Hybrid/Remote ITSM Job Trends

IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring ITSM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 212 231
Rank change year-on-year +73 +19 -17
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 362 253 474
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.88% 1.70% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% 1.80% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 248 219 418
10th Percentile £33,200 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% -8.54% +6.73%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,838 14,066 30,071
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.29% 94.75% 89.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,315 8,250 23,532
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ITSM and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ITSM job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

ITSM
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ITSM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ITSM

ITSM
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ITSM over the 6 months to 4 June 2026.

ITSM salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

ITSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 13 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.55%) CMS
3 2 (0.55%) Confluence
3 2 (0.55%) OpenStack
Applications
1 69 (19.06%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.93%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (1.93%) Magento
2 7 (1.93%) Shopify
3 6 (1.66%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.83%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.83%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.55%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 130 (35.91%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (24.03%) AWS
3 64 (17.68%) Azure
4 30 (8.29%) Entra ID
5 15 (4.14%) OCI
6 12 (3.31%) SaaS
7 11 (3.04%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (2.76%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.83%) Datadog
10 3 (0.83%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.83%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.55%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (0.55%) IaaS
11 2 (0.55%) Miro
11 2 (0.55%) Prefect
11 2 (0.55%) Slack
12 1 (0.28%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.08%) Firewall
1 22 (6.08%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (4.97%) DNS
3 17 (4.70%) TCP/IP
4 15 (4.14%) NGFW
4 15 (4.14%) VXLAN
4 15 (4.14%) Wireshark
5 14 (3.87%) DHCP
5 14 (3.87%) VPN
6 10 (2.76%) WAN
7 9 (2.49%) LAN
8 8 (2.21%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.10%) VLAN
10 3 (0.83%) SSL
10 3 (0.83%) Wireless
11 2 (0.55%) Broadband
11 2 (0.55%) Network Security
12 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
12 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.59%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.49%) Power BI
3 4 (1.10%) DB2
3 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (9.94%) JIRA
2 2 (0.55%) GitLab
2 2 (0.55%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 188 (51.93%) Social Skills
2 69 (19.06%) Public Sector
3 49 (13.54%) French Language
4 47 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (11.60%) Finance
6 17 (4.70%) Law
7 16 (4.42%) Swedish Language
8 15 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.76%) Banking
9 10 (2.76%) Marketing
10 8 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.93%) Back Office
11 7 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.38%) Legal
14 4 (1.10%) Publishing
15 3 (0.83%) Retail
16 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.55%) International Banking
16 2 (0.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 112 (30.94%) Analyst
2 74 (20.44%) Service Analyst
3 70 (19.34%) Service Desk Analyst
4 48 (13.26%) Senior
5 39 (10.77%) IT Manager
5 39 (10.77%) Service Manager
6 34 (9.39%) Support Analyst
7 28 (7.73%) IT Services Manager
8 26 (7.18%) IT Support
9 25 (6.91%) Lead
10 24 (6.63%) Senior Manager
10 24 (6.63%) Senior Service Manager
11 23 (6.35%) Senior IT Manager
12 20 (5.52%) Consultant
13 17 (4.70%) Support Engineer
13 17 (4.70%) Technical Manager
14 16 (4.42%) Architect
15 15 (4.14%) Applications Support
15 15 (4.14%) Network Manager
15 15 (4.14%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.91%) REST
2 22 (6.08%) SOAP
3 11 (3.04%) Middleware
4 6 (1.66%) .NET
4 6 (1.66%) Web Services
5 3 (0.83%) CSS
5 3 (0.83%) HTML
5 3 (0.83%) JDBC
5 3 (0.83%) JSON
5 3 (0.83%) LDAP
5 3 (0.83%) OpenTelemetry
5 3 (0.83%) SAML
6 2 (0.55%) Kafka
6 2 (0.55%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.55%) RESTful
7 1 (0.28%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.08%) CMDB
1 22 (6.08%) Data Centre
2 15 (4.14%) PKI
2 15 (4.14%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.87%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.59%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.93%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (0.83%) AI Agents
8 3 (0.83%) NHS
8 3 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.55%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.55%) Clustering
9 2 (0.55%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.55%) PMI
9 2 (0.55%) Social Media
10 1 (0.28%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 56 (15.47%) Windows
2 21 (5.80%) Windows 10
3 12 (3.31%) Linux
4 9 (2.49%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.66%) Android
6 2 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (59.39%) ITIL
2 137 (37.85%) Service Management
3 95 (26.24%) Customer Service
4 89 (24.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 84 (23.20%) Service Delivery
6 81 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
7 72 (19.89%) Performance Metrics
8 46 (12.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 44 (12.15%) Mentoring
10 38 (10.50%) Agile
10 38 (10.50%) Coaching
11 34 (9.39%) Change Management
12 33 (9.12%) User Experience
13 31 (8.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 30 (8.29%) Roadmaps
15 23 (6.35%) Presales
15 23 (6.35%) Project Delivery
16 22 (6.08%) DevOps
16 22 (6.08%) IT Strategy
16 22 (6.08%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.91%) Python
2 22 (6.08%) SQL
3 14 (3.87%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.93%) T-SQL
5 6 (1.66%) C#
5 6 (1.66%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.10%) Bash
6 4 (1.10%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.10%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.83%) Ruby
8 2 (0.55%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.55%) Java
8 2 (0.55%) Perl
8 2 (0.55%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 89 (24.59%) Degree
2 75 (20.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 65 (17.96%) AWS Certification
3 65 (17.96%) MCSE
4 34 (9.39%) Security Cleared
5 16 (4.42%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.31%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.66%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (1.66%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.10%) CISSP
10 4 (1.10%) PMP
11 3 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.55%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.55%) CCSP
12 2 (0.55%) CISM
12 2 (0.55%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (22.10%) QA
2 26 (7.18%) SLA
3 6 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.38%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.10%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.10%) GDPR
5 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (0.83%) PMO
7 2 (0.55%) NIST
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.28%) GRC
8 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (8.84%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.10%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (5.52%) Ansible
2 19 (5.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (4.70%) Terraform
4 15 (4.14%) SCCM
5 5 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.10%) Puppet
7 3 (0.83%) Autotask
8 2 (0.55%) Argo
8 2 (0.55%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.55%) Salt
9 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.28%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.28%) Nagios
Vendors
1 219 (60.50%) ServiceNow
2 147 (40.61%) Microsoft
3 16 (4.42%) Aruba
4 15 (4.14%) Arista
4 15 (4.14%) NetScout
5 13 (3.59%) SolarWinds
6 9 (2.49%) BMC
6 9 (2.49%) Cisco
6 9 (2.49%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.21%) ConnectWise
7 8 (2.21%) Freshdesk
8 7 (1.93%) WooCommerce
9 6 (1.66%) Remedy
9 6 (1.66%) SAP
10 5 (1.38%) Splunk
11 4 (1.10%) Citrix
11 4 (1.10%) HP
11 4 (1.10%) VMware
12 3 (0.83%) Avaya
12 3 (0.83%) Google