Service Management Jobs in the South East

Service Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 148 125
Rank change year-on-year +9 -23 +89
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 202 348 351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.09% 1.83% 2.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% 2.25% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 70 239 229
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £63,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,837 15,450 12,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.56% 81.28% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,418 10,558 7,470
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,758 £30,738
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.64% -12.00% +4.17%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in the South East

Service Management
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Management in the South East.

Salary trend for Service Management in the South East

Service Management
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Management in the South East over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Management in the South East

Service Management
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 Service Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 June 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 +15 123 £57,500 +9.52% 180
Berkshire +11 101 £60,000 +8.11% 112
Surrey +60 33 £55,000 +16.40% 45
Hampshire +62 32 £41,250 -21.43% 67
Oxfordshire +16 13 £60,000 +60.00% 17
Middlesex -10 10 - - 1
Buckinghamshire +31 9 £50,000 -9.09% 54
West Sussex +20 4 £62,500 +19.05% 29
Service Management
England

Service Management
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 41 (20.30%) SharePoint
2 15 (7.43%) Oracle Application Server
3 8 (3.96%) IIS
4 5 (2.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (7.92%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (7.92%) SAP FI
2 7 (3.47%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 6 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.49%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 64 (31.68%) Azure
2 34 (16.83%) Power Platform
3 31 (15.35%) Power Automate
4 27 (13.37%) PowerApps
5 26 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (11.39%) AWS
7 20 (9.90%) Azure Monitor
8 14 (6.93%) GCP
8 14 (6.93%) SaaS
9 13 (6.44%) Entra ID
10 7 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (3.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 7 (3.47%) IaaS
10 7 (3.47%) PaaS
11 4 (1.98%) Azure AI
11 4 (1.98%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (1.98%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (1.49%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.50%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.43%) Firewall
2 10 (4.95%) DNS
3 8 (3.96%) VPN
4 7 (3.47%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.48%) WAN
6 4 (1.98%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.49%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (1.49%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.49%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (1.49%) Junos
7 3 (1.49%) NX-OS
7 3 (1.49%) VoIP
8 1 (0.50%) DHCP
8 1 (0.50%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.50%) LAN
8 1 (0.50%) NAS
8 1 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.50%) SAN
8 1 (0.50%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (15.35%) Power BI
2 30 (14.85%) Data Lake
3 26 (12.87%) Big Data
3 26 (12.87%) Tableau
4 18 (8.91%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (7.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 15 (7.43%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (3.96%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.48%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.98%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.97%) Git
2 4 (1.98%) JIRA
General
1 98 (48.51%) Social Skills
2 86 (42.57%) Finance
3 75 (37.13%) Law
4 35 (17.33%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (12.38%) Legal
6 15 (7.43%) Military
6 15 (7.43%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.46%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.96%) Local Government
9 7 (3.47%) Marketing
10 6 (2.97%) Automotive
10 6 (2.97%) Retail
11 5 (2.48%) Back Office
11 5 (2.48%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 40 (19.80%) Analyst
2 38 (18.81%) Lead
3 35 (17.33%) Senior
4 23 (11.39%) Financial Analyst
5 21 (10.40%) IT Manager
6 19 (9.41%) Service Analyst
7 18 (8.91%) IT Analyst
8 17 (8.42%) Product Manager
9 16 (7.92%) Senior Analyst
9 16 (7.92%) Senior Financial Analyst
10 14 (6.93%) Service Manager
10 14 (6.93%) Support Analyst
11 13 (6.44%) Senior Manager
12 11 (5.45%) IT Services Manager
13 7 (3.47%) Finance Systems Analyst
13 7 (3.47%) Products Support Analyst
13 7 (3.47%) Systems Support Analyst
13 7 (3.47%) Team Leader
13 7 (3.47%) Technical Manager
13 7 (3.47%) Workday Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.44%) Hugging Face
1 13 (6.44%) LangChain
1 13 (6.44%) PyTorch
1 13 (6.44%) TensorFlow
2 3 (1.49%) .NET
3 2 (0.99%) JSON
3 2 (0.99%) REST
3 2 (0.99%) SOAP
3 2 (0.99%) XML
4 1 (0.50%) RFC 2544
4 1 (0.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.90%) Product Ownership
2 17 (8.42%) FMCG
2 17 (8.42%) PMI
3 12 (5.94%) Data Structures
4 11 (5.45%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.95%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.46%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.96%) Client/Server
8 7 (3.47%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.48%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.98%) NHS
11 3 (1.49%) AS400
11 3 (1.49%) CMDB
11 3 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.49%) iSeries
11 3 (1.49%) Mainframe
11 3 (1.49%) PKI
12 2 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
13 1 (0.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.39%) Windows
2 10 (4.95%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.97%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.98%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.49%) Mac OS X
5 3 (1.49%) VMS
5 3 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.99%) Android
6 2 (0.99%) Linux
7 1 (0.50%) Unix
7 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (52.48%) ITIL
2 67 (33.17%) ITSM
3 64 (31.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 62 (30.69%) Project Management
5 59 (29.21%) Agile
5 59 (29.21%) Service Delivery
6 58 (28.71%) Analytics
7 55 (27.23%) Data Management
8 52 (25.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 50 (24.75%) Coaching
9 50 (24.75%) Computer Science
10 49 (24.26%) Mentoring
11 46 (22.77%) Business Strategy
12 45 (22.28%) Data Integration
13 40 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
14 39 (19.31%) Data Science
14 39 (19.31%) DevOps
15 36 (17.82%) Change Management
16 35 (17.33%) Customer Experience
17 32 (15.84%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.41%) PowerShell
1 19 (9.41%) SQL
2 10 (4.95%) Python
3 4 (1.98%) Bicep
4 3 (1.49%) RPG
5 2 (0.99%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 67 (33.17%) Degree
2 19 (9.41%) DBS Check
2 19 (9.41%) PMI Certification
3 16 (7.92%) Master's Degree
4 15 (7.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (6.44%) Azure Certification
6 10 (4.95%) Security Cleared
7 7 (3.47%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.47%) NVQ Level 3
7 7 (3.47%) NVQ Level 4
8 6 (2.97%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.49%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.49%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 3 (1.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 3 (1.49%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 2 (0.99%) HND
10 2 (0.99%) PMP
11 1 (0.50%) CCNA
11 1 (0.50%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.87%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.94%) SLA
3 6 (2.97%) GDPR
3 6 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.50%) COBIT
4 1 (0.50%) COSHH
System Software
1 12 (5.94%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.45%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.49%) Firmware
5 3 (1.49%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.50%) NFS
6 1 (0.50%) vCloud
6 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (6.44%) Grafana
1 13 (6.44%) Prometheus
2 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.48%) vCenter Server
3 5 (2.48%) ZABBIX
4 4 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.49%) Terraform
6 2 (0.99%) SCCM
7 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.50%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.50%) SCOM
7 1 (0.50%) vRealize
Vendors
1 94 (46.53%) Microsoft
2 47 (23.27%) ServiceNow
3 23 (11.39%) Oracle
4 17 (8.42%) SAP
5 13 (6.44%) OpenAI
6 12 (5.94%) Workday
7 10 (4.95%) VMware
8 8 (3.96%) Apple
9 7 (3.47%) Citrix
9 7 (3.47%) Intapp
9 7 (3.47%) PeopleSoft
10 6 (2.97%) Cisco
11 4 (1.98%) Databricks
11 4 (1.98%) Meraki
11 4 (1.98%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.49%) Broadcom
12 3 (1.49%) Juniper
13 2 (0.99%) IBM
13 2 (0.99%) Splunk
13 2 (0.99%) Veeam