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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 167 182
Rank change year-on-year +51 +15 +37
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 384 270 523
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.31% 2.09% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 2.20% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 225 249 455
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -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 13,955 12,263 28,441
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.82% 94.83% 91.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,706 8,874 23,206
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,868
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 30 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 19 (4.95%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.78%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 95 (24.74%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (3.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (2.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.34%) Magento
3 9 (2.34%) Shopify
4 3 (0.78%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 154 (40.10%) Microsoft 365
2 120 (31.25%) AWS
3 68 (17.71%) Azure
4 29 (7.55%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.77%) SaaS
6 15 (3.91%) OCI
7 12 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.82%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.04%) Datadog
9 4 (1.04%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.78%) IaaS
11 2 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.52%) GCP
11 2 (0.52%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.52%) PaaS
11 2 (0.52%) Prefect
11 2 (0.52%) Slack
12 1 (0.26%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.51%) Firewall
2 24 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (4.43%) DNS
4 15 (3.91%) DHCP
4 15 (3.91%) NGFW
4 15 (3.91%) VPN
4 15 (3.91%) VXLAN
4 15 (3.91%) Wireshark
5 13 (3.39%) TCP/IP
6 11 (2.86%) LAN
7 10 (2.60%) WAN
8 9 (2.34%) SD-WAN
9 7 (1.82%) IP Telephony
10 4 (1.04%) VoIP
11 3 (0.78%) SSL
12 2 (0.52%) Broadband
12 2 (0.52%) SAN
13 1 (0.26%) Network Security
13 1 (0.26%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.30%) Power BI
3 4 (1.04%) DB2
3 4 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.78%) MySQL
5 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (8.33%) JIRA
2 3 (0.78%) GitLab
3 2 (0.52%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 218 (56.77%) Social Skills
2 88 (22.92%) French Language
3 51 (13.28%) Swedish Language
4 44 (11.46%) Public Sector
5 37 (9.64%) Finance
6 32 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (6.77%) Legal
8 24 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (5.47%) Fire and Rescue
9 21 (5.47%) Law
9 21 (5.47%) Local Government
10 16 (4.17%) Marketing
11 15 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (3.39%) Back Office
13 10 (2.60%) Banking
14 8 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.82%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.56%) Retail
17 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 148 (38.54%) Analyst
2 95 (24.74%) Service Analyst
3 91 (23.70%) Service Desk Analyst
4 37 (9.64%) IT Support
5 34 (8.85%) Support Analyst
6 24 (6.25%) IT Manager
7 23 (5.99%) Support Engineer
8 20 (5.21%) IT Engineer
8 20 (5.21%) IT Support Engineer
9 19 (4.95%) Technical Manager
10 18 (4.69%) Architect
10 18 (4.69%) Service Manager
10 18 (4.69%) Support Manager
11 17 (4.43%) IT Analyst
12 16 (4.17%) Business Manager
12 16 (4.17%) Developer
12 16 (4.17%) Lead
12 16 (4.17%) Senior
13 15 (3.91%) Network Manager
13 15 (3.91%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.69%) REST
2 15 (3.91%) SOAP
3 11 (2.86%) Middleware
4 9 (2.34%) CSS
4 9 (2.34%) HTML
5 8 (2.08%) .NET
6 6 (1.56%) JSON
6 6 (1.56%) XML
7 4 (1.04%) LDAP
7 4 (1.04%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.04%) Web Services
8 3 (0.78%) JDBC
8 3 (0.78%) SAML
9 2 (0.52%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.52%) Kafka
9 2 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.25%) NHS
2 22 (5.73%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.95%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.91%) CMDB
4 15 (3.91%) PKI
5 11 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.60%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.82%) CCTV
7 7 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.04%) iPad
9 4 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.78%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.52%) PMI
11 2 (0.52%) Robotics
11 2 (0.52%) Social Media
11 2 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 64 (16.67%) Windows
2 30 (7.81%) Windows 10
3 20 (5.21%) Linux
4 18 (4.69%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.82%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.04%) Android
7 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (59.64%) ITIL
2 137 (35.68%) Service Management
3 115 (29.95%) Customer Service
4 91 (23.70%) Performance Metrics
5 85 (22.14%) Service Delivery
6 78 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (11.72%) Agile
9 42 (10.94%) Change Management
10 40 (10.42%) Mentoring
11 39 (10.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (8.07%) User Experience
13 29 (7.55%) Roadmaps
14 26 (6.77%) Asset Management
14 26 (6.77%) Coaching
15 24 (6.25%) Project Delivery
16 22 (5.73%) IT Strategy
16 22 (5.73%) Migration
17 21 (5.47%) Case Management
17 21 (5.47%) Digital Innovation
Programming Languages
1 24 (6.25%) SQL
2 20 (5.21%) Python
3 13 (3.39%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.34%) T-SQL
5 7 (1.82%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.04%) C#
6 4 (1.04%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.04%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.78%) Bash
7 3 (0.78%) Perl
8 2 (0.52%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 103 (26.82%) Degree
2 100 (26.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 95 (24.74%) MCSE
4 89 (23.18%) AWS Certification
5 16 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 13 (3.39%) Security Cleared
7 11 (2.86%) SC Cleared
8 10 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.34%) CCNA
10 7 (1.82%) CCNP
10 7 (1.82%) MCSA
10 7 (1.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 6 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.56%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.04%) PMP
13 3 (0.78%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.78%) CISM
13 3 (0.78%) LPIC
14 2 (0.52%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (23.96%) QA
2 15 (3.91%) SLA
3 12 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.56%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.04%) GDPR
6 3 (0.78%) GRC
6 3 (0.78%) PMO
7 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.52%) NIST
8 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.26%) COBIT
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (10.68%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.34%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.78%) Docker
4 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (6.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.73%) Ansible
3 18 (4.69%) SCCM
3 18 (4.69%) Terraform
4 6 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.30%) Puppet
6 4 (1.04%) Autotask
7 3 (0.78%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.52%) Argo
8 2 (0.52%) Salt
9 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.26%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.26%) Nagios
Vendors
1 222 (57.81%) ServiceNow
2 161 (41.93%) Microsoft
3 15 (3.91%) Arista
3 15 (3.91%) Aruba
3 15 (3.91%) NetScout
4 13 (3.39%) SolarWinds
5 11 (2.86%) Apple
5 11 (2.86%) BMC
6 10 (2.60%) ConnectWise
6 10 (2.60%) Freshdesk
6 10 (2.60%) Remedy
7 9 (2.34%) VMware
7 9 (2.34%) WooCommerce
8 7 (1.82%) Draytek
8 7 (1.82%) Mitel
8 7 (1.82%) WatchGuard
9 6 (1.56%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.04%) Cisco
10 4 (1.04%) Google
10 4 (1.04%) Splunk