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 £48,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 450 505
Rank change year-on-year +5 +55 +89
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 80 107 103
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.30% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.33% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 65 45 86
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,600 £38,856
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £72,188
90th Percentile £60,000 £66,641 £105,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 39,677 32,900 38,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 92.51% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 24,343 15,961 29,442
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.14%
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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -3 25 £45,000 - 9
South East +26 21 £45,000 -12.20% 6
North West +27 19 £45,000 +5.88% 4
West Midlands +34 12 £52,000 +11.23% 3
Midlands +20 12 £52,000 -5.45% 6
South West +6 8 £53,500 -12.39% 1
East of England +20 5 £51,250 +13.89%
Wales +6 5 £60,000 - 2
Scotland -3 4 - - 1
North East -2 3 £52,500 +77.97% 4
Yorkshire -32 3 £55,000 +22.22% 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 22 January 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 28 (35.00%) Service Delivery
2 24 (30.00%) ITIL
3 22 (27.50%) ITSM
4 20 (25.00%) Service Management
5 18 (22.50%) Business Development
5 18 (22.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (10.00%) SaaS
7 8 (10.00%) ServiceNow
8 7 (8.75%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (8.75%) User Experience
9 6 (7.50%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (7.50%) Mentoring
9 6 (7.50%) Microsoft
9 6 (7.50%) Risk Management
10 5 (6.25%) Change Management
10 5 (6.25%) Coaching
11 4 (5.00%) B2B
11 4 (5.00%) BMC
11 4 (5.00%) Performance Metrics
11 4 (5.00%) Release Management
11 4 (5.00%) Remedy
11 4 (5.00%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (5.00%) Service Design
11 4 (5.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (5.00%) Tech Ops
11 4 (5.00%) Validation
12 3 (3.75%) Budget Control
12 3 (3.75%) Capacity Planning
12 3 (3.75%) 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 3 (3.75%) HCL Domino
1 3 (3.75%) HCL Notes
Business Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.00%) SaaS
2 1 (1.25%) Azure
2 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.25%) Power BI
General
1 13 (16.25%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.50%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.00%) Finance
4 3 (3.75%) Advertising
4 3 (3.75%) Billing
5 2 (2.50%) Automotive
5 2 (2.50%) Marketing
5 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.50%) Publishing
5 2 (2.50%) Retail
6 1 (1.25%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.25%) Law
6 1 (1.25%) Legal
6 1 (1.25%) Police
6 1 (1.25%) Social Housing
6 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.75%) EDI
2 1 (1.25%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.75%) Driving Licence
1 3 (3.75%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.50%) FMCG
2 2 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.25%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.00%) Service Delivery
2 24 (30.00%) ITIL
3 22 (27.50%) ITSM
4 20 (25.00%) Service Management
5 18 (22.50%) Business Development
5 18 (22.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (8.75%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (8.75%) User Experience
8 6 (7.50%) Mentoring
8 6 (7.50%) Risk Management
9 5 (6.25%) Change Management
9 5 (6.25%) Coaching
10 4 (5.00%) B2B
10 4 (5.00%) Performance Metrics
10 4 (5.00%) Release Management
10 4 (5.00%) Service Design
10 4 (5.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (5.00%) Tech Ops
10 4 (5.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 6 (7.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (3.75%) ISO 9001
1 3 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (3.75%) QA
2 1 (1.25%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 6 (7.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.00%) BMC
3 4 (5.00%) Remedy
4 3 (3.75%) IBM
4 3 (3.75%) Lotus
5 1 (1.25%) Citrix
5 1 (1.25%) Databricks
5 1 (1.25%) OneLogin