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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 209 233
Rank change year-on-year +73 +24 -23
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 360 254 475
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.85% 1.68% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 1.78% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 247 212 414
10th Percentile £33,100 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,873 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% -4.82% +6.73%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £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 15,975 14,300 30,520
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.12% 94.60% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11,436 8,372 23,726
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 10 June 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 14 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.50%) 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 67 (18.61%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.67%) Magento
2 6 (1.67%) Shopify
3 3 (0.83%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.83%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 131 (36.39%) Microsoft 365
2 86 (23.89%) AWS
3 63 (17.50%) Azure
4 31 (8.61%) Entra ID
5 15 (4.17%) OCI
6 13 (3.61%) SaaS
7 9 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.50%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.11%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.83%) Datadog
11 2 (0.56%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (0.56%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.56%) IaaS
11 2 (0.56%) Miro
11 2 (0.56%) Prefect
11 2 (0.56%) Slack
12 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
2 22 (6.11%) Firewall
3 20 (5.56%) DNS
3 20 (5.56%) TCP/IP
4 16 (4.44%) DHCP
5 15 (4.17%) NGFW
5 15 (4.17%) VPN
5 15 (4.17%) VXLAN
5 15 (4.17%) Wireshark
6 10 (2.78%) WAN
7 9 (2.50%) LAN
8 8 (2.22%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.39%) VLAN
10 3 (0.83%) Network Security
10 3 (0.83%) SSL
10 3 (0.83%) Wireless
11 2 (0.56%) Broadband
12 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
12 1 (0.28%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.22%) Power BI
3 4 (1.11%) Db2
3 4 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (10.00%) JIRA
2 2 (0.56%) GitLab
2 2 (0.56%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 188 (52.22%) Social Skills
2 71 (19.72%) Public Sector
3 47 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (12.50%) Finance
5 44 (12.22%) French Language
6 20 (5.56%) Swedish Language
7 16 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (4.17%) Law
9 11 (3.06%) Banking
9 11 (3.06%) Marketing
10 8 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.94%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.67%) Back Office
12 6 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.11%) Legal
14 4 (1.11%) Publishing
15 3 (0.83%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.83%) Retail
16 2 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 108 (30.00%) Analyst
2 73 (20.28%) Service Analyst
3 69 (19.17%) Service Desk Analyst
4 47 (13.06%) Senior
5 42 (11.67%) IT Manager
6 40 (11.11%) Service Manager
7 31 (8.61%) Support Analyst
8 29 (8.06%) IT Services Manager
9 25 (6.94%) IT Support
10 24 (6.67%) Senior Manager
10 24 (6.67%) Senior Service Manager
11 23 (6.39%) Lead
11 23 (6.39%) Senior IT Manager
12 20 (5.56%) Consultant
13 19 (5.28%) Support Engineer
14 17 (4.72%) Architect
14 17 (4.72%) Technical Manager
15 16 (4.44%) IT Engineer
16 15 (4.17%) Network Manager
16 15 (4.17%) Network Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.67%) REST
2 21 (5.83%) SOAP
3 10 (2.78%) Middleware
4 7 (1.94%) Web Services
5 6 (1.67%) .NET
6 3 (0.83%) JDBC
6 3 (0.83%) LDAP
6 3 (0.83%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.83%) SAML
7 2 (0.56%) CSS
7 2 (0.56%) HTML
7 2 (0.56%) JSON
7 2 (0.56%) Kafka
7 2 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.56%) RESTful
8 1 (0.28%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.11%) CMDB
1 22 (6.11%) Data Centre
2 15 (4.17%) PKI
2 15 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 13 (3.61%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.67%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (0.83%) AI Agents
8 3 (0.83%) NHS
8 3 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.56%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.56%) Clustering
9 2 (0.56%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.56%) PMI
9 2 (0.56%) Social Media
9 2 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.28%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (15.83%) Windows
2 19 (5.28%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.06%) Linux
3 11 (3.06%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.94%) Android
5 3 (0.83%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (60.56%) ITIL
2 137 (38.06%) Service Management
3 94 (26.11%) Customer Service
4 89 (24.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 86 (23.89%) Service Delivery
6 80 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (19.72%) Performance Metrics
8 49 (13.61%) Stakeholder Management
9 47 (13.06%) Mentoring
10 39 (10.83%) Agile
10 39 (10.83%) Coaching
11 33 (9.17%) Change Management
11 33 (9.17%) User Experience
12 31 (8.61%) Roadmaps
12 31 (8.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (6.67%) Problem Management
14 23 (6.39%) DevOps
14 23 (6.39%) Presales
15 22 (6.11%) Incident Response
15 22 (6.11%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.22%) Python
2 20 (5.56%) SQL
3 14 (3.89%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.67%) C#
4 6 (1.67%) T-SQL
5 5 (1.39%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.11%) Bash
6 4 (1.11%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.11%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.83%) Ruby
8 2 (0.56%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.56%) Java
8 2 (0.56%) Perl
8 2 (0.56%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 91 (25.28%) Degree
2 73 (20.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 65 (18.06%) AWS Certification
4 64 (17.78%) MCSE
5 34 (9.44%) Security Cleared
6 16 (4.44%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.33%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.67%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.67%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.11%) PMP
12 3 (0.83%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.83%) CISSP
13 2 (0.56%) CCSP
13 2 (0.56%) Linux+ Certification
13 2 (0.56%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (21.67%) QA
2 29 (8.06%) SLA
3 5 (1.39%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.39%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.83%) GDPR
5 3 (0.83%) PMO
6 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
6 1 (0.28%) NIST
6 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (8.89%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.11%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.28%) Ansible
3 17 (4.72%) Terraform
4 13 (3.61%) SCCM
5 6 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.11%) Autotask
6 4 (1.11%) Puppet
7 2 (0.56%) Argo
7 2 (0.56%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.56%) 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
1 217 (60.28%) ServiceNow
2 147 (40.83%) Microsoft
3 16 (4.44%) Aruba
4 15 (4.17%) Arista
4 15 (4.17%) NetScout
5 11 (3.06%) SolarWinds
6 10 (2.78%) BMC
6 10 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.22%) Cisco
7 8 (2.22%) ConnectWise
7 8 (2.22%) Freshdesk
7 8 (2.22%) Remedy
8 6 (1.67%) SAP
8 6 (1.67%) WooCommerce
9 5 (1.39%) Splunk
10 4 (1.11%) Citrix
10 4 (1.11%) HP
10 4 (1.11%) VMware
11 3 (0.83%) Apple
11 3 (0.83%) Avaya