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 £46,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 512 446
Rank change year-on-year +12 -66 +189
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 53 139 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.25% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.26% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 46 84 115
10th Percentile - £30,000 £38,856
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £41,455
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% -6.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £48,750 £55,000 £56,719
% change year-on-year -11.36% -3.03% -5.47%

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 30,620 52,611 32,782
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 95.19% 93.12%
Number of salaries quoted 17,340 30,810 24,526
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

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 jobs citing IT Services Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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 19 £40,000 -23.81% 13
Midlands +63 15 £47,500 +23.38% 10
South East +39 13 £55,000 +10.00% 14
West Midlands +50 11 £52,000 +35.06% 9
North West -12 11 £42,500 +6.25% 6
Yorkshire +2 5 £40,000 -33.33% 5
East Midlands - 4 £41,750 - 1
North East +13 3 £40,000 - 2
South West +55 2 £47,500 +5.56% 1
Scotland +52 1 £40,000 -50.00%
Wales +13 1 £40,000 +33.33%
East of England -16 1 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £40,000 -
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 16 September 2025, 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 23 (43.40%) Service Delivery
2 15 (28.30%) Service Management
3 14 (26.42%) ITSM
3 14 (26.42%) ITIL
3 14 (26.42%) Social Skills
4 13 (24.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (22.64%) Microsoft
6 11 (20.75%) Business Development
7 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (15.09%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (15.09%) Incident Management
8 8 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (13.21%) Change Management
9 7 (13.21%) Degree
9 7 (13.21%) SaaS
9 7 (13.21%) Performance Metrics
10 6 (11.32%) Finance
10 6 (11.32%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (9.43%) Asset Management
11 5 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (9.43%) Customer Service
12 4 (7.55%) Capacity Planning
12 4 (7.55%) ServiceNow
12 4 (7.55%) Tech Ops
12 4 (7.55%) JIRA
12 4 (7.55%) Computer Science
12 4 (7.55%) Windows
12 4 (7.55%) SharePoint
12 4 (7.55%) EDI
12 4 (7.55%) Advertising

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 4 (7.55%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.66%) HCL Domino
2 3 (5.66%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Infor M3
2 1 (1.89%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (13.21%) SaaS
3 2 (3.77%) Azure
4 1 (1.89%) Nutanix
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) JIRA
General
1 14 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.32%) Finance
3 4 (7.55%) Advertising
4 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.66%) Billing
4 3 (5.66%) Retail
5 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.89%) Law
6 1 (1.89%) Legal
6 1 (1.89%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) EDI
2 1 (1.89%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.66%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.89%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (43.40%) Service Delivery
2 15 (28.30%) Service Management
3 14 (26.42%) ITIL
3 14 (26.42%) ITSM
4 13 (24.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (20.75%) Business Development
6 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (15.09%) Incident Management
7 8 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (13.21%) Change Management
8 7 (13.21%) Performance Metrics
9 5 (9.43%) Asset Management
9 5 (9.43%) Customer Service
9 5 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (7.55%) Capacity Planning
10 4 (7.55%) Computer Science
10 4 (7.55%) Tech Ops
11 3 (5.66%) Business Strategy
11 3 (5.66%) Presales
11 3 (5.66%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (5.66%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.89%) CBAP
4 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.89%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (5.66%) ISO 9001
1 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (5.66%) QA
1 3 (5.66%) SLA
2 1 (1.89%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.89%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (22.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.55%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.66%) IBM
3 3 (5.66%) Lotus
4 2 (3.77%) Infor
4 2 (3.77%) Splunk
5 1 (1.89%) BMC
5 1 (1.89%) Citrix
5 1 (1.89%) Remedy
5 1 (1.89%) VMware