Service Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Service Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Service Management over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 138 205
Rank change year-on-year -8 +67 -19
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 1,977 2,510 3,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.96% 2.55% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.67% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,433 1,635 2,195
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,440 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £36,875 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% +4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Service Management 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Management over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +2 1,795 £50,000 -9.09% 473
UK excluding London -3 1,386 £45,000 -10.00% 353
Work from Home -1 712 £57,000 -0.87% 188
London -6 529 £65,000 - 182
North of England +37 413 £45,000 -4.26% 67
South East -17 334 £52,500 - 116
Midlands -8 260 £36,000 -28.64% 59
North West +31 203 £45,000 -5.26% 36
South West -11 176 £47,500 +5.56% 51
West Midlands -11 163 £50,000 -7.41% 35
Yorkshire +38 154 £45,000 -21.95% 22
East Midlands +25 95 £28,500 -32.94% 22
Scotland -53 86 £55,000 -4.35% 24
East of England -17 78 £35,000 -7.89% 32
North East -5 56 £42,407 +16.18% 14
Wales -22 24 £46,604 -9.63% 9
Northern Ireland +34 16 £30,000 -4.76% 6
Channel Islands -3 1 £100,000 +11.11%

Service Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 126 (6.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 94 (4.75%) SharePoint
3 46 (2.33%) Confluence
4 26 (1.32%) WebLogic
5 22 (1.11%) SAS
6 20 (1.01%) CMS
7 9 (0.46%) IIS
8 6 (0.30%) IBM Notes
9 5 (0.25%) Moodle
9 5 (0.25%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
10 4 (0.20%) Apache
10 4 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (0.20%) WordPress
11 3 (0.15%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
13 1 (0.051%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.051%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.051%) WebSphere
Applications
1 158 (7.99%) Microsoft Office
2 100 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (1.37%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.25%) Trello
7 3 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.051%) 1Password
8 1 (0.051%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 62 (3.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 44 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.81%) PlanetPress Connect
4 13 (0.66%) Elite 3E
5 11 (0.56%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.20%) SAP IS-U
9 3 (0.15%) Maximo
9 3 (0.15%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.10%) Shopify
11 1 (0.051%) Carpe Diem
11 1 (0.051%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.051%) Eikon
11 1 (0.051%) Primavera
11 1 (0.051%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 379 (19.17%) Microsoft 365
2 377 (19.07%) Azure
3 118 (5.97%) AWS
4 116 (5.87%) Entra ID
5 90 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 80 (4.05%) SaaS
7 49 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (2.07%) OneDrive
9 37 (1.87%) PaaS
10 36 (1.82%) IaaS
11 31 (1.57%) GCP
12 26 (1.32%) PowerApps
13 25 (1.26%) Power Automate
14 24 (1.21%) OpenShift
15 23 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
16 22 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
16 22 (1.11%) Azure Storage
16 22 (1.11%) Google Sheets
17 17 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
17 17 (0.86%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 147 (7.44%) Firewall
2 96 (4.86%) VPN
3 95 (4.81%) DNS
4 77 (3.89%) LAN
5 74 (3.74%) WAN
6 65 (3.29%) DHCP
7 51 (2.58%) TCP/IP
8 49 (2.48%) Wireless
9 41 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
10 33 (1.67%) WLAN
11 29 (1.47%) Network Security
12 20 (1.01%) SAN
13 19 (0.96%) SD-WAN
14 16 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
15 15 (0.76%) Internet
15 15 (0.76%) VoIP
16 13 (0.66%) SSL
16 13 (0.66%) VLAN
17 11 (0.56%) MPLS
18 10 (0.51%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (3.34%) SQL Server
2 65 (3.29%) Power BI
3 31 (1.57%) MySQL
4 26 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
4 26 (1.32%) Relational Database
5 23 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (0.91%) GIS
7 14 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
9 10 (0.51%) RDBMS
10 7 (0.35%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.25%) Redis
13 3 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.15%) Tableau
14 2 (0.10%) Big Data
14 2 (0.10%) Oracle Database 12c
14 2 (0.10%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 116 (5.87%) JIRA
2 41 (2.07%) GitLab
3 21 (1.06%) Artifactory
4 17 (0.86%) IBM UrbanCode
5 16 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (0.40%) Postman
7 7 (0.35%) MSI
8 6 (0.30%) Git
8 6 (0.30%) Jenkins
9 5 (0.25%) AdminStudio
9 5 (0.25%) InstallShield
10 3 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.15%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.10%) PowerBuilder
12 1 (0.051%) Bitbucket
General
1 810 (40.97%) Social Skills
2 510 (25.80%) Finance
3 311 (15.73%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (9.21%) Public Sector
5 171 (8.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 128 (6.47%) Presentation Skills
7 106 (5.36%) Banking
8 102 (5.16%) Law
9 95 (4.81%) Retail
10 84 (4.25%) Billing
11 70 (3.54%) Legal
12 58 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
13 55 (2.78%) Telecoms
14 51 (2.58%) Local Government
15 45 (2.28%) Police
16 39 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
17 32 (1.62%) Manufacturing
18 26 (1.32%) Back Office
19 20 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
20 18 (0.91%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 297 (15.02%) Analyst
2 261 (13.20%) Service Manager
3 202 (10.22%) Senior
4 175 (8.85%) Lead
5 169 (8.55%) IT Manager
6 139 (7.03%) IT Support
7 136 (6.88%) Architect
8 131 (6.63%) Support Analyst
9 106 (5.36%) Delivery Manager
10 103 (5.21%) Service Delivery Manager
11 102 (5.16%) Support Engineer
12 101 (5.11%) IT Services Manager
13 97 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 91 (4.60%) Team Leader
15 82 (4.15%) Applications Support
16 76 (3.84%) Service Analyst
17 71 (3.59%) IT Analyst
18 64 (3.24%) Service Desk Analyst
19 61 (3.09%) Developer
20 57 (2.88%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.48%) HTML
2 46 (2.33%) Web Services
3 44 (2.23%) CSS
4 29 (1.47%) AngularJS
5 27 (1.37%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 26 (1.32%) J2EE
6 26 (1.32%) Java EE
6 26 (1.32%) Spring
7 20 (1.01%) SOAP
8 17 (0.86%) XML
9 16 (0.81%) ARM Templates
10 15 (0.76%) REST
11 13 (0.66%) .NET
11 13 (0.66%) EDI
11 13 (0.66%) JSON
12 9 (0.46%) LDAP
13 8 (0.40%) FIX Protocol
14 6 (0.30%) Ajax
15 5 (0.25%) Middleware
15 5 (0.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 168 (8.50%) Management Information System
2 94 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
3 79 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 75 (3.79%) CMDB
5 61 (3.09%) Driving Licence
5 61 (3.09%) Public Cloud
6 53 (2.68%) Product Ownership
7 41 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 40 (2.02%) NHS
9 31 (1.57%) Housing Association
9 31 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
10 28 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
11 27 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 27 (1.37%) Reinsurance
12 21 (1.06%) Cloud Native
13 19 (0.96%) PKI
13 19 (0.96%) Replication
14 17 (0.86%) Virtual Team
15 15 (0.76%) Smartphone
16 13 (0.66%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 464 (23.47%) Windows
2 150 (7.59%) Windows Server
3 136 (6.88%) Windows 10
4 113 (5.72%) Linux
5 56 (2.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 47 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 44 (2.23%) Android
7 44 (2.23%) Apple iOS
8 41 (2.07%) Mac OS
9 39 (1.97%) Unix
10 31 (1.57%) Windows 7
11 24 (1.21%) Windows Server 2012
12 13 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
13 11 (0.56%) Windows NT
14 10 (0.51%) CentOS
15 7 (0.35%) Mac OS X
16 6 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 3 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
18 3 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,086 (54.93%) ITIL
2 866 (43.80%) ITSM
3 494 (24.99%) Problem-Solving
4 476 (24.08%) Service Delivery
5 421 (21.29%) Customer Service
6 315 (15.93%) Change Management
7 297 (15.02%) Incident Management
8 260 (13.15%) Problem Management
9 244 (12.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 227 (11.48%) Coaching
11 211 (10.67%) Mentoring
12 207 (10.47%) Agile
13 205 (10.37%) Project Management
14 198 (10.02%) Stakeholder Management
15 151 (7.64%) DevOps
16 147 (7.44%) Cybersecurity
17 139 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 135 (6.83%) Actionable Insight
19 114 (5.77%) People Management
20 113 (5.72%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 150 (7.59%) SQL
2 84 (4.25%) PowerShell
3 68 (3.44%) JavaScript
4 55 (2.78%) C#
5 52 (2.63%) Java
6 34 (1.72%) Python
7 26 (1.32%) Shell Script
8 20 (1.01%) VB
9 19 (0.96%) Bash
10 17 (0.86%) Groovy
11 15 (0.76%) Bicep
11 15 (0.76%) VBScript
12 10 (0.51%) RPG
12 10 (0.51%) Swift
13 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.30%) Perl
15 5 (0.25%) C
16 4 (0.20%) ABAP
16 4 (0.20%) PL/SQL
17 2 (0.10%) R
Qualifications
1 325 (16.44%) Degree
2 322 (16.29%) Security Cleared
3 250 (12.65%) SC Cleared
4 99 (5.01%) ITIL Certification
5 83 (4.20%) DV Cleared
6 73 (3.69%) ACCA
7 67 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 56 (2.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 37 (1.87%) A+ Certification
10 34 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
11 32 (1.62%) DBS Check
12 31 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 31 (1.57%) PMI Certification
13 28 (1.42%) CCNA
14 23 (1.16%) PMP
15 21 (1.06%) AWS Certification
15 21 (1.06%) Master's Degree
16 20 (1.01%) Azure Certification
17 19 (0.96%) CCNP
18 17 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (13.05%) SLA
2 73 (3.69%) GAAP
3 72 (3.64%) IFRS
4 53 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (2.38%) QA
6 44 (2.23%) GDPR
7 35 (1.77%) COBIT
8 32 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 23 (1.16%) Accessibility
11 22 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 19 (0.96%) Data Quality
12 19 (0.96%) NIST
13 16 (0.81%) PCI DSS
14 12 (0.61%) HIPAA
15 7 (0.35%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.35%) PMO
16 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.30%) GRC
17 4 (0.20%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 383 (19.37%) Active Directory
2 73 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (1.92%) Hyper-V
4 30 (1.52%) Firmware
5 26 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 21 (1.06%) Docker
8 16 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
9 12 (0.61%) vSphere
10 11 (0.56%) IAG
11 8 (0.40%) Terminal Services
12 7 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.20%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
15 2 (0.10%) XenApp
16 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 1 (0.051%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 124 (6.27%) SCCM
2 122 (6.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 63 (3.19%) Terraform
4 53 (2.68%) SCOM
5 44 (2.23%) Ansible
6 39 (1.97%) WSUS
7 33 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
8 32 (1.62%) OpenView
9 31 (1.57%) Kubernetes
10 26 (1.32%) OpenSSO
11 24 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 18 (0.91%) Progress Chef
13 17 (0.86%) vCenter Server
14 12 (0.61%) NetBackup
15 11 (0.56%) Sysprep
16 10 (0.51%) Nagios
17 9 (0.46%) EMC NetWorker
17 9 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
18 8 (0.40%) Grafana
19 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 611 (30.91%) Microsoft
2 290 (14.67%) ServiceNow
3 116 (5.87%) VMware
4 100 (5.06%) Remedy
5 74 (3.74%) CA
6 72 (3.64%) Google
7 65 (3.29%) BMC
7 65 (3.29%) HP
8 62 (3.14%) Cisco
9 57 (2.88%) Oracle
10 56 (2.83%) Citrix
11 44 (2.23%) Apple
12 36 (1.82%) IBM
13 31 (1.57%) SAP
14 27 (1.37%) Dell
15 26 (1.32%) Veeam
16 25 (1.26%) Meraki
17 24 (1.21%) Salesforce
18 22 (1.11%) SolarWinds
19 21 (1.06%) Snow