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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 36 16
Rank change year-on-year -25 -20 +24
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 190 202 611
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.43% 6.05% 8.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.26% 6.76% 10.41%
Number of salaries quoted 152 111 428
10th Percentile £25,025 £16,250 £21,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £24,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +8.33% -22.70%
75th Percentile £49,063 £46,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,200
England median annual salary £31,500 £33,715 £32,000
% change year-on-year -6.57% +5.36% -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 5,821 2,988 5,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 74.54% 89.54% 83.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,393 1,690 4,527
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,225 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,152 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,400 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% +6.80% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,125 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 17 April 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 17 April 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 +1 46 £35,000 -9.69% 14
Birmingham -19 38 £35,000 - 14
Worcestershire -11 35 £30,000 +71.43% 14
Warwickshire -23 27 £32,000 +8.47% 11
Shropshire -23 15 £31,000 +19.23% 3
Wolverhampton -20 4 £31,000 -4.62%
Coventry -28 4 £26,000 - 5
Herefordshire -25 3 £31,500 +21.15% 1
Halesowen - 3 - -
Solihull +6 2 £30,000 -14.29% 4
Walsall - 2 £40,000 - 2
Sutton Coldfield -6 1 £28,000 - 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 8 (4.21%) Jupyter
2 5 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.21%) Chatbot
2 8 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.63%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (6.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.58%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.53%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.53%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (20.53%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (11.05%) Azure
3 14 (7.37%) Entra ID
4 12 (6.32%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (5.26%) AWS
5 10 (5.26%) SaaS
6 8 (4.21%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.16%) Google Workspace
8 6 (3.16%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.11%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.11%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.05%) OCI
10 2 (1.05%) Siteimprove
10 2 (1.05%) Slack
11 1 (0.53%) IaaS
11 1 (0.53%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.53%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.53%) PaaS
11 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.95%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (5.26%) DHCP
2 10 (5.26%) DNS
3 9 (4.74%) LAN
4 7 (3.68%) WAN
5 6 (3.16%) VPN
6 5 (2.63%) TCP/IP
7 4 (2.11%) Firewall
7 4 (2.11%) RFID
8 2 (1.05%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.53%) Broadband
9 1 (0.53%) DSLAM
9 1 (0.53%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.74%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.05%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.05%) Power BI
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (4.21%) Visual Studio Code
2 5 (2.63%) JIRA
3 4 (2.11%) LabVIEW
4 2 (1.05%) Selenium
4 2 (1.05%) TestRail
4 2 (1.05%) Toad
4 2 (1.05%) Zephyr
General
1 68 (35.79%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.21%) Manufacturing
3 22 (11.58%) Retail
4 20 (10.53%) Finance
5 16 (8.42%) Marketing
6 10 (5.26%) Legal
6 10 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (3.16%) Law
10 4 (2.11%) Automotive
10 4 (2.11%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.58%) Advertising
12 2 (1.05%) Swedish Language
13 1 (0.53%) Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (16.32%) Analyst
2 27 (14.21%) Support Engineer
3 26 (13.68%) Senior
4 21 (11.05%) IT Support
5 18 (9.47%) Technical Support
6 17 (8.95%) Consultant
7 16 (8.42%) Technical Engineer
7 16 (8.42%) Technical Support Engineer
8 15 (7.89%) 1st Line Support
9 14 (7.37%) Network Engineer
9 14 (7.37%) Senior Network Engineer
10 13 (6.84%) Support Analyst
11 11 (5.79%) Business Manager
12 10 (5.26%) Customer Service Advisor
12 10 (5.26%) Developer
12 10 (5.26%) IT Engineer
12 10 (5.26%) Technical Advisor
13 9 (4.74%) IT Support Engineer
14 8 (4.21%) Business Development Manager
14 8 (4.21%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.21%) Hugging Face
1 8 (4.21%) Matplotlib
1 8 (4.21%) NumPy
1 8 (4.21%) Pandas
1 8 (4.21%) scikit-learn
1 8 (4.21%) Streamlit
2 7 (3.68%) .NET
3 3 (1.58%) Web Services
4 2 (1.05%) OAuth
4 2 (1.05%) REST
4 2 (1.05%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.58%) Driving Licence
2 9 (4.74%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.21%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.68%) Blog
4 7 (3.68%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.58%) CCTV
7 2 (1.05%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.05%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.53%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.53%) CMDB
8 1 (0.53%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.53%) iSeries
8 1 (0.53%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.53%) PDA
8 1 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (13.68%) Windows
2 8 (4.21%) Windows 10
3 6 (3.16%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.11%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.05%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (33.16%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (16.84%) ITIL
3 27 (14.21%) CRM
4 26 (13.68%) Customer Experience
5 20 (10.53%) AI
6 18 (9.47%) Business Development
7 17 (8.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (7.37%) Time Management
9 13 (6.84%) ERP
9 13 (6.84%) Workflow
10 12 (6.32%) Presales
11 11 (5.79%) Agile
11 11 (5.79%) Project Management
11 11 (5.79%) Service Delivery
12 10 (5.26%) ITSM
13 9 (4.74%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (4.74%) Logistics
14 8 (4.21%) Data Privacy
14 8 (4.21%) DevOps
14 8 (4.21%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.79%) SQL
2 10 (5.26%) Python
3 9 (4.74%) Ladder Logic
4 7 (3.68%) C#
4 7 (3.68%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.11%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.05%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.05%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.53%) VB
7 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (14.21%) Degree
2 11 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (5.26%) AWS Certification
4 9 (4.74%) Security Cleared
5 8 (4.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 7 (3.68%) HNC
7 6 (3.16%) A+ Certification
8 5 (2.63%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.11%) MCSA
9 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.05%) MCSE
12 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.74%) SLA
2 5 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.11%) QA
4 3 (1.58%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.05%) GDPR
5 2 (1.05%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.53%) COSHH
6 1 (0.53%) GRC
6 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (13.16%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.05%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.05%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.53%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 61 (32.11%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.21%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.16%) Google
4 5 (2.63%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.63%) VMware
5 4 (2.11%) Oracle
5 4 (2.11%) Veeam
6 2 (1.05%) BT
6 2 (1.05%) Civica
6 2 (1.05%) HP
6 2 (1.05%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.05%) Logitech
6 2 (1.05%) MobileIron
6 2 (1.05%) Yealink
7 1 (0.53%) Dell
7 1 (0.53%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.53%) McAfee
7 1 (0.53%) Planon
7 1 (0.53%) Sophos
7 1 (0.53%) Symantec