ITSM Job Trends in the West Midlands

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring ITSM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 130 118
Rank change year-on-year +23 -12 -27
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 109 49 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.29% 1.43% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.69% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 78 44 87
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,300 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £42,005
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £48,500 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% -17.38% +3.89%
75th Percentile £57,594 £53,445 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £58,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.40% -13.33% -3.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,859 2,898 5,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.08% 84.86% 78.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,406 1,876 3,168
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,822 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,688 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,887 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -1.17% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ITSM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

ITSM job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

ITSM
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ITSM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ITSM

ITSM
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for ITSM in the West Midlands

ITSM
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 August 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
Birmingham -26 35 £45,000 +15.38% 8
Staffordshire +28 29 £32,000 -38.33% 2
Warwickshire -1 18 £53,784 +3.83% 1
Herefordshire -12 7 £28,500 -28.75%
Worcestershire - 4 £60,000 - 2
Wolverhampton - 3 £59,250 - 2
Solihull +13 2 £50,000 +5.26%
Coventry - 2 £85,000 - 1
ITSM
England

ITSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (11.01%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Line 50
2 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.92%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.92%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 39 (35.78%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (32.11%) Azure
3 28 (25.69%) AWS
4 12 (11.01%) Azure Sentinel
5 11 (10.09%) Entra ID
6 8 (7.34%) SaaS
7 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.75%) GCP
8 3 (2.75%) IaaS
8 3 (2.75%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.92%) OCI
10 1 (0.92%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.92%) PaaS
10 1 (0.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (18.35%) WAN
2 17 (15.60%) VLAN
3 15 (13.76%) Firewall
4 14 (12.84%) VoIP
5 13 (11.93%) SD-WAN
6 12 (11.01%) VPN
7 11 (10.09%) DHCP
7 11 (10.09%) DNS
7 11 (10.09%) LAN
7 11 (10.09%) Wireless
8 10 (9.17%) TCP/IP
9 7 (6.42%) Network Security
10 6 (5.50%) SAN
11 3 (2.75%) SSL
12 2 (1.83%) NAS
12 2 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.92%) BGP
13 1 (0.92%) NGFW
13 1 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.67%) FileMaker
2 3 (2.75%) Power BI
3 2 (1.83%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (7.34%) JIRA
2 2 (1.83%) Ant
2 2 (1.83%) Apache Ivy
2 2 (1.83%) Git
2 2 (1.83%) IBM UrbanCode
2 2 (1.83%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.83%) Maven
General
1 42 (38.53%) Social Skills
2 15 (13.76%) Finance
3 12 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (11.01%) Public Sector
3 12 (11.01%) Swedish Language
4 6 (5.50%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.59%) Legal
6 4 (3.67%) Retail
7 3 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.75%) Law
7 3 (2.75%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.75%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.83%) Banking
9 1 (0.92%) Automotive
9 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.92%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 28 (25.69%) Analyst
2 20 (18.35%) IT Support
2 20 (18.35%) Service Analyst
3 15 (13.76%) Service Desk Analyst
4 13 (11.93%) Senior
5 12 (11.01%) Network Engineer
6 9 (8.26%) IT Engineer
6 9 (8.26%) IT Manager
6 9 (8.26%) IT Support Technician
6 9 (8.26%) IT Technician
6 9 (8.26%) Service Manager
6 9 (8.26%) Support Analyst
6 9 (8.26%) Support Technician
7 8 (7.34%) Senior Manager
7 8 (7.34%) Support Engineer
8 7 (6.42%) IT Services Manager
9 6 (5.50%) Applications Support
9 6 (5.50%) Lead
9 6 (5.50%) Senior IT Manager
9 6 (5.50%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.59%) CSS
1 5 (4.59%) HTML
2 4 (3.67%) REST
3 3 (2.75%) JDBC
3 3 (2.75%) LDAP
3 3 (2.75%) SAML
3 3 (2.75%) Web Services
4 1 (0.92%) JSON
4 1 (0.92%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.42%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.50%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.59%) CMDB
4 4 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.67%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.75%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.75%) Replication
6 2 (1.83%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.83%) CCTV
6 2 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.92%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.92%) PMI
7 1 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 30 (27.52%) Windows
2 14 (12.84%) Windows Server
3 10 (9.17%) Linux
4 9 (8.26%) Android
4 9 (8.26%) Apple iOS
4 9 (8.26%) Windows 10
5 6 (5.50%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.67%) Unix
7 2 (1.83%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (52.29%) ITIL
2 54 (49.54%) Service Management
3 30 (27.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (22.94%) Service Delivery
5 23 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (20.18%) Customer Service
7 12 (11.01%) Change Management
7 12 (11.01%) Performance Metrics
7 12 (11.01%) Problem Management
8 11 (10.09%) Collaborative Working
8 11 (10.09%) Network Monitoring
8 11 (10.09%) Roadmaps
8 11 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (9.17%) Coaching
9 10 (9.17%) Proactive Maintenance
10 9 (8.26%) Supplier Management
11 8 (7.34%) AI
11 8 (7.34%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (7.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (7.34%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.93%) PowerShell
2 9 (8.26%) Python
3 4 (3.67%) PHP
4 3 (2.75%) SQL
5 2 (1.83%) Bash
5 2 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.92%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.92%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (17.43%) Degree
2 17 (15.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (13.76%) Security Cleared
4 14 (12.84%) AWS Certification
5 12 (11.01%) MCSE
5 12 (11.01%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.59%) CCNA
6 5 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.67%) A+ Certification
7 4 (3.67%) Azure Certification
7 4 (3.67%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (2.75%) CCNP
8 3 (2.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.83%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.92%) PMP
10 1 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.68%) QA
2 12 (11.01%) SLA
3 9 (8.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 4 (3.67%) ISO 14001
4 4 (3.67%) ISO 9001
4 4 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.75%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.83%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.83%) GDPR
7 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 31 (28.44%) Active Directory
2 12 (11.01%) Hyper-V
3 11 (10.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.83%) Docker
4 2 (1.83%) Firmware
4 2 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (8.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.75%) SCCM
2 3 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.83%) Ansible
3 2 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.83%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.83%) Puppet
3 2 (1.83%) Terraform
4 1 (0.92%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 44 (40.37%) Microsoft
2 41 (37.61%) ServiceNow
3 15 (13.76%) Cisco
4 12 (11.01%) VMware
5 9 (8.26%) SolarWinds
5 9 (8.26%) Zscaler
6 8 (7.34%) Avaya
7 5 (4.59%) Fortinet
7 5 (4.59%) MobileIron
7 5 (4.59%) Veeam
8 4 (3.67%) Adobe
8 4 (3.67%) Apple
8 4 (3.67%) Palo Alto
8 4 (3.67%) Sage
9 2 (1.83%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (1.83%) Meraki
9 2 (1.83%) Oracle
9 2 (1.83%) Splunk
10 1 (0.92%) Aruba
10 1 (0.92%) Freshdesk