Service Management Jobs in the South West

Service Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 141 124
Rank change year-on-year +56 -17 -16
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 102 174 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.88% 1.78% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.09% 2.18% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 57 126 107
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £32,156 £31,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,373 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.68% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,200 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,641 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,300 7,971 6,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.04% 81.38% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,860 5,719 3,481
10th Percentile £27,225 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in the South West

Service Management
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Service Management in the South West

Service Management
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Management in the South West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Management in the South West

Service Management
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 Service Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Bristol +51 38 £60,000 +26.32% 14
Wiltshire +14 27 £56,745 +13.49% 7
Gloucestershire +65 18 £48,250 -16.09% 17
Devon +21 12 £31,500 -32.92% 3
Somerset -2 4 £58,750 +117.59% 9
Dorset +31 1 £70,000 +110.53% 2
Cornwall +5 1 £57,500 - 1
Service Management
England

Service Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 30 (29.41%) Oracle Application Server
2 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.94%) nginx
4 2 (1.96%) Confluence
5 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.98%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 17 (16.67%) Azure
2 12 (11.76%) AWS
3 8 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (7.84%) SaaS
4 6 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (3.92%) IaaS
6 3 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (2.94%) AWS CloudTrail
6 3 (2.94%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.96%) Matillion
7 2 (1.96%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.98%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.98%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.98%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.98%) PaaS
8 1 (0.98%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.98%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.82%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (7.84%) Firewall
3 5 (4.90%) SD-WAN
3 5 (4.90%) WAN
4 4 (3.92%) LAN
4 4 (3.92%) VPN
4 4 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.94%) MPLS
5 3 (2.94%) Network Security
5 3 (2.94%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.96%) SAN
7 1 (0.98%) DNS
7 1 (0.98%) InfiniBand
7 1 (0.98%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.98%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (32.35%) Data Warehouse
2 30 (29.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 30 (29.41%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (4.90%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.94%) MariaDB
4 3 (2.94%) Power BI
5 2 (1.96%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.98%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.98%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (7.84%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Git
General
1 50 (49.02%) Social Skills
2 39 (38.24%) Finance
3 32 (31.37%) Military
4 31 (30.39%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (29.41%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (15.69%) Retail
7 7 (6.86%) Banking
7 7 (6.86%) Private Banking
8 4 (3.92%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.94%) Local Government
10 2 (1.96%) Law
10 2 (1.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (15.69%) IT Manager
2 12 (11.76%) Analyst
3 10 (9.80%) Database Engineer
4 9 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (8.82%) Service Analyst
5 8 (7.84%) Administrator
5 8 (7.84%) Change and Release Manager
5 8 (7.84%) Change Manager
5 8 (7.84%) IT Change Manager
5 8 (7.84%) Release Manager
6 7 (6.86%) Lead
7 5 (4.90%) Security Manager
8 4 (3.92%) IT Services Manager
8 4 (3.92%) Network Administrator
8 4 (3.92%) Service Manager
9 3 (2.94%) Architect
9 3 (2.94%) Developer
9 3 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (2.94%) Systems Administrator
9 3 (2.94%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.94%) .NET
1 3 (2.94%) React
2 2 (1.96%) Leaflet
2 2 (1.96%) Node.js
2 2 (1.96%) Web Services
3 1 (0.98%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.98%) ADO
3 1 (0.98%) Ajax
3 1 (0.98%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.98%) CSS
3 1 (0.98%) EDI
3 1 (0.98%) HTML
3 1 (0.98%) LDAP
3 1 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.73%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.86%) CMDB
3 4 (3.92%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.96%) CSOC
5 2 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.98%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.82%) Windows
2 5 (4.90%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (3.92%) Linux
4 3 (2.94%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (79.41%) ITIL
2 46 (45.10%) Agile
2 46 (45.10%) DevOps
3 41 (40.20%) ITSM
4 37 (36.27%) Business Analysis
5 35 (34.31%) Analytics
6 33 (32.35%) Data Integration
7 32 (31.37%) Customer Experience
7 32 (31.37%) Data Management
7 32 (31.37%) Data Modelling
8 25 (24.51%) Customer Service
9 18 (17.65%) Change Management
9 18 (17.65%) Configuration Management
10 16 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (15.69%) Service Delivery
11 11 (10.78%) Project Delivery
12 9 (8.82%) Case Management
12 9 (8.82%) Incident Management
12 9 (8.82%) Product Management
13 8 (7.84%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.90%) SQL
3 3 (2.94%) C#
4 2 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.96%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.98%) Bash
5 1 (0.98%) Bicep
5 1 (0.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 12 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 11 (10.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (9.80%) Degree
5 9 (8.82%) MCITP
5 9 (8.82%) Network+ Certification
6 8 (7.84%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (6.86%) DV Cleared
8 6 (5.88%) CISM
8 6 (5.88%) CISSP
8 6 (5.88%) SC Cleared
9 5 (4.90%) Azure Certification
9 5 (4.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (3.92%) AWS Certification
10 4 (3.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.96%) HNC
11 2 (1.96%) HND
12 1 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (17.65%) SLA
2 8 (7.84%) QA
3 4 (3.92%) GDPR
4 3 (2.94%) NIST
4 3 (2.94%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (6.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (2.94%) vSphere
3 2 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.94%) Terraform
3 2 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.96%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.98%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (29.41%) Oracle
2 12 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 8 (7.84%) Cisco
3 8 (7.84%) ServiceNow
4 7 (6.86%) Avaloq
5 5 (4.90%) VMware
6 4 (3.92%) Juniper
7 3 (2.94%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.94%) Extreme Networks
7 3 (2.94%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.94%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.96%) EMC
8 2 (1.96%) IFS
8 2 (1.96%) Meraki
8 2 (1.96%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.98%) Citrix
9 1 (0.98%) Databricks
9 1 (0.98%) Dell
9 1 (0.98%) IBM
9 1 (0.98%) IBM Sterling