Service Management Job Trends in Yorkshire

Service Management
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Service Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 75 61
Rank change year-on-year -12 -14 +73
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 76 82 128
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.25% 2.58% 3.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 2.87% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 34 41 93
10th Percentile £30,000 £23,500 £21,875
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £26,045
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £44,274 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.98% +18.06% -21.05%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,625 £63,750 £72,487
England median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +0.92% +3.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,667 2,861 2,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 79.02% 90.08% 89.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,541 1,120 2,250
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,812
25th Percentile £30,250 £40,988 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £69,500 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Service Management
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Service Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Service Management

Service Management
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Service Management in Yorkshire

Service Management
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 8 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
West Yorkshire +3 41 £52,500 +17.62% 13
East Yorkshire -8 13 £31,000 -34.74% 2
North Yorkshire -2 12 £30,000 +23.71% 4
South Yorkshire +4 10 £55,000 +105.61% 10
Service Management
England

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (9.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (9.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (10.53%) Azure
3 7 (9.21%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.26%) SaaS
5 1 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.21%) DHCP
1 7 (9.21%) DNS
1 7 (9.21%) VoIP
1 7 (9.21%) VPN
2 2 (2.63%) LAN
2 2 (2.63%) WAN
2 2 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 25 (32.89%) JIRA
General
1 48 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.37%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.89%) Marketing
3 6 (7.89%) Retail
4 4 (5.26%) Automotive
4 4 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.95%) Finance
6 1 (1.32%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.32%) Legal
6 1 (1.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 23 (30.26%) Developer
1 23 (30.26%) JIRA Developer
2 15 (19.74%) Analyst
3 14 (18.42%) IT Analyst
4 13 (17.11%) IT Support
4 13 (17.11%) IT Support Analyst
4 13 (17.11%) Support Analyst
5 12 (15.79%) IT Manager
6 7 (9.21%) 1st Line Support
7 5 (6.58%) Service Manager
8 4 (5.26%) Configuration Manager
8 4 (5.26%) Sales Representative
8 4 (5.26%) Service Desk Manager
8 4 (5.26%) Telesales Representative
9 2 (2.63%) Application Development Manager
9 2 (2.63%) Applications Development Manager
9 2 (2.63%) Applications Manager
9 2 (2.63%) Development Manager
9 2 (2.63%) Help Desk Technician
9 2 (2.63%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.21%) .NET
2 1 (1.32%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) Driving Licence
2 7 (9.21%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (9.21%) iPad
3 5 (6.58%) CMDB
4 4 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.63%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (2.63%) Mainframe
5 2 (2.63%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.32%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.32%) NHS
6 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.53%) Windows
2 7 (9.21%) Mac OS
2 7 (9.21%) Windows 10
2 7 (9.21%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (86.84%) ITSM
2 57 (75.00%) ITIL
3 40 (52.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 40 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (38.16%) Change Management
5 27 (35.53%) Asset Management
5 27 (35.53%) Incident Management
6 24 (31.58%) Computer Science
7 23 (30.26%) Service Delivery
8 18 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (19.74%) User Experience
10 12 (15.79%) Problem Management
10 12 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (14.47%) CRM
12 9 (11.84%) Migration
13 8 (10.53%) High Availability
14 7 (9.21%) Cybersecurity
14 7 (9.21%) Data Protection
14 7 (9.21%) Patch Management
14 7 (9.21%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 23 (30.26%) JavaScript
1 23 (30.26%) PowerShell
2 7 (9.21%) SQL
3 2 (2.63%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 37 (48.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 24 (31.58%) Degree
3 7 (9.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (5.26%) Data Quality
1 4 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (5.26%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (9.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (30.26%) Atlassian
2 11 (14.47%) Microsoft
3 8 (10.53%) ServiceNow
4 7 (9.21%) Apple
4 7 (9.21%) Datto
4 7 (9.21%) Freshdesk
5 2 (2.63%) HP
5 2 (2.63%) JDA
5 2 (2.63%) RedPrairie