Service Manager Jobs in the Thames Valley

Services Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Services Manager salary in the Thames Valley is £43,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 233 197
Rank change year-on-year +29 -36 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Manager 37 27 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.55% 0.44% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.49% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 30 23 44
10th Percentile £26,000 £45,077 £40,031
25th Percentile £32,750 £50,250 £45,581
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.69% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,650 £60,313
90th Percentile £64,525 £70,250 £67,125
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.89% +6.82% +9.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,341 5,501 6,708
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.87% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,512 3,210 4,185
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,954 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,438 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
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 the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the Thames Valley

Service Manager
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Service Manager in the Thames Valley

Service Manager
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Manager in the Thames Valley

Service Manager
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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
Buckinghamshire -11 15 £33,500 -48.46% 2
Berkshire +22 14 £62,500 -3.85% 2
Oxfordshire +21 8 £57,500 +21.05% 6
Service Manager
South East

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 29 (78.38%) Service Delivery
2 26 (70.27%) ITIL
3 20 (54.05%) SLA
4 19 (51.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (32.43%) Service Management
5 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
6 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (29.73%) Public Sector
6 11 (29.73%) Finance
7 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Office
7 9 (24.32%) Service Delivery Management
8 8 (21.62%) Budget Management
8 8 (21.62%) ITSM
8 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Excel
8 8 (21.62%) Degree
8 8 (21.62%) Matrix Management
9 7 (18.92%) Telecoms
9 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (18.92%) Accessibility
9 7 (18.92%) Customer Experience
10 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
11 5 (13.51%) Azure
12 4 (10.81%) Supplier Management
12 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
12 4 (10.81%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
13 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (8.11%) Coaching
14 2 (5.41%) JIRA
14 2 (5.41%) Google

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (5.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.41%) Google Docs
3 2 (5.41%) SaaS
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Bitbucket
1 2 (5.41%) GitLab
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (29.73%) Finance
2 11 (29.73%) Public Sector
3 7 (18.92%) Telecoms
4 4 (10.81%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.70%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
1 2 (5.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.70%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (78.38%) Service Delivery
2 26 (70.27%) ITIL
3 19 (51.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (32.43%) Service Management
5 9 (24.32%) Service Delivery Management
6 8 (21.62%) Budget Management
6 8 (21.62%) ITSM
6 8 (21.62%) Matrix Management
7 7 (18.92%) Customer Experience
7 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
8 4 (10.81%) Supplier Management
9 3 (8.11%) Coaching
10 2 (5.41%) Agile
10 2 (5.41%) Customer-Centric Approach
10 2 (5.41%) Incident Management
10 2 (5.41%) Service Desk Management
10 2 (5.41%) Time Management
10 2 (5.41%) User Experience
10 2 (5.41%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) C#
1 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (54.05%) SLA
2 7 (18.92%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Ansible
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.41%) Google
3 2 (5.41%) Oracle
3 2 (5.41%) SAP
4 1 (2.70%) NEC