IT Services Manager Jobs in the South East

IT Service Manager
England > South East

The median IT Service Manager salary in the South East is £60,000 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 293 374 350
Rank change year-on-year +81 -24 +105
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 19 26 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.15% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.16% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8 24 29
10th Percentile £49,875 - £45,077
25th Percentile £54,375 £32,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -26.92% +18.18%
75th Percentile £89,875 £53,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £96,775 £68,750 £84,000
England median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% -1.79% -2.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,376 16,502 12,665
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.09% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,469 11,730 7,982
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,613 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured IT Services Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for IT Services Manager in the South East

IT Services Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Services Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for IT Services Manager in the South East

IT Services Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Services Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Services Manager in the South East

IT Services Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Services Manager within the South East 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
Thames Valley +72 10 £60,000 +79.10% 9
Berkshire +42 5 £55,000 -30.16% 6
Middlesex - 5 - -
Oxfordshire +39 4 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Surrey +33 2 £100,000 +100.00% 5
Buckinghamshire +24 1 £47,500 +41.79% 2
Hampshire - 1 £87,500 - 3
Kent - 1 £91,500 - 2
IT Services Manager
England

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, IT Services 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 South East region featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 13 (68.42%) Service Delivery
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 11 (57.89%) Service Management
3 10 (52.63%) ITIL
3 10 (52.63%) Mentoring
3 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (52.63%) Customer Service
4 9 (47.37%) Coaching
4 9 (47.37%) Degree
5 8 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (36.84%) ITSM
7 6 (31.58%) Finance
7 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
8 5 (26.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (26.32%) Customer Retention
8 5 (26.32%) Windows
8 5 (26.32%) VoIP
8 5 (26.32%) Line Management
8 5 (26.32%) Data Privacy
8 5 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
9 4 (21.05%) CCTV
9 4 (21.05%) VLAN
9 4 (21.05%) JIRA
9 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
9 4 (21.05%) Problem Management
9 4 (21.05%) Mac OS
9 4 (21.05%) Azure
9 4 (21.05%) SharePoint

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (21.05%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) VoIP
2 4 (21.05%) VLAN
3 1 (5.26%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
General
1 6 (31.58%) Finance
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.26%) Advertising
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) CCTV
2 3 (15.79%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Service Delivery
2 11 (57.89%) Service Management
3 10 (52.63%) Customer Service
3 10 (52.63%) ITIL
3 10 (52.63%) Mentoring
3 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (47.37%) Coaching
5 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (36.84%) ITSM
6 5 (26.32%) Customer Retention
6 5 (26.32%) Data Privacy
6 5 (26.32%) Line Management
7 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
7 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
7 4 (21.05%) Problem Management
8 3 (15.79%) Change Management
9 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
9 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
9 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (10.53%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.26%) PMP
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.53%) SLA
3 1 (5.26%) COBIT
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.26%) GDPR
3 1 (5.26%) ISO 22301
3 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.26%) Splunk