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 leading to 20 September 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 494 626
Rank change year-on-year -37 +132 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 139 134 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.36% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.38% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 83 114 188
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,856 £38,258
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,744 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -6.78% +18.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,719 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% -5.47% +1.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 56,175 35,323 68,428
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 94.08% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 30,795 24,269 41,326
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +16 59 £52,500 -4.55% 11
North West -6 27 £40,000 -27.27% 8
Yorkshire +19 24 £60,000 -12.73% 2
South East -25 21 £50,000 -23.80% 9
West Midlands -17 16 £38,500 -18.00% 2
Midlands -31 16 £38,500 -26.67% 3
East of England -29 14 £60,000 -7.69% 4
South West -13 13 £44,575 -18.96% 2
Wales +41 9 £30,000 -29.06% 1
North East -20 8 £40,000 -20.00% 1
Scotland -30 7 £80,000 +64.46%
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 20 September 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 62 (44.60%) ITIL
2 45 (32.37%) Service Management
3 43 (30.94%) Social Skills
4 41 (29.50%) Service Delivery
5 36 (25.90%) ITSM
6 35 (25.18%) Microsoft
7 28 (20.14%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (18.71%) Incident Management
9 24 (17.27%) Problem Management
10 22 (15.83%) Azure
11 21 (15.11%) Mentoring
12 20 (14.39%) Change Management
13 19 (13.67%) SLA
13 19 (13.67%) Coaching
13 19 (13.67%) Customer Service
14 16 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (11.51%) ITIL Certification
15 15 (10.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 15 (10.79%) Line Management
16 14 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
17 13 (9.35%) Public Sector
17 13 (9.35%) Cyber Essentials
17 13 (9.35%) Management Information System
18 12 (8.63%) Finance
18 12 (8.63%) Supplier Management
18 12 (8.63%) Service Design
19 11 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
19 11 (7.91%) Stakeholder Management
19 11 (7.91%) Active Directory
20 10 (7.19%) Project Management

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 7 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 28 (20.14%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (15.83%) Azure
3 7 (5.04%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (3.60%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.04%) Network Security
1 7 (5.04%) WAN
2 3 (2.16%) Firewall
2 3 (2.16%) LAN
2 3 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.44%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.72%) VoIP
4 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (7.19%) JIRA
General
1 43 (30.94%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.35%) Public Sector
3 12 (8.63%) Finance
4 10 (7.19%) Law
5 8 (5.76%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.04%) Legal
7 5 (3.60%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.88%) Agriculture
8 4 (2.88%) Military
8 4 (2.88%) Retail
9 2 (1.44%) Electronics
10 1 (0.72%) Local Government
10 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.35%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (5.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 6 (4.32%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.32%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.88%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.16%) FMCG
7 2 (1.44%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.44%) Molecular Biology
7 2 (1.44%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.72%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.47%) Windows
2 7 (5.04%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.44%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.72%) Linux
4 1 (0.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (44.60%) ITIL
2 45 (32.37%) Service Management
3 41 (29.50%) Service Delivery
4 36 (25.90%) ITSM
5 26 (18.71%) Incident Management
6 24 (17.27%) Problem Management
7 21 (15.11%) Mentoring
8 20 (14.39%) Change Management
9 19 (13.67%) Coaching
9 19 (13.67%) Customer Service
10 16 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (10.79%) Line Management
12 14 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (8.63%) Service Design
13 12 (8.63%) Supplier Management
14 11 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
14 11 (7.91%) Stakeholder Management
15 10 (7.19%) Data Governance
15 10 (7.19%) Project Management
16 9 (6.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.60%) SQL
2 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (11.51%) ITIL Certification
2 10 (7.19%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.04%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.32%) CCNA
4 6 (4.32%) CCNP
4 6 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (4.32%) Degree
5 5 (3.60%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.16%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.44%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.72%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.72%) MCP
8 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.67%) SLA
2 15 (10.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (9.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (5.04%) GDPR
4 7 (5.04%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.60%) Accessibility
6 4 (2.88%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.72%) NIST
8 1 (0.72%) QA
System Software
1 11 (7.91%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.16%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.72%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (25.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.04%) Cisco
3 5 (3.60%) Fortinet
3 5 (3.60%) iManage
4 2 (1.44%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.72%) Aderant
5 1 (0.72%) Dell
5 1 (0.72%) VMware