Customer Service Jobs in the South East

Customer Service
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 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 20 30 42
Rank change year-on-year +10 +12 -3
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 1,388 995 1,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.22% 6.96% 6.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.75% 7.37% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 658 707
10th Percentile £22,750 £23,500 £22,800
25th Percentile £24,500 £26,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £33,750 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% -5.71%
75th Percentile £40,000 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £62,500
England median annual salary £32,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% -6.67% -

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,237 13,500 18,818
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.30% 94.49% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9,877 7,867 11,859
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the South East region 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
Thames Valley +17 445 £31,750 +5.83% 204
Hampshire +8 325 £29,000 -3.33% 109
Surrey +20 267 £25,000 -47.37% 66
Berkshire +19 195 £31,500 +12.50% 88
Kent -2 180 £30,000 -25.00% 63
Buckinghamshire +5 132 £32,500 +4.84% 69
Oxfordshire +28 118 £31,500 - 47
East Sussex +46 69 £30,000 -11.11% 24
West Sussex +21 68 £34,000 -38.18% 13
Middlesex -8 12 £35,000 -58.82% 1
Sussex - 10 £35,000 -
Isle of Wight - 5 £25,000 - 2
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
1 116 (8.36%) SharePoint
2 76 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 35 (2.52%) nginx
4 34 (2.45%) Camunda
5 4 (0.29%) Confluence
6 2 (0.14%) CMS
6 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.14%) IIS
6 2 (0.14%) WordPress
7 1 (0.072%) Apache
7 1 (0.072%) Site Server
Applications
1 234 (16.86%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.072%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.072%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.58%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.50%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.29%) SAP Hybris
6 4 (0.29%) SAP WM
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 367 (26.44%) Microsoft 365
2 186 (13.40%) Azure
3 59 (4.25%) Entra ID
4 41 (2.95%) IBM Cloud
5 40 (2.88%) AWS
6 38 (2.74%) Power Platform
7 34 (2.45%) OpenShift
8 28 (2.02%) OneDrive
9 23 (1.66%) Mimecast
10 19 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (1.22%) SaaS
12 14 (1.01%) WhatsApp
13 13 (0.94%) IaaS
14 12 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (0.72%) Power Automate
16 9 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
17 8 (0.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 6 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
19 4 (0.29%) PaaS
19 4 (0.29%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 141 (10.16%) Firewall
2 87 (6.27%) DNS
3 62 (4.47%) VPN
4 55 (3.96%) LAN
5 54 (3.89%) DHCP
6 53 (3.82%) TCP/IP
7 51 (3.67%) VoIP
8 50 (3.60%) Wireless
9 37 (2.67%) WAN
10 33 (2.38%) Intranet
11 26 (1.87%) VLAN
12 25 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (1.15%) Unified Communications
14 13 (0.94%) Structured Cabling
15 12 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
16 10 (0.72%) Internet
16 10 (0.72%) Network Security
16 10 (0.72%) SAN
17 9 (0.65%) 5G
17 9 (0.65%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.59%) Oracle Database
2 34 (2.45%) MongoDB
3 29 (2.09%) SQL Server
4 23 (1.66%) Power BI
5 14 (1.01%) MySQL
6 9 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.65%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.22%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.22%) DTS
9 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.22%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.14%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.072%) DB2
11 1 (0.072%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.072%) Redis
Development Applications
1 32 (2.31%) JIRA
2 13 (0.94%) Jenkins
2 13 (0.94%) Robot Framework
3 8 (0.58%) Git
4 7 (0.50%) Maven
5 4 (0.29%) AdminStudio
5 4 (0.29%) InstallShield
5 4 (0.29%) MSI
6 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.14%) GitLab
6 2 (0.14%) Hudson
6 2 (0.14%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.072%) Subversion
General
1 716 (51.59%) Social Skills
2 166 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
3 157 (11.31%) Finance
4 130 (9.37%) Organisational Skills
5 120 (8.65%) Retail
6 104 (7.49%) Billing
7 89 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 83 (5.98%) Telecoms
9 62 (4.47%) Legal
10 57 (4.11%) Marketing
11 56 (4.03%) Public Sector
12 52 (3.75%) Manufacturing
13 35 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (2.16%) Back Office
15 26 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
16 25 (1.80%) Banking
17 20 (1.44%) Military
18 19 (1.37%) Aerospace
19 16 (1.15%) Law
20 15 (1.08%) Games
Job Titles
1 237 (17.07%) IT Support
2 185 (13.33%) Analyst
3 129 (9.29%) Support Engineer
4 103 (7.42%) IT Technician
5 96 (6.92%) Support Technician
6 86 (6.20%) Administrator
7 84 (6.05%) IT Engineer
7 84 (6.05%) Support Analyst
8 81 (5.84%) IT Support Technician
9 70 (5.04%) IT Analyst
10 67 (4.83%) Senior
11 63 (4.54%) Technical Support
12 60 (4.32%) IT Support Engineer
12 60 (4.32%) Lead
13 58 (4.18%) Consultant
14 50 (3.60%) 1st Line Support
15 47 (3.39%) IT Administrator
15 47 (3.39%) Service Analyst
16 46 (3.31%) 2nd Line Support
17 43 (3.10%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.03%) React
2 34 (2.45%) KeystoneJS
2 34 (2.45%) Node.js
2 34 (2.45%) Swagger
3 25 (1.80%) HTML
4 22 (1.59%) XML
5 20 (1.44%) .NET
6 12 (0.86%) CSS
7 8 (0.58%) HTML5 Canvas
8 7 (0.50%) JSON
9 5 (0.36%) Kafka
10 4 (0.29%) YAML
11 3 (0.22%) ADO
11 3 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
12 2 (0.14%) RESTful
12 2 (0.14%) Software Packaging
12 2 (0.14%) Web Services
13 1 (0.072%) HTML5
13 1 (0.072%) LAMP
13 1 (0.072%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 194 (13.98%) Self-Motivation
2 94 (6.77%) Video Conferencing
3 91 (6.56%) Digital Signage
4 89 (6.41%) Video\Live Streaming
5 62 (4.47%) Driving Licence
6 52 (3.75%) Management Information System
7 47 (3.39%) e-Learning
8 42 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 41 (2.95%) Blockchain
10 39 (2.81%) Onboarding
11 32 (2.31%) Data Centre
12 26 (1.87%) CCTV
12 26 (1.87%) Product Ownership
13 23 (1.66%) Smartphone
14 17 (1.22%) IoT
15 16 (1.15%) Social Media
16 13 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
17 10 (0.72%) Credit Risk
17 10 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 9 (0.65%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 343 (24.71%) Windows
2 156 (11.24%) Windows Server
3 130 (9.37%) Windows 10
4 42 (3.03%) Linux
5 38 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 36 (2.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 31 (2.23%) Android
8 30 (2.16%) Apple iOS
8 30 (2.16%) Windows 7
9 25 (1.80%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (0.79%) Windows NT
11 8 (0.58%) Mac OS X
12 6 (0.43%) Mac OS
12 6 (0.43%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.29%) VMS
15 2 (0.14%) Windows 8
16 1 (0.072%) Data ONTAP
16 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (33.14%) Problem-Solving
2 193 (13.90%) ITIL
3 131 (9.44%) Logistics
4 128 (9.22%) Project Management
4 128 (9.22%) Service Delivery
5 111 (8.00%) Presales
6 102 (7.35%) Agile
7 98 (7.06%) Mentoring
8 96 (6.92%) Preventative Maintenance
9 87 (6.27%) Customer Experience
10 83 (5.98%) Coaching
11 81 (5.84%) Line Management
12 80 (5.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 80 (5.76%) Service Management
13 66 (4.76%) CRM
14 63 (4.54%) Time Management
15 62 (4.47%) Change Management
16 57 (4.11%) Artificial Intelligence
17 56 (4.03%) ITSM
17 56 (4.03%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 81 (5.84%) SQL
2 63 (4.54%) JavaScript
3 44 (3.17%) Java
4 37 (2.67%) PowerShell
5 34 (2.45%) Lua
6 25 (1.80%) C#
6 25 (1.80%) Python
7 19 (1.37%) Bash
8 7 (0.50%) PHP
9 4 (0.29%) VB
10 2 (0.14%) C
10 2 (0.14%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.14%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.14%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.072%) C++
Qualifications
1 142 (10.23%) Security Cleared
2 132 (9.51%) Degree
3 91 (6.56%) DBS Check
4 87 (6.27%) DV Cleared
5 71 (5.12%) SC Cleared
6 48 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 44 (3.17%) A+ Certification
8 34 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (2.31%) MCP
10 29 (2.09%) NVQ Level 3
11 24 (1.73%) CCNA
12 22 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
13 21 (1.51%) Network+ Certification
14 16 (1.15%) Azure Certification
15 14 (1.01%) AWS Certification
15 14 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 11 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
17 9 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (0.65%) MCSE
18 7 (0.50%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (16.28%) SLA
2 67 (4.83%) GDPR
3 24 (1.73%) QA
4 12 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (0.50%) PMO
5 7 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.36%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.29%) COSHH
8 4 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.14%) GRC
10 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 240 (17.29%) Active Directory
2 77 (5.55%) Hyper-V
3 49 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (2.88%) Docker
5 27 (1.95%) Firmware
6 14 (1.01%) KVM
7 13 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.14%) GPFS
10 2 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.14%) XenApp
11 1 (0.072%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 68 (4.90%) SCCM
2 32 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (2.09%) WSUS
4 20 (1.44%) Kubernetes
5 11 (0.79%) Sysprep
6 10 (0.72%) Ansible
7 7 (0.50%) Autotask
8 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 6 (0.43%) SCDPM
8 6 (0.43%) SmoothWall
8 6 (0.43%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.36%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.22%) Terraform
11 1 (0.072%) QRadar
Vendors
1 535 (38.54%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.54%) Cisco
3 62 (4.47%) VMware
4 46 (3.31%) Red Hat
5 42 (3.03%) IBM
6 41 (2.95%) Oracle
7 35 (2.52%) SAP
8 31 (2.23%) Apple
9 27 (1.95%) Citrix
9 27 (1.95%) Sophos
10 25 (1.80%) HP
10 25 (1.80%) WatchGuard
11 24 (1.73%) ServiceNow
12 19 (1.37%) Meraki
12 19 (1.37%) Salesforce
13 17 (1.22%) Dell
14 16 (1.15%) Aruba
14 16 (1.15%) Fortinet
15 15 (1.08%) Google
16 13 (0.94%) Barracuda Networks