Service Desk Manager Jobs in Manchester

Service Desk Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Service Desk Manager salary in Manchester is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 222 -
Rank change year-on-year +66 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Manager 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.13% 0.019% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.020% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £51,125 - -
90th Percentile £55,550 - -
North West median annual salary £51,250 £46,066 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.25% -3.02% -13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,013 4,891 4,477
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.23% 94.40% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,276 3,774 2,630
10th Percentile £32,125 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,017 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,334 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% -5.51% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Service Desk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Manager in Manchester

Service Desk Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Manager in Manchester.

Salary trend for Service Desk Manager in Manchester

Service Desk Manager
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Desk Manager in Manchester

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Service Desk 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 Manchester region featuring Service Desk Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
3 Service Desk Manager jobs in the North West