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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 134 182
Rank change year-on-year +33 +48 +36
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 429 389 483
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.61% 2.59% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 2.72% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 239 283 416
10th Percentile £29,850 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% -4.49% +3.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,568 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%

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 14,124 14,280 25,656
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.91% 95.08% 92.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9,181 8,724 21,327
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,000 £34,756
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,750
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 25 February 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 25 (5.83%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.70%) Confluence
3 3 (0.70%) OpenStack
Applications
1 129 (30.07%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (3.96%) Remedy ITSM
2 15 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (2.10%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.10%) Magento
3 9 (2.10%) Shopify
4 3 (0.70%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.70%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 189 (44.06%) Microsoft 365
2 155 (36.13%) AWS
3 69 (16.08%) Azure
4 27 (6.29%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.06%) SaaS
6 15 (3.50%) OCI
7 13 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (2.56%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.93%) Datadog
9 4 (0.93%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.70%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.47%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (0.47%) GCP
11 2 (0.47%) IaaS
11 2 (0.47%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.47%) PaaS
11 2 (0.47%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.29%) Firewall
1 27 (6.29%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (3.73%) DNS
2 16 (3.73%) VPN
3 15 (3.50%) NGFW
3 15 (3.50%) VXLAN
3 15 (3.50%) Wireshark
4 14 (3.26%) DHCP
4 14 (3.26%) LAN
4 14 (3.26%) WAN
5 13 (3.03%) SD-WAN
6 11 (2.56%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.63%) IP Telephony
7 7 (1.63%) VoIP
8 3 (0.70%) Network Security
8 3 (0.70%) SSL
8 3 (0.70%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.47%) Broadband
9 2 (0.47%) SAN
10 1 (0.23%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.63%) Power BI
3 3 (0.70%) MySQL
4 2 (0.47%) DB2
4 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (7.93%) JIRA
2 3 (0.70%) GitLab
3 2 (0.47%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 268 (62.47%) Social Skills
2 120 (27.97%) French Language
3 91 (21.21%) Swedish Language
4 43 (10.02%) Public Sector
5 40 (9.32%) Finance
6 34 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (6.76%) Law
8 27 (6.29%) Influencing Skills
8 27 (6.29%) Legal
9 23 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (4.90%) Fire and Rescue
11 21 (4.90%) Local Government
12 16 (3.73%) Marketing
13 15 (3.50%) Banking
14 13 (3.03%) Back Office
15 9 (2.10%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (1.17%) Retail
18 4 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 185 (43.12%) Analyst
2 132 (30.77%) Service Analyst
3 124 (28.90%) Service Desk Analyst
4 41 (9.56%) IT Support
5 34 (7.93%) Support Analyst
6 26 (6.06%) IT Manager
7 24 (5.59%) IT Analyst
7 24 (5.59%) Support Manager
8 23 (5.36%) Developer
8 23 (5.36%) Service Manager
9 21 (4.90%) Architect
10 19 (4.43%) ServiceNow Developer
11 18 (4.20%) IT Engineer
11 18 (4.20%) IT Support Analyst
11 18 (4.20%) Support Engineer
12 17 (3.96%) IT Support Engineer
12 17 (3.96%) Lead
13 16 (3.73%) Business Manager
13 16 (3.73%) Operations Manager
13 16 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.90%) REST
2 18 (4.20%) SOAP
3 11 (2.56%) Middleware
4 10 (2.33%) CSS
4 10 (2.33%) HTML
5 7 (1.63%) .NET
5 7 (1.63%) JSON
5 7 (1.63%) XML
6 6 (1.40%) Web Services
7 4 (0.93%) LDAP
7 4 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.70%) JDBC
8 3 (0.70%) SAML
9 2 (0.47%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.59%) Data Centre
1 24 (5.59%) NHS
2 21 (4.90%) CMDB
3 20 (4.66%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.50%) PKI
5 11 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.63%) CCTV
7 7 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.40%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.17%) iPad
10 3 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.47%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.47%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.47%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.47%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.47%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 61 (14.22%) Windows
2 29 (6.76%) Windows 10
3 22 (5.13%) Linux
4 18 (4.20%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.86%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.93%) Android
7 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (65.97%) ITIL
2 146 (34.03%) Customer Service
3 140 (32.63%) Service Management
4 123 (28.67%) Performance Metrics
5 82 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (18.88%) Service Delivery
7 75 (17.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 47 (10.96%) Agile
8 47 (10.96%) Change Management
9 45 (10.49%) Mentoring
10 41 (9.56%) Asset Management
11 38 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
12 34 (7.93%) User Experience
13 29 (6.76%) Coaching
14 25 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
14 25 (5.83%) Project Delivery
15 23 (5.36%) Migration
16 21 (4.90%) CRM
16 21 (4.90%) Customer Engagement
16 21 (4.90%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.13%) SQL
2 20 (4.66%) Python
3 19 (4.43%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.10%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.10%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.70%) Bash
5 3 (0.70%) Perl
6 2 (0.47%) C#
6 2 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
6 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.47%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 139 (32.40%) Degree
2 134 (31.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 127 (29.60%) MCSE
4 123 (28.67%) AWS Certification
5 19 (4.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 19 (4.43%) Security Cleared
6 17 (3.96%) SC Cleared
7 15 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.33%) CCNP
9 9 (2.10%) CCNA
9 9 (2.10%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.63%) MCSA
10 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 7 (1.63%) PMP
11 4 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.93%) CISSP
12 3 (0.70%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.70%) CCIE
12 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (29.37%) QA
2 17 (3.96%) SLA
3 12 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.40%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.17%) COBIT
6 4 (0.93%) GDPR
6 4 (0.93%) NIST
6 4 (0.93%) PMO
7 3 (0.70%) GRC
8 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.23%) NCSC
9 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.70%) Docker
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (5.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (4.90%) Ansible
3 19 (4.43%) Terraform
4 17 (3.96%) SCCM
5 6 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.17%) Autotask
7 3 (0.70%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.70%) Nagios
7 3 (0.70%) Puppet
8 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.23%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 251 (58.51%) ServiceNow
2 199 (46.39%) Microsoft
3 18 (4.20%) BMC
4 17 (3.96%) Remedy
5 15 (3.50%) Arista
5 15 (3.50%) Aruba
5 15 (3.50%) NetScout
6 13 (3.03%) Apple
6 13 (3.03%) SolarWinds
7 9 (2.10%) Cisco
7 9 (2.10%) ConnectWise
7 9 (2.10%) Freshdesk
7 9 (2.10%) VMware
7 9 (2.10%) WooCommerce
8 7 (1.63%) Draytek
8 7 (1.63%) Mitel
8 7 (1.63%) WatchGuard
9 6 (1.40%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.17%) Datto
11 4 (0.93%) BigPanda