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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 60 77
Rank change year-on-year +14 +17 +29
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 1,429 1,777 2,252
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.93% 3.71% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.56% 4.12% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 687 916 1,303
10th Percentile £143 £130 £130
25th Percentile £181 £167 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £248 £250
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -0.80% -4.31%
75th Percentile £500 £495 £475
90th Percentile £588 £592 £625
UK median daily rate £275 £250 £250
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 459 435 465
10th Percentile £11.07 £9.80 £11.56
25th Percentile £13.09 £10.63 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.84 £13.58 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.28% -9.47% +7.14%
75th Percentile £17.76 £17.09 £20.00
90th Percentile £22.05 £22.00 £24.55
UK median hourly rate £14.84 £13.66 £15.00
% change year-on-year +8.64% -8.93% +7.14%

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 31,336 43,140 63,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.24% 90.03% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,550 30,257 45,511
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,528 1,750
10th Percentile £12.88 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +7.00%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +22 440 £275 -8.33% 543
North of England +14 322 £300 +20.00% 649
South East -1 216 £270 +25.58% 656
East of England +3 208 £325 +54.76% 335
North West +28 171 £325 +8.33% 350
Midlands +13 141 £310 +12.73% 444
Yorkshire +4 139 £300 +30.43% 223
West Midlands +27 82 £338 -10.00% 244
South West -27 82 £176 -14.15% 328
East Midlands -1 58 £200 -3.61% 200
North East +11 13 £345 +142.11% 85
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 93 (6.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.12%) 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 6 (0.42%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 6 (0.42%) Confluence
8 4 (0.28%) IBM Notes
8 4 (0.28%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.14%) Drupal
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.070%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.070%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.070%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.070%) Moodle
10 1 (0.070%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.070%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 244 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
2 152 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 92 (6.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.070%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 41 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.42%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.35%) Actimize
3 5 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.28%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.28%) Workfront
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.21%) SAP MRS
5 3 (0.21%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.21%) Shopify
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.14%) Primavera
6 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 295 (20.64%) Microsoft 365
2 136 (9.52%) Azure
3 71 (4.97%) Power Platform
4 62 (4.34%) Dynamics 365
5 42 (2.94%) AWS
6 35 (2.45%) Power Automate
7 30 (2.10%) Entra ID
8 26 (1.82%) OneDrive
9 20 (1.40%) SaaS
10 15 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.05%) PowerApps
11 13 (0.91%) Google Workspace
11 13 (0.91%) WhatsApp
12 10 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (0.63%) IaaS
14 8 (0.56%) GCP
15 7 (0.49%) Slack
16 6 (0.42%) PaaS
17 5 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 5 (0.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 92 (6.44%) VPN
2 63 (4.41%) Wi-Fi
3 59 (4.13%) LAN
4 51 (3.57%) Firewall
5 46 (3.22%) WAN
6 40 (2.80%) DNS
6 40 (2.80%) Wireless
7 37 (2.59%) TCP/IP
8 24 (1.68%) DHCP
9 23 (1.61%) Internet
10 18 (1.26%) SAN
11 17 (1.19%) Skype
12 15 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
13 12 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
13 12 (0.84%) Ethernet
13 12 (0.84%) Network Security
14 10 (0.70%) Unified Communications
15 9 (0.63%) OSPF
16 8 (0.56%) VoIP
16 8 (0.56%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.38%) Power BI
2 18 (1.26%) Big Data
3 13 (0.91%) Tableau
4 12 (0.84%) Data Lake
4 12 (0.84%) Hadoop
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%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.070%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 22 (1.54%) JIRA
2 9 (0.63%) Git
3 8 (0.56%) 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%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.070%) Selenium
6 1 (0.070%) TestRail
General
1 735 (51.43%) Social Skills
2 181 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
3 177 (12.39%) Finance
4 92 (6.44%) Public Sector
5 84 (5.88%) Retail
6 71 (4.97%) Marketing
7 69 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
8 62 (4.34%) Telecoms
9 38 (2.66%) Legal
10 29 (2.03%) Law
11 26 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (1.47%) Banking
12 21 (1.47%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.40%) Financial Institution
14 18 (1.26%) Local Government
15 15 (1.05%) German Language
15 15 (1.05%) Hungarian Language
16 14 (0.98%) Automotive
17 13 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
17 13 (0.91%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 346 (24.21%) Analyst
2 227 (15.89%) Service Analyst
3 209 (14.63%) Service Desk Analyst
4 151 (10.57%) Support Engineer
5 113 (7.91%) IT Support
6 92 (6.44%) IT Engineer
7 72 (5.04%) Desktop Support
8 68 (4.76%) Senior
9 61 (4.27%) Consultant
10 57 (3.99%) Desktop Engineer
11 56 (3.92%) Administrator
11 56 (3.92%) Support Analyst
12 53 (3.71%) Developer
13 48 (3.36%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 48 (3.36%) Service Desk Agent
14 46 (3.22%) 2nd Line Support
15 44 (3.08%) IT Support Engineer
16 41 (2.87%) 1st Line Support
17 40 (2.80%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
18 38 (2.66%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (2.24%) Web Services
2 17 (1.19%) CSS
3 12 (0.84%) HTML
3 12 (0.84%) Middleware
4 10 (0.70%) .NET
5 9 (0.63%) XMPP
6 8 (0.56%) React
7 7 (0.49%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.42%) Spring
9 5 (0.35%) LDAP
9 5 (0.35%) Node.js
9 5 (0.35%) REST
10 4 (0.28%) J2EE
10 4 (0.28%) jQuery
10 4 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (0.28%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 3 (0.21%) Spring MVC
11 3 (0.21%) VML
11 3 (0.21%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 64 (4.48%) Management Information System
2 52 (3.64%) Driving Licence
3 47 (3.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 33 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
6 21 (1.47%) Smartphone
7 19 (1.33%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.26%) Social Media
9 17 (1.19%) Algorithms
9 17 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (1.19%) iPad
10 16 (1.12%) CMDB
10 16 (1.12%) NHS
10 16 (1.12%) Product Ownership
11 15 (1.05%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.05%) Digital Signage
11 15 (1.05%) iPhone
12 13 (0.91%) BYOD
13 10 (0.70%) Blackberry
14 8 (0.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 492 (34.43%) Windows
2 251 (17.56%) Windows 10
3 93 (6.51%) Windows 7
4 88 (6.16%) Windows Server
5 49 (3.43%) Mac OS
6 42 (2.94%) Linux
7 40 (2.80%) Apple iOS
8 35 (2.45%) Android
9 32 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
10 30 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
11 29 (2.03%) Windows Server 2019
12 18 (1.26%) Windows NT
13 13 (0.91%) Windows Server 2008
14 12 (0.84%) Unix
15 11 (0.77%) Debian
15 11 (0.77%) Mac OS X
15 11 (0.77%) Ubuntu
16 9 (0.63%) Windows 8
17 4 (0.28%) VMS
18 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 462 (32.33%) Problem-Solving
2 316 (22.11%) ITIL
3 193 (13.51%) Service Delivery
4 157 (10.99%) Incident Management
5 105 (7.35%) Agile
5 105 (7.35%) Service Management
6 94 (6.58%) ITSM
7 87 (6.09%) Mathematics
8 86 (6.02%) CRM
9 83 (5.81%) Time Management
10 67 (4.69%) Asset Management
11 65 (4.55%) Project Management
12 61 (4.27%) Decision-Making
13 55 (3.85%) Business Intelligence
13 55 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 53 (3.71%) Stakeholder Management
15 51 (3.57%) Migration
16 48 (3.36%) Customer Experience
17 47 (3.29%) Computer Science
18 42 (2.94%) Break/Fix
Programming Languages
1 48 (3.36%) Python
2 41 (2.87%) SQL
3 27 (1.89%) PowerShell
4 20 (1.40%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.05%) C#
6 14 (0.98%) Java
7 10 (0.70%) Bash
7 10 (0.70%) R
7 10 (0.70%) TypeScript
8 7 (0.49%) C++
8 7 (0.49%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.28%) C
9 4 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
9 4 (0.28%) Perl
10 3 (0.21%) ABAP
10 3 (0.21%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.21%) PHP
11 2 (0.14%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 240 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 173 (12.11%) Degree
3 153 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 72 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 70 (4.90%) DV Cleared
6 61 (4.27%) A+ Certification
7 46 (3.22%) MCSA
8 43 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
9 41 (2.87%) MCP
10 38 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 32 (2.24%) CCNA
12 14 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 11 (0.77%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.49%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.49%) CCNP
16 6 (0.42%) CCIE
16 6 (0.42%) MCSE
16 6 (0.42%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (13.65%) SLA
2 36 (2.52%) QA
3 27 (1.89%) Disclosure Scotland
4 20 (1.40%) GDPR
5 19 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.77%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.42%) PMO
9 5 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.28%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.21%) GRC
11 3 (0.21%) WCAG
12 2 (0.14%) COBIT
12 2 (0.14%) P3O
13 1 (0.070%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.070%) NCSC
13 1 (0.070%) NIST
13 1 (0.070%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.070%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 313 (21.90%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (2.45%) Firmware
4 16 (1.12%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.70%) vSphere
6 9 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.28%) Docker
9 4 (0.28%) Samba
9 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.070%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.070%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 111 (7.77%) SCCM
2 55 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (1.82%) WSUS
4 18 (1.26%) Sysprep
5 14 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
6 12 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.56%) Kubernetes
8 6 (0.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.42%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.35%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.28%) Terraform
11 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.14%) Nessus
12 2 (0.14%) VxRail
13 1 (0.070%) Ansible
13 1 (0.070%) IBM BigFix
13 1 (0.070%) NetBackup
13 1 (0.070%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.070%) vMotion
Vendors
1 557 (38.98%) Microsoft
2 187 (13.09%) ServiceNow
3 76 (5.32%) Citrix
4 67 (4.69%) VMware
5 58 (4.06%) Cisco
6 47 (3.29%) Apple
7 45 (3.15%) HP
8 42 (2.94%) SAP
9 29 (2.03%) Google
10 24 (1.68%) Oracle
11 22 (1.54%) Salesforce
12 18 (1.26%) Dell
13 16 (1.12%) Adobe
13 16 (1.12%) Red Hat
14 9 (0.63%) Avaya
14 9 (0.63%) Veeam
15 8 (0.56%) Computacenter
15 8 (0.56%) Okta
16 7 (0.49%) Remedy
17 6 (0.42%) NEC