Service Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Service Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Service Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 140 203
Rank change year-on-year -5 +63 -21
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 2,010 2,576 3,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.03% 2.54% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.66% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,446 1,702 2,173
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,400 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,101 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,360 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% +5.66% +1.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £48,442 £47,000
% change year-on-year -7.10% +3.07% +4.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Service Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Management.

Salary trend for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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 +3 1,816 £50,000 -5.66% 419
UK excluding London -8 1,404 £45,000 -7.10% 308
Work from Home -8 734 £56,500 -1.74% 153
London -3 542 £65,000 +4.00% 122
North of England +43 423 £44,274 -1.61% 94
South East -28 339 £52,500 - 56
Midlands -4 257 £36,000 -28.00% 61
North West +42 207 £45,000 -5.26% 54
South West -9 174 £46,958 +13.15% 43
West Midlands -20 160 £50,000 -5.66% 39
Yorkshire +49 159 £44,637 -9.37% 25
East Midlands +11 95 £28,500 -24.00% 21
Scotland -51 94 £52,500 -4.55% 18
East of England -12 76 £34,750 -25.27% 26
North East -1 57 £42,407 +16.18% 18
Wales -18 25 £55,802 +8.20% 11
Northern Ireland +37 17 £30,000 -22.58% 5
Channel Islands -3 1 £100,000 +11.11%

Service Management
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
1 127 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 102 (5.07%) SharePoint
3 49 (2.44%) Confluence
4 27 (1.34%) WebLogic
5 22 (1.09%) SAS
6 17 (0.85%) CMS
7 9 (0.45%) IIS
8 6 (0.30%) IBM Notes
9 5 (0.25%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
10 4 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (0.20%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.15%) Apache
11 3 (0.15%) Moodle
11 3 (0.15%) WordPress
12 2 (0.100%) Apache Spark
13 1 (0.050%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.050%) Exchange Server 2013
13 1 (0.050%) WebSphere
Applications
1 162 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 100 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.24%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.30%) Trello
7 3 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.050%) 1Password
8 1 (0.050%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 63 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
2 48 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.00%) PlanetPress Connect
4 14 (0.70%) Elite 3E
5 11 (0.55%) NEC Housing
6 6 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.20%) SAP IS-U
9 3 (0.15%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.100%) Maximo
10 2 (0.100%) SAP S/4HANA
10 2 (0.100%) Shopify
11 1 (0.050%) Carpe Diem
11 1 (0.050%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.050%) Eikon
11 1 (0.050%) Primavera
11 1 (0.050%) SAP MM
11 1 (0.050%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 394 (19.60%) Azure
2 386 (19.20%) Microsoft 365
3 130 (6.47%) AWS
4 116 (5.77%) Entra ID
5 93 (4.63%) Power Platform
6 86 (4.28%) SaaS
7 50 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
8 44 (2.19%) OneDrive
9 37 (1.84%) PaaS
10 35 (1.74%) IaaS
11 30 (1.49%) GCP
12 28 (1.39%) PowerApps
13 27 (1.34%) Power Automate
14 24 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
14 24 (1.19%) OpenShift
15 21 (1.04%) Google Sheets
16 20 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
16 20 (1.00%) Azure Storage
17 18 (0.90%) WhatsApp
18 17 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 148 (7.36%) Firewall
2 103 (5.12%) VPN
3 96 (4.78%) DNS
4 82 (4.08%) LAN
5 78 (3.88%) WAN
6 61 (3.03%) DHCP
7 52 (2.59%) TCP/IP
8 48 (2.39%) Wireless
9 43 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (1.69%) WLAN
11 33 (1.64%) Network Security
12 19 (0.95%) SD-WAN
13 17 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
13 17 (0.85%) SAN
14 16 (0.80%) Internet
14 16 (0.80%) VoIP
15 14 (0.70%) SSL
15 14 (0.70%) VLAN
16 11 (0.55%) MPLS
17 9 (0.45%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 66 (3.28%) Power BI
3 32 (1.59%) MySQL
4 28 (1.39%) Relational Database
5 27 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
6 17 (0.85%) GIS
7 14 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (0.50%) RDBMS
9 9 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.25%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.25%) Redis
11 5 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.15%) Tableau
13 2 (0.100%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.100%) DTS
13 2 (0.100%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 121 (6.02%) JIRA
2 41 (2.04%) GitLab
3 21 (1.04%) Artifactory
4 20 (1.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 17 (0.85%) IBM UrbanCode
6 9 (0.45%) Postman
7 8 (0.40%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.30%) MSI
9 5 (0.25%) Git
10 4 (0.20%) AdminStudio
10 4 (0.20%) InstallShield
11 3 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.15%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.100%) PowerBuilder
13 1 (0.050%) Bitbucket
General
1 822 (40.90%) Social Skills
2 515 (25.62%) Finance
3 298 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (9.10%) Public Sector
5 169 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 123 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
7 106 (5.27%) Banking
8 100 (4.98%) Law
9 96 (4.78%) Retail
10 86 (4.28%) Billing
11 73 (3.63%) Legal
12 61 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
13 55 (2.74%) Telecoms
14 53 (2.64%) Local Government
15 45 (2.24%) Police
16 37 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
17 34 (1.69%) Manufacturing
18 23 (1.14%) Back Office
19 20 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
20 18 (0.90%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 335 (16.67%) Analyst
2 272 (13.53%) Service Manager
3 204 (10.15%) Senior
4 176 (8.76%) Lead
5 164 (8.16%) IT Manager
6 157 (7.81%) Support Analyst
7 142 (7.06%) IT Support
8 141 (7.01%) Architect
9 108 (5.37%) Delivery Manager
10 105 (5.22%) Service Delivery Manager
11 103 (5.12%) IT Services Manager
12 100 (4.98%) Support Engineer
13 97 (4.83%) Applications Support
14 95 (4.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 92 (4.58%) Team Leader
16 86 (4.28%) Service Analyst
17 78 (3.88%) IT Analyst
18 72 (3.58%) Applications Support Analyst
19 69 (3.43%) Service Desk Analyst
20 59 (2.94%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.54%) HTML
2 48 (2.39%) Web Services
3 46 (2.29%) CSS
4 28 (1.39%) Spring
5 27 (1.34%) AngularJS
5 27 (1.34%) J2EE
5 27 (1.34%) Java EE
6 26 (1.29%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 22 (1.09%) SOAP
8 19 (0.95%) XML
9 16 (0.80%) REST
10 15 (0.75%) ARM Templates
11 14 (0.70%) JSON
12 13 (0.65%) .NET
12 13 (0.65%) EDI
13 10 (0.50%) LDAP
14 9 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
15 6 (0.30%) Ajax
15 6 (0.30%) Middleware
16 5 (0.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 162 (8.06%) Management Information System
2 93 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
3 78 (3.88%) Data Centre
4 66 (3.28%) CMDB
5 60 (2.99%) Driving Licence
5 60 (2.99%) Public Cloud
6 53 (2.64%) Product Ownership
7 42 (2.09%) Onboarding
8 40 (1.99%) NHS
9 32 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
10 31 (1.54%) Housing Association
11 29 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (1.44%) Reinsurance
12 27 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
13 23 (1.14%) Cloud Native
14 19 (0.95%) Replication
15 17 (0.85%) Smartphone
16 16 (0.80%) PKI
17 15 (0.75%) CCTV
17 15 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 463 (23.03%) Windows
2 150 (7.46%) Windows Server
3 136 (6.77%) Windows 10
4 105 (5.22%) Linux
5 53 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
6 47 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 45 (2.24%) Android
7 45 (2.24%) Apple iOS
8 43 (2.14%) Mac OS
9 39 (1.94%) Unix
10 32 (1.59%) Windows 7
11 22 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
12 13 (0.65%) Windows NT
13 11 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
14 10 (0.50%) CentOS
15 7 (0.35%) Mac OS X
16 6 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
17 4 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 3 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
18 3 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,108 (55.12%) ITIL
2 887 (44.13%) ITSM
3 512 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
4 510 (25.37%) Service Delivery
5 423 (21.04%) Customer Service
6 323 (16.07%) Change Management
7 302 (15.02%) Incident Management
8 273 (13.58%) Problem Management
9 251 (12.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 230 (11.44%) Coaching
11 222 (11.04%) Project Management
12 217 (10.80%) Agile
13 215 (10.70%) Mentoring
14 196 (9.75%) Stakeholder Management
15 149 (7.41%) Actionable Insight
15 149 (7.41%) DevOps
16 146 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
17 137 (6.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 121 (6.02%) Performance Management
19 117 (5.82%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 158 (7.86%) SQL
2 82 (4.08%) PowerShell
3 69 (3.43%) JavaScript
4 55 (2.74%) Java
5 53 (2.64%) C#
6 35 (1.74%) Python
7 27 (1.34%) Shell Script
8 19 (0.95%) T-SQL
9 18 (0.90%) VB
10 17 (0.85%) Bash
10 17 (0.85%) Groovy
11 14 (0.70%) Bicep
11 14 (0.70%) VBScript
12 10 (0.50%) RPG
12 10 (0.50%) Swift
13 7 (0.35%) Perl
14 4 (0.20%) ABAP
14 4 (0.20%) C
14 4 (0.20%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.100%) R
Qualifications
1 331 (16.47%) Degree
2 320 (15.92%) Security Cleared
3 249 (12.39%) SC Cleared
4 101 (5.02%) ITIL Certification
5 85 (4.23%) DV Cleared
6 73 (3.63%) ACCA
7 65 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 54 (2.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 38 (1.89%) A+ Certification
10 34 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 32 (1.59%) PMI Certification
12 31 (1.54%) DBS Check
13 27 (1.34%) CCNA
14 24 (1.19%) Master's Degree
14 24 (1.19%) PMP
15 21 (1.04%) AWS Certification
16 19 (0.95%) Azure Certification
16 19 (0.95%) CCNP
17 17 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 261 (12.99%) SLA
2 73 (3.63%) GAAP
3 72 (3.58%) IFRS
4 50 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 47 (2.34%) QA
6 44 (2.19%) GDPR
7 34 (1.69%) COBIT
7 34 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 23 (1.14%) Accessibility
9 22 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 22 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 19 (0.95%) Data Quality
10 19 (0.95%) NIST
11 16 (0.80%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.60%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.40%) PMO
14 7 (0.35%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.30%) GRC
16 4 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 379 (18.86%) Active Directory
2 73 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (1.89%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.54%) Firmware
5 26 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (1.00%) Docker
6 20 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (0.55%) IAG
8 11 (0.55%) vSphere
9 7 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (0.30%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.20%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.100%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.100%) XenApp
13 1 (0.050%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.050%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 126 (6.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 122 (6.07%) SCCM
3 62 (3.08%) Terraform
4 51 (2.54%) SCOM
5 44 (2.19%) Ansible
6 36 (1.79%) WSUS
7 35 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
8 32 (1.59%) OpenView
9 30 (1.49%) Kubernetes
10 27 (1.34%) OpenSSO
11 22 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 18 (0.90%) Progress Chef
13 17 (0.85%) vCenter Server
14 12 (0.60%) Sysprep
15 9 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
15 9 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
15 9 (0.45%) Nagios
15 9 (0.45%) NetBackup
16 8 (0.40%) Grafana
17 6 (0.30%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 620 (30.85%) Microsoft
2 296 (14.73%) ServiceNow
3 117 (5.82%) VMware
4 103 (5.12%) Remedy
5 74 (3.68%) CA
6 72 (3.58%) Google
7 71 (3.53%) HP
8 67 (3.33%) BMC
9 60 (2.99%) Cisco
10 59 (2.94%) Oracle
11 57 (2.84%) Citrix
12 44 (2.19%) Apple
13 37 (1.84%) IBM
14 33 (1.64%) SAP
15 30 (1.49%) Dell
16 26 (1.29%) Meraki
16 26 (1.29%) Veeam
17 24 (1.19%) Salesforce
18 23 (1.14%) Snow
19 22 (1.09%) SolarWinds