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 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 439 543
Rank change year-on-year +7 +104 +58
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 120 57 171
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.22% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.25% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 100 42 141
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,088 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £58,696 £57,313 £60,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,568 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% -4.35%

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 53,237 23,120 60,360
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 89.29% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 34,134 14,419 44,867
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,568 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,995
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.10% -8.34%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -35 46 £45,249 +6.47% 4
North West -3 30 £45,000 +5.88%
South East -26 25 £45,000 -36.84% 9
Wales -11 13 £60,000 +50.00% 4
East of England -14 13 £50,000 +11.11% 4
West Midlands -10 11 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Midlands -33 11 £52,500 -4.55% 4
North East -17 8 £55,000 +86.44% 1
South West -39 8 £50,000 -13.52% 5
Yorkshire -56 8 £55,000 +25.71% 3
Scotland -24 4 - - 1
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 3 April 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 38 (31.67%) Service Delivery
2 30 (25.00%) Service Management
3 29 (24.17%) ITIL
4 25 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (17.50%) ITSM
6 16 (13.33%) Business Development
7 14 (11.67%) User Experience
8 13 (10.83%) Mentoring
9 12 (10.00%) Coaching
10 9 (7.50%) Migration
10 9 (7.50%) Service Migration
10 9 (7.50%) ServiceNow
11 8 (6.67%) SaaS
12 7 (5.83%) Agile
12 7 (5.83%) Disaster Recovery
13 6 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (4.17%) B2B
14 5 (4.17%) Change Management
14 5 (4.17%) Decision-Making
14 5 (4.17%) Incident Management
14 5 (4.17%) Microsoft
14 5 (4.17%) Risk Management
14 5 (4.17%) Service Design
14 5 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
15 4 (3.33%) AI
15 4 (3.33%) BMC
15 4 (3.33%) Problem-Solving
15 4 (3.33%) Release Management
15 4 (3.33%) Remedy
15 4 (3.33%) Remedy ITSM

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:

Business Applications
1 4 (3.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.67%) SaaS
2 2 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.83%) Power BI
General
1 14 (11.67%) Public Sector
2 13 (10.83%) Social Skills
3 4 (3.33%) Marketing
4 3 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.67%) Automotive
5 2 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (1.67%) Publishing
5 2 (1.67%) Retail
6 1 (0.83%) Finance
6 1 (0.83%) Legal
6 1 (0.83%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.50%) Driving Licence
2 3 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.67%) CMDB
3 2 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.67%) FMCG
4 1 (0.83%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.83%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (31.67%) Service Delivery
2 30 (25.00%) Service Management
3 29 (24.17%) ITIL
4 25 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (17.50%) ITSM
6 16 (13.33%) Business Development
7 14 (11.67%) User Experience
8 13 (10.83%) Mentoring
9 12 (10.00%) Coaching
10 9 (7.50%) Migration
10 9 (7.50%) Service Migration
11 7 (5.83%) Agile
11 7 (5.83%) Disaster Recovery
12 5 (4.17%) B2B
12 5 (4.17%) Change Management
12 5 (4.17%) Decision-Making
12 5 (4.17%) Incident Management
12 5 (4.17%) Risk Management
12 5 (4.17%) Service Design
12 5 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 6 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (0.83%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.83%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) Autotask
Vendors
1 9 (7.50%) ServiceNow
2 5 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.33%) BMC
3 4 (3.33%) Remedy
4 3 (2.50%) OneLogin
5 1 (0.83%) Databricks
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle