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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 131 156
Rank change year-on-year +22 +25 +108
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 379 484 462
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.49% 2.44% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 2.71% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 211 312 409
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,439 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.03% -12.90% +9.65%
75th Percentile £76,875 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £54,763
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.04% +7.38%

All Process and 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 13,874 17,882 19,977
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.99% 89.98% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,773 10,763 16,162
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 26 November 2025.

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 20 (5.28%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.79%) HCL Domino
3 3 (0.79%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.53%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) Confluence
5 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
Applications
1 103 (27.18%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.06%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (4.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.26%) assyst
3 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 148 (39.05%) Microsoft 365
2 117 (30.87%) AWS
3 49 (12.93%) Azure
4 23 (6.07%) Entra ID
5 20 (5.28%) SaaS
6 10 (2.64%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.32%) PowerApps
8 3 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (0.53%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (0.53%) GCP
9 2 (0.53%) GitHub
9 2 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.53%) IaaS
9 2 (0.53%) PaaS
9 2 (0.53%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.26%) Datadog
10 1 (0.26%) Intacct
10 1 (0.26%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.22%) VPN
2 15 (3.96%) VoIP
2 15 (3.96%) WAN
3 14 (3.69%) LAN
4 13 (3.43%) SD-WAN
5 12 (3.17%) Firewall
6 11 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (2.64%) DHCP
7 10 (2.64%) DNS
8 7 (1.85%) IP Telephony
8 7 (1.85%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.06%) Network Security
9 4 (1.06%) SNMP
10 3 (0.79%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.53%) MPLS
11 2 (0.53%) SAN
12 1 (0.26%) ADSL
12 1 (0.26%) BGP
12 1 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
12 1 (0.26%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.32%) Power BI
2 3 (0.79%) MySQL
2 3 (0.79%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.53%) Metadata
3 2 (0.53%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (2.37%) JIRA
2 6 (1.58%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) GitLab
General
1 217 (57.26%) Social Skills
2 95 (25.07%) French Language
2 95 (25.07%) Swedish Language
3 44 (11.61%) Finance
4 38 (10.03%) Law
5 30 (7.92%) Influencing Skills
6 26 (6.86%) Public Sector
7 25 (6.60%) Legal
8 21 (5.54%) Banking
8 21 (5.54%) Fire and Rescue
8 21 (5.54%) Local Government
8 21 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
10 15 (3.96%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.64%) Back Office
12 7 (1.85%) Marketing
13 5 (1.32%) Advertising
13 5 (1.32%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.06%) Retail
Job Titles
1 140 (36.94%) Analyst
2 107 (28.23%) Service Analyst
3 98 (25.86%) Service Desk Analyst
4 36 (9.50%) Consultant
5 35 (9.23%) IT Support
6 31 (8.18%) Senior
7 27 (7.12%) Service Manager
8 26 (6.86%) IT Manager
8 26 (6.86%) Technical Consultant
9 24 (6.33%) Developer
10 23 (6.07%) Senior Consultant
10 23 (6.07%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 21 (5.54%) ServiceNow Developer
12 20 (5.28%) IT Analyst
13 19 (5.01%) 1st Line Support
13 19 (5.01%) Architect
14 15 (3.96%) Change Analyst
15 14 (3.69%) Business Change Analyst
16 13 (3.43%) IT Support Analyst
16 13 (3.43%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.75%) CSS
1 18 (4.75%) HTML
2 17 (4.49%) XML
3 16 (4.22%) JSON
4 7 (1.85%) .NET
5 6 (1.58%) REST
5 6 (1.58%) SOAP
5 6 (1.58%) YAML
6 4 (1.06%) Jinja
7 3 (0.79%) EDI
7 3 (0.79%) Web Services
8 1 (0.26%) LDAP
8 1 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.80%) CMDB
2 21 (5.54%) NHS
3 18 (4.75%) Driving Licence
4 12 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (2.90%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.11%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.85%) CCTV
7 7 (1.85%) iPad
8 5 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.06%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.06%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.06%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.06%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.53%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 39 (10.29%) Windows
2 20 (5.28%) Linux
2 20 (5.28%) Windows Server
3 16 (4.22%) Windows 10
4 12 (3.17%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (68.60%) ITIL
2 133 (35.09%) Service Management
3 120 (31.66%) Customer Service
4 104 (27.44%) Performance Metrics
5 72 (19.00%) Service Delivery
6 71 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (10.82%) Agile
8 41 (10.82%) Asset Management
9 31 (8.18%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (8.18%) Problem Management
9 31 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (7.39%) Change Management
10 28 (7.39%) Migration
11 25 (6.60%) Project Management
12 24 (6.33%) Roadmaps
13 23 (6.07%) Mentoring
14 22 (5.80%) IT Asset Management
14 22 (5.80%) User Experience
15 21 (5.54%) Case Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (7.92%) JavaScript
2 19 (5.01%) SQL
3 10 (2.64%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.32%) Bash
4 5 (1.32%) Python
5 2 (0.53%) C#
6 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 118 (31.13%) Degree
2 108 (28.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 103 (27.18%) AWS Certification
4 102 (26.91%) MCSE
5 20 (5.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 19 (5.01%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (4.22%) CCNP
8 12 (3.17%) Security Cleared
9 11 (2.90%) PMI Certification
9 11 (2.90%) PMP
9 11 (2.90%) SC Cleared
10 8 (2.11%) Azure Certification
10 8 (2.11%) CCNA
11 7 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.85%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.85%) MCP
11 7 (1.85%) MCSA
12 5 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.06%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (27.70%) QA
2 12 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (3.17%) SLA
3 9 (2.37%) COBIT
3 9 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.11%) NIST
5 6 (1.58%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 5 (1.32%) ISO 9001
7 4 (1.06%) PMO
8 3 (0.79%) GDPR
8 3 (0.79%) NCSC
9 2 (0.53%) GRC
10 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (8.71%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.26%) Docker
3 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (5.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.85%) Ansible
3 5 (1.32%) SCCM
4 4 (1.06%) Autotask
5 3 (0.79%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.53%) Nagios
6 2 (0.53%) Terraform
7 1 (0.26%) Puppet
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 216 (56.99%) ServiceNow
2 158 (41.69%) Microsoft
3 18 (4.75%) BMC
3 18 (4.75%) Remedy
4 14 (3.69%) Freshdesk
5 13 (3.43%) Cisco
6 12 (3.17%) Apple
7 8 (2.11%) VMware
8 7 (1.85%) Datto
8 7 (1.85%) Draytek
8 7 (1.85%) Mitel
8 7 (1.85%) WatchGuard
9 4 (1.06%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.06%) Genesys
9 4 (1.06%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.79%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.79%) F5
10 3 (0.79%) IBM
10 3 (0.79%) Lotus
10 3 (0.79%) SolarWinds