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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 30 7
Rank change year-on-year -14 -23 +29
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 236 216 886
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.82% 6.33% 13.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.08% 7.44% 16.63%
Number of salaries quoted 166 179 324
10th Percentile £25,750 £16,250 £22,400
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% +5.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £54,020 £64,001
England median annual salary £31,500 £31,500 £33,789
% change year-on-year - -6.77% -3.46%

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 5,784 2,903 5,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.06% 85.03% 78.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,348 1,872 3,362
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,822 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,009 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £50,973
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +2.02% -2.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.41%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 +42 78 £28,000 -6.67% 17
Birmingham -34 53 £37,500 -1.32% 36
Worcestershire -10 37 £28,000 +60.00% 15
Warwickshire -9 28 £32,500 -7.14% 17
Solihull +12 9 £30,000 -34.07% 3
Shropshire -23 9 £37,500 +31.58% 5
Coventry -19 3 £26,000 -11.86% 6
Wolverhampton -23 2 £50,000 +53.85% 9
Bilston - 1 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £28,000 -
Dudley - 1 £26,100 - 2
Halesowen - 1 - - 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 11 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.97%) Jupyter
4 5 (2.12%) IIS
5 2 (0.85%) Confluence
6 1 (0.42%) Apache
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (13.56%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.39%) Chatbot
2 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.27%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.42%) Academy Housing
3 1 (0.42%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 54 (22.88%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (8.47%) AWS
2 20 (8.47%) Azure
3 16 (6.78%) Entra ID
4 15 (6.36%) SaaS
5 7 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.12%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.12%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.69%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.69%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.85%) Siteimprove
9 1 (0.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.42%) GCP
9 1 (0.42%) Miro
9 1 (0.42%) OCI
9 1 (0.42%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.02%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (7.63%) Broadband
3 14 (5.93%) Internet
4 13 (5.51%) Firewall
4 13 (5.51%) LAN
4 13 (5.51%) WAN
5 9 (3.81%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.39%) DHCP
6 8 (3.39%) DNS
7 4 (1.69%) VPN
7 4 (1.69%) Wireless
8 2 (0.85%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.85%) VLAN
9 1 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.42%) Cisco Wireless
9 1 (0.42%) DSLAM
9 1 (0.42%) Intranet
9 1 (0.42%) Network Security
9 1 (0.42%) SAN
9 1 (0.42%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.54%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.12%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.42%) Metadata
3 1 (0.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.97%) Visual Studio Code
2 5 (2.12%) JIRA
3 2 (0.85%) Selenium
3 2 (0.85%) TestRail
3 2 (0.85%) Toad
3 2 (0.85%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.42%) Git
General
1 120 (50.85%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.25%) Manufacturing
3 32 (13.56%) Finance
4 25 (10.59%) Marketing
5 21 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (8.47%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (8.47%) Retail
7 12 (5.08%) Legal
7 12 (5.08%) Swedish Language
8 7 (2.97%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.69%) Automotive
10 4 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.27%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.85%) Back Office
12 2 (0.85%) Billing
12 2 (0.85%) Law
12 2 (0.85%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (18.22%) Support Engineer
2 37 (15.68%) Analyst
3 36 (15.25%) IT Support
4 33 (13.98%) Technical Support
5 27 (11.44%) Technical Engineer
5 27 (11.44%) Technical Support Engineer
6 24 (10.17%) Senior
7 23 (9.75%) Sales Executive
8 19 (8.05%) Service Analyst
8 19 (8.05%) Service Desk Analyst
9 16 (6.78%) 1st Line Support
9 16 (6.78%) IT Engineer
9 16 (6.78%) Network Engineer
9 16 (6.78%) Support Analyst
10 15 (6.36%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (6.36%) Senior Network Engineer
11 13 (5.51%) Field Sales Executive
12 10 (4.24%) Consultant
12 10 (4.24%) Support Technician
13 9 (3.81%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.97%) Hugging Face
1 7 (2.97%) Matplotlib
1 7 (2.97%) NumPy
1 7 (2.97%) Pandas
1 7 (2.97%) scikit-learn
1 7 (2.97%) Streamlit
2 4 (1.69%) COM
2 4 (1.69%) DCOM
2 4 (1.69%) LDAP
2 4 (1.69%) Middleware
3 2 (0.85%) OAuth
3 2 (0.85%) REST
3 2 (0.85%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.42%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.32%) Driving Licence
2 19 (8.05%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.97%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.54%) CCTV
5 6 (2.54%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.54%) Web Conferencing
6 5 (2.12%) Podcast
6 5 (2.12%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.69%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.69%) PKI
7 4 (1.69%) Smartcard
8 3 (1.27%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.42%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (0.42%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 35 (14.83%) Windows
2 10 (4.24%) Windows 10
2 10 (4.24%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.69%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.27%) Linux
5 2 (0.85%) Android
5 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (44.49%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (16.95%) Customer Experience
3 33 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (12.29%) CRM
5 25 (10.59%) ITIL
6 21 (8.90%) ITSM
7 20 (8.47%) AI
8 18 (7.63%) Presales
8 18 (7.63%) Workflow
9 14 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (5.51%) ERP
10 13 (5.51%) User Experience
11 12 (5.08%) Performance Metrics
12 10 (4.24%) Business Development
12 10 (4.24%) Process Improvement
12 10 (4.24%) Service Delivery
12 10 (4.24%) Service Management
13 9 (3.81%) Business Continuity
13 9 (3.81%) Ticket Management
14 8 (3.39%) Conversational UI
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.78%) Ladder Logic
2 11 (4.66%) SQL
3 8 (3.39%) Python
4 3 (1.27%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.85%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 35 (14.83%) Degree
2 19 (8.05%) AWS Certification
3 18 (7.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (5.51%) MCSE
5 10 (4.24%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.69%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.69%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.27%) CCNA
9 3 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.27%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.42%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.93%) QA
2 13 (5.51%) SLA
3 8 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.69%) GDPR
5 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.85%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.85%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 22 (9.32%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.27%) Firmware
4 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.42%) vSphere
5 1 (0.42%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.85%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 78 (33.05%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.20%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.66%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.54%) Google
5 5 (2.12%) HubSpot
5 5 (2.12%) VMware
6 4 (1.69%) BT
7 3 (1.27%) Dell
7 3 (1.27%) Oracle
7 3 (1.27%) TOWER Software
8 2 (0.85%) Cisco
8 2 (0.85%) HP
8 2 (0.85%) MobileIron
8 2 (0.85%) Sage
8 2 (0.85%) SAP
8 2 (0.85%) Sophos
9 1 (0.42%) F5
9 1 (0.42%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.42%) Meraki
9 1 (0.42%) Mitel