ITSM Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring ITSM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ITSM over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 193 233
Rank change year-on-year +7 +40 +153
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 340 568 588
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.84% 1.68% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 1.84% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 234 429 450
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,700 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% +8.70% -1.82%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £88,860
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,653 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.16% -3.52% +5.00%

All Process and 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 17,415 30,831 38,658
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.05% 91.16% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 9,170 23,334 26,817
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,804 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

ITSM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ITSM trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

ITSM
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing ITSM.

ITSM salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

ITSM
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing ITSM over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

ITSM salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (5.00%) IIS
2 6 (1.76%) Apache
3 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.88%) nginx
3 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Weka
Business Applications
1 11 (3.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.29%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 67 (19.71%) Azure
2 53 (15.59%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (13.82%) SaaS
4 31 (9.12%) AWS
5 14 (4.12%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (2.35%) PaaS
8 7 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.47%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.88%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.59%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.29%) IaaS
12 1 (0.29%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.29%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.29%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 79 (23.24%) Broadband
2 12 (3.53%) Firewall
3 9 (2.65%) DNS
3 9 (2.65%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (2.35%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.47%) SAN
5 5 (1.47%) VPN
6 4 (1.18%) DHCP
6 4 (1.18%) Network Security
6 4 (1.18%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.88%) LAN
8 2 (0.59%) ADSL
8 2 (0.59%) Internet
8 2 (0.59%) NAS
8 2 (0.59%) WAN
8 2 (0.59%) Wireless
9 1 (0.29%) InfiniBand
9 1 (0.29%) MPLS
9 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.82%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.71%) Relational Database
3 12 (3.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (2.94%) DB2
5 5 (1.47%) Power BI
6 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.88%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.29%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (3.82%) JIRA
2 9 (2.65%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.59%) TeamCity
General
1 211 (62.06%) Social Skills
2 85 (25.00%) Games
3 39 (11.47%) Finance
4 28 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.06%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (5.29%) Public Sector
8 14 (4.12%) Law
9 11 (3.24%) Retail
10 8 (2.35%) Back Office
11 7 (2.06%) Banking
12 6 (1.76%) Local Government
13 4 (1.18%) Marketing
14 3 (0.88%) Advertising
14 3 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.59%) Electronics
15 2 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.59%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 106 (31.18%) Senior
2 88 (25.88%) ServiceNow Manager
3 79 (23.24%) Engineering Manager
4 78 (22.94%) Senior Manager
4 78 (22.94%) Senior Service Manager
5 37 (10.88%) Analyst
6 35 (10.29%) IT Manager
7 33 (9.71%) IT Support
8 26 (7.65%) Service Manager
9 25 (7.35%) Lead
10 24 (7.06%) Architect
11 23 (6.76%) IT Services Manager
12 22 (6.47%) Development Manager
12 22 (6.47%) ServiceNow Architect
13 21 (6.18%) Applications Support
14 19 (5.59%) Support Analyst
15 18 (5.29%) Business Development Manager
15 18 (5.29%) Business Manager
16 17 (5.00%) IT Development Manager
16 17 (5.00%) New Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.76%) .NET
2 9 (2.65%) .NET Framework
2 9 (2.65%) ASP.NET
3 5 (1.47%) XML
4 4 (1.18%) JSON
5 2 (0.59%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.59%) REST
5 2 (0.59%) SOAP
6 1 (0.29%) Ajax
6 1 (0.29%) CSS
6 1 (0.29%) HTML
6 1 (0.29%) LDAP
6 1 (0.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 111 (32.65%) Management Information System
2 83 (24.41%) Product Ownership
3 79 (23.24%) Video\Live Streaming
4 17 (5.00%) CMDB
4 17 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (4.71%) Client/Server
6 12 (3.53%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.24%) Data Centre
7 11 (3.24%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.35%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.18%) Mobile Games
10 3 (0.88%) Clustering
10 3 (0.88%) NHS
10 3 (0.88%) Replication
10 3 (0.88%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.59%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.59%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 64 (18.82%) Windows
2 22 (6.47%) Linux
3 16 (4.71%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.65%) Apple iOS
4 9 (2.65%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.88%) Unix
7 2 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.29%) Android
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (43.53%) ITIL
2 147 (43.24%) Change Management
3 146 (42.94%) Service Management
4 125 (36.76%) Service Delivery
5 113 (33.24%) Problem Management
6 104 (30.59%) Incident Management
7 95 (27.94%) Roadmaps
8 93 (27.35%) Computer Science
9 83 (24.41%) Problem-Solving
10 81 (23.82%) Validation
11 79 (23.24%) Deployment Automation
11 79 (23.24%) Software Delivery
11 79 (23.24%) Software Engineering
12 61 (17.94%) Customer Service
13 34 (10.00%) Agile
13 34 (10.00%) B2B
14 31 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
15 27 (7.94%) Asset Management
16 26 (7.65%) Decision-Making
17 23 (6.76%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.24%) SQL
2 14 (4.12%) C#
3 13 (3.82%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.94%) PL/SQL
4 10 (2.94%) Python
4 10 (2.94%) VB.NET
5 9 (2.65%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.88%) Bash
6 3 (0.88%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.59%) Perl
7 2 (0.59%) R
8 1 (0.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 106 (31.18%) Degree
2 86 (25.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (7.35%) ITIL Certification
4 23 (6.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (5.29%) Security Cleared
6 15 (4.41%) SC Cleared
7 11 (3.24%) PMI Certification
7 11 (3.24%) PMP
8 10 (2.94%) CISSP
9 9 (2.65%) CCNP
9 9 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.65%) MCITP
9 9 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (2.35%) CCNA
10 8 (2.35%) MCP
10 8 (2.35%) MCSA
10 8 (2.35%) MCSE
11 4 (1.18%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (1.18%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.71%) SLA
2 20 (5.88%) QA
3 6 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.59%) COBIT
4 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.59%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.59%) PMO
5 1 (0.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.29%) GRC
5 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (5.29%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.76%) BitLocker
3 6 (1.76%) Firmware
4 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (3.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (3.24%) SCCM
3 7 (2.06%) Ansible
4 6 (1.76%) Progress Chef
4 6 (1.76%) Puppet
5 5 (1.47%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.59%) SCOM
6 2 (0.59%) Terraform
7 1 (0.29%) Avamar
7 1 (0.29%) HP UCMDB
7 1 (0.29%) Panaseer
7 1 (0.29%) Plesk
7 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 170 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 64 (18.82%) Microsoft
3 21 (6.18%) Oracle
4 11 (3.24%) Remedy
4 11 (3.24%) VMware
5 8 (2.35%) Apple
5 8 (2.35%) Cisco
5 8 (2.35%) SolarWinds
6 7 (2.06%) HP
7 6 (1.76%) McAfee
7 6 (1.76%) MobileIron
8 5 (1.47%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.47%) Snow
9 4 (1.18%) EMC
10 3 (0.88%) SaltStack
10 3 (0.88%) Symantec
11 2 (0.59%) ArcSight
11 2 (0.59%) SAP
11 2 (0.59%) Splunk
11 2 (0.59%) Zscaler