IT Asset Management Job Trends

IT Asset Management (ITAM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring IT Asset Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 455 678
Rank change year-on-year -191 +223 -43
Permanent jobs citing IT Asset Management 84 187 204
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.094% 0.44% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.48% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 62 54 148
10th Percentile - £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,250 £39,661 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.08% -20.68% -11.11%
75th Percentile £50,500 £66,625 £62,188
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £39,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -24.05% -12.22% +18.01%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

IT Asset Management 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,035 39,288 81,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.86% 92.85% 85.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41,557 22,685 59,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.93%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

IT Asset Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IT Asset Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IT Asset Management job vacancy trend in the UK

IT Asset Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IT Asset Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IT Asset Management

IT Asset Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Asset Management over the 6 months to 28 April 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Asset Management in the UK

IT Asset Management
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Asset Management within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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
England -167 80 £37,250 -6.46% 22
UK excluding London -173 63 £30,000 -24.05% 19
North of England -46 24 £28,500 -10.94% 5
London -8 18 £68,750 -0.36% 6
Work from Home -21 16 £55,500 +3.98% 8
North West -24 13 £27,000 -4.42% 3
South East -44 10 £29,500 -46.36% 7
East Midlands -73 10 £45,000 -40.00% 1
Midlands -135 10 £45,000 -25.00% 3
East of England -29 9 £40,000 +0.45% 4
South West -44 9 £26,500 +6.00%
Yorkshire -56 9 £37,500 +2.74% 1
North East - 2 £41,000 - 1
Scotland -23 1 - - 2

IT Asset Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 25 (29.76%) SharePoint
2 10 (11.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Acrobat
1 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.95%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 39 (46.43%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (19.05%) Entra ID
3 13 (15.48%) Azure
4 2 (2.38%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.19%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.33%) Firewall
2 5 (5.95%) DNS
2 5 (5.95%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (4.76%) Internet
4 1 (1.19%) DHCP
4 1 (1.19%) Intranet
4 1 (1.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.19%) Power BI
1 1 (1.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 37 (44.05%) Social Skills
2 20 (23.81%) Finance
3 14 (16.67%) Banking
4 11 (13.10%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (8.33%) Games
7 5 (5.95%) Front Office
8 4 (4.76%) Military
8 4 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.76%) Retail
9 2 (2.38%) Legal
9 2 (2.38%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.19%) Automotive
10 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (46.43%) IT Support
2 17 (20.24%) IT Support Technician
2 17 (20.24%) IT Technician
2 17 (20.24%) Support Engineer
2 17 (20.24%) Support Technician
3 15 (17.86%) IT Engineer
3 15 (17.86%) IT Support Engineer
4 14 (16.67%) IT Manager
5 9 (10.71%) Architect
6 7 (8.33%) Configuration Manager
6 7 (8.33%) Security Architect
6 7 (8.33%) Service Manager
7 4 (4.76%) Asset and Configuration Manager
7 4 (4.76%) Break Fix Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) 1st Line Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (3.57%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Analyst
8 3 (3.57%) IT Analyst
9 2 (2.38%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.29%) CMDB
2 8 (9.52%) Driving Licence
2 8 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.76%) Culture of Ownership
3 4 (4.76%) Social Network
4 3 (3.57%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.19%) BYOD
6 1 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.19%) Life Science
6 1 (1.19%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (46.43%) Windows
2 17 (20.24%) Windows 10
3 7 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (89.29%) Asset Management
2 31 (36.90%) ITIL
3 21 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 17 (20.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (20.24%) ITSM
5 14 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 12 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (13.10%) User Experience
8 10 (11.90%) Configuration Management
8 10 (11.90%) Mobile Device Management
8 10 (11.90%) Service Management
9 9 (10.71%) Software Licensing
10 7 (8.33%) Change Management
10 7 (8.33%) Containerisation
10 7 (8.33%) Decision-Making
10 7 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
10 7 (8.33%) RBAC
10 7 (8.33%) SIEM
10 7 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.95%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (13.10%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.71%) Degree
3 5 (5.95%) A+ Certification
3 5 (5.95%) DV Cleared
3 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.19%) CCNA
5 1 (1.19%) CCNP
5 1 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.19%) MCSE
5 1 (1.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.76%) SLA
3 3 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 1 (1.19%) COBIT
5 1 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 20 (23.81%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.19%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.19%) vSphere
3 1 (1.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 39 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 17 (20.24%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.95%) BMC
3 5 (5.95%) Citrix
3 5 (5.95%) Remedy
4 4 (4.76%) Apple
5 2 (2.38%) Snow
5 2 (2.38%) VMware
6 1 (1.19%) Adobe
6 1 (1.19%) Cisco
6 1 (1.19%) Dell
6 1 (1.19%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.19%) HP