Customer Service Contracts in England

Customer Service
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 58 75
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 +27
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 1,420 1,753 2,266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.85% 3.69% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.49% 4.10% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 681 893 1,309
10th Percentile £143 £130 £131
25th Percentile £183 £170 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £240 £250
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £494 £488 £488
90th Percentile £582 £593 £638
UK median daily rate £275 £250 £250
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -6.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 454 431 459
10th Percentile £11.07 £9.80 £11.50
25th Percentile £12.79 £10.63 £12.53
Median hourly rate £14.84 £13.58 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.28% -9.47% +11.11%
75th Percentile £17.75 £16.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £22.00 £22.00 £24.40
UK median hourly rate £14.84 £13.58 £15.00
% change year-on-year +9.28% -9.47% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,623 42,710 64,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.71% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,632 29,989 45,672
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,520 1,714
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.05 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in England

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in England

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in England

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in England

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in England

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +25 432 £275 - 562
North of England +12 316 £300 +20.00% 650
South East -2 219 £275 +29.41% 583
East of England +3 206 £325 +70.16% 329
North West +31 169 £325 -7.14% 343
Midlands +14 143 £230 -16.36% 437
Yorkshire +4 135 £300 +20.00% 233
South West -36 84 £175 -14.46% 361
West Midlands +15 82 £313 -19.35% 245
East Midlands +3 60 £200 -6.98% 192
North East +13 13 £345 +142.11% 81
Customer Service
UK

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (6.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.06%) Skype for Business
4 10 (0.70%) CMS
5 9 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.35%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 5 (0.35%) Confluence
8 4 (0.28%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.14%) Drupal
9 2 (0.14%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.070%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.070%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.070%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.070%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.070%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.070%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 234 (16.48%) Microsoft Office
2 153 (10.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 96 (6.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.35%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.070%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 40 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.56%) NEC Housing
3 6 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.35%) Actimize
5 4 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.28%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.28%) Workfront
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.21%) SAP MRS
6 3 (0.21%) SAP PS
6 3 (0.21%) Shopify
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.14%) Primavera
7 2 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.14%) SystmOne
8 1 (0.070%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 289 (20.35%) Microsoft 365
2 141 (9.93%) Azure
3 71 (5.00%) Power Platform
4 61 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
5 48 (3.38%) AWS
6 35 (2.46%) Power Automate
7 29 (2.04%) Entra ID
8 23 (1.62%) OneDrive
9 20 (1.41%) SaaS
10 15 (1.06%) PowerApps
11 14 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (0.92%) Google Workspace
12 13 (0.92%) WhatsApp
13 10 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (0.70%) GCP
14 9 (0.63%) IaaS
15 7 (0.49%) GitHub
15 7 (0.49%) Slack
16 6 (0.42%) PaaS
17 5 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 87 (6.13%) VPN
2 61 (4.30%) Wi-Fi
3 54 (3.80%) LAN
4 46 (3.24%) Firewall
5 43 (3.03%) WAN
6 42 (2.96%) Wireless
7 40 (2.82%) DNS
8 37 (2.61%) TCP/IP
9 21 (1.48%) Internet
10 20 (1.41%) DHCP
11 16 (1.13%) SAN
11 16 (1.13%) Skype
12 14 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
13 12 (0.85%) Ethernet
14 11 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (0.77%) VLAN
15 10 (0.70%) Unified Communications
16 9 (0.63%) OSPF
16 9 (0.63%) VoIP
17 8 (0.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.39%) Power BI
2 15 (1.06%) Big Data
3 12 (0.85%) Data Lake
4 9 (0.63%) Hadoop
4 9 (0.63%) Tableau
5 6 (0.42%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.35%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
8 3 (0.21%) MySQL
8 3 (0.21%) OLAP
8 3 (0.21%) OLTP
9 2 (0.14%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.070%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.070%) EDMS
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.070%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (1.69%) JIRA
2 12 (0.85%) Git
3 6 (0.42%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.21%) Maven
5 2 (0.14%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.070%) GitLab
6 1 (0.070%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.070%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.070%) Selenium
6 1 (0.070%) TestRail
General
1 717 (50.49%) Social Skills
2 188 (13.24%) Finance
3 175 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (6.55%) Public Sector
5 87 (6.13%) Retail
6 67 (4.72%) Marketing
7 64 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
8 59 (4.15%) Telecoms
9 37 (2.61%) Legal
10 29 (2.04%) Law
11 26 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (1.55%) Banking
12 22 (1.55%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.48%) Financial Institution
14 20 (1.41%) German Language
15 17 (1.20%) Local Government
16 15 (1.06%) Automotive
16 15 (1.06%) Hungarian Language
17 13 (0.92%) Dutch Language
18 12 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 348 (24.51%) Analyst
2 228 (16.06%) Service Analyst
3 209 (14.72%) Service Desk Analyst
4 147 (10.35%) Support Engineer
5 109 (7.68%) IT Support
6 90 (6.34%) IT Engineer
7 69 (4.86%) Desktop Support
8 67 (4.72%) Senior
9 61 (4.30%) Consultant
9 61 (4.30%) Support Analyst
10 57 (4.01%) Developer
11 55 (3.87%) Administrator
12 54 (3.80%) Desktop Engineer
13 47 (3.31%) Service Desk Agent
14 45 (3.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 44 (3.10%) 2nd Line Support
16 43 (3.03%) IT Support Engineer
17 42 (2.96%) 1st Line Support
18 41 (2.89%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
19 37 (2.61%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.25%) Web Services
2 18 (1.27%) CSS
3 13 (0.92%) HTML
4 10 (0.70%) .NET
4 10 (0.70%) Middleware
5 9 (0.63%) AngularJS
5 9 (0.63%) React
5 9 (0.63%) XMPP
6 6 (0.42%) Spring
7 5 (0.35%) REST
7 5 (0.35%) RxJS
8 4 (0.28%) J2EE
8 4 (0.28%) jQuery
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
8 4 (0.28%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 3 (0.21%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.21%) LDAP
9 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
9 3 (0.21%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (4.37%) Management Information System
2 50 (3.52%) Driving Licence
3 46 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
4 34 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (1.83%) Video Conferencing
6 21 (1.48%) Smartphone
7 20 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (1.41%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.27%) iPad
9 17 (1.20%) Social Media
10 15 (1.06%) CMDB
10 15 (1.06%) Data Centre
10 15 (1.06%) Digital Signage
11 14 (0.99%) BYOD
11 14 (0.99%) iPhone
11 14 (0.99%) Product Ownership
12 12 (0.85%) NHS
13 11 (0.77%) Algorithms
14 9 (0.63%) Blackberry
15 8 (0.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 477 (33.59%) Windows
2 242 (17.04%) Windows 10
3 89 (6.27%) Windows 7
4 81 (5.70%) Windows Server
5 49 (3.45%) Mac OS
6 39 (2.75%) Linux
7 38 (2.68%) Apple iOS
8 32 (2.25%) Android
9 30 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 30 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 17 (1.20%) Windows NT
11 12 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (0.70%) Debian
12 10 (0.70%) Ubuntu
13 9 (0.63%) Mac OS X
13 9 (0.63%) Unix
14 8 (0.56%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.28%) VMS
16 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (32.32%) Problem-Solving
2 304 (21.41%) ITIL
3 195 (13.73%) Service Delivery
4 162 (11.41%) Incident Management
5 102 (7.18%) Service Management
6 100 (7.04%) Agile
7 92 (6.48%) ITSM
8 88 (6.20%) Mathematics
9 83 (5.85%) Time Management
10 81 (5.70%) CRM
11 66 (4.65%) Project Management
12 64 (4.51%) Asset Management
13 62 (4.37%) Decision-Making
14 56 (3.94%) Migration
15 52 (3.66%) Business Intelligence
15 52 (3.66%) Continuous Improvement
15 52 (3.66%) Stakeholder Management
16 45 (3.17%) Customer Experience
17 42 (2.96%) Computer Science
18 41 (2.89%) Break/Fix
Programming Languages
1 44 (3.10%) Python
2 41 (2.89%) SQL
3 26 (1.83%) PowerShell
4 20 (1.41%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.06%) C#
6 14 (0.99%) Java
7 10 (0.70%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.63%) Bash
8 9 (0.63%) C++
9 7 (0.49%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.49%) R
10 4 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
10 4 (0.28%) Perl
11 3 (0.21%) ABAP
11 3 (0.21%) C
11 3 (0.21%) PHP
12 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.14%) VB
12 2 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 234 (16.48%) Security Cleared
2 165 (11.62%) Degree
3 151 (10.63%) SC Cleared
4 70 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 63 (4.44%) DV Cleared
6 59 (4.15%) A+ Certification
7 46 (3.24%) MCSA
8 42 (2.96%) Cisco Certification
9 39 (2.75%) MCP
10 36 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 32 (2.25%) CCNA
12 14 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 11 (0.77%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (0.56%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.49%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.49%) CCNP
17 6 (0.42%) CCIE
17 6 (0.42%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (13.31%) SLA
2 34 (2.39%) QA
3 27 (1.90%) Disclosure Scotland
4 19 (1.34%) Accessibility
4 19 (1.34%) GDPR
5 14 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.70%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.42%) PMO
8 3 (0.21%) GRC
8 3 (0.21%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.21%) WCAG
9 2 (0.14%) COBIT
9 2 (0.14%) P3O
10 1 (0.070%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.070%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 312 (21.97%) Active Directory
2 43 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (2.32%) Firmware
4 16 (1.13%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.85%) vSphere
6 9 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.21%) Docker
9 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.14%) Samba
11 1 (0.070%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.070%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 108 (7.61%) SCCM
2 52 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (1.90%) WSUS
4 17 (1.20%) Sysprep
5 12 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.42%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.42%) Nessus
8 5 (0.35%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.28%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.14%) Terraform
11 1 (0.070%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.070%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.070%) vMotion
11 1 (0.070%) VxRail
Vendors
1 549 (38.66%) Microsoft
2 184 (12.96%) ServiceNow
3 77 (5.42%) Citrix
4 64 (4.51%) VMware
5 58 (4.08%) Cisco
6 46 (3.24%) Apple
7 43 (3.03%) SAP
8 42 (2.96%) HP
9 30 (2.11%) Google
10 23 (1.62%) Salesforce
11 22 (1.55%) Oracle
12 20 (1.41%) Dell
13 14 (0.99%) Adobe
14 13 (0.92%) Red Hat
15 12 (0.85%) Avaya
16 9 (0.63%) Veeam
17 8 (0.56%) Computacenter
17 8 (0.56%) NEC
17 8 (0.56%) Okta
18 6 (0.42%) Fortinet