Service Management Job Trends in the West Midlands

Service Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Service Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 122 92
Rank change year-on-year +18 -30 -10
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 73 76 94
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.39% 1.84% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 2.01% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 50 34 79
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £31,552
25th Percentile £48,250 £37,375 £39,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,945 £75,540 £73,125
90th Percentile £70,250 £81,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +0.92% +3.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Service Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,323 3,783 3,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.09% 91.51% 87.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,245 1,682 2,769
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,719 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Service Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Service Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Service Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Service Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Service Management

Service Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Service Management in the West Midlands

Service Management
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 Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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 +22 35 £57,500 -2.54% 8
Staffordshire -17 10 £42,500 - 4
Warwickshire +20 5 £53,450 -33.19% 6
Solihull - 4 £55,000 - 4
Worcestershire -15 3 - -
Wolverhampton - 3 £54,000 -
Herefordshire - 2 - -
Shropshire - 2 £32,119 - 1
Service Management
England

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) IIS
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (8.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.74%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.07%) Azure
1 11 (15.07%) SaaS
2 6 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.11%) AWS
3 3 (4.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (4.11%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.74%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (1.37%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.37%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.37%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.37%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.11%) SD-WAN
1 3 (4.11%) VLAN
1 3 (4.11%) WAN
2 2 (2.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.11%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.74%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (2.74%) Power BI
2 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) JIRA
General
1 20 (27.40%) Finance
2 18 (24.66%) Social Skills
3 15 (20.55%) Legal
4 11 (15.07%) Retail
5 9 (12.33%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (9.59%) Fire and Rescue
6 7 (9.59%) Local Government
7 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
8 5 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (6.85%) Law
9 4 (5.48%) Banking
10 3 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.74%) Back Office
11 2 (2.74%) Marketing
11 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (2.74%) Social Housing
12 1 (1.37%) Automotive
12 1 (1.37%) Electronics
12 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (26.03%) Service Manager
2 17 (23.29%) Delivery Manager
3 13 (17.81%) Support Manager
4 12 (16.44%) IT Manager
5 10 (13.70%) IT Services Manager
6 9 (12.33%) Analyst
7 7 (9.59%) Technical Delivery Manager
7 7 (9.59%) Technical Manager
7 7 (9.59%) Technical Support
7 7 (9.59%) Technical Support Manager
8 6 (8.22%) Lead
8 6 (8.22%) Product Specialist
8 6 (8.22%) Products Support Specialist
8 6 (8.22%) Support Specialist
9 5 (6.85%) Business Manager
9 5 (6.85%) Service Delivery Manager
9 5 (6.85%) Software Manager
10 4 (5.48%) Business Change Manager
10 4 (5.48%) Change Manager
11 3 (4.11%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) .NET
2 1 (1.37%) EDI
2 1 (1.37%) HTML
2 1 (1.37%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.59%) NHS
2 3 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.74%) CMDB
3 2 (2.74%) Culture of Ownership
3 2 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.37%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.37%) IoT
4 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.37%) PropTech
4 1 (1.37%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.22%) Windows
2 1 (1.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (72.60%) ITIL
2 32 (43.84%) ITSM
3 28 (38.36%) Service Delivery
4 21 (28.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (26.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (21.92%) Agile
6 16 (21.92%) Change Management
7 15 (20.55%) Customer Service
8 14 (19.18%) Customer Experience
8 14 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (17.81%) CRM
10 11 (15.07%) B2B
10 11 (15.07%) Project Management
10 11 (15.07%) Release Management
11 10 (13.70%) Asset Management
11 10 (13.70%) Coaching
12 9 (12.33%) Case Management
12 9 (12.33%) Problem Management
13 8 (10.96%) Decision-Making
13 8 (10.96%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.48%) SQL
2 3 (4.11%) C#
3 2 (2.74%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.74%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (12.33%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (4.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (2.74%) Degree
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (2.74%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.37%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.37%) CBAP
4 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.37%) MCSA
4 1 (1.37%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.33%) SLA
2 4 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 1 (1.37%) COBIT
4 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.37%) GDPR
4 1 (1.37%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (1.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.37%) NIST
4 1 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) BitLocker
1 2 (2.74%) Firmware
1 2 (2.74%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.11%) SCCM
2 2 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (23.29%) ServiceNow
2 12 (16.44%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.22%) Remedy
3 6 (8.22%) Salesforce
3 6 (8.22%) SAP
4 4 (5.48%) BMC
5 3 (4.11%) Apple
5 3 (4.11%) Avaya
5 3 (4.11%) Cisco
5 3 (4.11%) HP
5 3 (4.11%) SolarWinds
5 3 (4.11%) Zscaler
6 2 (2.74%) Infor
6 2 (2.74%) McAfee
6 2 (2.74%) MobileIron
7 1 (1.37%) Dell
7 1 (1.37%) Snow