ITSM Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ITSM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 191 206
Rank change year-on-year +32 +15 -43
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 886 539 729
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.15% 1.56% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 1.78% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 626 402 518
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,000 £45,096
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -15.74% -9.81%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,721 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £62,450 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54,267 30,278 46,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.56% 87.43% 78.66%
Number of salaries quoted 38,117 16,567 29,647
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ITSM
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ITSM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ITSM

ITSM
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for ITSM in the UK excluding London

ITSM
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
North of England +21 239 £44,447 +26.99% 68
South East +44 212 £40,000 -5.88% 107
Midlands +24 182 £40,500 +8.00% 32
North West +22 118 £45,000 +28.57% 36
East of England +10 117 £60,000 +26.32% 25
West Midlands +29 108 £44,000 -9.28% 24
Yorkshire -4 98 £42,500 +21.43% 17
East Midlands -9 74 £32,500 +14.04% 8
South West -37 71 £42,500 +34.92% 29
Wales -36 27 £45,000 +47.54% 10
North East -49 23 £44,500 +97.78% 15
Scotland +9 19 £32,250 +25.98% 18
Northern Ireland -63 19 £63,750 +15.91% 8
ITSM
UK

ITSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 69 (7.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (7.67%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.47%) Confluence
4 5 (0.56%) IIS
5 4 (0.45%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.34%) Apache
7 1 (0.11%) HCL Domino
7 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 108 (12.19%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (2.71%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.56%) Shopify
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.45%) Line 50
3 4 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
6 1 (0.11%) Primavera
6 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.11%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 324 (36.57%) Microsoft 365
2 199 (22.46%) Azure
3 114 (12.87%) AWS
4 110 (12.42%) Entra ID
5 45 (5.08%) SaaS
6 33 (3.72%) OneDrive
7 28 (3.16%) Power Platform
8 23 (2.60%) Microsoft Copilot
9 21 (2.37%) Azure Sentinel
10 15 (1.69%) Power Automate
11 13 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (1.47%) GCP
12 12 (1.35%) PowerApps
13 9 (1.02%) Nutanix
14 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (0.79%) Copilot Studio
15 7 (0.79%) IaaS
16 5 (0.56%) PaaS
17 4 (0.45%) ClickUp
17 4 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 89 (10.05%) DNS
2 84 (9.48%) DHCP
3 58 (6.55%) TCP/IP
4 57 (6.43%) WAN
5 55 (6.21%) VPN
6 47 (5.30%) LAN
7 39 (4.40%) VLAN
8 30 (3.39%) Firewall
9 27 (3.05%) VoIP
10 26 (2.93%) Wi-Fi
10 26 (2.93%) Wireless
11 16 (1.81%) SD-WAN
12 15 (1.69%) Network Security
12 15 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
13 6 (0.68%) SAN
14 5 (0.56%) Skype
15 3 (0.34%) BGP
15 3 (0.34%) Internet
15 3 (0.34%) VSAN
15 3 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.47%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.35%) Power BI
3 4 (0.45%) FileMaker
4 3 (0.34%) MySQL
4 3 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.23%) Power Query
6 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.11%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.11%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.11%) Metadata
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.11%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 113 (12.75%) JIRA
2 5 (0.56%) Zephyr
3 3 (0.34%) Git
4 2 (0.23%) Ant
4 2 (0.23%) Apache Ivy
4 2 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.23%) Maven
4 2 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 376 (42.44%) Social Skills
2 105 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
3 97 (10.95%) Finance
4 66 (7.45%) Public Sector
5 50 (5.64%) Marketing
6 43 (4.85%) Swedish Language
7 39 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (4.29%) Legal
9 37 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (4.06%) Law
10 36 (4.06%) Manufacturing
11 35 (3.95%) Retail
12 31 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (2.37%) Aerospace
15 19 (2.14%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (1.69%) French Language
18 13 (1.47%) Banking
19 12 (1.35%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 235 (26.52%) Analyst
2 138 (15.58%) IT Support
3 106 (11.96%) Service Analyst
4 92 (10.38%) Support Analyst
5 91 (10.27%) IT Manager
6 84 (9.48%) Service Desk Analyst
7 82 (9.26%) Senior
7 82 (9.26%) Service Manager
8 59 (6.66%) Sales Executive
9 56 (6.32%) IT Engineer
10 55 (6.21%) IT Technician
10 55 (6.21%) Support Engineer
11 54 (6.09%) IT Analyst
12 53 (5.98%) Support Technician
13 52 (5.87%) IT Services Manager
14 50 (5.64%) Lead
15 49 (5.53%) IT Support Technician
16 47 (5.30%) 2nd Line Support
17 40 (4.51%) Senior Manager
18 38 (4.29%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.16%) REST
2 21 (2.37%) SOAP
3 12 (1.35%) Middleware
4 11 (1.24%) CSS
4 11 (1.24%) HTML
5 8 (0.90%) Web Services
6 6 (0.68%) SAML
7 5 (0.56%) OAuth
8 4 (0.45%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.45%) LDAP
9 3 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.34%) JDBC
9 3 (0.34%) Kafka
10 2 (0.23%) JSON
10 2 (0.23%) OpenID
11 1 (0.11%) .NET
11 1 (0.11%) ADO
11 1 (0.11%) Ajax
11 1 (0.11%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 90 (10.16%) Onboarding
2 76 (8.58%) Self-Motivation
3 55 (6.21%) Driving Licence
4 53 (5.98%) CMDB
5 47 (5.30%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.14%) Product Ownership
7 18 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.58%) PMI
10 13 (1.47%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.13%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.02%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.02%) Replication
14 8 (0.90%) CSOC
15 7 (0.79%) Operational Technology
15 7 (0.79%) Private Cloud
15 7 (0.79%) Security Posture
15 7 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 265 (29.91%) Windows
2 99 (11.17%) Windows Server
3 80 (9.03%) Windows 10
4 33 (3.72%) Mac OS
5 31 (3.50%) Linux
6 29 (3.27%) Android
7 16 (1.81%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.79%) Unix
8 7 (0.79%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.45%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.34%) VMS
11 2 (0.23%) Solaris
12 1 (0.11%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (54.97%) ITIL
2 455 (51.35%) Service Management
3 233 (26.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 214 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
4 214 (24.15%) Service Delivery
5 198 (22.35%) Customer Service
6 118 (13.32%) Change Management
7 106 (11.96%) Decision-Making
8 103 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 96 (10.84%) Incident Management
10 89 (10.05%) Problem Management
11 86 (9.71%) Agile
12 82 (9.26%) CRM
12 82 (9.26%) User Experience
13 74 (8.35%) Cybersecurity
13 74 (8.35%) Performance Metrics
14 73 (8.24%) Root Cause Analysis
15 72 (8.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 66 (7.45%) Mentoring
17 63 (7.11%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 55 (6.21%) PowerShell
2 46 (5.19%) SQL
3 23 (2.60%) Python
4 18 (2.03%) JavaScript
5 8 (0.90%) VBScript
6 6 (0.68%) Bash
6 6 (0.68%) Ruby
7 5 (0.56%) ABAP
8 4 (0.45%) PHP
9 3 (0.34%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.23%) C#
10 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.23%) Go
10 2 (0.23%) VB
10 2 (0.23%) XAML
11 1 (0.11%) Bicep
11 1 (0.11%) Erlang
11 1 (0.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 184 (20.77%) Degree
2 101 (11.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 93 (10.50%) Security Cleared
4 74 (8.35%) SC Cleared
5 60 (6.77%) AWS Certification
6 57 (6.43%) MCSE
7 33 (3.72%) DV Cleared
7 33 (3.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 32 (3.61%) ITIL Certification
9 25 (2.82%) PMI Certification
10 22 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (2.14%) A+ Certification
12 18 (2.03%) PMP
13 15 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
14 14 (1.58%) DBS Check
15 11 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (1.02%) Azure Certification
16 9 (1.02%) CCNA
16 9 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (11.51%) SLA
2 93 (10.50%) QA
3 34 (3.84%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 18 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 18 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.92%) GDPR
7 15 (1.69%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.02%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.68%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.68%) NIST
10 5 (0.56%) GxP
11 4 (0.45%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.34%) PMO
12 3 (0.34%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.23%) COBIT
13 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 206 (23.25%) Active Directory
2 39 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (4.18%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.90%) BitLocker
5 6 (0.68%) Firmware
6 5 (0.56%) Docker
6 5 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.56%) vSphere
7 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.34%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 102 (11.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (5.19%) SCCM
3 13 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
4 10 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.02%) Autotask
6 6 (0.68%) Ansible
7 5 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.56%) Terraform
7 5 (0.56%) WSUS
8 4 (0.45%) Nessus
9 3 (0.34%) Kibana
9 3 (0.34%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.23%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.23%) Puppet
10 2 (0.23%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.11%) Grafana
11 1 (0.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 365 (41.20%) Microsoft
2 310 (34.99%) ServiceNow
3 50 (5.64%) Salesforce
4 43 (4.85%) VMware
5 37 (4.18%) BMC
6 34 (3.84%) Cisco
7 29 (3.27%) HubSpot
8 27 (3.05%) SolarWinds
9 24 (2.71%) Remedy
10 21 (2.37%) Apple
11 20 (2.26%) SAP
12 18 (2.03%) Palo Alto
13 17 (1.92%) HP
13 17 (1.92%) Oracle
14 15 (1.69%) Dell
15 14 (1.58%) Veeam
16 11 (1.24%) Zscaler
17 10 (1.13%) Fortinet
18 9 (1.02%) Avaya
18 9 (1.02%) Dell Compellent