Service Manager Jobs in Scotland

Services Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Services Manager salary in Scotland is £57,500 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 161 261 204
Rank change year-on-year +100 -57 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Manager 1 19 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.033% 0.28% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.29% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1 16 9
10th Percentile - £32,500 £36,881
25th Percentile £53,750 £40,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% +2.39%
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,318 £55,000
90th Percentile - £67,500 £58,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,603 6,613 4,018
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.71% 97.04% 89.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,243 2,749 2,150
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £31,200
25th Percentile £45,125 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in Scotland

Service Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Service Manager in Scotland

Service Manager
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the Scotland 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
Glasgow +153 1 £57,500 +35.29% 3
Service Manager
UK

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Service 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 Scotland region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA