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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 123 160
Rank change year-on-year +27 +37 +71
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 409 447 443
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.70% 2.69% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 2.88% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 236 301 381
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,375 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -7.02% +3.64%
75th Percentile £79,063 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £51,750 £50,242 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.30% +5.00%

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 13,271 15,543 19,571
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.60% 93.41% 93.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,417 9,212 15,769
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,713 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8 January 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 22 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.73%) HCL Domino
3 3 (0.73%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.49%) IIS
4 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 115 (28.12%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.98%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (5.13%) Remedy ITSM
2 13 (3.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.22%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (1.22%) Magento
3 5 (1.22%) Shopify
4 2 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.24%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 161 (39.36%) Microsoft 365
2 129 (31.54%) AWS
3 53 (12.96%) Azure
4 26 (6.36%) SaaS
5 24 (5.87%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.93%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.22%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.73%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.49%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.49%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (0.49%) Datadog
11 2 (0.49%) GCP
11 2 (0.49%) GitHub
11 2 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.49%) IaaS
11 2 (0.49%) PaaS
11 2 (0.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.65%) LAN
1 19 (4.65%) SD-WAN
1 19 (4.65%) WAN
2 17 (4.16%) VPN
3 15 (3.67%) VoIP
4 14 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (2.69%) Firewall
6 10 (2.44%) DHCP
6 10 (2.44%) DNS
7 8 (1.96%) Unified Communications
8 7 (1.71%) IP Telephony
9 3 (0.73%) Network Security
9 3 (0.73%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.49%) MPLS
10 2 (0.49%) SAN
11 1 (0.24%) ADSL
11 1 (0.24%) BGP
11 1 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.24%) Internet
11 1 (0.24%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.47%) Power BI
3 3 (0.73%) MySQL
3 3 (0.73%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.49%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 19 (4.65%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Git
2 2 (0.49%) GitLab
General
1 242 (59.17%) Social Skills
2 105 (25.67%) French Language
3 95 (23.23%) Swedish Language
4 37 (9.05%) Finance
4 37 (9.05%) Law
5 30 (7.33%) Influencing Skills
5 30 (7.33%) Public Sector
6 27 (6.60%) Legal
7 24 (5.87%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (5.13%) Fire and Rescue
8 21 (5.13%) Local Government
9 20 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (4.40%) Banking
11 17 (4.16%) Analytical Skills
12 15 (3.67%) Telecoms
13 14 (3.42%) Marketing
14 11 (2.69%) Back Office
15 7 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.47%) Retail
17 5 (1.22%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 154 (37.65%) Analyst
2 116 (28.36%) Service Analyst
3 108 (26.41%) Service Desk Analyst
4 37 (9.05%) IT Support
5 34 (8.31%) Senior
6 32 (7.82%) Consultant
6 32 (7.82%) IT Manager
7 28 (6.85%) Service Manager
8 27 (6.60%) Developer
8 27 (6.60%) Technical Consultant
9 24 (5.87%) ServiceNow Developer
10 23 (5.62%) Senior Consultant
10 23 (5.62%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 20 (4.89%) Architect
11 20 (4.89%) IT Analyst
11 20 (4.89%) Support Analyst
12 18 (4.40%) IT Services Manager
12 18 (4.40%) Support Manager
13 16 (3.91%) 1st Line Support
14 15 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.40%) CSS
1 18 (4.40%) HTML
2 15 (3.67%) XML
3 14 (3.42%) JSON
4 13 (3.18%) REST
4 13 (3.18%) SOAP
5 7 (1.71%) .NET
6 5 (1.22%) Middleware
7 3 (0.73%) EDI
7 3 (0.73%) Web Services
8 2 (0.49%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.49%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.49%) YAML
9 1 (0.24%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.38%) CMDB
2 21 (5.13%) NHS
3 19 (4.65%) Driving Licence
4 9 (2.20%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (1.96%) Management Information System
5 8 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.71%) CCTV
6 7 (1.71%) iPad
6 7 (1.71%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.47%) Data Centre
8 4 (0.98%) AI Agents
8 4 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.49%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.49%) Robotics
10 2 (0.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 49 (11.98%) Windows
2 21 (5.13%) Windows 10
2 21 (5.13%) Windows Server
3 20 (4.89%) Linux
4 10 (2.44%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (67.48%) ITIL
2 140 (34.23%) Service Management
3 133 (32.52%) Customer Service
4 111 (27.14%) Performance Metrics
5 79 (19.32%) Service Delivery
6 73 (17.85%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (11.00%) Asset Management
9 41 (10.02%) Agile
10 40 (9.78%) Change Management
11 39 (9.54%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (7.82%) Problem Management
13 30 (7.33%) User Experience
14 29 (7.09%) Cybersecurity
15 27 (6.60%) Migration
15 27 (6.60%) Project Management
16 26 (6.36%) Mentoring
16 26 (6.36%) Project Delivery
17 24 (5.87%) Roadmaps
18 23 (5.62%) IT Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (7.33%) JavaScript
2 22 (5.38%) SQL
3 9 (2.20%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.22%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.73%) Python
6 2 (0.49%) Bash
6 2 (0.49%) C#
6 2 (0.49%) Perl
7 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 128 (31.30%) Degree
2 120 (29.34%) Microsoft Certification
3 113 (27.63%) AWS Certification
4 112 (27.38%) MCSE
5 21 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (5.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (3.91%) CCNP
7 15 (3.67%) Security Cleared
8 14 (3.42%) SC Cleared
9 11 (2.69%) PMI Certification
10 10 (2.44%) PMP
11 9 (2.20%) CCNA
12 8 (1.96%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (1.71%) Master's Degree
13 7 (1.71%) MCP
13 7 (1.71%) MCSA
14 5 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.98%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (28.12%) QA
2 17 (4.16%) SLA
3 14 (3.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.20%) NIST
5 6 (1.47%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.22%) COBIT
6 5 (1.22%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.98%) GDPR
7 4 (0.98%) PMO
8 2 (0.49%) GRC
8 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.24%) NCSC
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (8.56%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.71%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.49%) Docker
4 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (5.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.93%) SCCM
3 6 (1.47%) Autotask
4 5 (1.22%) Ansible
5 4 (0.98%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.73%) Nagios
6 3 (0.73%) Terraform
7 2 (0.49%) Puppet
7 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.24%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 235 (57.46%) ServiceNow
2 179 (43.77%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.13%) BMC
3 21 (5.13%) Remedy
4 15 (3.67%) Apple
5 14 (3.42%) Cisco
6 12 (2.93%) Freshdesk
7 9 (2.20%) SolarWinds
8 8 (1.96%) VMware
9 7 (1.71%) Datto
9 7 (1.71%) Draytek
9 7 (1.71%) Mitel
9 7 (1.71%) WatchGuard
10 5 (1.22%) ConnectWise
10 5 (1.22%) Google
10 5 (1.22%) WooCommerce
11 4 (0.98%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.98%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.98%) F5
11 4 (0.98%) Genesys