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 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 61 66
Rank change year-on-year +38 +5 +21
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 2,027 1,572 1,655
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.26% 4.39% 4.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.96% 4.93% 4.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,168 1,288 1,149
10th Percentile £23,504 £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,084 £27,459 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £38,250 £40,016
Median % change year-on-year -34.41% -4.41% -11.08%
75th Percentile £35,750 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £29,500 £32,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.81% -8.57% -7.97%

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 18,499 31,904 35,168
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.65% 89.12% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,711 23,782 25,202
10th Percentile £25,500 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,584 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,840 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year - -9.54% +1.33%

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 22 June 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 87 (4.29%) Confluence
2 56 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 55 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.69%) IIS
5 9 (0.44%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.25%) Apache
6 5 (0.25%) CMS
7 3 (0.15%) WordPress
8 2 (0.099%) IBM Notes
8 2 (0.099%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.049%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 173 (8.53%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.44%) Trello
5 7 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.099%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.049%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.049%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.049%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.049%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.79%) NetSuite
2 16 (0.79%) Sage 200
2 16 (0.79%) Sage CRM
3 8 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.30%) Infor M3
4 6 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.30%) Shopify
5 5 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.15%) Magento
7 2 (0.099%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.099%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.099%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.049%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.049%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.049%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.049%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 188 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
2 169 (8.34%) Azure
3 84 (4.14%) Power Platform
4 72 (3.55%) Asana
4 72 (3.55%) Miro
5 66 (3.26%) SaaS
6 60 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
6 60 (2.96%) Entra ID
7 44 (2.17%) PowerApps
8 38 (1.87%) Power Automate
9 34 (1.68%) OneDrive
10 19 (0.94%) AWS
11 18 (0.89%) IaaS
12 17 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.54%) PaaS
15 9 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
16 8 (0.39%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1,248 (61.57%) Broadband
2 51 (2.52%) Firewall
3 42 (2.07%) WAN
4 41 (2.02%) LAN
5 40 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
6 32 (1.58%) DNS
7 26 (1.28%) DHCP
8 23 (1.13%) Wireless
9 21 (1.04%) TCP/IP
10 20 (0.99%) VPN
11 18 (0.89%) Internet
12 16 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
13 14 (0.69%) SSL
14 13 (0.64%) VoIP
15 10 (0.49%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.49%) WLAN
16 9 (0.44%) DMARC
16 9 (0.44%) SAN
17 6 (0.30%) Ethernet
18 5 (0.25%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (2.47%) Power BI
2 46 (2.27%) SQL Server
3 19 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 16 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (0.74%) Relational Database
6 13 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.49%) Star Schema
9 8 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
9 8 (0.39%) Tableau
10 7 (0.35%) DB2
11 6 (0.30%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.30%) NonStop SQL
12 5 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.099%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.099%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.099%) Cloud Spanner
13 2 (0.099%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.099%) RDBMS
14 1 (0.049%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 87 (4.29%) JIRA
2 14 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 10 (0.49%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.20%) Git
5 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.099%) Bazaar
7 1 (0.049%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.049%) Selenium
7 1 (0.049%) SonarQube
General
1 1,193 (58.86%) Banking
2 1,043 (51.46%) Games
3 407 (20.08%) Social Skills
4 237 (11.69%) Finance
5 76 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
6 74 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
6 74 (3.65%) Marketing
7 52 (2.57%) Retail
8 50 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 43 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
10 39 (1.92%) Legal
11 38 (1.87%) Manufacturing
12 35 (1.73%) Public Sector
13 30 (1.48%) Law
13 30 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (1.13%) Back Office
14 23 (1.13%) Billing
15 14 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (0.44%) Czech Language
16 9 (0.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,085 (53.53%) Customer Service Advisor
2 213 (10.51%) Analyst
3 100 (4.93%) IT Support
4 86 (4.24%) Customer Service Representative
5 83 (4.09%) 1st Line Support
6 76 (3.75%) Support Engineer
7 74 (3.65%) Product Analyst
8 69 (3.40%) Support Analyst
9 52 (2.57%) 2nd Line Support
9 52 (2.57%) Support Technician
10 45 (2.22%) Desktop Support
10 45 (2.22%) Developer
11 43 (2.12%) Administrator
12 38 (1.87%) IT Engineer
13 37 (1.83%) Senior
14 36 (1.78%) IT Analyst
14 36 (1.78%) Service Analyst
14 36 (1.78%) Technical Support
15 35 (1.73%) Consultant
16 33 (1.63%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (0.79%) .NET
2 14 (0.69%) JSON
3 13 (0.64%) SOAP
4 12 (0.59%) REST
5 11 (0.54%) XML
6 10 (0.49%) .NET Framework
6 10 (0.49%) 802.1X
7 8 (0.39%) Web Services
8 7 (0.35%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.30%) CSS
9 6 (0.30%) HTML
10 5 (0.25%) SAML
11 4 (0.20%) Kafka
12 3 (0.15%) .NET Core
12 3 (0.15%) RESTful
13 2 (0.099%) Bootstrap
13 2 (0.099%) CSS3
13 2 (0.099%) HTML5
14 1 (0.049%) AngularJS
14 1 (0.049%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 175 (8.63%) Self-Motivation
2 82 (4.05%) Product Ownership
3 72 (3.55%) Over-the-Top Content
3 72 (3.55%) Video\Live Streaming
4 64 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 56 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 23 (1.13%) Driving Licence
7 21 (1.04%) Social Media
8 18 (0.89%) EPoS
9 15 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (0.54%) IoT
11 9 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.39%) Data Centre
12 8 (0.39%) Pricing Data
13 6 (0.30%) Mainframe
13 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Licensing
13 6 (0.30%) Tandem
14 5 (0.25%) Client/Server
14 5 (0.25%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 218 (10.75%) Windows
2 70 (3.45%) Windows Server
3 51 (2.52%) Windows 10
4 44 (2.17%) Mac OS
5 24 (1.18%) Linux
6 20 (0.99%) Apple iOS
7 18 (0.89%) Android
8 11 (0.54%) Unix
9 9 (0.44%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.099%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.099%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.049%) AIX
14 1 (0.049%) Debian
14 1 (0.049%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,306 (64.43%) Problem-Solving
2 187 (9.23%) CRM
3 153 (7.55%) Agile
4 141 (6.96%) ITIL
5 118 (5.82%) Roadmaps
6 113 (5.57%) Customer-Centricity
7 99 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 95 (4.69%) Product Management
9 83 (4.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 74 (3.65%) Time Management
11 71 (3.50%) Change Management
12 67 (3.31%) Project Management
13 66 (3.26%) Service Delivery
14 65 (3.21%) Business Intelligence
15 63 (3.11%) ITSM
16 59 (2.91%) Analytics
17 57 (2.81%) Customer Experience
18 53 (2.61%) Cybersecurity
19 48 (2.37%) Artificial Intelligence
20 44 (2.17%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 110 (5.43%) SQL
2 29 (1.43%) C#
3 24 (1.18%) JavaScript
4 21 (1.04%) PowerShell
5 18 (0.89%) Java
6 11 (0.54%) Python
7 9 (0.44%) VBA
8 8 (0.39%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.35%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.35%) VB.NET
10 4 (0.20%) PHP
11 2 (0.099%) Bash
12 1 (0.049%) COBOL
12 1 (0.049%) Go
12 1 (0.049%) PL/1
12 1 (0.049%) R
Qualifications
1 122 (6.02%) Degree
2 35 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (1.48%) Security Cleared
4 27 (1.33%) SC Cleared
5 17 (0.84%) DBS Check
6 16 (0.79%) A+ Certification
6 16 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
7 9 (0.44%) MCITP
7 9 (0.44%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (0.35%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.30%) CCNA
9 6 (0.30%) CCNP
9 6 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.25%) CISSP
10 5 (0.25%) CSPO
10 5 (0.25%) HNC
10 5 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (4.24%) SLA
2 26 (1.28%) QA
3 12 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (0.54%) GDPR
5 10 (0.49%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.30%) GxP
7 3 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.15%) PMBOK
8 2 (0.099%) COBIT
8 2 (0.099%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.099%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.099%) PMO
9 1 (0.049%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.049%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.049%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.049%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 135 (6.66%) Active Directory
2 40 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.18%) Hyper-V
4 10 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.30%) BitLocker
5 6 (0.30%) Firmware
5 6 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.20%) Docker
8 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.049%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 55 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.69%) SCCM
2 14 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.25%) AirWatch
4 5 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
4 5 (0.25%) ZABBIX
5 3 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.15%) Ansible
5 3 (0.15%) Puppet
5 3 (0.15%) SmoothWall
5 3 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.049%) Autotask
6 1 (0.049%) Avamar
6 1 (0.049%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.049%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.049%) Terraform
6 1 (0.049%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.049%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,171 (57.77%) BT
2 379 (18.70%) Microsoft
3 103 (5.08%) Salesforce
4 52 (2.57%) VMware
5 46 (2.27%) Cisco
6 31 (1.53%) Apple
7 25 (1.23%) Oracle
8 23 (1.13%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.04%) Dell
10 17 (0.84%) Sage
11 16 (0.79%) SAP
12 14 (0.69%) HP
13 12 (0.59%) Google
14 11 (0.54%) Citrix
15 9 (0.44%) Meraki
16 7 (0.35%) Infor
16 7 (0.35%) SolarWinds
16 7 (0.35%) Veeam
17 6 (0.30%) MobileIron
17 6 (0.30%) PayPal