IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ITSM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ITSM over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 235 339
Rank change year-on-year +46 +104 +4
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 1,526 1,545 1,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.51% 1.57% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.64% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,130 1,123 1,342
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,813 £35,435 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,153 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.47% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £88,875 £88,750 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,125 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.51% +10.88% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

ITSM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ITSM.

Salary trend for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITSM over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
England +44 1,328 £50,000 -3.38% 324
UK excluding London +25 988 £45,000 -4.51% 233
Work from Home +51 566 £58,700 +8.70% 152
London +65 456 £65,000 +4.84% 115
North of England +68 288 £41,774 -7.17% 52
South East -33 211 £51,000 +2.00% 71
Midlands +2 177 £50,000 - 39
North West +22 163 £41,774 -12.05% 32
West Midlands -1 113 £58,700 +17.40% 25
South West -23 107 £45,000 +35.05% 29
Yorkshire +79 89 £41,774 -7.17% 16
East of England +25 80 £37,500 +13.64% 32
Scotland -31 65 £45,000 -29.13% 10
East Midlands +23 62 £25,000 -30.56% 13
Wales +23 47 £47,500 -5.00% 5
North East +1 36 £42,090 +15.32% 5
Northern Ireland +33 12 £30,000 -25.00% 2
Isle of Man - 4 - -

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 113 (7.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 109 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 45 (2.95%) WebLogic
4 44 (2.88%) Oracle Service Bus
5 27 (1.77%) Confluence
6 22 (1.44%) SAS
7 17 (1.11%) CMS
8 6 (0.39%) IBM Notes
9 5 (0.33%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.13%) Apache
10 2 (0.13%) IIS
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.066%) WebSphere
Applications
1 217 (14.22%) Microsoft Office
2 103 (6.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (2.88%) MS Visio
4 24 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 130 (8.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 30 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.05%) PlanetPress Connect
4 11 (0.72%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.46%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
7 4 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.26%) SAP IS-U
7 4 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.066%) HFM
9 1 (0.066%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.066%) Primavera
9 1 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.066%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 357 (23.39%) Microsoft 365
2 241 (15.79%) Azure
3 91 (5.96%) Entra ID
4 52 (3.41%) SaaS
5 49 (3.21%) Power Platform
6 40 (2.62%) AWS
7 38 (2.49%) PaaS
8 36 (2.36%) OneDrive
9 33 (2.16%) IaaS
10 18 (1.18%) WhatsApp
11 17 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (0.92%) Mimecast
13 13 (0.85%) GCP
14 11 (0.72%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (0.66%) Power Automate
16 9 (0.59%) GitHub
17 8 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
17 8 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
17 8 (0.52%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 101 (6.62%) Firewall
2 76 (4.98%) TCP/IP
3 68 (4.46%) DNS
4 57 (3.74%) DHCP
4 57 (3.74%) VPN
5 55 (3.60%) WAN
6 45 (2.95%) LAN
7 33 (2.16%) VoIP
8 30 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
9 28 (1.83%) Network Security
10 25 (1.64%) Internet
11 19 (1.25%) Remote Desktop
11 19 (1.25%) SAN
11 19 (1.25%) WLAN
12 18 (1.18%) Wireless
13 16 (1.05%) SSH
14 15 (0.98%) Broadband
14 15 (0.98%) SD-WAN
15 14 (0.92%) Skype
16 13 (0.85%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.21%) Oracle Database
2 46 (3.01%) SQL Server
3 45 (2.95%) Oracle Database 11g
4 44 (2.88%) Oracle Database 10g
4 44 (2.88%) VLDB
5 32 (2.10%) MySQL
6 31 (2.03%) Power BI
7 23 (1.51%) Relational Database
8 19 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.33%) Redis
11 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Database 12c
12 3 (0.20%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.13%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.13%) Metadata
13 2 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 92 (6.03%) JIRA
2 16 (1.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 13 (0.85%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.39%) GitLab
5 5 (0.33%) AdminStudio
5 5 (0.33%) InstallShield
5 5 (0.33%) MSI
5 5 (0.33%) Postman
6 3 (0.20%) Git
7 2 (0.13%) PowerBuilder
8 1 (0.066%) JMeter
8 1 (0.066%) Selenium
General
1 515 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 268 (17.56%) Finance
3 228 (14.94%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (7.01%) Public Sector
5 89 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 81 (5.31%) Legal
7 79 (5.18%) Banking
8 63 (4.13%) Retail
9 59 (3.87%) Law
10 41 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.70%) Telecoms
14 21 (1.38%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.38%) Marketing
15 17 (1.11%) Police
16 16 (1.05%) Financial Institution
17 14 (0.92%) Local Government
18 11 (0.72%) Aerospace
19 9 (0.59%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 343 (22.48%) Analyst
2 184 (12.06%) Service Manager
3 151 (9.90%) IT Support
3 151 (9.90%) Support Analyst
4 149 (9.76%) IT Manager
5 146 (9.57%) Architect
6 114 (7.47%) Service Analyst
7 109 (7.14%) Senior
8 108 (7.08%) Lead
9 99 (6.49%) Service Desk Analyst
10 97 (6.36%) IT Analyst
11 84 (5.50%) IT Services Manager
11 84 (5.50%) ServiceNow Architect
12 78 (5.11%) Applications Support
13 75 (4.91%) Developer
14 74 (4.85%) Delivery Manager
15 73 (4.78%) Service Delivery Manager
16 69 (4.52%) Applications Support Analyst
17 68 (4.46%) ServiceNow Developer
18 64 (4.19%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (4.85%) HTML
2 67 (4.39%) CSS
3 65 (4.26%) Web Services
4 61 (4.00%) AngularJS
5 43 (2.82%) XML
6 39 (2.56%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 37 (2.42%) SOAP
8 31 (2.03%) REST
9 25 (1.64%) JSON
9 25 (1.64%) LDAP
10 19 (1.25%) Ajax
11 16 (1.05%) ODBC
11 16 (1.05%) OLE
12 13 (0.85%) JDBC
12 13 (0.85%) XHTML
13 8 (0.52%) Middleware
14 6 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
15 5 (0.33%) 802.1X
15 5 (0.33%) Node.js
15 5 (0.33%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 115 (7.54%) CMDB
2 107 (7.01%) Management Information System
3 69 (4.52%) Driving Licence
4 61 (4.00%) Smartphone
5 57 (3.74%) Product Ownership
6 55 (3.60%) Data Centre
7 44 (2.88%) Onboarding
8 40 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.64%) Replication
11 20 (1.31%) Public Cloud
12 19 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
14 13 (0.85%) Digital Signage
14 13 (0.85%) iPad
15 11 (0.72%) iPhone
16 10 (0.66%) Hedge funds
17 9 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
17 9 (0.59%) PMI
18 8 (0.52%) EMC VNX
Operating Systems
1 385 (25.23%) Windows
2 139 (9.11%) Windows 10
3 108 (7.08%) Windows Server
4 103 (6.75%) Linux
5 65 (4.26%) Unix
6 46 (3.01%) Apple iOS
7 45 (2.95%) Solaris
8 44 (2.88%) Android
9 28 (1.83%) Mac OS
10 19 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 18 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
12 15 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
13 13 (0.85%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.59%) Mac OS X
14 9 (0.59%) Windows Phone
14 9 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.20%) CentOS
16 3 (0.20%) Rocky
17 2 (0.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 866 (56.75%) Service Management
2 813 (53.28%) ITIL
3 389 (25.49%) Service Delivery
4 329 (21.56%) Customer Service
5 277 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
6 210 (13.76%) Change Management
7 209 (13.70%) Incident Management
8 178 (11.66%) Agile
9 174 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 160 (10.48%) Project Management
11 145 (9.50%) Mentoring
12 140 (9.17%) Problem Management
13 133 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
14 131 (8.58%) Actionable Insight
15 108 (7.08%) Cybersecurity
16 95 (6.23%) Coaching
17 94 (6.16%) Configuration Management
18 93 (6.09%) Asset Management
19 92 (6.03%) Service Catalogue
20 81 (5.31%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 88 (5.77%) JavaScript
2 83 (5.44%) SQL
3 75 (4.91%) PowerShell
4 49 (3.21%) PL/SQL
5 39 (2.56%) Python
6 21 (1.38%) Java
7 19 (1.25%) Perl
8 18 (1.18%) R
9 15 (0.98%) Bash
10 10 (0.66%) RPG
11 7 (0.46%) C#
12 6 (0.39%) C
12 6 (0.39%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.33%) PHP
13 5 (0.33%) VB
14 4 (0.26%) ABAP
15 2 (0.13%) Go
15 2 (0.13%) Ruby
16 1 (0.066%) ProC
16 1 (0.066%) Swift
Qualifications
1 252 (16.51%) Security Cleared
2 237 (15.53%) Degree
3 201 (13.17%) SC Cleared
4 73 (4.78%) ITIL Certification
5 62 (4.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (3.47%) A+ Certification
7 33 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (1.97%) DBS Check
8 30 (1.97%) PMI Certification
9 29 (1.90%) DV Cleared
10 23 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 22 (1.44%) PMP
12 20 (1.31%) MCP
13 19 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
14 18 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
15 17 (1.11%) CCNA
16 16 (1.05%) Master's Degree
17 14 (0.92%) MCSA
18 13 (0.85%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (11.40%) SLA
2 52 (3.41%) QA
3 34 (2.23%) COBIT
4 32 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (1.38%) GDPR
6 20 (1.31%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.11%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (0.79%) NIST
9 10 (0.66%) NCSC
10 9 (0.59%) GRC
11 7 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 5 (0.33%) PMO
14 4 (0.26%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.26%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 4 (0.26%) PCI DSS
15 3 (0.20%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 357 (23.39%) Active Directory
2 66 (4.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (3.08%) Oracle RAC
4 39 (2.56%) Hyper-V
5 24 (1.57%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (0.98%) Terminal Services
7 14 (0.92%) Docker
8 11 (0.72%) IAG
9 10 (0.66%) Firmware
9 10 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (0.33%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.26%) XenApp
12 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.066%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.066%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 102 (6.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (4.85%) SCCM
3 46 (3.01%) Data Guard
4 44 (2.88%) Oracle RMAN
5 32 (2.10%) OpenView
6 24 (1.57%) SCOM
7 19 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.05%) vCenter Server
9 14 (0.92%) WMI
10 13 (0.85%) AirWatch
10 13 (0.85%) WSUS
11 12 (0.79%) Kubernetes
12 11 (0.72%) Nagios
13 10 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.59%) ZABBIX
15 8 (0.52%) Ansible
15 8 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
16 6 (0.39%) Nessus
17 5 (0.33%) HP UCMDB
17 5 (0.33%) Kibana
Vendors
1 524 (34.34%) Microsoft
2 398 (26.08%) ServiceNow
3 130 (8.52%) Remedy
4 110 (7.21%) VMware
5 96 (6.29%) Oracle
6 82 (5.37%) Cisco
7 81 (5.31%) BMC
8 75 (4.91%) HP
9 52 (3.41%) Sun
10 38 (2.49%) Citrix
11 35 (2.29%) Veeam
12 32 (2.10%) Apple
12 32 (2.10%) Salesforce
13 31 (2.03%) Splunk
14 29 (1.90%) Meraki
15 26 (1.70%) SAP
16 21 (1.38%) Snow
16 21 (1.38%) SolarWinds
17 20 (1.31%) Google
18 17 (1.11%) IBM