Service Management Jobs in Manchester

Service Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Service Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Service Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 109 129
Rank change year-on-year -4 +20 -29
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 53 120 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.37% 2.19% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 2.59% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 30 87 50
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £28,957
25th Percentile £31,063 £36,085 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £48,420
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -7.06% +13.93%
75th Percentile £61,500 £67,500 £61,650
90th Percentile £83,375 £68,750 £67,875
North West median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,131 4,633 4,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.35% 84.70% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,201 3,490 2,473
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £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 Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in Manchester

Service Management
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Service Management in Manchester

Service Management
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Management in Manchester

Service Management
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 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
Oldham - 4 £26,500 - 1
Stockport +7 1 £80,000 +33.33% 3
Service Management
North West

Service Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.77%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (28.30%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (13.21%) AWS
3 6 (11.32%) Azure
3 6 (11.32%) SaaS
4 4 (7.55%) Nutanix
5 3 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.89%) AWS IoT
6 1 (1.89%) Azure AI
6 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.89%) IaaS
6 1 (1.89%) PaaS
6 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.21%) DNS
1 7 (13.21%) VPN
2 5 (9.43%) Firewall
2 5 (9.43%) Wireless
3 4 (7.55%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (7.55%) HTTP
3 4 (7.55%) SSH
4 2 (3.77%) DMZ
4 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.89%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.89%) MySQL
2 1 (1.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (20.75%) JIRA
2 5 (9.43%) Git
General
1 35 (66.04%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.09%) Finance
3 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.66%) Banking
5 3 (5.66%) Law
5 3 (5.66%) Marketing
6 2 (3.77%) Local Government
6 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Lead
2 10 (18.87%) Analyst
3 7 (13.21%) IT Support
4 6 (11.32%) Service Analyst
5 4 (7.55%) Applications Support
5 4 (7.55%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (7.55%) Help Desk Support
5 4 (7.55%) Help Desk Support Technician
5 4 (7.55%) Help Desk Technician
5 4 (7.55%) Service Delivery Manager
5 4 (7.55%) Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (7.55%) Service Manager
5 4 (7.55%) Support Technician
6 3 (5.66%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (5.66%) Application Support Team Leader
6 3 (5.66%) IT Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Service Desk Support
6 3 (5.66%) Service Transition Leader
6 3 (5.66%) Support Team Leader
6 3 (5.66%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) LDAP
2 1 (1.89%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.89%) Node.js
2 1 (1.89%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Blackberry
1 5 (9.43%) IoT
2 4 (7.55%) Anti-Spyware
3 3 (5.66%) Client/Server
3 3 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.66%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.77%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.77%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.89%) CMDB
5 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.89%) NHS
5 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (35.85%) Windows
2 7 (13.21%) Linux
3 6 (11.32%) Windows 10
3 6 (11.32%) Windows Server
4 5 (9.43%) Android
5 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (58.49%) ITIL
2 25 (47.17%) ITSM
3 19 (35.85%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (26.42%) Customer Service
5 12 (22.64%) Service Delivery
6 11 (20.75%) Agile
6 11 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (18.87%) Knowledge Management
8 8 (15.09%) Incident Management
8 8 (15.09%) Risk Management
9 7 (13.21%) Service Design
10 6 (11.32%) Identity Management
10 6 (11.32%) Information Security
10 6 (11.32%) IT Strategy
10 6 (11.32%) Problem Management
10 6 (11.32%) Process Improvement
11 5 (9.43%) Asset Management
11 5 (9.43%) Customer Experience
11 5 (9.43%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.43%) SQL
2 1 (1.89%) Bicep
2 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) Degree
2 7 (13.21%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.77%) CISM
4 2 (3.77%) CISSP
4 2 (3.77%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (3.77%) CRISC
4 2 (3.77%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.89%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (3.77%) COBIT
3 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.77%) ITGC
3 2 (3.77%) NCSC
3 2 (3.77%) NIST
3 2 (3.77%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (16.98%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (9.43%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (7.55%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 18 (33.96%) ServiceNow
3 5 (9.43%) Adobe
3 5 (9.43%) iManage
3 5 (9.43%) Intapp
4 4 (7.55%) Cisco
4 4 (7.55%) Okta
4 4 (7.55%) Perforce
4 4 (7.55%) VMware
5 3 (5.66%) Oracle
6 1 (1.89%) Databricks
6 1 (1.89%) Meraki