Service Operations Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Service Operations Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Operations Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 559 533
Rank change year-on-year +57 -26 +249
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Operations Manager 7 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.003% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.003% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile - - £51,125
25th Percentile - £57,500 £64,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -17.24% +7.41%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £73,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -24.14% +3.57%

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 37,615 36,431 26,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 93.64% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 22,778 18,585 20,318
10th Percentile £27,893 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Service Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Service Operations Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Service Operations Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Service Operations 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 Operations Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 December 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 - 6 £65,000 - 2
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Service Operations Manager
UK

Service Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Service Operations 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 Service Operations Manager in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) ITIL
1 6 (85.71%) JIRA
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Change Control
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Coaching
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience

Service Operations 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 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) JIRA
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Change Control
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Coaching
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience