The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading 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 17 May 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Manager
Rank 114 98 107
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Manager 18 35 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.855% 1.549% 0.376%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.901% 1.628% 0.402%
Number of salaries quoted 12 27 5
Average salary £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.04% -4.16%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1998 2150 1741
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.87% 95.17% 93.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1633 1856 1398
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% -3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Service Manager
Berkshire

Service Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Service Manager Salary Trend

Service Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Service Manager across the Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading Service Manager Salary Histogram

Service Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 15 (60.00%) ITIL
2 11 (44.00%) Service Management
3 9 (36.00%) Service Delivery
4 8 (32.00%) PRINCE2
5 7 (28.00%) Project Management
6 5 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (16.00%) SLA
7 4 (16.00%) ITSM
7 4 (16.00%) Finance
7 4 (16.00%) Operations Management
8 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
8 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (12.00%) MS Project Server
8 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
8 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
8 3 (12.00%) SaaS
8 3 (12.00%) Unified Communications
8 3 (12.00%) Portfolio Management
8 3 (12.00%) PRINCE
8 3 (12.00%) Six Sigma
8 3 (12.00%) Cisco
8 3 (12.00%) MS Project
9 2 (8.000%) CRM
9 2 (8.000%) ATM
9 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (8.000%) Management Information System
9 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
9 2 (8.000%) Time Management
9 2 (8.000%) Information Security
10 1 (4.000%) Business Continuity

Service Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) MS Project Server
2 1 (4.000%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) MS Project
2 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (8.000%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) DB2
1 1 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (16.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.000%) Automotive
3 1 (4.000%) Retail
3 1 (4.000%) Marketing
3 1 (4.000%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) SaaS
2 2 (8.000%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.000%) FMCG
3 1 (4.000%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) ITIL
2 11 (44.00%) Service Management
3 9 (36.00%) Service Delivery
4 8 (32.00%) PRINCE2
5 7 (28.00%) Project Management
6 4 (16.00%) ITSM
6 4 (16.00%) Operations Management
7 3 (12.00%) Portfolio Management
7 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
7 3 (12.00%) PRINCE
7 3 (12.00%) Six Sigma
8 2 (8.000%) CRM
8 2 (8.000%) Information Security
8 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (8.000%) Time Management
9 1 (4.000%) Performance Management
9 1 (4.000%) Resource Management
9 1 (4.000%) Release Management
9 1 (4.000%) Business Continuity
9 1 (4.000%) Web Design
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.000%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.000%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Cisco
2 1 (4.000%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.000%) Citrix
2 1 (4.000%) Lotus
2 1 (4.000%) VMware
2 1 (4.000%) Fujitsu
2 1 (4.000%) Twitter
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Theale, Reading, Berkshire UKPermanent£30,000 + Benefits A long and well-established technology leader with international presence is looking an IT Services Account Manager. They have an outstanding...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £28000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
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The successful candidate should be a Prince2 and/or PPM Project Management Practitioner with MS Project Server experience, knowledge or experience within defence or central government, an understanding...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Competitive salary on application
Posted: 14 May 2013