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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 198 198
Rank change year-on-year +50 0 +6
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 420 273 413
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.86% 1.66% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.24% 1.78% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 281 232 348
10th Percentile £31,519 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £56,745 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.84% -5.43% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,313 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.26% -12.38% -4.55%

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 18,735 15,321 22,033
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.88% 92.93% 87.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13,552 9,025 15,867
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.02% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 7 August 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 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.71%) Confluence
4 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.48%) CMS
Applications
1 83 (19.76%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (6.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.19%) Shopify
3 4 (0.95%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.24%) Magento
6 1 (0.24%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.24%) Primavera
6 1 (0.24%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 157 (37.38%) Microsoft 365
2 86 (20.48%) AWS
3 63 (15.00%) Azure
4 44 (10.48%) Entra ID
5 12 (2.86%) SaaS
6 7 (1.67%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.19%) OneDrive
8 4 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.71%) GCP
9 3 (0.71%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.48%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.48%) Datadog
10 2 (0.48%) IaaS
10 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.48%) Miro
10 2 (0.48%) Prefect
11 1 (0.24%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.24%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.71%) TCP/IP
2 22 (5.24%) DNS
3 20 (4.76%) DHCP
4 19 (4.52%) VPN
5 10 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.90%) Firewall
7 7 (1.67%) VLAN
8 5 (1.19%) Network Security
8 5 (1.19%) WAN
9 3 (0.71%) LAN
9 3 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.71%) SSL
9 3 (0.71%) Wireless
10 2 (0.48%) 3GPP
10 2 (0.48%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.48%) TETRA
11 1 (0.24%) Cisco IPT
11 1 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.10%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.43%) Power BI
3 5 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (0.95%) Db2
4 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (6.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.24%) Jaeger
General
1 226 (53.81%) Social Skills
2 80 (19.05%) Finance
3 67 (15.95%) Public Sector
4 48 (11.43%) Swedish Language
5 39 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (6.90%) Banking
6 29 (6.90%) French Language
7 18 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (3.33%) Law
8 14 (3.33%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.14%) Retail
12 7 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.67%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.43%) Legal
13 6 (1.43%) Marketing
14 4 (0.95%) Publishing
15 3 (0.71%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.71%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 128 (30.48%) Analyst
2 92 (21.90%) Service Analyst
3 84 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 68 (16.19%) IT Manager
5 64 (15.24%) Senior
6 48 (11.43%) Service Manager
7 38 (9.05%) IT Services Manager
8 36 (8.57%) IT Support
9 34 (8.10%) Senior Manager
10 33 (7.86%) Support Analyst
11 30 (7.14%) Senior Service Manager
12 27 (6.43%) Lead
13 25 (5.95%) Senior IT Manager
14 22 (5.24%) Support Engineer
15 21 (5.00%) Consultant
15 21 (5.00%) Developer
16 20 (4.76%) IT Analyst
17 19 (4.52%) IT Engineer
18 18 (4.29%) Architect
19 17 (4.05%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.24%) REST
2 19 (4.52%) SOAP
3 8 (1.90%) Web Services
4 6 (1.43%) .NET
5 4 (0.95%) LDAP
6 3 (0.71%) JDBC
6 3 (0.71%) Middleware
6 3 (0.71%) SAML
7 2 (0.48%) HTML
7 2 (0.48%) JSON
7 2 (0.48%) Kafka
7 2 (0.48%) OAuth
7 2 (0.48%) OpenID
7 2 (0.48%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.48%) RESTful
8 1 (0.24%) CSS
8 1 (0.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.71%) CMDB
2 18 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (4.29%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.81%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.14%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.90%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.43%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.19%) LIMS
9 4 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.71%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.71%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.48%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.48%) Replication
11 2 (0.48%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 70 (16.67%) Windows
2 19 (4.52%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.62%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.14%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.43%) Android
5 6 (1.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (70.71%) ITIL
2 176 (41.90%) Service Management
3 119 (28.33%) Customer Service
4 111 (26.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 97 (23.10%) Performance Metrics
5 97 (23.10%) Service Delivery
6 85 (20.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 84 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (11.67%) Agile
9 43 (10.24%) Roadmaps
10 42 (10.00%) User Experience
11 41 (9.76%) Mentoring
12 40 (9.52%) Problem Management
13 38 (9.05%) Coaching
14 35 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 34 (8.10%) DevOps
16 33 (7.86%) AI
17 29 (6.90%) Asset Management
17 29 (6.90%) Change Management
18 28 (6.67%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 26 (6.19%) SQL
2 25 (5.95%) PowerShell
3 11 (2.62%) Python
4 6 (1.43%) C#
4 6 (1.43%) T-SQL
5 5 (1.19%) Bash
6 4 (0.95%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.95%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.95%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.71%) Ruby
8 2 (0.48%) Java
8 2 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.48%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 121 (28.81%) Degree
2 88 (20.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 80 (19.05%) AWS Certification
4 77 (18.33%) MCSE
5 45 (10.71%) Security Cleared
6 25 (5.95%) SC Cleared
7 18 (4.29%) DV Cleared
8 17 (4.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 14 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (3.10%) ITIL Certification
11 11 (2.62%) DBS Check
12 9 (2.14%) PMI Certification
13 8 (1.90%) PMP
14 7 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (0.95%) A+ Certification
16 3 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
16 3 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
16 3 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
17 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
17 2 (0.48%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (22.86%) QA
2 39 (9.29%) SLA
3 8 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.67%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 6 (1.43%) GDPR
6 5 (1.19%) GxP
6 5 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.71%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.48%) COBIT
8 2 (0.48%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 42 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.14%) Hyper-V
2 9 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (8.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.67%) SCCM
3 5 (1.19%) ZABBIX
4 4 (0.95%) Autotask
4 4 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.48%) Ansible
6 2 (0.48%) Argo
6 2 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.48%) Puppet
6 2 (0.48%) Salt
7 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.24%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 240 (57.14%) ServiceNow
2 177 (42.14%) Microsoft
3 27 (6.43%) Remedy
4 21 (5.00%) BMC
5 10 (2.38%) Freshdesk
6 9 (2.14%) VMware
7 8 (1.90%) Cisco
7 8 (1.90%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.19%) ConnectWise
9 4 (0.95%) Citrix
9 4 (0.95%) Meraki
9 4 (0.95%) Oracle
9 4 (0.95%) SAP
9 4 (0.95%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.95%) Splunk
10 3 (0.71%) Apple
10 3 (0.71%) BiZZdesign
10 3 (0.71%) Google
10 3 (0.71%) Veeam
10 3 (0.71%) Workday