Customer Service Jobs in Kent

Customer Service
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Customer Service skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 10 8 26
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 -18
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 180 169 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 11.89% 15.28% 9.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.65% 15.97% 10.15%
Number of salaries quoted 131 68 68
10th Percentile £22,000 £26,750 £20,700
25th Percentile £23,250 £29,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £41,500 £56,250 £45,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £57,062 £53,750
South East median annual salary £30,000 £34,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +3.03% -5.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

Customer Service is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,229 1,058 1,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 81.18% 95.66% 96.54%
Number of salaries quoted 893 506 718
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +9.42%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,313
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,600 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Service in Kent

Customer Service
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Service in Kent.

Salary trend for Customer Service in Kent

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in Kent over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in Kent

Customer Service
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the Kent 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Maidstone -6 30 £26,500 -36.14% 8
Tonbridge - 18 £35,000 - 5
Dartford -3 12 £22,250 -42.21% 16
Gravesend -4 12 £32,750 -37.62% 1
West Malling - 11 £28,000 - 1
Sevenoaks +4 10 £40,000 +33.33% 2
Chatham +14 7 £80,000 - 2
Stansted - 7 £26,500 - 2
Tunbridge Wells -10 6 £35,000 +14.75% 5
Canterbury -8 3 - - 1
Sittingbourne 0 1 £27,500 -31.25% 1
Tenterden - 1 - -
Aylesford - 1 £23,500 - 1
Faversham - 1 - -
Folkestone - 1 - -
Margate - 1 - -
Customer Service
South East

Customer Service
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 29 (16.11%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (17.22%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.67%) Sage 200
1 3 (1.67%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 45 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (6.67%) Azure
3 5 (2.78%) AWS
4 4 (2.22%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.67%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.67%) SaaS
6 2 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (11.67%) Firewall
2 18 (10.00%) DNS
3 15 (8.33%) DHCP
4 9 (5.00%) VPN
4 9 (5.00%) WAN
5 5 (2.78%) Intranet
5 5 (2.78%) LAN
5 5 (2.78%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.22%) 4G
6 4 (2.22%) 5G
6 4 (2.22%) MPLS
6 4 (2.22%) VLAN
7 3 (1.67%) Broadband
7 3 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.67%) Wireless
8 2 (1.11%) WLAN
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.56%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.56%) SAN
9 1 (0.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.78%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.56%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 92 (51.11%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (14.44%) Finance
4 18 (10.00%) Retail
5 15 (8.33%) Banking
6 10 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (5.00%) Legal
8 7 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.89%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.11%) Marketing
10 2 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Advertising
11 1 (0.56%) Law
11 1 (0.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (22.22%) Analyst
2 21 (11.67%) 1st Line Support
3 20 (11.11%) IT Support
4 19 (10.56%) Administrator
4 19 (10.56%) Support Analyst
5 16 (8.89%) Help Desk Analyst
6 15 (8.33%) Help Desk Support
7 14 (7.78%) Consultant
8 13 (7.22%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 12 (6.67%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
9 12 (6.67%) First Line Help Desk Support
9 12 (6.67%) Help Desk Support Analyst
9 12 (6.67%) Senior
9 12 (6.67%) Support Technician
10 11 (6.11%) IT Manager
10 11 (6.11%) ITSM Analyst
10 11 (6.11%) Problem Analyst
11 9 (5.00%) IT Administrator
12 8 (4.44%) Systems Engineer
13 7 (3.89%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.22%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (9.44%) Product Ownership
3 12 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.44%) Credit Risk
4 8 (4.44%) IoT
4 8 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.44%) Smartphone
5 6 (3.33%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.22%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (2.22%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.67%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.11%) NHS
9 1 (0.56%) CMDB
9 1 (0.56%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.56%) PMI
9 1 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 39 (21.67%) Windows
2 23 (12.78%) Windows 10
3 12 (6.67%) Android
4 8 (4.44%) Apple iOS
4 8 (4.44%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.89%) Linux
6 5 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 19 (10.56%) ITIL
5 16 (8.89%) Line Management
5 16 (8.89%) Process Improvement
5 16 (8.89%) Project Management
5 16 (8.89%) Risk Management
6 14 (7.78%) Mathematics
6 14 (7.78%) Service Delivery
7 12 (6.67%) ITSM
7 12 (6.67%) People Management
7 12 (6.67%) Service Management
8 11 (6.11%) Agile
8 11 (6.11%) Proactive Monitoring
8 11 (6.11%) Problem Management
9 9 (5.00%) Creative Thinking
9 9 (5.00%) Gamification
10 8 (4.44%) Credit Risk Management
10 8 (4.44%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.56%) DBS Check
3 9 (5.00%) Degree
4 6 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.33%) CCNA
4 6 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (3.33%) CTC Cleared
4 6 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (2.78%) A+ Certification
6 4 (2.22%) EMC Certification
7 3 (1.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 2 (1.11%) HNC
8 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.56%) CCA
9 1 (0.56%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.56%) MCSA
9 1 (0.56%) MCSE
9 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.22%) GDPR
2 21 (11.67%) SLA
3 6 (3.33%) QA
4 4 (2.22%) COSHH
4 4 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.67%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.67%) PMO
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (12.78%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.44%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.89%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.78%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 70 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.78%) Cisco
3 12 (6.67%) WatchGuard
4 5 (2.78%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.22%) Darktrace
5 4 (2.22%) EMC
5 4 (2.22%) HP
5 4 (2.22%) Mitel
5 4 (2.22%) NEC
5 4 (2.22%) Ribbon
5 4 (2.22%) VMware
6 3 (1.67%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.67%) Meraki
6 3 (1.67%) Sage
7 1 (0.56%) Apple
7 1 (0.56%) Aruba
7 1 (0.56%) Citrix
7 1 (0.56%) Fiserv
7 1 (0.56%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.56%) Spiceworks