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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 644 567 573
Rank change year-on-year -77 +6 -67
Permanent jobs citing IT Asset Management 161 99 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.22% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 119 42 105
10th Percentile £26,913 £28,400 £36,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,975 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% -12.77% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £89,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £32,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.08% -38.10% +10.53%

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 86,399 44,171 61,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.12% 89.11% 81.89%
Number of salaries quoted 59,417 24,443 33,150
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -43 156 £50,000 +14.29% 97
UK excluding London -93 100 £33,500 +3.08% 53
North of England -19 53 £30,000 -7.69% 15
London -45 53 £65,000 -13.33% 53
Work from Home -30 43 £42,224 -30.21% 42
North West -14 25 £30,000 -7.69% 4
Yorkshire -16 25 £42,750 +31.54% 9
Midlands -44 21 £37,500 +36.36% 1
South East -46 16 £55,000 -9.09% 17
West Midlands -27 15 £37,500 +36.36%
East of England -35 6 £75,000 +88.34% 14
East Midlands -47 6 £75,000 +177.78% 1
North East -63 3 £27,575 - 2
South West -74 3 £33,500 -12.99% 3
Scotland - 1 - - 3

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 19 (11.80%) SharePoint
2 14 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (27.95%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (21.12%) Entra ID
3 26 (16.15%) Azure
4 12 (7.45%) OneDrive
5 9 (5.59%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.48%) SaaS
7 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.24%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.24%) Slack
9 1 (0.62%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.62%) AWS
9 1 (0.62%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (14.91%) DNS
2 21 (13.04%) VPN
3 19 (11.80%) DHCP
4 18 (11.18%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (6.21%) TCP/IP
6 9 (5.59%) Network Security
7 8 (4.97%) Cisco Nexus
7 8 (4.97%) VLAN
8 4 (2.48%) Firewall
8 4 (2.48%) LAN
8 4 (2.48%) WAN
9 2 (1.24%) DKIM
9 2 (1.24%) DMARC
9 2 (1.24%) Internet
9 2 (1.24%) VoIP
10 1 (0.62%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.86%) Relational Database
1 3 (1.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.24%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (1.24%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (3.73%) JIRA
General
1 64 (39.75%) Social Skills
2 41 (25.47%) Finance
3 29 (18.01%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (16.77%) Banking
5 16 (9.94%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (9.32%) Games
7 12 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.97%) Retail
9 7 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.11%) Front Office
10 5 (3.11%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.86%) Korean Language
11 3 (1.86%) Military
12 2 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.24%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.62%) Law
13 1 (0.62%) Legal
13 1 (0.62%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (29.81%) IT Manager
2 22 (13.66%) IT Support
3 17 (10.56%) Architect
3 17 (10.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (9.32%) Security Architect
5 10 (6.21%) Service Manager
6 9 (5.59%) IT Engineer
6 9 (5.59%) Lead
6 9 (5.59%) Sales Executive
6 9 (5.59%) Senior
6 9 (5.59%) Support Engineer
7 8 (4.97%) Analyst
7 8 (4.97%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (4.97%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (4.97%) VMware Engineer
7 8 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.35%) Help Desk Support
8 7 (4.35%) IT Procurement Manager
8 7 (4.35%) ITIL Manager
8 7 (4.35%) Procurement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.86%) Ajax
1 3 (1.86%) CSS
1 3 (1.86%) HTML
1 3 (1.86%) LDAP
1 3 (1.86%) REST
1 3 (1.86%) SOAP
1 3 (1.86%) Web Services
2 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 30 (18.63%) Onboarding
2 21 (13.04%) CMDB
3 17 (10.56%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.59%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (3.73%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.73%) Replication
6 5 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.48%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.86%) Culture of Ownership
9 2 (1.24%) Social Network
9 2 (1.24%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.62%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.62%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 46 (28.57%) Windows
2 17 (10.56%) Linux
3 14 (8.70%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.35%) Ubuntu
5 6 (3.73%) Rocky
6 4 (2.48%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.86%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.62%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (77.02%) Asset Management
2 48 (29.81%) ITIL
3 38 (23.60%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (23.60%) ITSM
4 37 (22.98%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (22.98%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (17.39%) Customer Service
6 25 (15.53%) Identity Access Management
7 23 (14.29%) Service Management
8 21 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (10.56%) AI
11 16 (9.94%) RBAC
11 16 (9.94%) User Experience
11 16 (9.94%) Vulnerability Management
12 15 (9.32%) Containerisation
12 15 (9.32%) Decision-Making
12 15 (9.32%) Network Segmentation
12 15 (9.32%) SIEM
12 15 (9.32%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.83%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.62%) Bash
3 1 (0.62%) Java
Qualifications
1 31 (19.25%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.56%) Degree
3 14 (8.70%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.59%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.11%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.86%) CCNA
7 3 (1.86%) CCNP
7 3 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.86%) MCSE
7 3 (1.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.24%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.24%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.24%) PMP
8 2 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.62%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.62%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.11%) COBIT
2 5 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.48%) SLA
4 1 (0.62%) GxP
4 1 (0.62%) SOC 2
System Software
1 46 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.32%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.86%) VMware Server
5 2 (1.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (11.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 56 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 37 (22.98%) ServiceNow
3 17 (10.56%) VMware
4 9 (5.59%) Google
5 8 (4.97%) Cisco
5 8 (4.97%) Meraki
6 7 (4.35%) Veeam
7 6 (3.73%) Dell
8 5 (3.11%) SAP
9 3 (1.86%) HP
10 2 (1.24%) Apple
10 2 (1.24%) BMC
11 1 (0.62%) Fortinet