Customer Service Contracts in Birmingham

Customer Service
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Customer Service skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Service over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 42 27
Rank change year-on-year +12 -15 +9
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 30 37 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.10% 4.21% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.99% 4.82% 6.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 13 45
10th Percentile £187 - £130
25th Percentile £200 £213 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £250
Median % change year-on-year - +40.00% +108.33%
75th Percentile £491 £425 £300
90th Percentile £708 £538 £530
West Midlands median daily rate £338 £375 £250
% change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% +66.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 13
10th Percentile £13.22 £11.00 £12.93
25th Percentile £13.25 £12.00 £14.32
Median hourly rate £14.00 £12.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -28.57% -2.78%
75th Percentile £20.68 £13.70 £18.00
90th Percentile £26.98 £14.44 £19.20
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.13 £13.00 £15.74
% change year-on-year +8.65% -17.41% +4.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Customer Service is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 601 767 1,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.22% 87.36% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 507 864
10th Percentile £235 £298 £227
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +5.13% +14.71%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £490
% change year-on-year -3.85% +6.12% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 31 22
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.00 £12.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £12.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £20.71 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +25.57% +23.61% -6.94%
75th Percentile £47.13 £29.38 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £53.75 £19.95
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £21.69 £16.83
% change year-on-year +3.73% +28.92% +5.16%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Birmingham over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) Moodle
Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.33%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 6 (20.00%) OneDrive
2 6 (20.00%) Power Automate
2 6 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (20.00%) PowerApps
3 3 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (6.67%) OCI
5 1 (3.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) Unified Communications
2 4 (13.33%) DNS
2 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 3 (10.00%) ADSL
3 3 (10.00%) Ethernet
3 3 (10.00%) Internet
3 3 (10.00%) MPLS
3 3 (10.00%) PSTN
3 3 (10.00%) WAN
4 2 (6.67%) DHCP
4 2 (6.67%) Firewall
4 2 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (6.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
General
1 25 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (6.67%) German Language
5 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.67%) Local Government
5 2 (6.67%) Marketing
5 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.33%) Back Office
6 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 5 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (16.67%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Business Change Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Business Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Change Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Coordinator
4 3 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Digital Signage
1 6 (20.00%) PKI
2 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.67%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (6.67%) IoT
3 2 (6.67%) iPad
3 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.33%) EPoS
4 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.33%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 11 (36.67%) Windows
2 8 (26.67%) Windows Server
2 8 (26.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 8 (26.67%) Windows Server 2019
3 5 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) ITIL
2 9 (30.00%) Service Delivery
3 7 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (20.00%) Agile
4 6 (20.00%) CRM
4 6 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (16.67%) Change Management
5 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (13.33%) Business Transformation
7 3 (10.00%) Change Control
7 3 (10.00%) Data Entry
7 3 (10.00%) ERP
7 3 (10.00%) Order Management
7 3 (10.00%) Project Management
7 3 (10.00%) Service Delivery Management
7 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 3 (10.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
7 3 (10.00%) Ticket Management
7 3 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) BC Cleared
1 3 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
1 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) Dell Certification
2 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) SLA
2 3 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (3.33%) GDPR
3 1 (3.33%) ISO 22301
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.67%) Terminal Services
2 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Oracle
3 3 (10.00%) BT
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco
3 3 (10.00%) Openreach
4 2 (6.67%) Salesforce
4 2 (6.67%) SAP
4 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.67%) VMware
5 1 (3.33%) Dell
5 1 (3.33%) Fujitsu
5 1 (3.33%) HP
5 1 (3.33%) Sun