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The table below looks at the demand for the Service Manager role in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Service Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Services Manager
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank206198
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching permanent IT job ads15692159
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.916 %0.926 %
As % of the category below1.071 %1.060 %
Salaries quoted12961764
Average minimum salary£44,085£47,863
Average salary£47,081£51,049
% change on same period last year-7.77 %
Average maximum salary£50,077£54,235
UK excluding London average salary£45,683£47,528
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads146529203659
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled85.52 %87.31 %
Salaries quoted123055164516
Average minimum salary£39,032£40,397
Average salary£42,687£44,180
% change on same period last year-3.38 %
Average maximum salary£46,342£47,963
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Service Manager UKService Manager
UK

Service Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Service Manager across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Service Manager Demand Trend

Service Manager
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Service Manager across the England region.

England Service Manager Salary Trend

Service Manager
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Service Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England Service Manager Salary Histogram

Service Manager
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-22569£50,107-11.39 %
South EastUp+22330£48,963-3.66 %
West MidlandsUp+26132£44,915-3.78 %
North WestUp+3128£43,664-2.04 %
YorkshireUp+1114£43,640+3.34 %
East of EnglandUp+18105£42,813-11.99 %
South WestDown-2498£43,384+0.46 %
East MidlandsUp+1284£40,208-7.69 %
MidlandsUp+1810£51,600+11.98 %
North EastNo change09£62,500+36.86 %
Service Manager UKService Manager
UK

Service Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited Service Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Service Manager in their job title.

11774 (51.44 %)Service Delivery
21738 (50.39 %)ITIL
3808 (23.43 %)Service Management
4738 (21.40 %)Finance
5711 (20.61 %)SLA
6488 (14.15 %)Project Management
7450 (13.05 %)ITIL Certification
8287 (8.321 %)Change Management
9272 (7.886 %)Microsoft
10271 (7.857 %)PRINCE2
11247 (7.161 %)Health
12243 (7.046 %)Banking
13239 (6.930 %)Degree
14231 (6.698 %)Pensions
15227 (6.582 %)Windows
16225 (6.524 %)Telecoms
17208 (6.031 %)Problem Management
18195 (5.654 %)Incident Management
19171 (4.958 %)Retail
20144 (4.175 %)MS Excel
21139 (4.030 %)Education
22131 (3.798 %)Cisco
23124 (3.595 %)UNIX
23124 (3.595 %)Internet
24118 (3.421 %)Oracle
25111 (3.218 %)Insurance
26104 (3.015 %)WAN
27103 (2.986 %)Release Management
28102 (2.957 %)ITSM
2997 (2.812 %)Marketing

Service Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited Service Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Service Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
169 (2.001 %).NET
239 (1.131 %)WebServices
323 (0.667 %)XML
420 (0.580 %)WebSphere
518 (0.522 %)J2EE
615 (0.435 %)ASP.NET
615 (0.435 %)HTML
711 (0.319 %)ASP
810 (0.290 %)COM+
93 (0.087 %)XSLT
93 (0.087 %)Middleware
102 (0.058 %)CSS
102 (0.058 %)JSP
111 (0.029 %)Struts
111 (0.029 %)COM
111 (0.029 %)SAP XI
111 (0.029 %)DOM
111 (0.029 %).NET Framework
111 (0.029 %)Java SE
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
144 (1.276 %)MS Exchange
227 (0.783 %)IIS
324 (0.696 %)Exchange Server 2003
422 (0.638 %)Lotus Notes
520 (0.580 %)SharePoint
614 (0.406 %)SharePoint Server 2007
713 (0.377 %)BizTalk Server
811 (0.319 %)WebLogic
910 (0.290 %)Commerce Server
910 (0.290 %)Commerce Server 2007
109 (0.261 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
109 (0.261 %)Oracle Workflow
118 (0.232 %)Exchange Server 2007
127 (0.203 %)SAS
136 (0.174 %)WebSphere Application Server
136 (0.174 %)Lotus Domino
145 (0.145 %)CICS
145 (0.145 %)Exchange Server 2000
154 (0.116 %)Office Communications Server
163 (0.087 %)WebSphere MQ
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1144 (4.175 %)MS Excel
289 (2.580 %)MS Visio
289 (2.580 %)MS Office
336 (1.044 %)MS PowerPoint
435 (1.015 %)MS Project
57 (0.203 %)SPSS
65 (0.145 %)Spreadsheet
74 (0.116 %)Acrobat
74 (0.116 %)DeltaView
83 (0.087 %)Photoshop
91 (0.029 %)Adobe Illustrator
91 (0.029 %)AutoCAD
91 (0.029 %)CA Clarity
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (0.348 %)SAP Retail
29 (0.261 %)Movex
38 (0.232 %)Oracle ERP
38 (0.232 %)Oracle Applications
47 (0.203 %)Navision
55 (0.145 %)Remedy AR System
64 (0.116 %)SAP R/3
73 (0.087 %)PeopleSoft Financials
82 (0.058 %)SAP ERP
82 (0.058 %)Line 500
91 (0.029 %)Remedy ITSM
91 (0.029 %)Great Plains
91 (0.029 %)SAP SD
91 (0.029 %)SAP FI
91 (0.029 %)SAP MM
91 (0.029 %)Oracle CRM
91 (0.029 %)Oracle HRMS
91 (0.029 %)SAP FI/CO
91 (0.029 %)Summit
91 (0.029 %)SAP CO
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1124 (3.595 %)Internet
2104 (3.015 %)WAN
389 (2.580 %)LAN
461 (1.769 %)SAN
538 (1.102 %)VoIP
636 (1.044 %)Firewall
729 (0.841 %)Intranet
828 (0.812 %)TCP/IP
927 (0.783 %)MPLS
1022 (0.638 %)DNS
1121 (0.609 %)VPN
1217 (0.493 %)ATM
1316 (0.464 %)Wireless
1415 (0.435 %)IP Telephony
1415 (0.435 %)HTTP
1415 (0.435 %)OSPF
1415 (0.435 %)BGP
1510 (0.290 %)SMTP
1510 (0.290 %)LLU
169 (0.261 %)IMAP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
196 (2.783 %)SQL Server
223 (0.667 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (0.522 %)MySQL
416 (0.464 %)GIS
514 (0.406 %)SQL Server 2000
613 (0.377 %)Oracle 10g
712 (0.348 %)Datawarehouse
811 (0.319 %)Crystal Reports
99 (0.261 %)BusinessObjects
99 (0.261 %)MS Access
108 (0.232 %)RDBMS
108 (0.232 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
116 (0.174 %)ETL
123 (0.087 %)DB2
123 (0.087 %)Data Mining
123 (0.087 %)EDMS
132 (0.058 %)SAP BI
132 (0.058 %)Oracle 9i
132 (0.058 %)OLAP
132 (0.058 %)SAP BW
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (0.087 %)Eclipse
13 (0.087 %)Ant
13 (0.087 %)CruiseControl
13 (0.087 %)Subversion
22 (0.058 %)Dreamweaver
22 (0.058 %)COOL:Gen
31 (0.029 %)WinRunner
31 (0.029 %)TestDirector
31 (0.029 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (0.029 %)LoadRunner
31 (0.029 %)PowerBuilder
31 (0.029 %)JIRA
31 (0.029 %)Flash
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1738 (21.40 %)Finance
2247 (7.161 %)Health
3243 (7.046 %)Banking
4231 (6.698 %)Pensions
5225 (6.524 %)Telecoms
6171 (4.958 %)Retail
7139 (4.030 %)Education
8111 (3.218 %)Insurance
997 (2.812 %)Marketing
1087 (2.522 %)Government
1160 (1.740 %)Financial Institution
1243 (1.247 %)Legal
1340 (1.160 %)Investment Banking
1437 (1.073 %)Back Office
1533 (0.957 %)Billing
1632 (0.928 %)Law
1730 (0.870 %)FMCG
1829 (0.841 %)Local Government
1923 (0.667 %)Pharmaceutical
2021 (0.609 %)Front Office
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
159 (1.711 %)Management Information System
233 (0.957 %)Client/Server
328 (0.812 %)PMI
328 (0.812 %)EPoS
421 (0.609 %)Mainframe
421 (0.609 %)AS400
518 (0.522 %)Statistics
616 (0.464 %)Equities
616 (0.464 %)NHS
714 (0.406 %)Blackberry
811 (0.319 %)EFT
910 (0.290 %)Grid Computing
910 (0.290 %)E-Learning
109 (0.261 %)IVR
118 (0.232 %)N-Tier
127 (0.203 %)Thin Client
127 (0.203 %)Fixed Income
127 (0.203 %)Clustering
127 (0.203 %)Fat Client
136 (0.174 %)Data Protection Act
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1227 (6.582 %)Windows
2124 (3.595 %)UNIX
371 (2.059 %)Linux
466 (1.914 %)Windows Server 2003
526 (0.754 %)Windows XP
617 (0.493 %)HPUX
617 (0.493 %)Windows 2000 Server
713 (0.377 %)Solaris
713 (0.377 %)Windows 2000
89 (0.261 %)AIX
97 (0.203 %)Windows Vista
106 (0.174 %)OS/390
115 (0.145 %)zOS
123 (0.087 %)Red Hat Linux
123 (0.087 %)VMS
132 (0.058 %)Windows Server 2008
141 (0.029 %)MVS
141 (0.029 %)Mac OS X
141 (0.029 %)Windows NT
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11774 (51.44 %)Service Delivery
21738 (50.39 %)ITIL
3808 (23.43 %)Service Management
4488 (14.15 %)Project Management
5287 (8.321 %)Change Management
6271 (7.857 %)PRINCE2
7208 (6.031 %)Problem Management
8195 (5.654 %)Incident Management
9103 (2.986 %)Release Management
10102 (2.957 %)ITSM
1195 (2.754 %)Performance Management
1289 (2.580 %)Supplier Management
1384 (2.435 %)Disaster Recovery
1474 (2.146 %)Risk Management
1572 (2.088 %)Stakeholder Management
1572 (2.088 %)Matrix Management
1671 (2.059 %)Business Continuity
1767 (1.943 %)E-Commerce
1861 (1.769 %)CRM
1952 (1.508 %)ERP
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
180 (2.320 %)SQL
273 (2.117 %)C
325 (0.725 %)C#
423 (0.667 %)Java
423 (0.667 %)Perl
522 (0.638 %)VBA
619 (0.551 %)VB
79 (0.261 %)VB6
88 (0.232 %)PHP
96 (0.174 %)ABAP
105 (0.145 %)C++
114 (0.116 %)VB.NET
123 (0.087 %)Transact-SQL
123 (0.087 %)Python
123 (0.087 %)JavaScript
131 (0.029 %)COBOL
131 (0.029 %)VBScript
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1450 (13.05 %)ITIL Certification
2239 (6.930 %)Degree
352 (1.508 %)PRINCE2 Certification
435 (1.015 %)Microsoft Certification
532 (0.928 %)MCSE
628 (0.812 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
721 (0.609 %)ISEB
820 (0.580 %)PMP
820 (0.580 %)PMI Certification
918 (0.522 %)Cisco Certification
1017 (0.493 %)CCNA
115 (0.145 %)MCSA
115 (0.145 %)HND
124 (0.116 %)MCP
124 (0.116 %)HNC
124 (0.116 %)CISSP
133 (0.087 %)MBCS
142 (0.058 %)MBA
142 (0.058 %)CCNP
151 (0.029 %)MCDBA
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1711 (20.61 %)SLA
269 (2.001 %)QA
333 (0.957 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
417 (0.493 %)ISO9001
516 (0.464 %)COBIT
610 (0.290 %)ISO9000
76 (0.174 %)BS15000
85 (0.145 %)ISO27001
94 (0.116 %)Basel II
94 (0.116 %)ISO/IEC 20000
101 (0.029 %)BS25999
101 (0.029 %)ISO14001
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
170 (2.030 %)Active Directory
236 (1.044 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (0.174 %)Backup Exec
45 (0.145 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
54 (0.116 %)NetBackup
63 (0.087 %)MSMQ
63 (0.087 %)MetaFrame
72 (0.058 %)Terminal Services
72 (0.058 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (0.029 %)VMware Server
81 (0.029 %)ISA Server
81 (0.029 %)Terminal Server
81 (0.029 %)Oracle RAC
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
129 (0.841 %)OpenView
214 (0.406 %)OpenView Configuration Management
313 (0.377 %)OVSD
411 (0.319 %)MOM
57 (0.203 %)Unicenter
66 (0.174 %)BMC PATROL
73 (0.087 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
73 (0.087 %)EMC NetWorker
73 (0.087 %)Tivoli
82 (0.058 %)CONTROL-M
82 (0.058 %)ZENworks
82 (0.058 %)Norton AntiVirus
91 (0.029 %)Legato
91 (0.029 %)BMC Performance Manager
91 (0.029 %)AssetCenter
91 (0.029 %)SCOM
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1272 (7.886 %)Microsoft
2131 (3.798 %)Cisco
3118 (3.421 %)Oracle
495 (2.754 %)SAP
558 (1.682 %)HP
656 (1.624 %)Citrix
748 (1.392 %)VMware
838 (1.102 %)IBM
922 (0.638 %)Lotus
1020 (0.580 %)Juniper
1119 (0.551 %)Avaya
1119 (0.551 %)PeopleSoft
1119 (0.551 %)Remedy
1217 (0.493 %)NetApp
1316 (0.464 %)BEA
1316 (0.464 %)Sybase
1413 (0.377 %)Sun
1511 (0.319 %)EMC
1511 (0.319 %)Cognos
1610 (0.290 %)Sitecore