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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 677 586 631
Rank change year-on-year -91 +45 -116
Permanent jobs citing IT Asset Management 82 96 242
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.083% 0.20% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.22% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 57 41 141
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £34,571
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,821 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -27.60% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £55,000 £65,000
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% +13.76%

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 73,194 44,164 80,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.69% 90.07% 82.10%
Number of salaries quoted 50,654 24,819 55,696
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,888 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +3.43% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,840 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £92,500
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 18 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 18 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 -94 77 £40,000 +4.14% 23
UK excluding London -93 53 £30,000 -18.92% 15
London -15 25 £67,500 +68.75% 10
North of England -49 14 £27,000 +8.00% 4
Midlands -39 13 £45,000 -1.75% 3
East Midlands -20 12 £45,000 -
North West +3 10 £27,000 +8.00% 1
East of England -9 9 £40,000 +8.11% 3
Work from Home -18 9 £45,000 +3.07% 10
South West -52 9 £26,500 +6.00%
South East -33 7 - - 4
Yorkshire -31 4 £41,250 - 3
Scotland +13 1 - - 1
West Midlands -23 1 £85,000 +85.59% 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 16 (19.51%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 30 (36.59%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (19.51%) Entra ID
3 13 (15.85%) Azure
4 3 (3.66%) Google Workspace
4 3 (3.66%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.44%) SaaS
6 1 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.22%) AWS
6 1 (1.22%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.22%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.20%) DNS
2 9 (10.98%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (8.54%) Firewall
3 7 (8.54%) VPN
4 4 (4.88%) DHCP
4 4 (4.88%) Internet
5 3 (3.66%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.44%) LAN
6 2 (2.44%) VLAN
6 2 (2.44%) VoIP
6 2 (2.44%) WAN
7 1 (1.22%) DKIM
7 1 (1.22%) DMARC
7 1 (1.22%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.44%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.44%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 35 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 24 (29.27%) Finance
3 17 (20.73%) Banking
4 13 (15.85%) Games
5 11 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (9.76%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (6.10%) Front Office
9 4 (4.88%) Military
9 4 (4.88%) Retail
10 3 (3.66%) Korean Language
11 2 (2.44%) Telecoms
12 1 (1.22%) Law
12 1 (1.22%) Legal
12 1 (1.22%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.22%) Public Sector
12 1 (1.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (29.27%) IT Support
2 17 (20.73%) IT Manager
3 16 (19.51%) Architect
4 15 (18.29%) IT Technician
5 13 (15.85%) IT Support Technician
5 13 (15.85%) Security Architect
5 13 (15.85%) Support Technician
6 7 (8.54%) Configuration Manager
6 7 (8.54%) Service Manager
7 5 (6.10%) Analyst
7 5 (6.10%) Senior
8 4 (4.88%) Asset and Configuration Manager
8 4 (4.88%) IT Analyst
8 4 (4.88%) IT Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Support Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Break Fix Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Coordinator
9 3 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.85%) CMDB
2 12 (14.63%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.88%) Culture of Ownership
3 4 (4.88%) Social Network
4 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.44%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (39.02%) Windows
2 9 (10.98%) Windows 10
3 7 (8.54%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (6.10%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.66%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (86.59%) Asset Management
2 30 (36.59%) ITIL
3 23 (28.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (20.73%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (18.29%) ITSM
6 14 (17.07%) Identity Access Management
6 14 (17.07%) RBAC
6 14 (17.07%) Service Management
6 14 (17.07%) Vulnerability Management
7 13 (15.85%) Containerisation
7 13 (15.85%) Network Segmentation
7 13 (15.85%) SIEM
8 12 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (13.41%) Customer Service
10 10 (12.20%) Configuration Management
10 10 (12.20%) Service Delivery
10 10 (12.20%) User Experience
11 8 (9.76%) Change Management
12 7 (8.54%) Software Licensing
12 7 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.88%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.22%) Java
2 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (20.73%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.20%) Degree
2 10 (12.20%) DV Cleared
3 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.88%) A+ Certification
5 3 (3.66%) CCNA
5 3 (3.66%) CCNP
5 3 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.66%) MCSE
5 3 (3.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.54%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.66%) COBIT
2 3 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.44%) SLA
4 1 (1.22%) GxP
4 1 (1.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (21.95%) Active Directory
2 13 (15.85%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (3.66%) VMware Server
4 2 (2.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.22%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (37.80%) Microsoft
2 18 (21.95%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.66%) Google
3 3 (3.66%) HP
3 3 (3.66%) VMware
4 2 (2.44%) SAP
5 1 (1.22%) Apple