Service Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Services Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Services Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 452 322 409
Rank change year-on-year -130 +87 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Manager 127 569 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.76% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.80% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 99 456 312
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -12.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £66,000
90th Percentile £68,568 £67,500 £73,625
UK median annual salary £56,380 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.39% -12.50% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Service Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

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 Service Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
South East +1 50 £50,000 +5.26% 39
North of England -102 31 £55,000 +15.79% 63
Midlands -4 29 £51,800 -3.42% 38
North West -51 22 £55,000 +17.56% 44
West Midlands +11 17 £50,900 -15.17% 26
East Midlands +21 12 £54,000 +44.00% 11
South West +30 7 £64,627 +29.25% 20
Yorkshire -26 6 £55,000 +4.76% 16
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 2
North East +31 3 £30,000 -33.33% 3
East of England +17 3 £61,250 +25.00% 16
Scotland +104 1 £57,500 +21.05% 10
Service Manager
UK

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 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 UK excluding London region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 72 (56.69%) ITIL
2 61 (48.03%) Service Delivery
3 50 (39.37%) Service Management
4 49 (38.58%) Social Skills
5 44 (34.65%) ITSM
6 43 (33.86%) Microsoft
7 36 (28.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (24.41%) Customer Service
9 28 (22.05%) Incident Management
10 26 (20.47%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (19.69%) Degree
12 24 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (17.32%) Azure
14 19 (14.96%) Mentoring
14 19 (14.96%) ITIL Certification
14 19 (14.96%) Microsoft Office
15 18 (14.17%) SLA
15 18 (14.17%) Problem Management
16 17 (13.39%) Project Management
16 17 (13.39%) Management Information System
17 16 (12.60%) Windows
17 16 (12.60%) People Management
18 14 (11.02%) Coaching
18 14 (11.02%) Process Improvement
18 14 (11.02%) Customer-Centricity
18 14 (11.02%) Finance
18 14 (11.02%) Change Management
18 14 (11.02%) Retail
18 14 (11.02%) Asset Management
19 12 (9.45%) JIRA

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (5.51%) IIS
2 4 (3.15%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (14.96%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (5.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.57%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 26 (20.47%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (17.32%) Azure
3 12 (9.45%) SaaS
4 8 (6.30%) AWS
5 1 (0.79%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.79%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.87%) VLAN
2 6 (4.72%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (3.94%) VoIP
4 4 (3.15%) Firewall
5 3 (2.36%) Network Security
6 1 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.79%) DHCP
6 1 (0.79%) DNS
6 1 (0.79%) Internet
6 1 (0.79%) LAN
6 1 (0.79%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.79%) VPN
6 1 (0.79%) WAN
6 1 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.79%) Power BI
2 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (9.45%) JIRA
General
1 49 (38.58%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.02%) Finance
2 14 (11.02%) Retail
3 11 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.36%) Law
5 3 (2.36%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.57%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.79%) Advertising
7 1 (0.79%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (0.79%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.79%) Legal
7 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.51%) .NET
2 1 (0.79%) Middleware
2 1 (0.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.39%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.66%) Onboarding
3 9 (7.09%) Private Cloud
4 7 (5.51%) Client/Server
5 6 (4.72%) Fibre Optics
6 5 (3.94%) Driving Licence
7 4 (3.15%) CCTV
7 4 (3.15%) IoT
8 3 (2.36%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.79%) NHS
10 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.79%) SCADA
10 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.60%) Windows
2 6 (4.72%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.15%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.79%) Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (56.69%) ITIL
2 61 (48.03%) Service Delivery
3 50 (39.37%) Service Management
4 44 (34.65%) ITSM
5 36 (28.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (24.41%) Customer Service
7 28 (22.05%) Incident Management
8 24 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (14.96%) Mentoring
10 18 (14.17%) Problem Management
11 17 (13.39%) Project Management
12 16 (12.60%) People Management
13 14 (11.02%) Asset Management
13 14 (11.02%) Change Management
13 14 (11.02%) Coaching
13 14 (11.02%) Customer-Centricity
13 14 (11.02%) Process Improvement
14 12 (9.45%) Configuration Management
15 11 (8.66%) Computer Science
16 9 (7.09%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (19.69%) Degree
2 19 (14.96%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (5.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.36%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.57%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.57%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.79%) APMP
6 1 (0.79%) CISA
6 1 (0.79%) CISM
6 1 (0.79%) CISSP
6 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.79%) GIAC
6 1 (0.79%) ISACA
6 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.79%) PMP
6 1 (0.79%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (14.17%) SLA
2 5 (3.94%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.94%) GDPR
3 4 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.57%) NIST
5 1 (0.79%) COBIT
5 1 (0.79%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.79%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.79%) Autotask
1 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.79%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 43 (33.86%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.30%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.51%) BMC
3 7 (5.51%) Oracle
3 7 (5.51%) Remedy
4 6 (4.72%) Cisco
5 2 (1.57%) Apple
5 2 (1.57%) Infor
6 1 (0.79%) Commvault
6 1 (0.79%) Google
6 1 (0.79%) Meraki
6 1 (0.79%) Splunk
6 1 (0.79%) Tenable
6 1 (0.79%) VMware
6 1 (0.79%) Zerto