Customer-Centric
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Customer-Centricity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Customer-Centricity over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 265 291
Rank change year-on-year -117 +26 +121
Permanent jobs citing Customer-Centricity 703 1,386 2,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 1.40% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.46% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 480 615 654
10th Percentile £26,725 £35,000 £31,475
25th Percentile £36,000 £50,469 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 £64,875
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +7.90% +17.95%
75th Percentile £69,063 £72,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -39.29% +16.67% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Customer-Centricity 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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +9.38%

Customer-Centricity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer-Centricity over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer-Centricity within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 -102 619 £46,958 -32.92% 279
UK excluding London -114 484 £42,500 -39.29% 200
Work from Home -87 262 £48,500 -31.30% 136
London -37 188 £72,500 +3.57% 103
South East -68 134 £42,500 -34.62% 56
North of England -88 93 £42,500 -39.29% 54
Midlands -15 83 £45,000 -35.71% 32
South West -39 80 £46,958 -32.92% 24
North West -21 54 £35,000 -50.00% 28
West Midlands -4 47 £65,000 -7.14% 16
East of England -50 39 £33,250 -52.90% 18
Scotland -52 38 £46,750 -33.78% 12
East Midlands 0 36 £31,000 -55.71% 16
Yorkshire -35 36 £51,250 -26.79% 19
Wales +12 14 £28,500 -59.29% 6
Northern Ireland +20 3 £32,500 - 5
North East -23 3 £37,500 -46.43% 7

Customer-Centricity
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 24 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (2.84%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.28%) Confluence
4 6 (0.85%) CMS
5 5 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.71%) Moodle
6 4 (0.57%) SAS
6 4 (0.57%) WordPress
7 3 (0.43%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) IIS
8 2 (0.28%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 42 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.57%) Adobe Captivate
6 3 (0.43%) InVision
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.28%) Sketch
8 1 (0.14%) 1Password
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.14%) Blender
8 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.14%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 15 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (0.85%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 5 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.14%) Data Workbench
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 156 (22.19%) Azure
2 108 (15.36%) AWS
3 89 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (10.10%) Power Platform
5 47 (6.69%) SaaS
6 29 (4.13%) GCP
7 26 (3.70%) Power Automate
8 22 (3.13%) PowerApps
9 21 (2.99%) Entra ID
10 16 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (1.56%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.14%) OCI
13 8 (1.14%) Serverless
14 7 (1.00%) Snowflake
15 6 (0.85%) Amazon EMR
15 6 (0.85%) Amazon S3
15 6 (0.85%) Matillion
15 6 (0.85%) PaaS
16 5 (0.71%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.98%) Firewall
2 24 (3.41%) LAN
3 15 (2.13%) DNS
4 10 (1.42%) DHCP
5 9 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
5 9 (1.28%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.14%) WAN
6 8 (1.14%) Wireless
7 7 (1.00%) Network Security
7 7 (1.00%) VoIP
7 7 (1.00%) VPN
8 4 (0.57%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (0.57%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (0.57%) HTTP
8 4 (0.57%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.43%) PBX
10 2 (0.28%) Internet
10 2 (0.28%) Intranet
11 1 (0.14%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (9.67%) Power BI
2 22 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.13%) Tableau
3 19 (2.70%) MySQL
4 12 (1.71%) Amazon QuickSight
4 12 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
5 11 (1.56%) Metadata
6 8 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.14%) Big Data
7 7 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.00%) SAP BW
8 6 (0.85%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.85%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.71%) Apache Hive
9 5 (0.71%) Hadoop
9 5 (0.71%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.57%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.57%) PowerPivot
10 4 (0.57%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 23 (3.27%) JIRA
2 12 (1.71%) Git
3 4 (0.57%) Postman
3 4 (0.57%) webpack
4 2 (0.28%) JMeter
5 1 (0.14%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 350 (49.79%) Social Skills
2 173 (24.61%) Analytical Skills
3 168 (23.90%) Finance
4 80 (11.38%) Marketing
5 67 (9.53%) Retail
6 59 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 53 (7.54%) Legal
8 42 (5.97%) Telecoms
9 41 (5.83%) Presentation Skills
10 38 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
10 38 (5.41%) Public Sector
11 33 (4.69%) Manufacturing
12 30 (4.27%) Law
13 24 (3.41%) Fire and Rescue
14 23 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (2.70%) Banking
16 18 (2.56%) Brand Awareness
17 12 (1.71%) Automotive
18 11 (1.56%) Back Office
18 11 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 92 (13.09%) Senior
2 81 (11.52%) Analyst
3 66 (9.39%) Architect
4 60 (8.53%) Developer
5 57 (8.11%) Lead
6 46 (6.54%) Support Engineer
7 40 (5.69%) IT Support
8 34 (4.84%) Product Manager
8 34 (4.84%) Project Manager
9 28 (3.98%) Senior Architect
10 26 (3.70%) Software Engineer
11 23 (3.27%) Consultant
11 23 (3.27%) Security Architect
12 22 (3.13%) Applications Developer
12 22 (3.13%) Product Owner
13 21 (2.99%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 21 (2.99%) Designer
13 21 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
13 21 (2.99%) Team Leader
14 19 (2.70%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (7.25%) .NET
2 32 (4.55%) React
3 30 (4.27%) AngularJS
4 29 (4.13%) CSS
5 27 (3.84%) HTML
6 22 (3.13%) RESTful
6 22 (3.13%) Web Services
7 15 (2.13%) HTML5
8 13 (1.85%) jQuery
8 13 (1.85%) Node.js
9 11 (1.56%) Vue
10 9 (1.28%) CSS3
11 8 (1.14%) Laravel
11 8 (1.14%) Symfony
12 6 (0.85%) .NET Framework
12 6 (0.85%) Blazor
12 6 (0.85%) Sass
12 6 (0.85%) Spring
13 5 (0.71%) Doctrine
13 5 (0.71%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.39%) Product Ownership
2 62 (8.82%) Onboarding
3 47 (6.69%) Management Information System
4 44 (6.26%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (3.84%) Data Centre
6 21 (2.99%) Data Structures
6 21 (2.99%) Driving Licence
7 19 (2.70%) Algorithms
8 16 (2.28%) Cyberattack
8 16 (2.28%) Mobile App
9 11 (1.56%) iPhone
10 10 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.28%) PMI
12 7 (1.00%) Learning Management System
13 6 (0.85%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.85%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (0.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 5 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (0.71%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 71 (10.10%) Windows
2 26 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.42%) Windows 10
4 15 (2.13%) Linux
5 11 (1.56%) Android
5 11 (1.56%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.71%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.71%) Unix
8 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (30.01%) Problem-Solving
2 205 (29.16%) Agile
3 165 (23.47%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 144 (20.48%) Customer Experience
5 126 (17.92%) Customer Service
6 114 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 114 (16.22%) Roadmaps
7 112 (15.93%) Project Management
8 84 (11.95%) Analytics
9 77 (10.95%) ITIL
10 76 (10.81%) CRM
11 75 (10.67%) User Experience
12 74 (10.53%) Business Development
12 74 (10.53%) Scrum
13 64 (9.10%) Coaching
14 61 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
14 61 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
15 60 (8.53%) Collaborative Working
16 59 (8.39%) Decision-Making
17 58 (8.25%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 94 (13.37%) SQL
2 45 (6.40%) JavaScript
3 39 (5.55%) Python
4 36 (5.12%) C#
5 33 (4.69%) Java
6 14 (1.99%) C
7 13 (1.85%) R
8 12 (1.71%) PHP
8 12 (1.71%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.00%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.00%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.00%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.85%) Go
10 6 (0.85%) VBA
11 5 (0.71%) Scala
12 4 (0.57%) Bash
12 4 (0.57%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.57%) Swift
13 3 (0.43%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 145 (20.63%) Degree
2 40 (5.69%) Azure Certification
3 28 (3.98%) CISSP
4 26 (3.70%) Master's Degree
5 25 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (3.41%) Security Cleared
7 22 (3.13%) AWS Certification
8 21 (2.99%) SC Cleared
9 19 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 17 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (2.28%) CISM
12 15 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.99%) MBA
14 12 (1.71%) A+ Certification
15 11 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
15 11 (1.56%) OSCP
16 9 (1.28%) PMI Certification
17 8 (1.14%) CSPO
18 7 (1.00%) DBS Check
18 7 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.13%) SLA
2 23 (3.27%) GDPR
3 19 (2.70%) QA
4 12 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.00%) HIPAA
6 7 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (1.00%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.85%) GAAP
7 6 (0.85%) IFRS
7 6 (0.85%) PMO
8 5 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.71%) IASME
9 4 (0.57%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.43%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.43%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.43%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.28%) COBIT
11 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 62 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.13%) Docker
4 10 (1.42%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.00%) SCCM
4 2 (0.28%) CASB
4 2 (0.28%) Terraform
5 1 (0.14%) Ansible
5 1 (0.14%) Autotask
5 1 (0.14%) Nessus
5 1 (0.14%) Puppet
5 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.14%) WSUS
5 1 (0.14%) yum
Vendors
1 201 (28.59%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.56%) Oracle
2 25 (3.56%) VMware
3 23 (3.27%) SAP
4 17 (2.42%) Cisco
5 16 (2.28%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.42%) Databricks
7 7 (1.00%) Adobe
7 7 (1.00%) CyberArk
7 7 (1.00%) Veeam
8 6 (0.85%) Apple
8 6 (0.85%) Citrix
8 6 (0.85%) PeopleSoft
8 6 (0.85%) Red Hat
8 6 (0.85%) Sophos
9 5 (0.71%) Fortinet
9 5 (0.71%) Genesys
9 5 (0.71%) Google
9 5 (0.71%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.71%) YouTube