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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 33 17
Rank change year-on-year -15 -16 +19
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 207 240 438
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.35% 6.32% 8.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 6.74% 9.33%
Number of salaries quoted 149 88 337
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,700 £21,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £33,313 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £44,957 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.71% +52.40% -9.23%
75th Percentile £50,250 £62,500 £41,942
90th Percentile £60,000 £104,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £31,000 £37,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year -17.33% +17.19% -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 4,849 3,563 4,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 78.54% 93.89% 86.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,621 1,661 3,808
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,200 £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 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 27 February 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 27 February 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 -5 48 £35,000 -35.19% 29
Staffordshire -6 46 £35,000 -9.69% 11
Worcestershire -2 29 £28,500 -49.34% 13
Warwickshire -19 23 £32,500 -27.78% 6
Shropshire -11 16 £30,000 -47.83% 3
Coventry -13 11 £26,000 -3.70% 4
Solihull +3 4 £24,500 -30.00% 2
Wolverhampton -7 4 £31,000 -2.36% 2
Herefordshire -11 4 £31,500 +21.15% 1
Halesowen - 3 - -
Walsall - 2 £40,000 -
Sutton Coldfield -5 1 £28,000 -
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 6 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.42%) Jupyter
3 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (9.66%) Chatbot
2 14 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (3.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.42%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (3.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.48%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.48%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.48%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (8.21%) Dynamics 365
3 16 (7.73%) Azure
4 9 (4.35%) SaaS
5 7 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.38%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.38%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.90%) Google Workspace
7 5 (2.42%) AWS
7 5 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.45%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.45%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.97%) Slack
10 1 (0.48%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.48%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.48%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.66%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (7.25%) DNS
3 13 (6.28%) DHCP
4 12 (5.80%) VPN
5 7 (3.38%) Ethernet
5 7 (3.38%) LAN
5 7 (3.38%) VoIP
6 5 (2.42%) ADSL
6 5 (2.42%) Internet
6 5 (2.42%) PBX
6 5 (2.42%) Structured Cabling
6 5 (2.42%) VDSL
6 5 (2.42%) WAN
6 5 (2.42%) Wireless
7 4 (1.93%) Firewall
7 4 (1.93%) RFID
7 4 (1.93%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.45%) Broadband
9 2 (0.97%) MPLS
9 2 (0.97%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.35%) SQL Server
1 9 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (1.93%) Power BI
3 1 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.42%) Visual Studio Code
2 4 (1.93%) LabVIEW
3 3 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 75 (36.23%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.53%) Retail
3 24 (11.59%) Manufacturing
4 19 (9.18%) Finance
5 16 (7.73%) Marketing
6 15 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (7.25%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (5.80%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.83%) Legal
10 9 (4.35%) Law
11 7 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.42%) Advertising
13 4 (1.93%) Electronics
14 2 (0.97%) Automotive
15 1 (0.48%) Banking
15 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.48%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 28 (13.53%) Analyst
2 27 (13.04%) Support Engineer
2 27 (13.04%) Technical Support
3 17 (8.21%) Consultant
3 17 (8.21%) Senior
3 17 (8.21%) Technical Engineer
4 16 (7.73%) Technical Support Engineer
5 15 (7.25%) IT Support
5 15 (7.25%) Trainer
6 14 (6.76%) Junior
7 12 (5.80%) Support Analyst
8 11 (5.31%) Delivery Manager
8 11 (5.31%) Developer
8 11 (5.31%) Support Manager
8 11 (5.31%) Support Technician
9 10 (4.83%) 1st Line Support
9 10 (4.83%) Business Manager
9 10 (4.83%) Customer Service Advisor
9 10 (4.83%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 10 (4.83%) Technical Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.31%) .NET
2 5 (2.42%) Hugging Face
2 5 (2.42%) Matplotlib
2 5 (2.42%) NumPy
2 5 (2.42%) Pandas
2 5 (2.42%) scikit-learn
2 5 (2.42%) Streamlit
3 3 (1.45%) Web Services
4 1 (0.48%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.46%) Driving Licence
2 14 (6.76%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.38%) Blog
4 5 (2.42%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.42%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.93%) EPoS
5 4 (1.93%) PDA
6 3 (1.45%) CCTV
7 2 (0.97%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (0.97%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 2 (0.97%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.97%) SCADA
7 2 (0.97%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.97%) Social Media
8 1 (0.48%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.48%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.48%) IoT
8 1 (0.48%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.08%) Windows
2 7 (3.38%) Linux
2 7 (3.38%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.93%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.48%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (26.57%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (14.98%) ITIL
3 30 (14.49%) AI
3 30 (14.49%) Customer Experience
4 27 (13.04%) CRM
5 24 (11.59%) Service Delivery
6 20 (9.66%) Conversational UI
7 19 (9.18%) Business Development
8 15 (7.25%) Service Management
9 14 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (6.28%) B2B
11 12 (5.80%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (5.80%) Coaching
12 11 (5.31%) Agile
12 11 (5.31%) Customer Engagement
12 11 (5.31%) ERP
12 11 (5.31%) Project Management
12 11 (5.31%) Time Management
13 9 (4.35%) DevOps
13 9 (4.35%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.25%) SQL
2 11 (5.31%) C#
3 10 (4.83%) JavaScript
4 7 (3.38%) Python
5 5 (2.42%) Ladder Logic
6 2 (0.97%) Google Apps Script
6 2 (0.97%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.48%) VB
7 1 (0.48%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.48%) VBA
Qualifications
1 42 (20.29%) Degree
2 15 (7.25%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.35%) HNC
4 7 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.42%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 5 (2.42%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.93%) MCSA
6 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 3 (1.45%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.97%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.42%) SLA
2 3 (1.45%) GDPR
3 2 (0.97%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.97%) PMO
4 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.48%) COSHH
4 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.48%) GRC
4 1 (0.48%) QA
4 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (7.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.42%) Firmware
3 2 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.97%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.97%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.48%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 54 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.25%) PayPal
3 6 (2.90%) Google
3 6 (2.90%) VMware
4 5 (2.42%) Panasonic
4 5 (2.42%) Samsung
5 4 (1.93%) SAP
5 4 (1.93%) Veeam
6 3 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.97%) BT
7 2 (0.97%) Civica
7 2 (0.97%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.97%) Juniper
7 2 (0.97%) Logitech
7 2 (0.97%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.97%) Yealink
8 1 (0.48%) ConnectWise
8 1 (0.48%) Infor
8 1 (0.48%) MobileIron
8 1 (0.48%) Planon