ITSM Job Trends in South Wales

IT Service Management (ITSM)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales 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 55 44 57
Rank change year-on-year -11 +13 +27
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 9 23 14
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 1.15% 3.66% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 4.38% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 8
10th Percentile £44,000 - £38,856
25th Percentile - £27,000 £39,714
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £28,000 £46,144
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% -39.32% -23.09%
75th Percentile - £29,000 £56,000
90th Percentile £51,264 £44,500 £67,400
Wales median annual salary £45,500 £28,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +62.50% -44.00% -16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 587 525 554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 75.06% 83.47% 90.38%
Number of salaries quoted 407 267 426
10th Percentile £25,032 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £39,460
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,825 £79,600 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in South Wales

ITSM
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing ITSM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing ITSM

ITSM
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the South Wales 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
Cardiff +7 4 £40,000 +42.86% 5
Newport - 4 £50,000 - 2
Bridgend -6 1 - -
ITSM
Wales

ITSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Delivery Manager
1 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery Manager
1 4 (44.44%) Service Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) IT Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) IT Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Incident and Problem Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Manager
4 1 (11.11%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (11.11%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Major Incident Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Problem Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Operational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) CMDB
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Service Management
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) Asset Management
3 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (11.11%) Cost Management
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
5 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow