Customer Service Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Customer Service
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Customer Service skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Customer Service over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 55 70
Rank change year-on-year +27 +15 +21
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 1,506 1,558 1,866
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.40% 4.62% 4.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.92% 5.06% 4.70%
Number of salaries quoted 938 1,282 1,255
10th Percentile £23,504 £23,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £23,768 £27,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £39,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.18% -12.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £41,188 £58,438 £61,835
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £30,000 £32,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,886 30,803 39,731
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.21% 91.37% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,670 23,360 27,643
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Customer Service
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Customer Service trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Customer Service
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Customer Service.

Customer Service salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Customer Service salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 56 (3.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.86%) Confluence
3 13 (0.86%) IIS
4 7 (0.46%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.40%) Apache
6 3 (0.20%) WordPress
7 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) IBM Notes
7 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 84 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.46%) Trello
5 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.066%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.066%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.066%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.46%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.40%) Infor M3
4 5 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.33%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.33%) Sage CRM
5 4 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.20%) Shopify
7 2 (0.13%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.13%) Magento
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.066%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.066%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 164 (10.89%) Azure
2 155 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (5.05%) Power Platform
4 60 (3.98%) SaaS
5 59 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
6 48 (3.19%) Entra ID
7 41 (2.72%) PowerApps
8 37 (2.46%) Power Automate
9 29 (1.93%) OneDrive
10 26 (1.73%) AWS
11 16 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
12 15 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
12 15 (1.00%) IaaS
13 12 (0.80%) PaaS
14 11 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (0.66%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
16 7 (0.46%) Google Workspace
17 6 (0.40%) Mimecast
18 4 (0.27%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 793 (52.66%) Broadband
2 52 (3.45%) Firewall
3 38 (2.52%) WAN
4 36 (2.39%) LAN
4 36 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
5 33 (2.19%) DNS
6 28 (1.86%) DHCP
7 21 (1.39%) Wireless
8 20 (1.33%) Internet
8 20 (1.33%) TCP/IP
9 18 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
9 18 (1.20%) VPN
10 13 (0.86%) VoIP
11 10 (0.66%) SD-WAN
11 10 (0.66%) WLAN
12 9 (0.60%) SSL
13 8 (0.53%) SAN
14 7 (0.46%) DMARC
14 7 (0.46%) Network Security
15 5 (0.33%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (3.12%) SQL Server
2 46 (3.05%) Power BI
3 20 (1.33%) Relational Database
4 18 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 15 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (0.60%) Star Schema
8 7 (0.46%) DB2
9 6 (0.40%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.40%) Tableau
10 5 (0.33%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.20%) NonStop SQL
12 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.13%) Cloud Spanner
12 2 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.13%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.13%) MySQL
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 14 (0.93%) JIRA
2 9 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 9 (0.60%) Visual Studio
3 7 (0.46%) Git
4 4 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.066%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.066%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.066%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 831 (55.18%) Banking
2 706 (46.88%) Games
3 346 (22.97%) Social Skills
4 166 (11.02%) Finance
5 67 (4.45%) Retail
6 60 (3.98%) Marketing
7 57 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
8 47 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
9 42 (2.79%) Legal
10 36 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (1.79%) Public Sector
12 26 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (1.66%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.53%) Law
15 17 (1.13%) Back Office
15 17 (1.13%) Billing
16 10 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (0.60%) Local Government
18 7 (0.46%) Czech Language
18 7 (0.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 734 (48.74%) Customer Service Advisor
2 116 (7.70%) Analyst
3 87 (5.78%) IT Support
4 71 (4.71%) Support Engineer
5 68 (4.52%) 1st Line Support
6 55 (3.65%) Customer Service Representative
7 54 (3.59%) 2nd Line Support
8 49 (3.25%) Support Analyst
9 45 (2.99%) Developer
9 45 (2.99%) Support Technician
10 40 (2.66%) Service Analyst
11 38 (2.52%) Desktop Support
12 35 (2.32%) Administrator
13 34 (2.26%) IT Engineer
14 33 (2.19%) IT Analyst
15 31 (2.06%) Senior
16 29 (1.93%) Technical Support
17 28 (1.86%) Consultant
18 26 (1.73%) IT Support Engineer
18 26 (1.73%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.26%) .NET
2 12 (0.80%) SOAP
3 11 (0.73%) REST
4 10 (0.66%) 802.1X
4 10 (0.66%) HTML
4 10 (0.66%) JSON
4 10 (0.66%) Web Services
5 9 (0.60%) .NET Framework
5 9 (0.60%) ASP.NET
5 9 (0.60%) XML
6 8 (0.53%) CSS
7 4 (0.27%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.27%) EDI
7 4 (0.27%) Kafka
7 4 (0.27%) RESTful
7 4 (0.27%) Symfony
8 3 (0.20%) SAML
9 2 (0.13%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.13%) FreeMarker
9 2 (0.13%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 74 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
2 46 (3.05%) Management Information System
3 45 (2.99%) Onboarding
4 20 (1.33%) Driving Licence
5 19 (1.26%) Social Media
6 13 (0.86%) EPoS
6 13 (0.86%) Mobile App
7 10 (0.66%) Data Centre
8 9 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (0.60%) Hackathon
8 9 (0.60%) IoT
8 9 (0.60%) Learning Management System
8 9 (0.60%) Product Ownership
8 9 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (0.53%) Client/Server
10 6 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (0.40%) Mainframe
11 5 (0.33%) CMDB
11 5 (0.33%) Life Science
12 4 (0.27%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 192 (12.75%) Windows
2 71 (4.71%) Windows Server
3 35 (2.32%) Windows 10
4 32 (2.12%) Mac OS
5 29 (1.93%) Linux
6 20 (1.33%) Apple iOS
7 19 (1.26%) Android
8 13 (0.86%) Unix
9 8 (0.53%) Windows 7
9 8 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.13%) AIX
12 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.13%) Solaris
12 2 (0.13%) SUSE
13 1 (0.066%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 936 (62.15%) Problem-Solving
2 126 (8.37%) ITIL
3 103 (6.84%) CRM
4 79 (5.25%) Agile
5 78 (5.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 72 (4.78%) Customer Experience
7 69 (4.58%) Change Management
8 67 (4.45%) Service Delivery
9 62 (4.12%) ITSM
10 57 (3.78%) Time Management
11 52 (3.45%) Business Intelligence
11 52 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
12 50 (3.32%) Project Management
13 47 (3.12%) Service Management
14 46 (3.05%) Analytics
15 42 (2.79%) Roadmaps
16 39 (2.59%) Incident Management
17 38 (2.52%) Artificial Intelligence
18 35 (2.32%) Collaborative Working
19 33 (2.19%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 90 (5.98%) SQL
2 37 (2.46%) C#
3 33 (2.19%) JavaScript
4 23 (1.53%) PowerShell
5 21 (1.39%) Java
5 21 (1.39%) Python
6 9 (0.60%) Kotlin
6 9 (0.60%) PL/SQL
7 8 (0.53%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.46%) PHP
8 7 (0.46%) VB.NET
8 7 (0.46%) VBA
9 3 (0.20%) Bash
9 3 (0.20%) R
10 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.066%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.066%) COBOL
11 1 (0.066%) Go
11 1 (0.066%) Perl
11 1 (0.066%) VB
Qualifications
1 108 (7.17%) Degree
2 39 (2.59%) DBS Check
3 37 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 22 (1.46%) Security Cleared
5 19 (1.26%) SC Cleared
6 9 (0.60%) CCNP
6 9 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (0.60%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.60%) MCITP
6 9 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
6 9 (0.60%) PhD
7 8 (0.53%) Azure Certification
7 8 (0.53%) CTC Cleared
8 7 (0.46%) CISSP
9 6 (0.40%) CCNA
10 5 (0.33%) A+ Certification
10 5 (0.33%) CSPO
10 5 (0.33%) HNC
10 5 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.18%) SLA
2 23 (1.53%) QA
3 12 (0.80%) GDPR
4 10 (0.66%) Data Quality
5 9 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.40%) GxP
7 4 (0.27%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.20%) PMBOK
9 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.066%) COBIT
10 1 (0.066%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.066%) GRC
10 1 (0.066%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.066%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.066%) NIST
10 1 (0.066%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.066%) PMO
System Software
1 125 (8.30%) Active Directory
2 46 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.53%) Hyper-V
4 10 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.27%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.27%) Docker
7 4 (0.27%) Firmware
8 2 (0.13%) vSphere
8 2 (0.13%) XenApp
9 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.066%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.066%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.93%) SCCM
3 11 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.33%) AirWatch
4 5 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.33%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
5 4 (0.27%) Opsgenie
5 4 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.20%) Ansible
6 3 (0.20%) Puppet
7 2 (0.13%) SCOM
7 2 (0.13%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.066%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.066%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.066%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.066%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.066%) Terraform
8 1 (0.066%) VxRail
Vendors
1 793 (52.66%) BT
2 270 (17.93%) Microsoft
3 51 (3.39%) VMware
4 39 (2.59%) Cisco
5 33 (2.19%) Apple
6 28 (1.86%) Salesforce
7 24 (1.59%) Oracle
7 24 (1.59%) ServiceNow
8 19 (1.26%) Google
9 15 (1.00%) Citrix
9 15 (1.00%) Dell
10 14 (0.93%) SAP
11 10 (0.66%) IBM
12 9 (0.60%) Meraki
13 8 (0.53%) Fortinet
14 7 (0.46%) HP
14 7 (0.46%) Infor
14 7 (0.46%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.40%) NetApp
15 6 (0.40%) Sage