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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 10 24
Rank change year-on-year -12 +14 +10
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 239 565 272
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 7.22% 10.51% 7.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.39% 12.79% 8.27%
Number of salaries quoted 164 150 218
10th Percentile £24,325 £23,400 £21,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,750 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.13% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £44,688 £58,750 £45,412
90th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £66,800
England median annual salary £31,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -17.33% +7.14% -6.67%

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 2,850 4,419 3,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 86.13% 82.20% 93.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,781 2,088 2,600
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £64,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 31 October 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 31 October 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 76 £38,000 -29.63% 35
Staffordshire -21 38 £40,000 +33.33% 20
Worcestershire +4 27 £31,500 -25.00% 6
Warwickshire -15 21 £43,500 +24.29% 16
Coventry -9 19 £31,500 +16.67% 3
Shropshire -14 10 £40,000 +81.82% 8
Solihull -15 9 £24,500 -51.00% 3
Walsall +9 5 £24,000 -
Herefordshire +2 4 £31,500 +21.15% 5
West Bromwich -2 4 £28,000 -24.32%
Wolverhampton 0 1 - - 3
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 12 (5.02%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.84%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 47 (19.67%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (10.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (9.21%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (5.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.67%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.84%) iTrent
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.42%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 46 (19.25%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (12.55%) Azure
3 17 (7.11%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (3.35%) SaaS
5 7 (2.93%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.51%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (2.51%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.67%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.67%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.42%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.42%) IaaS
9 1 (0.42%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.42%) OCI
9 1 (0.42%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.42%) PaaS
9 1 (0.42%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (11.72%) Wi-Fi
2 20 (8.37%) Firewall
3 9 (3.77%) Remote Desktop
3 9 (3.77%) VPN
4 8 (3.35%) DNS
5 7 (2.93%) Broadband
5 7 (2.93%) DHCP
5 7 (2.93%) Ethernet
5 7 (2.93%) VoIP
6 6 (2.51%) Internet
6 6 (2.51%) Wireless
7 5 (2.09%) ADSL
7 5 (2.09%) PBX
7 5 (2.09%) VDSL
8 4 (1.67%) HTTP
8 4 (1.67%) LAN
8 4 (1.67%) WAN
9 3 (1.26%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (1.26%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.84%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (2.09%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.67%) Power BI
4 2 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.42%) MySQL
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.42%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.42%) JIRA
1 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 101 (42.26%) Social Skills
2 35 (14.64%) Finance
3 34 (14.23%) Retail
4 25 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (10.04%) Telecoms
6 21 (8.79%) Manufacturing
7 19 (7.95%) Law
8 18 (7.53%) Electronics
9 16 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (6.28%) Marketing
11 13 (5.44%) Public Sector
12 7 (2.93%) Military
13 5 (2.09%) Advertising
13 5 (2.09%) Legal
14 4 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.67%) Social Housing
15 3 (1.26%) Banking
15 3 (1.26%) Games
16 2 (0.84%) Local Government
16 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (14.64%) Technical Support
2 33 (13.81%) Support Engineer
3 32 (13.39%) Analyst
4 31 (12.97%) IT Support
5 25 (10.46%) Technical Engineer
6 23 (9.62%) Technical Support Engineer
7 22 (9.21%) Trainer
8 19 (7.95%) Support Analyst
9 17 (7.11%) 2nd Line Support
9 17 (7.11%) Developer
10 13 (5.44%) IT Analyst
11 11 (4.60%) Delivery Manager
11 11 (4.60%) Support Manager
12 10 (4.18%) Business Manager
13 9 (3.77%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 9 (3.77%) Junior
14 8 (3.35%) Senior
15 7 (2.93%) 1st Line Support
15 7 (2.93%) Help Desk Analyst
15 7 (2.93%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.44%) .NET
2 4 (1.67%) React
3 2 (0.84%) HTML
3 2 (0.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (14.23%) Onboarding
2 32 (13.39%) Driving Licence
3 16 (6.69%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.60%) EPoS
4 11 (4.60%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Licensing
5 6 (2.51%) PDA
6 5 (2.09%) Housing Association
7 4 (1.67%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (1.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 4 (1.67%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.67%) SCADA
7 4 (1.67%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.26%) CCTV
8 3 (1.26%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.84%) Blog
9 2 (0.84%) IoT
9 2 (0.84%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.42%) BYOD
10 1 (0.42%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (16.74%) Windows
2 21 (8.79%) Windows 10
3 9 (3.77%) Linux
4 4 (1.67%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.42%) Android
6 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (33.47%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (14.64%) CRM
3 31 (12.97%) AI
4 25 (10.46%) Service Delivery
5 23 (9.62%) ITIL
6 22 (9.21%) Conversational UI
6 22 (9.21%) Customer Experience
7 19 (7.95%) Agile
7 19 (7.95%) Business Development
8 17 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (6.69%) Customer-Centricity
10 15 (6.28%) B2B
10 15 (6.28%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (5.86%) Customer Engagement
11 14 (5.86%) Service Management
12 12 (5.02%) Commercial Awareness
12 12 (5.02%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (5.02%) Mathematics
12 12 (5.02%) Project Management
13 11 (4.60%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.21%) SQL
2 16 (6.69%) JavaScript
3 13 (5.44%) C#
4 4 (1.67%) Python
5 1 (0.42%) Java
5 1 (0.42%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (0.42%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.42%) VB
5 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 60 (25.10%) Degree
2 10 (4.18%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.93%) HNC
4 5 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.42%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.09%) PMO
2 4 (1.67%) SLA
3 3 (1.26%) GDPR
4 1 (0.42%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.42%) COSHH
4 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.42%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 34 (14.23%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.77%) Firmware
3 4 (1.67%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (2.09%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.67%) SCCM
3 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.42%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.42%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 80 (33.47%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.21%) PayPal
3 8 (3.35%) SAP
4 6 (2.51%) Apple
5 5 (2.09%) Panasonic
5 5 (2.09%) Remedy
5 5 (2.09%) Samsung
6 4 (1.67%) BT
6 4 (1.67%) HP
6 4 (1.67%) McAfee
6 4 (1.67%) MobileIron
6 4 (1.67%) Sage
7 2 (0.84%) ConnectWise
7 2 (0.84%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.84%) Juniper
7 2 (0.84%) Lotus
7 2 (0.84%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.84%) Sophos
7 2 (0.84%) VMware
8 1 (0.42%) CrowdStrike