Customer-Centric
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Customer-Centricity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Customer-Centricity over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 262 284
Rank change year-on-year -114 +22 +134
Permanent jobs citing Customer-Centricity 699 1,424 2,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 1.41% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 1.48% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 476 622 653
10th Percentile £26,625 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £50,469 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +7.69% +23.81%
75th Percentile £69,063 £72,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,375 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -39.29% +16.67% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Customer-Centricity 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 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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% +10.53%

Customer-Centricity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer-Centricity over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer-Centricity in the UK

Customer-Centricity
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer-Centricity within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 -106 612 £46,958 -32.92% 261
UK excluding London -113 482 £42,500 -39.29% 176
Work from Home -95 261 £48,500 -31.30% 117
London -47 184 £72,500 +3.57% 103
South East -66 135 £42,500 -39.29% 45
North of England -111 91 £37,500 -46.43% 49
Midlands -15 83 £45,000 -35.71% 27
South West -41 80 £46,958 -32.92% 21
North West -19 54 £35,000 -50.00% 25
West Midlands -5 47 £65,000 -7.14% 15
Scotland -48 38 £46,750 -33.78% 12
East of England -40 37 £32,875 -53.43% 15
East Midlands -10 36 £31,000 -55.71% 12
Yorkshire -49 34 £48,750 -30.36% 14
Wales +13 15 £35,000 -50.00% 9
Northern Ireland +26 3 £32,500 - 4
North East -21 3 £37,500 -46.43% 10

Customer-Centricity
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 24 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.29%) Confluence
4 6 (0.86%) CMS
5 5 (0.72%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.57%) Moodle
6 4 (0.57%) SAS
6 4 (0.57%) WordPress
7 3 (0.43%) Apache
7 3 (0.43%) IIS
8 2 (0.29%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 42 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.57%) Adobe Captivate
6 3 (0.43%) InVision
7 2 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.29%) Sketch
8 1 (0.14%) 1Password
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.14%) Blender
8 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.14%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 15 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (0.86%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 5 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.14%) Data Workbench
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 153 (21.89%) Azure
2 105 (15.02%) AWS
3 89 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (10.01%) Power Platform
5 46 (6.58%) SaaS
6 28 (4.01%) GCP
7 26 (3.72%) Power Automate
8 22 (3.15%) PowerApps
9 21 (3.00%) Entra ID
10 16 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (1.57%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.14%) OCI
13 8 (1.14%) Serverless
14 7 (1.00%) Snowflake
15 6 (0.86%) Amazon EMR
15 6 (0.86%) Amazon S3
15 6 (0.86%) Matillion
15 6 (0.86%) PaaS
16 5 (0.72%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.01%) Firewall
2 25 (3.58%) LAN
3 15 (2.15%) DNS
4 10 (1.43%) DHCP
5 9 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
5 9 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.14%) WAN
6 8 (1.14%) Wireless
7 7 (1.00%) Network Security
7 7 (1.00%) VoIP
7 7 (1.00%) VPN
8 4 (0.57%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (0.57%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (0.57%) HTTP
8 4 (0.57%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.43%) Internet
9 3 (0.43%) PBX
10 2 (0.29%) Intranet
11 1 (0.14%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (9.59%) Power BI
2 21 (3.00%) SQL Server
2 21 (3.00%) Tableau
3 18 (2.58%) MySQL
4 12 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
5 11 (1.57%) Amazon QuickSight
5 11 (1.57%) Metadata
6 8 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.14%) Big Data
7 7 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.00%) SAP BW
8 6 (0.86%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.86%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.72%) Apache Hive
9 5 (0.72%) Hadoop
9 5 (0.72%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.57%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.57%) QlikView
10 4 (0.57%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 23 (3.29%) JIRA
2 11 (1.57%) Git
3 4 (0.57%) Postman
3 4 (0.57%) webpack
4 2 (0.29%) JMeter
5 1 (0.14%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 351 (50.21%) Social Skills
2 172 (24.61%) Analytical Skills
3 168 (24.03%) Finance
4 82 (11.73%) Marketing
5 68 (9.73%) Retail
6 58 (8.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 53 (7.58%) Legal
8 42 (6.01%) Presentation Skills
9 41 (5.87%) Telecoms
10 40 (5.72%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (5.72%) Public Sector
11 33 (4.72%) Manufacturing
12 30 (4.29%) Law
13 24 (3.43%) Fire and Rescue
14 23 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
15 18 (2.58%) Banking
15 18 (2.58%) Brand Awareness
16 12 (1.72%) Automotive
17 11 (1.57%) Back Office
17 11 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 91 (13.02%) Senior
2 81 (11.59%) Analyst
3 66 (9.44%) Architect
4 59 (8.44%) Developer
5 57 (8.15%) Lead
6 46 (6.58%) Support Engineer
7 40 (5.72%) IT Support
8 35 (5.01%) Product Manager
9 34 (4.86%) Project Manager
10 28 (4.01%) Senior Architect
11 25 (3.58%) Software Engineer
12 24 (3.43%) Consultant
12 24 (3.43%) Security Architect
13 22 (3.15%) Applications Developer
13 22 (3.15%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 22 (3.15%) Product Owner
14 21 (3.00%) Designer
14 21 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (3.00%) Team Leader
15 19 (2.72%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (7.15%) .NET
2 30 (4.29%) AngularJS
3 29 (4.15%) React
4 27 (3.86%) CSS
5 24 (3.43%) HTML
6 22 (3.15%) RESTful
6 22 (3.15%) Web Services
7 13 (1.86%) HTML5
7 13 (1.86%) jQuery
8 11 (1.57%) Vue
9 10 (1.43%) Node.js
10 8 (1.14%) Laravel
10 8 (1.14%) Symfony
11 7 (1.00%) CSS3
12 6 (0.86%) .NET Framework
12 6 (0.86%) Blazor
12 6 (0.86%) Sass
13 5 (0.72%) Doctrine
13 5 (0.72%) LAMP
14 4 (0.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.44%) Product Ownership
2 62 (8.87%) Onboarding
3 47 (6.72%) Management Information System
4 45 (6.44%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (3.86%) Data Centre
6 21 (3.00%) Data Structures
6 21 (3.00%) Driving Licence
7 19 (2.72%) Algorithms
8 17 (2.43%) Cyberattack
9 16 (2.29%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.72%) iPhone
11 10 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.29%) PMI
13 7 (1.00%) Learning Management System
14 6 (0.86%) Reinsurance
15 5 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
15 5 (0.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 5 (0.72%) Fat Client
15 5 (0.72%) Hedge funds
15 5 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 71 (10.16%) Windows
2 26 (3.72%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.43%) Windows 10
4 14 (2.00%) Linux
5 11 (1.57%) Android
5 11 (1.57%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.72%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.72%) Unix
8 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
2 203 (29.04%) Agile
3 166 (23.75%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 142 (20.31%) Customer Experience
5 125 (17.88%) Customer Service
6 115 (16.45%) Roadmaps
7 112 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 111 (15.88%) Project Management
9 84 (12.02%) Analytics
10 77 (11.02%) CRM
10 77 (11.02%) ITIL
11 76 (10.87%) Business Development
11 76 (10.87%) User Experience
12 73 (10.44%) Scrum
13 63 (9.01%) Coaching
14 62 (8.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 61 (8.73%) Collaborative Working
16 60 (8.58%) Business Intelligence
16 60 (8.58%) Decision-Making
17 57 (8.15%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 92 (13.16%) SQL
2 42 (6.01%) JavaScript
3 38 (5.44%) Python
4 36 (5.15%) C#
5 31 (4.43%) Java
6 14 (2.00%) C
7 13 (1.86%) R
8 12 (1.72%) PHP
9 11 (1.57%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.00%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.00%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.86%) Go
11 6 (0.86%) VBA
12 5 (0.72%) Scala
12 5 (0.72%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.57%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.57%) Swift
14 3 (0.43%) Bash
14 3 (0.43%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 144 (20.60%) Degree
2 41 (5.87%) Azure Certification
3 29 (4.15%) CISSP
4 26 (3.72%) Master's Degree
4 26 (3.72%) Security Cleared
5 24 (3.43%) AWS Certification
5 24 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (3.29%) SC Cleared
7 19 (2.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 18 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (2.43%) CISM
10 15 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (2.00%) MBA
12 12 (1.72%) A+ Certification
12 12 (1.72%) OSCP
13 11 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (1.29%) PMI Certification
15 8 (1.14%) CSPO
16 7 (1.00%) DBS Check
16 7 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.15%) SLA
2 23 (3.29%) GDPR
3 21 (3.00%) QA
4 12 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.00%) HIPAA
6 7 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (1.00%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.86%) GAAP
7 6 (0.86%) IFRS
7 6 (0.86%) PMO
8 5 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.72%) IASME
9 4 (0.57%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.43%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.43%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.43%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.29%) COBIT
11 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 63 (9.01%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.57%) Docker
4 10 (1.43%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (1.43%) Kubernetes
1 10 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.00%) SCCM
3 2 (0.29%) CASB
4 1 (0.14%) Ansible
4 1 (0.14%) Autotask
4 1 (0.14%) Nessus
4 1 (0.14%) Puppet
4 1 (0.14%) Terraform
4 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 200 (28.61%) Microsoft
2 25 (3.58%) Oracle
2 25 (3.58%) VMware
3 23 (3.29%) SAP
4 17 (2.43%) Cisco
5 16 (2.29%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.43%) Databricks
7 7 (1.00%) Adobe
7 7 (1.00%) CyberArk
7 7 (1.00%) Veeam
8 6 (0.86%) Apple
8 6 (0.86%) Citrix
8 6 (0.86%) PeopleSoft
8 6 (0.86%) Red Hat
8 6 (0.86%) Sophos
9 5 (0.72%) Fortinet
9 5 (0.72%) Genesys
9 5 (0.72%) Google
9 5 (0.72%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.72%) YouTube