Services Director Jobs

Service Director
UK

The median Service Director salary in the UK is £130,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 833 910 1213
Rank change year-on-year +77 +303 -321
Permanent jobs requiring a Services Director 74 37 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.039% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.043% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 28 22 18
10th Percentile £57,500 £102,750 £60,000
25th Percentile £84,493 £109,592 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £120,000 £101,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +18.52% -7.95%
75th Percentile £145,000 £153,750 £124,688
90th Percentile £150,000 £157,500 £131,175
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £120,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -50.00% +100.00% -50.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Services Director
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Services Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Services Director in the UK

Services Director
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Services Director.

Salary trend for Services Director in the UK

Services Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Services Director over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Services Director in the UK

Services Director
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Services Director within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +56 48 £135,000 +12.50% 39
UK excluding London -2 46 £60,000 -50.00% 17
London +126 26 £140,000 -3.45% 18
Scotland - 20 - -
Work from Home +38 13 £140,000 +16.67% 8
North of England +40 10 £60,000 -50.00% 5
North West 0 6 £60,000 -50.00% 2
South West -22 5 - - 4
Midlands -17 4 £60,000 -55.56% 1
Yorkshire - 4 - - 3
South East -5 3 £57,500 -45.82% 4
East Midlands -17 3 £60,000 -55.56%
Northern Ireland +22 2 - -
Wales +10 2 - -
West Midlands -19 1 - - 1

Services Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Services Director 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 featuring Services Director in the job title.

1 52 (70.27%) Finance
2 28 (37.84%) Service Delivery
3 26 (35.14%) Service Management
4 25 (33.78%) Business Development
4 25 (33.78%) Thought Leadership
5 21 (28.38%) Business Case
6 20 (27.03%) Actionable Insight
7 19 (25.68%) Creative Thinking
7 19 (25.68%) Strategic Thinking
8 18 (24.32%) QA
8 18 (24.32%) Budgeting
9 17 (22.97%) Internal Audit
9 17 (22.97%) Mentoring
10 11 (14.86%) Social Skills
11 9 (12.16%) Change Management
12 8 (10.81%) Roadmaps
13 7 (9.46%) Banking
13 7 (9.46%) ITIL
13 7 (9.46%) Degree
14 6 (8.11%) CMDB
14 6 (8.11%) Microsoft
14 6 (8.11%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (8.11%) Agile
14 6 (8.11%) Line Management
15 5 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (6.76%) Major Incident Management
15 5 (6.76%) Strategic Roadmap
15 5 (6.76%) Decision-Making
15 5 (6.76%) ITSM
15 5 (6.76%) Salesforce

Services Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.05%) AWS
1 3 (4.05%) Azure
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.35%) OneDrive
General
1 52 (70.27%) Finance
2 11 (14.86%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.46%) Banking
4 5 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.41%) Law
5 4 (5.41%) Retail
6 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Back Office
7 2 (2.70%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.70%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Legal
8 1 (1.35%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) RESTful
1 3 (4.05%) Spring
1 3 (4.05%) Spring Boot
1 3 (4.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.11%) CMDB
2 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (37.84%) Service Delivery
2 26 (35.14%) Service Management
3 25 (33.78%) Business Development
3 25 (33.78%) Thought Leadership
4 21 (28.38%) Business Case
5 20 (27.03%) Actionable Insight
6 19 (25.68%) Creative Thinking
6 19 (25.68%) Strategic Thinking
7 18 (24.32%) Budgeting
8 17 (22.97%) Internal Audit
8 17 (22.97%) Mentoring
9 9 (12.16%) Change Management
10 8 (10.81%) Roadmaps
11 7 (9.46%) ITIL
12 6 (8.11%) Agile
12 6 (8.11%) Line Management
13 5 (6.76%) Incident Management
13 5 (6.76%) Problem Management
13 5 (6.76%) Process Improvement
13 5 (6.76%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.05%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (9.46%) Degree
2 6 (8.11%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (4.05%) AWS Certification
3 3 (4.05%) AWS Certified Developer
4 1 (1.35%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (24.32%) QA
2 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.35%) GDPR
2 1 (1.35%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.35%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.76%) Salesforce
3 4 (5.41%) Pega
3 4 (5.41%) SAP
4 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow