Customer Service Contracts in Birmingham

Customer Service
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Customer Service skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Customer Service over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 37 33
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 35 40 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.57% 4.50% 5.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.67% 5.19% 5.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 41
10th Percentile £188 - £130
25th Percentile £200 £213 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £363 £250
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +45.00% +100.00%
75th Percentile £491 £453 £300
90th Percentile £673 £538 £550
West Midlands median daily rate £313 £400 £246
% change year-on-year -21.88% +62.44% +64.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 12
10th Percentile £13.22 £11.00 £14.03
25th Percentile £13.44 £12.00 £15.39
Median hourly rate £14.13 £12.50 £17.60
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -28.98% +5.07%
75th Percentile £23.83 £13.70 £18.00
90th Percentile £26.98 £14.44 £19.35
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.50 £13.00 £15.74
% change year-on-year +11.54% -17.41% +18.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Customer Service falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 617 770 1,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 80.55% 86.61% 91.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 511 853
10th Percentile £235 £263 £250
25th Percentile £373 £399 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £706 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £495
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.00% +16.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 33 18
10th Percentile £13.33 £12.10 £12.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £12.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £27.25 £20.71 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +31.61% +20.03% +9.52%
75th Percentile £47.94 £28.75 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £52.25 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year - +30.43% +15.00%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Birmingham

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (17.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.86%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (17.14%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) Entra ID
2 6 (17.14%) OneDrive
2 6 (17.14%) Power Automate
2 6 (17.14%) Power Platform
2 6 (17.14%) PowerApps
3 3 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.71%) OCI
5 1 (2.86%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.14%) Unified Communications
2 4 (11.43%) DNS
2 4 (11.43%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.71%) ADSL
3 2 (5.71%) DHCP
3 2 (5.71%) Ethernet
3 2 (5.71%) Firewall
3 2 (5.71%) Internet
3 2 (5.71%) MPLS
3 2 (5.71%) PSTN
3 2 (5.71%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (5.71%) VPN
3 2 (5.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) Power BI
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
General
1 26 (74.29%) Social Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Finance
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.71%) German Language
4 2 (5.71%) Local Government
4 2 (5.71%) Marketing
4 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.86%) Back Office
5 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (31.43%) Analyst
2 9 (25.71%) Service Analyst
2 9 (25.71%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 6 (17.14%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (17.14%) IT Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Service Desk Support
5 4 (11.43%) Service Desk Support Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Business Manager
6 3 (8.57%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Digital Signage
1 6 (17.14%) PKI
2 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.71%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (5.71%) IoT
3 2 (5.71%) iPad
3 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.86%) EPoS
4 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (37.14%) Windows
2 8 (22.86%) Windows Server
2 8 (22.86%) Windows Server 2016
2 8 (22.86%) Windows Server 2019
3 7 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) ITIL
2 8 (22.86%) Service Delivery
3 7 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (17.14%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 6 (17.14%) Ticket Management
5 5 (14.29%) Agile
5 5 (14.29%) Change Management
6 4 (11.43%) Business Transformation
6 4 (11.43%) CRM
6 4 (11.43%) Project Management
6 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (8.57%) Analytical Thinking
7 3 (8.57%) ERP
7 3 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (5.71%) Business Case
8 2 (5.71%) Process Management
8 2 (5.71%) Project Delivery
8 2 (5.71%) Service Delivery Management
8 2 (5.71%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.86%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) BC Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Dell Certification
3 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) SLA
2 2 (5.71%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) ISO 22301
3 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (31.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) Terminal Services
2 2 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (17.14%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (5.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (51.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.86%) Oracle
3 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.71%) BT
4 2 (5.71%) Cisco
4 2 (5.71%) Openreach
4 2 (5.71%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.71%) SAP
4 2 (5.71%) VMware
5 1 (2.86%) Dell
5 1 (2.86%) Fujitsu
5 1 (2.86%) HP
5 1 (2.86%) Sun