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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 139 90
Rank change year-on-year +74 -49 -19
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 146 28 104
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.98% 0.80% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 0.91% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 116 19 64
10th Percentile £27,625 - £28,900
25th Percentile £37,000 £30,000 £39,618
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £55,250 £71,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £82,250 £58,375
England median annual salary £47,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.55% +10.00% -9.09%

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 4,920 3,092 4,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 66.59% 88.42% 78.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,569 1,525 2,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,625 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -5.00% -8.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,922 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -4 55 £45,000 -7.69% 24
South Yorkshire +5 45 £42,500 -72.58% 18
North Yorkshire +36 25 £56,000 +28.00% 3
East Yorkshire -6 14 £47,000 +51.61% 2
Humberside - 2 - -
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 39 (26.71%) SharePoint
2 15 (10.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.37%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 69 (47.26%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (36.30%) Azure
3 40 (27.40%) Entra ID
3 40 (27.40%) Power Platform
4 33 (22.60%) OneDrive
4 33 (22.60%) Power Automate
5 26 (17.81%) PowerApps
6 21 (14.38%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (9.59%) Microsoft Copilot
8 8 (5.48%) SaaS
9 7 (4.79%) Copilot Studio
10 6 (4.11%) AWS
11 5 (3.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (3.42%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (3.42%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (3.42%) Amazon S3
11 5 (3.42%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (3.42%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (3.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.22%) LAN
1 12 (8.22%) WAN
2 9 (6.16%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (4.79%) Firewall
4 5 (3.42%) VPN
5 4 (2.74%) ATM
5 4 (2.74%) DHCP
5 4 (2.74%) DNS
5 4 (2.74%) Wireless
6 3 (2.05%) Network Security
7 1 (0.68%) ADSL
7 1 (0.68%) Broadband
7 1 (0.68%) ISDN
7 1 (0.68%) VDSL
7 1 (0.68%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (20.55%) Power BI
2 5 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.05%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (1.37%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.68%) Metadata
5 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (18.49%) JIRA
General
1 60 (41.10%) Social Skills
2 37 (25.34%) Finance
3 20 (13.70%) Legal
4 19 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (12.33%) Manufacturing
6 15 (10.27%) Law
7 12 (8.22%) Public Sector
8 10 (6.85%) Retail
9 5 (3.42%) Financial Institution
9 5 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.74%) Advertising
10 4 (2.74%) Digital Economy
11 3 (2.05%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.37%) Automotive
12 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Banking
13 1 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 28 (19.18%) Analyst
2 24 (16.44%) IT Manager
3 23 (15.75%) IT Support
4 19 (13.01%) Applications Support
5 15 (10.27%) Operations Manager
5 15 (10.27%) Service Analyst
6 14 (9.59%) 2nd Line Support
6 14 (9.59%) IT Analyst
6 14 (9.59%) Service Manager
7 13 (8.90%) IT Engineer
7 13 (8.90%) IT Operations Manager
7 13 (8.90%) Senior
8 10 (6.85%) Support Engineer
9 9 (6.16%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (5.48%) IT Services Manager
10 8 (5.48%) ITSM Analyst
10 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Engineer
11 7 (4.79%) Applications Support Analyst
11 7 (4.79%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
11 7 (4.79%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.05%) FHIR
2 1 (0.68%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.79%) AI Agents
1 7 (4.79%) CMDB
1 7 (4.79%) Security Posture
2 5 (3.42%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (3.42%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (3.42%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (2.05%) EMV
3 3 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.05%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.37%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.37%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.68%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.68%) IoT
5 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 41 (28.08%) Windows
2 11 (7.53%) Windows Server 2019
3 6 (4.11%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (2.74%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (63.01%) ITIL
2 67 (45.89%) ITSM
3 59 (40.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 44 (30.14%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (23.29%) Service Delivery
6 32 (21.92%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (19.86%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (18.49%) Business Continuity
9 25 (17.12%) Incident Management
10 23 (15.75%) Decision-Making
10 23 (15.75%) Disaster Recovery
10 23 (15.75%) Root Cause Analysis
11 22 (15.07%) Customer Service
12 21 (14.38%) Process Improvement
12 21 (14.38%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (13.70%) AI
13 20 (13.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (13.70%) Workflow
14 18 (12.33%) Problem Management
15 17 (11.64%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.97%) SQL
2 16 (10.96%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.11%) Python
4 5 (3.42%) Bash
5 3 (2.05%) COBOL
5 3 (2.05%) XAML
6 1 (0.68%) Bicep
6 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (10.96%) ITIL Certification
2 11 (7.53%) SC Cleared
2 11 (7.53%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (3.42%) Azure Certification
4 5 (3.42%) CCNA
4 5 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.37%) Degree
6 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (10.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 6 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.74%) SLA
5 3 (2.05%) HL7
5 3 (2.05%) ISO 8583
5 3 (2.05%) QA
6 2 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.68%) GDPR
7 1 (0.68%) GRC
System Software
1 26 (17.81%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 36 (24.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (49.32%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.85%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.11%) Cisco
3 6 (4.11%) Meraki
4 5 (3.42%) Veeam
5 4 (2.74%) VocaLink
6 3 (2.05%) HP
7 2 (1.37%) HubSpot