Customer Service
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Customer Service skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Service over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 53 70
Rank change year-on-year +23 +17 -13
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 6,413 5,420 8,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.41% 5.48% 5.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.53% 5.74% 5.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,695 3,321 4,608
10th Percentile £22,546 £23,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £25,313 £28,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £36,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -4.00% +2.93%
75th Percentile £47,500 £56,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £33,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.45% -4.29% +4.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,129 94,506 156,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.14% 95.59% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 59,760 55,709 83,161
10th Percentile £29,078 £34,000 £33,618
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Service.

Salary trend for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +26 5,796 £32,000 -8.57% 2,910
UK excluding London +17 5,336 £30,000 -10.45% 2,516
Work from Home +11 1,558 £39,500 -12.22% 827
South East +9 1,383 £30,000 -10.45% 660
Midlands +37 1,186 £29,000 -19.44% 456
North of England +38 1,179 £30,438 -4.88% 653
London -1 867 £42,500 -2.01% 587
West Midlands +35 808 £29,542 -26.15% 260
North West +34 613 £30,438 -1.81% 334
South West +4 586 £30,000 -7.69% 332
East of England +20 568 £29,000 -6.45% 336
Yorkshire +44 438 £30,500 -6.15% 238
East Midlands +47 372 £29,000 -6.45% 196
Scotland -58 261 £35,000 -12.50% 133
Wales +32 137 £28,750 -7.26% 72
North East +6 128 £29,500 -26.25% 89
Northern Ireland -22 25 £30,000 -40.00% 32
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 - 3
Channel Islands +1 5 £85,000 +142.86%

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 411 (6.41%) SharePoint
2 343 (5.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 55 (0.86%) IIS
4 51 (0.80%) CMS
5 44 (0.69%) Confluence
5 44 (0.69%) nginx
6 36 (0.56%) Camunda
7 16 (0.25%) WordPress
8 12 (0.19%) SAS
9 10 (0.16%) Apache
9 10 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (0.12%) Anypoint
10 8 (0.12%) Appian
10 8 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
10 8 (0.12%) Moodle
10 8 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 5 (0.078%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.078%) Exchange Server 2010
12 4 (0.062%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1,196 (18.65%) Microsoft Office
2 482 (7.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 86 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 58 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.28%) Trello
7 16 (0.25%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.12%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 6 (0.094%) LightWave 3D
11 5 (0.078%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
12 4 (0.062%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.062%) EPLAN
12 4 (0.062%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.047%) InDesign
14 1 (0.016%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.016%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 160 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (0.59%) NEC Housing
3 22 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 21 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 18 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.28%) Sage 200
6 16 (0.25%) iTrent
7 13 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 13 (0.20%) Infor SunSystems
7 13 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
8 12 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
9 11 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
10 10 (0.16%) Shopify
11 9 (0.14%) SAP HR
12 7 (0.11%) Elite 3E
13 6 (0.094%) Oracle General Ledger
13 6 (0.094%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 6 (0.094%) Sage CRM
13 6 (0.094%) SAP ERP
14 5 (0.078%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1,452 (22.64%) Microsoft 365
2 945 (14.74%) Azure
3 270 (4.21%) Power Platform
4 259 (4.04%) Entra ID
5 226 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
6 196 (3.06%) AWS
7 156 (2.43%) Power Automate
8 148 (2.31%) SaaS
9 110 (1.72%) PowerApps
10 103 (1.61%) OneDrive
11 78 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
12 60 (0.94%) GCP
13 56 (0.87%) OpenShift
14 55 (0.86%) Mimecast
15 44 (0.69%) IBM Cloud
16 41 (0.64%) Serverless
17 39 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
17 39 (0.61%) IaaS
17 39 (0.61%) WhatsApp
18 34 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 443 (6.91%) Firewall
2 283 (4.41%) DNS
3 265 (4.13%) LAN
4 242 (3.77%) TCP/IP
5 234 (3.65%) WAN
6 217 (3.38%) DHCP
7 213 (3.32%) VPN
8 198 (3.09%) Wi-Fi
9 174 (2.71%) Internet
10 168 (2.62%) Wireless
11 133 (2.07%) VoIP
12 92 (1.43%) VLAN
13 86 (1.34%) Intranet
14 80 (1.25%) Network Security
15 74 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
16 56 (0.87%) MPLS
17 50 (0.78%) Broadband
18 48 (0.75%) SAN
19 41 (0.64%) BGP
19 41 (0.64%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 263 (4.10%) SQL Server
2 158 (2.46%) Power BI
3 67 (1.04%) Oracle Database
4 65 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 55 (0.86%) MySQL
6 48 (0.75%) MongoDB
7 47 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 37 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
9 34 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
10 33 (0.51%) Relational Database
11 32 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 28 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
13 25 (0.39%) Oracle Database 12c
14 22 (0.34%) Data Lake
15 21 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
15 21 (0.33%) GIS
15 21 (0.33%) NoSQL
16 14 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
17 11 (0.17%) MariaDB
17 11 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 128 (2.00%) JIRA
2 53 (0.83%) Git
3 28 (0.44%) Jasmine
3 28 (0.44%) Karma Test Runner
4 22 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
6 14 (0.22%) Visual Studio
7 13 (0.20%) Robot Framework
8 8 (0.12%) Maven
9 7 (0.11%) MSI
10 6 (0.094%) AdminStudio
10 6 (0.094%) Mercurial
10 6 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 5 (0.078%) InstallShield
11 5 (0.078%) webpack
12 3 (0.047%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.047%) GitLab
12 3 (0.047%) Octopus Deploy
12 3 (0.047%) PowerBuilder
12 3 (0.047%) Subversion
General
1 3,193 (49.79%) Social Skills
2 1,004 (15.66%) Finance
3 927 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
4 708 (11.04%) Organisational Skills
5 566 (8.83%) Retail
6 394 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 308 (4.80%) Legal
8 295 (4.60%) Telecoms
9 289 (4.51%) Marketing
10 253 (3.95%) Public Sector
11 208 (3.24%) Military
12 207 (3.23%) Law
13 166 (2.59%) Manufacturing
14 164 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
15 160 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
16 156 (2.43%) Banking
17 141 (2.20%) Billing
18 113 (1.76%) Local Government
19 91 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
20 89 (1.39%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,046 (16.31%) Analyst
2 821 (12.80%) IT Support
3 555 (8.65%) Support Engineer
4 437 (6.81%) Senior
5 363 (5.66%) IT Engineer
6 331 (5.16%) Lead
7 323 (5.04%) Support Analyst
8 321 (5.01%) Administrator
9 313 (4.88%) IT Technician
10 305 (4.76%) Service Analyst
11 289 (4.51%) Support Technician
11 289 (4.51%) Technical Support
12 283 (4.41%) Consultant
13 276 (4.30%) IT Support Engineer
14 274 (4.27%) Service Desk Analyst
15 272 (4.24%) 1st Line Support
16 233 (3.63%) IT Analyst
17 231 (3.60%) Developer
18 227 (3.54%) 2nd Line Support
18 227 (3.54%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (2.60%) .NET
2 100 (1.56%) HTML
3 85 (1.33%) CSS
4 78 (1.22%) React
5 76 (1.19%) JSON
6 72 (1.12%) XML
7 53 (0.83%) AngularJS
8 52 (0.81%) Node.js
9 50 (0.78%) ASP.NET
10 48 (0.75%) REST
11 45 (0.70%) Web Services
12 36 (0.56%) KeystoneJS
12 36 (0.56%) SOAP
12 36 (0.56%) Swagger
13 35 (0.55%) HTML5 Canvas
14 33 (0.51%) Sass
15 28 (0.44%) RxJS
15 28 (0.44%) XML Schema
16 22 (0.34%) jQuery
17 21 (0.33%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 547 (8.53%) Self-Motivation
2 357 (5.57%) Onboarding
3 351 (5.47%) Driving Licence
4 291 (4.54%) Management Information System
5 146 (2.28%) Video Conferencing
6 141 (2.20%) Data Centre
7 109 (1.70%) Digital Signage
8 90 (1.40%) Smartphone
9 89 (1.39%) Video\Live Streaming
10 81 (1.26%) Social Media
11 78 (1.22%) Product Ownership
12 68 (1.06%) CCTV
13 63 (0.98%) e-Learning
14 62 (0.97%) Blockchain
15 61 (0.95%) EPoS
16 58 (0.90%) Public Cloud
17 56 (0.87%) Replication
18 54 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
19 52 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
20 49 (0.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1,459 (22.75%) Windows
2 529 (8.25%) Windows Server
3 466 (7.27%) Windows 10
4 228 (3.56%) Linux
5 143 (2.23%) Apple iOS
6 137 (2.14%) Android
7 126 (1.96%) Mac OS
8 108 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 104 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 84 (1.31%) Windows Server 2012
11 83 (1.29%) Windows 7
12 73 (1.14%) Unix
13 36 (0.56%) Mac OS X
14 28 (0.44%) Windows 8
15 25 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
16 23 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 21 (0.33%) CentOS
18 18 (0.28%) VyOS
19 17 (0.27%) VMS
20 13 (0.20%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,790 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
2 929 (14.49%) ITIL
3 695 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 545 (8.50%) Agile
5 544 (8.48%) Customer Experience
6 539 (8.40%) Project Management
7 483 (7.53%) Service Delivery
8 460 (7.17%) CRM
9 423 (6.60%) Service Management
10 390 (6.08%) Time Management
11 373 (5.82%) Logistics
12 364 (5.68%) Mentoring
13 348 (5.43%) Process Improvement
14 329 (5.13%) ITSM
15 307 (4.79%) Project Delivery
16 300 (4.68%) Data Analysis
17 285 (4.44%) Mathematics
18 280 (4.37%) Line Management
19 269 (4.19%) Decision-Making
20 262 (4.09%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 462 (7.20%) SQL
2 235 (3.66%) JavaScript
3 211 (3.29%) C#
4 145 (2.26%) PowerShell
5 114 (1.78%) Java
6 102 (1.59%) Python
7 66 (1.03%) T-SQL
8 56 (0.87%) TypeScript
9 48 (0.75%) Bash
10 43 (0.67%) PHP
11 41 (0.64%) VB
12 37 (0.58%) C++
12 37 (0.58%) VB.NET
13 36 (0.56%) Lua
14 28 (0.44%) VB6
15 24 (0.37%) R
16 21 (0.33%) Groovy
17 19 (0.30%) C
18 15 (0.23%) PL/SQL
19 11 (0.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,143 (17.82%) Degree
2 328 (5.11%) Security Cleared
3 323 (5.04%) DBS Check
4 272 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 151 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
6 140 (2.18%) A+ Certification
7 122 (1.90%) SC Cleared
8 117 (1.82%) MCP
9 113 (1.76%) CCNA
10 108 (1.68%) DV Cleared
11 98 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 79 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
13 67 (1.04%) Master's Degree
14 62 (0.97%) Azure Certification
14 62 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
15 60 (0.94%) HNC
16 54 (0.84%) MCSE
17 46 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 39 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
18 39 (0.61%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 688 (10.73%) SLA
2 160 (2.49%) GDPR
3 155 (2.42%) QA
4 103 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 59 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 57 (0.89%) Accessibility
7 45 (0.70%) ISO 9001
8 27 (0.42%) Data Quality
9 24 (0.37%) PMO
10 14 (0.22%) NIST
11 11 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.14%) NEBOSH
13 7 (0.11%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.094%) Disclosure Scotland
14 6 (0.094%) GAAP
14 6 (0.094%) IFRS
14 6 (0.094%) ISO 14001
15 5 (0.078%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.078%) COSHH
System Software
1 1,038 (16.19%) Active Directory
2 226 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 222 (3.46%) Hyper-V
4 63 (0.98%) Docker
5 58 (0.90%) Firmware
6 38 (0.59%) vSphere
7 34 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
8 31 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
9 22 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
10 20 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
11 19 (0.30%) Terminal Services
12 17 (0.27%) XenApp
13 16 (0.25%) XenDesktop
14 13 (0.20%) KVM
15 12 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
16 5 (0.078%) Microsoft App-V
17 4 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.062%) vCloud
18 3 (0.047%) VMware Server
19 2 (0.031%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 227 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 149 (2.32%) SCCM
3 45 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 45 (0.70%) WSUS
4 39 (0.61%) Ansible
5 32 (0.50%) Terraform
6 21 (0.33%) Progress Chef
7 20 (0.31%) FortiGate
8 17 (0.27%) AirWatch
9 14 (0.22%) Autotask
10 12 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
11 11 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 11 (0.17%) Sysprep
12 10 (0.16%) vCenter Server
13 9 (0.14%) Nagios
14 8 (0.12%) Nessus
14 8 (0.12%) SmoothWall
15 7 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
15 7 (0.11%) Icinga
15 7 (0.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2,319 (36.16%) Microsoft
2 349 (5.44%) VMware
3 271 (4.23%) Cisco
4 154 (2.40%) SAP
5 150 (2.34%) ServiceNow
6 139 (2.17%) Citrix
7 134 (2.09%) Oracle
8 124 (1.93%) Apple
9 118 (1.84%) Dell
10 115 (1.79%) IBM
11 95 (1.48%) Google
12 94 (1.47%) Fortinet
13 91 (1.42%) HP
14 85 (1.33%) Salesforce
15 62 (0.97%) Red Hat
15 62 (0.97%) Veeam
16 61 (0.95%) Sophos
17 60 (0.94%) Juniper
18 51 (0.80%) NEC
18 51 (0.80%) NetApp