Customer Service
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 53 71
Rank change year-on-year +23 +18 -13
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 6,404 5,443 8,135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.41% 5.49% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.52% 5.74% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,705 3,327 4,566
10th Percentile £22,614 £23,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £25,375 £28,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £36,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -4.00% +1.19%
75th Percentile £47,500 £56,125 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £33,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.45% -4.29% +3.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the UK

Customer Service
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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
England +27 5,786 £32,000 -8.57% 2,890
UK excluding London +16 5,324 £30,000 -10.45% 2,497
Work from Home +15 1,565 £39,500 -12.22% 877
South East +10 1,388 £30,000 -11.11% 634
North of England +37 1,182 £30,438 -4.88% 660
Midlands +40 1,163 £29,000 -20.55% 457
London -2 871 £42,500 -2.86% 583
West Midlands +34 790 £29,542 -26.15% 260
North West +32 615 £30,438 -1.81% 342
South West +5 586 £30,000 -7.69% 331
East of England +21 570 £29,000 -6.45% 335
Yorkshire +48 438 £30,500 -6.15% 236
East Midlands +48 367 £29,000 -6.45% 197
Scotland -52 261 £35,000 -12.50% 139
Wales +29 138 £29,375 -5.24% 70
North East +5 129 £29,750 -25.63% 92
Northern Ireland -23 25 £30,000 -40.00% 30
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 - 4
Channel Islands +1 5 £85,000 +142.86%

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 412 (6.43%) SharePoint
2 342 (5.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 55 (0.86%) IIS
4 51 (0.80%) CMS
5 46 (0.72%) Confluence
6 44 (0.69%) nginx
7 36 (0.56%) Camunda
8 16 (0.25%) WordPress
9 12 (0.19%) SAS
10 10 (0.16%) Apache
10 10 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 8 (0.12%) Anypoint
11 8 (0.12%) Appian
11 8 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
11 8 (0.12%) Moodle
11 8 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 5 (0.078%) ArcGIS
12 5 (0.078%) Exchange Server 2010
13 4 (0.062%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 4 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1,177 (18.38%) Microsoft Office
2 461 (7.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 85 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 58 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 21 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.28%) Trello
7 16 (0.25%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.12%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 6 (0.094%) LightWave 3D
11 5 (0.078%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
12 4 (0.062%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.062%) EPLAN
12 4 (0.062%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.047%) InDesign
14 1 (0.016%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.016%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 160 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 37 (0.58%) NEC Housing
3 22 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 21 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 18 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 18 (0.28%) Sage 200
6 16 (0.25%) iTrent
7 13 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 13 (0.20%) Infor SunSystems
7 13 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
8 12 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
9 11 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
10 10 (0.16%) Shopify
11 9 (0.14%) SAP HR
12 7 (0.11%) Elite 3E
13 6 (0.094%) Oracle General Ledger
13 6 (0.094%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 6 (0.094%) Sage CRM
13 6 (0.094%) SAP ERP
14 5 (0.078%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,460 (22.80%) Microsoft 365
2 949 (14.82%) Azure
3 270 (4.22%) Power Platform
4 260 (4.06%) Entra ID
5 226 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
6 197 (3.08%) AWS
7 156 (2.44%) Power Automate
8 148 (2.31%) SaaS
9 110 (1.72%) PowerApps
10 103 (1.61%) OneDrive
11 78 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
12 61 (0.95%) GCP
13 56 (0.87%) OpenShift
14 54 (0.84%) Mimecast
15 44 (0.69%) IBM Cloud
16 42 (0.66%) Serverless
17 41 (0.64%) WhatsApp
18 39 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
18 39 (0.61%) IaaS
19 34 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 444 (6.93%) Firewall
2 284 (4.43%) DNS
3 270 (4.22%) LAN
4 242 (3.78%) TCP/IP
5 238 (3.72%) WAN
6 218 (3.40%) DHCP
7 212 (3.31%) VPN
8 198 (3.09%) Wi-Fi
9 175 (2.73%) Internet
10 169 (2.64%) Wireless
11 134 (2.09%) VoIP
12 93 (1.45%) VLAN
13 86 (1.34%) Intranet
14 80 (1.25%) Network Security
15 74 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
16 56 (0.87%) MPLS
17 51 (0.80%) Broadband
18 49 (0.77%) SAN
19 41 (0.64%) BGP
19 41 (0.64%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 264 (4.12%) SQL Server
2 158 (2.47%) Power BI
3 67 (1.05%) Oracle Database
4 65 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 56 (0.87%) MySQL
6 48 (0.75%) MongoDB
7 47 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 37 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
9 34 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
10 33 (0.52%) Relational Database
11 32 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 28 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
13 25 (0.39%) Oracle Database 12c
14 22 (0.34%) Data Lake
15 21 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
15 21 (0.33%) GIS
15 21 (0.33%) NoSQL
16 14 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
17 11 (0.17%) MariaDB
17 11 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 130 (2.03%) JIRA
2 53 (0.83%) Git
3 28 (0.44%) Jasmine
3 28 (0.44%) Karma Test Runner
4 21 (0.33%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
6 14 (0.22%) Visual Studio
7 13 (0.20%) Robot Framework
8 8 (0.12%) Maven
9 6 (0.094%) Mercurial
9 6 (0.094%) MSI
9 6 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.078%) AdminStudio
10 5 (0.078%) webpack
11 4 (0.062%) GitLab
11 4 (0.062%) InstallShield
12 3 (0.047%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.047%) GCC
12 3 (0.047%) GoCD
12 3 (0.047%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 3,200 (49.97%) Social Skills
2 1,002 (15.65%) Finance
3 929 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
4 709 (11.07%) Organisational Skills
5 567 (8.85%) Retail
6 396 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 314 (4.90%) Legal
8 296 (4.62%) Telecoms
9 289 (4.51%) Marketing
10 253 (3.95%) Public Sector
11 207 (3.23%) Law
12 188 (2.94%) Military
13 165 (2.58%) Manufacturing
14 163 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
15 160 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
16 158 (2.47%) Banking
17 141 (2.20%) Billing
18 113 (1.76%) Local Government
19 92 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
20 90 (1.41%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,047 (16.35%) Analyst
2 821 (12.82%) IT Support
3 560 (8.74%) Support Engineer
4 436 (6.81%) Senior
5 363 (5.67%) IT Engineer
6 333 (5.20%) Lead
7 323 (5.04%) Support Analyst
8 321 (5.01%) Administrator
9 313 (4.89%) IT Technician
10 306 (4.78%) Service Analyst
11 289 (4.51%) Support Technician
12 287 (4.48%) Technical Support
13 282 (4.40%) Consultant
14 276 (4.31%) IT Support Engineer
15 274 (4.28%) 1st Line Support
15 274 (4.28%) Service Desk Analyst
16 233 (3.64%) IT Analyst
17 231 (3.61%) Developer
18 228 (3.56%) 2nd Line Support
19 216 (3.37%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (2.61%) .NET
2 101 (1.58%) HTML
3 85 (1.33%) CSS
4 77 (1.20%) React
5 76 (1.19%) JSON
6 71 (1.11%) XML
7 53 (0.83%) AngularJS
8 52 (0.81%) Node.js
9 50 (0.78%) ASP.NET
10 48 (0.75%) REST
11 44 (0.69%) Web Services
12 36 (0.56%) KeystoneJS
12 36 (0.56%) SOAP
12 36 (0.56%) Swagger
13 35 (0.55%) HTML5 Canvas
14 33 (0.52%) Sass
15 28 (0.44%) RxJS
15 28 (0.44%) XML Schema
16 22 (0.34%) jQuery
17 21 (0.33%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 547 (8.54%) Self-Motivation
2 354 (5.53%) Driving Licence
3 337 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 291 (4.54%) Management Information System
5 147 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
6 143 (2.23%) Data Centre
7 109 (1.70%) Digital Signage
8 90 (1.41%) Smartphone
9 89 (1.39%) Video\Live Streaming
10 81 (1.26%) Social Media
11 77 (1.20%) Product Ownership
12 68 (1.06%) CCTV
13 63 (0.98%) e-Learning
14 62 (0.97%) Blockchain
14 62 (0.97%) EPoS
15 58 (0.91%) Public Cloud
16 57 (0.89%) Replication
17 54 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
18 52 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
19 49 (0.77%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1,468 (22.92%) Windows
2 532 (8.31%) Windows Server
3 469 (7.32%) Windows 10
4 228 (3.56%) Linux
5 145 (2.26%) Apple iOS
6 139 (2.17%) Android
7 126 (1.97%) Mac OS
8 108 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
9 105 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 84 (1.31%) Windows 7
10 84 (1.31%) Windows Server 2012
11 75 (1.17%) Unix
12 36 (0.56%) Mac OS X
13 28 (0.44%) Windows 8
14 25 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
15 23 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 21 (0.33%) CentOS
17 18 (0.28%) VyOS
18 17 (0.27%) VMS
19 13 (0.20%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,797 (28.06%) Problem-Solving
2 934 (14.58%) ITIL
3 675 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 546 (8.53%) Agile
5 538 (8.40%) Project Management
6 521 (8.14%) Customer Experience
7 488 (7.62%) Service Delivery
8 461 (7.20%) CRM
9 424 (6.62%) Service Management
10 394 (6.15%) Time Management
11 363 (5.67%) Mentoring
12 352 (5.50%) Logistics
13 332 (5.18%) ITSM
14 330 (5.15%) Process Improvement
15 308 (4.81%) Project Delivery
16 286 (4.47%) Mathematics
17 280 (4.37%) Line Management
18 279 (4.36%) Data Analysis
19 268 (4.18%) Decision-Making
20 262 (4.09%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 462 (7.21%) SQL
2 233 (3.64%) JavaScript
3 210 (3.28%) C#
4 147 (2.30%) PowerShell
5 115 (1.80%) Java
6 101 (1.58%) Python
7 66 (1.03%) T-SQL
8 56 (0.87%) TypeScript
9 48 (0.75%) Bash
10 44 (0.69%) PHP
11 40 (0.62%) VB
12 38 (0.59%) C++
13 36 (0.56%) Lua
13 36 (0.56%) VB.NET
14 28 (0.44%) VB6
15 24 (0.37%) R
16 21 (0.33%) Groovy
17 19 (0.30%) C
18 15 (0.23%) PL/SQL
19 11 (0.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,124 (17.55%) Degree
2 332 (5.18%) Security Cleared
3 323 (5.04%) DBS Check
4 274 (4.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 153 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
6 140 (2.19%) A+ Certification
7 124 (1.94%) SC Cleared
8 118 (1.84%) MCP
9 115 (1.80%) CCNA
10 110 (1.72%) DV Cleared
11 97 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
12 79 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
13 67 (1.05%) Master's Degree
14 63 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
15 62 (0.97%) Azure Certification
16 60 (0.94%) HNC
17 55 (0.86%) MCSE
18 46 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 39 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
19 39 (0.61%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 691 (10.79%) SLA
2 161 (2.51%) GDPR
3 154 (2.40%) QA
4 103 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 59 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 57 (0.89%) Accessibility
7 45 (0.70%) ISO 9001
8 28 (0.44%) Data Quality
9 24 (0.37%) PMO
10 14 (0.22%) NIST
11 11 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.14%) NEBOSH
13 7 (0.11%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.094%) Disclosure Scotland
14 6 (0.094%) GAAP
14 6 (0.094%) IFRS
14 6 (0.094%) ISO 14001
15 5 (0.078%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.078%) COSHH
System Software
1 1,043 (16.29%) Active Directory
2 228 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 223 (3.48%) Hyper-V
4 63 (0.98%) Docker
5 59 (0.92%) Firmware
6 38 (0.59%) vSphere
7 34 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
8 33 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
9 22 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
10 20 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
11 19 (0.30%) Terminal Services
12 17 (0.27%) XenApp
13 16 (0.25%) XenDesktop
14 14 (0.22%) KVM
15 12 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
16 4 (0.062%) Microsoft App-V
16 4 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.062%) vCloud
16 4 (0.062%) VMware Server
17 2 (0.031%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 227 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 149 (2.33%) SCCM
3 45 (0.70%) Kubernetes
4 44 (0.69%) WSUS
5 39 (0.61%) Ansible
6 32 (0.50%) Terraform
7 21 (0.33%) Progress Chef
8 20 (0.31%) FortiGate
9 17 (0.27%) AirWatch
10 15 (0.23%) Autotask
11 12 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (0.17%) Sysprep
13 10 (0.16%) vCenter Server
14 9 (0.14%) Nagios
15 8 (0.12%) Nessus
15 8 (0.12%) SmoothWall
16 7 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
16 7 (0.11%) Icinga
16 7 (0.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2,326 (36.32%) Microsoft
2 352 (5.50%) VMware
3 272 (4.25%) Cisco
4 154 (2.40%) SAP
5 147 (2.30%) ServiceNow
6 140 (2.19%) Citrix
7 133 (2.08%) Oracle
8 125 (1.95%) Apple
9 120 (1.87%) Dell
10 117 (1.83%) IBM
11 95 (1.48%) Google
12 94 (1.47%) Fortinet
13 93 (1.45%) HP
14 85 (1.33%) Salesforce
15 63 (0.98%) Veeam
16 62 (0.97%) Red Hat
17 61 (0.95%) Sophos
18 60 (0.94%) Juniper
19 53 (0.83%) NetApp
20 51 (0.80%) Meraki