Service Management Jobs in the Thames Valley

Service Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 87 97
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 +80
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 109 182 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.17% 2.71% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.37% 3.21% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 32 128 143
10th Percentile £37,250 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £34,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +23.53% -22.73%
75th Percentile £91,563 £59,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £63,750 £69,450
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,231 5,669 5,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.98% 84.47% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,227 3,857 3,062
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in the Thames Valley

Service Management
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Management in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Service Management in the Thames Valley

Service Management
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Management in the Thames Valley

Service Management
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 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
Berkshire +3 88 £62,500 +13.64% 36
Oxfordshire +11 15 £60,000 +60.00% 14
Buckinghamshire +26 6 £50,000 -9.09% 22
Service Management
South East

Service Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 33 (30.28%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.59%) Apache
2 5 (4.59%) IIS
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.92%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (14.68%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 16 (14.68%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 35 (32.11%) Azure
2 31 (28.44%) Power Platform
3 28 (25.69%) Power Automate
4 26 (23.85%) PowerApps
5 10 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (5.50%) AWS
7 4 (3.67%) SaaS
8 3 (2.75%) IaaS
8 3 (2.75%) Mimecast
8 3 (2.75%) PaaS
9 2 (1.83%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.83%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.83%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.83%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.34%) DNS
2 7 (6.42%) Firewall
3 6 (5.50%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.75%) VPN
5 2 (1.83%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.83%) VoIP
5 2 (1.83%) WAN
6 1 (0.92%) DHCP
6 1 (0.92%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.92%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (25.69%) Data Lake
1 28 (25.69%) Power BI
2 26 (23.85%) Big Data
2 26 (23.85%) Tableau
3 5 (4.59%) Relational Database
3 5 (4.59%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.83%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Git
1 4 (3.67%) JIRA
General
1 62 (56.88%) Law
2 39 (35.78%) Social Skills
3 33 (30.28%) Finance
4 11 (10.09%) Manufacturing
5 9 (8.26%) Marketing
6 5 (4.59%) Back Office
6 5 (4.59%) Local Government
6 5 (4.59%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.92%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 28 (25.69%) Lead
2 22 (20.18%) Analyst
3 17 (15.60%) IT Analyst
3 17 (15.60%) Product Manager
4 16 (14.68%) Financial Analyst
4 16 (14.68%) Senior
4 16 (14.68%) Senior Analyst
4 16 (14.68%) Senior Financial Analyst
4 16 (14.68%) Service Analyst
5 11 (10.09%) Technical Manager
6 6 (5.50%) Sales Executive
6 6 (5.50%) Solutions Sales Executive
7 5 (4.59%) IT Manager
7 5 (4.59%) IT Services Manager
7 5 (4.59%) Service Manager
8 3 (2.75%) Architect
8 3 (2.75%) IT Director
8 3 (2.75%) Services Director
8 3 (2.75%) Support Engineer
9 2 (1.83%) Head of Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.83%) JSON
1 2 (1.83%) REST
1 2 (1.83%) SOAP
1 2 (1.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.35%) Product Ownership
2 17 (15.60%) FMCG
2 17 (15.60%) PMI
3 9 (8.26%) Driving Licence
4 7 (6.42%) Data Centre
5 6 (5.50%) Management Information System
5 6 (5.50%) Onboarding
5 6 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (4.59%) Client/Server
7 3 (2.75%) AS400
7 3 (2.75%) CMDB
7 3 (2.75%) iSeries
7 3 (2.75%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.83%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.83%) NHS
8 2 (1.83%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.83%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.26%) Windows
2 5 (4.59%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.75%) Mac OS X
4 2 (1.83%) Android
5 1 (0.92%) Linux
5 1 (0.92%) Unix
5 1 (0.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (44.95%) Project Management
2 45 (41.28%) ITSM
2 45 (41.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (39.45%) Business Strategy
4 38 (34.86%) Analytics
5 36 (33.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (31.19%) ITIL
7 32 (29.36%) Coaching
8 30 (27.52%) Computer Science
9 28 (25.69%) Business Intelligence
9 28 (25.69%) Data Integration
9 28 (25.69%) Data Management
10 27 (24.77%) Mentoring
11 26 (23.85%) Data Analysis
11 26 (23.85%) Data Analytics
11 26 (23.85%) Data Engineering
11 26 (23.85%) Data Governance
11 26 (23.85%) Data Science
11 26 (23.85%) Storytelling
12 22 (20.18%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.42%) PowerShell
1 7 (6.42%) SQL
2 4 (3.67%) Python
3 3 (2.75%) RPG
4 2 (1.83%) Bicep
4 2 (1.83%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (36.70%) Degree
2 18 (16.51%) PMI Certification
3 11 (10.09%) NVQ Level 3
3 11 (10.09%) NVQ Level 4
4 3 (2.75%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.75%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.75%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 3 (2.75%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 3 (2.75%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
5 2 (1.83%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.83%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.83%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.92%) PMP
6 1 (0.92%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.92%) VCAP
6 1 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (23.85%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.92%) COBIT
2 1 (0.92%) COSHH
2 1 (0.92%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.92%) NFS
4 1 (0.92%) vCloud
4 1 (0.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (4.59%) ZABBIX
2 2 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.83%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.92%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.92%) PowerCLI
3 1 (0.92%) SCCM
3 1 (0.92%) vRealize
Vendors
1 59 (54.13%) Microsoft
2 31 (28.44%) ServiceNow
3 17 (15.60%) SAP
4 7 (6.42%) VMware
5 5 (4.59%) Oracle
6 2 (1.83%) Apple
6 2 (1.83%) Databricks
6 2 (1.83%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.83%) IBM
6 2 (1.83%) Meraki