Customer Service Contracts in the South East

Customer Service
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 43 34
Rank change year-on-year +1 -9 +29
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 225 269 421
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.12% 4.77% 5.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.89% 5.36% 6.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 179 258
10th Percentile £148 £136 £138
25th Percentile £205 £170 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £253 £215 £260
Median % change year-on-year +17.49% -17.31% -25.71%
75th Percentile £550 £438 £450
90th Percentile £575 £582 £591
England median daily rate £275 £248 £250
% change year-on-year +10.89% -0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 22 81
10th Percentile £11.50 £13.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £13.25 £15.62 £12.25
Median hourly rate £15.48 £18.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.32% +23.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £18.00 £21.13 £17.54
90th Percentile £22.25 £22.16 £23.75
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
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,603 5,023 6,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.23% 89.08% 89.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,675 3,482 4,732
10th Percentile £250 £248 £231
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £598
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 440 218 278
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the South East

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Thames Valley +27 126 £232 -44.16% 211
Berkshire +23 84 £224 -50.33% 90
Hampshire -34 40 £313 +53.19% 112
Surrey +1 28 £253 +46.43% 74
Buckinghamshire +14 27 £370 -10.94% 71
Oxfordshire +15 15 £145 -72.12% 50
Kent +14 15 £165 +40.43% 61
West Sussex -1 11 £525 +68.00% 15
Middlesex - 3 £275 - 3
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 57 (25.33%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.89%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.44%) Cerner Millennium
4 1 (0.44%) Primavera
4 1 (0.44%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 46 (20.44%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (7.11%) Azure
3 9 (4.00%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.11%) AWS
5 6 (2.67%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.22%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.89%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.89%) IaaS
8 1 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.44%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.44%) SaaS
8 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.44%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.11%) LAN
2 14 (6.22%) TCP/IP
3 10 (4.44%) WAN
3 10 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (3.56%) Wireless
5 7 (3.11%) VPN
6 6 (2.67%) DHCP
6 6 (2.67%) Firewall
6 6 (2.67%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (2.67%) SAN
7 4 (1.78%) VLAN
8 3 (1.33%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.89%) DNS
9 2 (0.89%) Internet
10 1 (0.44%) 4G
10 1 (0.44%) Broadband
10 1 (0.44%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.44%) Skype
10 1 (0.44%) Telepresence
10 1 (0.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.11%) Power BI
2 5 (2.22%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.89%) Big Data
3 2 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.44%) Metadata
4 1 (0.44%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.44%) Power Query
4 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.44%) Spatial Data
4 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.44%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 4 (1.78%) Git
1 4 (1.78%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.89%) JIRA
General
1 121 (53.78%) Social Skills
2 39 (17.33%) Organisational Skills
3 33 (14.67%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (8.89%) Finance
5 10 (4.44%) Retail
6 7 (3.11%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.67%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.22%) Automotive
8 5 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.22%) Legal
9 4 (1.78%) Marketing
10 3 (1.33%) French Language
10 3 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.33%) Local Government
10 3 (1.33%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.33%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.89%) Environmental Health
11 2 (0.89%) Police
11 2 (0.89%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 40 (17.78%) Support Engineer
2 39 (17.33%) Analyst
3 31 (13.78%) IT Support
4 23 (10.22%) Windows Engineer
5 19 (8.44%) Build Engineer
5 19 (8.44%) Desktop Engineer
5 19 (8.44%) Windows Build Engineer
6 18 (8.00%) Desktop Support
6 18 (8.00%) IT Engineer
7 16 (7.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 15 (6.67%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
8 15 (6.67%) Hardware Engineer
9 14 (6.22%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (5.78%) Service Analyst
10 13 (5.78%) Service Desk Analyst
11 9 (4.00%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.56%) 1st Line Support
12 8 (3.56%) Help Desk Support
12 8 (3.56%) IT Analyst
13 7 (3.11%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.89%) CSS
1 2 (0.89%) Web Services
2 1 (0.44%) .NET
2 1 (0.44%) HTML
2 1 (0.44%) jQuery
2 1 (0.44%) PySpark
2 1 (0.44%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.44%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.22%) Driving Licence
2 12 (5.33%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.11%) Digital Signage
4 6 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.78%) CCTV
7 3 (1.33%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.89%) NHS
8 2 (0.89%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.44%) CMDB
9 1 (0.44%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) IoT
9 1 (0.44%) iPhone
9 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 124 (55.11%) Windows
2 75 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 47 (20.89%) Windows 7
4 31 (13.78%) Windows Server
5 20 (8.89%) Windows Server 2012
5 20 (8.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (8.44%) Windows NT
6 19 (8.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (6.22%) Linux
8 13 (5.78%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.67%) Debian
9 6 (2.67%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.78%) Android
10 4 (1.78%) Unix
11 3 (1.33%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (1.33%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.89%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.44%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (34.22%) ITIL
2 73 (32.44%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (12.00%) Service Management
4 23 (10.22%) Service Delivery
5 20 (8.89%) CRM
6 19 (8.44%) Agile
6 19 (8.44%) Deployment Automation
6 19 (8.44%) Release Management
6 19 (8.44%) User Acceptance Testing
7 18 (8.00%) Customer Requirements
8 17 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (7.56%) Software Testing
9 15 (6.67%) Hardware Maintenance
9 15 (6.67%) Software Deployment
10 11 (4.89%) Software Engineering
11 10 (4.44%) Data Modelling
11 10 (4.44%) Roadmaps
12 9 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (4.00%) Data Engineering
12 9 (4.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.67%) SQL
2 14 (6.22%) Python
3 7 (3.11%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.22%) C#
4 5 (2.22%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.78%) Bash
5 4 (1.78%) Perl
6 2 (0.89%) C++
6 2 (0.89%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.44%) Java
7 1 (0.44%) PHP
7 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 63 (28.00%) DV Cleared
3 51 (22.67%) Degree
4 16 (7.11%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.11%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.78%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.78%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.33%) NVQ Level 4
9 3 (1.33%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.44%) CEH
11 1 (0.44%) CISSP
11 1 (0.44%) HNC
11 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.44%) MCDST
11 1 (0.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.00%) SLA
2 22 (9.78%) QA
3 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.44%) GDPR
3 1 (0.44%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (32.89%) Active Directory
2 34 (15.11%) Firmware
3 5 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.22%) vSphere
4 2 (0.89%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 63 (28.00%) SCCM
2 24 (10.67%) WSUS
3 19 (8.44%) Sysprep
4 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.89%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.89%) Nessus
5 2 (0.89%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.44%) IBM BigFix
6 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.44%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 115 (51.11%) Microsoft
2 40 (17.78%) HP
3 16 (7.11%) ServiceNow
4 14 (6.22%) VMware
5 9 (4.00%) Apple
6 6 (2.67%) Cisco
6 6 (2.67%) Oracle
6 6 (2.67%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.22%) Remedy
8 4 (1.78%) Workday
9 3 (1.33%) SAP
10 2 (0.89%) Adobe
10 2 (0.89%) Ariba
10 2 (0.89%) Avaya
10 2 (0.89%) BMC
10 2 (0.89%) Cerner
10 2 (0.89%) Dell
10 2 (0.89%) JDA
10 2 (0.89%) McAfee
10 2 (0.89%) Salesforce