Service Management
South East > Kent
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Service Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 64 | 58 | 55 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -3 | +14 |
| Permanent jobs citing Service Management | 23 | 19 | 7 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Kent | 2.23% | 2.60% | 1.20% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.70% | 2.94% | 1.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 1 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | - | £36,200 |
| 25th Percentile | £34,828 | £57,500 | £37,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £54,000 | £60,000 | £38,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +57.89% | -24.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £58,969 | £62,500 | £45,875 |
| 90th Percentile | £60,363 | - | £48,500 |
| South East median annual salary | £55,000 | £60,000 | £54,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +10.09% | +9.00% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent
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 Kent.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 851 | 646 | 472 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent | 82.46% | 88.25% | 81.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 443 | 219 | 374 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £29,700 | £25,075 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,000 | £37,500 | £32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £55,000 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.27% | +22.22% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,000 | £68,500 | £58,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,500 | £79,500 | £67,500 |
| South East median annual salary | £50,000 | £57,500 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.04% | +7.48% | -2.73% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Kent
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Service Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.
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Salary Trend in Kent
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Service Management.
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Salary Histogram in Kent
Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Kent over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.
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Job Locations in Kent
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham | - | 3 | £54,000 | - | |
| Snodland | - | 2 | £29,000 | - | |
| Rochester | - | 1 | £55,000 | - | |
| Service Management South East |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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: