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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 199 209
Rank change year-on-year +62 +10 +12
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 356 262 478
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.88% 1.80% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 1.90% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 245 232 425
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year - -10.56% +7.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £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 15,706 13,805 29,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 94.87% 90.38%
Number of salaries quoted 11,181 8,074 23,429
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -9.84%

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 May 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 10 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.56%) CMS
3 2 (0.56%) Confluence
3 2 (0.56%) OpenStack
Applications
1 69 (19.38%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.53%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (2.53%) Magento
2 9 (2.53%) Shopify
3 3 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.84%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.84%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 118 (33.15%) Microsoft 365
2 88 (24.72%) AWS
3 58 (16.29%) Azure
4 22 (6.18%) Entra ID
5 16 (4.49%) SaaS
6 15 (4.21%) OCI
7 13 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (2.81%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.12%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.84%) Datadog
11 2 (0.56%) IaaS
11 2 (0.56%) Miro
11 2 (0.56%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.56%) Prefect
11 2 (0.56%) Slack
12 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.28%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.28%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.18%) Wi-Fi
2 21 (5.90%) Firewall
3 15 (4.21%) NGFW
3 15 (4.21%) VXLAN
3 15 (4.21%) Wireshark
4 14 (3.93%) DNS
5 13 (3.65%) VPN
6 11 (3.09%) DHCP
6 11 (3.09%) TCP/IP
6 11 (3.09%) WAN
7 10 (2.81%) LAN
8 9 (2.53%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.84%) SSL
9 3 (0.84%) VLAN
10 2 (0.56%) Broadband
10 2 (0.56%) Wireless
11 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
11 1 (0.28%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.53%) Power BI
3 4 (1.12%) DB2
3 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (10.39%) JIRA
2 2 (0.56%) GitLab
2 2 (0.56%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 180 (50.56%) Social Skills
2 70 (19.66%) Public Sector
3 49 (13.76%) French Language
4 44 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (10.96%) Finance
6 19 (5.34%) Law
7 16 (4.49%) Swedish Language
8 15 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.37%) Marketing
10 9 (2.53%) Back Office
11 8 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.97%) Banking
12 7 (1.97%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.69%) Legal
14 4 (1.12%) Publishing
15 3 (0.84%) Retail
16 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.56%) International Banking
16 2 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 112 (31.46%) Analyst
2 72 (20.22%) Service Analyst
3 69 (19.38%) Service Desk Analyst
4 47 (13.20%) Senior
5 39 (10.96%) Service Manager
6 38 (10.67%) IT Manager
7 35 (9.83%) Support Analyst
8 31 (8.71%) IT Services Manager
9 24 (6.74%) IT Support
9 24 (6.74%) Senior Manager
9 24 (6.74%) Senior Service Manager
10 23 (6.46%) Senior IT Manager
11 21 (5.90%) Lead
12 20 (5.62%) Consultant
13 18 (5.06%) Architect
14 17 (4.78%) Technical Manager
15 16 (4.49%) Developer
15 16 (4.49%) Support Engineer
15 16 (4.49%) Support Manager
16 15 (4.21%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.87%) REST
2 25 (7.02%) SOAP
3 13 (3.65%) Middleware
4 6 (1.69%) .NET
4 6 (1.69%) Web Services
5 5 (1.40%) CSS
5 5 (1.40%) HTML
6 3 (0.84%) JDBC
6 3 (0.84%) LDAP
6 3 (0.84%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.84%) SAML
7 2 (0.56%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.56%) JSON
7 2 (0.56%) Kafka
7 2 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.18%) Data Centre
2 21 (5.90%) CMDB
3 16 (4.49%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.21%) PKI
5 14 (3.93%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.37%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.69%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.84%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.84%) NHS
10 3 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.56%) Clustering
11 2 (0.56%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.56%) PMI
11 2 (0.56%) Social Media
12 1 (0.28%) BYOD
12 1 (0.28%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 48 (13.48%) Windows
2 23 (6.46%) Windows 10
3 12 (3.37%) Linux
4 6 (1.69%) Android
5 3 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (57.87%) ITIL
2 136 (38.20%) Service Management
3 93 (26.12%) Customer Service
4 90 (25.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 83 (23.31%) Service Delivery
6 80 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (19.94%) Performance Metrics
8 45 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 44 (12.36%) Mentoring
10 38 (10.67%) Coaching
11 37 (10.39%) Agile
12 36 (10.11%) Change Management
13 35 (9.83%) User Experience
14 30 (8.43%) Roadmaps
15 28 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 25 (7.02%) Project Delivery
17 24 (6.74%) Presales
18 23 (6.46%) Problem Management
19 22 (6.18%) IT Strategy
20 20 (5.62%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.46%) Python
1 23 (6.46%) SQL
2 11 (3.09%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.53%) T-SQL
4 8 (2.25%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.69%) C#
6 4 (1.12%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.12%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.84%) Ruby
8 2 (0.56%) Bash
8 2 (0.56%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.56%) Java
8 2 (0.56%) Perl
9 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 79 (22.19%) Degree
2 70 (19.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 65 (18.26%) AWS Certification
3 65 (18.26%) MCSE
4 31 (8.71%) Security Cleared
5 13 (3.65%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.37%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.69%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.40%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.12%) PMP
10 3 (0.84%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.56%) CISM
11 2 (0.56%) CISSP
11 2 (0.56%) LPIC
11 2 (0.56%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (22.75%) QA
2 19 (5.34%) SLA
3 7 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.40%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.12%) GDPR
5 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (0.84%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.84%) PMO
7 2 (0.56%) 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 30 (8.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.56%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (5.62%) Ansible
2 17 (4.78%) SCCM
2 17 (4.78%) Terraform
3 12 (3.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.12%) Puppet
6 2 (0.56%) Argo
6 2 (0.56%) Autotask
6 2 (0.56%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.56%) Salt
7 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.28%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.28%) Nagios
Vendors
1 217 (60.96%) ServiceNow
2 134 (37.64%) Microsoft
3 15 (4.21%) Arista
3 15 (4.21%) Aruba
3 15 (4.21%) NetScout
3 15 (4.21%) SolarWinds
4 10 (2.81%) ConnectWise
5 9 (2.53%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.53%) WooCommerce
6 8 (2.25%) Freshdesk
7 6 (1.69%) BMC
7 6 (1.69%) Cisco
7 6 (1.69%) SAP
8 4 (1.12%) Apple
8 4 (1.12%) Citrix
8 4 (1.12%) Google
8 4 (1.12%) HP
9 3 (0.84%) Avaya
9 3 (0.84%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.84%) Remedy