Service Desk Manager
UK
The median Service Desk Manager salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 593 | 769 | 859 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +176 | +90 | +172 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Manager | 99 | 127 | 130 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.19% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.21% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 83 | 101 | 119 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £32,500 | £37,700 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £41,250 | £41,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £50,000 | £49,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | +2.04% | -2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £77,500 | £72,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £47,500 | £46,581 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +1.97% | +3.51% |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Service Desk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Service Desk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Service Desk Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Manager.
Service Desk Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Service Desk Manager
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
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| England | +154 | 99 | £52,500 | +4.74% | 19 |
| UK excluding London | +195 | 75 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 15 |
| South East | +133 | 35 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +199 | 31 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 3 |
| London | +97 | 24 | £61,250 | -5.77% | 8 |
| North of England | +68 | 15 | £50,000 | +4.71% | 2 |
| Midlands | +89 | 14 | £50,000 | +58.73% | |
| South West | +92 | 10 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +57 | 8 | £48,750 | -12.95% | |
| North West | +32 | 8 | £51,250 | +11.25% | 1 |
| East Midlands | +52 | 6 | £50,000 | +58.73% | |
| Yorkshire | +57 | 5 | £55,000 | +14.58% | 1 |
| North East | - | 2 | £29,250 | - | |
| East of England | +51 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Service Desk 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 featuring Service Desk Manager in the job title.
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Service Desk Manager 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: