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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 197 172
Rank change year-on-year +14 -25 +82
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 122 217 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.27% 1.28% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.52% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 70 148 189
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £28,540
25th Percentile £32,625 £32,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.78% +2.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £65,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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 8,814 14,237 13,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.85% 84.30% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,314 9,877 7,859
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £36,250 £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 £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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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 19 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 19 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 +12 71 £36,250 -30.95% 39
Berkshire +11 56 £37,500 -28.57% 24
Surrey +51 31 £55,000 -8.33% 11
Hampshire +57 8 £50,000 +5.26% 31
Buckinghamshire +20 8 £32,500 -7.14% 10
Oxfordshire +24 7 £42,500 +30.77% 11
Middlesex -15 6 - - 2
West Sussex +29 3 £27,500 -54.17% 10
Kent +4 2 £31,000 +3.33% 10
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England

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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 28 (22.95%) SharePoint
2 18 (14.75%) IIS
3 6 (4.92%) Apache
4 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (12.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 52 (42.62%) Azure
2 29 (23.77%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (21.31%) Power Automate
3 26 (21.31%) Power Platform
3 26 (21.31%) PowerApps
4 22 (18.03%) SaaS
5 15 (12.30%) AWS
6 4 (3.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (2.46%) GCP
8 2 (1.64%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.82%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.82%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.10%) DNS
1 5 (4.10%) Firewall
1 5 (4.10%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.82%) Broadband
2 1 (0.82%) Network Security
2 1 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.82%) VPN
2 1 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (21.31%) Big Data
1 26 (21.31%) Data Lake
1 26 (21.31%) Power BI
1 26 (21.31%) Tableau
2 18 (14.75%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.92%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 3 (2.46%) JIRA
General
1 46 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 29 (23.77%) Law
3 12 (9.84%) Finance
4 8 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (5.74%) Marketing
6 6 (4.92%) Back Office
6 6 (4.92%) Local Government
6 6 (4.92%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.92%) Retail
7 3 (2.46%) Advertising
8 2 (1.64%) Legal
9 1 (0.82%) Games
9 1 (0.82%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (30.33%) Lead
2 25 (20.49%) Service Manager
3 23 (18.85%) Service Desk Manager
4 22 (18.03%) IT Support
5 16 (13.11%) IT Manager
6 15 (12.30%) Support Engineer
7 13 (10.66%) Analyst
8 11 (9.02%) IT Engineer
8 11 (9.02%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (7.38%) Help Desk Manager
10 7 (5.74%) IT Services Manager
11 6 (4.92%) Sales Executive
11 6 (4.92%) Solutions Sales Executive
12 5 (4.10%) IT Analyst
12 5 (4.10%) Service Analyst
12 5 (4.10%) Service Desk Analyst
13 3 (2.46%) IT Director
13 3 (2.46%) Platform Engineer
13 3 (2.46%) Services Director
14 2 (1.64%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.84%) .NET
2 2 (1.64%) AngularJS
2 2 (1.64%) REST
2 2 (1.64%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.21%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (16.39%) Management Information System
3 17 (13.93%) Client/Server
4 12 (9.84%) Onboarding
4 12 (9.84%) Private Cloud
5 6 (4.92%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.92%) Driving Licence
6 5 (4.10%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.46%) CMDB
8 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.82%) EPoS
9 1 (0.82%) iPad
9 1 (0.82%) iPhone
9 1 (0.82%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.82%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 27 (22.13%) Windows
2 10 (8.20%) Apple iOS
3 9 (7.38%) Mac OS
4 7 (5.74%) Windows Server
5 6 (4.92%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.46%) Linux
7 1 (0.82%) Android
7 1 (0.82%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (63.11%) Service Management
2 56 (45.90%) ITIL
3 38 (31.15%) Project Management
4 36 (29.51%) Analytics
5 35 (28.69%) Mentoring
6 34 (27.87%) Computer Science
6 34 (27.87%) Customer Service
7 33 (27.05%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (24.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (22.13%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (22.13%) Business Strategy
9 27 (22.13%) Data Analysis
9 27 (22.13%) Service Delivery
10 26 (21.31%) Data Analytics
10 26 (21.31%) Data Engineering
10 26 (21.31%) Data Governance
10 26 (21.31%) Data Integration
10 26 (21.31%) Data Management
10 26 (21.31%) Data Science
10 26 (21.31%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.02%) SQL
2 8 (6.56%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.56%) Python
3 3 (2.46%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.64%) Bash
5 1 (0.82%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (40.98%) Degree
2 16 (13.11%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (4.92%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.46%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.46%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.46%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.46%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 3 (2.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 3 (2.46%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
5 2 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.64%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.64%) PMP
6 1 (0.82%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.82%) MCSE
6 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (21.31%) Data Quality
2 22 (18.03%) SLA
3 2 (1.64%) QA
4 1 (0.82%) COBIT
System Software
1 12 (9.84%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.28%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (5.74%) SCCM
2 5 (4.10%) ZABBIX
3 3 (2.46%) SCOM
4 2 (1.64%) Ansible
4 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.64%) SCSM
4 2 (1.64%) Terraform
5 1 (0.82%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 60 (49.18%) Microsoft
2 40 (32.79%) ServiceNow
3 19 (15.57%) Oracle
4 13 (10.66%) VMware
5 4 (3.28%) Citrix
5 4 (3.28%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.28%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.82%) Apple
6 1 (0.82%) Cisco
6 1 (0.82%) Google
6 1 (0.82%) MobileIron
6 1 (0.82%) Nexthink
6 1 (0.82%) Veeam
6 1 (0.82%) Workday