Customer Service Jobs in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with 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 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 31 47 46
Rank change year-on-year +16 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 452 348 428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.36% 6.11% 5.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.62% 6.45% 6.28%
Number of salaries quoted 341 249 185
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £25,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £30,000 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +3.45% -22.67%
75th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £38,750
90th Percentile £55,750 £52,500 £48,750
South East median annual salary £30,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -10.45% -1.47% -2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,935 5,395 6,811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.47% 94.67% 93.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,951 2,996 3,893
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,265 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the Thames Valley

Customer Service
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Thames Valley 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +11 196 £31,500 +12.50% 84
Buckinghamshire +3 134 £32,500 +4.84% 55
Oxfordshire +23 122 £31,750 +2.42% 46
Customer Service
South East

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 24 (5.31%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.66%) Confluence
4 2 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 86 (19.03%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (6.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 8 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (1.77%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.88%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 124 (27.43%) Microsoft 365
2 62 (13.72%) Azure
3 22 (4.87%) Entra ID
4 20 (4.42%) Power Platform
5 13 (2.88%) OneDrive
5 13 (2.88%) WhatsApp
6 10 (2.21%) AWS
6 10 (2.21%) SaaS
7 9 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (1.99%) Power Automate
8 8 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.66%) Intacct
10 3 (0.66%) Taleo
11 2 (0.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.44%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.44%) Amazon SQS
11 2 (0.44%) GCP
11 2 (0.44%) Google Drive
11 2 (0.44%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.86%) DNS
2 18 (3.98%) TCP/IP
3 15 (3.32%) Firewall
3 15 (3.32%) Wireless
4 13 (2.88%) LAN
5 12 (2.65%) DHCP
5 12 (2.65%) WAN
6 8 (1.77%) VoIP
6 8 (1.77%) VPN
7 7 (1.55%) VLAN
8 6 (1.33%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.11%) Internet
9 5 (1.11%) Wireless Security
10 4 (0.88%) 5G
10 4 (0.88%) Network Security
11 3 (0.66%) Broadband
11 3 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.66%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.44%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.32%) Power BI
2 10 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.77%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.66%) DTS
4 3 (0.66%) MySQL
4 3 (0.66%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.22%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.22%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (1.33%) AdminStudio
1 6 (1.33%) InstallShield
1 6 (1.33%) JIRA
1 6 (1.33%) MSI
2 4 (0.88%) PowerBuilder
3 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.44%) GitLab
General
1 198 (43.81%) Social Skills
2 66 (14.60%) Organisational Skills
3 56 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (10.18%) Finance
5 36 (7.96%) Legal
6 29 (6.42%) Marketing
7 26 (5.75%) Retail
8 25 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (4.20%) Manufacturing
10 18 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (3.10%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (2.65%) Back Office
13 12 (2.65%) Games
14 9 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.99%) Military
15 5 (1.11%) Law
16 3 (0.66%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.66%) Banking
16 3 (0.66%) French Language
Job Titles
1 100 (22.12%) IT Support
2 83 (18.36%) Analyst
3 55 (12.17%) IT Technician
4 48 (10.62%) Support Technician
5 44 (9.73%) IT Support Technician
6 42 (9.29%) Support Analyst
7 39 (8.63%) IT Analyst
7 39 (8.63%) Support Engineer
8 29 (6.42%) Consultant
9 27 (5.97%) Senior
10 22 (4.87%) Service Analyst
11 21 (4.65%) IT Support Analyst
12 20 (4.42%) ICT Consultant
12 20 (4.42%) Technical Support
13 19 (4.20%) IT Engineer
14 17 (3.76%) 2nd Line Support
14 17 (3.76%) Hardware Engineer
14 17 (3.76%) Service Desk Analyst
14 17 (3.76%) Technical Engineer
15 16 (3.54%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.32%) .NET
2 12 (2.65%) XML
3 9 (1.99%) CSS
3 9 (1.99%) HTML
4 8 (1.77%) HTML5 Canvas
4 8 (1.77%) JSON
5 4 (0.88%) Web Services
5 4 (0.88%) YAML
6 3 (0.66%) Kafka
6 3 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.44%) RESTful
7 2 (0.44%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.22%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.52%) Driving Licence
2 30 (6.64%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.76%) Onboarding
4 15 (3.32%) Smartphone
5 9 (1.99%) Management Information System
5 9 (1.99%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.77%) CCTV
6 8 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.55%) Biopharmaceutical
7 7 (1.55%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.55%) IoT
8 6 (1.33%) Shadow IT
9 4 (0.88%) Life Science
9 4 (0.88%) Social Media
9 4 (0.88%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.66%) FMCG
11 2 (0.44%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.44%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 114 (25.22%) Windows
2 67 (14.82%) Windows 10
3 48 (10.62%) Windows Server
4 25 (5.53%) Windows 7
5 18 (3.98%) Android
6 14 (3.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (3.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (2.65%) Apple iOS
7 12 (2.65%) Windows NT
8 9 (1.99%) Linux
9 7 (1.55%) Mac OS X
10 5 (1.11%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.44%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (38.72%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (20.35%) ITIL
3 52 (11.50%) Service Delivery
4 42 (9.29%) Service Management
5 34 (7.52%) Project Management
6 31 (6.86%) Asset Management
7 30 (6.64%) Customer Experience
8 28 (6.19%) ITSM
9 25 (5.53%) Agile
9 25 (5.53%) CRM
10 23 (5.09%) Process Improvement
11 21 (4.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (4.20%) Creative Thinking
12 19 (4.20%) Decision-Making
12 19 (4.20%) ERP
13 18 (3.98%) Logistics
14 16 (3.54%) Data Analysis
14 16 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 16 (3.54%) Mentoring
15 15 (3.32%) IT Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (9.29%) SQL
2 21 (4.65%) C#
3 18 (3.98%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.65%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.33%) VB
6 4 (0.88%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.88%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.66%) Java
7 3 (0.66%) Python
8 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 91 (20.13%) Security Cleared
2 84 (18.58%) DV Cleared
3 61 (13.50%) Degree
4 45 (9.96%) SC Cleared
5 29 (6.42%) NVQ Level 3
6 28 (6.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (5.75%) A+ Certification
7 26 (5.75%) MCP
8 22 (4.87%) DBS Check
9 14 (3.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 11 (2.43%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.11%) CCNA
14 4 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (0.66%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.66%) HNC
15 3 (0.66%) MCITP
15 3 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 2 (0.44%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (12.39%) SLA
2 22 (4.87%) GDPR
3 13 (2.88%) QA
4 7 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.11%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.44%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.44%) PMO
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 87 (19.25%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.87%) Firmware
3 14 (3.10%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.65%) KVM
5 8 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (1.33%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.66%) Docker
8 2 (0.44%) GPFS
8 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (9.73%) SCCM
2 21 (4.65%) WSUS
3 20 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (2.65%) Sysprep
5 5 (1.11%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.66%) Ansible
6 3 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 231 (51.11%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.54%) Cisco
3 13 (2.88%) Citrix
3 13 (2.88%) HP
4 12 (2.65%) Google
5 11 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.21%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.21%) VMware
7 8 (1.77%) WatchGuard
8 7 (1.55%) Oracle
9 6 (1.33%) Autodesk
10 5 (1.11%) Datto
10 5 (1.11%) Draytek
10 5 (1.11%) Sage
10 5 (1.11%) Sophos
11 3 (0.66%) Virgin Media
12 2 (0.44%) Acronis
12 2 (0.44%) Adyen
12 2 (0.44%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.44%) WorldPay