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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 231 341
Rank change year-on-year +38 +110 +4
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 1,521 1,537 1,918
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.48% 1.58% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.65% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,121 1,115 1,354
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,405 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,250 £64,313
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £47,125 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
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% +9.38%

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 28 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 28 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 +36 1,321 £50,000 -3.85% 286
UK excluding London +22 995 £43,500 -7.69% 185
Work from Home +46 560 £58,700 +8.70% 143
London +61 444 £64,000 +3.23% 93
North of England +59 289 £41,774 -7.17% 43
South East -36 211 £51,000 +2.00% 40
Midlands +16 179 £50,000 +2.56% 42
North West +34 165 £41,774 -12.87% 29
West Midlands 0 115 £58,700 +17.40% 27
South West -31 107 £45,000 +17.56% 24
Yorkshire +79 87 £41,774 -7.17% 13
East of England +19 82 £37,500 +13.64% 25
East Midlands +14 62 £25,000 -30.07% 15
Scotland -31 62 £47,500 -25.20% 12
Wales +22 52 £40,000 -20.00% 2
North East +2 37 £41,774 +14.45% 2
Northern Ireland +26 12 £30,000 -25.00% 3
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 (7.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 104 (6.84%) SharePoint
3 45 (2.96%) WebLogic
4 44 (2.89%) Oracle Service Bus
5 26 (1.71%) Confluence
6 22 (1.45%) SAS
7 17 (1.12%) 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
11 1 (0.066%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.066%) WebSphere
Applications
1 216 (14.20%) Microsoft Office
2 101 (6.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (2.89%) MS Visio
4 23 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 129 (8.48%) Remedy ITSM
2 27 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.92%) PlanetPress Connect
4 10 (0.66%) 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
1 354 (23.27%) Microsoft 365
2 238 (15.65%) Azure
3 91 (5.98%) Entra ID
4 47 (3.09%) SaaS
5 46 (3.02%) Power Platform
6 40 (2.63%) AWS
7 36 (2.37%) PaaS
8 34 (2.24%) OneDrive
9 31 (2.04%) IaaS
10 17 (1.12%) WhatsApp
11 16 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (0.92%) Mimecast
13 13 (0.85%) GCP
14 12 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (0.59%) GitHub
15 9 (0.59%) Power Automate
16 8 (0.53%) Azure Storage
16 8 (0.53%) Google Workspace
16 8 (0.53%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 102 (6.71%) Firewall
2 78 (5.13%) TCP/IP
3 69 (4.54%) DNS
4 59 (3.88%) DHCP
5 57 (3.75%) VPN
6 56 (3.68%) WAN
7 46 (3.02%) LAN
8 32 (2.10%) VoIP
9 29 (1.91%) Network Security
9 29 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
10 25 (1.64%) Internet
11 20 (1.31%) Remote Desktop
11 20 (1.31%) WLAN
12 19 (1.25%) SAN
12 19 (1.25%) Wireless
13 16 (1.05%) SD-WAN
13 16 (1.05%) SSH
14 15 (0.99%) Broadband
15 14 (0.92%) Skype
16 13 (0.85%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.22%) Oracle Database
2 45 (2.96%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (2.89%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (2.89%) SQL Server
3 44 (2.89%) VLDB
4 32 (2.10%) MySQL
5 29 (1.91%) Power BI
6 22 (1.45%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.33%) Redis
10 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Database 12c
11 3 (0.20%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.13%) DTS
12 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 89 (5.85%) JIRA
2 14 (0.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 13 (0.85%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.39%) AdminStudio
4 6 (0.39%) GitLab
4 6 (0.39%) InstallShield
4 6 (0.39%) 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
1 512 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 265 (17.42%) Finance
3 223 (14.66%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (7.03%) Public Sector
5 89 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (5.19%) Legal
7 76 (5.00%) Banking
8 63 (4.14%) Retail
9 58 (3.81%) Law
10 45 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
12 26 (1.71%) Telecoms
13 22 (1.45%) Marketing
14 21 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 17 (1.12%) Police
16 16 (1.05%) Financial Institution
17 14 (0.92%) Local Government
18 11 (0.72%) Aerospace
19 10 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 340 (22.35%) Analyst
2 184 (12.10%) Service Manager
3 153 (10.06%) IT Support
4 152 (9.99%) IT Manager
5 151 (9.93%) Support Analyst
6 144 (9.47%) Architect
7 114 (7.50%) Service Analyst
8 107 (7.03%) Senior
9 106 (6.97%) Lead
10 100 (6.57%) Service Desk Analyst
11 97 (6.38%) IT Analyst
12 87 (5.72%) IT Services Manager
13 82 (5.39%) ServiceNow Architect
14 76 (5.00%) Applications Support
15 75 (4.93%) Developer
16 71 (4.67%) Delivery Manager
17 70 (4.60%) Service Delivery Manager
18 68 (4.47%) ServiceNow Developer
19 67 (4.40%) Applications Support Analyst
20 63 (4.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (4.73%) HTML
2 66 (4.34%) CSS
3 63 (4.14%) Web Services
4 61 (4.01%) AngularJS
5 40 (2.63%) XML
6 39 (2.56%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 35 (2.30%) SOAP
8 30 (1.97%) REST
9 24 (1.58%) JSON
9 24 (1.58%) LDAP
10 18 (1.18%) Ajax
11 16 (1.05%) ODBC
11 16 (1.05%) OLE
12 13 (0.85%) JDBC
12 13 (0.85%) XHTML
13 8 (0.53%) 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
1 113 (7.43%) CMDB
2 105 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 69 (4.54%) Driving Licence
4 61 (4.01%) Smartphone
5 56 (3.68%) Data Centre
5 56 (3.68%) Product Ownership
6 43 (2.83%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (1.64%) Replication
9 21 (1.38%) Public Cloud
10 19 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
12 13 (0.85%) Digital Signage
12 13 (0.85%) iPad
13 11 (0.72%) iPhone
13 11 (0.72%) PMI
14 10 (0.66%) Hedge funds
14 10 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (0.59%) EMC VNX
Operating Systems
1 387 (25.44%) Windows
2 138 (9.07%) Windows 10
3 109 (7.17%) Windows Server
4 105 (6.90%) Linux
5 65 (4.27%) Unix
6 46 (3.02%) Apple iOS
7 45 (2.96%) Solaris
8 44 (2.89%) Android
9 27 (1.78%) Mac OS
10 19 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 18 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
12 15 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
13 14 (0.92%) 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 4 (0.26%) CentOS
16 4 (0.26%) Rocky
17 2 (0.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 863 (56.74%) Service Management
2 808 (53.12%) ITIL
3 383 (25.18%) Service Delivery
4 331 (21.76%) Customer Service
5 274 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
6 212 (13.94%) Change Management
6 212 (13.94%) Incident Management
7 175 (11.51%) Agile
8 173 (11.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 162 (10.65%) Project Management
10 145 (9.53%) Mentoring
11 139 (9.14%) Problem Management
12 132 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
13 131 (8.61%) Actionable Insight
14 107 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
15 94 (6.18%) Coaching
16 93 (6.11%) Configuration Management
17 92 (6.05%) Asset Management
17 92 (6.05%) Service Catalogue
18 80 (5.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 86 (5.65%) JavaScript
2 84 (5.52%) SQL
3 77 (5.06%) PowerShell
4 49 (3.22%) PL/SQL
5 38 (2.50%) Python
6 21 (1.38%) Java
7 18 (1.18%) Perl
7 18 (1.18%) R
8 16 (1.05%) Bash
9 10 (0.66%) RPG
10 7 (0.46%) C#
11 6 (0.39%) C
11 6 (0.39%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.39%) VB
12 5 (0.33%) PHP
13 4 (0.26%) ABAP
14 2 (0.13%) Go
14 2 (0.13%) Ruby
15 1 (0.066%) Swift
15 1 (0.066%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 254 (16.70%) Security Cleared
2 235 (15.45%) Degree
3 201 (13.21%) SC Cleared
4 74 (4.87%) ITIL Certification
5 62 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (3.48%) A+ Certification
7 32 (2.10%) PMI Certification
8 31 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (1.97%) DBS Check
9 30 (1.97%) DV Cleared
10 25 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 24 (1.58%) PMP
12 22 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (1.31%) MCP
14 18 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
14 18 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
15 16 (1.05%) CCNA
16 15 (0.99%) Master's Degree
16 15 (0.99%) MCSA
17 13 (0.85%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (11.37%) SLA
2 52 (3.42%) QA
3 34 (2.24%) COBIT
4 32 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.38%) GDPR
6 20 (1.31%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.12%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (0.79%) NIST
9 10 (0.66%) NCSC
10 8 (0.53%) 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)
15 3 (0.20%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 362 (23.80%) Active Directory
2 68 (4.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (3.09%) Oracle RAC
4 38 (2.50%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (0.99%) Docker
6 15 (0.99%) Terminal Services
7 11 (0.72%) IAG
8 10 (0.66%) Firmware
9 9 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
11 5 (0.33%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.26%) XenApp
13 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
14 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.066%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
15 1 (0.066%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 99 (6.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (4.93%) SCCM
3 46 (3.02%) Data Guard
4 44 (2.89%) Oracle RMAN
5 32 (2.10%) OpenView
6 24 (1.58%) SCOM
7 19 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (1.12%) vCenter Server
9 14 (0.92%) WMI
9 14 (0.92%) WSUS
10 13 (0.85%) AirWatch
10 13 (0.85%) Kubernetes
11 12 (0.79%) Nagios
12 10 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.59%) EMC NetWorker
13 9 (0.59%) ZABBIX
14 8 (0.53%) Ansible
15 6 (0.39%) Nessus
15 6 (0.39%) Terraform
16 5 (0.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 519 (34.12%) Microsoft
2 391 (25.71%) ServiceNow
3 129 (8.48%) Remedy
4 112 (7.36%) VMware
5 96 (6.31%) Oracle
6 83 (5.46%) Cisco
7 79 (5.19%) BMC
8 76 (5.00%) HP
9 52 (3.42%) Sun
10 40 (2.63%) Citrix
11 36 (2.37%) Veeam
12 32 (2.10%) Apple
12 32 (2.10%) Salesforce
13 30 (1.97%) Meraki
13 30 (1.97%) Splunk
14 25 (1.64%) SAP
15 22 (1.45%) SolarWinds
16 21 (1.38%) Snow
17 20 (1.31%) Google
18 17 (1.12%) IBM