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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 142 206
Rank change year-on-year 0 +64 -21
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 2,014 2,523 3,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.02% 2.54% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.65% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,451 1,665 2,188
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,400 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £36,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,313
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £82,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £48,939 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.05% +3.03% +5.56%

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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
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 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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 20 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 20 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 +7 1,824 £50,250 -7.80% 446
UK excluding London -2 1,404 £45,000 -8.05% 323
Work from Home +1 721 £57,000 -0.87% 171
London -8 545 £65,000 +4.00% 151
North of England +32 417 £45,000 - 68
South East -4 336 £52,500 - 78
Midlands -5 265 £36,000 -28.00% 63
North West +31 205 £45,000 -5.26% 33
South West -13 177 £47,229 +4.95% 53
West Midlands -11 167 £50,000 -7.41% 35
Yorkshire +42 157 £45,000 -10.00% 22
East Midlands +10 96 £28,500 -24.00% 27
Scotland -48 91 £53,750 -2.27% 20
East of England -21 78 £35,000 -7.89% 27
North East -1 55 £42,407 +21.16% 17
Wales -17 24 £55,802 +8.20% 18
Northern Ireland +40 17 £30,000 -4.76% 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 (6.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (4.72%) SharePoint
3 48 (2.38%) Confluence
4 26 (1.29%) WebLogic
5 22 (1.09%) SAS
6 20 (0.99%) CMS
7 9 (0.45%) IIS
8 6 (0.30%) IBM Notes
9 5 (0.25%) Moodle
9 5 (0.25%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
10 4 (0.20%) Apache
10 4 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (0.20%) WordPress
11 3 (0.15%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.099%) Apache Spark
13 1 (0.050%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.050%) WebSphere
Applications
1 159 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
2 100 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.45%) 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 62 (3.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 44 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.79%) PlanetPress Connect
4 13 (0.65%) 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 (0.099%) Maximo
10 2 (0.099%) 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 S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 393 (19.51%) Azure
2 381 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
3 132 (6.55%) AWS
4 116 (5.76%) Entra ID
5 92 (4.57%) Power Platform
6 81 (4.02%) SaaS
7 50 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (2.04%) OneDrive
9 37 (1.84%) PaaS
10 35 (1.74%) IaaS
11 30 (1.49%) GCP
12 27 (1.34%) PowerApps
13 25 (1.24%) Power Automate
14 24 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
14 24 (1.19%) OpenShift
15 22 (1.09%) Google Sheets
16 21 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
16 21 (1.04%) Azure Storage
17 18 (0.89%) WhatsApp
18 17 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 150 (7.45%) Firewall
2 100 (4.97%) VPN
3 95 (4.72%) DNS
4 81 (4.02%) LAN
5 78 (3.87%) WAN
6 63 (3.13%) DHCP
7 51 (2.53%) TCP/IP
8 49 (2.43%) Wireless
9 43 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (1.69%) WLAN
11 32 (1.59%) Network Security
12 19 (0.94%) SAN
12 19 (0.94%) SD-WAN
13 16 (0.79%) Internet
13 16 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
14 15 (0.74%) VoIP
15 14 (0.70%) VLAN
16 13 (0.65%) SSL
17 11 (0.55%) MPLS
18 10 (0.50%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (3.92%) SQL Server
2 66 (3.28%) Power BI
3 32 (1.59%) MySQL
4 27 (1.34%) Relational Database
5 26 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
6 23 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (0.89%) GIS
8 14 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
10 10 (0.50%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.35%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.25%) Redis
14 3 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
14 3 (0.15%) Tableau
15 2 (0.099%) Big Data
15 2 (0.099%) Oracle Database 12c
15 2 (0.099%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 117 (5.81%) JIRA
2 41 (2.04%) GitLab
3 21 (1.04%) Artifactory
4 17 (0.84%) IBM UrbanCode
5 16 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 9 (0.45%) Postman
7 8 (0.40%) Jenkins
8 7 (0.35%) MSI
9 6 (0.30%) Git
10 5 (0.25%) AdminStudio
10 5 (0.25%) InstallShield
11 3 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.15%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.099%) PowerBuilder
13 1 (0.050%) Bitbucket
General
1 837 (41.56%) Social Skills
2 513 (25.47%) Finance
3 312 (15.49%) Analytical Skills
4 184 (9.14%) Public Sector
5 171 (8.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 127 (6.31%) Presentation Skills
7 107 (5.31%) Banking
8 104 (5.16%) Law
9 96 (4.77%) Retail
10 84 (4.17%) Billing
11 72 (3.57%) Legal
12 60 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
13 55 (2.73%) Telecoms
14 53 (2.63%) Local Government
15 45 (2.23%) Police
16 39 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
17 33 (1.64%) Manufacturing
18 25 (1.24%) Back Office
19 20 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
20 18 (0.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 318 (15.79%) Analyst
2 269 (13.36%) Service Manager
3 202 (10.03%) Senior
4 176 (8.74%) Lead
5 172 (8.54%) IT Manager
6 147 (7.30%) Support Analyst
7 143 (7.10%) IT Support
8 139 (6.90%) Architect
9 108 (5.36%) Delivery Manager
10 105 (5.21%) Service Delivery Manager
11 104 (5.16%) IT Services Manager
12 103 (5.11%) Support Engineer
13 97 (4.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 94 (4.67%) Applications Support
15 92 (4.57%) Team Leader
16 81 (4.02%) Service Analyst
17 74 (3.67%) IT Analyst
18 67 (3.33%) Applications Support Analyst
19 65 (3.23%) Service Desk Analyst
20 59 (2.93%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.43%) HTML
2 46 (2.28%) Web Services
3 45 (2.23%) CSS
4 27 (1.34%) AngularJS
4 27 (1.34%) Spring
5 26 (1.29%) J2EE
5 26 (1.29%) Java EE
5 26 (1.29%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 20 (0.99%) SOAP
7 17 (0.84%) XML
8 15 (0.74%) ARM Templates
8 15 (0.74%) REST
9 13 (0.65%) .NET
9 13 (0.65%) EDI
9 13 (0.65%) JSON
10 9 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
10 9 (0.45%) LDAP
11 5 (0.25%) Ajax
11 5 (0.25%) Middleware
11 5 (0.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 171 (8.49%) Management Information System
2 94 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
3 80 (3.97%) Data Centre
4 74 (3.67%) CMDB
5 61 (3.03%) Public Cloud
6 60 (2.98%) Driving Licence
7 53 (2.63%) Product Ownership
8 42 (2.09%) Onboarding
9 40 (1.99%) NHS
10 31 (1.54%) Housing Association
10 31 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
11 28 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
11 28 (1.39%) Reinsurance
12 27 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
13 23 (1.14%) Cloud Native
14 19 (0.94%) Replication
15 18 (0.89%) PKI
16 16 (0.79%) Virtual Team
17 15 (0.74%) CCTV
17 15 (0.74%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 470 (23.34%) Windows
2 150 (7.45%) Windows Server
3 138 (6.85%) Windows 10
4 111 (5.51%) Linux
5 56 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 47 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 45 (2.23%) Android
7 45 (2.23%) Apple iOS
8 41 (2.04%) Mac OS
9 40 (1.99%) Unix
10 32 (1.59%) Windows 7
11 24 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
12 13 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
13 12 (0.60%) Windows NT
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%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,118 (55.51%) ITIL
2 881 (43.74%) ITSM
3 510 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
4 506 (25.12%) Service Delivery
5 426 (21.15%) Customer Service
6 320 (15.89%) Change Management
7 305 (15.14%) Incident Management
8 270 (13.41%) Problem Management
9 248 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 229 (11.37%) Coaching
11 219 (10.87%) Project Management
12 214 (10.63%) Mentoring
13 212 (10.53%) Agile
14 199 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
15 152 (7.55%) DevOps
16 150 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
17 148 (7.35%) Actionable Insight
18 141 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 121 (6.01%) Performance Management
20 115 (5.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 165 (8.19%) SQL
2 83 (4.12%) PowerShell
3 67 (3.33%) JavaScript
4 54 (2.68%) C#
4 54 (2.68%) Java
5 35 (1.74%) Python
6 26 (1.29%) Shell Script
7 19 (0.94%) Bash
7 19 (0.94%) T-SQL
7 19 (0.94%) VB
8 17 (0.84%) Groovy
9 14 (0.70%) Bicep
9 14 (0.70%) VBScript
10 10 (0.50%) RPG
10 10 (0.50%) Swift
11 6 (0.30%) Perl
12 5 (0.25%) C
13 4 (0.20%) ABAP
13 4 (0.20%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.099%) R
Qualifications
1 337 (16.73%) Degree
2 323 (16.04%) Security Cleared
3 251 (12.46%) SC Cleared
4 103 (5.11%) ITIL Certification
5 84 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 73 (3.62%) ACCA
7 68 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 56 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 38 (1.89%) A+ Certification
10 35 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
11 33 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 32 (1.59%) PMI Certification
13 31 (1.54%) DBS Check
14 28 (1.39%) CCNA
15 24 (1.19%) PMP
16 23 (1.14%) Master's Degree
17 21 (1.04%) AWS Certification
18 20 (0.99%) Azure Certification
18 20 (0.99%) CCNP
19 16 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (13.01%) SLA
2 73 (3.62%) GAAP
3 72 (3.57%) IFRS
4 52 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (2.38%) QA
6 44 (2.18%) GDPR
7 35 (1.74%) COBIT
8 33 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 23 (1.14%) Accessibility
11 22 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 19 (0.94%) Data Quality
12 19 (0.94%) NIST
13 16 (0.79%) PCI DSS
14 12 (0.60%) HIPAA
15 8 (0.40%) PMO
16 7 (0.35%) ISO 9001
17 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.30%) GRC
18 4 (0.20%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 387 (19.22%) Active Directory
2 75 (3.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (1.89%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.54%) Firmware
5 26 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
6 22 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
7 21 (1.04%) Docker
8 15 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
9 12 (0.60%) vSphere
10 11 (0.55%) IAG
11 7 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (0.35%) Terminal Services
11 7 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (0.20%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.099%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.099%) XenApp
15 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.050%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 124 (6.16%) Microsoft Intune
1 124 (6.16%) SCCM
2 63 (3.13%) Terraform
3 51 (2.53%) SCOM
4 44 (2.18%) Ansible
5 39 (1.94%) WSUS
6 33 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
7 32 (1.59%) OpenView
8 31 (1.54%) Kubernetes
9 26 (1.29%) OpenSSO
10 22 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (0.89%) Progress Chef
12 17 (0.84%) vCenter Server
13 12 (0.60%) NetBackup
13 12 (0.60%) Sysprep
14 10 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
14 10 (0.50%) Nagios
15 9 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
16 8 (0.40%) Grafana
17 6 (0.30%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 616 (30.59%) Microsoft
2 292 (14.50%) ServiceNow
3 119 (5.91%) VMware
4 101 (5.01%) Remedy
5 74 (3.67%) CA
6 72 (3.57%) Google
7 66 (3.28%) HP
8 65 (3.23%) BMC
9 63 (3.13%) Cisco
10 58 (2.88%) Oracle
11 57 (2.83%) Citrix
12 45 (2.23%) Apple
13 36 (1.79%) IBM
14 32 (1.59%) SAP
15 28 (1.39%) Dell
16 26 (1.29%) Veeam
17 25 (1.24%) Meraki
18 24 (1.19%) Salesforce
19 23 (1.14%) SolarWinds
20 22 (1.09%) Snow