Service Management Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Service Management
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Service Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 33 51
Rank change year-on-year -23 +18 +38
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 14 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.86% 3.08% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 3.51% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 2
10th Percentile - £50,250 -
25th Percentile £34,750 £51,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.38% +23.53% +21.80%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £58,250 - -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 616 285 357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 82.02% 87.69% 90.38%
Number of salaries quoted 245 79 252
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,112 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £44,375 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £70,313
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Service Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Service Management job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Service Management
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Service Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Service Management

Service Management
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 25 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Service Management in Northern Ireland

Service Management
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 February 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
County Antrim -10 11 £35,500 -32.38%
Service Management
UK

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) GitHub
2 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) VLAN
1 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) French Language
1 6 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
1 6 (42.86%) Swedish Language
2 4 (28.57%) Police
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Lead
1 6 (42.86%) Service Desk Team Leader
1 6 (42.86%) Team Leader
2 4 (28.57%) Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Service Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Service Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Services Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Network Delivery Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Network Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Network Operations Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Network Services Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) LangChain
1 1 (7.14%) LlamaIndex
1 1 (7.14%) Next.js
1 1 (7.14%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) ITSM
2 7 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (50.00%) ITIL
3 6 (42.86%) Coaching
3 6 (42.86%) Conflict Resolution
3 6 (42.86%) Knowledge Management
4 5 (35.71%) Agile
4 5 (35.71%) Service Delivery
5 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (28.57%) DevOps
5 4 (28.57%) IT Strategy
5 4 (28.57%) Presales
5 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 4 (28.57%) Runbook
5 4 (28.57%) Service Design
5 4 (28.57%) SFIA
5 4 (28.57%) SIAM
5 4 (28.57%) TOGAF
5 4 (28.57%) Transition Management
6 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Degree
2 6 (42.86%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (42.86%) MCSE
2 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
4 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (28.57%) Fortinet
2 4 (28.57%) Palo Alto