Service Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Service Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Service Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 137 197
Rank change year-on-year 0 +60 -12
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 2,053 2,699 3,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.09% 2.58% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 2.70% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,479 1,760 2,205
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,400 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,550
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% +1.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £48,564 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.34% +7.92% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Service Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Management.

Salary trend for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +2 1,848 £50,000 -9.09% 378
UK excluding London -6 1,424 £45,000 -7.34% 276
Work from Home 0 755 £56,250 -1.32% 142
London 0 559 £65,000 +4.00% 119
North of England +45 424 £44,637 -3.59% 95
South East -12 352 £52,500 - 51
Midlands -14 259 £36,128 -27.74% 48
North West +49 206 £45,000 -3.23% 62
South West -2 171 £46,958 +14.53% 35
Yorkshire +51 168 £43,387 -20.54% 21
West Midlands -24 158 £50,000 -8.26% 34
Scotland -35 102 £51,000 +3.42% 16
East Midlands +8 99 £28,500 -24.00% 14
East of England -31 74 £33,500 -27.96% 22
North East -4 50 £42,407 +16.18% 13
Wales -4 27 £55,802 +8.20% 8
Northern Ireland +42 17 £30,000 -22.58% 7
Channel Islands -3 1 £100,000 +11.11%

Service Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 126 (6.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 108 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 51 (2.48%) Confluence
4 29 (1.41%) WebLogic
5 22 (1.07%) SAS
6 17 (0.83%) CMS
7 9 (0.44%) IIS
8 6 (0.29%) IBM Notes
9 5 (0.24%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (0.24%) SharePoint 2013
10 4 (0.19%) Apache
10 4 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (0.19%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.15%) Moodle
11 3 (0.15%) WordPress
12 1 (0.049%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.049%) Exchange Server 2013
12 1 (0.049%) WebSphere
Applications
1 167 (8.13%) Microsoft Office
2 98 (4.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.29%) Trello
7 2 (0.097%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.049%) 1Password
8 1 (0.049%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 65 (3.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 50 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (1.17%) PlanetPress Connect
4 16 (0.78%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.34%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.19%) SAP IS-U
9 3 (0.15%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.097%) Maximo
10 2 (0.097%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.097%) Shopify
11 1 (0.049%) Adaptiv
11 1 (0.049%) Carpe Diem
11 1 (0.049%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.049%) Eikon
11 1 (0.049%) Primavera
11 1 (0.049%) SAP MM
11 1 (0.049%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 391 (19.05%) Azure
2 387 (18.85%) Microsoft 365
3 127 (6.19%) AWS
4 116 (5.65%) Entra ID
5 96 (4.68%) Power Platform
6 92 (4.48%) SaaS
7 46 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
8 42 (2.05%) OneDrive
9 36 (1.75%) PaaS
10 34 (1.66%) IaaS
11 29 (1.41%) GCP
12 27 (1.32%) PowerApps
13 24 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (1.17%) OpenShift
13 24 (1.17%) Power Automate
14 21 (1.02%) Google Sheets
15 18 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
15 18 (0.88%) Azure Storage
16 17 (0.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 16 (0.78%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 153 (7.45%) Firewall
2 109 (5.31%) VPN
3 95 (4.63%) DNS
4 87 (4.24%) LAN
5 83 (4.04%) WAN
6 60 (2.92%) DHCP
7 52 (2.53%) TCP/IP
8 50 (2.44%) Wireless
9 46 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
10 38 (1.85%) Network Security
11 36 (1.75%) WLAN
12 20 (0.97%) SD-WAN
13 17 (0.83%) Internet
13 17 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
13 17 (0.83%) SAN
14 16 (0.78%) SSL
14 16 (0.78%) VoIP
15 15 (0.73%) VLAN
16 11 (0.54%) MPLS
17 9 (0.44%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (4.34%) SQL Server
2 69 (3.36%) Power BI
3 34 (1.66%) MySQL
4 32 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (1.46%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (0.83%) GIS
8 14 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.49%) RDBMS
11 9 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.24%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.24%) Redis
12 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.15%) Tableau
14 2 (0.097%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.097%) DTS
14 2 (0.097%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 128 (6.23%) JIRA
2 41 (2.00%) GitLab
3 24 (1.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 21 (1.02%) Artifactory
5 17 (0.83%) IBM UrbanCode
6 9 (0.44%) Postman
7 8 (0.39%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.29%) MSI
9 5 (0.24%) Git
10 4 (0.19%) AdminStudio
10 4 (0.19%) InstallShield
11 3 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.15%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.097%) PowerBuilder
13 1 (0.049%) Bitbucket
General
1 835 (40.67%) Social Skills
2 534 (26.01%) Finance
3 302 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (8.87%) Public Sector
5 178 (8.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 125 (6.09%) Presentation Skills
7 115 (5.60%) Banking
8 100 (4.87%) Retail
9 97 (4.72%) Law
10 91 (4.43%) Billing
11 76 (3.70%) Legal
12 65 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
13 56 (2.73%) Telecoms
14 54 (2.63%) Local Government
15 41 (2.00%) Police
16 38 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
17 35 (1.70%) Manufacturing
18 23 (1.12%) Back Office
19 20 (0.97%) Marketing
20 18 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 357 (17.39%) Analyst
2 270 (13.15%) Service Manager
3 212 (10.33%) Senior
4 176 (8.57%) Lead
5 169 (8.23%) Support Analyst
6 163 (7.94%) IT Manager
7 149 (7.26%) IT Support
8 141 (6.87%) Architect
9 109 (5.31%) Delivery Manager
10 106 (5.16%) Service Delivery Manager
11 102 (4.97%) Applications Support
12 101 (4.92%) IT Services Manager
12 101 (4.92%) Support Engineer
13 96 (4.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 96 (4.68%) Service Analyst
14 89 (4.34%) IT Analyst
14 89 (4.34%) Team Leader
15 78 (3.80%) Applications Support Analyst
16 74 (3.60%) Service Desk Analyst
17 58 (2.83%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (2.63%) HTML
2 51 (2.48%) Web Services
3 47 (2.29%) CSS
4 30 (1.46%) Spring
5 29 (1.41%) J2EE
5 29 (1.41%) Java EE
6 26 (1.27%) AngularJS
6 26 (1.27%) SOAP
6 26 (1.27%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 23 (1.12%) XML
8 18 (0.88%) EDI
8 18 (0.88%) REST
9 15 (0.73%) JSON
10 14 (0.68%) ARM Templates
11 12 (0.58%) LDAP
12 11 (0.54%) .NET
13 9 (0.44%) FIX Protocol
14 8 (0.39%) Ajax
15 6 (0.29%) Middleware
16 5 (0.24%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 165 (8.04%) Management Information System
2 97 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
3 78 (3.80%) Data Centre
4 69 (3.36%) CMDB
5 62 (3.02%) Driving Licence
6 59 (2.87%) Public Cloud
7 51 (2.48%) Product Ownership
8 43 (2.09%) Onboarding
9 41 (2.00%) NHS
10 34 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
11 32 (1.56%) Housing Association
12 29 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
12 29 (1.41%) Reinsurance
13 27 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
14 23 (1.12%) Cloud Native
15 19 (0.93%) Replication
16 18 (0.88%) Smartphone
17 16 (0.78%) PKI
18 15 (0.73%) Private Cloud
19 14 (0.68%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 480 (23.38%) Windows
2 155 (7.55%) Windows Server
3 144 (7.01%) Windows 10
4 106 (5.16%) Linux
5 57 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 51 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 46 (2.24%) Android
7 46 (2.24%) Apple iOS
8 45 (2.19%) Mac OS
9 42 (2.05%) Unix
10 33 (1.61%) Windows 7
11 25 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
12 15 (0.73%) Windows NT
13 13 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
14 10 (0.49%) CentOS
15 7 (0.34%) Mac OS X
16 6 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 3 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
18 3 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,124 (54.75%) ITIL
2 906 (44.13%) ITSM
3 526 (25.62%) Service Delivery
4 522 (25.43%) Problem-Solving
5 428 (20.85%) Customer Service
6 324 (15.78%) Change Management
7 295 (14.37%) Incident Management
8 278 (13.54%) Problem Management
9 248 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 230 (11.20%) Agile
11 227 (11.06%) Coaching
11 227 (11.06%) Project Management
12 213 (10.38%) Mentoring
13 203 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
14 151 (7.36%) Actionable Insight
15 150 (7.31%) DevOps
16 145 (7.06%) Cybersecurity
17 136 (6.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 122 (5.94%) Performance Management
19 118 (5.75%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 158 (7.70%) SQL
2 83 (4.04%) PowerShell
3 71 (3.46%) JavaScript
4 57 (2.78%) Java
5 50 (2.44%) C#
6 38 (1.85%) Python
7 29 (1.41%) Shell Script
8 19 (0.93%) T-SQL
9 18 (0.88%) VB
10 17 (0.83%) Groovy
11 15 (0.73%) Bash
12 14 (0.68%) Bicep
12 14 (0.68%) VBScript
13 10 (0.49%) RPG
13 10 (0.49%) Swift
14 9 (0.44%) Perl
15 4 (0.19%) ABAP
15 4 (0.19%) C
15 4 (0.19%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.097%) R
Qualifications
1 333 (16.22%) Degree
2 330 (16.07%) Security Cleared
3 263 (12.81%) SC Cleared
4 100 (4.87%) ITIL Certification
5 91 (4.43%) DV Cleared
6 76 (3.70%) ACCA
7 65 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 53 (2.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 38 (1.85%) A+ Certification
10 36 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
11 34 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
12 30 (1.46%) DBS Check
12 30 (1.46%) PMI Certification
13 27 (1.32%) CCNA
14 23 (1.12%) Master's Degree
15 22 (1.07%) PMP
16 21 (1.02%) CCNP
17 20 (0.97%) AWS Certification
18 18 (0.88%) Azure Certification
19 17 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 264 (12.86%) SLA
2 76 (3.70%) GAAP
3 75 (3.65%) IFRS
4 47 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 47 (2.29%) QA
5 42 (2.05%) GDPR
6 37 (1.80%) COBIT
7 32 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 21 (1.02%) Data Quality
10 20 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 19 (0.93%) Accessibility
11 19 (0.93%) NIST
12 16 (0.78%) PCI DSS
13 13 (0.63%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.39%) PMO
15 7 (0.34%) ISO 9001
16 6 (0.29%) GRC
17 5 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 4 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 385 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 78 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (1.85%) Hyper-V
4 33 (1.61%) Firmware
5 27 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
6 22 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
7 19 (0.93%) Docker
8 15 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
9 11 (0.54%) IAG
9 11 (0.54%) vSphere
10 7 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (0.29%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.19%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.097%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.097%) XenApp
14 1 (0.049%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 1 (0.049%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 132 (6.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 127 (6.19%) SCCM
3 61 (2.97%) Terraform
4 51 (2.48%) SCOM
5 44 (2.14%) Ansible
6 38 (1.85%) WSUS
7 37 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
8 32 (1.56%) OpenView
9 29 (1.41%) Kubernetes
9 29 (1.41%) OpenSSO
10 22 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (0.88%) Progress Chef
11 18 (0.88%) vCenter Server
12 14 (0.68%) Sysprep
13 11 (0.54%) EMC NetWorker
14 10 (0.49%) Nagios
14 10 (0.49%) NetBackup
15 8 (0.39%) Grafana
15 8 (0.39%) HP UCMDB
15 8 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 639 (31.13%) Microsoft
2 304 (14.81%) ServiceNow
3 122 (5.94%) VMware
4 107 (5.21%) Remedy
5 78 (3.80%) HP
6 77 (3.75%) CA
7 76 (3.70%) Google
8 66 (3.21%) BMC
9 64 (3.12%) Oracle
10 63 (3.07%) Cisco
11 59 (2.87%) Citrix
12 44 (2.14%) Apple
13 41 (2.00%) IBM
14 33 (1.61%) Dell
14 33 (1.61%) SAP
15 30 (1.46%) Veeam
16 26 (1.27%) Meraki
17 25 (1.22%) Salesforce
17 25 (1.22%) SolarWinds
18 24 (1.17%) FNZ