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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 158 180
Rank change year-on-year +45 +22 +30
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 400 308 527
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.37% 2.28% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 2.40% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 227 259 459
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £78,125 £68,568 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% -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 14,333 12,855 27,649
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.00% 95.28% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,435 8,787 22,895
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,949 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 18 March 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 21 (5.25%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.75%) Confluence
3 3 (0.75%) OpenStack
Applications
1 109 (27.25%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 14 (3.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (2.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (2.25%) Magento
2 9 (2.25%) Shopify
3 3 (0.75%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.75%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 166 (41.50%) Microsoft 365
2 134 (33.50%) AWS
3 69 (17.25%) Azure
4 27 (6.75%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.50%) SaaS
6 15 (3.75%) OCI
7 12 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.25%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.00%) Datadog
9 4 (1.00%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.75%) IaaS
11 2 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.50%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (0.50%) GCP
11 2 (0.50%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.50%) PaaS
11 2 (0.50%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.50%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.50%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.50%) Firewall
2 25 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (3.75%) DNS
3 15 (3.75%) NGFW
3 15 (3.75%) VPN
3 15 (3.75%) VXLAN
3 15 (3.75%) Wireshark
4 13 (3.25%) DHCP
5 12 (3.00%) LAN
6 11 (2.75%) TCP/IP
6 11 (2.75%) WAN
7 10 (2.50%) SD-WAN
8 7 (1.75%) IP Telephony
9 5 (1.25%) VoIP
10 3 (0.75%) SSL
11 2 (0.50%) Broadband
11 2 (0.50%) Network Security
11 2 (0.50%) SAN
11 2 (0.50%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.25%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.75%) Power BI
3 4 (1.00%) DB2
3 4 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.75%) MySQL
5 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (8.25%) JIRA
2 3 (0.75%) GitLab
3 2 (0.50%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 234 (58.50%) Social Skills
2 101 (25.25%) French Language
3 64 (16.00%) Swedish Language
4 45 (11.25%) Public Sector
5 38 (9.50%) Finance
6 31 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (6.50%) Legal
8 25 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (5.25%) Fire and Rescue
9 21 (5.25%) Law
9 21 (5.25%) Local Government
10 16 (4.00%) Marketing
11 15 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (3.25%) Back Office
13 12 (3.00%) Banking
14 8 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (2.00%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.50%) Retail
16 3 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 161 (40.25%) Analyst
2 109 (27.25%) Service Analyst
3 104 (26.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 35 (8.75%) IT Support
5 33 (8.25%) Support Analyst
6 25 (6.25%) IT Manager
7 20 (5.00%) Developer
7 20 (5.00%) Support Engineer
8 19 (4.75%) Technical Manager
9 18 (4.50%) Architect
9 18 (4.50%) IT Analyst
9 18 (4.50%) IT Engineer
9 18 (4.50%) IT Support Engineer
9 18 (4.50%) Service Manager
9 18 (4.50%) Support Manager
10 16 (4.00%) Business Manager
10 16 (4.00%) Lead
10 16 (4.00%) ServiceNow Developer
11 15 (3.75%) Network Manager
11 15 (3.75%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.75%) REST
2 16 (4.00%) SOAP
3 11 (2.75%) Middleware
4 9 (2.25%) CSS
4 9 (2.25%) HTML
5 8 (2.00%) .NET
6 6 (1.50%) JSON
6 6 (1.50%) Web Services
6 6 (1.50%) XML
7 4 (1.00%) LDAP
7 4 (1.00%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.75%) JDBC
8 3 (0.75%) SAML
9 2 (0.50%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.00%) NHS
2 23 (5.75%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.75%) Driving Licence
4 17 (4.25%) CMDB
5 15 (3.75%) PKI
6 11 (2.75%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.50%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.75%) CCTV
8 7 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.25%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.00%) iPad
10 4 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.50%) Clustering
12 2 (0.50%) PMI
12 2 (0.50%) Robotics
12 2 (0.50%) Social Media
12 2 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 62 (15.50%) Windows
2 28 (7.00%) Windows 10
3 21 (5.25%) Linux
4 18 (4.50%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.75%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.00%) Android
7 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.50%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (61.50%) ITIL
2 138 (34.50%) Service Management
3 125 (31.25%) Customer Service
4 104 (26.00%) Performance Metrics
5 87 (21.75%) Service Delivery
6 76 (19.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 75 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (11.50%) Agile
9 44 (11.00%) Change Management
10 42 (10.50%) Mentoring
11 38 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (8.00%) Asset Management
13 31 (7.75%) User Experience
14 30 (7.50%) Roadmaps
15 27 (6.75%) Coaching
16 24 (6.00%) Project Delivery
17 22 (5.50%) Migration
18 21 (5.25%) Case Management
18 21 (5.25%) Digital Innovation
18 21 (5.25%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 23 (5.75%) SQL
2 20 (5.00%) Python
3 16 (4.00%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.25%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.00%) C#
5 4 (1.00%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.00%) VB.NET
6 3 (0.75%) Bash
6 3 (0.75%) Perl
7 2 (0.50%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 118 (29.50%) Degree
2 115 (28.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 108 (27.00%) MCSE
4 103 (25.75%) AWS Certification
5 16 (4.00%) Security Cleared
6 15 (3.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (3.50%) SC Cleared
8 12 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.25%) CCNA
10 8 (2.00%) CCNP
10 8 (2.00%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.75%) MCSA
11 7 (1.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.50%) PMP
13 4 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.75%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.75%) CISM
14 3 (0.75%) LPIC
15 2 (0.50%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (26.25%) QA
2 15 (3.75%) SLA
3 12 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.50%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.00%) GDPR
5 4 (1.00%) PMO
6 3 (0.75%) GRC
6 3 (0.75%) NIST
7 2 (0.50%) COBIT
7 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.25%) NCSC
8 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (9.50%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.25%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.75%) Docker
4 2 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (5.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.00%) Ansible
3 18 (4.50%) Terraform
4 17 (4.25%) SCCM
5 6 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.00%) Autotask
7 3 (0.75%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.75%) Puppet
8 2 (0.50%) Nagios
9 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.25%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 231 (57.75%) ServiceNow
2 174 (43.50%) Microsoft
3 15 (3.75%) Arista
3 15 (3.75%) Aruba
3 15 (3.75%) BMC
3 15 (3.75%) NetScout
4 14 (3.50%) Remedy
5 13 (3.25%) SolarWinds
6 11 (2.75%) Apple
7 10 (2.50%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.25%) VMware
8 9 (2.25%) WooCommerce
9 8 (2.00%) Freshdesk
10 7 (1.75%) Draytek
10 7 (1.75%) Mitel
10 7 (1.75%) WatchGuard
11 6 (1.50%) Cisco
11 6 (1.50%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.00%) Google
12 4 (1.00%) Splunk