Service Manager Jobs in Central London

Services Manager
London > Central London

The median Services Manager salary in Central London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 137 208
Rank change year-on-year -9 +71 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Manager 14 55 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.56% 1.46% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 1.53% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 7 41 32
10th Percentile £49,685 £65,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,613 £72,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £76,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +10.55% +10.89%
75th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £83,125
90th Percentile - £95,000 £87,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £66,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.48% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,294 3,595 4,963
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.47% 95.16% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,626 2,805 4,135
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in Central London

Service Manager
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in Central London.

Salary trend for Service Manager in Central London

Service Manager
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Manager in Central London

Service Manager
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. 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
City of London +12 12 £70,000 -7.28% 6
Camden -12 2 - - 1
Service Manager
London

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 6 (42.86%) ITIL
1 6 (42.86%) Service Management
1 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (35.71%) Service Delivery
2 5 (35.71%) ITSM
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Technology Strategy
4 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
4 3 (21.43%) Software Licensing
4 3 (21.43%) Insurtech
4 3 (21.43%) Business Continuity
4 3 (21.43%) SQL
4 3 (21.43%) Data Management
4 3 (21.43%) Marketing
4 3 (21.43%) Law
4 3 (21.43%) Process Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (21.43%) SaaS
4 3 (21.43%) QA
4 3 (21.43%) Release Management
4 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
4 3 (21.43%) Private Cloud
4 3 (21.43%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (21.43%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (14.29%) Line Management

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) SaaS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Eclipse
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Law
3 3 (21.43%) Marketing
4 2 (14.29%) Games
4 2 (14.29%) Legal
5 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (21.43%) Private Cloud
2 2 (14.29%) CMDB
2 2 (14.29%) Mobile Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (42.86%) ITIL
1 6 (42.86%) Service Management
2 5 (35.71%) ITSM
2 5 (35.71%) Service Delivery
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) Business Continuity
4 3 (21.43%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (21.43%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (21.43%) Data Management
4 3 (21.43%) Insurtech
4 3 (21.43%) Process Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Release Management
4 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
4 3 (21.43%) Software Licensing
4 3 (21.43%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (21.43%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) People Management
5 2 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (14.29%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) Guidewire