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 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 55 70 92
Rank change year-on-year +15 +22 +15
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 1,565 1,809 2,792
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.62% 4.48% 3.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.07% 4.66% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,289 1,225 1,848
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,600 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £29,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +5.88% +1.19%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,835 £58,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £70,581
UK median annual salary £32,000 £36,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -4.00% +1.19%

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 30,883 38,813 68,245
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.21% 96.05% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,380 26,991 41,246
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
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 18 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 (6.13%) SharePoint
2 65 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (2.62%) 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
1 182 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
2 104 (6.65%) 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 73 (4.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.77%) NEC Housing
2 12 (0.77%) Unit4 Business World
3 11 (0.70%) 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%) Sage 50
7 5 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
9 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 406 (25.94%) Microsoft 365
2 350 (22.36%) Azure
3 126 (8.05%) Power Platform
4 93 (5.94%) Dynamics 365
5 73 (4.66%) AWS
5 73 (4.66%) Entra ID
6 65 (4.15%) Power Automate
7 59 (3.77%) SaaS
8 48 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (3.07%) PowerApps
9 37 (2.36%) GCP
10 25 (1.60%) Serverless
11 20 (1.28%) OpenShift
12 18 (1.15%) OneDrive
13 17 (1.09%) WhatsApp
14 16 (1.02%) Azure Functions
15 15 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
16 11 (0.70%) OCI
17 10 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
18 9 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 101 (6.45%) Firewall
2 77 (4.92%) Wi-Fi
3 69 (4.41%) WAN
4 66 (4.22%) LAN
5 56 (3.58%) TCP/IP
6 48 (3.07%) DNS
7 44 (2.81%) VoIP
8 34 (2.17%) VPN
8 34 (2.17%) Wireless
9 33 (2.11%) DHCP
10 29 (1.85%) Internet
11 24 (1.53%) VLAN
12 23 (1.47%) SAN
13 19 (1.21%) Broadband
14 18 (1.15%) MPLS
14 18 (1.15%) Network Security
15 17 (1.09%) OSPF
16 16 (1.02%) BGP
16 16 (1.02%) WLAN
17 14 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (10.42%) SQL Server
2 81 (5.18%) Power BI
3 53 (3.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 33 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 32 (2.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 27 (1.73%) MySQL
7 23 (1.47%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
9 9 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.38%) GIS
10 6 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.38%) Power Query
10 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
11 5 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.32%) DTS
12 4 (0.26%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 53 (3.39%) 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
1 702 (44.86%) Social Skills
2 294 (18.79%) Finance
3 187 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (8.43%) Retail
5 110 (7.03%) Marketing
6 108 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
7 107 (6.84%) Legal
8 100 (6.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 56 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
10 54 (3.45%) Public Sector
11 53 (3.39%) Law
12 51 (3.26%) Banking
13 45 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
14 43 (2.75%) Telecoms
15 29 (1.85%) Games
16 26 (1.66%) Local Government
17 25 (1.60%) Billing
17 25 (1.60%) Manufacturing
18 20 (1.28%) General Ledger
19 16 (1.02%) Military
Job Titles
1 261 (16.68%) Analyst
2 207 (13.23%) IT Support
3 129 (8.24%) Support Engineer
4 127 (8.12%) Senior
5 115 (7.35%) Support Technician
6 113 (7.22%) Developer
7 110 (7.03%) IT Technician
8 97 (6.20%) IT Support Technician
9 94 (6.01%) Support Analyst
10 89 (5.69%) Consultant
11 87 (5.56%) Lead
12 82 (5.24%) Administrator
13 67 (4.28%) IT Engineer
14 66 (4.22%) Technical Support
15 58 (3.71%) Service Analyst
16 56 (3.58%) IT Analyst
17 52 (3.32%) IT Support Engineer
18 48 (3.07%) Service Desk Analyst
19 45 (2.88%) Project Manager
20 44 (2.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.50%) .NET
2 43 (2.75%) AngularJS
3 36 (2.30%) JSON
3 36 (2.30%) Web Services
3 36 (2.30%) XML
4 33 (2.11%) Sass
5 32 (2.04%) ASP.NET
6 31 (1.98%) REST
6 31 (1.98%) SOAP
7 28 (1.79%) RxJS
7 28 (1.79%) XML Schema
8 27 (1.73%) CSS
9 25 (1.60%) HTML
10 20 (1.28%) HTML5 Canvas
11 12 (0.77%) Laravel
11 12 (0.77%) React
12 9 (0.58%) ASP.NET Web API
12 9 (0.58%) RESTful
13 7 (0.45%) Node.js
13 7 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.77%) Self-Motivation
2 65 (4.15%) Management Information System
3 57 (3.64%) Social Media
4 51 (3.26%) Onboarding
5 49 (3.13%) Driving Licence
6 36 (2.30%) Public Cloud
7 27 (1.73%) Data Centre
8 22 (1.41%) Low-Code
9 21 (1.34%) Product Ownership
10 15 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (0.89%) Virtual Team
12 13 (0.83%) EPoS
13 11 (0.70%) Replication
14 10 (0.64%) Credit Risk
14 10 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 10 (0.64%) Mobile App
15 9 (0.58%) Housing Association
15 9 (0.58%) Photography
16 8 (0.51%) e-Learning
16 8 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 344 (21.98%) Windows
2 155 (9.90%) Windows Server
3 98 (6.26%) Windows 10
4 94 (6.01%) Linux
5 39 (2.49%) Apple iOS
6 38 (2.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 30 (1.92%) Android
8 26 (1.66%) Windows 7
9 24 (1.53%) Unix
10 23 (1.47%) Mac OS
10 23 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
11 21 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
12 15 (0.96%) Mac OS X
13 11 (0.70%) Windows 8
14 8 (0.51%) Windows NT
15 7 (0.45%) Ubuntu
16 6 (0.38%) Windows Vista
17 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
18 3 (0.19%) AIX
18 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (26.77%) Problem-Solving
2 309 (19.74%) ITIL
3 209 (13.35%) Agile
4 159 (10.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 154 (9.84%) Project Management
6 147 (9.39%) CRM
7 141 (9.01%) Service Delivery
8 140 (8.95%) Service Management
9 128 (8.18%) DevOps
10 104 (6.65%) ERP
11 102 (6.52%) Customer Experience
12 99 (6.33%) Project Delivery
13 98 (6.26%) Business Intelligence
14 97 (6.20%) ITSM
15 94 (6.01%) Mentoring
16 85 (5.43%) Decision-Making
17 81 (5.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 79 (5.05%) Roadmaps
19 77 (4.92%) Incident Management
20 72 (4.60%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 204 (13.04%) SQL
2 122 (7.80%) C#
3 76 (4.86%) JavaScript
4 56 (3.58%) PowerShell
5 55 (3.51%) T-SQL
6 38 (2.43%) TypeScript
7 33 (2.11%) VB
8 32 (2.04%) VB.NET
9 28 (1.79%) VB6
10 24 (1.53%) Java
11 21 (1.34%) PHP
12 20 (1.28%) Bash
12 20 (1.28%) Python
13 19 (1.21%) 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
1 204 (13.04%) Degree
2 123 (7.86%) Security Cleared
3 72 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 71 (4.54%) DBS Check
5 53 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 41 (2.62%) SC Cleared
7 32 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
8 29 (1.85%) NVQ Level 3
9 21 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.09%) Azure Certification
11 15 (0.96%) CISM
11 15 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 14 (0.89%) CISSP
12 14 (0.89%) GCIA
12 14 (0.89%) GCIH
12 14 (0.89%) GREM
12 14 (0.89%) MCSE
13 13 (0.83%) CCNP
14 12 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (6.07%) SLA
2 65 (4.15%) QA
3 22 (1.41%) GDPR
4 18 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 13 (0.83%) Data Quality
6 11 (0.70%) 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%) SEPA
12 1 (0.064%) California Consumer Privacy Act
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
1 241 (15.40%) Active Directory
2 69 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (2.75%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.41%) vSphere
5 13 (0.83%) Docker
6 11 (0.70%) 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 64 (4.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (2.94%) SCCM
3 28 (1.79%) Ansible
3 28 (1.79%) Terraform
4 23 (1.47%) WSUS
5 18 (1.15%) Progress Chef
6 13 (0.83%) Kubernetes
7 9 (0.58%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.58%) Nagios
8 8 (0.51%) Sysprep
9 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.32%) Nessus
9 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.26%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.26%) Grafana
10 4 (0.26%) Oracle Statspack
11 3 (0.19%) Backup Exec
11 3 (0.19%) OfficeScan
11 3 (0.19%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 606 (38.72%) Microsoft
2 102 (6.52%) VMware
3 66 (4.22%) SAP
4 57 (3.64%) Cisco
5 47 (3.00%) Dell
6 35 (2.24%) IBM
7 33 (2.11%) Oracle
8 31 (1.98%) Salesforce
9 30 (1.92%) Google
10 28 (1.79%) ServiceNow
11 22 (1.41%) Citrix
12 19 (1.21%) Fortinet
12 19 (1.21%) Veeam
13 14 (0.89%) Sage
14 12 (0.77%) Aruba
14 12 (0.77%) BMC
14 12 (0.77%) Meraki
14 12 (0.77%) NEC
15 11 (0.70%) HP
16 10 (0.64%) CheckPoint