Customer Service Contracts in Manchester

Customer Service
North West > Manchester

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 40 70
Rank change year-on-year +15 +30 -20
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 81 79 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 5.61% 4.42% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.50% 4.88% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 40 50
10th Percentile £171 £132 £112
25th Percentile £313 £154 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £178
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +111.27% -22.83%
75th Percentile £547 £558 £284
90th Percentile £594 £651 £566
North West median daily rate £325 £350 £213
% change year-on-year -7.14% +64.71% +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 9
10th Percentile £11.79 £13.87 £14.47
25th Percentile £12.13 £15.79 £15.25
Median hourly rate £13.00 £16.74 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% -4.37% +9.38%
75th Percentile £24.17 £16.85 £28.75
90th Percentile £27.00 £17.28 £30.00
North West median hourly rate £11.25 £16.85 £17.50
% change year-on-year -33.23% -3.71% +27.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,247 1,618 2,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 86.36% 90.49% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 1,188 1,827
10th Percentile £325 £318 £264
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £588
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 55 52
10th Percentile £12.46 £15.73 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.28 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% +17.43%
75th Percentile £61.25 £39.80 £56.25
90th Percentile £73.30 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £23.22
% change year-on-year -23.83% +50.72% +29.34%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Service in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in Manchester

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Oldham - 6 £338 - 4
Rochdale - 2 - - 8
Bolton -2 1 - - 14
Stockport -2 1 - - 10
Sale - 1 £145 - 2
Customer Service
North West

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (2.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.81%) AWS
2 10 (12.35%) Azure
3 3 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.23%) Azure AKS
4 1 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.23%) IaaS
4 1 (1.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.64%) Ethernet
1 7 (8.64%) LAN
1 7 (8.64%) OSPF
1 7 (8.64%) VPN
1 7 (8.64%) WAN
1 7 (8.64%) Wireless
1 7 (8.64%) Wireless Security
2 1 (1.23%) DNS
2 1 (1.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
General
1 41 (50.62%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 4 (4.94%) Law
4 2 (2.47%) Legal
5 1 (1.23%) Advertising
5 1 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (33.33%) Service Desk Agent
2 18 (22.22%) Analyst
3 10 (12.35%) Service Analyst
4 9 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 9 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
5 7 (8.64%) Network Engineer
6 5 (6.17%) Senior
7 4 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.94%) Support Officer
8 3 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.70%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (3.70%) Software Engineer
9 2 (2.47%) Architect
9 2 (2.47%) Developer
9 2 (2.47%) Lead
9 2 (2.47%) Senior Business Analyst
9 2 (2.47%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.47%) Technical Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.70%) AWS CDK
1 3 (3.70%) Node.js
1 3 (3.70%) React
1 3 (3.70%) Spring
1 3 (3.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.23%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.35%) Windows
2 7 (8.64%) Linux
3 1 (1.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (43.21%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (8.64%) Agile
2 7 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (8.64%) Workshop Facilitation
3 6 (7.41%) Requirements Workshops
4 5 (6.17%) ITIL
4 5 (6.17%) Target Operating Model
5 4 (4.94%) Service Management
5 4 (4.94%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (3.70%) Business Continuity
6 3 (3.70%) Change Management
6 3 (3.70%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (3.70%) Kanban
6 3 (3.70%) Pair Programming
6 3 (3.70%) Problem Management
6 3 (3.70%) Project Management
6 3 (3.70%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (3.70%) Service Delivery
6 3 (3.70%) Software Engineering
6 3 (3.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.94%) Java
2 3 (3.70%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.23%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.23%) Python
3 1 (1.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (9.88%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.64%) CCNA
2 7 (8.64%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (8.64%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.17%) Degree
4 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (37.04%) SLA
2 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (8.64%) Hyper-V
1 7 (8.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (6.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (9.88%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.64%) VMware
3 4 (4.94%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.23%) Facebook
5 1 (1.23%) SAP