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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 138 184
Rank change year-on-year +36 +46 +29
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 424 367 501
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.55% 2.54% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.67% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 235 278 433
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -7.02% +3.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £48,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -2.91%

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 14,220 13,771 26,314
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.60% 95.19% 92.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,269 8,606 21,825
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,300
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 March 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 24 (5.66%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.71%) Confluence
3 3 (0.71%) OpenStack
Applications
1 129 (30.42%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (3.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 15 (3.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (2.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.12%) Magento
3 9 (2.12%) Shopify
4 3 (0.71%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.71%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 189 (44.58%) Microsoft 365
2 155 (36.56%) AWS
3 71 (16.75%) Azure
4 27 (6.37%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.13%) SaaS
6 15 (3.54%) OCI
7 13 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (2.83%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.94%) Datadog
9 4 (0.94%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.71%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.47%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (0.47%) GCP
11 2 (0.47%) IaaS
11 2 (0.47%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.47%) PaaS
11 2 (0.47%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.37%) Firewall
1 27 (6.37%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (3.77%) DNS
2 16 (3.77%) VPN
3 15 (3.54%) NGFW
3 15 (3.54%) VXLAN
3 15 (3.54%) Wireshark
4 14 (3.30%) DHCP
4 14 (3.30%) LAN
4 14 (3.30%) WAN
5 13 (3.07%) SD-WAN
6 11 (2.59%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.65%) IP Telephony
7 7 (1.65%) VoIP
8 3 (0.71%) Network Security
8 3 (0.71%) SSL
8 3 (0.71%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.47%) Broadband
9 2 (0.47%) SAN
10 1 (0.24%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.83%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.89%) Power BI
3 3 (0.71%) DB2
3 3 (0.71%) MySQL
3 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (8.02%) JIRA
2 3 (0.71%) GitLab
3 2 (0.47%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 264 (62.26%) Social Skills
2 120 (28.30%) French Language
3 91 (21.46%) Swedish Language
4 40 (9.43%) Finance
4 40 (9.43%) Public Sector
5 34 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (6.37%) Influencing Skills
6 27 (6.37%) Legal
7 26 (6.13%) Law
8 21 (4.95%) Fire and Rescue
8 21 (4.95%) Local Government
8 21 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (3.77%) Marketing
11 14 (3.30%) Banking
12 13 (3.07%) Back Office
13 9 (2.12%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.18%) Retail
16 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 186 (43.87%) Analyst
2 132 (31.13%) Service Analyst
3 124 (29.25%) Service Desk Analyst
4 39 (9.20%) IT Support
5 35 (8.25%) Support Analyst
6 25 (5.90%) IT Manager
7 23 (5.42%) IT Analyst
8 22 (5.19%) Support Manager
9 21 (4.95%) Developer
9 21 (4.95%) Service Manager
10 20 (4.72%) Architect
11 18 (4.25%) IT Engineer
11 18 (4.25%) Support Engineer
12 17 (4.01%) IT Support Analyst
12 17 (4.01%) IT Support Engineer
12 17 (4.01%) Lead
12 17 (4.01%) ServiceNow Developer
13 16 (3.77%) Business Manager
13 16 (3.77%) Operations Manager
14 15 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.72%) REST
2 17 (4.01%) SOAP
3 11 (2.59%) Middleware
4 9 (2.12%) CSS
4 9 (2.12%) HTML
5 8 (1.89%) .NET
6 6 (1.42%) JSON
6 6 (1.42%) Web Services
6 6 (1.42%) XML
7 4 (0.94%) LDAP
7 4 (0.94%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.71%) JDBC
8 3 (0.71%) SAML
9 2 (0.47%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.66%) Data Centre
1 24 (5.66%) NHS
2 21 (4.95%) CMDB
3 20 (4.72%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.54%) PKI
5 11 (2.59%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.36%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.65%) CCTV
7 7 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.18%) iPad
10 4 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.47%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.47%) Robotics
12 2 (0.47%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.47%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 62 (14.62%) Windows
2 29 (6.84%) Windows 10
3 22 (5.19%) Linux
4 18 (4.25%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.89%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.94%) Android
7 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (65.57%) ITIL
2 145 (34.20%) Customer Service
3 138 (32.55%) Service Management
4 124 (29.25%) Performance Metrics
5 81 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
6 80 (18.87%) Service Delivery
7 76 (17.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 47 (11.08%) Agile
9 46 (10.85%) Change Management
10 44 (10.38%) Mentoring
11 40 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 39 (9.20%) Asset Management
13 33 (7.78%) User Experience
14 29 (6.84%) Coaching
15 25 (5.90%) Project Delivery
16 24 (5.66%) Cybersecurity
17 23 (5.42%) Migration
18 21 (4.95%) Case Management
18 21 (4.95%) CRM
18 21 (4.95%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 23 (5.42%) SQL
2 20 (4.72%) Python
3 17 (4.01%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.12%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.12%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.71%) Bash
5 3 (0.71%) C#
5 3 (0.71%) Perl
5 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.71%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 140 (33.02%) Degree
2 134 (31.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 127 (29.95%) MCSE
4 123 (29.01%) AWS Certification
5 18 (4.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 18 (4.25%) Security Cleared
6 16 (3.77%) SC Cleared
7 15 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.36%) CCNP
9 9 (2.12%) CCNA
9 9 (2.12%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.65%) MCSA
10 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 7 (1.65%) PMP
11 4 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.71%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.71%) CCIE
12 3 (0.71%) CISSP
12 3 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (29.48%) QA
2 17 (4.01%) SLA
3 12 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.42%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.94%) COBIT
5 4 (0.94%) GDPR
5 4 (0.94%) NIST
5 4 (0.94%) PMO
6 3 (0.71%) GRC
7 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.24%) NCSC
8 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (9.20%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.89%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.71%) Docker
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (4.95%) Ansible
3 19 (4.48%) Terraform
4 17 (4.01%) SCCM
5 6 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.18%) Autotask
7 3 (0.71%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.71%) Nagios
7 3 (0.71%) Puppet
8 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.24%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 250 (58.96%) ServiceNow
2 199 (46.93%) Microsoft
3 17 (4.01%) BMC
4 16 (3.77%) Remedy
5 15 (3.54%) Arista
5 15 (3.54%) Aruba
5 15 (3.54%) NetScout
6 13 (3.07%) Apple
6 13 (3.07%) SolarWinds
7 9 (2.12%) Cisco
7 9 (2.12%) ConnectWise
7 9 (2.12%) Freshdesk
7 9 (2.12%) VMware
7 9 (2.12%) WooCommerce
8 7 (1.65%) Draytek
8 7 (1.65%) Mitel
8 7 (1.65%) WatchGuard
9 6 (1.42%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.18%) Datto
11 4 (0.94%) BigPanda