Customer Service Contracts in London

Customer Service
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 96 118 179
Rank change year-on-year +22 +61 +46
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 440 560 646
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.53% 2.18% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 2.40% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 368 445
10th Percentile £150 £141 £150
25th Percentile £195 £188 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £300 £320
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -6.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £500 £520 £575
90th Percentile £621 £625 £688
England median daily rate £275 £248 £250
% change year-on-year +10.89% -0.80% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 38 45
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £16.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £18.93 £20.00
Median hourly rate £20.02 £29.13 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.26% +21.35% +20.00%
75th Percentile £32.75 £39.34 £32.60
90th Percentile £41.25 £63.75 £51.29
England median hourly rate £14.84 £13.58 £15.00
% change year-on-year +9.28% -9.47% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,413 23,355 35,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.53% 90.86% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,060 16,858 26,059
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 269 417
10th Percentile £15.72 £18.40 £17.20
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.83 £39.00 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% +7.11% +13.78%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.25 £50.61
90th Percentile £66.88 £82.60 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +8.70%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in London

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +1 62 £255 +13.33% 71
West London +22 20 £250 -27.27% 64
South London +20 17 £200 -15.79% 31
East London -14 6 £163 -9.72% 48
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 43 (9.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.86%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.50%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.82%) Exchange Server 2013
5 7 (1.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 7 (1.59%) CMS
5 7 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (1.36%) Confluence
7 5 (1.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (0.68%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.23%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.23%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.23%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 78 (17.73%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.05%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (6.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.91%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.91%) Workfront
3 3 (0.68%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.68%) SAP MRS
3 3 (0.68%) SAP PS
3 3 (0.68%) Shopify
4 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.45%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.23%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.23%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 99 (22.50%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (16.36%) Azure
3 41 (9.32%) Dynamics 365
4 39 (8.86%) Power Platform
5 21 (4.77%) Power Automate
6 16 (3.64%) AWS
7 14 (3.18%) SaaS
8 13 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.50%) Google Workspace
10 9 (2.05%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.82%) WhatsApp
12 7 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.59%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.59%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.59%) Slack
13 6 (1.36%) GCP
14 5 (1.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 5 (1.14%) GitHub
15 4 (0.91%) Zapier
16 3 (0.68%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.45%) VPN
2 23 (5.23%) WAN
3 21 (4.77%) DNS
4 19 (4.32%) Firewall
5 18 (4.09%) Wireless
6 17 (3.86%) LAN
7 12 (2.73%) Skype
8 11 (2.50%) Internet
9 10 (2.27%) TCP/IP
10 9 (2.05%) Cisco IOS
11 8 (1.82%) DHCP
11 8 (1.82%) Network Security
12 6 (1.36%) FTP
12 6 (1.36%) VoIP
13 5 (1.14%) HTTP
13 5 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (0.91%) DWDM
14 4 (0.91%) Unified Communications
14 4 (0.91%) WebEx
14 4 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.86%) Power BI
2 13 (2.95%) Big Data
3 12 (2.73%) Data Lake
4 10 (2.27%) Tableau
5 9 (2.05%) Hadoop
6 4 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.68%) MySQL
7 3 (0.68%) OLAP
7 3 (0.68%) OLTP
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.23%) QlikView
9 1 (0.23%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 16 (3.64%) JIRA
2 3 (0.68%) Git
2 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.68%) Maven
3 2 (0.45%) Android Studio
3 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 208 (47.27%) Social Skills
2 94 (21.36%) Finance
3 75 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.14%) Marketing
5 23 (5.23%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.77%) Legal
7 19 (4.32%) Retail
8 16 (3.64%) Banking
9 15 (3.41%) Telecoms
10 14 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.73%) Financial Institution
12 12 (2.73%) Law
13 8 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.82%) Mandarin Language
14 7 (1.59%) Advertising
14 7 (1.59%) Local Government
15 6 (1.36%) Investment Banking
16 5 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (16.82%) Analyst
2 60 (13.64%) Support Engineer
3 42 (9.55%) Desktop Support
4 37 (8.41%) Senior
5 36 (8.18%) IT Engineer
6 34 (7.73%) Service Analyst
7 32 (7.27%) Service Desk Analyst
8 31 (7.05%) Consultant
9 26 (5.91%) IT Support
10 23 (5.23%) Desktop Engineer
11 22 (5.00%) Architect
11 22 (5.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 16 (3.64%) 2nd Line Support
12 16 (3.64%) Developer
13 14 (3.18%) Administrator
14 13 (2.95%) Field Engineer
14 13 (2.95%) Network Engineer
14 13 (2.95%) Service Manager
14 13 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.73%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.50%) CSS
2 9 (2.05%) .NET
3 8 (1.82%) HTML
4 7 (1.59%) AngularJS
4 7 (1.59%) Web Services
4 7 (1.59%) XMPP
5 6 (1.36%) Middleware
6 4 (0.91%) J2EE
6 4 (0.91%) React
6 4 (0.91%) REST
6 4 (0.91%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 3 (0.68%) Entity Framework
7 3 (0.68%) LDAP
7 3 (0.68%) NgRx
7 3 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.68%) RxJS
7 3 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.68%) Sass
7 3 (0.68%) Spring
7 3 (0.68%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (4.77%) Video Conferencing
3 19 (4.32%) Management Information System
4 17 (3.86%) Smartphone
5 14 (3.18%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.18%) Social Media
6 12 (2.73%) Algorithms
6 12 (2.73%) CMDB
6 12 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.05%) iPad
9 8 (1.82%) Blackberry
10 7 (1.59%) BYOD
10 7 (1.59%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.59%) Hedge funds
10 7 (1.59%) iPhone
11 5 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (1.14%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 155 (35.23%) Windows
2 74 (16.82%) Windows 10
3 36 (8.18%) Windows 7
4 31 (7.05%) Windows Server
5 27 (6.14%) Android
5 27 (6.14%) Mac OS
6 13 (2.95%) Apple iOS
7 12 (2.73%) Linux
8 9 (2.05%) Mac OS X
9 8 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.36%) Unix
11 5 (1.14%) Windows 8
12 4 (0.91%) VMS
13 1 (0.23%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (26.82%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (20.45%) ITIL
3 44 (10.00%) ITSM
4 41 (9.32%) CRM
5 39 (8.86%) Service Delivery
6 38 (8.64%) Agile
7 31 (7.05%) Incident Management
7 31 (7.05%) Project Management
8 29 (6.59%) DevOps
9 26 (5.91%) Asset Management
10 25 (5.68%) Migration
11 24 (5.45%) Computer Science
12 23 (5.23%) Data Analysis
12 23 (5.23%) Service Management
13 22 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
14 21 (4.77%) Customer Experience
14 21 (4.77%) Mentoring
15 20 (4.55%) Prototyping
16 19 (4.32%) Break/Fix
17 18 (4.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.00%) Python
2 18 (4.09%) SQL
3 16 (3.64%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.27%) C#
5 9 (2.05%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.05%) R
6 8 (1.82%) Java
7 6 (1.36%) Bash
7 6 (1.36%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.91%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (0.68%) ABAP
9 3 (0.68%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.45%) C++
10 2 (0.45%) PHP
11 1 (0.23%) C
11 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (15.68%) Degree
2 46 (10.45%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.45%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.09%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.73%) CCNA
7 9 (2.05%) A+ Certification
8 7 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.36%) MCP
10 5 (1.14%) CCIE
11 4 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.68%) CCNP
13 2 (0.45%) CSPO
13 2 (0.45%) MCITP
13 2 (0.45%) MCSA
13 2 (0.45%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.45%) PMP
13 2 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (11.36%) SLA
2 11 (2.50%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.50%) GDPR
3 9 (2.05%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.36%) QA
5 5 (1.14%) PMO
6 3 (0.68%) GRC
6 3 (0.68%) WCAG
7 2 (0.45%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.45%) P3O
8 1 (0.23%) COBIT
8 1 (0.23%) NCSC
8 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 102 (23.18%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.91%) vSphere
6 3 (0.68%) Docker
6 3 (0.68%) Samba
7 2 (0.45%) Firmware
7 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (4.09%) SCCM
2 12 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.91%) AirWatch
5 4 (0.91%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.91%) Terraform
6 3 (0.68%) WSUS
7 2 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.23%) Ansible
8 1 (0.23%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 167 (37.95%) Microsoft
2 56 (12.73%) ServiceNow
3 34 (7.73%) Cisco
4 26 (5.91%) Apple
5 20 (4.55%) Google
5 20 (4.55%) VMware
6 18 (4.09%) Citrix
6 18 (4.09%) SAP
7 14 (3.18%) Adobe
8 11 (2.50%) Salesforce
9 10 (2.27%) Dell
10 7 (1.59%) Okta
11 6 (1.36%) Avaya
11 6 (1.36%) Oracle
11 6 (1.36%) TOWER Software
11 6 (1.36%) Veeam
12 5 (1.14%) Arista
12 5 (1.14%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.14%) HP
12 5 (1.14%) Juniper