Service Management Job Trends in Southampton

Service Management
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Service Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 44 57
Rank change year-on-year -4 +13 +6
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 1 21 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.18% 3.85% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 4.56% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £43,769 £58,749
25th Percentile £112,500 £45,224 £59,123
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £49,433 £62,271
Median % change year-on-year +132.64% -20.62% +42.33%
75th Percentile £117,500 £54,358 £74,898
90th Percentile - £56,243 £80,959
Hampshire median annual salary £54,375 £53,050 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.50% +1.05% +23.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 422 461 416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 77.86% 84.43% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 298 331 351
10th Percentile £30,875 £32,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,375 £75,000 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% -5.45%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Service Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Service Management job vacancy trend in Southampton

Service Management
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Service Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Service Management

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Catalogue
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree