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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 31 25
Rank change year-on-year -11 -6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 203 265 362
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.69% 6.52% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.56% 7.03% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 134 94 307
10th Percentile £24,650 £27,150 £20,725
25th Percentile £27,750 £34,000 £24,321
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +50.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £52,500 £61,000 £41,358
90th Percentile £59,625 £94,625 £55,250
England median annual salary £31,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -17.33% +15.38% -10.96%

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 4,454 3,768 4,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.91% 92.65% 86.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,338 1,681 3,603
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% -8.00%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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
Birmingham -3 50 £35,000 -35.19% 26
Staffordshire -12 46 £40,000 +5.61% 17
Warwickshire -14 22 £43,500 -8.42% 10
Worcestershire -9 18 £31,500 -39.43% 13
Shropshire -13 15 £29,000 -49.57% 5
Coventry -1 14 £33,000 +22.22% 13
Solihull +3 7 £24,500 -30.00% 5
Wolverhampton -1 4 £31,000 - 2
Herefordshire -7 4 £31,500 +21.15% 3
Halesowen - 3 - -
Walsall - 2 £40,000 - 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 9 (4.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.49%) HCL Notes
3 1 (0.49%) Jupyter
Applications
1 25 (12.32%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (11.33%) Chatbot
3 15 (7.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.46%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (3.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.48%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.48%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.99%) iTrent
4 1 (0.49%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.49%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (12.32%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (8.87%) Azure
3 17 (8.37%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.45%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.45%) SaaS
5 4 (1.97%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.48%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.48%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.99%) Slack
8 1 (0.49%) AWS
8 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.49%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.49%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.49%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.49%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (9.36%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (7.39%) DNS
3 13 (6.40%) DHCP
4 12 (5.91%) VPN
5 8 (3.94%) Firewall
6 7 (3.45%) Ethernet
6 7 (3.45%) VoIP
7 5 (2.46%) ADSL
7 5 (2.46%) Internet
7 5 (2.46%) PBX
7 5 (2.46%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (2.46%) VDSL
7 5 (2.46%) Wireless
8 4 (1.97%) LAN
8 4 (1.97%) RFID
9 3 (1.48%) Broadband
9 3 (1.48%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.99%) MPLS
10 2 (0.99%) PSTN
10 2 (0.99%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.43%) SQL Server
1 9 (4.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (1.97%) Power BI
3 2 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.97%) LabVIEW
2 3 (1.48%) JIRA
3 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 79 (38.92%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.76%) Retail
3 24 (11.82%) Manufacturing
4 20 (9.85%) Public Sector
5 19 (9.36%) Finance
6 18 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (7.88%) Marketing
7 16 (7.88%) Telecoms
8 13 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (5.91%) Electronics
10 7 (3.45%) Advertising
10 7 (3.45%) Law
10 7 (3.45%) Legal
11 6 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.99%) Banking
13 1 (0.49%) Games
13 1 (0.49%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.49%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 28 (13.79%) Technical Support
2 27 (13.30%) Analyst
2 27 (13.30%) Support Engineer
3 22 (10.84%) Trainer
4 19 (9.36%) Technical Engineer
5 17 (8.37%) Technical Support Engineer
6 14 (6.90%) Consultant
6 14 (6.90%) IT Support
7 12 (5.91%) Developer
7 12 (5.91%) Junior
7 12 (5.91%) Senior
8 11 (5.42%) 2nd Line Support
8 11 (5.42%) Delivery Manager
8 11 (5.42%) Support Analyst
8 11 (5.42%) Support Manager
9 10 (4.93%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 10 (4.93%) Help Desk Analyst
9 10 (4.93%) Support Technician
10 9 (4.43%) Business Manager
10 9 (4.43%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.91%) .NET
2 3 (1.48%) Web Services
3 2 (0.99%) HTML
4 1 (0.49%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.49%) Matplotlib
4 1 (0.49%) NumPy
4 1 (0.49%) Pandas
4 1 (0.49%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.49%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 20 (9.85%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.42%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.45%) Blog
5 6 (2.96%) PDA
5 6 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.97%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (1.97%) EPoS
6 4 (1.97%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 4 (1.97%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.97%) SCADA
6 4 (1.97%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.99%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.99%) IoT
7 2 (0.99%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.99%) Social Media
8 1 (0.49%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.49%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.49%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.49%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.32%) Windows
2 9 (4.43%) Windows 10
3 7 (3.45%) Linux
4 4 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.99%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (28.08%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (15.76%) ITIL
3 31 (15.27%) AI
4 28 (13.79%) CRM
5 27 (13.30%) Customer Experience
6 26 (12.81%) Service Delivery
7 23 (11.33%) Conversational UI
8 20 (9.85%) Business Development
9 16 (7.88%) Agile
9 16 (7.88%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (7.88%) Service Management
10 15 (7.39%) B2B
11 14 (6.90%) ERP
12 12 (5.91%) Coaching
13 11 (5.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (5.42%) Customer Engagement
13 11 (5.42%) Time Management
14 10 (4.93%) Logistics
14 10 (4.93%) Project Management
15 9 (4.43%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.88%) SQL
2 12 (5.91%) C#
3 11 (5.42%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.97%) Ladder Logic
5 3 (1.48%) Python
6 2 (0.99%) Google Apps Script
6 2 (0.99%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.49%) VB
7 1 (0.49%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (24.14%) Degree
2 15 (7.39%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.42%) HNC
4 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.97%) MCSA
5 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (1.97%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.48%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.49%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.46%) SLA
2 4 (1.97%) PMO
3 3 (1.48%) GDPR
4 2 (0.99%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.49%) COSHH
5 1 (0.49%) GRC
5 1 (0.49%) QA
5 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (7.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.46%) Firmware
3 2 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.97%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.99%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.49%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 59 (29.06%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.84%) PayPal
3 6 (2.96%) SAP
3 6 (2.96%) VMware
4 5 (2.46%) Panasonic
4 5 (2.46%) Samsung
5 4 (1.97%) Google
5 4 (1.97%) Veeam
6 3 (1.48%) Sage
6 3 (1.48%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.99%) BT
7 2 (0.99%) Civica
7 2 (0.99%) ConnectWise
7 2 (0.99%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.99%) Juniper
7 2 (0.99%) Logitech
7 2 (0.99%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.99%) Sophos
7 2 (0.99%) Yealink
8 1 (0.49%) Planon