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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 157 182
Rank change year-on-year +43 +25 +30
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 398 300 527
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.33% 2.24% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 2.35% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 224 253 458
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,250 £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 £77,500 £68,568 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -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 14,463 12,740 27,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.85% 95.23% 91.98%
Number of salaries quoted 9,528 8,782 22,888
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 £103,750 £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 21 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 19 (4.77%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.75%) Confluence
3 3 (0.75%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 109 (27.39%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (3.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (3.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (2.26%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.26%) Magento
3 9 (2.26%) Shopify
4 3 (0.75%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.75%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 166 (41.71%) Microsoft 365
2 133 (33.42%) AWS
3 67 (16.83%) Azure
4 28 (7.04%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.53%) SaaS
6 15 (3.77%) OCI
7 12 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.76%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.01%) Datadog
9 4 (1.01%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.75%) IaaS
11 2 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.50%) GCP
11 2 (0.50%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.50%) PaaS
11 2 (0.50%) Slack
12 1 (0.25%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.25%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.25%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.53%) Firewall
2 24 (6.03%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (4.02%) DNS
4 15 (3.77%) NGFW
4 15 (3.77%) VPN
4 15 (3.77%) VXLAN
4 15 (3.77%) Wireshark
5 14 (3.52%) DHCP
6 12 (3.02%) TCP/IP
7 11 (2.76%) LAN
8 10 (2.51%) WAN
9 9 (2.26%) SD-WAN
10 7 (1.76%) IP Telephony
11 4 (1.01%) VoIP
12 3 (0.75%) SSL
13 2 (0.50%) Broadband
13 2 (0.50%) Network Security
13 2 (0.50%) SAN
14 1 (0.25%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.27%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.26%) Power BI
3 4 (1.01%) DB2
3 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.01%) 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 (8.29%) JIRA
2 3 (0.75%) GitLab
3 2 (0.50%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 233 (58.54%) Social Skills
2 101 (25.38%) French Language
3 64 (16.08%) Swedish Language
4 45 (11.31%) Public Sector
5 37 (9.30%) Finance
6 31 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (6.53%) Legal
8 24 (6.03%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (5.28%) Fire and Rescue
9 21 (5.28%) Law
9 21 (5.28%) Local Government
10 16 (4.02%) Marketing
11 15 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (3.27%) Back Office
13 11 (2.76%) Banking
14 8 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.76%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.51%) Retail
17 3 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 161 (40.45%) Analyst
2 109 (27.39%) Service Analyst
3 104 (26.13%) Service Desk Analyst
4 36 (9.05%) IT Support
5 33 (8.29%) Support Analyst
6 25 (6.28%) IT Manager
7 22 (5.53%) Support Engineer
8 19 (4.77%) Developer
8 19 (4.77%) IT Engineer
8 19 (4.77%) IT Support Engineer
8 19 (4.77%) Technical Manager
9 18 (4.52%) Architect
9 18 (4.52%) IT Analyst
9 18 (4.52%) Support Manager
10 17 (4.27%) Service Manager
11 16 (4.02%) Business Manager
11 16 (4.02%) Lead
11 16 (4.02%) ServiceNow Developer
12 15 (3.77%) Network Operations Manager
12 15 (3.77%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.77%) REST
2 16 (4.02%) SOAP
3 11 (2.76%) Middleware
4 9 (2.26%) CSS
4 9 (2.26%) HTML
5 8 (2.01%) .NET
6 6 (1.51%) JSON
6 6 (1.51%) XML
7 4 (1.01%) LDAP
7 4 (1.01%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.01%) Web Services
8 3 (0.75%) JDBC
8 3 (0.75%) SAML
9 2 (0.50%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.25%) Kafka
10 1 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.03%) NHS
2 23 (5.78%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.77%) Driving Licence
4 17 (4.27%) CMDB
5 15 (3.77%) PKI
6 11 (2.76%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.51%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.76%) CCTV
8 7 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.26%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.01%) iPad
10 4 (1.01%) 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 64 (16.08%) Windows
2 29 (7.29%) Windows 10
3 21 (5.28%) Linux
4 18 (4.52%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.76%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.01%) Android
7 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.50%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (61.06%) ITIL
2 135 (33.92%) Service Management
3 127 (31.91%) Customer Service
4 104 (26.13%) Performance Metrics
5 86 (21.61%) Service Delivery
6 77 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (18.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 46 (11.56%) Agile
9 41 (10.30%) Change Management
9 41 (10.30%) Mentoring
10 39 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
11 31 (7.79%) Asset Management
11 31 (7.79%) User Experience
12 30 (7.54%) Roadmaps
13 27 (6.78%) Coaching
14 24 (6.03%) Project Delivery
15 22 (5.53%) Migration
16 21 (5.28%) Case Management
16 21 (5.28%) Digital Innovation
16 21 (5.28%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 23 (5.78%) SQL
2 20 (5.03%) Python
3 16 (4.02%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.26%) T-SQL
5 7 (1.76%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.01%) C#
6 4 (1.01%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.01%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.75%) Bash
7 3 (0.75%) Perl
8 2 (0.50%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 117 (29.40%) Degree
2 113 (28.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 108 (27.14%) MCSE
4 102 (25.63%) AWS Certification
5 16 (4.02%) Security Cleared
6 15 (3.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (3.52%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.26%) CCNA
10 7 (1.76%) CCNP
10 7 (1.76%) MCSA
10 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 7 (1.76%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.26%) PMP
13 4 (1.01%) 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 (26.38%) QA
2 15 (3.77%) SLA
3 12 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.51%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.01%) GDPR
5 4 (1.01%) PMO
6 3 (0.75%) GRC
7 2 (0.50%) COBIT
7 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.50%) NIST
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 40 (10.05%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.26%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.75%) Docker
4 2 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (6.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (5.28%) Ansible
3 18 (4.52%) SCCM
3 18 (4.52%) Terraform
4 6 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.01%) Autotask
5 4 (1.01%) Puppet
6 3 (0.75%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.50%) Nagios
8 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.25%) Argo
8 1 (0.25%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.25%) Salt
Vendors
1 233 (58.54%) ServiceNow
2 173 (43.47%) Microsoft
3 15 (3.77%) Arista
3 15 (3.77%) Aruba
3 15 (3.77%) NetScout
4 14 (3.52%) BMC
5 13 (3.27%) Remedy
5 13 (3.27%) SolarWinds
6 11 (2.76%) Apple
7 10 (2.51%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.26%) Freshdesk
8 9 (2.26%) VMware
8 9 (2.26%) WooCommerce
9 7 (1.76%) Draytek
9 7 (1.76%) Mitel
9 7 (1.76%) WatchGuard
10 6 (1.51%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.26%) Cisco
12 4 (1.01%) Google
12 4 (1.01%) Splunk