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 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 442 521
Rank change year-on-year +8 +79 +96
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 99 97 138
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.31% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.33% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 84 40 116
10th Percentile £41,125 £37,375 £33,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -8.42%
75th Percentile £58,695 £57,500 £62,595
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,568 £93,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -7.89% -5.00%

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 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 44,773 29,014 48,120
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 91.39% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,095 14,397 37,245
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 21 February 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 jobs citing IT Services Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 February 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -31 37 £45,000 +5.88% 7
North West +6 24 £45,000 +5.88% 2
South East -14 20 £45,000 -21.74% 7
West Midlands +13 13 £53,500 -2.73%
Midlands +7 13 £53,500 -2.73%
Wales +5 10 £60,000 - 4
South West -14 8 £53,500 -12.39% 2
East of England +18 7 £50,000 +11.11% 2
Yorkshire -39 7 £55,000 +22.22% 3
North East -18 6 £53,750 +82.20% 2
Scotland +4 4 - - 3
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 21 February 2026, 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 33 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 28 (28.28%) ITIL
3 24 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (24.24%) Service Management
4 20 (20.20%) ITSM
5 15 (15.15%) Business Development
6 14 (14.14%) User Experience
7 12 (12.12%) Mentoring
8 11 (11.11%) Coaching
9 9 (9.09%) Migration
9 9 (9.09%) Service Migration
10 8 (8.08%) SaaS
10 8 (8.08%) ServiceNow
11 7 (7.07%) Agile
11 7 (7.07%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (6.06%) Risk Management
13 5 (5.05%) Change Management
13 5 (5.05%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (5.05%) Microsoft
14 4 (4.04%) B2B
14 4 (4.04%) BMC
14 4 (4.04%) Problem-Solving
14 4 (4.04%) Release Management
14 4 (4.04%) Remedy
14 4 (4.04%) Remedy ITSM
14 4 (4.04%) Service Design
14 4 (4.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 4 (4.04%) Validation
15 3 (3.03%) Collaborative Working

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 1 (1.01%) HCL Domino
1 1 (1.01%) HCL Notes
Business Applications
1 4 (4.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.08%) SaaS
2 1 (1.01%) Azure
2 1 (1.01%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.02%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.01%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.01%) Power BI
General
1 12 (12.12%) Public Sector
1 12 (12.12%) Social Skills
2 2 (2.02%) Automotive
2 2 (2.02%) Finance
2 2 (2.02%) Marketing
2 2 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (2.02%) Publishing
2 2 (2.02%) Retail
3 1 (1.01%) Advertising
3 1 (1.01%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.01%) Billing
3 1 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (1.01%) Law
3 1 (1.01%) Legal
3 1 (1.01%) Police
3 1 (1.01%) Social Housing
3 1 (1.01%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.01%) EDI
1 1 (1.01%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (4.04%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.03%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.02%) FMCG
4 2 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.01%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.01%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 28 (28.28%) ITIL
3 24 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (24.24%) Service Management
4 20 (20.20%) ITSM
5 15 (15.15%) Business Development
6 14 (14.14%) User Experience
7 12 (12.12%) Mentoring
8 11 (11.11%) Coaching
9 9 (9.09%) Migration
9 9 (9.09%) Service Migration
10 7 (7.07%) Agile
10 7 (7.07%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (6.06%) Risk Management
12 5 (5.05%) Change Management
13 4 (4.04%) B2B
13 4 (4.04%) Release Management
13 4 (4.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 4 (4.04%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (5.05%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.01%) COBIT
1 1 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.01%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.01%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.01%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (8.08%) ServiceNow
2 5 (5.05%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.04%) BMC
3 4 (4.04%) Remedy
4 2 (2.02%) OneLogin
5 1 (1.01%) Citrix
5 1 (1.01%) Databricks
5 1 (1.01%) IBM
5 1 (1.01%) Lotus