Customer Service Jobs with Work from Home Options

Customer Service
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 70 91
Rank change year-on-year +14 +21 +21
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 1,560 1,840 2,766
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.62% 4.52% 3.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% 4.71% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 1,230 1,833
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,725 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +5.88% +0.59%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,835 £58,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,000
UK median annual salary £32,000 £36,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -4.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,823 39,093 67,833
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.36% 96.07% 97.03%
Number of salaries quoted 23,354 27,124 41,194
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Customer Service
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Customer Service trend for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

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 96 (6.15%) SharePoint
2 64 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (2.63%) IIS
4 22 (1.41%) Confluence
5 8 (0.51%) Appian
5 8 (0.51%) CMS
6 7 (0.45%) nginx
6 7 (0.45%) WordPress
7 6 (0.38%) Apache
8 4 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (0.26%) Moodle
8 4 (0.26%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.19%) GlassFish
9 3 (0.19%) JBoss
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 1 (0.064%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
Applications
1 184 (11.79%) Microsoft Office
2 106 (6.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.26%) Trello
7 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.064%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 71 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.77%) NEC Housing
2 12 (0.77%) Unit4 Business World
3 11 (0.71%) Sage 200
4 10 (0.64%) Infor SunSystems
4 10 (0.64%) iTrent
4 10 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
5 9 (0.58%) SAP HR
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 6 (0.38%) Sage CRM
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.32%) Sage 50
7 5 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 404 (25.90%) Microsoft 365
2 348 (22.31%) Azure
3 126 (8.08%) Power Platform
4 91 (5.83%) Dynamics 365
5 74 (4.74%) AWS
5 74 (4.74%) Entra ID
6 64 (4.10%) Power Automate
7 60 (3.85%) SaaS
8 48 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (3.08%) PowerApps
9 37 (2.37%) GCP
10 25 (1.60%) Serverless
11 20 (1.28%) OpenShift
12 18 (1.15%) OneDrive
12 18 (1.15%) WhatsApp
13 16 (1.03%) Azure Functions
14 15 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
15 13 (0.83%) OCI
16 10 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
17 9 (0.58%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 101 (6.47%) Firewall
2 75 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
3 71 (4.55%) WAN
4 68 (4.36%) LAN
5 56 (3.59%) TCP/IP
6 48 (3.08%) DNS
7 43 (2.76%) VoIP
8 37 (2.37%) Wireless
9 34 (2.18%) VPN
10 33 (2.12%) DHCP
11 29 (1.86%) Internet
12 26 (1.67%) VLAN
13 23 (1.47%) Broadband
13 23 (1.47%) SAN
14 18 (1.15%) MPLS
14 18 (1.15%) Network Security
15 17 (1.09%) OSPF
16 16 (1.03%) BGP
16 16 (1.03%) WLAN
17 14 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (10.32%) SQL Server
2 81 (5.19%) Power BI
3 53 (3.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (2.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 32 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 27 (1.73%) MySQL
6 23 (1.47%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.03%) BusinessObjects
8 9 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.38%) GIS
9 6 (0.38%) Oracle Database
9 6 (0.38%) Power Query
9 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
10 5 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.32%) DTS
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 53 (3.40%) JIRA
2 28 (1.79%) Jasmine
2 28 (1.79%) Karma Test Runner
3 22 (1.41%) Git
4 17 (1.09%) IBM UrbanCode
5 8 (0.51%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.32%) Mercurial
7 5 (0.32%) MSI
7 5 (0.32%) webpack
8 4 (0.26%) AdminStudio
8 4 (0.26%) GitLab
8 4 (0.26%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.26%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.19%) GCC
9 3 (0.19%) GoCD
10 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.13%) PowerBuilder
10 2 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 697 (44.68%) Social Skills
2 296 (18.97%) Finance
3 189 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (8.46%) Retail
5 111 (7.12%) Marketing
6 110 (7.05%) Legal
7 109 (6.99%) Organisational Skills
8 98 (6.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 56 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
10 54 (3.46%) Public Sector
11 53 (3.40%) Law
12 51 (3.27%) Banking
13 45 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
14 44 (2.82%) Telecoms
15 29 (1.86%) Games
16 26 (1.67%) Local Government
17 25 (1.60%) Billing
17 25 (1.60%) Manufacturing
18 20 (1.28%) General Ledger
19 16 (1.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 263 (16.86%) Analyst
2 205 (13.14%) IT Support
3 129 (8.27%) Support Engineer
4 128 (8.21%) Senior
5 113 (7.24%) Support Technician
6 110 (7.05%) Developer
7 109 (6.99%) IT Technician
8 96 (6.15%) IT Support Technician
9 95 (6.09%) Support Analyst
10 88 (5.64%) Consultant
11 87 (5.58%) Lead
12 82 (5.26%) Administrator
13 67 (4.29%) IT Engineer
14 66 (4.23%) Technical Support
15 58 (3.72%) Service Analyst
16 56 (3.59%) IT Analyst
17 51 (3.27%) IT Support Engineer
18 48 (3.08%) Service Desk Analyst
19 45 (2.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 44 (2.82%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (5.45%) .NET
2 43 (2.76%) AngularJS
3 36 (2.31%) XML
4 35 (2.24%) JSON
4 35 (2.24%) Web Services
5 33 (2.12%) Sass
6 32 (2.05%) ASP.NET
7 31 (1.99%) REST
7 31 (1.99%) SOAP
8 28 (1.79%) RxJS
8 28 (1.79%) XML Schema
9 27 (1.73%) CSS
10 25 (1.60%) HTML
11 20 (1.28%) HTML5 Canvas
12 12 (0.77%) Laravel
12 12 (0.77%) React
13 9 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
13 9 (0.58%) RESTful
14 8 (0.51%) ASP.NET Web API
15 7 (0.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.79%) Self-Motivation
2 66 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 57 (3.65%) Social Media
4 51 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 48 (3.08%) Driving Licence
6 36 (2.31%) Public Cloud
7 27 (1.73%) Data Centre
8 22 (1.41%) Low-Code
9 21 (1.35%) Product Ownership
10 15 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (0.83%) EPoS
11 13 (0.83%) Virtual Team
12 11 (0.71%) Replication
13 10 (0.64%) Credit Risk
13 10 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (0.64%) Mobile App
14 9 (0.58%) Housing Association
14 9 (0.58%) Photography
15 8 (0.51%) e-Learning
15 8 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 344 (22.05%) Windows
2 156 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 101 (6.47%) Windows 10
4 94 (6.03%) Linux
5 39 (2.50%) Apple iOS
5 39 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 30 (1.92%) Android
7 26 (1.67%) Windows 7
8 24 (1.54%) Unix
8 24 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
9 23 (1.47%) Mac OS
10 22 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
11 15 (0.96%) Mac OS X
12 11 (0.71%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.58%) Windows NT
14 7 (0.45%) Ubuntu
15 6 (0.38%) Windows Vista
16 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
17 3 (0.19%) AIX
17 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
2 305 (19.55%) ITIL
3 207 (13.27%) Agile
4 159 (10.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 153 (9.81%) Project Management
6 145 (9.29%) CRM
7 141 (9.04%) Service Delivery
8 138 (8.85%) Service Management
9 128 (8.21%) DevOps
10 107 (6.86%) ERP
11 103 (6.60%) Customer Experience
12 99 (6.35%) Project Delivery
13 98 (6.28%) Business Intelligence
14 93 (5.96%) ITSM
14 93 (5.96%) Mentoring
15 87 (5.58%) Decision-Making
16 83 (5.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 80 (5.13%) Roadmaps
18 77 (4.94%) Incident Management
19 73 (4.68%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 201 (12.88%) SQL
2 120 (7.69%) C#
3 76 (4.87%) JavaScript
4 57 (3.65%) PowerShell
5 55 (3.53%) T-SQL
6 38 (2.44%) TypeScript
7 33 (2.12%) VB
8 32 (2.05%) VB.NET
9 28 (1.79%) VB6
10 23 (1.47%) Java
11 21 (1.35%) PHP
12 20 (1.28%) Bash
12 20 (1.28%) Python
13 18 (1.15%) C++
14 17 (1.09%) Groovy
15 13 (0.83%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.26%) R
17 3 (0.19%) C
17 3 (0.19%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.13%) Go
Qualifications
1 205 (13.14%) Degree
2 124 (7.95%) Security Cleared
3 71 (4.55%) DBS Check
3 71 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 54 (3.46%) DV Cleared
5 40 (2.56%) SC Cleared
6 30 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
7 29 (1.86%) NVQ Level 3
8 23 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.09%) Azure Certification
11 15 (0.96%) CISM
11 15 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 14 (0.90%) CISSP
12 14 (0.90%) GCIA
12 14 (0.90%) GCIH
12 14 (0.90%) GREM
13 13 (0.83%) CCNP
14 12 (0.77%) Master's Degree
14 12 (0.77%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.03%) SLA
2 65 (4.17%) QA
3 22 (1.41%) GDPR
4 19 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 13 (0.83%) Data Quality
6 11 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.58%) PMO
8 6 (0.38%) GAAP
8 6 (0.38%) IFRS
9 5 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.19%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.19%) NIST
11 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.13%) SEPA
12 1 (0.064%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.064%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.064%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.064%) SOC 2
System Software
1 239 (15.32%) Active Directory
2 70 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (2.76%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.41%) vSphere
5 13 (0.83%) Docker
6 12 (0.77%) Firmware
7 10 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.51%) XenDesktop
9 7 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.38%) XenApp
11 4 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.26%) vCloud
12 3 (0.19%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.13%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.064%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 65 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (3.01%) SCCM
3 28 (1.79%) Ansible
3 28 (1.79%) Terraform
4 25 (1.60%) WSUS
5 18 (1.15%) Progress Chef
6 13 (0.83%) Kubernetes
7 9 (0.58%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.58%) Nagios
7 9 (0.58%) Sysprep
8 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.32%) Nessus
8 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.26%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.26%) Grafana
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Statspack
10 3 (0.19%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.19%) OfficeScan
10 3 (0.19%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 605 (38.78%) Microsoft
2 103 (6.60%) VMware
3 67 (4.29%) SAP
4 60 (3.85%) Cisco
5 47 (3.01%) Dell
6 35 (2.24%) IBM
6 35 (2.24%) Oracle
7 31 (1.99%) Salesforce
8 30 (1.92%) Google
9 24 (1.54%) ServiceNow
10 22 (1.41%) Citrix
11 20 (1.28%) Veeam
12 19 (1.22%) Fortinet
13 14 (0.90%) Sage
14 12 (0.77%) Aruba
14 12 (0.77%) BMC
14 12 (0.77%) Meraki
14 12 (0.77%) NEC
15 11 (0.71%) HP
16 10 (0.64%) CheckPoint