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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 138 208
Rank change year-on-year -7 +70 -23
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 2,000 2,512 3,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.95% 2.58% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.70% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,433 1,624 2,207
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,400 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £37,334
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
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% +9.38%

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 28 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 28 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 +1 1,816 £50,000 -9.09% 406
UK excluding London -3 1,407 £45,000 -10.00% 278
Work from Home -5 710 £57,000 -0.87% 171
London -9 530 £65,000 - 138
North of England +24 415 £44,274 -6.79% 66
South East -17 339 £52,500 - 61
Midlands +1 266 £36,000 -28.00% 59
North West +38 205 £45,000 -5.26% 37
South West -12 178 £47,500 +5.56% 40
West Midlands -15 165 £50,000 -6.54% 37
Yorkshire +33 154 £45,000 -21.95% 22
East Midlands +16 99 £28,500 -24.00% 21
Scotland -55 86 £55,000 - 22
East of England -18 82 £36,250 -0.68% 22
North East -4 56 £42,407 +16.18% 12
Wales -26 26 £46,604 -9.63% 11
Northern Ireland +26 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
1 128 (6.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 93 (4.65%) SharePoint
3 45 (2.25%) Confluence
4 26 (1.30%) WebLogic
5 22 (1.10%) SAS
6 20 (1.00%) CMS
7 9 (0.45%) 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
12 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.050%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.050%) WebSphere
Applications
1 162 (8.10%) Microsoft Office
2 99 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.40%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.25%) Trello
7 3 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.050%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 61 (3.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 41 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.70%) PlanetPress Connect
4 11 (0.55%) Elite 3E
4 11 (0.55%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.20%) Maximo
7 4 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.20%) SAP IS-U
8 3 (0.15%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.10%) Shopify
10 1 (0.050%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.050%) Eikon
10 1 (0.050%) Primavera
10 1 (0.050%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 385 (19.25%) Microsoft 365
2 381 (19.05%) Azure
3 120 (6.00%) Entra ID
4 119 (5.95%) AWS
5 92 (4.60%) Power Platform
6 76 (3.80%) SaaS
7 48 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
8 39 (1.95%) OneDrive
9 36 (1.80%) PaaS
10 35 (1.75%) IaaS
11 31 (1.55%) GCP
12 27 (1.35%) PowerApps
13 25 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (1.25%) Azure Storage
13 25 (1.25%) OpenShift
13 25 (1.25%) Power Automate
14 23 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (1.10%) Google Sheets
16 17 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (0.80%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 154 (7.70%) Firewall
2 98 (4.90%) DNS
3 96 (4.80%) VPN
4 76 (3.80%) LAN
5 74 (3.70%) WAN
6 70 (3.50%) DHCP
7 54 (2.70%) TCP/IP
8 48 (2.40%) Wireless
9 41 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (1.70%) WLAN
11 30 (1.50%) Network Security
12 21 (1.05%) SAN
13 19 (0.95%) SD-WAN
14 17 (0.85%) VoIP
15 16 (0.80%) Internet
15 16 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
16 13 (0.65%) VLAN
17 12 (0.60%) SSL
18 11 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
18 11 (0.55%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (3.40%) Power BI
2 65 (3.25%) SQL Server
3 31 (1.55%) MySQL
4 26 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
5 25 (1.25%) Relational Database
6 21 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (0.90%) GIS
8 14 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
10 10 (0.50%) RDBMS
11 8 (0.40%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.25%) Redis
14 3 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
14 3 (0.15%) Tableau
15 2 (0.10%) Crystal Reports
15 2 (0.10%) DTS
15 2 (0.10%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 114 (5.70%) JIRA
2 41 (2.05%) GitLab
3 21 (1.05%) Artifactory
4 17 (0.85%) IBM UrbanCode
5 14 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 8 (0.40%) MSI
6 8 (0.40%) Postman
7 7 (0.35%) Git
7 7 (0.35%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.30%) AdminStudio
8 6 (0.30%) InstallShield
9 3 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.15%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.10%) PowerBuilder
11 1 (0.050%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.050%) Selenium
General
1 818 (40.90%) Social Skills
2 521 (26.05%) Finance
3 312 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
4 181 (9.05%) Public Sector
5 171 (8.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 133 (6.65%) Presentation Skills
7 105 (5.25%) Banking
8 103 (5.15%) Law
9 93 (4.65%) Retail
10 83 (4.15%) Billing
11 68 (3.40%) Legal
12 60 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
13 56 (2.80%) Telecoms
14 51 (2.55%) Local Government
15 45 (2.25%) Police
16 38 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
17 31 (1.55%) Manufacturing
18 29 (1.45%) Back Office
19 20 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
20 18 (0.90%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 298 (14.90%) Analyst
2 260 (13.00%) Service Manager
3 205 (10.25%) Senior
4 177 (8.85%) Lead
5 170 (8.50%) IT Manager
6 143 (7.15%) Architect
7 142 (7.10%) IT Support
8 131 (6.55%) Support Analyst
9 104 (5.20%) Support Engineer
10 103 (5.15%) Delivery Manager
11 102 (5.10%) IT Services Manager
12 100 (5.00%) Service Delivery Manager
13 99 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 91 (4.55%) Team Leader
15 81 (4.05%) Applications Support
16 74 (3.70%) Service Analyst
17 73 (3.65%) IT Analyst
18 63 (3.15%) Service Desk Analyst
19 62 (3.10%) Developer
20 57 (2.85%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (2.35%) HTML
2 45 (2.25%) Web Services
3 43 (2.15%) CSS
4 29 (1.45%) AngularJS
5 27 (1.35%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 26 (1.30%) J2EE
6 26 (1.30%) Java EE
6 26 (1.30%) Spring
7 18 (0.90%) ARM Templates
7 18 (0.90%) SOAP
8 15 (0.75%) XML
9 14 (0.70%) REST
10 13 (0.65%) .NET
10 13 (0.65%) EDI
11 12 (0.60%) JSON
12 8 (0.40%) FIX Protocol
12 8 (0.40%) LDAP
13 5 (0.25%) Ajax
13 5 (0.25%) Middleware
13 5 (0.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 170 (8.50%) Management Information System
2 99 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
3 82 (4.10%) Data Centre
4 74 (3.70%) CMDB
5 63 (3.15%) Driving Licence
6 60 (3.00%) Public Cloud
7 52 (2.60%) Product Ownership
8 41 (2.05%) Onboarding
9 40 (2.00%) NHS
10 31 (1.55%) Housing Association
11 30 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
12 28 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
13 27 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
13 27 (1.35%) Reinsurance
14 21 (1.05%) PKI
15 20 (1.00%) Cloud Native
16 19 (0.95%) Replication
17 18 (0.90%) Virtual Team
18 14 (0.70%) Operational Technology
18 14 (0.70%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 471 (23.55%) Windows
2 152 (7.60%) Windows Server
3 139 (6.95%) Windows 10
4 119 (5.95%) Linux
5 59 (2.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 50 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 44 (2.20%) Android
7 44 (2.20%) Apple iOS
8 40 (2.00%) Mac OS
8 40 (2.00%) Unix
9 32 (1.60%) Windows 7
10 25 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 12 (0.60%) Windows NT
11 12 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (0.55%) CentOS
13 7 (0.35%) Mac OS X
14 6 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.20%) Rocky
16 3 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,089 (54.45%) ITIL
2 863 (43.15%) ITSM
3 511 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
4 468 (23.40%) Service Delivery
5 428 (21.40%) Customer Service
6 322 (16.10%) Change Management
7 299 (14.95%) Incident Management
8 260 (13.00%) Problem Management
9 255 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 225 (11.25%) Coaching
11 213 (10.65%) Mentoring
12 209 (10.45%) Project Management
13 204 (10.20%) Agile
14 199 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
15 153 (7.65%) DevOps
16 149 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
17 140 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 134 (6.70%) Actionable Insight
19 114 (5.70%) Business Development
19 114 (5.70%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 153 (7.65%) SQL
2 88 (4.40%) PowerShell
3 66 (3.30%) JavaScript
4 58 (2.90%) C#
5 52 (2.60%) Java
6 33 (1.65%) Python
7 27 (1.35%) Shell Script
8 23 (1.15%) VB
9 20 (1.00%) Bash
10 17 (0.85%) Bicep
10 17 (0.85%) Groovy
10 17 (0.85%) VBScript
11 10 (0.50%) RPG
11 10 (0.50%) Swift
12 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.25%) C
13 5 (0.25%) Perl
14 4 (0.20%) ABAP
14 4 (0.20%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.10%) R
Qualifications
1 330 (16.50%) Degree
2 326 (16.30%) Security Cleared
3 254 (12.70%) SC Cleared
4 99 (4.95%) ITIL Certification
5 85 (4.25%) DV Cleared
6 73 (3.65%) ACCA
7 67 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 60 (3.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 36 (1.80%) A+ Certification
10 33 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (1.65%) PMI Certification
11 32 (1.60%) DBS Check
12 31 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
13 27 (1.35%) CCNA
14 25 (1.25%) PMP
15 21 (1.05%) AWS Certification
15 21 (1.05%) Azure Certification
16 20 (1.00%) Master's Degree
17 19 (0.95%) CCNP
18 18 (0.90%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (12.85%) SLA
2 73 (3.65%) GAAP
3 72 (3.60%) IFRS
4 53 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (2.45%) QA
6 45 (2.25%) GDPR
7 35 (1.75%) COBIT
8 31 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 23 (1.15%) Accessibility
11 21 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 19 (0.95%) Data Quality
12 19 (0.95%) NIST
13 16 (0.80%) PCI DSS
14 12 (0.60%) 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/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 394 (19.70%) Active Directory
2 72 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (1.85%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.55%) Firmware
5 26 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 25 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (1.15%) Docker
8 18 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
9 12 (0.60%) vSphere
10 11 (0.55%) IAG
11 8 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (0.40%) Terminal Services
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 (0.050%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 1 (0.050%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 130 (6.50%) SCCM
2 123 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 64 (3.20%) Terraform
4 55 (2.75%) SCOM
5 45 (2.25%) Ansible
6 43 (2.15%) WSUS
7 35 (1.75%) Kubernetes
8 33 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
9 32 (1.60%) OpenView
10 26 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 26 (1.30%) OpenSSO
11 19 (0.95%) Progress Chef
12 16 (0.80%) vCenter Server
13 13 (0.65%) NetBackup
14 12 (0.60%) Sysprep
15 11 (0.55%) Nagios
16 10 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
16 10 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
17 9 (0.45%) Grafana
18 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 622 (31.10%) Microsoft
2 285 (14.25%) ServiceNow
3 117 (5.85%) VMware
4 99 (4.95%) Remedy
5 74 (3.70%) CA
6 72 (3.60%) Google
7 66 (3.30%) HP
8 64 (3.20%) BMC
9 63 (3.15%) Cisco
10 58 (2.90%) Oracle
11 57 (2.85%) Citrix
12 45 (2.25%) Apple
13 37 (1.85%) IBM
14 30 (1.50%) SAP
15 27 (1.35%) Dell
15 27 (1.35%) Veeam
16 26 (1.30%) Meraki
17 25 (1.25%) SolarWinds
18 24 (1.20%) Salesforce
19 21 (1.05%) Splunk