Customer Service Contracts in the South East

Customer Service
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 43 38
Rank change year-on-year -3 -5 +20
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 216 257 413
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.79% 4.54% 5.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.59% 5.10% 5.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 173 250
10th Percentile £153 £135 £138
25th Percentile £205 £170 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £213 £250
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £550 £438 £438
90th Percentile £575 £586 £575
England median daily rate £275 £240 £250
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 17 76
10th Percentile £11.50 £12.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.57 £15.50 £12.25
Median hourly rate £15.20 £16.84 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.74% +12.27% +15.38%
75th Percentile £17.69 £22.16 £18.13
90th Percentile £21.86 £26.40 £23.75
England median hourly rate £14.84 £13.66 £15.00
% change year-on-year +8.64% -8.93% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,709 5,035 6,914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.69% 89.04% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,713 3,459 4,700
10th Percentile £255 £250 £244
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% +0.20% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 465 221 275
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.27
25th Percentile £18.32 £24.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.97
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.96% -12.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.94 £75.00 £63.55
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Thames Valley +22 112 £275 -33.81% 194
Berkshire +25 73 £275 -37.14% 89
Hampshire -38 40 £225 +9.76% 103
Surrey +1 31 £266 +54.27% 67
Buckinghamshire +13 25 £416 +0.19% 54
Kent +14 15 £165 +2.33% 59
Oxfordshire +10 14 £145 -81.88% 51
West Sussex +5 10 £525 +162.50% 19
East Sussex +7 3 £400 - 18
Middlesex - 3 £275 - 4
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 11 (5.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) CMS
3 1 (0.46%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 47 (21.76%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.39%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.46%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.46%) Primavera
4 1 (0.46%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 39 (18.06%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (9.26%) Azure
3 12 (5.56%) AWS
4 10 (4.63%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.31%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.85%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.39%) Amazon Bedrock
8 3 (1.39%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (1.39%) Azure AI
9 2 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.93%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.93%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.46%) SaaS
10 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.80%) LAN
2 14 (6.48%) TCP/IP
3 12 (5.56%) Wireless
4 10 (4.63%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (3.70%) Firewall
5 8 (3.70%) VLAN
6 7 (3.24%) WAN
7 6 (2.78%) SAN
7 6 (2.78%) VPN
8 3 (1.39%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.93%) DHCP
9 2 (0.93%) Internet
10 1 (0.46%) 4G
10 1 (0.46%) 5G
10 1 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.46%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.46%) RS-485
10 1 (0.46%) Skype
10 1 (0.46%) Telepresence
10 1 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.24%) Power BI
2 5 (2.31%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.85%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.93%) Big Data
5 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.46%) Metadata
6 1 (0.46%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.46%) Power Query
6 1 (0.46%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.46%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 6 (2.78%) Git
2 5 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.85%) JIRA
4 1 (0.46%) GoogleTest
General
1 108 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (14.35%) Organisational Skills
4 28 (12.96%) Finance
5 11 (5.09%) Retail
6 9 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.78%) Automotive
7 6 (2.78%) Legal
8 5 (2.31%) Marketing
8 5 (2.31%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.85%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.85%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.39%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.39%) French Language
10 3 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.39%) Local Government
10 3 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 41 (18.98%) Analyst
2 34 (15.74%) Support Engineer
3 28 (12.96%) IT Support
4 20 (9.26%) Windows Engineer
5 16 (7.41%) Build Engineer
5 16 (7.41%) Windows Build Engineer
6 15 (6.94%) Desktop Engineer
6 15 (6.94%) IT Engineer
7 14 (6.48%) Desktop Support
8 12 (5.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 12 (5.56%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
8 12 (5.56%) Hardware Engineer
8 12 (5.56%) Support Analyst
9 11 (5.09%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (5.09%) Service Analyst
9 11 (5.09%) Service Desk Analyst
10 9 (4.17%) Developer
10 9 (4.17%) IT Analyst
11 8 (3.70%) 1st Line Support
11 8 (3.70%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.39%) .NET
1 3 (1.39%) CSS
2 2 (0.93%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.93%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (0.93%) Entity Framework
2 2 (0.93%) HTML
2 2 (0.93%) JSON
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
2 2 (0.93%) WCF
2 2 (0.93%) Web Services
2 2 (0.93%) XML
3 1 (0.46%) PySpark
3 1 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.46%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.04%) Driving Licence
2 13 (6.02%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.24%) Digital Signage
5 5 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.85%) CCTV
7 3 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.46%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.46%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.46%) EPoS
9 1 (0.46%) iPhone
9 1 (0.46%) LIMS
9 1 (0.46%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.46%) SCORM
9 1 (0.46%) Smartcard
9 1 (0.46%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 101 (46.76%) Windows
2 59 (27.31%) Windows 10
3 37 (17.13%) Windows 7
4 26 (12.04%) Windows Server
5 19 (8.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (7.87%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (7.41%) Windows NT
9 15 (6.94%) Linux
10 13 (6.02%) Apple iOS
11 6 (2.78%) Debian
11 6 (2.78%) Ubuntu
12 4 (1.85%) Unix
13 3 (1.39%) Embedded Linux
13 3 (1.39%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.93%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (32.41%) ITIL
3 24 (11.11%) Service Management
4 22 (10.19%) Agile
5 21 (9.72%) CRM
6 19 (8.80%) Service Delivery
7 16 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (7.41%) Customer Requirements
7 16 (7.41%) Deployment Automation
7 16 (7.41%) Release Management
7 16 (7.41%) User Acceptance Testing
8 14 (6.48%) Proactive Monitoring
8 14 (6.48%) Software Testing
9 13 (6.02%) Software Engineering
10 12 (5.56%) Hardware Maintenance
10 12 (5.56%) Software Deployment
11 10 (4.63%) Computer Science
11 10 (4.63%) Incident Management
11 10 (4.63%) Project Management
11 10 (4.63%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.33%) SQL
2 15 (6.94%) Python
3 7 (3.24%) C#
3 7 (3.24%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.31%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.85%) Bash
5 4 (1.85%) C++
5 4 (1.85%) Perl
6 2 (0.93%) Java
6 2 (0.93%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.93%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.46%) Fortran
7 1 (0.46%) PHP
7 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 50 (23.15%) DV Cleared
3 49 (22.69%) Degree
4 17 (7.87%) SC Cleared
5 9 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.24%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.85%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.39%) NVQ Level 4
8 3 (1.39%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.93%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.46%) CEH
10 1 (0.46%) CISSP
10 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.46%) HNC
10 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.72%) SLA
2 19 (8.80%) QA
3 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 64 (29.63%) Active Directory
2 28 (12.96%) Firmware
3 7 (3.24%) vSphere
4 5 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.46%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 53 (24.54%) SCCM
2 22 (10.19%) WSUS
3 16 (7.41%) Sysprep
4 6 (2.78%) Nessus
5 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.46%) IBM BigFix
6 1 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.46%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.46%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 107 (49.54%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.96%) HP
3 14 (6.48%) VMware
4 12 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.24%) Apple
6 6 (2.78%) Qualys
6 6 (2.78%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.31%) Oracle
7 5 (2.31%) SAP
8 4 (1.85%) Avaya
8 4 (1.85%) Cisco
8 4 (1.85%) Workday
9 3 (1.39%) Google
9 3 (1.39%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.39%) Remedy
9 3 (1.39%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.93%) Ariba
10 2 (0.93%) BMC
10 2 (0.93%) Genesys
10 2 (0.93%) JDA