IT Services Manager Job Trends in Watford

IT Service Manager
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median IT Service Manager salary in Watford is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 0.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £60,500 - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £75,000 - £80,000
% change year-on-year - - +52.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 363 135 201
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 96.43% 98.05%
Number of salaries quoted 265 111 132
10th Percentile £26,000 £32,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,875 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -22.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £58,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £80,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Services Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Watford.

IT Services Manager job vacancy trend in Watford

IT Services Manager
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies in Watford.

Salary distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies in Watford

IT Services Manager
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Services Manager in Watford over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Services Manager in Watford

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 17 September 2026, IT Services Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Watford region featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) IT Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Service Catalogue
2 2 (66.67%) SIAM
2 2 (66.67%) Software Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) Software Licensing
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) PMO
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Workload Management

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Front Office
2 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) IT Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Service Catalogue
2 2 (66.67%) SIAM
2 2 (66.67%) Software Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) Software Licensing
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
IT Services Manager jobs