ITSM Jobs in the South East

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 208 169
Rank change year-on-year +15 -39 +99
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 124 211 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.29% 1.20% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.44% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 65 144 181
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £34,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,375
90th Percentile £70,500 £65,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% +6.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,872 14,647 13,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.08% 83.51% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,278 10,075 7,715
10th Percentile £29,175 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £36,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
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 South East

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for ITSM in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ITSM in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Thames Valley +28 69 £37,500 -28.57% 129
Berkshire +22 54 £37,500 -28.57% 75
Surrey +48 32 £57,500 -4.17% 40
Hampshire +66 11 £52,000 +9.47% 61
Buckinghamshire +16 8 £32,500 -7.14% 37
Oxfordshire +23 7 £42,500 +30.77% 17
Middlesex -15 7 - -
West Sussex +32 3 £38,750 -35.42% 29
East Sussex +24 1 £52,500 +123.76% 14
ITSM
England

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 29 (23.39%) SharePoint
2 14 (11.29%) IIS
3 5 (4.03%) Apache
4 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 51 (41.13%) Azure
2 28 (22.58%) Power Automate
2 28 (22.58%) Power Platform
2 28 (22.58%) PowerApps
3 27 (21.77%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (15.32%) SaaS
5 12 (9.68%) AWS
6 4 (3.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (2.42%) GCP
8 2 (1.61%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.81%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.81%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.81%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.81%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.26%) Broadband
2 8 (6.45%) Firewall
3 5 (4.03%) DNS
3 5 (4.03%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.42%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (2.42%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (2.42%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (2.42%) Junos
4 3 (2.42%) NX-OS
5 2 (1.61%) Network Security
6 1 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.81%) VLAN
6 1 (0.81%) VPN
6 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (21.77%) Power BI
2 26 (20.97%) Big Data
2 26 (20.97%) Data Lake
2 26 (20.97%) Tableau
3 14 (11.29%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.03%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 3 (2.42%) JIRA
General
1 49 (39.52%) Social Skills
2 29 (23.39%) Law
3 13 (10.48%) Finance
4 9 (7.26%) Games
5 7 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.03%) Back Office
7 5 (4.03%) Local Government
7 5 (4.03%) Marketing
7 5 (4.03%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.03%) Retail
8 3 (2.42%) Advertising
9 2 (1.61%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.81%) Legal
10 1 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (27.42%) Lead
2 22 (17.74%) Service Manager
3 20 (16.13%) Service Desk Manager
4 19 (15.32%) IT Support
5 16 (12.90%) IT Manager
6 15 (12.10%) Support Engineer
7 14 (11.29%) Analyst
8 11 (8.87%) IT Engineer
8 11 (8.87%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (7.26%) Engineering Manager
9 9 (7.26%) Help Desk Manager
9 9 (7.26%) Senior
9 9 (7.26%) ServiceNow Manager
10 8 (6.45%) Senior Manager
10 8 (6.45%) Senior Service Manager
11 7 (5.65%) IT Services Manager
12 6 (4.84%) IT Analyst
13 5 (4.03%) Service Analyst
13 5 (4.03%) Service Desk Analyst
13 5 (4.03%) Solutions Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.26%) .NET
2 2 (1.61%) AngularJS
2 2 (1.61%) REST
2 2 (1.61%) SOAP
3 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (19.35%) Management Information System
2 19 (15.32%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (11.29%) Client/Server
4 12 (9.68%) Product Ownership
5 11 (8.87%) Onboarding
6 9 (7.26%) Private Cloud
6 9 (7.26%) Video\Live Streaming
7 5 (4.03%) Data Centre
7 5 (4.03%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.42%) CMDB
8 3 (2.42%) PKI
9 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.81%) EPoS
10 1 (0.81%) iPad
10 1 (0.81%) iPhone
10 1 (0.81%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (18.55%) Windows
2 10 (8.06%) Apple iOS
3 9 (7.26%) Mac OS
4 7 (5.65%) Windows Server
5 5 (4.03%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.61%) Linux
7 1 (0.81%) Android
7 1 (0.81%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (60.48%) Service Management
2 48 (38.71%) ITIL
3 43 (34.68%) Computer Science
4 38 (30.65%) Project Management
5 36 (29.03%) Analytics
6 33 (26.61%) Mentoring
7 32 (25.81%) Customer Service
7 32 (25.81%) Service Delivery
8 30 (24.19%) Change Management
8 30 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (24.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (22.58%) Business Intelligence
10 26 (20.97%) Data Analysis
10 26 (20.97%) Data Analytics
10 26 (20.97%) Data Engineering
10 26 (20.97%) Data Governance
10 26 (20.97%) Data Integration
10 26 (20.97%) Data Management
10 26 (20.97%) Data Science
10 26 (20.97%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.26%) PowerShell
1 9 (7.26%) SQL
2 8 (6.45%) Python
3 3 (2.42%) Bash
3 3 (2.42%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (46.77%) Degree
2 13 (10.48%) ITIL Certification
3 11 (8.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (7.26%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.84%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.42%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.42%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.42%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 3 (2.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 3 (2.42%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
7 2 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.61%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.61%) PMP
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.81%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (20.97%) Data Quality
2 19 (15.32%) SLA
3 2 (1.61%) QA
4 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.81%) COBIT
4 1 (0.81%) GDPR
4 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (8.06%) Active Directory
1 10 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.23%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.42%) Firmware
3 3 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.42%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (5.65%) SCCM
2 5 (4.03%) ZABBIX
3 4 (3.23%) vCenter Server
4 3 (2.42%) SCOM
5 2 (1.61%) Ansible
5 2 (1.61%) SCSM
5 2 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 57 (45.97%) Microsoft
2 46 (37.10%) ServiceNow
3 15 (12.10%) Oracle
4 12 (9.68%) VMware
5 7 (5.65%) SolarWinds
6 5 (4.03%) Cisco
6 5 (4.03%) Citrix
7 4 (3.23%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.42%) Broadcom
8 3 (2.42%) Juniper
9 1 (0.81%) Dell
9 1 (0.81%) Google
9 1 (0.81%) MobileIron
9 1 (0.81%) Nexthink
9 1 (0.81%) Workday