ITSM Jobs in the North West

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring ITSM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ITSM over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 143 170
Rank change year-on-year -53 +27 +43
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 94 166 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.17% 1.68% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 2.03% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 78 130 85
10th Percentile £23,000 £22,750 £24,870
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £28,894
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,774 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% -12.05% +36.38%
75th Percentile £53,750 £66,067 £80,000
90th Percentile £63,125 £68,857 £81,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,900
% change year-on-year -10.00% -1.77% +7.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,697 8,168 7,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.86% 82.81% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,045 6,196 3,942
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £30,831
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for ITSM in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the North West over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ITSM in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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
Manchester +29 48 £37,750 -39.60% 41
Lancashire -78 27 £52,500 +36.36% 22
Merseyside +34 13 £46,000 +70.37% 10
Cheshire -17 6 £34,500 +46.81% 8
ITSM
England

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 7 (7.45%) Confluence
2 3 (3.19%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.13%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (20.21%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 23 (24.47%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (6.38%) Azure
3 4 (4.26%) AWS
3 4 (4.26%) Nutanix
4 3 (3.19%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.13%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.13%) SaaS
6 1 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.06%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.57%) DNS
1 9 (9.57%) VPN
2 5 (5.32%) Firewall
3 4 (4.26%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (4.26%) HTTP
3 4 (4.26%) SSH
4 3 (3.19%) DHCP
4 3 (3.19%) Skype
4 3 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.13%) DMZ
5 2 (2.13%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.06%) ADSL
6 1 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.06%) Internet
6 1 (1.06%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.06%) WAN
6 1 (1.06%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.19%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.06%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (19.15%) JIRA
2 4 (4.26%) Git
General
1 37 (39.36%) Social Skills
2 21 (22.34%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (11.70%) Law
4 10 (10.64%) Legal
5 5 (5.32%) Banking
5 5 (5.32%) Finance
6 4 (4.26%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.19%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.13%) Local Government
8 2 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.06%) Advertising
9 1 (1.06%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 34 (36.17%) Analyst
2 21 (22.34%) IT Support
3 18 (19.15%) Lead
4 11 (11.70%) Service Manager
4 11 (11.70%) Support Analyst
5 9 (9.57%) Business Analyst
5 9 (9.57%) Support Team Leader
5 9 (9.57%) Team Leader
6 8 (8.51%) Business Development Analyst
6 8 (8.51%) Development Analyst
6 8 (8.51%) IT Analyst
6 8 (8.51%) IT Support Analyst
6 8 (8.51%) Project Analyst
6 8 (8.51%) Software Analyst
6 8 (8.51%) Software Development Analyst
6 8 (8.51%) Software Development Business Analyst
7 7 (7.45%) Architect
7 7 (7.45%) Service Analyst
8 6 (6.38%) Applications Support
8 6 (6.38%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.26%) LDAP
2 1 (1.06%) REST
2 1 (1.06%) SOAP
2 1 (1.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.32%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.26%) Anti-Spyware
4 3 (3.19%) Client/Server
4 3 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.19%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.13%) CMDB
5 2 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.06%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 34 (36.17%) Windows
2 11 (11.70%) Mac OS
3 10 (10.64%) Windows Server
4 8 (8.51%) Windows 10
5 4 (4.26%) Android
5 4 (4.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (52.13%) Service Management
2 47 (50.00%) ITIL
3 36 (38.30%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (28.72%) Agile
4 27 (28.72%) Customer Service
5 14 (14.89%) Project Management
6 13 (13.83%) Incident Management
7 11 (11.70%) Problem Management
7 11 (11.70%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (11.70%) Service Design
8 10 (10.64%) Customer Requirements
8 10 (10.64%) Knowledge Management
8 10 (10.64%) Proactive Management
9 9 (9.57%) Application Packaging
9 9 (9.57%) Process Improvement
9 9 (9.57%) Service Delivery
10 8 (8.51%) Business Process Analysis
10 8 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (8.51%) Deployment Automation
10 8 (8.51%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.64%) SQL
2 9 (9.57%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.06%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (10.64%) Degree
2 6 (6.38%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (5.32%) A+ Certification
3 5 (5.32%) MOS
4 4 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.26%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.19%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.13%) CISM
6 2 (2.13%) CISSP
6 2 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.13%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.06%) CCNA
7 1 (1.06%) CCNP
7 1 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.64%) SLA
2 9 (9.57%) QA
3 4 (4.26%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.13%) NCSC
4 2 (2.13%) NIST
4 2 (2.13%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.06%) GRC
System Software
1 19 (20.21%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.51%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.06%) Firmware
4 1 (1.06%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.06%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (4.26%) Ansible
1 4 (4.26%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (3.19%) Autotask
3 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.06%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (40.43%) Microsoft
2 23 (24.47%) ServiceNow
3 9 (9.57%) iManage
4 8 (8.51%) Cisco
5 5 (5.32%) Oracle
5 5 (5.32%) VMware
6 4 (4.26%) Okta
6 4 (4.26%) Perforce
7 3 (3.19%) Citrix
7 3 (3.19%) Remedy
8 2 (2.13%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.13%) SAP
9 1 (1.06%) Apple
9 1 (1.06%) Meraki