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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 46 48
Rank change year-on-year +15 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 445 347 405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.54% 5.91% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.77% 6.23% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 341 245 179
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,500 £21,950
25th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £30,000 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +3.45% -22.67%
75th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
90th Percentile £56,252 £48,750 £48,750
South East median annual salary £30,000 £34,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +3.03% -7.04%

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 5,726 5,569 6,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.12% 94.84% 92.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,880 3,033 3,852
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £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 23 May 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 23 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
Berkshire +13 194 £31,500 +12.50% 89
Buckinghamshire +5 131 £32,500 +4.84% 68
Oxfordshire +26 120 £31,500 - 71
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 23 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.67%) Confluence
4 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 87 (19.55%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 8 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.57%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.90%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 123 (27.64%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (13.71%) Azure
3 21 (4.72%) Entra ID
4 20 (4.49%) Power Platform
5 13 (2.92%) WhatsApp
6 12 (2.70%) OneDrive
7 10 (2.25%) AWS
8 9 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.02%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.02%) SaaS
9 8 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.67%) IaaS
11 3 (0.67%) Intacct
11 3 (0.67%) Taleo
12 2 (0.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (0.45%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.45%) Amazon SQS
12 2 (0.45%) GCP
12 2 (0.45%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.97%) DNS
2 18 (4.04%) TCP/IP
3 15 (3.37%) Firewall
3 15 (3.37%) Wireless
4 14 (3.15%) LAN
5 12 (2.70%) DHCP
5 12 (2.70%) WAN
6 8 (1.80%) VoIP
6 8 (1.80%) VPN
7 7 (1.57%) VLAN
8 6 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.12%) Internet
9 5 (1.12%) Wireless Security
10 4 (0.90%) 5G
10 4 (0.90%) Network Security
11 3 (0.67%) Broadband
11 3 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.67%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.45%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.37%) Power BI
2 9 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.80%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.67%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.67%) DTS
4 3 (0.67%) MySQL
4 3 (0.67%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.67%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.22%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.22%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (1.35%) JIRA
2 5 (1.12%) AdminStudio
2 5 (1.12%) InstallShield
2 5 (1.12%) MSI
3 3 (0.67%) PowerBuilder
4 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.45%) GitLab
General
1 196 (44.04%) Social Skills
2 67 (15.06%) Organisational Skills
3 54 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (9.66%) Finance
5 35 (7.87%) Legal
6 29 (6.52%) Marketing
7 26 (5.84%) Retail
8 25 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (4.04%) Manufacturing
10 17 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (3.15%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.92%) Back Office
12 13 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (2.70%) Games
14 9 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (2.02%) Military
15 5 (1.12%) Law
16 3 (0.67%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.67%) Banking
16 3 (0.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 99 (22.25%) IT Support
2 80 (17.98%) Analyst
3 55 (12.36%) IT Technician
4 48 (10.79%) Support Technician
5 44 (9.89%) IT Support Technician
6 41 (9.21%) Support Analyst
7 40 (8.99%) Support Engineer
8 37 (8.31%) IT Analyst
9 23 (5.17%) Consultant
10 22 (4.94%) Senior
11 21 (4.72%) IT Support Analyst
12 20 (4.49%) Service Analyst
13 19 (4.27%) IT Engineer
13 19 (4.27%) Technical Support
14 17 (3.82%) Hardware Engineer
14 17 (3.82%) Technical Engineer
15 16 (3.60%) 1st Line Support
15 16 (3.60%) 2nd Line Support
15 16 (3.60%) Support Specialist
16 15 (3.37%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.15%) .NET
2 10 (2.25%) XML
3 8 (1.80%) CSS
3 8 (1.80%) HTML
3 8 (1.80%) HTML5 Canvas
4 7 (1.57%) JSON
5 4 (0.90%) YAML
6 3 (0.67%) Kafka
6 3 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.67%) Web Services
7 2 (0.45%) RESTful
7 2 (0.45%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.22%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.87%) Driving Licence
2 28 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.15%) Smartphone
5 9 (2.02%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.02%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.80%) CCTV
6 8 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.57%) Biopharmaceutical
7 7 (1.57%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.57%) IoT
8 5 (1.12%) Shadow IT
9 4 (0.90%) Life Science
9 4 (0.90%) Social Media
9 4 (0.90%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.67%) FMCG
11 2 (0.45%) Clustering
11 2 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.45%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.45%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 113 (25.39%) Windows
2 66 (14.83%) Windows 10
3 47 (10.56%) Windows Server
4 26 (5.84%) Windows 7
5 17 (3.82%) Android
6 13 (2.92%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (2.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (2.47%) Apple iOS
7 11 (2.47%) Windows NT
8 9 (2.02%) Linux
9 7 (1.57%) Mac OS X
10 5 (1.12%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.45%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (39.33%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (20.90%) ITIL
3 53 (11.91%) Service Delivery
4 41 (9.21%) Service Management
5 33 (7.42%) Project Management
6 32 (7.19%) Asset Management
7 30 (6.74%) Customer Experience
8 27 (6.07%) ITSM
9 25 (5.62%) Agile
10 24 (5.39%) CRM
11 21 (4.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (4.72%) Process Improvement
12 19 (4.27%) Creative Thinking
12 19 (4.27%) Decision-Making
13 18 (4.04%) ERP
14 17 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 17 (3.82%) Logistics
15 16 (3.60%) B2B
16 15 (3.37%) Data Analysis
16 15 (3.37%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 40 (8.99%) SQL
2 19 (4.27%) C#
3 18 (4.04%) JavaScript
4 11 (2.47%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.12%) VB
6 3 (0.67%) Java
6 3 (0.67%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.67%) Python
6 3 (0.67%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 92 (20.67%) Security Cleared
2 85 (19.10%) DV Cleared
3 61 (13.71%) Degree
4 45 (10.11%) SC Cleared
5 29 (6.52%) NVQ Level 3
6 28 (6.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (5.84%) A+ Certification
7 26 (5.84%) MCP
8 22 (4.94%) DBS Check
9 14 (3.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 11 (2.47%) Azure Certification
11 9 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.12%) CCNA
14 4 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (0.90%) HNC
15 3 (0.67%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.67%) MCITP
15 3 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 2 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (12.58%) SLA
2 22 (4.94%) GDPR
3 10 (2.25%) QA
4 7 (1.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.12%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.45%) PMO
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 84 (18.88%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.94%) Firmware
3 13 (2.92%) Hyper-V
3 13 (2.92%) KVM
4 7 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (0.67%) Docker
7 2 (0.45%) GPFS
7 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 43 (9.66%) SCCM
2 20 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (4.27%) WSUS
4 11 (2.47%) Sysprep
5 5 (1.12%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.67%) Ansible
6 3 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 226 (50.79%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.60%) Cisco
3 14 (3.15%) HP
4 12 (2.70%) Citrix
4 12 (2.70%) Google
5 10 (2.25%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.25%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.02%) VMware
7 8 (1.80%) WatchGuard
8 6 (1.35%) Oracle
9 5 (1.12%) Autodesk
9 5 (1.12%) Datto
9 5 (1.12%) Draytek
9 5 (1.12%) Sage
9 5 (1.12%) Sophos
10 3 (0.67%) Virgin Media
11 2 (0.45%) Acronis
11 2 (0.45%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.45%) RedGate
11 2 (0.45%) WorldPay