Customer Service Contracts in the North West

Customer Service
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 23 46 50
Rank change year-on-year +23 +4 +1
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 177 127 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 6.67% 4.10% 4.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.77% 4.55% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 65 93
10th Percentile £127 £129 £130
25th Percentile £195 £163 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £250 £213
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +17.65% +4.94%
75th Percentile £466 £506 £388
90th Percentile £588 £625 £559
England median daily rate £275 £248 £250
% change year-on-year +10.89% -0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 17 22
10th Percentile - £13.47 £13.83
25th Percentile £10.95 £15.72 £15.25
Median hourly rate £11.38 £16.85 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.49% -3.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £16.50 £18.75 £18.99
90th Percentile £18.53 £19.73 £27.78
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
North West

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 North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,277 2,793 3,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.86% 90.24% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,451 1,960 2,613
10th Percentile £308 £313 £240
25th Percentile £405 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £689 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 138 169
10th Percentile £10.96 £16.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.50 £22.44 £14.25
Median hourly rate £24.19 £35.02 £23.06
Median % change year-on-year -30.92% +51.88% +26.48%
75th Percentile £46.18 £48.56 £50.78
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.00 £75.00
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Manchester +7 85 £350 -6.67% 178
Cheshire +13 31 £165 -23.26% 78
Cumbria +6 30 £550 +18.92% 15
Merseyside +19 20 £150 -10.18% 34
Lancashire +15 9 £325 +168.04% 34
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.26%) IBM Notes
2 4 (2.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 48 (27.12%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (11.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (5.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (20.34%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (7.34%) Azure
3 12 (6.78%) AWS
4 8 (4.52%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.13%) Mimecast
5 2 (1.13%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.56%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.56%) IaaS
6 1 (0.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.52%) LAN
1 8 (4.52%) VPN
1 8 (4.52%) WAN
2 7 (3.95%) Ethernet
2 7 (3.95%) OSPF
2 7 (3.95%) Wireless
2 7 (3.95%) Wireless Security
3 6 (3.39%) Firewall
4 5 (2.82%) DNS
5 4 (2.26%) DHCP
6 1 (0.56%) ATM
6 1 (0.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
General
1 82 (46.33%) Social Skills
2 20 (11.30%) Public Sector
3 11 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.52%) Finance
4 8 (4.52%) Legal
5 6 (3.39%) Law
6 3 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.13%) Banking
7 2 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.13%) Retail
8 1 (0.56%) Advertising
8 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (31.07%) Analyst
2 39 (22.03%) Service Analyst
3 38 (21.47%) Service Desk Analyst
4 29 (16.38%) Service Desk Agent
5 17 (9.60%) IT Support
6 11 (6.21%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
7 10 (5.65%) Business Analyst
8 7 (3.95%) IT Engineer
8 7 (3.95%) Network Engineer
8 7 (3.95%) Senior
8 7 (3.95%) Support Engineer
9 6 (3.39%) 1st Line Engineer
9 6 (3.39%) IT Analyst
9 6 (3.39%) IT Support Analyst
9 6 (3.39%) Support Analyst
10 5 (2.82%) 1st Line Support
10 5 (2.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 5 (2.82%) 2nd Line Support
10 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Engineer
10 5 (2.82%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.69%) AWS CDK
1 3 (1.69%) Node.js
1 3 (1.69%) React
1 3 (1.69%) Spring
1 3 (1.69%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.56%) Google Maps API
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.52%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.56%) Clustering
3 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 74 (41.81%) Windows
2 45 (25.42%) Windows 10
3 8 (4.52%) Linux
4 7 (3.95%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.95%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.56%) Android
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (41.81%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (22.03%) Time Management
3 27 (15.25%) Decision-Making
4 16 (9.04%) Migration
5 14 (7.91%) ITIL
6 13 (7.34%) Agile
6 13 (7.34%) Service Management
7 9 (5.08%) Asset Management
7 9 (5.08%) Customer Experience
7 9 (5.08%) Project Management
8 8 (4.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (3.95%) Incident Management
9 7 (3.95%) Information Security
9 7 (3.95%) Service Delivery
9 7 (3.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (3.95%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (3.39%) Inventory Management
10 6 (3.39%) PRINCE2
10 6 (3.39%) Requirements Workshops
10 6 (3.39%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.26%) Java
2 3 (1.69%) TypeScript
3 2 (1.13%) SQL
4 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (20.34%) Security Cleared
2 33 (18.64%) SC Cleared
3 17 (9.60%) Degree
4 7 (3.95%) CCNA
4 7 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.69%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.13%) MCP
6 2 (1.13%) MCSE
6 2 (1.13%) MOS
7 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.56%) ISEB
7 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (33.90%) SLA
2 26 (14.69%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (1.69%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 35 (19.77%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (7.34%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.56%) Docker
5 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (6.21%) SCCM
2 9 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (1.69%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 76 (42.94%) Microsoft
2 33 (18.64%) ServiceNow
3 14 (7.91%) VMware
4 6 (3.39%) Apple
5 4 (2.26%) Lotus
6 3 (1.69%) iManage
6 3 (1.69%) Veeam
7 2 (1.13%) Bomgar
7 2 (1.13%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.13%) Sophos
8 1 (0.56%) Dell
8 1 (0.56%) EMC
8 1 (0.56%) Facebook
8 1 (0.56%) Google
8 1 (0.56%) Okta
8 1 (0.56%) SAP