Customer Service Jobs in the North West

Customer Service
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 52 40
Rank change year-on-year +27 -12 +6
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 615 465 687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.24% 5.95% 7.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.54% 6.22% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 515 298 384
10th Percentile £22,750 £22,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £24,200 £25,040 £23,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,438 £31,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% -11.43% -6.29%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £48,875
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £32,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% -6.67% -

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,161 7,481 8,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.83% 95.68% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 6,195 3,903 5,259
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Service in the North West over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer Service in the North West

Customer Service
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Service within the North West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Manchester +38 347 £35,500 -6.58% 158
Cheshire +16 117 £25,500 -4.42% 81
Lancashire +2 67 £27,500 -8.14% 30
Merseyside -14 60 £32,500 +2.36% 32
Cumbria +4 23 £24,200 -21.94% 13
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 27 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.25%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.28%) IIS
4 5 (0.81%) CMS
5 4 (0.65%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.33%) SAS
Applications
1 72 (11.71%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 33 (5.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.11%) Infor SunSystems
2 13 (2.11%) iTrent
3 6 (0.98%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.81%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.33%) Magento
7 1 (0.16%) Demantra
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ASCP
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 111 (18.05%) Microsoft 365
2 94 (15.28%) Azure
3 29 (4.72%) Power Platform
4 24 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
5 19 (3.09%) Power Automate
6 15 (2.44%) AWS
7 10 (1.63%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.63%) SaaS
8 9 (1.46%) GCP
9 8 (1.30%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (0.81%) IaaS
10 5 (0.81%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.81%) PaaS
11 3 (0.49%) Anthos
11 3 (0.49%) GitHub
11 3 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.49%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (0.49%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 53 (8.62%) LAN
2 51 (8.29%) Wi-Fi
3 48 (7.80%) WAN
4 43 (6.99%) Internet
5 41 (6.67%) Firewall
5 41 (6.67%) TCP/IP
6 34 (5.53%) Wireless
7 32 (5.20%) DHCP
8 30 (4.88%) BGP
8 30 (4.88%) Ethernet
8 30 (4.88%) MPLS
8 30 (4.88%) OSPF
9 24 (3.90%) DSL
10 23 (3.74%) VoIP
11 21 (3.41%) DNS
12 17 (2.76%) Broadband
13 16 (2.60%) VPN
14 14 (2.28%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (1.30%) SSL
16 6 (0.98%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (5.69%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.11%) BusinessObjects
3 10 (1.63%) Power BI
4 8 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.98%) Oracle Database
6 6 (0.98%) Oracle Database 12c
7 5 (0.81%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.81%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.81%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.49%) Tableau
10 2 (0.33%) GIS
10 2 (0.33%) MySQL
10 2 (0.33%) Power Query
10 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.16%) Looker
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (1.79%) Jasmine
1 11 (1.79%) Karma Test Runner
2 5 (0.81%) Git
3 3 (0.49%) IBM UrbanCode
3 3 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.16%) JIRA
4 1 (0.16%) Maven
4 1 (0.16%) QADirector
General
1 279 (45.37%) Social Skills
2 131 (21.30%) Finance
3 108 (17.56%) Retail
4 87 (14.15%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (8.62%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (6.02%) Legal
7 36 (5.85%) Marketing
8 29 (4.72%) Telecoms
9 26 (4.23%) Public Sector
10 21 (3.41%) Law
11 19 (3.09%) Billing
12 16 (2.60%) Banking
12 16 (2.60%) Games
12 16 (2.60%) Local Government
13 15 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (1.63%) Back Office
16 7 (1.14%) Military
17 6 (0.98%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.98%) Police
Job Titles
1 111 (18.05%) Analyst
2 54 (8.78%) Service Analyst
3 52 (8.46%) Service Desk Analyst
4 48 (7.80%) IT Support
5 46 (7.48%) Senior
6 43 (6.99%) Developer
7 42 (6.83%) Support Engineer
8 40 (6.50%) Administrator
9 37 (6.02%) Technical Support
10 27 (4.39%) Consultant
11 26 (4.23%) IT Analyst
11 26 (4.23%) Support Analyst
12 25 (4.07%) 1st Line Support
12 25 (4.07%) Network Engineer
13 24 (3.90%) Support Consultant
14 21 (3.41%) IT Engineer
14 21 (3.41%) Support Technician
15 19 (3.09%) IT Technician
16 18 (2.93%) IP Engineer
16 18 (2.93%) IP Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.72%) .NET
2 20 (3.25%) REST
3 18 (2.93%) JSON
4 16 (2.60%) OLE
4 16 (2.60%) XML
5 13 (2.11%) AngularJS
5 13 (2.11%) ASP.NET
5 13 (2.11%) SOAP
6 12 (1.95%) Web Services
7 11 (1.79%) RxJS
7 11 (1.79%) Sass
7 11 (1.79%) XML Schema
8 8 (1.30%) .NET Core
9 6 (0.98%) CSS
9 6 (0.98%) HTML
10 5 (0.81%) OpenID
11 4 (0.65%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.65%) React
12 3 (0.49%) Entity Framework
13 2 (0.33%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 66 (10.73%) Driving Licence
2 51 (8.29%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 36 (5.85%) Smartphone
5 21 (3.41%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.76%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.11%) CCTV
8 12 (1.95%) EPoS
8 12 (1.95%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.79%) iPad
10 9 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (1.30%) Mainframe
11 8 (1.30%) NHS
12 7 (1.14%) Fat Client
12 7 (1.14%) Thin Client
13 6 (0.98%) Blockchain
13 6 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 5 (0.81%) Freedom of Information
14 5 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 98 (15.93%) Windows
2 42 (6.83%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.93%) VyOS
4 14 (2.28%) Linux
5 13 (2.11%) Unix
5 13 (2.11%) Windows 10
6 9 (1.46%) Windows Phone
7 8 (1.30%) Android
7 8 (1.30%) Apple iOS
8 7 (1.14%) Windows Vista
9 5 (0.81%) VMS
10 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (26.02%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (17.89%) ITIL
3 78 (12.68%) CRM
4 64 (10.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 61 (9.92%) Time Management
6 59 (9.59%) Agile
7 54 (8.78%) Customer Experience
8 49 (7.97%) ITSM
8 49 (7.97%) Service Delivery
9 42 (6.83%) Decision-Making
10 41 (6.67%) DevOps
11 35 (5.69%) Project Management
12 31 (5.04%) Business Intelligence
12 31 (5.04%) Roadmaps
12 31 (5.04%) Service Management
13 28 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
13 28 (4.55%) ERP
14 27 (4.39%) Mentoring
15 26 (4.23%) Incident Management
16 25 (4.07%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 58 (9.43%) SQL
2 38 (6.18%) C#
3 32 (5.20%) JavaScript
4 16 (2.60%) R
5 13 (2.11%) T-SQL
5 13 (2.11%) TypeScript
5 13 (2.11%) VB.NET
6 11 (1.79%) Java
6 11 (1.79%) VB
6 11 (1.79%) VB6
7 8 (1.30%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.30%) Python
8 3 (0.49%) Bash
8 3 (0.49%) Go
8 3 (0.49%) Groovy
8 3 (0.49%) Ruby
9 2 (0.33%) PHP
10 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (13.33%) Degree
2 45 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 42 (6.83%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (5.85%) CCNA
5 35 (5.69%) DBS Check
6 24 (3.90%) JNCIA
7 18 (2.93%) A+ Certification
8 14 (2.28%) MCP
9 12 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.79%) Security Cleared
11 8 (1.30%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.30%) PhD
11 8 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 7 (1.14%) CCNP
12 7 (1.14%) HNC
12 7 (1.14%) MCSA
12 7 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.98%) CCDP
13 6 (0.98%) HND
13 6 (0.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (15.93%) SLA
2 21 (3.41%) QA
3 16 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.44%) GDPR
5 13 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.14%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.49%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.49%) PMO
9 2 (0.33%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.16%) NCSC
10 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 109 (17.72%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.74%) Hyper-V
3 22 (3.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.79%) Terminal Services
5 8 (1.30%) Docker
6 6 (0.98%) Firmware
6 6 (0.98%) vSphere
7 4 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.46%) AirWatch
2 8 (1.30%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.14%) Terraform
4 5 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.49%) Ansible
5 3 (0.49%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.16%) Graylog
Vendors
1 230 (37.40%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.15%) Cisco
3 34 (5.53%) VMware
4 31 (5.04%) Fortinet
5 30 (4.88%) Juniper
5 30 (4.88%) Nokia
6 26 (4.23%) Ruckus Wireless
7 18 (2.93%) Vyatta
8 16 (2.60%) SAP
9 15 (2.44%) Salesforce
9 15 (2.44%) Veeam
10 13 (2.11%) Dell
10 13 (2.11%) HP
10 13 (2.11%) Infor
10 13 (2.11%) ServiceNow
11 11 (1.79%) Virgin Media
12 10 (1.63%) IBM
12 10 (1.63%) NetApp
13 9 (1.46%) Apple
13 9 (1.46%) Sun