Service Desk Management Jobs

Service Desk Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Service Desk Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Service Desk Management over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 800 873 1143
Rank change year-on-year +73 +270 -281
Permanent jobs citing Service Desk Management 78 99 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.098% 0.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.092% 0.10% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 58 90 85
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £26,250 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,375 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.18% +21.43% -21.79%
75th Percentile £65,593 £54,688 £45,000
90th Percentile £69,921 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,750 £38,750 £30,500
% change year-on-year +10.32% +27.05% -24.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Service Desk 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 84,735 96,775 152,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,708 57,079 82,921
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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 Desk Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Management in the UK

Service Desk Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Service Desk Management in the UK

Service Desk Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Management over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Desk Management in the UK

Service Desk Management
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 Management within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 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 +92 78 £49,375 +9.72% 7
UK excluding London -28 60 £42,750 +10.32% 4
Work from Home +72 27 £40,250 +10.27% 3
North of England +48 23 £40,000 - 1
London +111 18 £68,750 -1.79% 5
Midlands -1 15 £56,000 +55.56%
Yorkshire +93 11 £30,500 -23.75%
East of England +20 10 £32,500 -45.83%
North West -2 9 £61,185 +28.81% 1
East Midlands -7 8 £37,500 +50.00%
West Midlands +18 7 £63,749 +58.63%
South East 0 6 £54,000 +44.00% 1
South West -16 6 £52,500 +43.84%
North East -10 3 £40,000 +6.67%

Service Desk 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 9 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (11.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 40 (51.28%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (32.05%) Azure
3 6 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.85%) Mimecast
5 2 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.56%) SaaS
6 1 (1.28%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.82%) LAN
1 10 (12.82%) WAN
2 8 (10.26%) DHCP
2 8 (10.26%) DNS
2 8 (10.26%) TCP/IP
2 8 (10.26%) WLAN
3 6 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
3 6 (7.69%) VPN
4 5 (6.41%) Firewall
5 4 (5.13%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (5.13%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (5.13%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.69%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 19 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.67%) Finance
3 11 (14.10%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.97%) Retail
5 6 (7.69%) Legal
6 4 (5.13%) Agriculture
6 4 (5.13%) Law
6 4 (5.13%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.85%) Social Housing
8 2 (2.56%) Banking
8 2 (2.56%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.56%) Front Office
8 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.56%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.28%) Back Office
9 1 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (29.49%) Service Manager
2 15 (19.23%) IT Support
2 15 (19.23%) Lead
3 14 (17.95%) Service Desk Manager
4 11 (14.10%) Analyst
4 11 (14.10%) Team Leader
5 10 (12.82%) IT Analyst
5 10 (12.82%) Service Desk Team Leader
6 9 (11.54%) IT Manager
7 8 (10.26%) Head of IT
7 8 (10.26%) IT Support Analyst
7 8 (10.26%) Support Analyst
8 7 (8.97%) Senior
8 7 (8.97%) Service Delivery Specialist
8 7 (8.97%) Service Desk Specialist
8 7 (8.97%) Support Engineer
9 6 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 6 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support
9 6 (7.69%) Head of IT Operations
9 6 (7.69%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.69%) iPad
2 3 (3.85%) Driving Licence
2 3 (3.85%) Housing Association
2 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.56%) Hedge funds
3 2 (2.56%) PMI
4 1 (1.28%) CMDB
4 1 (1.28%) Cybercrime
4 1 (1.28%) FMCG
4 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (48.72%) Windows
2 18 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 13 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 8 (10.26%) Android
4 8 (10.26%) Apple iOS
5 6 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (5.13%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.28%) Linux
7 1 (1.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (66.67%) ITIL
2 31 (39.74%) Service Management
3 30 (38.46%) Service Delivery
4 24 (30.77%) Customer Service
5 18 (23.08%) ITSM
6 16 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (16.67%) Incident Management
8 11 (14.10%) Major Incident Management
9 10 (12.82%) Line Management
10 9 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (10.26%) Performance Management
12 7 (8.97%) Process Improvement
13 6 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (7.69%) Critical Success Factor
13 6 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
13 6 (7.69%) Decision-Making
13 6 (7.69%) Kanban
13 6 (7.69%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 6 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
13 6 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (11.54%) ITIL Certification
2 8 (10.26%) Degree
3 5 (6.41%) A+ Certification
3 5 (6.41%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.13%) CCNP
4 4 (5.13%) MCITP
4 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.56%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.56%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.56%) PMP
7 1 (1.28%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (24.36%) SLA
2 6 (7.69%) GDPR
2 6 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.85%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (28.21%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.38%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 6 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (11.54%) SCCM
3 1 (1.28%) IBM BigFix
3 1 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 25 (32.05%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.38%) VMware
3 10 (12.82%) Citrix
4 8 (10.26%) Cisco
5 6 (7.69%) ServiceNow
5 6 (7.69%) Sophos
6 5 (6.41%) Meraki
6 5 (6.41%) SolarWinds
7 4 (5.13%) Aruba
7 4 (5.13%) Fortinet
7 4 (5.13%) Palo Alto
7 4 (5.13%) SAP
8 3 (3.85%) Qualys
9 1 (1.28%) Oracle
9 1 (1.28%) Remedy
9 1 (1.28%) Splunk