Senior Service Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Service Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Service Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 527 543
Rank change year-on-year +83 +16 +185
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Service Manager 66 32 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.089% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.095% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 56 4 4
10th Percentile - £55,975 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £58,563 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £68,344
% change year-on-year -23.08% -4.89% +5.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,951 33,588 32,956
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 92.94% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,133 16,400 24,992
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,743
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Senior Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Service Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Service Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Service Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Service Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Service Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Service Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Service Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Service Manager in the UK excluding London

Senior Service Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Service Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
North of England +31 26 £50,000 -
South West +17 16 £35,000 -
North West +31 14 £45,497 -
Yorkshire -9 8 £50,000 -
Midlands +21 7 £50,000 -17.01% 2
Scotland - 7 £50,000 -
West Midlands +33 5 £50,000 -23.08% 1
South East +30 4 £50,000 -23.08% 3
North East +5 4 £45,497 -
Wales - 3 £50,000 -
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 -
East Midlands -6 2 - - 1
Senior Service Manager
UK

Senior Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Senior Service Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior Service Manager in the job title.

1 32 (48.48%) Contract Management
2 13 (19.70%) Data Protection
3 7 (10.61%) ITIL
4 5 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (6.06%) Mentoring
5 4 (6.06%) Service Management
5 4 (6.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (4.55%) Coaching
6 3 (4.55%) Customer Service
6 3 (4.55%) DV Cleared
6 3 (4.55%) Linux
6 3 (4.55%) Microsoft
6 3 (4.55%) Risk Register
6 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.55%) User Experience
6 3 (4.55%) Validation
6 3 (4.55%) VMware
7 2 (3.03%) Content Management
7 2 (3.03%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (3.03%) Project Management
7 2 (3.03%) Service Delivery
8 1 (1.52%) Actionable Insight
8 1 (1.52%) Agile
8 1 (1.52%) Analytics
8 1 (1.52%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (1.52%) Business Strategy
8 1 (1.52%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (1.52%) Customer Experience

Senior Service Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) Power BI
1 1 (1.52%) Tableau
General
1 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
2 2 (3.03%) Advertising
2 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (3.03%) Dutch Language
2 2 (3.03%) Marketing
2 2 (3.03%) Retail
2 2 (3.03%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.52%) Back Office
3 1 (1.52%) Banking
3 1 (1.52%) Finance
3 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.03%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (48.48%) Contract Management
2 13 (19.70%) Data Protection
3 7 (10.61%) ITIL
4 5 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (6.06%) Mentoring
5 4 (6.06%) Service Management
5 4 (6.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (4.55%) Coaching
6 3 (4.55%) Customer Service
6 3 (4.55%) Risk Register
6 3 (4.55%) User Experience
6 3 (4.55%) Validation
7 2 (3.03%) Content Management
7 2 (3.03%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (3.03%) Project Management
7 2 (3.03%) Service Delivery
8 1 (1.52%) Agile
8 1 (1.52%) Data Management
8 1 (1.52%) Incident Management
8 1 (1.52%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.52%) Python
1 1 (1.52%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (4.55%) DV Cleared
1 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (4.55%) Microsoft
1 3 (4.55%) VMware
2 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow