Customer Service Contracts in Manchester

Customer Service
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 25 36 74
Rank change year-on-year +11 +38 -24
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 83 87 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 5.86% 4.84% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.77% 5.33% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 46 50
10th Percentile £177 £125 £112
25th Percentile £313 £150 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £175
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +114.29% -23.91%
75th Percentile £544 £550 £267
90th Percentile £593 £650 £566
North West median daily rate £325 £300 £205
% change year-on-year +8.33% +46.34% -4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 10
10th Percentile £11.79 £13.87 £14.86
25th Percentile £12.13 £15.79 £15.50
Median hourly rate £13.00 £16.74 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% -5.72% +14.52%
75th Percentile £24.17 £16.85 £26.33
90th Percentile £27.00 £17.28 £29.38
North West median hourly rate £11.25 £16.85 £17.50
% change year-on-year -33.23% -3.71% +20.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,226 1,631 2,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 86.58% 90.81% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,196 1,785
10th Percentile £323 £316 £265
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.36%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £588
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 51 57
10th Percentile £12.45 £16.00 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.71 £12.59
Median hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +52.78% +11.59%
75th Percentile £61.56 £43.13 £35.00
90th Percentile £73.50 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -25.71% +55.56% +32.35%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in Manchester over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oldham - 6 £338 - 5
Rochdale - 2 - - 6
Bolton 0 1 - - 11
Stockport -2 1 - - 6
Sale - 1 £145 - 1
Customer Service
North West

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.46%) AWS
2 10 (12.05%) Azure
3 3 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.20%) Azure AKS
4 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.20%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.20%) IaaS
4 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.64%) LAN
1 8 (9.64%) WAN
2 7 (8.43%) Ethernet
2 7 (8.43%) OSPF
2 7 (8.43%) VPN
2 7 (8.43%) Wireless
2 7 (8.43%) Wireless Security
3 2 (2.41%) DNS
4 1 (1.20%) DHCP
4 1 (1.20%) Firewall
4 1 (1.20%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.20%) Relational Database
General
1 43 (51.81%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.84%) Public Sector
3 5 (6.02%) Law
4 3 (3.61%) Legal
5 2 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.20%) Advertising
6 1 (1.20%) Finance
Job Titles
1 26 (31.33%) Service Desk Agent
2 20 (24.10%) Analyst
3 10 (12.05%) Business Analyst
3 10 (12.05%) Service Analyst
4 9 (10.84%) Service Desk Analyst
5 7 (8.43%) Network Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) Senior
7 4 (4.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.82%) Support Officer
8 3 (3.61%) IT Support
8 3 (3.61%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (3.61%) Software Engineer
9 2 (2.41%) Developer
9 2 (2.41%) IT Support Analyst
9 2 (2.41%) Lead
9 2 (2.41%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (2.41%) ServiceNow Developer
9 2 (2.41%) Technical Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) AWS CDK
1 3 (3.61%) Node.js
1 3 (3.61%) React
1 3 (3.61%) Spring
1 3 (3.61%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.20%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.20%) Clustering
2 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.25%) Windows
2 7 (8.43%) Linux
3 1 (1.20%) Android
3 1 (1.20%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.20%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (42.17%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (9.64%) Agile
2 8 (9.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (8.43%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (7.23%) Requirements Workshops
5 5 (6.02%) ITIL
5 5 (6.02%) Service Management
5 5 (6.02%) Target Operating Model
6 4 (4.82%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (4.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (3.61%) Change Management
7 3 (3.61%) CI/CD
7 3 (3.61%) CRM
7 3 (3.61%) Customer Experience
7 3 (3.61%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (3.61%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (3.61%) Pair Programming
7 3 (3.61%) Project Management
7 3 (3.61%) Service Delivery
7 3 (3.61%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.82%) Java
2 3 (3.61%) TypeScript
3 2 (2.41%) SQL
4 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (9.64%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.43%) CCNA
2 7 (8.43%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (8.43%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.23%) Degree
4 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.20%) ISEB
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (34.94%) SLA
2 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (9.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (8.43%) Hyper-V
3 6 (7.23%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.20%) Docker
4 1 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.20%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.64%) VMware
3 4 (4.82%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.41%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.20%) Dell
5 1 (1.20%) EMC
5 1 (1.20%) Facebook
5 1 (1.20%) Okta
5 1 (1.20%) SAP