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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 565 462 613
Rank change year-on-year -103 +151 +168
Permanent jobs citing IT Asset Management 84 262 157
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.50% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.55% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 59 65 96
10th Percentile £27,000 £35,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,375 £39,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £57,500 £46,125
Median % change year-on-year -26.96% +24.66% -21.49%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,000 £88,750
90th Percentile - £88,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £52,125 £42,375
% change year-on-year -37.65% +23.01% -8.38%

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 50,778 48,019 60,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.25% 91.58% 88.81%
Number of salaries quoted 30,009 23,112 46,660
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,444
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 29 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Asset Management in the UK

IT Asset Management
Top 15 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 29 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
England -110 78 £43,500 -35.56% 66
UK excluding London -147 47 £32,500 -37.65% 65
Work from Home +60 35 £73,750 -1.67% 14
London +54 33 £80,000 - 6
North of England +15 23 £40,000 +8.11% 10
Yorkshire -8 13 £45,000 +23.29% 5
South East +18 10 £29,500 -48.70% 21
North West +18 8 £27,000 -31.65% 4
Midlands -131 8 £30,000 -60.00% 15
East Midlands -57 6 £30,000 -60.00% 9
Wales - 3 £32,500 - 2
East of England +6 2 £32,500 -52.73% 12
West Midlands -80 2 £27,500 - 6
North East - 2 £41,000 - 1
South West +5 1 £29,500 -68.11% 7

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 15 (17.86%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.38%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 16 (19.05%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 31 (36.90%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.95%) Azure
3 4 (4.76%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.38%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.19%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.19%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.52%) Firewall
2 4 (4.76%) VPN
3 2 (2.38%) DHCP
3 2 (2.38%) DNS
3 2 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.19%) Intranet
4 1 (1.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.38%) Relational Database
1 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
1 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.19%) Power BI
General
1 57 (67.86%) Social Skills
2 30 (35.71%) Finance
3 22 (26.19%) Banking
4 11 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.71%) Law
6 7 (8.33%) Public Sector
7 6 (7.14%) Legal
7 6 (7.14%) Marketing
8 5 (5.95%) Games
8 5 (5.95%) Manufacturing
9 4 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.76%) Telecoms
10 3 (3.57%) Electronics
11 2 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (1.19%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 27 (32.14%) IT Support
2 22 (26.19%) IT Engineer
3 18 (21.43%) Support Engineer
4 16 (19.05%) IT Support Engineer
5 15 (17.86%) IT Manager
6 7 (8.33%) Architect
6 7 (8.33%) Support Technician
7 6 (7.14%) IT Support Technician
7 6 (7.14%) IT Technician
7 6 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (7.14%) Platform Manager
7 6 (7.14%) Senior
7 6 (7.14%) Senior IT Engineer
7 6 (7.14%) Senior IT Manager
7 6 (7.14%) Senior Manager
7 6 (7.14%) Senior Platform Engineer
8 5 (5.95%) Security Architect
9 4 (4.76%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 4 (4.76%) IT Support Manager
9 4 (4.76%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.14%) GraphQL
1 6 (7.14%) REST
2 1 (1.19%) CSS
2 1 (1.19%) HTML
2 1 (1.19%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.71%) CMDB
1 9 (10.71%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 6 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.57%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.38%) Podcast
5 1 (1.19%) BYOD
5 1 (1.19%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.19%) iPhone
5 1 (1.19%) Life Science
5 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.19%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 34 (40.48%) Windows
2 12 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 7 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.38%) Android
5 1 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (85.71%) Asset Management
2 33 (39.29%) ITIL
3 29 (34.52%) ITSM
4 18 (21.43%) Customer Service
5 15 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (9.52%) Agile
7 8 (9.52%) Time Management
8 7 (8.33%) Contract Management
8 7 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (7.14%) Analytics
9 6 (7.14%) Business Strategy
9 6 (7.14%) Data Analysis
9 6 (7.14%) Decision-Making
9 6 (7.14%) Performance Optimisation
9 6 (7.14%) Platform Engineering
9 6 (7.14%) Scrum
9 6 (7.14%) Service Management
9 6 (7.14%) Software Asset Management
10 5 (5.95%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.52%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.76%) VBA
3 2 (2.38%) SQL
4 1 (1.19%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (10.71%) Degree
2 7 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.57%) A+ Certification
4 3 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.38%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) SLA
2 2 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 18 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.95%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.38%) vSphere
4 2 (2.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 38 (45.24%) Microsoft
2 32 (38.10%) ServiceNow
3 16 (19.05%) BMC
3 16 (19.05%) Remedy
4 9 (10.71%) Citrix
5 6 (7.14%) SAP
6 5 (5.95%) Apple
6 5 (5.95%) Oracle
7 4 (4.76%) Adobe
8 3 (3.57%) IBM
8 3 (3.57%) VMware
9 2 (2.38%) Cisco
9 2 (2.38%) Dell
9 2 (2.38%) HubSpot
9 2 (2.38%) Snow
9 2 (2.38%) Sophos
10 1 (1.19%) Freshdesk