Customer Service Jobs in the West Midlands

Customer Service
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Customer Service skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Customer Service over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 37 25
Rank change year-on-year +29 -12 -4
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 906 337 789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.95% 6.64% 9.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.34% 6.93% 9.32%
Number of salaries quoted 338 234 388
10th Percentile £22,355 £24,000 £21,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £30,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £38,125 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.31% -10.29% +13.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £57,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £68,250
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -11.39% +7.48%

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 5,546 4,862 8,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 79.27% 95.78% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,542 3,025 5,324
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Customer Service in the West Midlands

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Warwickshire +49 245 £27,250 -49.30% 18
Birmingham +19 179 £43,227 +23.51% 55
Staffordshire +9 149 £26,000 -20.00% 32
Coventry +39 59 £26,500 -14.52% 15
Worcestershire -1 54 £25,000 -36.93% 16
Solihull +14 28 £50,000 +53.85% 7
Wolverhampton +21 25 £53,500 +50.70% 6
Shropshire +19 25 £22,000 -61.74% 14
Sutton Coldfield +4 25 £27,000 -
Walsall +5 15 £26,000 - 4
Herefordshire +12 12 £27,500 - 8
West Bromwich - 8 £34,000 - 2
Dudley +5 7 £73,805 +72.64% 1
Halesowen - 7 - - 2
Smethwick -1 6 £42,500 +4.94% 1
Tipton -1 5 - - 1
Wednesbury -2 5 - - 2
Willenhall - 5 - - 5
Brierley Hill - 5 - -
Bilston - 5 - -
Rowley Regis - 5 - -
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Stourbridge - 1 - - 2
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.10%) Confluence
4 8 (0.88%) Appian
5 6 (0.66%) CMS
6 5 (0.55%) IIS
6 5 (0.55%) nginx
7 1 (0.11%) SAS
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 422 (46.58%) Microsoft Office
2 265 (29.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.88%) Trello
4 6 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.44%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.22%) Autodesk Inventor
7 2 (0.22%) Fusion 360
7 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.22%) Revit
8 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 23 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.10%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.22%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.11%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 106 (11.70%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (5.52%) Azure
3 28 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
4 24 (2.65%) Power Platform
5 22 (2.43%) SaaS
6 16 (1.77%) Entra ID
7 15 (1.66%) PowerApps
8 10 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (1.10%) Power Automate
9 7 (0.77%) AWS
9 7 (0.77%) Smartsheet
10 6 (0.66%) OneDrive
11 5 (0.55%) npm
12 1 (0.11%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.11%) BrowserStack
12 1 (0.11%) Discord
12 1 (0.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 1 (0.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 1 (0.11%) Serverless
12 1 (0.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
2 23 (2.54%) Firewall
3 17 (1.88%) DHCP
3 17 (1.88%) DNS
4 13 (1.43%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.32%) Internet
6 10 (1.10%) LAN
7 9 (0.99%) WAN
8 8 (0.88%) VPN
9 6 (0.66%) VSAN
10 5 (0.55%) Network Security
10 5 (0.55%) SAN
11 4 (0.44%) VoIP
11 4 (0.44%) Wireless
12 3 (0.33%) Broadband
13 2 (0.22%) PBX
14 1 (0.11%) SSH
14 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.11%) VLAN
14 1 (0.11%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.21%) Power BI
3 10 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (0.77%) MySQL
4 7 (0.77%) Oracle Database
4 7 (0.77%) Oracle Database 12c
4 7 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (0.66%) Power Query
6 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 27 (2.98%) JIRA
2 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (0.55%) Git
3 5 (0.55%) Jasmine
3 5 (0.55%) Karma Test Runner
3 5 (0.55%) webpack
4 4 (0.44%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.11%) Selenium
General
1 479 (52.87%) Social Skills
2 251 (27.70%) Military
3 219 (24.17%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (20.20%) Organisational Skills
5 140 (15.45%) Retail
6 117 (12.91%) Influencing Skills
7 91 (10.04%) Finance
8 87 (9.60%) Presentation Skills
9 39 (4.30%) Public Sector
10 33 (3.64%) Law
11 27 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (2.98%) Manufacturing
12 24 (2.65%) Marketing
13 19 (2.10%) Legal
13 19 (2.10%) Local Government
13 19 (2.10%) Police
14 13 (1.43%) Back Office
15 11 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.21%) Environmental Health
16 10 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 273 (30.13%) Graduate
2 182 (20.09%) Analyst
3 116 (12.80%) Product Analyst
3 116 (12.80%) Sales Analyst
4 49 (5.41%) Consultant
5 39 (4.30%) IT Support
6 35 (3.86%) Developer
7 28 (3.09%) Technical Support
8 27 (2.98%) 1st Line Support
8 27 (2.98%) Senior
9 25 (2.76%) Support Engineer
10 24 (2.65%) Administrator
11 22 (2.43%) IT Technician
11 22 (2.43%) Lead
12 21 (2.32%) Service Analyst
13 19 (2.10%) Service Desk Analyst
13 19 (2.10%) Support Technician
14 18 (1.99%) IT Manager
14 18 (1.99%) Junior
14 18 (1.99%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.98%) .NET
2 17 (1.88%) HTML
3 15 (1.66%) JSON
4 10 (1.10%) Sass
5 8 (0.88%) CSS
6 7 (0.77%) ASP.NET
7 6 (0.66%) HTML5
7 6 (0.66%) jQuery
7 6 (0.66%) XML
8 5 (0.55%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.55%) LAMP
8 5 (0.55%) Laravel
8 5 (0.55%) LESS
8 5 (0.55%) React
8 5 (0.55%) REST
8 5 (0.55%) RxJS
8 5 (0.55%) SOAP
8 5 (0.55%) Vue
8 5 (0.55%) Web Services
8 5 (0.55%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 343 (37.86%) Onboarding
2 37 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 21 (2.32%) Driving Licence
5 12 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (1.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 10 (1.10%) NHS
8 8 (0.88%) CMDB
8 8 (0.88%) Low-Code
9 7 (0.77%) Algorithms
10 6 (0.66%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (0.55%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.55%) EPoS
11 5 (0.55%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.55%) Operational Technology
11 5 (0.55%) PKI
11 5 (0.55%) Smartphone
12 4 (0.44%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 97 (10.71%) Windows
2 40 (4.42%) Windows Server
3 36 (3.97%) Windows 10
4 20 (2.21%) Linux
5 17 (1.88%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (1.55%) Windows 7
7 11 (1.21%) Windows 8
8 9 (0.99%) Unix
9 7 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.66%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.55%) Android
11 5 (0.55%) CentOS
12 4 (0.44%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (45.70%) Continuous Improvement
2 347 (38.30%) Data Analysis
3 303 (33.44%) Problem-Solving
4 266 (29.36%) Logistics
5 265 (29.25%) Customer Experience
6 260 (28.70%) Process Improvement
7 251 (27.70%) Contingency Planning
7 251 (27.70%) Creative Thinking
7 251 (27.70%) Performance Metrics
8 213 (23.51%) Mathematics
9 121 (13.36%) Customer Requirements
10 95 (10.49%) Mentoring
11 86 (9.49%) Mechatronics
12 68 (7.51%) ITIL
13 67 (7.40%) Agile
14 55 (6.07%) Service Management
15 47 (5.19%) CRM
16 44 (4.86%) Project Management
17 33 (3.64%) Asset Management
18 30 (3.31%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 64 (7.06%) SQL
2 27 (2.98%) C#
2 27 (2.98%) JavaScript
3 15 (1.66%) Java
4 14 (1.55%) C++
5 13 (1.43%) PowerShell
6 8 (0.88%) Python
6 8 (0.88%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.66%) VB.NET
8 5 (0.55%) PHP
8 5 (0.55%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.55%) VB
8 5 (0.55%) VB6
9 1 (0.11%) C
9 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 513 (56.62%) Degree
2 86 (9.49%) HNC
3 54 (5.96%) Security Cleared
4 19 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (1.99%) SC Cleared
6 13 (1.43%) DBS Check
7 10 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (0.77%) A+ Certification
9 7 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (0.77%) Oracle Certification
10 6 (0.66%) MCSE
10 6 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (0.55%) MCSA
12 3 (0.33%) CCNA
12 3 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.33%) CSPO
12 3 (0.33%) IIBA
13 2 (0.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.08%) SLA
2 17 (1.88%) Accessibility
2 17 (1.88%) GDPR
3 16 (1.77%) QA
4 12 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.11%) NCSC
5 1 (0.11%) NIST
5 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 83 (9.16%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.77%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.66%) vSphere
5 5 (0.55%) Firmware
5 5 (0.55%) VMware Workstation
6 4 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (0.99%) SCCM
2 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.44%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (0.22%) SCOM
4 2 (0.22%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.22%) VxRail
4 2 (0.22%) WSUS
5 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 191 (21.08%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.76%) VMware
3 22 (2.43%) Cisco
4 14 (1.55%) Dell
4 14 (1.55%) ServiceNow
5 11 (1.21%) HP
5 11 (1.21%) Remedy
6 10 (1.10%) NEC
6 10 (1.10%) Oracle
7 9 (0.99%) Citrix
8 6 (0.66%) Apple
8 6 (0.66%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.55%) IBM
9 5 (0.55%) NetApp
9 5 (0.55%) SAP
10 4 (0.44%) Avaya
10 4 (0.44%) EMC
10 4 (0.44%) WatchGuard
11 3 (0.33%) Genesys
11 3 (0.33%) Veeam