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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 145 167
Rank change year-on-year +4 +22 +14
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 478 351 448
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.92% 2.10% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.24% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 321 221 283
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -6.30% -6.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,011
90th Percentile £105,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -9.52% -4.13%

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 20,009 15,647 19,099
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.51% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,419 11,293
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,540
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,312 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 10 October 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 20 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.67%) Confluence
4 1 (0.21%) CMS
Applications
1 63 (13.18%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (6.28%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.84%) Shopify
3 3 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.42%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.42%) Maximo
4 2 (0.42%) Primavera
5 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.21%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 153 (32.01%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (16.95%) Azure
3 74 (15.48%) AWS
4 63 (13.18%) Entra ID
5 24 (5.02%) SaaS
6 12 (2.51%) Power Platform
7 7 (1.46%) Google Workspace
7 7 (1.46%) OneDrive
8 6 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.26%) IaaS
8 6 (1.26%) OCI
8 6 (1.26%) PaaS
9 4 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.63%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.63%) GCP
11 2 (0.42%) Miro
11 2 (0.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.44%) DNS
2 24 (5.02%) DHCP
3 23 (4.81%) VPN
4 22 (4.60%) TCP/IP
5 21 (4.39%) Firewall
6 18 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (2.51%) IP Telephony
8 8 (1.67%) Network Security
8 8 (1.67%) VLAN
9 7 (1.46%) WAN
10 6 (1.26%) LAN
11 4 (0.84%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.63%) 3GPP
12 3 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.63%) TETRA
13 1 (0.21%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (0.21%) Cisco IPT
13 1 (0.21%) Cisco ISE
13 1 (0.21%) Converged Networks
13 1 (0.21%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.67%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.46%) Power BI
3 5 (1.05%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.42%) GIS
5 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.21%) Big Data
5 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 40 (8.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Git
2 1 (0.21%) Jaeger
2 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
General
1 271 (56.69%) Social Skills
2 109 (22.80%) Finance
3 67 (14.02%) Public Sector
4 65 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (10.25%) Banking
6 44 (9.21%) Swedish Language
7 29 (6.07%) Influencing Skills
7 29 (6.07%) Law
8 22 (4.60%) Telecoms
9 20 (4.18%) Manufacturing
9 20 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (3.77%) Retail
11 15 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (2.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (2.51%) Aerospace
14 11 (2.30%) Legal
15 8 (1.67%) Marketing
16 6 (1.26%) French Language
17 4 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 125 (26.15%) Analyst
2 87 (18.20%) Senior
3 82 (17.15%) IT Manager
4 76 (15.90%) Service Manager
5 72 (15.06%) Service Analyst
6 63 (13.18%) Service Desk Analyst
7 54 (11.30%) IT Support
7 54 (11.30%) Support Analyst
8 49 (10.25%) IT Services Manager
9 40 (8.37%) Senior Manager
10 36 (7.53%) Senior Service Manager
11 31 (6.49%) IT Analyst
11 31 (6.49%) Lead
12 27 (5.65%) 1st Line Support
13 25 (5.23%) Consultant
13 25 (5.23%) Senior IT Manager
14 22 (4.60%) Architect
14 22 (4.60%) IT Engineer
14 22 (4.60%) ITSM Analyst
14 22 (4.60%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.56%) REST
2 15 (3.14%) SOAP
3 8 (1.67%) Web Services
4 5 (1.05%) HTML
5 4 (0.84%) CSS
5 4 (0.84%) LDAP
6 3 (0.63%) Ajax
6 3 (0.63%) JSON
6 3 (0.63%) OAuth
6 3 (0.63%) OpenID
6 3 (0.63%) RESTful
7 2 (0.42%) Middleware
7 2 (0.42%) XML
8 1 (0.21%) .NET
8 1 (0.21%) Guice
8 1 (0.21%) Hibernate
8 1 (0.21%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (0.21%) Spring
8 1 (0.21%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.16%) Onboarding
2 34 (7.11%) CMDB
2 34 (7.11%) Management Information System
3 26 (5.44%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (5.02%) Driving Licence
5 23 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.30%) CCTV
6 11 (2.30%) Operational Technology
7 10 (2.09%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.46%) LIMS
9 5 (1.05%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.05%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.84%) Smartphone
10 4 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.63%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.63%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.42%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 89 (18.62%) Windows
2 29 (6.07%) Windows Server
3 16 (3.35%) Linux
4 12 (2.51%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.67%) Android
6 5 (1.05%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (71.13%) ITIL
2 242 (50.63%) Service Management
3 150 (31.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 107 (22.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 101 (21.13%) Service Delivery
6 100 (20.92%) Customer Service
6 100 (20.92%) Problem-Solving
7 73 (15.27%) Performance Metrics
8 61 (12.76%) Problem Management
9 57 (11.92%) Agile
10 56 (11.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 51 (10.67%) Mentoring
12 50 (10.46%) Change Management
12 50 (10.46%) User Experience
13 49 (10.25%) Root Cause Analysis
14 48 (10.04%) Collaborative Working
15 45 (9.41%) Incident Management
16 44 (9.21%) Coaching
17 41 (8.58%) Asset Management
17 41 (8.58%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 25 (5.23%) PowerShell
2 19 (3.97%) SQL
3 11 (2.30%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.09%) Python
5 5 (1.05%) Bash
5 5 (1.05%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.63%) Ruby
7 2 (0.42%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (0.42%) Java
7 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.42%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.21%) C#
8 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 114 (23.85%) Degree
2 85 (17.78%) Security Cleared
3 73 (15.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 61 (12.76%) MCSE
5 54 (11.30%) AWS Certification
6 53 (11.09%) SC Cleared
7 25 (5.23%) DV Cleared
8 19 (3.97%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (3.97%) ITIL Certification
9 16 (3.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (3.35%) CCNA
9 16 (3.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 15 (3.14%) CCNP
11 13 (2.72%) DBS Check
12 11 (2.30%) MCSA
12 11 (2.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 10 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (1.88%) PMI Certification
15 8 (1.67%) PMP
16 6 (1.26%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (13.81%) QA
2 45 (9.41%) SLA
3 15 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (2.51%) COBIT
5 9 (1.88%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.88%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (1.46%) GxP
7 6 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.84%) GDPR
8 4 (0.84%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.42%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.21%) GRC
System Software
1 56 (11.72%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.77%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.21%) Docker
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 53 (11.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 7 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.05%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.84%) Autotask
6 3 (0.63%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.63%) SCCM
7 2 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.42%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.21%) Ansible
8 1 (0.21%) Grafana
8 1 (0.21%) Nessus
8 1 (0.21%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 205 (42.89%) ServiceNow
2 165 (34.52%) Microsoft
3 30 (6.28%) Remedy
4 22 (4.60%) BMC
5 19 (3.97%) VMware
6 12 (2.51%) Cisco
6 12 (2.51%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.51%) WatchGuard
7 11 (2.30%) Draytek
7 11 (2.30%) Mitel
8 7 (1.46%) Freshdesk
8 7 (1.46%) Google
9 6 (1.26%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.26%) Meraki
9 6 (1.26%) SAP
9 6 (1.26%) Splunk
9 6 (1.26%) YouTube
10 5 (1.05%) SolarWinds
10 5 (1.05%) Workday
11 4 (0.84%) Instagram