Service Manager Job Trends in the East Midlands

Services Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Services Manager salary in the East Midlands is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 116 114
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Manager 16 12 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.64% 0.54% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.57% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 10
10th Percentile - £39,250 £32,725
25th Percentile - £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £53,068
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -5.78% +4.30%
75th Percentile - £56,750 £56,563
90th Percentile £52,750 £64,500 £62,425
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,325 2,115 1,809
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 95.70% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 932 1,458
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +0.02% -2.46%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Service Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Service Manager job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Service Manager
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Service Manager
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Service Manager in the East Midlands

Service Manager
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire +23 8 £35,000 -41.67% 3
Northamptonshire +5 5 £82,500 +65.00% 1
Derbyshire -13 2 - - 2
Lincolnshire - 1 - -
Service Manager
England

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Service Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 14 (87.50%) Service Delivery
2 11 (68.75%) ITIL
2 11 (68.75%) ITSM
2 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (68.75%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (68.75%) Service Management
3 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (43.75%) Service Delivery Management
3 7 (43.75%) SharePoint
4 5 (31.25%) Azure
4 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
4 5 (31.25%) SLA
5 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 4 (25.00%) Autotask
5 4 (25.00%) AWS
5 4 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (25.00%) IT Strategy
5 4 (25.00%) LAN
5 4 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (25.00%) SD-WAN
5 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 4 (25.00%) Transition Management
5 4 (25.00%) WAN
5 4 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (18.75%) Customer Service

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (43.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) Azure
3 4 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) LAN
1 4 (25.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (25.00%) WAN
1 4 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) SAS EBI
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Law
3 7 (43.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (43.75%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (43.75%) Public Sector
4 4 (25.00%) Retail
5 1 (6.25%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Local Government
5 1 (6.25%) Military
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Service Delivery
2 11 (68.75%) ITIL
2 11 (68.75%) ITSM
2 11 (68.75%) Service Management
3 7 (43.75%) Service Delivery Management
4 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
5 4 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (25.00%) IT Strategy
5 4 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 4 (25.00%) Transition Management
6 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
6 3 (18.75%) Migration
7 1 (6.25%) Agile
7 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) SLA
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) ISO 14001
2 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Autotask
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Databricks