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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 158 187
Rank change year-on-year +35 +29 +26
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 353 282 519
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.07% 2.19% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 2.31% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 228 259 452
10th Percentile £30,350 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,863 £37,250 £41,184
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% -6.22% +4.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,045
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 14,197 12,222 28,738
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.45% 94.81% 91.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9,911 8,883 23,314
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,375 £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 £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +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 6 April 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 18 (5.10%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.85%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 86 (24.36%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (3.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.55%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (2.55%) Magento
2 9 (2.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (2.55%) Shopify
3 3 (0.85%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.85%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 143 (40.51%) Microsoft 365
2 110 (31.16%) AWS
3 68 (19.26%) Azure
4 30 (8.50%) Entra ID
5 24 (6.80%) SaaS
6 15 (4.25%) OCI
7 14 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.98%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.13%) Datadog
9 4 (1.13%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.57%) IaaS
11 2 (0.57%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.57%) Prefect
11 2 (0.57%) Slack
12 1 (0.28%) GCP
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.28%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.08%) Firewall
2 23 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (4.53%) DNS
4 15 (4.25%) NGFW
4 15 (4.25%) VXLAN
4 15 (4.25%) Wireshark
5 14 (3.97%) DHCP
5 14 (3.97%) VPN
6 13 (3.68%) TCP/IP
7 10 (2.83%) LAN
7 10 (2.83%) WAN
8 9 (2.55%) SD-WAN
9 7 (1.98%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.85%) SSL
10 3 (0.85%) VoIP
11 2 (0.57%) Broadband
11 2 (0.57%) SAN
11 2 (0.57%) VLAN
12 1 (0.28%) Network Security
12 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.68%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.42%) Power BI
3 4 (1.13%) DB2
3 4 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.85%) MySQL
5 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 31 (8.78%) JIRA
2 3 (0.85%) GitLab
3 2 (0.57%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 203 (57.51%) Social Skills
2 79 (22.38%) French Language
3 45 (12.75%) Public Sector
4 42 (11.90%) Swedish Language
5 40 (11.33%) Finance
6 31 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (5.38%) Law
8 15 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (4.25%) Marketing
8 15 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.68%) Back Office
10 9 (2.55%) Banking
11 8 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.98%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.42%) Legal
13 5 (1.42%) Retail
14 4 (1.13%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.57%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 124 (35.13%) Analyst
2 84 (23.80%) Service Analyst
3 82 (23.23%) Service Desk Analyst
4 37 (10.48%) IT Support
5 35 (9.92%) Support Analyst
6 24 (6.80%) IT Manager
7 23 (6.52%) Support Engineer
8 20 (5.67%) IT Engineer
8 20 (5.67%) IT Support Engineer
9 18 (5.10%) Technical Manager
10 17 (4.82%) Architect
10 17 (4.82%) Lead
10 17 (4.82%) Service Manager
10 17 (4.82%) Support Manager
11 16 (4.53%) IT Analyst
11 16 (4.53%) Senior
12 15 (4.25%) Network Manager
12 15 (4.25%) Network Operations Manager
12 15 (4.25%) Operations Manager
13 14 (3.97%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.10%) REST
2 15 (4.25%) SOAP
3 11 (3.12%) Middleware
4 8 (2.27%) CSS
4 8 (2.27%) HTML
5 7 (1.98%) .NET
6 6 (1.70%) JSON
6 6 (1.70%) XML
7 4 (1.13%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.13%) Web Services
8 3 (0.85%) JDBC
8 3 (0.85%) LDAP
8 3 (0.85%) SAML
9 2 (0.57%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.57%) Kafka
9 2 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.23%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.10%) Driving Licence
3 15 (4.25%) PKI
4 14 (3.97%) CMDB
5 11 (3.12%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.12%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.98%) CCTV
6 7 (1.98%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.85%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.85%) iPad
9 3 (0.85%) NHS
9 3 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.57%) Clustering
10 2 (0.57%) PMI
10 2 (0.57%) Robotics
10 2 (0.57%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 63 (17.85%) Windows
2 29 (8.22%) Windows 10
3 20 (5.67%) Linux
4 17 (4.82%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.70%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.13%) Android
7 2 (0.57%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.57%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (61.19%) ITIL
2 117 (33.14%) Service Management
3 106 (30.03%) Customer Service
4 83 (23.51%) Service Delivery
5 82 (23.23%) Performance Metrics
6 76 (21.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 75 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (10.48%) Mentoring
8 37 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (9.63%) Change Management
10 31 (8.78%) User Experience
11 27 (7.65%) Roadmaps
12 26 (7.37%) Project Delivery
13 25 (7.08%) Agile
13 25 (7.08%) Coaching
14 24 (6.80%) Asset Management
15 21 (5.95%) IT Strategy
16 18 (5.10%) Customer Engagement
16 18 (5.10%) Presales
16 18 (5.10%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (6.80%) SQL
2 20 (5.67%) Python
3 11 (3.12%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.55%) T-SQL
5 7 (1.98%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.13%) C#
6 4 (1.13%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.13%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.85%) Bash
7 3 (0.85%) Perl
8 2 (0.57%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 94 (26.63%) Degree
2 93 (26.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 86 (24.36%) MCSE
4 79 (22.38%) AWS Certification
5 16 (4.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 16 (4.53%) Security Cleared
6 11 (3.12%) SC Cleared
7 10 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.55%) CCNA
9 7 (1.98%) CCNP
9 7 (1.98%) MCSA
9 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (1.70%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.13%) PMP
13 3 (0.85%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.85%) CISM
13 3 (0.85%) LPIC
14 2 (0.57%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (24.65%) QA
2 14 (3.97%) SLA
3 12 (3.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (2.27%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.13%) GDPR
7 3 (0.85%) GRC
7 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (0.85%) PMO
8 2 (0.57%) NIST
9 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.28%) NCSC
9 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 40 (11.33%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.55%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.85%) Docker
4 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (6.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (6.23%) Ansible
3 18 (5.10%) SCCM
3 18 (5.10%) Terraform
4 6 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.42%) Puppet
6 3 (0.85%) Autotask
6 3 (0.85%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.57%) Argo
7 2 (0.57%) Salt
8 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.28%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.28%) Nagios
Vendors
1 216 (61.19%) ServiceNow
2 151 (42.78%) Microsoft
3 15 (4.25%) Arista
3 15 (4.25%) Aruba
3 15 (4.25%) NetScout
4 14 (3.97%) SolarWinds
5 10 (2.83%) Apple
5 10 (2.83%) BMC
5 10 (2.83%) ConnectWise
6 9 (2.55%) Freshdesk
6 9 (2.55%) Remedy
6 9 (2.55%) VMware
6 9 (2.55%) WooCommerce
7 7 (1.98%) Draytek
7 7 (1.98%) Mitel
7 7 (1.98%) WatchGuard
8 6 (1.70%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.42%) Cisco
10 4 (1.13%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.13%) Google