Customer Service Contracts in the South West

Customer Service
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 75 44 75
Rank change year-on-year -31 +31 +8
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 81 169 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.56% 4.87% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 5.43% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 54 72
10th Percentile £135 £119 £124
25th Percentile £159 £157 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £176 £209 £240
Median % change year-on-year -15.69% -13.02% +20.00%
75th Percentile £300 £338 £378
90th Percentile £493 £535 £649
England median daily rate £275 £248 £250
% change year-on-year +10.89% -0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 79 20
10th Percentile £10.42 - £11.61
25th Percentile £11.87 - £14.03
Median hourly rate £13.93 £9.80 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.09% -57.85% +40.91%
75th Percentile £15.53 - £45.00
90th Percentile £17.25 - £46.18
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 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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,626 3,113 3,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.97% 89.71% 88.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,680 2,274 2,317
10th Percentile £225 £313 £297
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.37%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £724 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 317 207
10th Percentile £13.88 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.40 £20.63
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.76% +10.18%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.29
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Service in the South West

Customer Service
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Bristol -38 20 £275 +10.00% 73
Dorset +22 18 £173 +6.13% 33
Wiltshire 0 18 £263 +25.75% 58
Devon -9 9 £166 +25.28% 41
Gloucestershire -2 8 £170 -51.43% 40
Somerset +4 4 £475 +187.88% 67
Cornwall - 2 £192 - 13
Customer Service
England

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.70%) Skype for Business
3 2 (2.47%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.23%) MQSeries
Applications
1 11 (13.58%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Actimize
2 2 (2.47%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (7.41%) Azure
3 2 (2.47%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.23%) AWS
4 1 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.23%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.23%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.23%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.23%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.94%) LAN
1 4 (4.94%) VPN
1 4 (4.94%) Wireless
2 3 (3.70%) Skype
3 2 (2.47%) DNS
3 2 (2.47%) Firewall
4 1 (1.23%) Broadband
4 1 (1.23%) DHCP
4 1 (1.23%) FTP
4 1 (1.23%) HTTP
4 1 (1.23%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.23%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.23%) IPsec
4 1 (1.23%) SAN
4 1 (1.23%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (1.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.23%) tcpdump
4 1 (1.23%) WAN
4 1 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.23%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (1.23%) Power BI
1 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.23%) JIRA
General
1 44 (54.32%) Social Skills
2 17 (20.99%) Finance
3 14 (17.28%) Public Sector
4 10 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.64%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.17%) Financial Institution
6 5 (6.17%) Retail
6 5 (6.17%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.94%) Law
8 3 (3.70%) Marketing
8 3 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.47%) Electronics
10 1 (1.23%) Billing
10 1 (1.23%) Legal
10 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (25.93%) Analyst
2 17 (20.99%) Service Analyst
2 17 (20.99%) Service Desk Analyst
3 14 (17.28%) Support Engineer
4 13 (16.05%) Administrator
4 13 (16.05%) IT Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) IT Support
6 7 (8.64%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (7.41%) Desktop Engineer
7 6 (7.41%) Technical Support
8 5 (6.17%) Field Engineer
8 5 (6.17%) Field Service Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Applications Support
9 4 (4.94%) Support Analyst
10 3 (3.70%) Coordinator
10 3 (3.70%) Desktop Support
10 3 (3.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 3 (3.70%) Support Assistant
10 3 (3.70%) Technical Assistant
10 3 (3.70%) Technical Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.23%) CSS
1 1 (1.23%) HTML
1 1 (1.23%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.99%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (6.17%) Blog
4 4 (4.94%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.70%) BYOD
5 3 (3.70%) Housing Association
5 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.47%) CMDB
6 2 (2.47%) iPhone
7 1 (1.23%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.23%) Clustering
7 1 (1.23%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.23%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.23%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (1.23%) PKI
7 1 (1.23%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 28 (34.57%) Windows
2 10 (12.35%) Windows 10
3 8 (9.88%) Mac OS
4 3 (3.70%) Apple iOS
4 3 (3.70%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.47%) Android
5 2 (2.47%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.23%) Linux
6 1 (1.23%) Unix
6 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (23.46%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (18.52%) Line Management
3 13 (16.05%) Incident Management
4 12 (14.81%) ITIL
5 10 (12.35%) Customer Experience
6 9 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (8.64%) Customer-Centric Approach
7 7 (8.64%) Customer-Centricity
7 7 (8.64%) Service Delivery
8 6 (7.41%) ITSM
9 5 (6.17%) Break/Fix
9 5 (6.17%) Decision-Making
10 4 (4.94%) Infrastructure Management
10 4 (4.94%) Process Improvement
10 4 (4.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (4.94%) Time Management
11 3 (3.70%) Business Intelligence
11 3 (3.70%) ERP
11 3 (3.70%) Mathematics
11 3 (3.70%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (9.88%) Degree
1 8 (9.88%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.70%) AAT
3 3 (3.70%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.47%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.47%) MCP
5 1 (1.23%) CCNA
5 1 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.23%) MCSE
5 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.41%) SLA
2 5 (6.17%) QA
3 4 (4.94%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (12.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.23%) Samba
3 1 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.23%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (8.64%) SCCM
2 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (1.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (27.16%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.17%) VMware
3 4 (4.94%) Citrix
3 4 (4.94%) SAP
3 4 (4.94%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.70%) Apple
4 3 (3.70%) Civica
5 2 (2.47%) Cisco
6 1 (1.23%) Avaya
6 1 (1.23%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.23%) Dell
6 1 (1.23%) Oracle
6 1 (1.23%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.23%) Veritas