Service Director
UK

The median Service Director salary in the UK is £105,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 844 956 1167
Rank change year-on-year +112 +211 -313
Permanent jobs requiring a Services Director 67 43 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.042% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.045% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 23 20 20
10th Percentile £57,500 £104,750 £60,000
25th Percentile £71,165 £116,531 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £120,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £145,000 £151,250 £126,938
90th Percentile - £157,500 £136,375
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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 4 May 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 4 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
UK excluding London +15 44 £60,000 -50.00% 9
England +97 41 £105,000 -12.50% 15
London +125 21 £130,000 -10.34% 6
Scotland - 20 - -
Work from Home +71 11 £140,000 +16.67% 7
North of England +34 8 £60,000 -50.00% 2
North West +9 6 £60,000 -50.00% 2
South West - 5 - -
Midlands +14 4 £60,000 -52.00% 1
South East +17 3 £57,500 -45.82% 3
East Midlands -11 3 £60,000 -55.56%
Northern Ireland +27 2 - - 2
Wales +14 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 - -
West Midlands +12 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 (68.66%) Finance
2 28 (41.79%) Service Management
2 28 (41.79%) Service Delivery
3 25 (37.31%) Thought Leadership
4 24 (35.82%) Business Development
5 21 (31.34%) Business Case
6 20 (29.85%) Actionable Insight
7 19 (28.36%) Strategic Thinking
8 18 (26.87%) Budgeting
9 17 (25.37%) Creative Thinking
9 17 (25.37%) Internal Audit
9 17 (25.37%) Mentoring
9 17 (25.37%) QA
10 12 (17.91%) Social Skills
11 9 (13.43%) Roadmaps
12 8 (11.94%) Line Management
12 8 (11.94%) Agile
12 8 (11.94%) Change Management
13 7 (10.45%) ITIL
14 6 (8.96%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (8.96%) CMDB
15 5 (7.46%) Problem Management
15 5 (7.46%) Test Automation
15 5 (7.46%) Process Improvement
15 5 (7.46%) Trend Analysis
15 5 (7.46%) ITSM
15 5 (7.46%) Incident Management
15 5 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (7.46%) Major Incident Management
15 5 (7.46%) 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 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.48%) AWS
1 3 (4.48%) Azure
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.49%) OneDrive
General
1 46 (68.66%) Finance
2 12 (17.91%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.97%) Law
5 3 (4.48%) Banking
5 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.48%) Retail
6 2 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.99%) Back Office
7 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.48%) RESTful
1 3 (4.48%) Spring
1 3 (4.48%) Spring Boot
1 3 (4.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.96%) CMDB
2 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (41.79%) Service Delivery
1 28 (41.79%) Service Management
2 25 (37.31%) Thought Leadership
3 24 (35.82%) Business Development
4 21 (31.34%) Business Case
5 20 (29.85%) Actionable Insight
6 19 (28.36%) Strategic Thinking
7 18 (26.87%) Budgeting
8 17 (25.37%) Creative Thinking
8 17 (25.37%) Internal Audit
8 17 (25.37%) Mentoring
9 9 (13.43%) Roadmaps
10 8 (11.94%) Agile
10 8 (11.94%) Change Management
10 8 (11.94%) Line Management
11 7 (10.45%) ITIL
12 5 (7.46%) Incident Management
12 5 (7.46%) ITSM
12 5 (7.46%) Problem Management
12 5 (7.46%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.48%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (8.96%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (5.97%) Degree
3 3 (4.48%) AWS Certification
3 3 (4.48%) AWS Certified Developer
4 1 (1.49%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (25.37%) QA
2 3 (4.48%) SLA
3 1 (1.49%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.49%) GDPR
3 1 (1.49%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 4 (5.97%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.48%) Pega
2 3 (4.48%) Salesforce
2 3 (4.48%) SAP
3 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow