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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 207 205
Rank change year-on-year +60 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 409 259 443
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.89% 1.57% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 1.69% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 276 221 380
10th Percentile £31,385 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,923
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £48,445 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.65% -14.29% -4.55%

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 17,957 15,368 25,424
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.85% 93.21% 88.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,054 9,086 18,978
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,711
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

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 23 July 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 15 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.42%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.22%) Confluence
4 2 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.49%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
Applications
1 84 (20.54%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (5.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.22%) Shopify
3 3 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.73%) Magento
3 3 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.24%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.24%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.24%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 159 (38.88%) Microsoft 365
2 88 (21.52%) AWS
3 61 (14.91%) Azure
4 41 (10.02%) Entra ID
5 10 (2.44%) SaaS
6 9 (2.20%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.22%) OneDrive
8 4 (0.98%) OCI
9 3 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (0.73%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.49%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (0.49%) Datadog
10 2 (0.49%) GCP
10 2 (0.49%) IaaS
10 2 (0.49%) Miro
10 2 (0.49%) Prefect
11 1 (0.24%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.36%) DNS
1 26 (6.36%) TCP/IP
2 22 (5.38%) DHCP
2 22 (5.38%) VPN
3 15 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (2.69%) Firewall
5 7 (1.71%) VLAN
6 5 (1.22%) Network Security
6 5 (1.22%) WAN
7 4 (0.98%) NGFW
7 4 (0.98%) VXLAN
7 4 (0.98%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.73%) LAN
8 3 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.73%) SSL
8 3 (0.73%) Wireless
9 2 (0.49%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.24%) Cisco IPT
10 1 (0.24%) Converged Networks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.96%) Power BI
3 5 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (0.98%) Db2
4 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (7.82%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.24%) GitLab
3 1 (0.24%) Jaeger
General
1 216 (52.81%) Social Skills
2 69 (16.87%) Finance
3 67 (16.38%) Public Sector
4 48 (11.74%) Swedish Language
5 41 (10.02%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (7.09%) French Language
7 25 (6.11%) Banking
8 17 (4.16%) Law
9 14 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.20%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.22%) Legal
12 5 (1.22%) Marketing
12 5 (1.22%) Retail
13 4 (0.98%) Publishing
14 3 (0.73%) Back Office
14 3 (0.73%) Korean Language
14 3 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.49%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 127 (31.05%) Analyst
2 94 (22.98%) Service Analyst
3 86 (21.03%) Service Desk Analyst
4 62 (15.16%) IT Manager
5 56 (13.69%) Senior
6 45 (11.00%) Service Manager
7 35 (8.56%) IT Services Manager
8 31 (7.58%) IT Support
8 31 (7.58%) Support Analyst
9 30 (7.33%) Senior Manager
10 26 (6.36%) Lead
10 26 (6.36%) Senior Service Manager
11 23 (5.62%) Senior IT Manager
11 23 (5.62%) Support Engineer
12 21 (5.13%) Consultant
12 21 (5.13%) Developer
13 20 (4.89%) IT Analyst
14 18 (4.40%) IT Engineer
15 17 (4.16%) Architect
15 17 (4.16%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.62%) REST
2 20 (4.89%) SOAP
3 9 (2.20%) Web Services
4 7 (1.71%) Middleware
5 6 (1.47%) .NET
6 3 (0.73%) JDBC
6 3 (0.73%) LDAP
6 3 (0.73%) SAML
7 2 (0.49%) HTML
7 2 (0.49%) JSON
7 2 (0.49%) Kafka
7 2 (0.49%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.49%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.49%) RESTful
8 1 (0.24%) CSS
8 1 (0.24%) OAuth
8 1 (0.24%) OpenID
8 1 (0.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.87%) CMDB
2 15 (3.67%) Management Information System
2 15 (3.67%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (2.69%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.96%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.47%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (0.98%) PKI
8 4 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.73%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.73%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.49%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.49%) LIMS
10 2 (0.49%) NHS
10 2 (0.49%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 70 (17.11%) Windows
2 17 (4.16%) Windows Server
3 13 (3.18%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.20%) Linux
4 9 (2.20%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.71%) Android
6 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (70.17%) ITIL
2 158 (38.63%) Service Management
3 116 (28.36%) Customer Service
4 100 (24.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 93 (22.74%) Performance Metrics
6 86 (21.03%) Service Delivery
7 79 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (18.58%) Stakeholder Management
9 47 (11.49%) Agile
10 44 (10.76%) Mentoring
11 42 (10.27%) Roadmaps
12 40 (9.78%) Coaching
12 40 (9.78%) User Experience
13 36 (8.80%) Problem Management
14 34 (8.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 32 (7.82%) DevOps
16 31 (7.58%) Change Management
17 30 (7.33%) AI
18 29 (7.09%) Project Delivery
19 26 (6.36%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.85%) SQL
2 23 (5.62%) PowerShell
3 15 (3.67%) Python
4 8 (1.96%) T-SQL
5 6 (1.47%) Bash
5 6 (1.47%) C#
6 4 (0.98%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.98%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.98%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.73%) Ruby
8 2 (0.49%) Java
8 2 (0.49%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.24%) Perl
9 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 119 (29.10%) Degree
2 86 (21.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 79 (19.32%) AWS Certification
4 77 (18.83%) MCSE
5 43 (10.51%) Security Cleared
6 23 (5.62%) SC Cleared
7 16 (3.91%) DV Cleared
8 14 (3.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 13 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (2.93%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (2.20%) DBS Check
12 7 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.71%) PMI Certification
13 6 (1.47%) PMP
14 5 (1.22%) A+ Certification
15 3 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
16 2 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 2 (0.49%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (23.47%) QA
2 38 (9.29%) SLA
3 6 (1.47%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.47%) GDPR
4 5 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 5 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.73%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.49%) GxP
6 2 (0.49%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.49%) PMO
7 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 39 (9.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.71%) Hyper-V
2 7 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 33 (8.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.20%) SCCM
3 7 (1.71%) Ansible
4 5 (1.22%) Terraform
4 5 (1.22%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.98%) Autotask
5 4 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.73%) Puppet
6 3 (0.73%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.49%) Argo
7 2 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.49%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.49%) Salt
8 1 (0.24%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 250 (61.12%) ServiceNow
2 176 (43.03%) Microsoft
3 24 (5.87%) Remedy
4 19 (4.65%) BMC
5 10 (2.44%) Freshdesk
6 8 (1.96%) Cisco
7 7 (1.71%) ConnectWise
7 7 (1.71%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.71%) VMware
8 5 (1.22%) Aruba
8 5 (1.22%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.98%) Arista
9 4 (0.98%) Citrix
9 4 (0.98%) Meraki
9 4 (0.98%) NetScout
9 4 (0.98%) SAP
9 4 (0.98%) Splunk
10 3 (0.73%) BiZZdesign
10 3 (0.73%) Oracle
10 3 (0.73%) WooCommerce