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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 53 69
Rank change year-on-year +23 +16 -12
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 6,312 5,658 7,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.41% 5.57% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.48% 5.83% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,705 3,427 4,602
10th Percentile £22,500 £23,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £25,500 £27,836 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £36,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -4.00% +0.40%
75th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £32,638 £35,000
% change year-on-year -8.08% -6.75% +2.94%

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 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
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 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 7 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 7 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 5,697 £32,000 -8.57% 2,911
UK excluding London +13 5,241 £30,000 -8.08% 2,497
Work from Home +12 1,556 £39,500 -12.22% 854
South East +12 1,385 £30,000 -7.69% 649
North of England +36 1,173 £30,500 -2.79% 627
Midlands +37 1,088 £29,000 -19.44% 461
London 0 872 £42,500 -5.56% 579
West Midlands +35 729 £29,000 -27.17% 264
North West +26 605 £31,000 - 349
South West +2 586 £30,847 -5.09% 331
East of England +20 570 £29,000 -6.45% 329
Yorkshire +43 444 £30,500 -4.69% 204
East Midlands +38 353 £29,000 -6.45% 197
Scotland -51 266 £35,000 -11.94% 153
Wales +27 138 £30,000 -3.23% 85
North East +5 124 £29,500 -26.25% 86
Northern Ireland -24 24 £30,000 -40.00% 29
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 - 1
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 (6.51%) SharePoint
2 343 (5.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (0.89%) IIS
4 50 (0.79%) CMS
5 47 (0.74%) Confluence
6 44 (0.70%) nginx
7 36 (0.57%) Camunda
8 16 (0.25%) WordPress
9 12 (0.19%) SAS
10 10 (0.16%) Apache
10 10 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 9 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
12 8 (0.13%) Anypoint
12 8 (0.13%) Appian
12 8 (0.13%) WebSphere
13 7 (0.11%) Moodle
14 6 (0.095%) Exchange Server 2010
15 5 (0.079%) ArcGIS
16 4 (0.063%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 4 (0.063%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1,129 (17.89%) Microsoft Office
2 403 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 85 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 58 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.29%) Trello
7 16 (0.25%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.13%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 6 (0.095%) LightWave 3D
11 5 (0.079%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.063%) Adobe Illustrator
12 4 (0.063%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.063%) EPLAN
12 4 (0.063%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.048%) InDesign
14 1 (0.016%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.016%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 157 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (0.48%) NEC Housing
3 22 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 21 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 18 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.29%) Sage 200
6 16 (0.25%) iTrent
7 13 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
7 13 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
8 12 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
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%) SAP ERP
13 6 (0.095%) Elite 3E
13 6 (0.095%) Oracle General Ledger
13 6 (0.095%) Oracle Payables
13 6 (0.095%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 6 (0.095%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 1,468 (23.26%) Microsoft 365
2 951 (15.07%) Azure
3 268 (4.25%) Power Platform
4 260 (4.12%) Entra ID
5 219 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
6 199 (3.15%) AWS
7 153 (2.42%) Power Automate
7 153 (2.42%) SaaS
8 110 (1.74%) PowerApps
9 103 (1.63%) OneDrive
10 79 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
11 64 (1.01%) GCP
12 56 (0.89%) OpenShift
13 54 (0.86%) Mimecast
14 47 (0.74%) IaaS
15 44 (0.70%) IBM Cloud
16 42 (0.67%) Serverless
17 40 (0.63%) WhatsApp
18 36 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
19 35 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 444 (7.03%) Firewall
2 287 (4.55%) DNS
3 274 (4.34%) LAN
4 242 (3.83%) WAN
5 240 (3.80%) TCP/IP
6 221 (3.50%) DHCP
7 216 (3.42%) VPN
8 198 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
9 175 (2.77%) Internet
9 175 (2.77%) Wireless
10 138 (2.19%) VoIP
11 100 (1.58%) VLAN
12 85 (1.35%) Intranet
13 82 (1.30%) Network Security
14 75 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
15 60 (0.95%) Broadband
16 56 (0.89%) MPLS
17 51 (0.81%) SAN
18 41 (0.65%) BGP
18 41 (0.65%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 261 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 158 (2.50%) Power BI
3 67 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 63 (1.00%) Oracle Database
5 54 (0.86%) MySQL
6 48 (0.76%) MongoDB
7 45 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 37 (0.59%) Relational Database
9 34 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
10 33 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
11 32 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 28 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
13 23 (0.36%) Data Lake
13 23 (0.36%) NoSQL
14 21 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
14 21 (0.33%) GIS
15 19 (0.30%) Oracle Database 12c
16 14 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
17 11 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
17 11 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 125 (1.98%) JIRA
2 53 (0.84%) Git
3 28 (0.44%) Jasmine
3 28 (0.44%) Karma Test Runner
4 19 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
6 16 (0.25%) Visual Studio
7 10 (0.16%) Robot Framework
8 8 (0.13%) Maven
9 7 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (0.095%) Mercurial
10 6 (0.095%) MSI
11 5 (0.079%) AdminStudio
11 5 (0.079%) GitLab
11 5 (0.079%) webpack
12 4 (0.063%) InstallShield
13 3 (0.048%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.048%) Moq
13 3 (0.048%) Octopus Deploy
13 3 (0.048%) Subversion
General
1 3,182 (50.41%) Social Skills
2 1,007 (15.95%) Finance
3 922 (14.61%) Analytical Skills
4 708 (11.22%) Organisational Skills
5 550 (8.71%) Retail
6 392 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 320 (5.07%) Legal
8 300 (4.75%) Telecoms
9 286 (4.53%) Marketing
10 247 (3.91%) Public Sector
11 205 (3.25%) Law
12 174 (2.76%) Banking
13 166 (2.63%) Manufacturing
14 160 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
14 160 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
15 135 (2.14%) Billing
16 129 (2.04%) Military
17 108 (1.71%) Local Government
18 95 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
19 83 (1.31%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,055 (16.71%) Analyst
2 830 (13.15%) IT Support
3 565 (8.95%) Support Engineer
4 435 (6.89%) Senior
5 361 (5.72%) IT Engineer
6 331 (5.24%) Support Analyst
7 325 (5.15%) Lead
8 314 (4.97%) Administrator
9 313 (4.96%) IT Technician
10 306 (4.85%) Service Analyst
11 287 (4.55%) Support Technician
12 283 (4.48%) Technical Support
13 279 (4.42%) 1st Line Support
14 275 (4.36%) IT Support Engineer
15 274 (4.34%) Consultant
15 274 (4.34%) Service Desk Analyst
16 238 (3.77%) IT Analyst
17 234 (3.71%) 2nd Line Support
18 226 (3.58%) Developer
19 216 (3.42%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (2.57%) .NET
2 93 (1.47%) HTML
3 82 (1.30%) CSS
4 77 (1.22%) React
5 71 (1.12%) JSON
6 61 (0.97%) XML
7 53 (0.84%) AngularJS
8 51 (0.81%) Node.js
9 49 (0.78%) ASP.NET
10 48 (0.76%) REST
11 43 (0.68%) Web Services
12 36 (0.57%) KeystoneJS
12 36 (0.57%) Swagger
13 35 (0.55%) HTML5 Canvas
13 35 (0.55%) SOAP
14 33 (0.52%) Sass
15 28 (0.44%) RxJS
15 28 (0.44%) XML Schema
16 22 (0.35%) .NET Core
17 21 (0.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 545 (8.63%) Self-Motivation
2 345 (5.47%) Driving Licence
3 289 (4.58%) Management Information System
4 271 (4.29%) Onboarding
5 145 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
6 144 (2.28%) Data Centre
7 109 (1.73%) Digital Signage
8 90 (1.43%) Smartphone
9 89 (1.41%) Video\Live Streaming
10 80 (1.27%) Social Media
11 75 (1.19%) Product Ownership
12 68 (1.08%) CCTV
13 66 (1.05%) Blockchain
14 62 (0.98%) e-Learning
14 62 (0.98%) EPoS
15 57 (0.90%) Replication
16 56 (0.89%) Public Cloud
17 54 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
18 50 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
19 47 (0.74%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1,484 (23.51%) Windows
2 538 (8.52%) Windows Server
3 484 (7.67%) Windows 10
4 223 (3.53%) Linux
5 145 (2.30%) Apple iOS
6 138 (2.19%) Android
7 128 (2.03%) Mac OS
8 109 (1.73%) Windows Server 2019
9 105 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 89 (1.41%) Windows 7
11 83 (1.31%) Windows Server 2012
12 75 (1.19%) Unix
13 36 (0.57%) Mac OS X
14 29 (0.46%) Windows 8
14 29 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
15 23 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 21 (0.33%) CentOS
17 18 (0.29%) VyOS
18 16 (0.25%) VMS
19 13 (0.21%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,787 (28.31%) Problem-Solving
2 928 (14.70%) ITIL
3 608 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 557 (8.82%) Agile
5 539 (8.54%) Project Management
6 484 (7.67%) Service Delivery
7 454 (7.19%) CRM
8 447 (7.08%) Customer Experience
9 420 (6.65%) Service Management
10 387 (6.13%) Time Management
11 353 (5.59%) Mentoring
12 331 (5.24%) ITSM
13 304 (4.82%) Project Delivery
14 289 (4.58%) Logistics
15 275 (4.36%) Mathematics
16 272 (4.31%) Process Improvement
17 270 (4.28%) Decision-Making
18 269 (4.26%) Line Management
19 260 (4.12%) Coaching
20 254 (4.02%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 456 (7.22%) SQL
2 227 (3.60%) JavaScript
3 206 (3.26%) C#
4 150 (2.38%) PowerShell
5 110 (1.74%) Java
6 96 (1.52%) Python
7 66 (1.05%) T-SQL
8 56 (0.89%) TypeScript
9 44 (0.70%) Bash
9 44 (0.70%) PHP
10 40 (0.63%) VB
11 36 (0.57%) C++
11 36 (0.57%) Lua
12 32 (0.51%) VB.NET
13 28 (0.44%) VB6
14 24 (0.38%) R
15 21 (0.33%) Groovy
16 19 (0.30%) C
17 15 (0.24%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,053 (16.68%) Degree
2 330 (5.23%) Security Cleared
3 313 (4.96%) DBS Check
4 280 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 158 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
6 141 (2.23%) A+ Certification
7 128 (2.03%) SC Cleared
8 120 (1.90%) CCNA
9 116 (1.84%) DV Cleared
9 116 (1.84%) MCP
10 97 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 76 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
12 70 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
13 67 (1.06%) Master's Degree
14 62 (0.98%) Azure Certification
15 55 (0.87%) HNC
16 52 (0.82%) MCSE
17 46 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 39 (0.62%) CCNP
19 38 (0.60%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 684 (10.84%) SLA
2 158 (2.50%) GDPR
3 154 (2.44%) QA
4 103 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 59 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 49 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 45 (0.71%) ISO 9001
8 26 (0.41%) Data Quality
9 25 (0.40%) PMO
10 14 (0.22%) NIST
11 11 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.14%) NEBOSH
14 7 (0.11%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.095%) Disclosure Scotland
15 6 (0.095%) GAAP
15 6 (0.095%) IFRS
15 6 (0.095%) ISO 14001
16 5 (0.079%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.079%) COSHH
System Software
1 1,044 (16.54%) Active Directory
2 233 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 222 (3.52%) Hyper-V
4 60 (0.95%) Docker
5 58 (0.92%) Firmware
6 39 (0.62%) vSphere
7 33 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 32 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
9 23 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
10 19 (0.30%) Terminal Services
11 18 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
12 16 (0.25%) XenApp
13 15 (0.24%) KVM
13 15 (0.24%) XenDesktop
14 12 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.063%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.063%) vCloud
15 4 (0.063%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.048%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 226 (3.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 158 (2.50%) SCCM
3 46 (0.73%) WSUS
4 38 (0.60%) Ansible
4 38 (0.60%) Kubernetes
5 30 (0.48%) Terraform
6 21 (0.33%) FortiGate
6 21 (0.33%) Progress Chef
7 18 (0.29%) AirWatch
8 15 (0.24%) Autotask
9 12 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (0.19%) Sysprep
10 11 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
11 10 (0.16%) vCenter Server
12 9 (0.14%) Nagios
13 8 (0.13%) Icinga
13 8 (0.13%) SmoothWall
14 7 (0.11%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 7 (0.11%) Puppet
14 7 (0.11%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 2,327 (36.87%) Microsoft
2 359 (5.69%) VMware
3 278 (4.40%) Cisco
4 157 (2.49%) SAP
5 144 (2.28%) ServiceNow
6 139 (2.20%) Citrix
7 130 (2.06%) Oracle
8 125 (1.98%) Apple
9 121 (1.92%) Dell
10 118 (1.87%) IBM
11 98 (1.55%) HP
12 94 (1.49%) Fortinet
12 94 (1.49%) Google
13 87 (1.38%) Salesforce
14 65 (1.03%) Veeam
15 61 (0.97%) Juniper
16 60 (0.95%) Red Hat
16 60 (0.95%) Sophos
17 52 (0.82%) Meraki
18 49 (0.78%) EMC