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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 20 10
Rank change year-on-year -11 -10 +17
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 362 241 697
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 4.05% 7.48% 12.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.79% 8.58% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 251 167 171
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,250 £22,400
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,625 £25,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £33,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% -16.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £40,000 £43,375 £58,750
90th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £32,000 £31,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +3.23% -17.33% +7.14%

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 6,247 2,808 4,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.85% 87.15% 81.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,528 1,726 2,205
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,054 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 +29 88 £28,000 -30.00% 24
Birmingham -35 72 £35,000 -7.89% 59
Worcestershire -5 50 £40,000 +26.98% 21
Warwickshire -1 36 £32,500 -7.14% 20
Shropshire -2 33 £29,500 +3.51% 18
Solihull +7 11 £30,000 +22.45% 20
Coventry -21 11 £44,500 +41.27% 14
Wolverhampton +2 10 £62,500 - 8
Walsall +5 6 £29,000 +20.83% 2
Tipton - 5 £33,500 - 1
Herefordshire -14 1 £28,500 -12.31% 4
Bilston - 1 - -
Dudley - 1 £26,100 - 3
Halesowen - 1 - - 2
Smethwick - 1 - - 1
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 (4.97%) Microsoft Exchange
1 18 (4.97%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.66%) IIS
3 1 (0.28%) Apache
3 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.28%) Confluence
3 1 (0.28%) Moodle
3 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 69 (19.06%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (8.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.10%) Shopify
2 3 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.83%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.28%) Academy Housing
3 1 (0.28%) Maximo
3 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 80 (22.10%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (8.01%) Azure
3 25 (6.91%) Entra ID
4 19 (5.25%) SaaS
5 16 (4.42%) AWS
5 16 (4.42%) Google Workspace
6 8 (2.21%) Power Platform
7 7 (1.93%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.83%) IaaS
9 3 (0.83%) OCI
9 3 (0.83%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 3 (0.83%) PaaS
9 3 (0.83%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.83%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.55%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.28%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.63%) Wi-Fi
2 20 (5.52%) Broadband
3 18 (4.97%) Firewall
4 17 (4.70%) LAN
4 17 (4.70%) WAN
5 14 (3.87%) Internet
6 13 (3.59%) DHCP
6 13 (3.59%) DNS
6 13 (3.59%) TCP/IP
7 11 (3.04%) VPN
7 11 (3.04%) Wireless
8 5 (1.38%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.38%) VoIP
9 4 (1.10%) VLAN
10 3 (0.83%) 5G
10 3 (0.83%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.28%) Cisco Wireless
11 1 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.21%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.66%) Power BI
3 4 (1.10%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.28%) Metadata
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (1.38%) JIRA
2 3 (0.83%) Git
General
1 224 (61.88%) Social Skills
2 50 (13.81%) Organisational Skills
3 46 (12.71%) Finance
4 42 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (11.05%) Manufacturing
6 33 (9.12%) Retail
7 22 (6.08%) Marketing
8 11 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.04%) Swedish Language
9 9 (2.49%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.93%) Legal
11 6 (1.66%) Advertising
11 6 (1.66%) Automotive
11 6 (1.66%) Billing
11 6 (1.66%) Social Housing
12 5 (1.38%) Agriculture
12 5 (1.38%) Electronics
12 5 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.38%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (14.36%) IT Support
2 49 (13.54%) Support Engineer
3 38 (10.50%) Analyst
4 34 (9.39%) Technical Support
5 31 (8.56%) IT Engineer
6 24 (6.63%) Administrator
6 24 (6.63%) Sales Executive
6 24 (6.63%) Technical Engineer
6 24 (6.63%) Technical Support Engineer
7 23 (6.35%) IT Support Engineer
7 23 (6.35%) Senior
8 22 (6.08%) Support Analyst
9 18 (4.97%) Coordinator
9 18 (4.97%) Support Technician
10 16 (4.42%) Business Manager
11 15 (4.14%) 2nd Line Support
12 14 (3.87%) Business Development Manager
12 14 (3.87%) Development Manager
12 14 (3.87%) Service Analyst
12 14 (3.87%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.10%) COM
1 4 (1.10%) DCOM
1 4 (1.10%) LDAP
1 4 (1.10%) Middleware
2 3 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.83%) REST
2 3 (0.83%) SOAP
3 2 (0.55%) Terraform
4 1 (0.28%) .NET
4 1 (0.28%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.28%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.98%) Driving Licence
2 36 (9.94%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (9.67%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.70%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.49%) CCTV
5 9 (2.49%) Web Conferencing
6 8 (2.21%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.21%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.38%) Podcast
8 4 (1.10%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.10%) NHS
8 4 (1.10%) PKI
8 4 (1.10%) Smartcard
9 3 (0.83%) Photography
10 2 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.55%) CAN bus
10 2 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.28%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.28%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.28%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 65 (17.96%) Windows
2 22 (6.08%) Windows Server
3 15 (4.14%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.93%) Linux
5 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.55%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (46.13%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (19.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 60 (16.57%) Customer Experience
4 57 (15.75%) CRM
5 38 (10.50%) Logistics
6 34 (9.39%) Service Delivery
7 29 (8.01%) ITSM
8 28 (7.73%) AI
9 26 (7.18%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (7.18%) ERP
10 25 (6.91%) ITIL
11 24 (6.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (6.08%) Service Management
13 21 (5.80%) Process Improvement
14 19 (5.25%) Client Onboarding
15 18 (4.97%) Business Continuity
15 18 (4.97%) Business Development
15 18 (4.97%) Collaborative Working
15 18 (4.97%) Preventative Maintenance
15 18 (4.97%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (4.70%) SQL
2 11 (3.04%) Ladder Logic
3 5 (1.38%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.10%) Ruby
5 1 (0.28%) C#
5 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.28%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (10.22%) Degree
2 18 (4.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (3.31%) MCSE
4 11 (3.04%) AWS Certification
5 9 (2.49%) DBS Check
6 8 (2.21%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.10%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.83%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.83%) CCNA
9 3 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.55%) CITP
11 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.28%) CCNP
11 1 (0.28%) City & Guilds
11 1 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.97%) SLA
2 13 (3.59%) QA
3 9 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.49%) GDPR
4 6 (1.66%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.38%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.10%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.83%) GMP
7 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.83%) PMO
8 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 36 (9.94%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.10%) Firmware
4 3 (0.83%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.55%) vSphere
5 2 (0.55%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (3.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (1.38%) SmoothWall
3 3 (0.83%) Backup Exec
4 2 (0.55%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.28%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 139 (38.40%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.97%) Google
3 16 (4.42%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.87%) SAP
5 13 (3.59%) HubSpot
6 12 (3.31%) YouTube
7 11 (3.04%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.21%) Cisco
8 8 (2.21%) TOWER Software
8 8 (2.21%) VMware
9 6 (1.66%) Facebook
9 6 (1.66%) Meraki
10 4 (1.10%) Oracle
11 3 (0.83%) BT
11 3 (0.83%) Datto
11 3 (0.83%) Dell
11 3 (0.83%) Sage
11 3 (0.83%) SonicWALL
11 3 (0.83%) Ubiquiti
11 3 (0.83%) Veeam