IT Services Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Service Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Service Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 573 663
Rank change year-on-year -6 +90 -75
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 193 160 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.28% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.32% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 161 127 182
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Services Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Services Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Services Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Services Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Services Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Services Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Services Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Services Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Services Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Services Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
North of England +53 84 £45,000 -10.00% 10
North West +10 47 £41,774 +4.44% 3
Yorkshire +54 31 £50,000 - 6
Midlands -2 28 £56,500 +32.94% 5
South East -30 26 £47,500 -26.92% 3
East of England +8 21 £56,250 +9.76% 2
West Midlands 0 19 £61,125 +43.82% 4
South West -28 17 £52,500 -4.55% 2
Scotland -62 12 £62,500 +13.64% 3
East Midlands -16 9 £35,000 -15.98% 1
Wales +10 6 £30,000 -40.21%
North East -6 6 £40,887 -18.23% 1
IT Services Manager
UK

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, IT Services 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 95 (49.22%) ITIL
2 62 (32.12%) Service Delivery
2 62 (32.12%) Service Management
3 56 (29.02%) ITSM
4 55 (28.50%) Social Skills
5 38 (19.69%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (17.62%) SLA
7 32 (16.58%) Microsoft
7 32 (16.58%) Mentoring
8 29 (15.03%) Azure
9 27 (13.99%) Finance
10 23 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (11.92%) Coaching
11 22 (11.40%) Problem Management
12 20 (10.36%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (10.36%) Cybersecurity
12 20 (10.36%) Security Cleared
13 18 (9.33%) Change Management
13 18 (9.33%) ITIL Certification
13 18 (9.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 18 (9.33%) Customer Service
14 17 (8.81%) Project Management
14 17 (8.81%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (8.81%) Problem-Solving
15 16 (8.29%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (8.29%) Incident Management
15 16 (8.29%) Collaborative Culture
16 15 (7.77%) ServiceNow
17 14 (7.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 13 (6.74%) DevOps

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (5.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 38 (19.69%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (15.03%) Azure
3 9 (4.66%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (2.07%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.07%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.55%) SaaS
6 2 (1.04%) AWS
6 2 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.63%) Firewall
2 6 (3.11%) WAN
3 4 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (1.04%) Internet
4 2 (1.04%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.04%) VoIP
4 2 (1.04%) Wireless
5 1 (0.52%) LAN
5 1 (0.52%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.07%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.55%) JIRA
General
1 55 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.99%) Finance
3 17 (8.81%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (8.29%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (5.70%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.66%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.63%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.63%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.59%) Marketing
8 5 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.59%) Retail
9 4 (2.07%) Advertising
9 4 (2.07%) Agriculture
9 4 (2.07%) Legal
9 4 (2.07%) Military
10 2 (1.04%) Law
11 1 (0.52%) Local Government
11 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.52%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.07%) Cloud Native
2 3 (1.55%) Data Centre
2 3 (1.55%) FMCG
2 3 (1.55%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.55%) PMI
2 3 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (1.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (0.52%) CMDB
3 1 (0.52%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.70%) Windows
2 2 (1.04%) Linux
2 2 (1.04%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (49.22%) ITIL
2 62 (32.12%) Service Delivery
2 62 (32.12%) Service Management
3 56 (29.02%) ITSM
4 32 (16.58%) Mentoring
5 23 (11.92%) Coaching
5 23 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (11.40%) Problem Management
7 20 (10.36%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (10.36%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (9.33%) Change Management
8 18 (9.33%) Customer Service
9 17 (8.81%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (8.81%) Project Management
10 16 (8.29%) Collaborative Culture
10 16 (8.29%) Incident Management
11 14 (7.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (6.74%) Decision-Making
12 13 (6.74%) DevOps
12 13 (6.74%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.07%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (10.36%) Security Cleared
2 18 (9.33%) ITIL Certification
3 10 (5.18%) CCNA
3 10 (5.18%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (5.18%) Degree
4 9 (4.66%) CCNP
4 9 (4.66%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.15%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.59%) A+ Certification
8 4 (2.07%) MCP
9 3 (1.55%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.55%) PMP
10 2 (1.04%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.52%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (17.62%) SLA
2 18 (9.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (6.74%) Accessibility
4 11 (5.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.59%) Data Quality
6 4 (2.07%) ISO 22301
7 3 (1.55%) GDPR
8 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.04%) NIST
8 2 (1.04%) QA
9 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (3.63%) IAG
2 6 (3.11%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.04%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (4.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.77%) ServiceNow
3 10 (5.18%) Cisco
4 8 (4.15%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.07%) Citrix
6 3 (1.55%) VMware
7 1 (0.52%) Meraki
7 1 (0.52%) SolarWinds