IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ITSM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ITSM over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 186 234
Rank change year-on-year -12 +48 +93
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 884 1,572 1,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.60% 1.58% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.85% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 677 1,160 1,163
10th Percentile £25,900 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,110 £32,750 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £71,652
90th Percentile £86,250 £89,137 £89,852
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,923 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.93% -2.39% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

ITSM 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 51,728 84,924 96,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.58% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26,848 59,902 56,809
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,010 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,415 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ITSM.

Salary trend for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITSM over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. 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 -11 806 £45,000 -10.00% 687
UK excluding London -7 549 £40,000 -8.93% 501
Work from Home -24 287 £52,500 -10.56% 288
London -7 273 £62,500 - 281
North of England -38 151 £42,312 +1.29% 126
Midlands +31 130 £35,000 -26.32% 70
South East +16 128 £48,500 -7.62% 154
North West -59 94 £45,000 +7.72% 71
East Midlands +52 82 £29,000 +16.00% 22
South West +60 64 £45,000 - 47
East of England +23 58 £42,500 +13.33% 72
West Midlands +4 48 £51,447 -13.02% 46
Yorkshire +26 47 £42,500 +0.86% 37
Scotland +53 11 £34,250 -31.50% 33
North East +17 10 £22,500 -46.94% 20
Northern Ireland +36 9 £52,500 +75.00% 4
Wales -3 2 £70,000 +27.27% 13

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 80 (9.05%) SharePoint
2 58 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 44 (4.98%) Confluence
4 25 (2.83%) IIS
5 8 (0.90%) Apache
6 6 (0.68%) nginx
7 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 95 (10.75%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.45%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 33 (3.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.23%) Magento
2 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.11%) iTrent
3 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 216 (24.43%) Azure
2 209 (23.64%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (9.50%) AWS
4 74 (8.37%) SaaS
5 60 (6.79%) Entra ID
6 53 (6.00%) Power Platform
7 35 (3.96%) OneDrive
8 34 (3.85%) Power Automate
9 33 (3.73%) PowerApps
10 13 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (1.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 11 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
13 10 (1.13%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (1.13%) PaaS
14 9 (1.02%) GitHub
15 8 (0.90%) AWS CloudTrail
15 8 (0.90%) Nutanix
16 7 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (0.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.32%) DNS
2 41 (4.64%) Firewall
3 38 (4.30%) VPN
3 38 (4.30%) WAN
4 30 (3.39%) VLAN
5 25 (2.83%) TCP/IP
6 24 (2.71%) LAN
7 22 (2.49%) DHCP
8 21 (2.38%) Remote Desktop
9 20 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (2.04%) SD-WAN
11 15 (1.70%) VoIP
12 14 (1.58%) SAN
13 13 (1.47%) Network Security
14 12 (1.36%) Wireless
15 8 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
15 8 (0.90%) MPLS
15 8 (0.90%) NAS
16 6 (0.68%) PBX
16 6 (0.68%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.32%) SQL Server
2 40 (4.52%) Power BI
3 27 (3.05%) Big Data
4 26 (2.94%) Data Lake
4 26 (2.94%) Tableau
5 18 (2.04%) Relational Database
6 13 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (1.24%) DB2
8 6 (0.68%) MariaDB
8 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.57%) GIS
10 3 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 107 (12.10%) JIRA
2 9 (1.02%) Visual Studio
3 7 (0.79%) Git
4 5 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.11%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 370 (41.86%) Social Skills
2 146 (16.52%) Law
3 126 (14.25%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (12.90%) Finance
5 57 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (5.20%) Public Sector
7 33 (3.73%) Retail
8 32 (3.62%) Marketing
9 30 (3.39%) Banking
10 28 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (3.05%) Legal
12 24 (2.71%) Manufacturing
13 22 (2.49%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.70%) Electronics
15 14 (1.58%) Games
15 14 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (1.47%) Investment Banking
16 13 (1.47%) Local Government
17 11 (1.24%) Back Office
18 9 (1.02%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 231 (26.13%) Analyst
2 158 (17.87%) IT Support
3 109 (12.33%) Support Analyst
4 106 (11.99%) Lead
5 97 (10.97%) IT Manager
6 92 (10.41%) Senior
7 84 (9.50%) Service Manager
8 78 (8.82%) IT Analyst
9 77 (8.71%) Service Analyst
10 59 (6.67%) Architect
11 57 (6.45%) IT Support Analyst
12 51 (5.77%) Service Desk Analyst
13 50 (5.66%) ServiceNow Architect
14 46 (5.20%) IT Services Manager
15 43 (4.86%) Support Engineer
16 41 (4.64%) Service Desk Manager
17 39 (4.41%) Applications Support
18 37 (4.19%) Team Leader
19 35 (3.96%) IT Engineer
20 34 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.62%) .NET
2 23 (2.60%) SOAP
3 19 (2.15%) Web Services
4 18 (2.04%) REST
5 9 (1.02%) .NET Framework
5 9 (1.02%) AngularJS
5 9 (1.02%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.02%) LDAP
6 7 (0.79%) CSS
6 7 (0.79%) HTML
7 6 (0.68%) XML
8 5 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (0.57%) JSON
9 4 (0.45%) Ajax
9 4 (0.45%) LangChain
10 3 (0.34%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.34%) EDI
10 3 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (0.23%) RESTful
11 2 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (7.58%) Management Information System
2 54 (6.11%) CMDB
3 36 (4.07%) Onboarding
4 35 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.71%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (2.38%) Client/Server
7 21 (2.38%) Data Centre
8 17 (1.92%) Driving Licence
9 13 (1.47%) Private Cloud
9 13 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
10 10 (1.13%) Hedge funds
11 8 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (0.90%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.79%) Blackberry
13 6 (0.68%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.57%) Fibre Optics
14 5 (0.57%) iPad
14 5 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 242 (27.38%) Windows
2 74 (8.37%) Windows 10
3 62 (7.01%) Windows Server
4 52 (5.88%) Linux
5 44 (4.98%) Mac OS
6 25 (2.83%) Apple iOS
7 19 (2.15%) Android
8 14 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.68%) Unix
11 5 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.23%) VMS
13 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 448 (50.68%) ITIL
2 447 (50.57%) Service Management
3 246 (27.83%) Problem-Solving
4 207 (23.42%) Service Delivery
5 191 (21.61%) Customer Service
6 138 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 135 (15.27%) Incident Management
8 132 (14.93%) Change Management
9 127 (14.37%) Agile
10 100 (11.31%) Project Management
11 88 (9.95%) Computer Science
12 77 (8.71%) Cybersecurity
13 74 (8.37%) Roadmaps
13 74 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
14 70 (7.92%) Mentoring
15 69 (7.81%) Business Strategy
16 66 (7.47%) Problem Management
17 59 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
18 58 (6.56%) Business Intelligence
19 57 (6.45%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 94 (10.63%) SQL
2 70 (7.92%) PowerShell
3 35 (3.96%) Python
4 32 (3.62%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.04%) C#
6 17 (1.92%) PL/SQL
7 11 (1.24%) VB.NET
8 10 (1.13%) Java
9 9 (1.02%) Bash
9 9 (1.02%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.45%) C
11 4 (0.45%) C++
12 3 (0.34%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.23%) Perl
13 2 (0.23%) R
13 2 (0.23%) Ruby
14 1 (0.11%) Gremlin
14 1 (0.11%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 172 (19.46%) Degree
2 57 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 55 (6.22%) ITIL Certification
4 48 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 45 (5.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.85%) SC Cleared
7 31 (3.51%) PMI Certification
7 31 (3.51%) PMP
8 27 (3.05%) CISSP
9 21 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (2.15%) CCNA
11 18 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 17 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
13 15 (1.70%) A+ Certification
13 15 (1.70%) DV Cleared
14 14 (1.58%) DBS Check
15 11 (1.24%) CCNP
16 10 (1.13%) Azure Certification
16 10 (1.13%) MCITP
16 10 (1.13%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (13.57%) SLA
2 52 (5.88%) QA
3 28 (3.17%) Data Quality
4 27 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 24 (2.71%) GDPR
6 13 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 5 (0.57%) GRC
9 5 (0.57%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.45%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.34%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.34%) NCSC
11 3 (0.34%) NIST
12 2 (0.23%) COBIT
12 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 19770
12 2 (0.23%) PMO
13 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 145 (16.40%) Active Directory
2 33 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (2.49%) Hyper-V
4 20 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.68%) Firmware
7 5 (0.57%) BitLocker
7 5 (0.57%) Docker
8 4 (0.45%) vSphere
9 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.23%) pfSense
10 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 62 (7.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (4.19%) SCCM
3 20 (2.26%) Ansible
4 13 (1.47%) Progress Chef
5 10 (1.13%) Terraform
5 10 (1.13%) WSUS
6 8 (0.90%) Kubernetes
6 8 (0.90%) Puppet
6 8 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.79%) SCOM
8 6 (0.68%) Grafana
9 5 (0.57%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.57%) ZABBIX
10 4 (0.45%) Autotask
10 4 (0.45%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.45%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.34%) Avamar
11 3 (0.34%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.34%) VxRail
12 2 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 310 (35.07%) Microsoft
2 292 (33.03%) ServiceNow
3 54 (6.11%) VMware
4 45 (5.09%) Oracle
5 38 (4.30%) Cisco
6 33 (3.73%) Remedy
7 21 (2.38%) SAP
8 20 (2.26%) SolarWinds
9 17 (1.92%) Citrix
10 14 (1.58%) Meraki
11 13 (1.47%) Apple
11 13 (1.47%) Veeam
12 12 (1.36%) BMC
12 12 (1.36%) Salesforce
13 11 (1.24%) HP
13 11 (1.24%) Okta
14 10 (1.13%) iManage
14 10 (1.13%) Splunk
15 9 (1.02%) MobileIron
15 9 (1.02%) Zscaler