Head of Managed Services Jobs

Head of Managed Services
UK

The median Head of Managed Services salary in the UK is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 726 877 959
Rank change year-on-year +151 +82 +271
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Managed Services 3 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.006% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.006% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £72,000 £62,500 -
25th Percentile £78,750 £64,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £70,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +10.14%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £106,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £70,000 -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,837 94,491 90,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 94.69% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 27,317 67,546 57,366
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

Head of Managed Services
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of Managed Services in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Managed Services in the UK

Head of Managed Services
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Managed Services.

Salary trend for Head of Managed Services in the UK

Head of Managed Services
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Managed Services over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Managed Services in the UK

Head of Managed Services
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Managed Services within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +126 2 £80,000 +14.29% 5
Work from Home - 2 £80,000 - 2
London - 1 £90,000 - 5

Head of Managed Services Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Head of Managed Services 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 featuring Head of Managed Services in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) PaaS
1 2 (66.67%) IaaS
1 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
1 2 (66.67%) Presales
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Development Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) People Management
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Migration

Head of Managed Services Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) IaaS
1 2 (66.67%) PaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Presales
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Development Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) People Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce