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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 127 182
Rank change year-on-year +27 +55 +34
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 425 427 496
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.66% 2.69% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 2.84% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 244 286 426
10th Percentile £29,475 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,344 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% -6.41% +3.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,568 £77,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,900 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -1.96%

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 13,808 15,028 25,736
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.57% 94.62% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 8,791 8,918 21,255
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.69% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,400 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £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 7 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 26 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.71%) Confluence
3 3 (0.71%) HCL Domino
3 3 (0.71%) HCL Notes
3 3 (0.71%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 124 (29.18%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (4.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 15 (3.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.88%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (1.88%) Magento
3 8 (1.88%) Shopify
4 2 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.47%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.24%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 179 (42.12%) Microsoft 365
2 151 (35.53%) AWS
3 66 (15.53%) Azure
4 27 (6.35%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.12%) SaaS
6 15 (3.53%) OCI
7 12 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (2.82%) Power Platform
8 4 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.94%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.71%) Datadog
9 3 (0.71%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.47%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (0.47%) GCP
10 2 (0.47%) IaaS
10 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.47%) PaaS
10 2 (0.47%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
2 27 (6.35%) Firewall
3 18 (4.24%) VPN
4 15 (3.53%) LAN
4 15 (3.53%) NGFW
4 15 (3.53%) SD-WAN
4 15 (3.53%) VXLAN
4 15 (3.53%) WAN
4 15 (3.53%) Wireshark
5 14 (3.29%) DNS
6 12 (2.82%) DHCP
7 10 (2.35%) VoIP
8 8 (1.88%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.65%) IP Telephony
10 5 (1.18%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.71%) Network Security
12 2 (0.47%) Broadband
12 2 (0.47%) SAN
13 1 (0.24%) ADSL
13 1 (0.24%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.12%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.88%) Power BI
3 3 (0.71%) MySQL
4 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (7.76%) JIRA
2 3 (0.71%) GitLab
3 2 (0.47%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.24%) Git
General
1 259 (60.94%) Social Skills
2 115 (27.06%) French Language
3 95 (22.35%) Swedish Language
4 47 (11.06%) Public Sector
5 37 (8.71%) Finance
6 36 (8.47%) Law
7 34 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
8 28 (6.59%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (6.35%) Legal
9 27 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (4.94%) Fire and Rescue
10 21 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (4.94%) Local Government
11 16 (3.76%) Banking
11 16 (3.76%) Marketing
12 13 (3.06%) Back Office
13 11 (2.59%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.18%) Advertising
15 5 (1.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 178 (41.88%) Analyst
2 128 (30.12%) Service Analyst
3 119 (28.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 41 (9.65%) IT Support
5 31 (7.29%) Support Analyst
6 30 (7.06%) IT Manager
7 28 (6.59%) Service Manager
8 27 (6.35%) IT Analyst
9 24 (5.65%) Developer
9 24 (5.65%) Support Manager
10 22 (5.18%) Architect
11 20 (4.71%) IT Support Analyst
11 20 (4.71%) ServiceNow Developer
12 19 (4.47%) Operations Manager
13 18 (4.24%) IT Services Manager
14 17 (4.00%) Lead
14 17 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (3.76%) Business Manager
16 15 (3.53%) Network Manager
16 15 (3.53%) Network Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.53%) REST
1 15 (3.53%) SOAP
2 13 (3.06%) CSS
2 13 (3.06%) HTML
3 10 (2.35%) JSON
3 10 (2.35%) Middleware
3 10 (2.35%) XML
4 6 (1.41%) .NET
5 4 (0.94%) Web Services
6 3 (0.71%) EDI
6 3 (0.71%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.47%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.24%) LDAP
8 1 (0.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.65%) Data Centre
1 24 (5.65%) NHS
2 22 (5.18%) CMDB
3 20 (4.71%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.53%) PKI
5 11 (2.59%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.59%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.65%) CCTV
6 7 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.65%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.41%) iPad
8 4 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.94%) Operational Technology
8 4 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.47%) PMI
10 2 (0.47%) Robotics
10 2 (0.47%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.47%) Social Media
10 2 (0.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 56 (13.18%) Windows
2 26 (6.12%) Windows 10
3 23 (5.41%) Linux
4 19 (4.47%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.12%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.71%) Android
7 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (66.82%) ITIL
2 145 (34.12%) Service Management
3 140 (32.94%) Customer Service
4 121 (28.47%) Performance Metrics
5 88 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (18.59%) Service Delivery
7 72 (16.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 46 (10.82%) Agile
8 46 (10.82%) Mentoring
9 44 (10.35%) Change Management
10 42 (9.88%) Asset Management
11 39 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 33 (7.76%) User Experience
13 30 (7.06%) Coaching
14 29 (6.82%) Project Delivery
15 28 (6.59%) Problem Management
16 27 (6.35%) Cybersecurity
17 25 (5.88%) Migration
18 23 (5.41%) Project Management
19 22 (5.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.65%) JavaScript
2 21 (4.94%) SQL
3 20 (4.71%) Python
4 8 (1.88%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.88%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.71%) Bash
5 3 (0.71%) Perl
6 2 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.24%) C#
7 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 137 (32.24%) Degree
2 129 (30.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 122 (28.71%) MCSE
4 120 (28.24%) AWS Certification
5 22 (5.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 19 (4.47%) Security Cleared
7 17 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (4.00%) SC Cleared
8 12 (2.82%) CCNP
9 11 (2.59%) PMI Certification
10 9 (2.12%) CCNA
10 9 (2.12%) PMP
11 7 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.65%) MCSA
11 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (1.18%) CISSP
13 4 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.94%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.94%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (29.41%) QA
2 16 (3.76%) SLA
3 15 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.41%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.41%) NIST
6 5 (1.18%) COBIT
6 5 (1.18%) PMO
7 4 (0.94%) GDPR
7 4 (0.94%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.71%) GRC
8 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.24%) NCSC
9 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (8.47%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.65%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.71%) Docker
4 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (4.94%) Ansible
3 19 (4.47%) Terraform
4 13 (3.06%) SCCM
5 5 (1.18%) Autotask
6 4 (0.94%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.71%) Nagios
7 3 (0.71%) Puppet
7 3 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.24%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 239 (56.24%) ServiceNow
2 193 (45.41%) Microsoft
3 20 (4.71%) BMC
4 19 (4.47%) Remedy
5 15 (3.53%) Arista
5 15 (3.53%) Aruba
5 15 (3.53%) NetScout
6 14 (3.29%) Apple
7 12 (2.82%) SolarWinds
8 11 (2.59%) Cisco
9 10 (2.35%) Freshdesk
10 8 (1.88%) ConnectWise
10 8 (1.88%) VMware
10 8 (1.88%) WooCommerce
11 7 (1.65%) Draytek
11 7 (1.65%) Mitel
11 7 (1.65%) WatchGuard
12 6 (1.41%) Datto
12 6 (1.41%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.18%) Google