Customer Service Contracts in London

Customer Service
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 104 112 172
Rank change year-on-year +8 +60 +47
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 420 547 659
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.39% 2.17% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 2.39% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 352 455
10th Percentile £150 £140 £150
25th Percentile £197 £185 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £274 £278 £320
Median % change year-on-year -1.17% -13.28% -14.67%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £575
90th Percentile £613 £615 £700
England median daily rate £275 £240 £250
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 39 44
10th Percentile £15.17 £15.25 £16.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £18.84 £18.50
Median hourly rate £20.02 £25.00 £21.58
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% +15.86% +7.89%
75th Percentile £33.25 £47.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £41.50 £63.75 £55.43
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
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,493 22,867 35,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.25% 90.91% 92.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,090 16,561 26,167
10th Percentile £340 £375 £393
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £778
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 265 394
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +9.09% +8.83%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.00 £51.26
90th Percentile £68.30 £82.40 £67.50
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 London

Job postings citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in London.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in London.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London -6 63 £274 +22.57% 53
West London +23 16 £250 +4.17% 62
South London +14 14 £200 +11.11% 32
East London -15 6 £163 -9.72% 40
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 43 (10.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.90%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (1.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 7 (1.67%) Skype for Business
5 6 (1.43%) CMS
6 5 (1.19%) Confluence
7 4 (0.95%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.24%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.24%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 69 (16.43%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.90%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 28 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.95%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.95%) Workfront
3 3 (0.71%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.71%) SAP MRS
3 3 (0.71%) SAP PS
3 3 (0.71%) Shopify
4 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.48%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 91 (21.67%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (17.14%) Azure
3 42 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
4 39 (9.29%) Power Platform
5 21 (5.00%) Power Automate
6 18 (4.29%) AWS
7 14 (3.33%) SaaS
8 12 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.38%) Google Workspace
10 9 (2.14%) GCP
11 8 (1.90%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.90%) GitHub
12 7 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.67%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.67%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.67%) Slack
12 7 (1.67%) WhatsApp
13 5 (1.19%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 4 (0.95%) IaaS
14 4 (0.95%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 41 (9.76%) VPN
2 22 (5.24%) DNS
3 21 (5.00%) WAN
4 16 (3.81%) Wireless
5 15 (3.57%) Firewall
5 15 (3.57%) LAN
6 9 (2.14%) Internet
7 8 (1.90%) Cisco IOS
7 8 (1.90%) Skype
8 7 (1.67%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.67%) VoIP
9 6 (1.43%) DHCP
9 6 (1.43%) Network Security
10 5 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (0.95%) DWDM
11 4 (0.95%) IP Telephony
11 4 (0.95%) Unified Communications
11 4 (0.95%) WebEx
12 3 (0.71%) HTTP
12 3 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.05%) Power BI
2 12 (2.86%) Data Lake
3 11 (2.62%) Big Data
4 7 (1.67%) Hadoop
4 7 (1.67%) Tableau
5 4 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.71%) MySQL
6 3 (0.71%) OLAP
6 3 (0.71%) OLTP
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.24%) QlikView
8 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.24%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 14 (3.33%) JIRA
2 5 (1.19%) Git
3 3 (0.71%) Maven
4 2 (0.48%) Android Studio
4 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 198 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 95 (22.62%) Finance
3 66 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (10.71%) Marketing
5 22 (5.24%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.52%) Retail
7 18 (4.29%) Legal
8 17 (4.05%) Banking
9 16 (3.81%) Telecoms
10 14 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.86%) Law
12 11 (2.62%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.90%) Mandarin Language
14 7 (1.67%) Advertising
15 6 (1.43%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.43%) Wearables
16 5 (1.19%) French Language
16 5 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.19%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 67 (15.95%) Analyst
2 53 (12.62%) Support Engineer
3 39 (9.29%) Desktop Support
4 35 (8.33%) Senior
5 34 (8.10%) Service Analyst
6 33 (7.86%) IT Engineer
7 31 (7.38%) Consultant
7 31 (7.38%) Service Desk Analyst
8 22 (5.24%) IT Support
9 21 (5.00%) Architect
9 21 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
10 20 (4.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 19 (4.52%) Developer
12 14 (3.33%) Administrator
13 13 (3.10%) Network Engineer
13 13 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.86%) 2nd Line Support
14 12 (2.86%) Service Manager
15 11 (2.62%) Field Engineer
15 11 (2.62%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.86%) CSS
2 10 (2.38%) AngularJS
3 9 (2.14%) .NET
3 9 (2.14%) HTML
4 7 (1.67%) Web Services
4 7 (1.67%) XMPP
5 6 (1.43%) React
5 6 (1.43%) RxJS
6 4 (0.95%) J2EE
6 4 (0.95%) Middleware
6 4 (0.95%) REST
6 4 (0.95%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 3 (0.71%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.71%) Entity Framework
7 3 (0.71%) jQuery
7 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
7 3 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.71%) Spring MVC
7 3 (0.71%) VML
7 3 (0.71%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.24%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
3 19 (4.52%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.33%) Smartphone
5 13 (3.10%) Social Media
6 12 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.38%) iPad
9 9 (2.14%) CMDB
9 9 (2.14%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.67%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.67%) BYOD
10 7 (1.67%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.43%) Blackberry
11 6 (1.43%) Hedge funds
12 5 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.19%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.95%) Freedom of Information
13 4 (0.95%) Freedom of Information Act
13 4 (0.95%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 149 (35.48%) Windows
2 65 (15.48%) Windows 10
3 34 (8.10%) Windows 7
4 28 (6.67%) Windows Server
5 26 (6.19%) Mac OS
6 25 (5.95%) Android
7 11 (2.62%) Apple iOS
8 10 (2.38%) Linux
9 8 (1.90%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.67%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.95%) Unix
11 4 (0.95%) VMS
11 4 (0.95%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.24%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (25.24%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (19.52%) ITIL
3 41 (9.76%) Service Delivery
4 40 (9.52%) ITSM
5 39 (9.29%) CRM
6 34 (8.10%) Agile
7 33 (7.86%) Incident Management
8 31 (7.38%) DevOps
8 31 (7.38%) Project Management
9 28 (6.67%) Migration
10 25 (5.95%) Asset Management
10 25 (5.95%) Service Management
11 22 (5.24%) Mentoring
12 20 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (4.52%) Computer Science
13 19 (4.52%) Customer Experience
13 19 (4.52%) Data Analysis
13 19 (4.52%) Time Management
14 18 (4.29%) Change Management
14 18 (4.29%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.76%) Python
2 16 (3.81%) JavaScript
2 16 (3.81%) SQL
3 11 (2.62%) C#
4 7 (1.67%) Java
4 7 (1.67%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.67%) R
4 7 (1.67%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.19%) Bash
6 4 (0.95%) Google Apps Script
7 3 (0.71%) ABAP
8 2 (0.48%) C++
8 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.48%) PHP
9 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.24%) Rust
9 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 63 (15.00%) Degree
2 45 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.48%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (3.10%) CCNA
6 13 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.14%) A+ Certification
8 6 (1.43%) MCP
9 5 (1.19%) CCIE
9 5 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.71%) CCNP
12 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.48%) CSPO
12 2 (0.48%) MCSA
12 2 (0.48%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.48%) PMP
12 2 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.48%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (12.14%) SLA
2 12 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.62%) GDPR
4 8 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.19%) QA
6 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.95%) PMO
7 3 (0.71%) GRC
7 3 (0.71%) WCAG
8 2 (0.48%) P3O
9 1 (0.24%) COBIT
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 96 (22.86%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.90%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.95%) vSphere
6 2 (0.48%) Docker
6 2 (0.48%) Firmware
6 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.24%) Samba
Systems Management
1 17 (4.05%) SCCM
2 12 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.95%) AirWatch
6 3 (0.71%) WSUS
7 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.48%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.48%) Terraform
8 1 (0.24%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.24%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 156 (37.14%) Microsoft
2 53 (12.62%) ServiceNow
3 34 (8.10%) Cisco
4 22 (5.24%) Apple
5 19 (4.52%) Google
5 19 (4.52%) SAP
5 19 (4.52%) VMware
6 17 (4.05%) Citrix
7 13 (3.10%) Dell
8 12 (2.86%) Adobe
9 11 (2.62%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.90%) Okta
11 7 (1.67%) Avaya
12 6 (1.43%) TOWER Software
13 5 (1.19%) Arista
13 5 (1.19%) Fortinet
13 5 (1.19%) HP
13 5 (1.19%) Juniper
13 5 (1.19%) Oracle
13 5 (1.19%) Veeam