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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 171 197
Rank change year-on-year +38 +26 +19
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 356 283 521
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.96% 2.08% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 2.20% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 241 253 452
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £57,900
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -9.33% +8.22%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,000 £77,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -3.85%

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 15,065 12,887 29,687
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 94.73% 91.30%
Number of salaries quoted 10,575 8,882 23,564
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,599 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.34% +9.09% -10.57%

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 3 May 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 14 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.84%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.56%) CMS
4 2 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 70 (19.66%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (3.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.53%) Dynamics NAV
2 9 (2.53%) Magento
2 9 (2.53%) Shopify
3 6 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.84%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.84%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 120 (33.71%) Microsoft 365
2 90 (25.28%) AWS
3 61 (17.13%) Azure
4 24 (6.74%) Entra ID
5 23 (6.46%) SaaS
6 15 (4.21%) OCI
7 14 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.97%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.12%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.84%) Datadog
11 2 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.56%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.56%) Prefect
11 2 (0.56%) Slack
12 1 (0.28%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.28%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.28%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.28%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.18%) Wi-Fi
2 21 (5.90%) Firewall
3 16 (4.49%) DNS
4 15 (4.21%) NGFW
4 15 (4.21%) VXLAN
4 15 (4.21%) Wireshark
5 14 (3.93%) DHCP
6 13 (3.65%) VPN
7 12 (3.37%) TCP/IP
8 10 (2.81%) WAN
9 9 (2.53%) LAN
9 9 (2.53%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.84%) SSL
10 3 (0.84%) VLAN
11 2 (0.56%) Broadband
11 2 (0.56%) SAN
11 2 (0.56%) VoIP
11 2 (0.56%) Wireless
12 1 (0.28%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.40%) Power BI
3 4 (1.12%) DB2
3 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.56%) MySQL
5 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (9.55%) JIRA
2 3 (0.84%) GitLab
3 2 (0.56%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 184 (51.69%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.29%) French Language
3 52 (14.61%) Public Sector
4 40 (11.24%) Finance
5 38 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.90%) Law
7 17 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (4.78%) Swedish Language
8 15 (4.21%) Marketing
9 10 (2.81%) Back Office
10 9 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.25%) Banking
11 8 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.97%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.40%) Legal
14 3 (0.84%) Retail
15 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.56%) International Banking
15 2 (0.56%) Military
15 2 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 112 (31.46%) Analyst
2 72 (20.22%) Service Analyst
3 69 (19.38%) Service Desk Analyst
4 47 (13.20%) IT Manager
5 42 (11.80%) Senior
6 37 (10.39%) Service Manager
7 36 (10.11%) IT Services Manager
8 35 (9.83%) Support Analyst
9 28 (7.87%) IT Support
10 24 (6.74%) Senior Manager
10 24 (6.74%) Senior Service Manager
11 23 (6.46%) Senior IT Manager
12 18 (5.06%) Lead
12 18 (5.06%) Support Engineer
13 17 (4.78%) Architect
13 17 (4.78%) Support Manager
13 17 (4.78%) Technical Manager
14 16 (4.49%) Developer
15 15 (4.21%) IT Support Engineer
15 15 (4.21%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.62%) REST
2 17 (4.78%) SOAP
3 13 (3.65%) Middleware
4 9 (2.53%) CSS
4 9 (2.53%) HTML
5 8 (2.25%) .NET
6 6 (1.69%) JSON
6 6 (1.69%) Web Services
6 6 (1.69%) XML
7 3 (0.84%) JDBC
7 3 (0.84%) LDAP
7 3 (0.84%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.84%) SAML
8 2 (0.56%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.56%) Kafka
8 2 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.18%) Data Centre
2 15 (4.21%) PKI
3 14 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.37%) Driving Licence
4 12 (3.37%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.09%) CMDB
5 11 (3.09%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.84%) AI Agents
8 3 (0.84%) NHS
8 3 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.56%) Clustering
9 2 (0.56%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.56%) iPad
9 2 (0.56%) PMI
9 2 (0.56%) Robotics
9 2 (0.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 56 (15.73%) Windows
2 26 (7.30%) Windows 10
3 15 (4.21%) Linux
4 7 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.40%) Android
5 5 (1.40%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (56.74%) ITIL
2 130 (36.52%) Service Management
3 96 (26.97%) Customer Service
4 87 (24.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 86 (24.16%) Service Delivery
6 79 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (19.94%) Performance Metrics
8 46 (12.92%) Mentoring
9 40 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 36 (10.11%) Change Management
10 36 (10.11%) User Experience
11 35 (9.83%) Coaching
12 30 (8.43%) Agile
13 27 (7.58%) Project Delivery
14 25 (7.02%) Problem Management
14 25 (7.02%) Roadmaps
15 22 (6.18%) IT Strategy
16 21 (5.90%) DevOps
17 19 (5.34%) CRM
17 19 (5.34%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.58%) SQL
2 23 (6.46%) Python
3 11 (3.09%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.81%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.53%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.69%) C#
7 4 (1.12%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.12%) VB.NET
8 3 (0.84%) Bash
8 3 (0.84%) Perl
9 2 (0.56%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.56%) Java
10 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 81 (22.75%) Degree
2 73 (20.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 67 (18.82%) MCSE
4 66 (18.54%) AWS Certification
5 17 (4.78%) Security Cleared
6 11 (3.09%) SC Cleared
7 9 (2.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (1.69%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.12%) PMP
10 3 (0.84%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.84%) CCNA
10 3 (0.84%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.84%) LPIC
11 2 (0.56%) CISM
11 2 (0.56%) CISSP
11 2 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.56%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (21.63%) QA
2 17 (4.78%) SLA
3 7 (1.97%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.12%) GDPR
5 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.84%) PMO
7 2 (0.56%) GRC
7 2 (0.56%) NIST
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (9.55%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.84%) Docker
2 3 (0.84%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (6.18%) Ansible
2 18 (5.06%) SCCM
2 18 (5.06%) Terraform
3 17 (4.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.40%) Puppet
4 5 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.84%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.56%) Argo
6 2 (0.56%) Autotask
6 2 (0.56%) Salt
7 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.28%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.28%) Nagios
Vendors
1 209 (58.71%) ServiceNow
2 134 (37.64%) Microsoft
3 15 (4.21%) Arista
3 15 (4.21%) Aruba
3 15 (4.21%) NetScout
3 15 (4.21%) SolarWinds
4 10 (2.81%) ConnectWise
4 10 (2.81%) Freshdesk
4 10 (2.81%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.53%) WooCommerce
6 8 (2.25%) Apple
7 7 (1.97%) BMC
8 6 (1.69%) Cisco
8 6 (1.69%) Remedy
9 5 (1.40%) SAP
10 4 (1.12%) Google
10 4 (1.12%) HP
11 3 (0.84%) Avaya
11 3 (0.84%) Citrix
11 3 (0.84%) VMware