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 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 58 67 91
Rank change year-on-year +9 +24 +16
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 1,594 1,684 3,085
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.52% 4.46% 4.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.04% 4.65% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,287 1,172 1,940
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £23,793
25th Percentile £27,419 £30,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,066 £42,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.08% -2.30% +5.45%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,835 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £72,000
UK median annual salary £32,000 £35,000 £37,918
% change year-on-year -8.57% -7.69% +4.08%

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 31,654 36,235 73,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.73% 96.01% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23,643 25,788 42,106
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 9 June 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 99 (6.21%) SharePoint
2 66 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 39 (2.45%) IIS
4 18 (1.13%) Confluence
5 8 (0.50%) Appian
5 8 (0.50%) CMS
6 7 (0.44%) nginx
7 6 (0.38%) Apache
8 5 (0.31%) WordPress
9 4 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (0.25%) Moodle
9 4 (0.25%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.19%) GlassFish
10 3 (0.19%) JBoss
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.063%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 198 (12.42%) Microsoft Office
2 109 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Trello
7 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
8 2 (0.13%) Fusion 360
8 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.13%) Revit
9 1 (0.063%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 84 (5.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.82%) NEC Housing
2 13 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 12 (0.75%) Unit4 Business World
4 11 (0.69%) Sage 200
5 10 (0.63%) Infor SunSystems
5 10 (0.63%) iTrent
5 10 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (0.50%) SAP HR
7 7 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 6 (0.38%) Sage CRM
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.31%) Sage 50
9 5 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
10 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 431 (27.04%) Microsoft 365
2 359 (22.52%) Azure
3 128 (8.03%) Power Platform
4 107 (6.71%) Dynamics 365
5 82 (5.14%) Entra ID
6 79 (4.96%) Power Automate
7 70 (4.39%) AWS
8 57 (3.58%) SaaS
9 52 (3.26%) PowerApps
10 47 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (1.38%) Serverless
12 21 (1.32%) GCP
13 18 (1.13%) OneDrive
14 16 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (0.94%) Azure Functions
15 15 (0.94%) WhatsApp
16 12 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
16 12 (0.75%) Azure Storage
17 10 (0.63%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 102 (6.40%) Firewall
2 78 (4.89%) Wi-Fi
3 74 (4.64%) WAN
4 72 (4.52%) LAN
5 57 (3.58%) TCP/IP
6 47 (2.95%) DNS
7 43 (2.70%) Wireless
8 42 (2.63%) VoIP
9 33 (2.07%) DHCP
9 33 (2.07%) Internet
9 33 (2.07%) VPN
10 26 (1.63%) SAN
11 23 (1.44%) VLAN
12 22 (1.38%) WLAN
13 19 (1.19%) Broadband
13 19 (1.19%) Network Security
13 19 (1.19%) OSPF
14 18 (1.13%) MPLS
15 17 (1.07%) BGP
16 16 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (10.73%) SQL Server
2 79 (4.96%) Power BI
3 51 (3.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 35 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 32 (2.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 26 (1.63%) MySQL
7 23 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
9 9 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.44%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.38%) GIS
12 6 (0.38%) Power Query
12 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
13 5 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.31%) DTS
13 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database 12c
14 4 (0.25%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 49 (3.07%) JIRA
2 28 (1.76%) Jasmine
2 28 (1.76%) Karma Test Runner
3 23 (1.44%) Git
4 6 (0.38%) PowerBuilder
4 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (0.38%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.31%) IBM UrbanCode
5 5 (0.31%) Mercurial
5 5 (0.31%) MSI
5 5 (0.31%) webpack
6 4 (0.25%) AdminStudio
6 4 (0.25%) InstallShield
6 4 (0.25%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.19%) GCC
7 3 (0.19%) GitLab
7 3 (0.19%) GoCD
8 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.13%) Subversion
9 1 (0.063%) Selenium
General
1 713 (44.73%) Social Skills
2 292 (18.32%) Finance
3 203 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (8.22%) Retail
5 118 (7.40%) Marketing
6 109 (6.84%) Organisational Skills
7 102 (6.40%) Legal
8 101 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 60 (3.76%) Law
10 55 (3.45%) Public Sector
11 47 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
12 43 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
13 39 (2.45%) Telecoms
14 38 (2.38%) Banking
15 29 (1.82%) Local Government
16 28 (1.76%) Games
17 25 (1.57%) Billing
18 24 (1.51%) Manufacturing
19 20 (1.25%) General Ledger
20 19 (1.19%) Police
Job Titles
1 261 (16.37%) Analyst
2 208 (13.05%) IT Support
3 120 (7.53%) Developer
3 120 (7.53%) Senior
4 117 (7.34%) Support Engineer
5 115 (7.21%) Support Technician
6 114 (7.15%) IT Technician
7 107 (6.71%) Consultant
8 97 (6.09%) IT Support Technician
9 93 (5.83%) Support Analyst
10 86 (5.40%) Lead
11 84 (5.27%) Administrator
12 70 (4.39%) Technical Support
13 66 (4.14%) IT Engineer
14 59 (3.70%) Service Analyst
15 54 (3.39%) IT Analyst
16 51 (3.20%) IT Support Engineer
17 50 (3.14%) Service Desk Analyst
18 45 (2.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 45 (2.82%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (5.96%) .NET
2 40 (2.51%) Web Services
2 40 (2.51%) XML
3 39 (2.45%) AngularJS
4 36 (2.26%) JSON
5 33 (2.07%) Sass
6 32 (2.01%) ASP.NET
7 31 (1.94%) REST
7 31 (1.94%) SOAP
8 28 (1.76%) CSS
8 28 (1.76%) RxJS
8 28 (1.76%) XML Schema
9 26 (1.63%) HTML
10 18 (1.13%) HTML5 Canvas
11 13 (0.82%) React
12 10 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
13 9 (0.56%) ASP.NET Web API
13 9 (0.56%) Laravel
13 9 (0.56%) RESTful
14 8 (0.50%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
2 64 (4.02%) Management Information System
3 59 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 55 (3.45%) Social Media
5 51 (3.20%) Driving Licence
6 29 (1.82%) Public Cloud
7 24 (1.51%) Data Centre
8 22 (1.38%) Low-Code
8 22 (1.38%) Product Ownership
9 13 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (0.82%) Virtual Team
10 12 (0.75%) EPoS
10 12 (0.75%) Replication
11 11 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (0.63%) Housing Association
12 10 (0.63%) Mobile App
13 9 (0.56%) Credit Risk
13 9 (0.56%) Photography
14 8 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 352 (22.08%) Windows
2 159 (9.97%) Windows Server
3 103 (6.46%) Windows 10
4 85 (5.33%) Linux
5 41 (2.57%) Apple iOS
6 37 (2.32%) Windows Server 2012
7 32 (2.01%) Android
8 28 (1.76%) Windows 7
9 27 (1.69%) Mac OS
10 22 (1.38%) Unix
11 21 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
12 20 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
13 16 (1.00%) Mac OS X
14 11 (0.69%) Windows 8
15 7 (0.44%) Ubuntu
16 5 (0.31%) Windows NT
16 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
16 5 (0.31%) Windows Vista
17 3 (0.19%) AIX
17 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 424 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
2 290 (18.19%) ITIL
3 207 (12.99%) Agile
4 161 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 161 (10.10%) CRM
5 155 (9.72%) Project Management
6 146 (9.16%) Service Delivery
7 131 (8.22%) Service Management
8 118 (7.40%) DevOps
9 108 (6.78%) ERP
10 105 (6.59%) Project Delivery
11 104 (6.52%) Customer Experience
12 99 (6.21%) ITSM
13 96 (6.02%) Business Intelligence
14 88 (5.52%) Change Management
15 87 (5.46%) Mentoring
16 84 (5.27%) Decision-Making
17 83 (5.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 81 (5.08%) Incident Management
19 77 (4.83%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 201 (12.61%) SQL
2 128 (8.03%) C#
3 76 (4.77%) JavaScript
4 59 (3.70%) PowerShell
5 53 (3.32%) T-SQL
6 37 (2.32%) TypeScript
7 36 (2.26%) VB.NET
8 33 (2.07%) VB
9 28 (1.76%) VB6
10 26 (1.63%) Java
11 23 (1.44%) Bash
11 23 (1.44%) Python
12 19 (1.19%) C++
13 18 (1.13%) PHP
14 16 (1.00%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.31%) Groovy
16 4 (0.25%) R
17 3 (0.19%) C
17 3 (0.19%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.13%) Go
Qualifications
1 211 (13.24%) Degree
2 121 (7.59%) Security Cleared
3 80 (5.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 73 (4.58%) DBS Check
5 43 (2.70%) DV Cleared
5 43 (2.70%) SC Cleared
6 33 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
7 28 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 21 (1.32%) NVQ Level 3
9 19 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (0.94%) MCP
11 14 (0.88%) A+ Certification
11 14 (0.88%) CISM
11 14 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 14 (0.88%) MCSE
12 13 (0.82%) CCNP
12 13 (0.82%) CISSP
12 13 (0.82%) GCIA
12 13 (0.82%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (6.09%) SLA
2 66 (4.14%) QA
3 23 (1.44%) GDPR
4 18 (1.13%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.82%) Data Quality
7 11 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (0.56%) PMO
9 6 (0.38%) GAAP
9 6 (0.38%) IFRS
10 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.19%) NIST
11 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.13%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.13%) SEPA
12 1 (0.063%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.063%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.063%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.063%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.063%) SOC 2
System Software
1 252 (15.81%) Active Directory
2 79 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (3.07%) Hyper-V
4 28 (1.76%) vSphere
5 13 (0.82%) Docker
6 10 (0.63%) XenDesktop
7 9 (0.56%) Firmware
7 9 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.50%) XenApp
9 6 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.25%) vCloud
10 4 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.19%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.13%) Terminal Server
12 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.063%) Shibboleth
13 1 (0.063%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 70 (4.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (2.82%) SCCM
3 20 (1.25%) WSUS
4 16 (1.00%) Terraform
5 15 (0.94%) Ansible
6 13 (0.82%) Kubernetes
7 9 (0.56%) Nagios
8 8 (0.50%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.38%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.31%) Backup Exec
10 5 (0.31%) Nessus
10 5 (0.31%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 5 (0.31%) Sysprep
11 4 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.25%) Grafana
11 4 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.19%) AirWatch
12 3 (0.19%) OfficeScan
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Statspack
13 2 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 646 (40.53%) Microsoft
2 112 (7.03%) VMware
3 63 (3.95%) SAP
4 60 (3.76%) Cisco
5 40 (2.51%) Dell
5 40 (2.51%) Oracle
6 31 (1.94%) Salesforce
6 31 (1.94%) ServiceNow
7 24 (1.51%) Citrix
7 24 (1.51%) IBM
8 22 (1.38%) Veeam
9 21 (1.32%) Fortinet
9 21 (1.32%) Google
10 16 (1.00%) BMC
11 14 (0.88%) Sage
12 13 (0.82%) Aruba
12 13 (0.82%) Meraki
12 13 (0.82%) NEC
12 13 (0.82%) Remedy
13 10 (0.63%) Infor