IT Services Manager Jobs in England

IT Service Manager
UK > England

The median IT Service Manager salary in England is £55,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 624 606 665
Rank change year-on-year -18 +59 +210
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 61 241 236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.27% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.28% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 41 202 193
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,975 £37,774
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -1.79% -2.61%
75th Percentile £68,568 £66,719 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,375 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured IT Services Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Services Manager in England

IT Services Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Services Manager in England.

Salary trend for IT Services Manager in England

IT Services Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Services Manager in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Services Manager in England

IT Services Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Services Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
South East +81 19 £60,000 +26.32% 32
London +65 18 £59,130 -15.53% 17
Midlands +72 13 £50,000 -11.50% 18
East Midlands +44 7 £50,000 +42.86% 7
West Midlands +46 6 £51,250 -14.58% 10
North of England -26 6 £40,000 -11.11% 33
South West +94 5 £64,627 +17.50% 9
Yorkshire +33 3 £40,000 -20.00% 11
North West -37 2 £52,500 +25.68% 16
North East +42 1 £45,000 +10.06% 6
IT Services Manager
UK

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, IT Services 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 England region featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 37 (60.66%) Service Delivery
2 27 (44.26%) ITIL
3 22 (36.07%) Service Management
4 20 (32.79%) Microsoft
5 19 (31.15%) ITSM
6 18 (29.51%) Degree
6 18 (29.51%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (29.51%) Social Skills
7 16 (26.23%) Finance
8 15 (24.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (24.59%) Mentoring
9 14 (22.95%) Customer Service
10 12 (19.67%) Coaching
11 11 (18.03%) Incident Management
12 10 (16.39%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (16.39%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (16.39%) Change Management
13 9 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
13 9 (14.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (13.11%) Line Management
14 8 (13.11%) Banking
14 8 (13.11%) Project Management
15 7 (11.48%) Windows
15 7 (11.48%) Retail
15 7 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
15 7 (11.48%) Agile
16 6 (9.84%) Customer Retention
16 6 (9.84%) Computer Science
16 6 (9.84%) Data Privacy
16 6 (9.84%) Azure

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (6.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Maya
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Infor M3
2 1 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.39%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.84%) Azure
3 4 (6.56%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (6.56%) SaaS
4 1 (1.64%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.20%) VoIP
2 4 (6.56%) VLAN
3 1 (1.64%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) JIRA
General
1 18 (29.51%) Social Skills
2 16 (26.23%) Finance
3 9 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (14.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (13.11%) Banking
5 7 (11.48%) Retail
6 6 (9.84%) Law
7 4 (6.56%) Dutch Language
7 4 (6.56%) French Language
7 4 (6.56%) Games
8 2 (3.28%) Legal
9 1 (1.64%) Advertising
9 1 (1.64%) Local Government
9 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Blockchain
1 4 (6.56%) CCTV
1 4 (6.56%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.92%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.92%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.28%) NHS
4 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.48%) Windows
2 4 (6.56%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (60.66%) Service Delivery
2 27 (44.26%) ITIL
3 22 (36.07%) Service Management
4 19 (31.15%) ITSM
5 18 (29.51%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (24.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (24.59%) Mentoring
7 14 (22.95%) Customer Service
8 12 (19.67%) Coaching
9 11 (18.03%) Incident Management
10 10 (16.39%) Change Management
10 10 (16.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (13.11%) Line Management
11 8 (13.11%) Project Management
12 7 (11.48%) Agile
12 7 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
13 6 (9.84%) Computer Science
13 6 (9.84%) Customer Retention
13 6 (9.84%) Data Privacy
13 6 (9.84%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 18 (29.51%) Degree
2 6 (9.84%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.64%) PMP
4 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.56%) SLA
3 1 (1.64%) COBIT
3 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.64%) GDPR
3 1 (1.64%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (8.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 20 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.28%) Infor
4 1 (1.64%) BMC
4 1 (1.64%) Cisco
4 1 (1.64%) Remedy
4 1 (1.64%) Splunk