Service Director
UK

The median Service Director salary in the UK is £112,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 826 950 1166
Rank change year-on-year +124 +216 -329
Permanent jobs requiring a Services Director 68 43 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.041% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.045% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 24 19 21
10th Percentile £57,500 £101,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £71,165 - £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £120,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £145,000 £152,500 £126,250
90th Percentile - £157,500 £136,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £120,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -50.00% +100.00% -48.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Services Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Services Director in the UK

Services Director
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Services Director.

Salary trend for Services Director in the UK

Services Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Services Director over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Services Director in the UK

Services Director
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Services Director within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
UK excluding London +22 46 £60,000 -50.00% 14
England +127 42 £120,000 - 24
London +147 20 £135,000 -6.90% 8
Scotland - 20 - - 1
Work from Home +78 11 £140,000 +16.67% 12
North of England +42 8 £60,000 -50.00% 4
Midlands +6 6 £120,000 -4.00% 3
North West +4 6 £60,000 -50.00% 3
South West - 5 - -
South East +31 3 £57,500 -42.50% 4
West Midlands +25 3 £120,000 - 2
East Midlands -16 3 £60,000 -55.56% 1
Northern Ireland +27 2 - - 1
Wales +9 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 - -

Services Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Services Director 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 Services Director in the job title.

1 46 (67.65%) Finance
2 30 (44.12%) Service Management
2 30 (44.12%) Service Delivery
3 25 (36.76%) Thought Leadership
4 24 (35.29%) Business Development
5 21 (30.88%) Business Case
6 20 (29.41%) Actionable Insight
7 19 (27.94%) Strategic Thinking
8 18 (26.47%) Budgeting
9 17 (25.00%) QA
9 17 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
9 17 (25.00%) Internal Audit
9 17 (25.00%) Mentoring
10 12 (17.65%) Social Skills
11 10 (14.71%) Line Management
12 9 (13.24%) Roadmaps
12 9 (13.24%) ITIL
13 8 (11.76%) Change Management
13 8 (11.76%) Agile
14 6 (8.82%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (8.82%) CMDB
15 5 (7.35%) Problem Management
15 5 (7.35%) Test Automation
15 5 (7.35%) Process Improvement
15 5 (7.35%) Trend Analysis
15 5 (7.35%) ITSM
15 5 (7.35%) Incident Management
15 5 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (7.35%) Major Incident Management
15 5 (7.35%) Strategic Roadmap

Services Director 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.41%) AWS
1 3 (4.41%) Azure
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.47%) OneDrive
General
1 46 (67.65%) Finance
2 12 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.88%) Law
5 3 (4.41%) Banking
5 3 (4.41%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.41%) Retail
6 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Back Office
7 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) RESTful
1 3 (4.41%) Spring
1 3 (4.41%) Spring Boot
1 3 (4.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.82%) CMDB
2 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (44.12%) Service Delivery
1 30 (44.12%) Service Management
2 25 (36.76%) Thought Leadership
3 24 (35.29%) Business Development
4 21 (30.88%) Business Case
5 20 (29.41%) Actionable Insight
6 19 (27.94%) Strategic Thinking
7 18 (26.47%) Budgeting
8 17 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
8 17 (25.00%) Internal Audit
8 17 (25.00%) Mentoring
9 10 (14.71%) Line Management
10 9 (13.24%) ITIL
10 9 (13.24%) Roadmaps
11 8 (11.76%) Agile
11 8 (11.76%) Change Management
12 5 (7.35%) Incident Management
12 5 (7.35%) ITSM
12 5 (7.35%) Problem Management
12 5 (7.35%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.41%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (8.82%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (5.88%) Degree
3 3 (4.41%) AWS Certification
3 3 (4.41%) AWS Certified Developer
4 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (25.00%) QA
2 3 (4.41%) SLA
3 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.47%) GDPR
3 1 (1.47%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.41%) Pega
2 3 (4.41%) Salesforce
2 3 (4.41%) SAP
3 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow