Service Desk Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Service Desk Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Service Desk Manager salary in the West Midlands is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 249 -
Rank change year-on-year +57 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Manager 8 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.18% 0.014% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.015% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £41,000 - -
25th Percentile £45,313 £55,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £56,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.95% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,125 £49,500
% change year-on-year +4.74% +1.26% -1.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,992 6,812 5,981
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 94.09% 89.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,797 5,151 3,348
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Service Desk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Service Desk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Manager in the West Midlands

Service Desk Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Manager in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Service Desk Manager in the West Midlands

Service Desk Manager
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Birmingham +44 7 £47,500 -15.18%
Staffordshire - 1 £50,000 -
Service Desk Manager
England

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Service Desk Manager 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Service Desk Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) SLA
2 5 (62.50%) Data Protection
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
3 4 (50.00%) AWS
3 4 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 4 (50.00%) Data Security
3 4 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 4 (50.00%) Escalation Management
3 4 (50.00%) Cloud Operations
3 4 (50.00%) LogicMonitor
3 4 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (50.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (37.50%) Tech Ops
4 3 (37.50%) IBM Cloud
4 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Change Management
4 3 (37.50%) IBM
4 3 (37.50%) Veeam
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (25.00%) Windows
5 2 (25.00%) ITSM
5 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) AWS
3 3 (37.50%) IBM Cloud
General
1 4 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Data Protection
3 4 (50.00%) Cloud Operations
3 4 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (50.00%) Data Security
3 4 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (50.00%) Escalation Management
4 3 (37.50%) Change Management
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Tech Ops
5 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (25.00%) ITSM
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (12.50%) DevOps
6 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) LogicMonitor
1 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 3 (37.50%) IBM
2 3 (37.50%) Veeam
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft