Service Management Job Trends in Cardiff

Service Management
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Service Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 47 36
Rank change year-on-year +15 -11 +18
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 4 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 1.13% 0.57% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 0.70% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 11
10th Percentile - - £33,426
25th Percentile - - £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile - - £72,433
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £43,190
% change year-on-year -16.67% +38.92% -9.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Service Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 286 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 71.83% 81.02% 90.43%
Number of salaries quoted 176 177 305
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,122 £67,375
90th Percentile £78,551 £79,600 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +0.22%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Service Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Service Management job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Service Management
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Service Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Service Management

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 4 (100.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Services Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery