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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 168 178
Rank change year-on-year +23 +10 +9
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 450 305 434
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.88% 1.88% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 2.02% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 302 236 295
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,550
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,813 £43,212
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,534 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £53,720
% change year-on-year - -11.58% -1.90%

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 19,546 15,102 20,547
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.74% 93.04% 87.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14,050 8,683 12,951
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 12 September 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 17 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.78%) Confluence
4 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.44%) CMS
Applications
1 74 (16.44%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (6.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.89%) Shopify
3 3 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.44%) Primavera
5 1 (0.22%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.22%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 154 (34.22%) Microsoft 365
2 85 (18.89%) AWS
3 70 (15.56%) Azure
4 57 (12.67%) Entra ID
5 22 (4.89%) SaaS
6 8 (1.78%) Power Platform
7 7 (1.56%) IaaS
8 6 (1.33%) Google Workspace
8 6 (1.33%) PaaS
9 5 (1.11%) OneDrive
10 4 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.67%) GCP
11 3 (0.67%) OCI
12 2 (0.44%) Anthropic Claude
12 2 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.44%) Miro
12 2 (0.44%) Prefect
13 1 (0.22%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.33%) DNS
2 23 (5.11%) TCP/IP
2 23 (5.11%) VPN
3 22 (4.89%) DHCP
4 16 (3.56%) Firewall
5 13 (2.89%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.78%) IP Telephony
6 8 (1.78%) Network Security
6 8 (1.78%) VLAN
7 7 (1.56%) WAN
8 5 (1.11%) LAN
8 5 (1.11%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.67%) 3GPP
9 3 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.67%) TETRA
9 3 (0.67%) Wireless
10 1 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.22%) Cisco IPT
10 1 (0.22%) Converged Networks
10 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.56%) Power BI
3 4 (0.89%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.22%) Big Data
4 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (8.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Jaeger
General
1 257 (57.11%) Social Skills
2 99 (22.00%) Finance
3 63 (14.00%) Public Sector
4 58 (12.89%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (10.67%) Swedish Language
6 37 (8.22%) Banking
7 27 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (5.78%) Law
9 21 (4.67%) Manufacturing
10 18 (4.00%) French Language
11 15 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (3.33%) Telecoms
12 14 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (2.89%) Retail
14 11 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.78%) Aerospace
15 8 (1.78%) Legal
15 8 (1.78%) Marketing
16 4 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 131 (29.11%) Analyst
2 85 (18.89%) Senior
3 83 (18.44%) Service Analyst
4 75 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
5 70 (15.56%) IT Manager
6 57 (12.67%) Service Manager
7 46 (10.22%) IT Support
8 45 (10.00%) Support Analyst
9 40 (8.89%) IT Services Manager
10 38 (8.44%) Senior Manager
11 34 (7.56%) Senior Service Manager
12 29 (6.44%) Lead
13 25 (5.56%) Senior IT Manager
14 24 (5.33%) Architect
14 24 (5.33%) IT Analyst
15 23 (5.11%) Support Engineer
16 22 (4.89%) IT Engineer
16 22 (4.89%) ITSM Analyst
17 21 (4.67%) 1st Line Support
17 21 (4.67%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.56%) REST
1 16 (3.56%) SOAP
2 8 (1.78%) Web Services
3 5 (1.11%) HTML
4 4 (0.89%) CSS
4 4 (0.89%) LDAP
5 3 (0.67%) Ajax
5 3 (0.67%) OAuth
5 3 (0.67%) OpenID
6 2 (0.44%) .NET
6 2 (0.44%) JSON
6 2 (0.44%) Kafka
6 2 (0.44%) Middleware
6 2 (0.44%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.44%) RESTful
7 1 (0.22%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.11%) Management Information System
2 29 (6.44%) CMDB
3 27 (6.00%) Onboarding
4 22 (4.89%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (3.56%) Driving Licence
7 10 (2.22%) Operational Technology
8 9 (2.00%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.56%) CCTV
9 7 (1.56%) LIMS
10 6 (1.33%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (0.67%) AI Agents
13 3 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.67%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.67%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.67%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.44%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 79 (17.56%) Windows
2 25 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 13 (2.89%) Linux
4 11 (2.44%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.56%) Android
5 7 (1.56%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (72.22%) ITIL
2 205 (45.56%) Service Management
3 140 (31.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 111 (24.67%) Customer Service
5 97 (21.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 94 (20.89%) Problem-Solving
7 88 (19.56%) Service Delivery
8 87 (19.33%) Performance Metrics
9 60 (13.33%) Agile
10 58 (12.89%) Problem Management
11 57 (12.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 49 (10.89%) Mentoring
12 49 (10.89%) User Experience
13 46 (10.22%) Change Management
14 44 (9.78%) Root Cause Analysis
15 43 (9.56%) Project Delivery
16 42 (9.33%) Coaching
17 39 (8.67%) Decision-Making
18 38 (8.44%) Collaborative Working
19 37 (8.22%) AI
Programming Languages
1 25 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 21 (4.67%) SQL
3 11 (2.44%) Python
4 8 (1.78%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.11%) Bash
5 5 (1.11%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.67%) Ruby
7 2 (0.44%) C#
7 2 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (0.44%) Java
7 2 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.44%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 125 (27.78%) Degree
2 85 (18.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 73 (16.22%) MCSE
4 70 (15.56%) AWS Certification
5 69 (15.33%) Security Cleared
6 42 (9.33%) SC Cleared
7 21 (4.67%) DV Cleared
8 17 (3.78%) ITIL Certification
8 17 (3.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 16 (3.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (2.89%) DBS Check
11 11 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (2.00%) PMI Certification
13 8 (1.78%) CCNA
13 8 (1.78%) CCNP
13 8 (1.78%) PMP
14 7 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (1.56%) MCSA
14 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 6 (1.33%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (18.89%) QA
2 45 (10.00%) SLA
3 11 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.00%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.56%) GxP
6 7 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (1.33%) GDPR
8 5 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.67%) COBIT
9 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.67%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.44%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.22%) GRC
System Software
1 54 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.33%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 46 (10.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 5 (1.11%) ZABBIX
4 4 (0.89%) Autotask
4 4 (0.89%) SCCM
5 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.44%) Ansible
5 2 (0.44%) Argo
5 2 (0.44%) Puppet
5 2 (0.44%) Salt
6 1 (0.22%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.22%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 227 (50.44%) ServiceNow
2 172 (38.22%) Microsoft
3 28 (6.22%) Remedy
4 22 (4.89%) BMC
5 16 (3.56%) VMware
6 10 (2.22%) Freshdesk
6 10 (2.22%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.78%) Cisco
7 8 (1.78%) WatchGuard
8 7 (1.56%) Draytek
8 7 (1.56%) Mitel
9 6 (1.33%) Google
9 6 (1.33%) Meraki
10 5 (1.11%) Oracle
11 4 (0.89%) ConnectWise
11 4 (0.89%) Facebook
11 4 (0.89%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.89%) Instagram
11 4 (0.89%) SAP
11 4 (0.89%) Splunk