ITSM Job Trends in the Midlands

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring ITSM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 154 148
Rank change year-on-year +21 -6 +7
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 95 92 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.21% 1.44% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 1.59% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 64 55 64
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -18.08%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £57,369
90th Percentile £69,875 £70,050 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,995 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.01% -4.77% +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

ITSM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,361 5,773 4,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.32% 90.47% 86.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,535 2,521 4,072
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ITSM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

ITSM job vacancy trend in the Midlands

ITSM
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ITSM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ITSM

ITSM
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ITSM in the Midlands

ITSM
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
West Midlands +28 52 £52,500 +16.67% 24
East Midlands -8 43 £35,000 +7.69% 20
ITSM
England

ITSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 10 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.05%) IIS
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (6.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (34.74%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (30.53%) Azure
3 20 (21.05%) AWS
4 15 (15.79%) Entra ID
5 7 (7.37%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (3.16%) SaaS
7 2 (2.11%) Google Workspace
7 2 (2.11%) Slack
8 1 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.05%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (1.05%) AWS Control Tower
8 1 (1.05%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.05%) IaaS
8 1 (1.05%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.05%) PaaS
8 1 (1.05%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.63%) SD-WAN
1 12 (12.63%) WAN
2 9 (9.47%) Firewall
3 8 (8.42%) IP Telephony
3 8 (8.42%) LAN
3 8 (8.42%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (6.32%) VLAN
5 3 (3.16%) DHCP
5 3 (3.16%) DNS
5 3 (3.16%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.11%) BGP
6 2 (2.11%) OSPF
6 2 (2.11%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (2.11%) VPN
7 1 (1.05%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 35 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 16 (16.84%) Legal
3 13 (13.68%) Law
4 11 (11.58%) Influencing Skills
4 11 (11.58%) Public Sector
5 9 (9.47%) Finance
5 9 (9.47%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (9.47%) Retail
6 8 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (8.42%) Fire and Rescue
6 8 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (8.42%) Local Government
7 7 (7.37%) Telecoms
8 4 (4.21%) Banking
9 1 (1.05%) Automotive
9 1 (1.05%) Games
9 1 (1.05%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 24 (25.26%) IT Support
2 21 (22.11%) Service Manager
3 19 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 18 (18.95%) IT Manager
5 17 (17.89%) IT Engineer
6 16 (16.84%) IT Support Engineer
7 13 (13.68%) Support Manager
8 11 (11.58%) Analyst
9 7 (7.37%) Service Support Manager
10 6 (6.32%) Configuration Manager
10 6 (6.32%) IT Support Manager
10 6 (6.32%) Network Engineer
11 5 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
11 5 (5.26%) Architect
11 5 (5.26%) Business Manager
11 5 (5.26%) Change Manager
11 5 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
11 5 (5.26%) IT Services Manager
11 5 (5.26%) Service Delivery Manager
12 4 (4.21%) Change Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.11%) HTML
2 1 (1.05%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.63%) Driving Licence
2 10 (10.53%) NHS
3 7 (7.37%) CCTV
4 4 (4.21%) CMDB
4 4 (4.21%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.16%) Smartphone
6 2 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.11%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.11%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.05%) Housing Association
7 1 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 20 (21.05%) Windows
2 10 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 7 (7.37%) Linux
4 4 (4.21%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (63.16%) ITIL
2 56 (58.95%) Service Management
3 34 (35.79%) Service Delivery
4 25 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (23.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (18.95%) Change Management
7 16 (16.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (15.79%) Agile
9 14 (14.74%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (13.68%) Mentoring
10 13 (13.68%) Process Improvement
11 10 (10.53%) Case Management
11 10 (10.53%) Service Design
12 9 (9.47%) Customer Service
12 9 (9.47%) Strategic Thinking
13 8 (8.42%) Asset Management
13 8 (8.42%) Digital Innovation
13 8 (8.42%) Problem Management
13 8 (8.42%) Roadmaps
13 8 (8.42%) Service Delivery Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.21%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.16%) SQL
3 2 (2.11%) Google Apps Script
3 2 (2.11%) Python
4 1 (1.05%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (9.47%) CCNP
1 9 (9.47%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (8.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (7.37%) CCNA
3 7 (7.37%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (7.37%) MCP
3 7 (7.37%) MCSA
3 7 (7.37%) MCSE
4 6 (6.32%) Security Cleared
5 5 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (3.16%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.11%) Degree
8 1 (1.05%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.05%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.05%) HND
8 1 (1.05%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.42%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 6 (6.32%) SLA
3 2 (2.11%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 2 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.11%) QA
4 1 (1.05%) COBIT
4 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.05%) GDPR
4 1 (1.05%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (1.05%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (13.68%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.37%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.11%) BitLocker
4 2 (2.11%) Firmware
4 2 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (11.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.26%) Autotask
2 5 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.11%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.11%) SCCM
4 1 (1.05%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (30.53%) Microsoft
1 29 (30.53%) ServiceNow
2 10 (10.53%) VMware
3 7 (7.37%) Draytek
3 7 (7.37%) Mitel
3 7 (7.37%) WatchGuard
4 6 (6.32%) Cisco
4 6 (6.32%) Remedy
4 6 (6.32%) SolarWinds
4 6 (6.32%) Zscaler
5 5 (5.26%) Avaya
6 4 (4.21%) BMC
6 4 (4.21%) Freshdesk
7 3 (3.16%) Apple
7 3 (3.16%) HP
7 3 (3.16%) SAP
8 2 (2.11%) Google
8 2 (2.11%) McAfee
8 2 (2.11%) Progress
8 2 (2.11%) Salesforce