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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 33 10
Rank change year-on-year -13 -23 +27
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 205 189 976
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.62% 5.92% 11.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 6.82% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 146 159 441
10th Percentile £26,100 £15,000 £21,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,750 £30,000 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +3.45% -27.50%
75th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £45,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £62,200
England median annual salary £31,000 £31,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year -1.59% -1.56% -8.57%

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 5,392 2,770 6,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 68.81% 86.78% 80.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,014 1,738 4,581
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,822 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,000
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 £78,750
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 4 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 4 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 +41 68 £28,000 -6.67% 15
Birmingham -40 40 £37,500 +7.14% 22
Worcestershire -7 34 £28,000 +86.67% 8
Warwickshire -3 25 £32,500 +10.17% 12
Shropshire -19 9 £31,000 +8.77% 6
Solihull +17 8 £30,000 - 2
Coventry -17 4 £26,000 -5.45% 5
Wolverhampton -18 4 £31,000 -4.62% 1
Herefordshire -19 1 £31,000 -4.62% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £28,000 - 1
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 (3.90%) Jupyter
1 8 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.95%) IIS
4 2 (0.98%) Confluence
5 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.90%) Chatbot
3 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.49%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.49%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (21.95%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (10.73%) Azure
3 17 (8.29%) AWS
4 16 (7.80%) Entra ID
5 13 (6.34%) SaaS
6 8 (3.90%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.93%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.44%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.95%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.95%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.98%) Siteimprove
11 2 (0.98%) Slack
12 1 (0.49%) IaaS
12 1 (0.49%) Lucidchart
12 1 (0.49%) Miro
12 1 (0.49%) OCI
12 1 (0.49%) PaaS
12 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (13.17%) Wi-Fi
2 17 (8.29%) Broadband
3 14 (6.83%) Internet
4 11 (5.37%) LAN
4 11 (5.37%) TCP/IP
5 10 (4.88%) DHCP
5 10 (4.88%) DNS
5 10 (4.88%) Firewall
6 9 (4.39%) WAN
7 8 (3.90%) VPN
8 1 (0.49%) DSLAM
8 1 (0.49%) Intranet
8 1 (0.49%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.93%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.44%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (3.90%) Visual Studio Code
2 6 (2.93%) JIRA
3 2 (0.98%) Selenium
3 2 (0.98%) TestRail
3 2 (0.98%) Toad
3 2 (0.98%) Zephyr
General
1 95 (46.34%) Social Skills
2 37 (18.05%) Manufacturing
3 26 (12.68%) Finance
4 25 (12.20%) Marketing
5 22 (10.73%) Retail
6 15 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.85%) Legal
8 9 (4.39%) Swedish Language
8 9 (4.39%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.95%) Automotive
10 4 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.95%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.46%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.98%) Back Office
12 2 (0.98%) Law
13 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (20.98%) Support Engineer
2 33 (16.10%) Analyst
3 30 (14.63%) IT Support
4 27 (13.17%) Technical Engineer
4 27 (13.17%) Technical Support
4 27 (13.17%) Technical Support Engineer
5 23 (11.22%) Senior
6 18 (8.78%) Sales Executive
6 18 (8.78%) Service Analyst
6 18 (8.78%) Service Desk Analyst
7 16 (7.80%) IT Engineer
7 16 (7.80%) Network Engineer
7 16 (7.80%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (7.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (6.34%) 1st Line Support
9 13 (6.34%) Field Sales Executive
10 11 (5.37%) Consultant
10 11 (5.37%) Support Analyst
11 10 (4.88%) Customer Service Advisor
11 10 (4.88%) Technical Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.90%) Hugging Face
1 8 (3.90%) Matplotlib
1 8 (3.90%) NumPy
1 8 (3.90%) Pandas
1 8 (3.90%) scikit-learn
1 8 (3.90%) Streamlit
2 4 (1.95%) COM
2 4 (1.95%) DCOM
2 4 (1.95%) LDAP
2 4 (1.95%) Middleware
3 2 (0.98%) OAuth
3 2 (0.98%) REST
3 2 (0.98%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.80%) Driving Licence
2 14 (6.83%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.88%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.90%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.93%) CCTV
5 6 (2.93%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.93%) Web Conferencing
6 5 (2.44%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.44%) Podcast
6 5 (2.44%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.95%) PKI
7 4 (1.95%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.98%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.49%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.49%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.49%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.49%) PDA
9 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 32 (15.61%) Windows
2 12 (5.85%) Windows 10
3 10 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.95%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.98%) Android
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (43.41%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (18.05%) Customer Experience
3 24 (11.71%) CRM
4 23 (11.22%) ITIL
5 19 (9.27%) Presales
6 17 (8.29%) ITSM
7 15 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (7.32%) Workflow
8 14 (6.83%) AI
9 12 (5.85%) ERP
10 9 (4.39%) Business Development
10 9 (4.39%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (4.39%) Performance Metrics
10 9 (4.39%) Process Improvement
10 9 (4.39%) Time Management
11 8 (3.90%) Data Privacy
11 8 (3.90%) Machine Learning
11 8 (3.90%) OO
11 8 (3.90%) OOP
11 8 (3.90%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.29%) Ladder Logic
2 10 (4.88%) Python
2 10 (4.88%) SQL
3 4 (1.95%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.98%) Apex Code
4 2 (0.98%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 28 (13.66%) Degree
2 17 (8.29%) AWS Certification
3 15 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (5.37%) Security Cleared
5 10 (4.88%) MCSE
6 8 (3.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 7 (3.41%) A+ Certification
8 5 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.44%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.49%) CCNA
10 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.37%) QA
2 8 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.93%) SLA
4 4 (1.95%) GDPR
5 3 (1.46%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.98%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.49%) GRC
7 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (11.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.98%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.98%) HP ALM
2 2 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (33.17%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.83%) Salesforce
3 12 (5.85%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.93%) Google
5 5 (2.44%) BT
6 4 (1.95%) VMware
7 3 (1.46%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.46%) Oracle
7 3 (1.46%) TOWER Software
8 2 (0.98%) Dell
8 2 (0.98%) HP
8 2 (0.98%) Logitech
8 2 (0.98%) MobileIron
8 2 (0.98%) Yealink
9 1 (0.49%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.49%) McAfee
9 1 (0.49%) Planon
9 1 (0.49%) Qualtrics
9 1 (0.49%) Sophos