IT Services Manager Job Trends in the South West

IT Service Manager
England > South West

The median IT Service Manager salary in the South West is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 175 212
Rank change year-on-year +5 +37 +42
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 7 14 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.14% 0.34% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.36% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 6
10th Percentile £48,813 £47,200 £43,750
25th Percentile - £49,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £58,000 £68,568 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,600 - £61,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 4,745 3,881 4,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 93.59% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,292 2,088 3,513
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £39,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,886
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +2.19% +1.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Services Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

IT Services Manager job vacancy trend in the South West

IT Services Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies in the South West

IT Services Manager
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Gloucestershire +24 2 £50,000 -13.04%
Bristol +10 2 - -
Dorset - 2 £58,000 -
Somerset - 1 £48,998 -
IT Services Manager
England

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, IT Services Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) ITSM
1 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) People Management
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) SAN
2 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) Databricks
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Power BI
3 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Police
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ITSM
1 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) People Management
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Governance
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Databricks