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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 679 581 586
Rank change year-on-year -98 +5 -71
Permanent jobs citing IT Asset Management 94 98 240
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.091% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.22% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 70 42 137
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,550 £37,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,821 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -27.60% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,375 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £37,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.92% -26.00% +8.13%

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 75,768 44,292 70,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.63% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 25,118 47,262
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -77 89 £40,000 +0.45% 49
UK excluding London -83 62 £30,000 -18.92% 31
London -31 28 £67,500 +68.75% 22
North of England -24 19 £29,000 +16.00% 11
North West +8 14 £29,000 +16.00% 4
Midlands -48 14 £45,000 -1.75% 8
East of England -13 12 £57,500 +49.70% 3
East Midlands -30 11 £45,000 - 2
Work from Home -31 11 £45,000 -7.69% 23
South West -57 9 £26,500 +6.00%
South East -46 7 - - 8
Yorkshire -30 5 £37,500 - 6
West Midlands -21 3 £37,500 -18.12% 6
Scotland +9 1 - - 1

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 (20.21%) SharePoint
2 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 33 (35.11%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (20.21%) Entra ID
3 15 (15.96%) Azure
4 5 (5.32%) OneDrive
5 3 (3.19%) Google Workspace
5 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (3.19%) SaaS
6 2 (2.13%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.13%) Slack
7 1 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.06%) AWS
7 1 (1.06%) AWS KMS
7 1 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.83%) DNS
2 12 (12.77%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (8.51%) VPN
4 6 (6.38%) DHCP
4 6 (6.38%) Firewall
5 4 (4.26%) Internet
5 4 (4.26%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.13%) DKIM
6 2 (2.13%) DMARC
6 2 (2.13%) LAN
6 2 (2.13%) VLAN
6 2 (2.13%) VoIP
6 2 (2.13%) WAN
7 1 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (1.06%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.19%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.13%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.13%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 43 (45.74%) Social Skills
2 25 (26.60%) Finance
3 17 (18.09%) Banking
4 12 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (12.77%) Games
5 11 (11.70%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (9.57%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (7.45%) Front Office
8 4 (4.26%) Military
8 4 (4.26%) Retail
9 3 (3.19%) Korean Language
9 3 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.13%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.06%) Law
11 1 (1.06%) Legal
11 1 (1.06%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (1.06%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.06%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (25.53%) IT Support
2 22 (23.40%) IT Manager
3 15 (15.96%) Architect
3 15 (15.96%) IT Technician
4 13 (13.83%) IT Support Technician
4 13 (13.83%) Support Technician
5 12 (12.77%) Security Architect
6 10 (10.64%) Service Manager
7 9 (9.57%) Analyst
8 7 (7.45%) Configuration Manager
9 6 (6.38%) Senior
9 6 (6.38%) Support Analyst
10 5 (5.32%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (5.32%) Technical Support
10 5 (5.32%) Technical Support Analyst
11 4 (4.26%) Asset and Configuration Manager
11 4 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (4.26%) IT Analyst
11 4 (4.26%) IT Services Manager
12 3 (3.19%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (19.15%) Onboarding
2 14 (14.89%) CMDB
3 4 (4.26%) Culture of Ownership
3 4 (4.26%) Social Network
4 3 (3.19%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.13%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.06%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.06%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.06%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (36.17%) Windows
2 9 (9.57%) Windows 10
3 7 (7.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (6.38%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.19%) Linux
5 3 (3.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (88.30%) Asset Management
2 36 (38.30%) ITIL
3 32 (34.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (18.09%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (18.09%) ITSM
5 16 (17.02%) Service Management
6 15 (15.96%) Customer Service
6 15 (15.96%) Identity Access Management
7 13 (13.83%) RBAC
7 13 (13.83%) Service Delivery
7 13 (13.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (13.83%) Vulnerability Management
8 12 (12.77%) Containerisation
8 12 (12.77%) Network Segmentation
8 12 (12.77%) SIEM
8 12 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (11.70%) Change Management
9 11 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (11.70%) Software Licensing
9 11 (11.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.06%) Java
2 1 (1.06%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 11 (11.70%) Degree
3 9 (9.57%) DV Cleared
3 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.19%) A+ Certification
4 3 (3.19%) CCNA
4 3 (3.19%) CCNP
4 3 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.19%) MCSE
4 3 (3.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.06%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.06%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.45%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.19%) COBIT
3 3 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.19%) SLA
4 1 (1.06%) GxP
4 1 (1.06%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (26.60%) Active Directory
2 12 (12.77%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.19%) VMware Server
4 2 (2.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (20.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.06%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (42.55%) Microsoft
2 20 (21.28%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.26%) VMware
4 3 (3.19%) Google
4 3 (3.19%) HP
5 2 (2.13%) SAP
6 1 (1.06%) Apple
6 1 (1.06%) Cisco
6 1 (1.06%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.06%) Meraki
6 1 (1.06%) Veeam