
9 16 (6.58%) Time Management
10 15 (6.17%) B2B
11 14 (5.76%) Customer Engagement
11 14 (5.76%) Logistics
11 14 (5.76%) Service Management
12 12 (4.94%) Mathematics
13 11 (4.53%) Customer Requirements
13 11 (4.53%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.05%) SQL
2 16 (6.58%) JavaScript
3 14 (5.76%) C#
4 3 (1.23%) Python
5 2 (0.82%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.41%) Java
6 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.41%) VB
6 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (25.93%) Degree
2 12 (4.94%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.29%) HNC
4 4 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.41%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.88%) SLA
2 5 (2.06%) PMO
3 3 (1.23%) GDPR
4 2 (0.82%) COSHH
4 2 (0.82%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 26 (10.70%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.06%) Firmware
3 2 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.65%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.82%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.41%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 69 (28.40%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.05%) PayPal
3 6 (2.47%) SAP
4 5 (2.06%) Panasonic
4 5 (2.06%) Samsung
5 4 (1.65%) Sage
6 2 (0.82%) BT
6 2 (0.82%) ConnectWise
6 2 (0.82%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.82%) Juniper
6 2 (0.82%) Sophos
6 2 (0.82%) VMware
7 1 (0.41%) Civica
7 1 (0.41%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.41%) Dell
7 1 (0.41%) EMC
7 1 (0.41%) Infor
7 1 (0.41%) Remedy
7 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.41%) SonicWALL