Customer Service Jobs with Work from Home Options

Customer Service
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 57 69 91
Rank change year-on-year +12 +22 +18
Permanent jobs citing Customer Service 1,564 1,868 2,717
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.63% 4.53% 3.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% 4.71% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 1,257 1,827
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £29,427
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +5.88% +1.19%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,835 £58,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £71,800
UK median annual salary £32,000 £36,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -4.00% -

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,902 39,630 66,571
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.40% 96.09% 96.98%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 27,583 41,127
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Customer Service salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Customer Service
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Customer Service over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Customer Service salary 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 97 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 66 (4.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (2.62%) IIS
4 23 (1.47%) Confluence
5 8 (0.51%) Appian
5 8 (0.51%) CMS
6 7 (0.45%) nginx
6 7 (0.45%) WordPress
7 6 (0.38%) Apache
8 4 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (0.26%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.19%) GlassFish
9 3 (0.19%) JBoss
9 3 (0.19%) Moodle
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 1 (0.064%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
Applications
1 185 (11.83%) Microsoft Office
2 109 (6.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.26%) Trello
7 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.064%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 70 (4.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.77%) NEC Housing
2 12 (0.77%) Unit4 Business World
3 11 (0.70%) Sage 200
4 10 (0.64%) Infor SunSystems
4 10 (0.64%) iTrent
4 10 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
5 9 (0.58%) SAP HR
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 6 (0.38%) Sage CRM
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.32%) Sage 50
7 5 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 406 (25.96%) Microsoft 365
2 348 (22.25%) Azure
3 127 (8.12%) Power Platform
4 91 (5.82%) Dynamics 365
5 75 (4.80%) Entra ID
6 74 (4.73%) AWS
7 63 (4.03%) Power Automate
8 61 (3.90%) SaaS
9 49 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
10 48 (3.07%) PowerApps
11 37 (2.37%) GCP
12 25 (1.60%) Serverless
13 20 (1.28%) OpenShift
13 20 (1.28%) WhatsApp
14 18 (1.15%) OneDrive
15 16 (1.02%) Azure Functions
16 15 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
17 13 (0.83%) OCI
18 10 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
18 10 (0.64%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 104 (6.65%) Firewall
2 76 (4.86%) Wi-Fi
3 68 (4.35%) WAN
4 65 (4.16%) LAN
5 56 (3.58%) TCP/IP
6 51 (3.26%) DNS
7 46 (2.94%) VoIP
8 36 (2.30%) VPN
9 35 (2.24%) DHCP
10 34 (2.17%) Wireless
11 29 (1.85%) Internet
12 26 (1.66%) VLAN
13 24 (1.53%) SAN
14 23 (1.47%) Broadband
15 19 (1.21%) Network Security
16 18 (1.15%) MPLS
17 17 (1.09%) OSPF
18 16 (1.02%) BGP
19 14 (0.90%) WLAN
20 13 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (10.36%) SQL Server
2 82 (5.24%) Power BI
3 52 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (2.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 32 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.60%) MySQL
5 25 (1.60%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
7 10 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.38%) GIS
9 6 (0.38%) Oracle Database
9 6 (0.38%) Power Query
9 6 (0.38%) SAP BW
10 5 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.26%) OLAP Cube
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 54 (3.45%) JIRA
2 28 (1.79%) Jasmine
2 28 (1.79%) Karma Test Runner
3 21 (1.34%) Git
4 17 (1.09%) IBM UrbanCode
5 9 (0.58%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.32%) GitLab
7 5 (0.32%) Mercurial
7 5 (0.32%) MSI
7 5 (0.32%) webpack
8 4 (0.26%) AdminStudio
8 4 (0.26%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.26%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.19%) GCC
9 3 (0.19%) GoCD
10 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.13%) PowerBuilder
10 2 (0.13%) Subversion
11 1 (0.064%) Selenium
General
1 698 (44.63%) Social Skills
2 301 (19.25%) Finance
3 188 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (8.38%) Retail
5 113 (7.23%) Legal
6 111 (7.10%) Marketing
7 109 (6.97%) Organisational Skills
8 99 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 58 (3.71%) Presentation Skills
10 53 (3.39%) Law
10 53 (3.39%) Public Sector
11 52 (3.32%) Banking
12 47 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
13 44 (2.81%) Telecoms
14 27 (1.73%) Games
15 26 (1.66%) Local Government
15 26 (1.66%) Manufacturing
16 23 (1.47%) Billing
17 20 (1.28%) General Ledger
18 16 (1.02%) Military
Job Titles
1 261 (16.69%) Analyst
2 207 (13.24%) IT Support
3 130 (8.31%) Support Engineer
4 129 (8.25%) Senior
5 114 (7.29%) Support Technician
6 112 (7.16%) Developer
7 110 (7.03%) IT Technician
8 97 (6.20%) IT Support Technician
9 93 (5.95%) Support Analyst
10 88 (5.63%) Consultant
11 86 (5.50%) Lead
12 82 (5.24%) Administrator
13 66 (4.22%) IT Engineer
13 66 (4.22%) Technical Support
14 58 (3.71%) Service Analyst
15 56 (3.58%) IT Analyst
16 51 (3.26%) IT Support Engineer
17 48 (3.07%) Service Desk Analyst
18 46 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 45 (2.88%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (5.56%) .NET
2 43 (2.75%) AngularJS
3 36 (2.30%) JSON
3 36 (2.30%) Web Services
3 36 (2.30%) XML
4 33 (2.11%) ASP.NET
4 33 (2.11%) Sass
5 31 (1.98%) REST
5 31 (1.98%) SOAP
6 28 (1.79%) RxJS
6 28 (1.79%) XML Schema
7 26 (1.66%) CSS
8 24 (1.53%) HTML
9 20 (1.28%) HTML5 Canvas
10 12 (0.77%) Laravel
10 12 (0.77%) React
11 9 (0.58%) ASP.NET Web API
11 9 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
11 9 (0.58%) RESTful
12 7 (0.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
2 67 (4.28%) Management Information System
3 57 (3.64%) Social Media
4 52 (3.32%) Onboarding
5 48 (3.07%) Driving Licence
6 36 (2.30%) Public Cloud
7 29 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 22 (1.41%) Low-Code
9 21 (1.34%) Product Ownership
10 15 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (0.83%) EPoS
12 12 (0.77%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.70%) Credit Risk
13 11 (0.70%) Replication
14 10 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 10 (0.64%) Mobile App
15 9 (0.58%) Housing Association
15 9 (0.58%) Photography
16 8 (0.51%) e-Learning
16 8 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 346 (22.12%) Windows
2 157 (10.04%) Windows Server
3 99 (6.33%) Windows 10
4 93 (5.95%) Linux
5 40 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 38 (2.43%) Apple iOS
7 29 (1.85%) Android
8 26 (1.66%) Windows 7
9 25 (1.60%) Unix
10 24 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
11 23 (1.47%) Mac OS
12 22 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
13 15 (0.96%) Mac OS X
14 11 (0.70%) Windows 8
15 9 (0.58%) Windows NT
16 7 (0.45%) Ubuntu
17 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
17 6 (0.38%) Windows Vista
18 3 (0.19%) AIX
18 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
2 304 (19.44%) ITIL
3 209 (13.36%) Agile
4 158 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 155 (9.91%) Project Management
6 144 (9.21%) CRM
7 139 (8.89%) Service Delivery
8 138 (8.82%) Service Management
9 128 (8.18%) DevOps
10 108 (6.91%) ERP
11 101 (6.46%) Customer Experience
12 100 (6.39%) Business Intelligence
12 100 (6.39%) Project Delivery
13 93 (5.95%) ITSM
14 92 (5.88%) Mentoring
15 87 (5.56%) Decision-Making
16 84 (5.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 81 (5.18%) Roadmaps
18 77 (4.92%) Incident Management
19 72 (4.60%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 203 (12.98%) SQL
2 123 (7.86%) C#
3 74 (4.73%) JavaScript
4 57 (3.64%) PowerShell
5 55 (3.52%) T-SQL
6 38 (2.43%) TypeScript
7 33 (2.11%) VB
8 32 (2.05%) VB.NET
9 28 (1.79%) VB6
10 23 (1.47%) Java
11 21 (1.34%) PHP
12 20 (1.28%) Bash
13 18 (1.15%) C++
13 18 (1.15%) Python
14 17 (1.09%) Groovy
15 13 (0.83%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.26%) R
17 3 (0.19%) C
17 3 (0.19%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.13%) Go
Qualifications
1 205 (13.11%) Degree
2 125 (7.99%) Security Cleared
3 74 (4.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 69 (4.41%) DBS Check
5 54 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 41 (2.62%) SC Cleared
7 30 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
8 29 (1.85%) NVQ Level 3
9 24 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (1.09%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.96%) CISM
12 15 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 14 (0.90%) CISSP
13 14 (0.90%) GCIA
13 14 (0.90%) GCIH
13 14 (0.90%) GREM
14 13 (0.83%) CCNP
14 13 (0.83%) MCSE
15 12 (0.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (6.07%) SLA
2 65 (4.16%) QA
3 21 (1.34%) GDPR
4 19 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 12 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (0.77%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.64%) PMO
8 6 (0.38%) GAAP
8 6 (0.38%) IFRS
9 5 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.19%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.19%) NIST
11 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.13%) SEPA
12 1 (0.064%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.064%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.064%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.064%) SOC 2
System Software
1 240 (15.35%) Active Directory
2 72 (4.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (2.88%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.41%) vSphere
5 12 (0.77%) Docker
5 12 (0.77%) Firmware
6 10 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.45%) XenDesktop
9 6 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.32%) XenApp
11 4 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.26%) vCloud
12 3 (0.19%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.13%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.064%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 64 (4.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 48 (3.07%) SCCM
3 29 (1.85%) Ansible
4 27 (1.73%) Terraform
5 25 (1.60%) WSUS
6 18 (1.15%) Progress Chef
7 12 (0.77%) Kubernetes
8 10 (0.64%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.58%) Nagios
9 9 (0.58%) Sysprep
10 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.26%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.26%) Grafana
11 4 (0.26%) Nessus
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle Statspack
12 3 (0.19%) Backup Exec
12 3 (0.19%) OfficeScan
13 2 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 609 (38.94%) Microsoft
2 105 (6.71%) VMware
3 68 (4.35%) SAP
4 60 (3.84%) Cisco
5 47 (3.01%) Dell
6 35 (2.24%) IBM
6 35 (2.24%) Oracle
7 33 (2.11%) Salesforce
8 29 (1.85%) Google
9 24 (1.53%) ServiceNow
10 21 (1.34%) Citrix
10 21 (1.34%) Veeam
11 18 (1.15%) Fortinet
12 14 (0.90%) Sage
13 13 (0.83%) Meraki
14 12 (0.77%) Aruba
14 12 (0.77%) BMC
14 12 (0.77%) NEC
15 11 (0.70%) HP
16 10 (0.64%) CheckPoint