Service Desk Management Jobs

Service Desk Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Service Desk Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Service Desk Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 831 897 1116
Rank change year-on-year +66 +219 -268
Permanent jobs citing Service Desk Management 80 102 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.098% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.10% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 60 92 88
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £26,250 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £42,500 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.53% +18.88% -20.56%
75th Percentile £65,593 £50,938 £45,000
90th Percentile £67,398 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,750 £30,750
% change year-on-year +9.68% +26.02% -24.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Service Desk Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,620 99,018 149,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,724 58,165 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Service Desk Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Service Desk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Management in the UK

Service Desk Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Management.

Salary trend for Service Desk Management in the UK

Service Desk Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Desk Management in the UK

Service Desk Management
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Management within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +76 80 £48,250 +13.53% 5
UK excluding London -30 61 £42,500 +9.68% 5
Work from Home +64 28 £40,000 +9.59% 4
North of England +31 23 £40,000 -15.79% 1
London +119 19 £60,000 -14.29% 2
Midlands +17 15 £56,000 +55.56%
Yorkshire +100 11 £30,500 -23.75% 1
East of England +28 11 £32,500 -45.83% 1
North West +3 9 £61,185 +28.81%
East Midlands -13 8 £37,500 +50.00%
West Midlands +17 7 £63,749 +58.63%
South East +2 6 £54,000 +44.00% 1
South West -21 6 £52,500 +43.84%
North East -9 3 £40,000 +6.67%

Service Desk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 42 (52.50%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (33.75%) Azure
3 7 (8.75%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.75%) Mimecast
5 2 (2.50%) AWS
5 2 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.50%) SaaS
6 1 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.25%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.50%) LAN
1 10 (12.50%) WAN
2 8 (10.00%) DHCP
2 8 (10.00%) DNS
2 8 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 8 (10.00%) WLAN
3 6 (7.50%) Remote Desktop
3 6 (7.50%) VPN
4 5 (6.25%) Firewall
5 4 (5.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (5.00%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (5.00%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.25%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.50%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 19 (23.75%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.25%) Finance
3 11 (13.75%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.75%) Retail
5 6 (7.50%) Legal
6 4 (5.00%) Agriculture
6 4 (5.00%) Law
6 4 (5.00%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.75%) Social Housing
8 2 (2.50%) Banking
8 2 (2.50%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.50%) Front Office
8 2 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.50%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.25%) Back Office
9 1 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (28.75%) Service Manager
2 16 (20.00%) IT Support
3 15 (18.75%) Lead
4 14 (17.50%) Service Desk Manager
5 11 (13.75%) Analyst
5 11 (13.75%) Team Leader
6 10 (12.50%) IT Analyst
6 10 (12.50%) Service Desk Team Leader
7 9 (11.25%) IT Manager
8 8 (10.00%) Head of IT
8 8 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
8 8 (10.00%) Support Analyst
8 8 (10.00%) Support Engineer
9 7 (8.75%) IT Engineer
9 7 (8.75%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (8.75%) Senior
9 7 (8.75%) Service Delivery Specialist
9 7 (8.75%) Service Desk Specialist
10 6 (7.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 6 (7.50%) Head of IT Operations
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.50%) iPad
2 4 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.75%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.75%) Housing Association
4 2 (2.50%) Hedge funds
4 2 (2.50%) PMI
5 1 (1.25%) CMDB
5 1 (1.25%) Cybercrime
5 1 (1.25%) FMCG
5 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (50.00%) Windows
2 19 (23.75%) Windows Server
3 14 (17.50%) Windows 10
4 8 (10.00%) Android
4 8 (10.00%) Apple iOS
5 6 (7.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (7.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (5.00%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.50%) Linux
8 1 (1.25%) Unix
8 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (65.00%) ITIL
2 31 (38.75%) Service Management
3 30 (37.50%) Service Delivery
4 24 (30.00%) Customer Service
5 18 (22.50%) ITSM
6 16 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (16.25%) Incident Management
8 11 (13.75%) Major Incident Management
9 10 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (12.50%) Line Management
10 8 (10.00%) Performance Management
11 7 (8.75%) Process Improvement
12 6 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (7.50%) Critical Success Factor
12 6 (7.50%) Data Loss Prevention
12 6 (7.50%) Decision-Making
12 6 (7.50%) Kanban
12 6 (7.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 6 (7.50%) Technical Leadership
12 6 (7.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (11.25%) ITIL Certification
2 8 (10.00%) Degree
3 5 (6.25%) A+ Certification
3 5 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.00%) CCNP
4 4 (5.00%) MCITP
4 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.75%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.50%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.50%) PMP
7 1 (1.25%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (23.75%) SLA
2 6 (7.50%) GDPR
2 6 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.75%) ISO 9001
4 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (28.75%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.50%) Hyper-V
3 6 (7.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (16.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (11.25%) SCCM
3 1 (1.25%) IBM BigFix
3 1 (1.25%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.25%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 26 (32.50%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.00%) VMware
3 10 (12.50%) Citrix
4 8 (10.00%) Cisco
5 6 (7.50%) ServiceNow
5 6 (7.50%) Sophos
6 5 (6.25%) Meraki
6 5 (6.25%) SolarWinds
7 4 (5.00%) Aruba
7 4 (5.00%) Fortinet
7 4 (5.00%) Palo Alto
7 4 (5.00%) SAP
8 3 (3.75%) Qualys
9 1 (1.25%) Google
9 1 (1.25%) Oracle
9 1 (1.25%) Remedy
9 1 (1.25%) Splunk