Service Manager Jobs in the South East

Services Manager
England > South East

The median Services Manager salary in the South East is £53,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 273 309
Rank change year-on-year +29 +36 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Manager 53 125 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.56% 0.75% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.79% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 42 112 78
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,750 £41,750
25th Percentile £40,625 £41,250 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,250 £67,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +8.60%

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 8,254 15,768 12,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.53% 94.01% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,528 11,302 8,136
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £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 £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the South East

Service Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Service Manager in the South East

Service Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Manager in the South East

Service 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 Service Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 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 +49 22 £42,500 -1.16% 18
Berkshire +42 18 £40,000 -36.00% 13
Surrey +37 14 £60,000 -2.04% 7
Hampshire +32 6 £55,000 +10.00% 10
Middlesex - 5 - - 1
Oxfordshire +32 4 £60,000 +4.35% 4
Kent +25 3 £60,000 +41.18% 4
West Sussex +37 2 £50,000 +25.00% 3
Sussex - 1 £40,000 - 2
Service Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 South East region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 25 (47.17%) ITSM
2 24 (45.28%) Microsoft
2 24 (45.28%) Social Skills
3 23 (43.40%) ITIL
4 20 (37.74%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (35.85%) Azure
6 18 (33.96%) Service Management
6 18 (33.96%) Service Delivery
7 14 (26.42%) Degree
7 14 (26.42%) Mentoring
7 14 (26.42%) Customer Service
8 13 (24.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (22.64%) Problem Management
9 12 (22.64%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (18.87%) Windows
10 10 (18.87%) SLA
10 10 (18.87%) Coaching
10 10 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (18.87%) People Management
11 9 (16.98%) Process Improvement
11 9 (16.98%) Configuration Management
11 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Office
11 9 (16.98%) Finance
12 8 (15.09%) Information Security
12 8 (15.09%) Asset Management
12 8 (15.09%) Incident Management
12 8 (15.09%) Information Security Management
12 8 (15.09%) Security Management
12 8 (15.09%) Management Information System
12 8 (15.09%) Change Management

Service 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 8 (15.09%) IIS
2 4 (7.55%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (37.74%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (35.85%) Azure
3 8 (15.09%) AWS
3 8 (15.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.43%) VoIP
2 4 (7.55%) VLAN
3 3 (5.66%) Network Security
4 1 (1.89%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.09%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) JIRA
General
1 24 (45.28%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.98%) Finance
3 6 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.55%) Retail
5 1 (1.89%) Advertising
5 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.09%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Client/Server
1 8 (15.09%) Management Information System
1 8 (15.09%) Private Cloud
2 4 (7.55%) CCTV
3 3 (5.66%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.66%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.87%) Windows
2 5 (9.43%) Mac OS
3 4 (7.55%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.89%) Android
4 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (47.17%) ITSM
2 23 (43.40%) ITIL
3 18 (33.96%) Service Delivery
3 18 (33.96%) Service Management
4 14 (26.42%) Customer Service
4 14 (26.42%) Mentoring
5 13 (24.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (22.64%) Problem Management
7 10 (18.87%) Coaching
7 10 (18.87%) People Management
7 10 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (16.98%) Configuration Management
8 9 (16.98%) Process Improvement
9 8 (15.09%) Asset Management
9 8 (15.09%) Change Management
9 8 (15.09%) Incident Management
9 8 (15.09%) Information Security
9 8 (15.09%) Information Security Management
9 8 (15.09%) ISMS
9 8 (15.09%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 14 (26.42%) Degree
2 12 (22.64%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.89%) APMP
4 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.89%) PMP
4 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.87%) SLA
2 5 (9.43%) GDPR
3 4 (7.55%) Data Quality
3 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.77%) PMO
5 1 (1.89%) COBIT
5 1 (1.89%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 7 (13.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 24 (45.28%) Microsoft
2 8 (15.09%) Oracle
3 6 (11.32%) Cisco
4 3 (5.66%) Meraki
4 3 (5.66%) ServiceNow