Service Manager Jobs in Kent

Services Manager
South East > Kent

The median Services Manager salary in Kent is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 98 113
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Manager 12 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.83% 0.59% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.69% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 4
10th Percentile £39,000 £46,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £40,688 £50,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +2.33% +53.57%
75th Percentile £43,750 £60,000 £62,188
90th Percentile £52,975 £65,000 £66,125
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,750 £56,500
% change year-on-year -14.89% +3.98% +3.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Kent with a recognized job title 1,350 1,018 1,195
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 85.76% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,019 562 717
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,775 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings that featured Service Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in Kent

Service Manager
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Service Manager in Kent

Service Manager
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in Kent over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Manager in Kent

Service Manager
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the Kent region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Chatham +14 7 £42,500 -22.73%
Maidstone - 2 £40,000 -
Rochester +6 1 £60,000 +20.00%
West Malling - 1 £27,154 -
Service Manager
South East

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Service Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Kent region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) SLA
2 8 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 5 (41.67%) Finance
4 4 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 4 (33.33%) Service Management
5 3 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (25.00%) Line Management
5 3 (25.00%) Coaching
5 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
5 3 (25.00%) Windows
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
6 2 (16.67%) VMware
6 2 (16.67%) Cisco
6 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
7 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
7 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Management
7 1 (8.33%) Marketing
7 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (8.33%) Degree
7 1 (8.33%) Performance Management
7 1 (8.33%) PMI
7 1 (8.33%) PMP
7 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
7 1 (8.33%) Project Management
7 1 (8.33%) ITIL

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Electronics
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) e-Learning
1 1 (8.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 4 (33.33%) Service Management
3 3 (25.00%) Coaching
3 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (25.00%) Line Management
3 3 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Management
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) SLA
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco
1 2 (16.67%) VMware