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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 652 546 712
Rank change year-on-year -106 +166 -102
Permanent jobs citing IT Asset Management 70 124 188
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.075% 0.28% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.30% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 52 45 149
10th Percentile - £24,700 £30,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £39,821 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -20.36% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,875 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £37,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.92% -17.78% +11.11%

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 68,914 40,901 84,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.88% 93.19% 83.44%
Number of salaries quoted 45,055 21,599 60,884
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 1 June 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Asset Management in the UK

IT Asset Management
Top 13 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 1 June 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 -95 65 £37,500 -5.83% 24
UK excluding London -86 50 £30,000 -18.92% 13
North of England -29 17 £27,000 +8.00% 4
London -30 16 £63,750 +41.67% 13
North West -1 14 £27,000 +8.00% 3
East Midlands -47 10 £45,000 -40.00% 2
Midlands -68 10 £45,000 -25.00% 3
East of England -19 9 £40,000 +8.11% 1
South West -47 9 £26,500 +6.00% 1
Work from Home +10 7 £45,000 -10.00% 12
South East -30 4 - - 2
Yorkshire -51 3 £45,000 - 1
Scotland +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 17 (24.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 28 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 12 (17.14%) Azure
4 1 (1.43%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.00%) Firewall
2 4 (5.71%) DNS
2 4 (5.71%) Internet
2 4 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.43%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) JIRA
General
1 24 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.43%) Finance
3 11 (15.71%) Banking
4 9 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (11.43%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (10.00%) Games
7 6 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (7.14%) Front Office
9 4 (5.71%) Military
9 4 (5.71%) Retail
10 1 (1.43%) Law
10 1 (1.43%) Legal
10 1 (1.43%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (41.43%) IT Support
2 17 (24.29%) IT Support Technician
2 17 (24.29%) IT Technician
2 17 (24.29%) Support Technician
3 12 (17.14%) IT Manager
4 9 (12.86%) Architect
5 8 (11.43%) Support Engineer
6 7 (10.00%) Configuration Manager
6 7 (10.00%) Security Architect
6 7 (10.00%) Service Manager
7 6 (8.57%) IT Engineer
7 6 (8.57%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (7.14%) Senior
9 4 (5.71%) Asset and Configuration Manager
9 4 (5.71%) Break Fix Engineer
10 3 (4.29%) Analyst
10 3 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (4.29%) IT Analyst
10 3 (4.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (2.86%) Senior Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.14%) CMDB
2 5 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.71%) Culture of Ownership
3 4 (5.71%) Social Network
4 3 (4.29%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.29%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.86%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (44.29%) Windows
2 8 (11.43%) Windows 10
3 7 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (4.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (85.71%) Asset Management
2 24 (34.29%) ITIL
3 17 (24.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (15.71%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (15.71%) Service Delivery
6 10 (14.29%) Configuration Management
6 10 (14.29%) Customer Service
6 10 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
6 10 (14.29%) Service Management
6 10 (14.29%) User Experience
7 9 (12.86%) ITSM
8 8 (11.43%) Change Management
8 8 (11.43%) RBAC
8 8 (11.43%) Software Licensing
8 8 (11.43%) Vulnerability Management
9 7 (10.00%) Containerisation
9 7 (10.00%) Decision-Making
9 7 (10.00%) Network Segmentation
9 7 (10.00%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (15.71%) Degree
1 11 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (7.14%) A+ Certification
4 4 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.29%) CCNA
5 3 (4.29%) CCNP
5 3 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.29%) MCSE
5 3 (4.29%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (4.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.29%) COBIT
3 2 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 1 (1.43%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (4.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 16 (22.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.14%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.29%) Apple
3 3 (4.29%) HP
3 3 (4.29%) VMware
4 1 (1.43%) Snow