IT Services Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Service Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Service Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £44,447 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 490 468
Rank change year-on-year +107 -22 -30
Permanent IT Services Manager jobs 348 42 143
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.12% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.14% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 264 35 80
10th Percentile £30,750 - £30,000
25th Percentile £38,772 £40,000 £37,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,447 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% -5.94% -8.18%
75th Percentile £53,125 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £63,375 £65,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £51,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% -5.91% -0.87%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 81,821 30,741 46,523
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.10% 89.62% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 56,202 17,694 25,401
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,497 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.89% -9.01% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £56,252
% change year-on-year +12.38% -6.67% -6.25%

IT Services Manager Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT Services Manager job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

IT Services Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Services Manager Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Services Manager Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for IT Services Manager jobs in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

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 Services Manager jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
South East +34 113 £40,000 -27.27% 16
North of England +7 94 £40,000 - 16
Northern Ireland - 54 - - 2
North West +11 53 £40,000 -11.11% 6
Midlands -35 42 £45,000 +1.69% 8
West Midlands -21 35 £45,000 -9.55% 2
South West -45 31 £65,000 +18.18% 2
Yorkshire -12 25 £40,000 - 5
North East -50 16 £40,000 - 5
East of England -32 8 £65,000 +36.84% 2
East Midlands -35 7 £50,000 +21.95% 6
Wales - 3 £45,000 -
Scotland - 3 £45,000 - 8
IT Services Manager
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IT Services Manager Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, IT Services Manager job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent IT Services Manager job ads across the UK excluding London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Service Delivery34.5%120
2Service Management32.8%114
3ITIL32.5%113
4Stakeholder Engagement19.0%66
5Agile18.7%65
5Continuous Improvement18.7%65
7Azure16.7%58
8AWS16.1%56
9Information Security15.5%54
10ITIL Certification14.9%52
11Disaster Recovery14.7%51
12Business Continuity14.4%50
13DevOps14.1%49
13SaaS14.1%49
15CISM13.8%48
15CISSP13.8%48
15Contingency Planning13.8%48
15Contract Negotiation13.8%48
15Enterprise Architecture13.8%48
15Graceful Degradation13.8%48
15ISO 2230113.8%48
15Middleware13.8%48
15NIST13.8%48
15Runbook13.8%48
15Site Reliability Engineering13.8%48
15Test Automation13.8%48
15Waterfall13.8%48
28Project Delivery11.5%40
29ITSM10.9%38
30Customer Service10.3%36

IT Services Manager Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Service Manager86.8%302
2Resilience Manager15.5%54
3IT Services Delivery Manager14.9%52
3Service Delivery Manager14.9%52
5Senior IT Manager11.5%40
5Senior Service Manager11.5%40
7Service Transition Manager7.8%27
8Service Desk Manager5.2%18
9Account Manager4.0%14
9Business Development Manager4.0%14
9IT Development Manager4.0%14
12Sales Manager3.4%12
13IT Infrastructure Manager2.9%10
13IT Project Manager2.9%10
15Infrastructure Services Manager2.3%8
16Problem Manager2.0%7
17IT Governance Manager1.7%6
17Sales Account Manager1.7%6
17Senior Service Delivery Manager1.7%6
20IT Procurement Manager1.4%5
54 IT Services Manager jobs in the UK excluding London