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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 205 227
Rank change year-on-year +61 +22 -19
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 402 257 470
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.92% 1.59% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 1.69% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 276 214 406
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,844 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -8.27% +6.73%
75th Percentile £78,957 £75,000 £77,188
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% -2.78%

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 17,250 15,174 29,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.39% 93.66% 88.88%
Number of salaries quoted 12,607 8,984 22,543
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

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 5 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 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.24%) Confluence
4 2 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.50%) CMS
4 2 (0.50%) OpenStack
Applications
1 81 (20.15%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 17 (4.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (1.00%) Magento
2 4 (1.00%) Shopify
3 3 (0.75%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.75%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.50%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 154 (38.31%) Microsoft 365
2 96 (23.88%) AWS
3 69 (17.16%) Azure
4 37 (9.20%) Entra ID
5 15 (3.73%) OCI
6 11 (2.74%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.49%) SaaS
8 7 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.24%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.00%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.50%) Anthropic Claude
13 2 (0.50%) Datadog
13 2 (0.50%) IaaS
13 2 (0.50%) Miro
13 2 (0.50%) Prefect
13 2 (0.50%) Slack
14 1 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.21%) Wi-Fi
2 26 (6.47%) DNS
3 24 (5.97%) TCP/IP
3 24 (5.97%) VPN
4 22 (5.47%) DHCP
4 22 (5.47%) Firewall
5 15 (3.73%) NGFW
5 15 (3.73%) VXLAN
5 15 (3.73%) Wireshark
6 8 (1.99%) VLAN
7 6 (1.49%) WAN
8 5 (1.24%) LAN
8 5 (1.24%) Network Security
9 3 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.75%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.75%) SSL
9 3 (0.75%) Wireless
10 1 (0.25%) Broadband
10 1 (0.25%) MPLS
10 1 (0.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.24%) Power BI
3 4 (1.00%) Db2
3 4 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (9.45%) JIRA
2 2 (0.50%) GitLab
2 2 (0.50%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 207 (51.49%) Social Skills
2 79 (19.65%) Public Sector
3 59 (14.68%) Finance
4 51 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (9.70%) French Language
6 36 (8.96%) Swedish Language
7 20 (4.98%) Banking
8 17 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.98%) Law
10 10 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.49%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.49%) Marketing
13 5 (1.24%) Legal
14 4 (1.00%) Back Office
14 4 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.00%) Publishing
15 3 (0.75%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.75%) Korean Language
16 2 (0.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 126 (31.34%) Analyst
2 89 (22.14%) Service Analyst
3 84 (20.90%) Service Desk Analyst
4 52 (12.94%) Senior
5 51 (12.69%) IT Manager
6 40 (9.95%) Service Manager
7 33 (8.21%) Support Analyst
8 31 (7.71%) IT Support
9 30 (7.46%) IT Services Manager
10 26 (6.47%) Senior Manager
11 25 (6.22%) Lead
12 24 (5.97%) Senior Service Manager
13 23 (5.72%) Consultant
13 23 (5.72%) Senior IT Manager
13 23 (5.72%) Support Engineer
14 22 (5.47%) IT Analyst
15 18 (4.48%) IT Engineer
16 17 (4.23%) Developer
16 17 (4.23%) IT Support Engineer
16 17 (4.23%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.22%) REST
2 22 (5.47%) SOAP
3 9 (2.24%) Web Services
4 8 (1.99%) Middleware
5 6 (1.49%) .NET
6 3 (0.75%) JDBC
6 3 (0.75%) LDAP
6 3 (0.75%) SAML
7 2 (0.50%) JSON
7 2 (0.50%) Kafka
7 2 (0.50%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.50%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.50%) RESTful
8 1 (0.25%) CSS
8 1 (0.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.97%) CMDB
2 21 (5.22%) Data Centre
3 15 (3.73%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.73%) PKI
4 13 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.99%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.99%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.75%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.75%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.75%) NHS
10 2 (0.50%) Clustering
10 2 (0.50%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.50%) PMI
10 2 (0.50%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 67 (16.67%) Windows
2 16 (3.98%) Windows 10
3 14 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.24%) Android
4 9 (2.24%) Linux
5 6 (1.49%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (65.42%) ITIL
2 142 (35.32%) Service Management
3 113 (28.11%) Customer Service
4 98 (24.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 87 (21.64%) Service Delivery
6 86 (21.39%) Problem-Solving
7 84 (20.90%) Performance Metrics
8 60 (14.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 51 (12.69%) Mentoring
10 44 (10.95%) Coaching
11 43 (10.70%) Agile
12 36 (8.96%) User Experience
13 35 (8.71%) Roadmaps
14 33 (8.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 32 (7.96%) Change Management
16 31 (7.71%) Problem Management
17 29 (7.21%) AI
18 28 (6.97%) DevOps
19 25 (6.22%) Project Delivery
20 24 (5.97%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.72%) Python
2 24 (5.97%) SQL
3 20 (4.98%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.49%) C#
4 6 (1.49%) T-SQL
5 5 (1.24%) Bash
6 4 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.00%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.00%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.75%) Ruby
8 2 (0.50%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.50%) Java
8 2 (0.50%) Perl
8 2 (0.50%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 113 (28.11%) Degree
2 85 (21.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (18.91%) AWS Certification
4 75 (18.66%) MCSE
5 40 (9.95%) Security Cleared
6 19 (4.73%) SC Cleared
7 15 (3.73%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 8 (1.99%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.99%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.74%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.24%) A+ Certification
12 5 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.24%) PMP
13 3 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.75%) CISSP
13 3 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.50%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (23.13%) QA
2 36 (8.96%) SLA
3 7 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.24%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.24%) GDPR
6 4 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.75%) PMO
8 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.25%) GRC
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 37 (9.20%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.49%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.50%) Docker
3 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (6.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.73%) Ansible
3 17 (4.23%) Terraform
4 10 (2.49%) SCCM
5 6 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.00%) Autotask
6 4 (1.00%) Puppet
7 2 (0.50%) Argo
7 2 (0.50%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.50%) Salt
7 2 (0.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.50%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 246 (61.19%) ServiceNow
2 172 (42.79%) Microsoft
3 17 (4.23%) Remedy
4 16 (3.98%) Aruba
5 15 (3.73%) Arista
5 15 (3.73%) BMC
5 15 (3.73%) NetScout
6 10 (2.49%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.24%) Cisco
8 8 (1.99%) ConnectWise
8 8 (1.99%) Freshdesk
8 8 (1.99%) SolarWinds
9 6 (1.49%) SAP
9 6 (1.49%) VMware
10 5 (1.24%) Google
11 4 (1.00%) Citrix
11 4 (1.00%) Meraki
11 4 (1.00%) Splunk
11 4 (1.00%) WooCommerce
12 3 (0.75%) Zscaler