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 £45,497 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 June 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 484 543
Rank change year-on-year +94 +59 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 215 47 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.16% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.18% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 184 32 160
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.28% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £57,799 £65,892 £59,419
90th Percentile £60,000 £72,107 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,497 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.22% -13.64% -

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 63,006 26,020 70,345
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 89.18% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 42,469 13,838 50,881
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,550 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +1.10% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 87 £45,000 +5.88% 7
North West +55 57 £45,000 -30.77% 2
South East +14 55 £45,000 -25.00% 16
Midlands -22 30 £55,000 +7.32% 3
West Midlands -15 25 £55,000 +7.32% 3
Yorkshire -30 17 £50,249 +25.62% 3
North East -24 13 £52,500 +16.67% 2
Wales -26 12 £60,000 +50.00%
South West -46 11 £57,500 -11.03% 7
East of England - 10 £50,000 - 1
Northern Ireland -33 6 - -
East Midlands -26 5 - -
Scotland +12 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 4 June 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 83 (38.60%) Service Delivery
2 74 (34.42%) Service Management
3 63 (29.30%) ITIL
4 57 (26.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (17.21%) ITSM
6 28 (13.02%) Coaching
7 27 (12.56%) Mentoring
8 23 (10.70%) Service Design
8 23 (10.70%) User Experience
9 16 (7.44%) Incident Management
10 15 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (6.51%) SLA
12 12 (5.58%) Problem Management
13 11 (5.12%) Major Incident Management
14 10 (4.65%) Cybersecurity
14 10 (4.65%) Migration
14 10 (4.65%) ServiceNow
14 10 (4.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 9 (4.19%) Customer Service
15 9 (4.19%) Decision-Making
15 9 (4.19%) Microsoft
15 9 (4.19%) Problem-Solving
15 9 (4.19%) Project Management
15 9 (4.19%) Service Migration
16 8 (3.72%) Agile
16 8 (3.72%) Budget Management
16 8 (3.72%) Disaster Recovery
17 7 (3.26%) AI
17 7 (3.26%) Business Development
17 7 (3.26%) HP

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 2 (0.93%) Confluence
1 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (1.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.33%) Azure
1 5 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (1.86%) AWS
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (0.93%) SaaS
4 1 (0.47%) IaaS
4 1 (0.47%) PaaS
4 1 (0.47%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.47%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (1.40%) JIRA
General
1 28 (13.02%) Public Sector
2 26 (12.09%) Social Skills
3 14 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.26%) Finance
4 7 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (2.79%) Retail
6 4 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.40%) Marketing
8 2 (0.93%) Law
9 1 (0.47%) Local Government
9 1 (0.47%) Police
9 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.26%) Onboarding
2 6 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (1.86%) EPoS
4 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.93%) CMDB
6 1 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.47%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.47%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.47%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (38.60%) Service Delivery
2 74 (34.42%) Service Management
3 63 (29.30%) ITIL
4 57 (26.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (17.21%) ITSM
6 28 (13.02%) Coaching
7 27 (12.56%) Mentoring
8 23 (10.70%) Service Design
8 23 (10.70%) User Experience
9 16 (7.44%) Incident Management
10 15 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (5.58%) Problem Management
12 11 (5.12%) Major Incident Management
13 10 (4.65%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (4.65%) Migration
13 10 (4.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 9 (4.19%) Customer Service
14 9 (4.19%) Decision-Making
14 9 (4.19%) Project Management
14 9 (4.19%) Service Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (2.79%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (1.86%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.40%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.93%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.47%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.51%) SLA
2 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.47%) Autotask
Vendors
1 10 (4.65%) ServiceNow
2 9 (4.19%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.26%) HP
4 4 (1.86%) OneLogin
5 2 (0.93%) BMC
5 2 (0.93%) Remedy
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle