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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 115 120
Rank change year-on-year +28 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 105 195 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.63% 2.01% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 2.56% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 53 127 111
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,159 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,625 £32,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,200 £63,125
90th Percentile £60,878 £83,500 £72,433
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,881
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.89% +3.55%

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 3,461 7,614 5,993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 86.83% 78.67% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,116 5,339 3,641
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,700 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,590
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.83% +9.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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 19 July 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 19 July 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 +35 34 £56,373 -1.96% 21
Gloucestershire +61 26 £44,500 -20.89% 28
Wiltshire -7 19 £52,500 +8.81% 12
Devon +24 12 £31,500 -32.92% 2
Somerset +14 10 £58,750 +76.69% 8
Cornwall +1 2 £57,500 - 5
Dorset +26 1 £70,000 +154.55% 2
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 (28.57%) Oracle Application Server
2 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.95%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (2.86%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 23 (21.90%) Azure
2 15 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (12.38%) Entra ID
4 10 (9.52%) SaaS
5 9 (8.57%) AWS
6 4 (3.81%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (2.86%) IaaS
7 3 (2.86%) Matillion
7 3 (2.86%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.95%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.95%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.95%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.95%) PaaS
8 1 (0.95%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (14.29%) Firewall
2 9 (8.57%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (3.81%) SD-WAN
3 4 (3.81%) WAN
4 3 (2.86%) LAN
4 3 (2.86%) SAN
4 3 (2.86%) VPN
4 3 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.90%) MPLS
5 2 (1.90%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.95%) DNS
6 1 (0.95%) InfiniBand
6 1 (0.95%) Network Security
6 1 (0.95%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.95%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (32.38%) Data Warehouse
2 30 (28.57%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 30 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (4.76%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.81%) Power BI
5 3 (2.86%) Data Mining
5 3 (2.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.95%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.95%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (6.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.95%) Git
General
1 47 (44.76%) Social Skills
2 45 (42.86%) Finance
3 32 (30.48%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (28.57%) Military
4 30 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (6.67%) Banking
5 7 (6.67%) Private Banking
5 7 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.67%) Retail
6 5 (4.76%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.81%) Law
7 4 (3.81%) Local Government
8 1 (0.95%) Police
Job Titles
1 15 (14.29%) Lead
2 14 (13.33%) Analyst
3 12 (11.43%) Service Analyst
4 10 (9.52%) Database Engineer
4 10 (9.52%) Team Leader
5 9 (8.57%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (7.62%) IT Support
7 7 (6.67%) Support Team Leader
8 5 (4.76%) Administrator
8 5 (4.76%) IT Manager
8 5 (4.76%) Network Administrator
9 4 (3.81%) .NET Developer
9 4 (3.81%) Change and Release Manager
9 4 (3.81%) Change Manager
9 4 (3.81%) Developer
9 4 (3.81%) ICT Analyst
9 4 (3.81%) IT Change Manager
9 4 (3.81%) Release Manager
10 3 (2.86%) C# Developer
10 3 (2.86%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.81%) .NET
1 4 (3.81%) Node.js
1 4 (3.81%) React
2 1 (0.95%) ADO
2 1 (0.95%) EDI
2 1 (0.95%) Web Services
2 1 (0.95%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.38%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.76%) CMDB
4 3 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.90%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.95%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.95%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (18.10%) Windows
2 14 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (2.86%) Linux
5 2 (1.90%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (68.57%) ITIL
2 48 (45.71%) Agile
3 41 (39.05%) DevOps
4 37 (35.24%) Analytics
4 37 (35.24%) Customer Service
5 34 (32.38%) Business Analysis
5 34 (32.38%) Data Integration
6 33 (31.43%) Data Modelling
7 31 (29.52%) Customer Experience
8 30 (28.57%) Data Management
8 30 (28.57%) ITSM
9 19 (18.10%) Change Management
10 15 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (10.48%) Configuration Management
11 11 (10.48%) Project Management
12 10 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (8.57%) Case Management
14 8 (7.62%) Logistics
14 8 (7.62%) Mentoring
14 8 (7.62%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.81%) C#
2 4 (3.81%) TypeScript
3 3 (2.86%) SQL
4 1 (0.95%) Bash
4 1 (0.95%) Bicep
4 1 (0.95%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 15 (14.29%) Degree
3 12 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (8.57%) MCITP
4 9 (8.57%) Network+ Certification
4 9 (8.57%) Security Cleared
5 8 (7.62%) ACCA
6 7 (6.67%) MCP
7 5 (4.76%) Azure Certification
7 5 (4.76%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.81%) AWS Certification
8 4 (3.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.81%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (3.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (3.81%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.95%) CCNA
10 1 (0.95%) CCNP
10 1 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (17.14%) SLA
2 8 (7.62%) GAAP
2 8 (7.62%) IFRS
3 6 (5.71%) GDPR
4 4 (3.81%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.90%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.90%) vSphere
4 1 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (11.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.86%) SmoothWall
3 2 (1.90%) Terraform
4 1 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (28.57%) Oracle
2 22 (20.95%) Microsoft
3 9 (8.57%) Cisco
4 7 (6.67%) Avaloq
5 5 (4.76%) Juniper
5 5 (4.76%) VMware
6 4 (3.81%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.86%) EMC
7 3 (2.86%) IFS
7 3 (2.86%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.90%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.90%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (1.90%) Meraki
8 2 (1.90%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.90%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.95%) Citrix
9 1 (0.95%) Databricks
9 1 (0.95%) IBM
9 1 (0.95%) IBM Sterling