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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 23 8
Rank change year-on-year -19 -15 +23
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 283 235 744
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.22% 7.11% 12.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.66% 8.33% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 189 186 222
10th Percentile £25,750 £24,000 £22,400
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,563 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,500 £31,756
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -0.81% -9.27%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £58,000 £55,100 £64,072
England median annual salary £31,500 £31,500 £35,202
% change year-on-year - -10.52% -2.22%

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 6,071 2,820 4,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.04% 85.33% 79.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,525 1,791 2,589
10th Percentile £31,350 £29,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +32 77 £28,000 -30.00% 20
Birmingham -40 65 £37,500 - 64
Worcestershire -11 40 £42,500 +88.89% 14
Warwickshire -11 27 £32,500 -7.14% 22
Shropshire -17 20 £30,000 +5.26% 11
Solihull +11 9 £30,000 +27.66% 8
Coventry -28 7 £47,000 +49.21% 18
Wolverhampton -8 6 £62,500 +92.31% 8
Tipton - 5 £33,500 -
Walsall +3 1 £29,000 +20.83% 5
Bilston - 1 - -
Dudley - 1 £26,100 - 2
Halesowen - 1 - - 2
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 18 (6.36%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.12%) IIS
4 3 (1.06%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) Moodle
5 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (15.55%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.06%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.06%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.35%) Academy Housing
3 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (24.03%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (9.54%) Azure
3 23 (8.13%) Entra ID
4 20 (7.07%) SaaS
5 16 (5.65%) AWS
6 9 (3.18%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.47%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.77%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.77%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.41%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.06%) IaaS
10 3 (1.06%) PaaS
11 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.71%) Siteimprove
12 1 (0.35%) OCI
12 1 (0.35%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.13%) Wi-Fi
2 20 (7.07%) Broadband
2 20 (7.07%) Firewall
3 14 (4.95%) Internet
4 12 (4.24%) TCP/IP
5 11 (3.89%) Wireless
6 10 (3.53%) DHCP
6 10 (3.53%) DNS
7 9 (3.18%) LAN
7 9 (3.18%) WAN
8 7 (2.47%) VPN
9 5 (1.77%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.77%) VoIP
10 4 (1.41%) VLAN
11 3 (1.06%) 5G
11 3 (1.06%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
12 1 (0.35%) Cisco Wireless
12 1 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.12%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.77%) Data Mining
2 5 (1.77%) Power BI
3 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (2.12%) JIRA
2 2 (0.71%) Git
2 2 (0.71%) Selenium
2 2 (0.71%) TestRail
2 2 (0.71%) Toad
2 2 (0.71%) Zephyr
General
1 170 (60.07%) Social Skills
2 37 (13.07%) Finance
3 34 (12.01%) Organisational Skills
4 33 (11.66%) Manufacturing
5 31 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (9.89%) Retail
7 26 (9.19%) Marketing
8 12 (4.24%) Swedish Language
9 10 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.18%) Legal
11 7 (2.47%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.77%) Social Housing
13 4 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.41%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.06%) Billing
15 2 (0.71%) Advertising
15 2 (0.71%) Back Office
15 2 (0.71%) Banking
15 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (15.90%) Support Engineer
2 42 (14.84%) IT Support
3 40 (14.13%) Analyst
4 37 (13.07%) Technical Support
5 27 (9.54%) Technical Engineer
5 27 (9.54%) Technical Support Engineer
6 24 (8.48%) Sales Executive
7 22 (7.77%) Senior
7 22 (7.77%) Support Analyst
8 19 (6.71%) IT Engineer
9 17 (6.01%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (5.30%) Administrator
10 15 (5.30%) Service Analyst
10 15 (5.30%) Service Desk Analyst
11 14 (4.95%) Business Manager
11 14 (4.95%) Coordinator
11 14 (4.95%) Support Technician
12 13 (4.59%) Field Sales Executive
13 12 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support
14 11 (3.89%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.41%) COM
1 4 (1.41%) DCOM
1 4 (1.41%) LDAP
1 4 (1.41%) Middleware
2 2 (0.71%) OAuth
2 2 (0.71%) REST
2 2 (0.71%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.35%) .NET
3 1 (0.35%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (0.35%) Kafka
3 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.72%) Driving Licence
2 34 (12.01%) Onboarding
3 28 (9.89%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (5.65%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.18%) Web Conferencing
6 8 (2.83%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.77%) Podcast
8 4 (1.41%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.41%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.41%) PKI
8 4 (1.41%) Smartcard
9 3 (1.06%) CCTV
9 3 (1.06%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.71%) NHS
11 1 (0.35%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.35%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 45 (15.90%) Windows
2 12 (4.24%) Windows Server
3 10 (3.53%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.12%) Linux
5 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.35%) Android
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (45.58%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (16.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (16.25%) CRM
4 41 (14.49%) Customer Experience
5 26 (9.19%) AI
6 24 (8.48%) ITSM
6 24 (8.48%) Service Delivery
7 23 (8.13%) ITIL
7 23 (8.13%) Logistics
8 21 (7.42%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (7.42%) ERP
9 20 (7.07%) Presales
9 20 (7.07%) Service Management
10 19 (6.71%) Client Onboarding
11 18 (6.36%) Process Improvement
12 16 (5.65%) Business Development
12 16 (5.65%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (5.30%) Workflow
14 14 (4.95%) Business Continuity
14 14 (4.95%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.30%) Ladder Logic
2 11 (3.89%) SQL
3 3 (1.06%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.71%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.35%) C#
5 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.35%) Python
5 1 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 39 (13.78%) Degree
2 21 (7.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (4.59%) MCSE
4 12 (4.24%) AWS Certification
5 8 (2.83%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (1.77%) A+ Certification
7 5 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.41%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.06%) CCNA
9 3 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.06%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.35%) CCNP
10 1 (0.35%) CITP
10 1 (0.35%) City & Guilds
10 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.01%) SLA
2 16 (5.65%) QA
3 11 (3.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.12%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.77%) GDPR
6 4 (1.41%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.06%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.06%) GMP
7 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.06%) PMO
8 2 (0.71%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.35%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 28 (9.89%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.41%) Firmware
4 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.71%) vSphere
4 2 (0.71%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.71%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.35%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 95 (33.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.01%) ServiceNow
3 14 (4.95%) HubSpot
4 12 (4.24%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.53%) YouTube
6 9 (3.18%) Google
7 8 (2.83%) SAP
7 8 (2.83%) VMware
8 4 (1.41%) Dell
9 3 (1.06%) BT
9 3 (1.06%) Cisco
9 3 (1.06%) Facebook
9 3 (1.06%) Oracle
9 3 (1.06%) Sage
9 3 (1.06%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.06%) Sophos
9 3 (1.06%) TOWER Software
9 3 (1.06%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (0.71%) Freshdesk
10 2 (0.71%) Xero