Customer Service Contracts in the Midlands

Customer Service
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 40 39
Rank change year-on-year +14 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 143 154 266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.12% 4.74% 5.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.29% 5.41% 6.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 87 163
10th Percentile £127 £117 £120
25th Percentile £160 £151 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £275 £200
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +37.50% +66.67%
75th Percentile £422 £469 £406
90th Percentile £550 £559 £550
England median daily rate £275 £240 £250
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 30 43
10th Percentile £10.42 £10.99 £9.59
25th Percentile £12.28 £11.85 £10.59
Median hourly rate £13.50 £13.16 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% -12.27% +25.00%
75th Percentile £15.25 £15.44 £17.66
90th Percentile £18.63 £21.19 £18.51
England median hourly rate £14.84 £13.58 £15.00
% change year-on-year +9.28% -9.47% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,273 2,848 4,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.44% 87.66% 87.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,529 1,999 3,249
10th Percentile £231 £262 £250
25th Percentile £358 £370 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 97 136
10th Percentile £11.07 £12.30 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.50 £13.84
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.50 £17.85
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +26.05% +19.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £23.63
90th Percentile £55.00 £60.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the Midlands

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the Midlands

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the Midlands

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the Midlands

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +15 82 £313 -19.35% 246
East Midlands +3 60 £200 -6.98% 194
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 12 (8.39%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.40%) CMS
3 2 (1.40%) Drupal
3 2 (1.40%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.70%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 20 (13.99%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.40%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.70%) MFGPRO
2 1 (0.70%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.70%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 31 (21.68%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (11.89%) Azure
3 11 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 10 (6.99%) Entra ID
5 8 (5.59%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.59%) Power Automate
6 7 (4.90%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (4.20%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.80%) WhatsApp
9 2 (1.40%) OCI
10 1 (0.70%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.39%) VPN
2 10 (6.99%) TCP/IP
3 7 (4.90%) DNS
4 6 (4.20%) Unified Communications
5 5 (3.50%) Internet
6 4 (2.80%) PSTN
6 4 (2.80%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (2.80%) SAN
6 4 (2.80%) WAN
7 3 (2.10%) ADSL
7 3 (2.10%) DHCP
7 3 (2.10%) Ethernet
7 3 (2.10%) Firewall
7 3 (2.10%) MPLS
8 2 (1.40%) Broadband
8 2 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.40%) Wireless
9 1 (0.70%) LAN
9 1 (0.70%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.90%) Power BI
2 1 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.70%) Redash
2 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 89 (62.24%) Social Skills
2 28 (19.58%) Finance
3 21 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.39%) Marketing
5 10 (6.99%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.99%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.20%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.80%) Electronics
8 3 (2.10%) Automotive
8 3 (2.10%) German Language
8 3 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.10%) Local Government
9 2 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.40%) Retail
10 1 (0.70%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.70%) Back Office
10 1 (0.70%) Banking
10 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.70%) Games
10 1 (0.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 34 (23.78%) Analyst
2 17 (11.89%) Service Analyst
2 17 (11.89%) Support Engineer
3 16 (11.19%) Service Desk Analyst
4 13 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
5 10 (6.99%) Support Analyst
6 9 (6.29%) 1st Line Support
7 8 (5.59%) Lead
7 8 (5.59%) Service Desk Support
8 7 (4.90%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 7 (4.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 7 (4.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 7 (4.90%) Service Desk Support Analyst
9 6 (4.20%) IT Engineer
9 6 (4.20%) IT Support
9 6 (4.20%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Engineer
10 5 (3.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (3.50%) Developer
10 5 (3.50%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
1 2 (1.40%) Middleware
2 1 (0.70%) CSS
2 1 (0.70%) Flash
2 1 (0.70%) HTML
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.70%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.20%) Digital Signage
1 6 (4.20%) NHS
1 6 (4.20%) PKI
2 5 (3.50%) iPad
2 5 (3.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.50%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.80%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.10%) Graphic Design
4 3 (2.10%) Industry 4.0
4 3 (2.10%) IoT
4 3 (2.10%) Social Media
5 2 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.70%) BYOD
6 1 (0.70%) CMDB
6 1 (0.70%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.70%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (35.66%) Windows
2 28 (19.58%) Windows 10
3 10 (6.99%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (5.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (4.90%) Windows 7
7 6 (4.20%) Mac OS
8 5 (3.50%) Linux
9 4 (2.80%) Debian
9 4 (2.80%) Ubuntu
9 4 (2.80%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (2.10%) Apple iOS
10 3 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.40%) Android
12 1 (0.70%) HPUX
12 1 (0.70%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.70%) Unix
12 1 (0.70%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.70%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (17.48%) ITIL
3 22 (15.38%) Agile
4 17 (11.89%) Service Delivery
5 13 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (8.39%) CRM
6 12 (8.39%) Ticket Management
7 10 (6.99%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (6.29%) Project Management
8 9 (6.29%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (5.59%) Change Management
9 8 (5.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (4.90%) Business Transformation
10 7 (4.90%) ERP
10 7 (4.90%) Time Management
11 6 (4.20%) Configuration Management
11 6 (4.20%) Customer Requirements
11 6 (4.20%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 5 (3.50%) PRINCE2
12 5 (3.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.90%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.80%) Python
3 3 (2.10%) SQL
4 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (13.29%) SC Cleared
1 19 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.69%) Degree
3 4 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (2.80%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.10%) BC Cleared
4 3 (2.10%) MCSE
4 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.40%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.40%) Dell Certification
5 2 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.40%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.40%) MCP
6 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.70%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (16.08%) SLA
2 3 (2.10%) QA
3 1 (0.70%) GDPR
3 1 (0.70%) ISO 22301
3 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 35 (24.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.40%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.70%) Firmware
4 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (8.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.59%) SCCM
3 6 (4.20%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.70%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 51 (35.66%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.99%) Oracle
2 10 (6.99%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.90%) SAP
3 7 (4.90%) VMware
4 6 (4.20%) Cisco
5 5 (3.50%) Openreach
5 5 (3.50%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.50%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.80%) Apple
6 4 (2.80%) Computacenter
6 4 (2.80%) Dell
6 4 (2.80%) HP
7 3 (2.10%) BT
8 2 (1.40%) Fujitsu
8 2 (1.40%) Laserfiche
8 2 (1.40%) Sun
8 2 (1.40%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.70%) Google
9 1 (0.70%) Ivanti