Customer Service Contracts with Work from Home Options

Customer Service
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 96 94 143
Rank change year-on-year -2 +49 +12
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 324 598 846
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.20% 2.41% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 2.69% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 380 551
10th Percentile £149 £135 £145
25th Percentile £206 £201 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +26.98%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £626 £650 £643
UK median daily rate £275 £250 £250
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 31 71
10th Percentile £12.72 £12.50 £12.21
25th Percentile £13.62 £14.25 £14.75
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £18.55
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -16.44% +23.67%
75th Percentile £18.00 £22.16 £22.88
90th Percentile £20.50 £44.50 £28.75
UK median hourly rate £14.84 £13.66 £15.00
% change year-on-year +8.64% -8.93% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,942 22,217 40,480
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.66% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 15,724 29,400
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +3.62% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 510 538
10th Percentile £14.70 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £26.46 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Customer Service
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Customer Service as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Customer Service trend for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Customer Service.

Customer Service daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Customer Service daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Customer Service.

Customer Service hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Customer Service hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 17 (5.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (1.85%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.93%) IBM HTTP Server
4 3 (0.93%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.93%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (0.93%) WebSphere Portal
5 2 (0.62%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.31%) Moodle
6 1 (0.31%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 46 (14.20%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (8.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (4.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.23%) NEC Housing
2 4 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.23%) SAP SD
2 4 (1.23%) Workfront
3 2 (0.62%) JDE OneWorld
3 2 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.62%) Primavera
3 2 (0.62%) Shopify
3 2 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.62%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.31%) Actimize
4 1 (0.31%) iTrent
4 1 (0.31%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.31%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (14.20%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (12.35%) Azure
3 19 (5.86%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (4.63%) AWS
5 13 (4.01%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.09%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.78%) Power Automate
7 9 (2.78%) SaaS
8 8 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.16%) IaaS
10 5 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 3 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.93%) GCP
11 3 (0.93%) OpenShift
11 3 (0.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.62%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.62%) PaaS
12 2 (0.62%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.10%) Firewall
2 19 (5.86%) SAN
2 19 (5.86%) TCP/IP
3 17 (5.25%) VPN
4 12 (3.70%) Internet
5 8 (2.47%) LAN
6 7 (2.16%) DNS
6 7 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.85%) WAN
8 5 (1.54%) DHCP
9 4 (1.23%) HTTP
9 4 (1.23%) MPLS
9 4 (1.23%) Wireless
10 3 (0.93%) ADSL
10 3 (0.93%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.93%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.93%) NAS
10 3 (0.93%) Network Security
10 3 (0.93%) PSTN
10 3 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.09%) Power BI
2 5 (1.54%) Big Data
2 5 (1.54%) Data Lake
2 5 (1.54%) Tableau
3 4 (1.23%) Hadoop
4 3 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.62%) MySQL
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.62%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.31%) Jackrabbit
6 1 (0.31%) QlikView
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.31%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 4 (1.23%) JIRA
2 3 (0.93%) Git
2 3 (0.93%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.62%) Maven
General
1 152 (46.91%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (12.35%) Finance
4 30 (9.26%) Public Sector
5 20 (6.17%) Marketing
6 17 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (4.01%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.09%) Legal
8 10 (3.09%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.78%) Banking
10 8 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.54%) Electronics
11 5 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.54%) Law
11 5 (1.54%) Local Government
12 4 (1.23%) Retail
13 3 (0.93%) Billing
13 3 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.62%) Automotive
14 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 82 (25.31%) Analyst
2 42 (12.96%) Service Analyst
3 41 (12.65%) Service Desk Analyst
4 33 (10.19%) Consultant
5 32 (9.88%) Senior
6 29 (8.95%) Developer
7 20 (6.17%) Support Engineer
8 17 (5.25%) IT Support
9 15 (4.63%) 1st Line Support
10 14 (4.32%) Architect
11 13 (4.01%) ServiceNow Developer
11 13 (4.01%) Support Analyst
12 12 (3.70%) Functional Consultant
13 11 (3.40%) Business Analyst
13 11 (3.40%) Coordinator
13 11 (3.40%) Python Developer
13 11 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.78%) Project Manager
15 8 (2.47%) Administrator
15 8 (2.47%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.41%) Web Services
2 7 (2.16%) Middleware
3 5 (1.54%) .NET
3 5 (1.54%) J2EE
4 3 (0.93%) CSS
4 3 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (0.93%) Spring
5 2 (0.62%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.62%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.62%) AWS CDK
5 2 (0.62%) Jest
5 2 (0.62%) jQuery
5 2 (0.62%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.62%) REST
5 2 (0.62%) Sass
5 2 (0.62%) Spring MVC
5 2 (0.62%) VML
5 2 (0.62%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.47%) Onboarding
2 7 (2.16%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.16%) Product Ownership
3 4 (1.23%) Algorithms
3 4 (1.23%) Housing Association
3 4 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.23%) Social Media
3 4 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (0.93%) Distributed Applications
4 3 (0.93%) Virtual Team
5 2 (0.62%) BYOD
5 2 (0.62%) CMDB
5 2 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.62%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.62%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.62%) EMV
5 2 (0.62%) IoT
5 2 (0.62%) iPhone
5 2 (0.62%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 91 (28.09%) Windows
2 25 (7.72%) Windows 10
3 20 (6.17%) Linux
4 12 (3.70%) Windows 7
5 11 (3.40%) Debian
5 11 (3.40%) Ubuntu
5 11 (3.40%) Windows Server
6 9 (2.78%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.85%) Unix
8 4 (1.23%) Mac OS X
8 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.93%) Android
9 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.31%) HPUX
10 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.31%) VMS
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (20.68%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (20.37%) ITIL
3 52 (16.05%) Agile
4 46 (14.20%) Service Management
5 38 (11.73%) Service Delivery
6 32 (9.88%) CRM
7 29 (8.95%) ITSM
8 22 (6.79%) Business Intelligence
9 21 (6.48%) Asset Management
9 21 (6.48%) IT Asset Management
9 21 (6.48%) Migration
9 21 (6.48%) Operations Management
9 21 (6.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (6.48%) Time Management
10 20 (6.17%) Configuration Management
10 20 (6.17%) Prototyping
11 18 (5.56%) Project Management
12 16 (4.94%) DevOps
12 16 (4.94%) Roadmaps
12 16 (4.94%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.48%) Python
2 13 (4.01%) SQL
3 7 (2.16%) C#
3 7 (2.16%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.85%) Java
5 5 (1.54%) Bash
5 5 (1.54%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.54%) Perl
5 5 (1.54%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.93%) PHP
6 3 (0.93%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.62%) C++
7 2 (0.62%) R
7 2 (0.62%) VBScript
8 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (16.05%) Security Cleared
2 43 (13.27%) SC Cleared
3 37 (11.42%) Degree
4 14 (4.32%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.54%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.93%) BC Cleared
7 3 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.31%) CCIE
9 1 (0.31%) ISEB
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.31%) PMP
9 1 (0.31%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.19%) SLA
2 13 (4.01%) QA
3 9 (2.78%) GDPR
4 7 (2.16%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.93%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.62%) COBIT
7 2 (0.62%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.62%) GRC
7 2 (0.62%) P3O
7 2 (0.62%) PMO
8 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 60 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.54%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.23%) Docker
4 4 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (4.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.23%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.23%) SCCM
2 4 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.23%) WSUS
3 3 (0.93%) Ansible
3 3 (0.93%) Terraform
4 2 (0.62%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.62%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.31%) Nessus
Vendors
1 112 (34.57%) Microsoft
2 49 (15.12%) ServiceNow
3 25 (7.72%) VMware
4 16 (4.94%) Cisco
4 16 (4.94%) SAP
5 15 (4.63%) Red Hat
6 12 (3.70%) Salesforce
7 10 (3.09%) Oracle
8 8 (2.47%) Adobe
9 7 (2.16%) Google
10 5 (1.54%) Computacenter
10 5 (1.54%) HP
11 4 (1.23%) Apple
11 4 (1.23%) Citrix
11 4 (1.23%) NEC
12 3 (0.93%) Ariba
12 3 (0.93%) BT
12 3 (0.93%) IBM
12 3 (0.93%) Openreach
12 3 (0.93%) Veeam