Service Manager Jobs in the Thames Valley

Services Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Services Manager salary in the Thames Valley is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 219 238
Rank change year-on-year +64 +19 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Manager 22 34 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.65% 0.51% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.54% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 16 28 21
10th Percentile - £26,000 £45,077
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,750 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -33.85% +21.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,375 - £70,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,832 6,343 5,375
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.66% 94.67% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,265 4,436 3,168
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Service Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the Thames Valley

Service Manager
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Service Manager in the Thames Valley

Service Manager
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Manager in the Thames Valley

Service Manager
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 Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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 +39 18 £40,000 -36.00% 15
Oxfordshire +26 4 £60,000 +4.35% 6
Service Manager
South East

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Service Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 11 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 10 (45.45%) ITSM
3 8 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (36.36%) Mentoring
3 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 7 (31.82%) Finance
4 7 (31.82%) Azure
4 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
5 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
5 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (27.27%) Incident Management
6 5 (22.73%) Service Management
7 4 (18.18%) CCTV
7 4 (18.18%) VLAN
7 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (18.18%) Degree
7 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
7 4 (18.18%) Problem Management
7 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
7 4 (18.18%) Windows
7 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
7 4 (18.18%) VoIP
7 4 (18.18%) Coaching
7 4 (18.18%) JIRA
7 4 (18.18%) Mac OS
7 4 (18.18%) Line Management
7 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (13.64%) Driving Licence
8 3 (13.64%) Data Engineering
8 3 (13.64%) Data Strategy

Service Manager Skill Set
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 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (31.82%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) VLAN
1 4 (18.18%) VoIP
2 2 (9.09%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 7 (31.82%) Finance
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) CCTV
2 3 (13.64%) Driving Licence
3 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Mac OS
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 10 (45.45%) ITSM
3 8 (36.36%) Mentoring
4 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 6 (27.27%) Incident Management
5 5 (22.73%) Service Management
6 4 (18.18%) Coaching
6 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
6 4 (18.18%) Line Management
6 4 (18.18%) Problem Management
6 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (13.64%) Analytics
7 3 (13.64%) Data Engineering
7 3 (13.64%) Data Governance
7 3 (13.64%) Data Integration
7 3 (13.64%) Data Strategy
7 3 (13.64%) DevOps
7 3 (13.64%) Dimensional Modelling
7 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.64%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.55%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Cisco
2 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow