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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 9 30
Rank change year-on-year -14 +21 0
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 231 736 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.10% 12.14% 7.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.24% 15.23% 7.49%
Number of salaries quoted 180 208 207
10th Percentile £24,000 £22,400 £21,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £64,108 £66,371
England median annual salary £31,500 £36,000 £35,354
% change year-on-year -12.50% +1.83% -9.35%

All Process and 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 2,805 4,834 3,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 86.18% 79.72% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,783 2,515 2,745
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,300 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025. 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 -4 82 £38,000 -29.63% 57
Worcestershire +1 30 £29,500 -12.59% 20
Staffordshire -36 29 £40,000 +58.42% 32
Warwickshire -14 24 £35,000 +16.67% 33
Shropshire -6 13 £28,500 +29.55% 19
Coventry -12 12 £31,500 +18.87% 20
West Bromwich -2 7 £26,000 -29.73%
Solihull -15 7 £23,500 -47.78% 12
Walsall +2 5 £24,000 -23.84%
Herefordshire +2 1 £32,500 +18.18% 10
Wolverhampton -3 1 - - 6
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (9.96%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.87%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 63 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (12.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.03%) Chatbot
4 5 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (4.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (2.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (2.60%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.73%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.87%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 61 (26.41%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (16.88%) Azure
3 23 (9.96%) Dynamics 365
4 13 (5.63%) Cloud Computing
4 13 (5.63%) Power Platform
5 11 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 11 (4.76%) Power Automate
5 11 (4.76%) PowerApps
6 8 (3.46%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (3.46%) IaaS
6 8 (3.46%) PaaS
7 5 (2.16%) SaaS
8 4 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.87%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.43%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.43%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (12.12%) Firewall
2 26 (11.26%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (6.93%) VPN
4 14 (6.06%) DHCP
5 13 (5.63%) LAN
5 13 (5.63%) WAN
6 11 (4.76%) Remote Desktop
6 11 (4.76%) TCP/IP
7 9 (3.90%) DNS
8 7 (3.03%) Broadband
9 5 (2.16%) Ethernet
9 5 (2.16%) Internet
9 5 (2.16%) VoIP
9 5 (2.16%) Wireless
10 4 (1.73%) ADSL
10 4 (1.73%) HTTP
10 4 (1.73%) PBX
10 4 (1.73%) VDSL
11 1 (0.43%) MPLS
11 1 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 11 (4.76%) Power BI
3 8 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (3.46%) Star Schema
4 4 (1.73%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.43%) MySQL
6 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 104 (45.02%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.61%) Finance
3 28 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (11.69%) Telecoms
5 20 (8.66%) Retail
6 18 (7.79%) Electronics
7 16 (6.93%) Law
7 16 (6.93%) Manufacturing
8 13 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.90%) Marketing
9 9 (3.90%) Public Sector
10 7 (3.03%) Military
11 6 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.16%) Advertising
13 4 (1.73%) Banking
13 4 (1.73%) Games
13 4 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.30%) Automotive
14 3 (1.30%) Legal
14 3 (1.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 43 (18.61%) IT Support
2 38 (16.45%) Analyst
3 33 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 29 (12.55%) Support Analyst
5 21 (9.09%) Developer
5 21 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
5 21 (9.09%) Technical Support
6 19 (8.23%) Technical Support Engineer
7 16 (6.93%) 2nd Line Support
8 14 (6.06%) IT Analyst
9 13 (5.63%) 1st Line Support
10 11 (4.76%) IT Support Analyst
11 9 (3.90%) Senior
12 8 (3.46%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 8 (3.46%) Business Manager
12 8 (3.46%) ETL Developer
12 8 (3.46%) Power BI Developer
12 8 (3.46%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.46%) SQL BI Developer
12 8 (3.46%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.33%) .NET
2 4 (1.73%) React
3 1 (0.43%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.42%) Onboarding
2 28 (12.12%) Driving Licence
3 19 (8.23%) Management Information System
4 16 (6.93%) EPoS
4 16 (6.93%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Licensing
7 5 (2.16%) Housing Association
8 4 (1.73%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 4 (1.73%) PDA
8 4 (1.73%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.73%) SCADA
9 3 (1.30%) CCTV
9 3 (1.30%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.30%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.30%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.43%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (21.21%) Windows
2 25 (10.82%) Windows 10
3 13 (5.63%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.03%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.60%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.73%) Linux
6 4 (1.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.43%) Android
7 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (12.99%) CRM
3 23 (9.96%) Agile
4 20 (8.66%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (7.79%) Business Intelligence
5 18 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (7.79%) ERP
5 18 (7.79%) ITIL
5 18 (7.79%) Mathematics
6 17 (7.36%) Artificial Intelligence
7 16 (6.93%) Customer-Centricity
7 16 (6.93%) Software Testing
8 15 (6.49%) Business Development
8 15 (6.49%) Service Delivery
9 14 (6.06%) Decision-Making
10 13 (5.63%) ITSM
11 12 (5.19%) Analytics
11 12 (5.19%) Commercial Awareness
11 12 (5.19%) Customer Engagement
12 11 (4.76%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 30 (12.99%) SQL
2 14 (6.06%) JavaScript
3 10 (4.33%) C#
4 4 (1.73%) Python
5 2 (0.87%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 49 (21.21%) Degree
2 8 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (2.60%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.16%) A+ Certification
5 5 (2.16%) HNC
6 4 (1.73%) MCP
6 4 (1.73%) MCSA
7 3 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.30%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.43%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.43%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.90%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.60%) SLA
3 4 (1.73%) PMO
4 3 (1.30%) Automotive SPICE
4 3 (1.30%) ISO 26262
4 3 (1.30%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.43%) COBIT
5 1 (0.43%) COSHH
5 1 (0.43%) GDPR
5 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 50 (21.65%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.03%) Firmware
3 6 (2.60%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (3.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.03%) Functional Safety
3 6 (2.60%) SCCM
4 1 (0.43%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 102 (44.16%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.63%) Apple
3 11 (4.76%) SAP
4 7 (3.03%) PayPal
4 7 (3.03%) Remedy
5 6 (2.60%) HP
5 6 (2.60%) McAfee
5 6 (2.60%) MobileIron
5 6 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.16%) BT
7 4 (1.73%) Panasonic
7 4 (1.73%) Sage
7 4 (1.73%) Samsung
8 2 (0.87%) ConnectWise
8 2 (0.87%) Lotus
8 2 (0.87%) Sophos
9 1 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.43%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.43%) VMware