The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. 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 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Manager
Rank 156 148 138
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Manager 31 28 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.737% 0.745% 0.675%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.772% 0.776% 0.707%
Number of salaries quoted 22 25 18
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,650 £29,400 £31,750
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £52,500 £62,900
UK excluding London average salary £46,500 £49,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year
-5.10% +5.37%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4013 3607 3819
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.43% 95.98% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3458 3202 3491
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Service Manager
North West

Service Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Service Manager across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Manchester Service Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Service Manager
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Service Manager Salary Trend

Service Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Service Manager across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Oldham - 1 £45,000 - 2
Service Manager
North West

Service Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1 32 (51.61%) Service Delivery
2 27 (43.55%) ITIL
3 18 (29.03%) Finance
4 16 (25.81%) Windows
5 15 (24.19%) Project Management
6 13 (20.97%) SAP
7 12 (19.35%) SLA
8 10 (16.13%) Service Management
8 10 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (12.90%) Incident Management
9 8 (12.90%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
9 8 (12.90%) Linux
10 7 (11.29%) DNS
10 7 (11.29%) MS Exchange
10 7 (11.29%) VoIP
10 7 (11.29%) HP
10 7 (11.29%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (11.29%) Firewall
10 7 (11.29%) Time Management
11 6 (9.677%) B2B
11 6 (9.677%) Active Directory
11 6 (9.677%) Oracle
12 5 (8.065%) IIS
12 5 (8.065%) C
12 5 (8.065%) C++
12 5 (8.065%) Perl
12 5 (8.065%) PHP
12 5 (8.065%) SQL
12 5 (8.065%) Apache

Service Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Application Development
1 3 (4.839%) Web Services
1 3 (4.839%) .NET
2 1 (1.613%) COM
Application Platforms
1 7 (11.29%) MS Exchange
2 5 (8.065%) IIS
2 5 (8.065%) Apache
2 5 (8.065%) NetWeaver
3 2 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (4.839%) MS Excel
1 3 (4.839%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (8.065%) SAP HR
1 5 (8.065%) SAP GRC
1 5 (8.065%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.29%) DNS
1 7 (11.29%) VoIP
1 7 (11.29%) Firewall
2 5 (8.065%) TACACS
2 5 (8.065%) MRTG
2 5 (8.065%) SSH
3 2 (3.226%) SMTP
3 2 (3.226%) HTTP
4 1 (1.613%) WAN
4 1 (1.613%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.065%) MySQL
1 5 (8.065%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (8.065%) SAP BW
2 2 (3.226%) NonStop SQL
2 2 (3.226%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.065%) Subversion
General
1 18 (29.03%) Finance
2 5 (8.065%) Advertising
2 5 (8.065%) Telecoms
2 5 (8.065%) Billing
3 4 (6.452%) Retail
4 3 (4.839%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.839%) Publishing
5 1 (1.613%) Front Office
5 1 (1.613%) Banking
5 1 (1.613%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.065%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.226%) Mainframe
2 2 (3.226%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 16 (25.81%) Windows
2 8 (12.90%) Linux
3 7 (11.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (4.839%) UNIX
5 2 (3.226%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (3.226%) zOS
5 2 (3.226%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (51.61%) Service Delivery
2 27 (43.55%) ITIL
3 15 (24.19%) Project Management
4 10 (16.13%) Service Management
4 10 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (12.90%) Incident Management
6 7 (11.29%) Time Management
7 6 (9.677%) B2B
8 5 (8.065%) SAP Security
9 4 (6.452%) Infrastructure Management
9 4 (6.452%) Supplier Management
9 4 (6.452%) Programme Management
9 4 (6.452%) Risk Management
9 4 (6.452%) PRINCE2
10 3 (4.839%) ERP
10 3 (4.839%) Change Management
10 3 (4.839%) Business Development
10 3 (4.839%) Problem Management
10 3 (4.839%) Performance Management
11 2 (3.226%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.065%) C
1 5 (8.065%) C++
1 5 (8.065%) Perl
1 5 (8.065%) PHP
1 5 (8.065%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (12.90%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (1.613%) ISEB
2 1 (1.613%) PMP
2 1 (1.613%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.613%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.613%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.35%) SLA
2 1 (1.613%) QA
2 1 (1.613%) BS25999
System Software
1 6 (9.677%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.065%) NFS
2 5 (8.065%) Sendmail
2 5 (8.065%) SpamAssassin
2 5 (8.065%) FreeRADIUS
3 2 (3.226%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (8.065%) OpenView
1 5 (8.065%) Nagios
1 5 (8.065%) Cacti
1 5 (8.065%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 13 (20.97%) SAP
2 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 7 (11.29%) HP
4 6 (9.677%) Oracle
5 5 (8.065%) Cisco
5 5 (8.065%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.226%) Mitel
6 2 (3.226%) VMware
7 1 (1.613%) Citrix
Manchester, North West
It is our aim to take all reasonable steps to employ and promote on the basis of ability and qualifications without regard to race, religion, colour, sex, age,...
Sand Resources
Salary: £31000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Manchester - Permanent £45K Dependant on Experience Skills & Tech: ITIL v2, ITIL V3, ICT, Service Management, SLAs, Service level management, Capacity management, IT service continuity, Availability management Computer People...
Computer People
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
ITIL v2 (Managers Certification) Expert to proactively focus on the business users as the customer of ICT. - Sound experience of Service Level Management - Capacity Management - IT Service Continuity...
Elevate Recruitment
Salary: From £31,000 to £45,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Oldham, North West
Able to work individually or as part of a team you will have a high level of initiative and you must be competent in IT software including Microsoft...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £19000 - £25000 per annum + Holidays + Benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Oldham, North West
Able to work individually or as part of a team you will have a high level of initiative and you must be competent in IT software including Microsoft...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £19000 - £25000 per annum + Holidays + Benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013