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 £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 461 430
Rank change year-on-year -17 -31 +191
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 46 142 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.30% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.31% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 38 80 101
10th Percentile - £30,000 £38,856
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,688 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £56,500 £60,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,480
% change year-on-year - -0.87% -7.53%

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 31,192 45,476 29,114
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.93% 95.03% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 19,147 24,655 21,956
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £37,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Services Manager' in the job title 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 jobs citing IT Services Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 November 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 5 November 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 -27 16 £40,000 -23.81% 1
Midlands +50 11 £46,500 +20.78% 14
North West +18 11 £42,500 +3.07%
West Midlands +46 10 £52,000 +35.06% 10
South East +33 9 £55,000 +10.00% 11
South West +37 5 £50,000 -
East of England +13 5 £51,250 -6.82%
North East +3 3 £40,000 -
Yorkshire -20 2 £40,000 -23.81% 1
East Midlands - 1 £41,000 - 4
IT Services Manager
UK

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, IT Services Manager job roles required 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 22 (47.83%) Service Delivery
2 12 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (23.91%) ITIL
3 11 (23.91%) Service Management
4 9 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.22%) Change Management
6 7 (15.22%) Customer Service
6 7 (15.22%) ITSM
6 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
6 7 (15.22%) Performance Metrics
7 5 (10.87%) Asset Management
7 5 (10.87%) Incident Management
7 5 (10.87%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (8.70%) Business Development
8 4 (8.70%) EDI
8 4 (8.70%) Risk Management
8 4 (8.70%) ServiceNow
8 4 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (8.70%) Tech Ops
9 3 (6.52%) Budget Control
9 3 (6.52%) Business Strategy
9 3 (6.52%) Capacity Planning
9 3 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (6.52%) DBS Check
9 3 (6.52%) HCL Domino
9 3 (6.52%) HCL Notes
9 3 (6.52%) IBM
9 3 (6.52%) ISO 9001
9 3 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.52%) HCL Domino
1 3 (6.52%) HCL Notes
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.17%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.35%) Azure
3 1 (2.17%) Nutanix
3 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.17%) Power BI
General
1 15 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.87%) Finance
3 3 (6.52%) Advertising
3 3 (6.52%) Billing
3 3 (6.52%) Retail
4 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.35%) Automotive
4 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.35%) Publishing
5 1 (2.17%) Law
5 1 (2.17%) Legal
5 1 (2.17%) Social Housing
5 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) EDI
2 1 (2.17%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.35%) FMCG
2 1 (2.17%) Housing Association
2 1 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Service Delivery
2 12 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (23.91%) ITIL
3 11 (23.91%) Service Management
4 9 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.22%) Change Management
6 7 (15.22%) Customer Service
6 7 (15.22%) ITSM
6 7 (15.22%) Performance Metrics
7 5 (10.87%) Asset Management
7 5 (10.87%) Incident Management
8 4 (8.70%) Business Development
8 4 (8.70%) Risk Management
8 4 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (8.70%) Tech Ops
9 3 (6.52%) Budget Control
9 3 (6.52%) Business Strategy
9 3 (6.52%) IT Strategy
9 3 (6.52%) Presales
Qualifications
1 5 (10.87%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (6.52%) DBS Check
3 2 (4.35%) Degree
4 1 (2.17%) CBAP
4 1 (2.17%) Postgraduate
4 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (6.52%) ISO 9001
1 3 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (6.52%) QA
1 3 (6.52%) SLA
2 1 (2.17%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.52%) IBM
3 3 (6.52%) Lotus
4 2 (4.35%) BMC
4 2 (4.35%) Remedy
4 2 (4.35%) Splunk
5 1 (2.17%) Citrix
5 1 (2.17%) Databricks
5 1 (2.17%) Infor
5 1 (2.17%) VMware