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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 128 184
Rank change year-on-year +30 +56 +36
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 433 424 488
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.65% 2.72% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.07% 2.87% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 245 290 419
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% -5.81% +3.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,426 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -2.63%

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 14,103 14,778 25,599
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.18% 94.85% 92.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,134 8,791 21,233
10th Percentile £30,538 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,249 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 18 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 27 (6.24%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.69%) Confluence
3 3 (0.69%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.23%) HCL Domino
4 1 (0.23%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 129 (29.79%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (3.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 16 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (2.08%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.08%) Magento
3 9 (2.08%) Shopify
4 3 (0.69%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.69%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 190 (43.88%) Microsoft 365
2 156 (36.03%) AWS
3 71 (16.40%) Azure
4 28 (6.47%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.00%) SaaS
6 15 (3.46%) OCI
7 13 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (2.54%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.92%) Datadog
9 4 (0.92%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.69%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.46%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (0.46%) GCP
11 2 (0.46%) IaaS
11 2 (0.46%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.46%) PaaS
11 2 (0.46%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.46%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.47%) Wi-Fi
2 27 (6.24%) Firewall
3 18 (4.16%) VPN
4 16 (3.70%) DNS
5 15 (3.46%) LAN
5 15 (3.46%) NGFW
5 15 (3.46%) VXLAN
5 15 (3.46%) WAN
5 15 (3.46%) Wireshark
6 14 (3.23%) DHCP
6 14 (3.23%) SD-WAN
7 10 (2.31%) TCP/IP
8 9 (2.08%) VoIP
9 7 (1.62%) IP Telephony
10 4 (0.92%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.69%) Network Security
12 2 (0.46%) Broadband
12 2 (0.46%) SAN
12 2 (0.46%) SSL
13 1 (0.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.77%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.62%) Power BI
3 3 (0.69%) MySQL
4 2 (0.46%) DB2
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (7.85%) JIRA
2 3 (0.69%) GitLab
3 2 (0.46%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.23%) Git
General
1 269 (62.12%) Social Skills
2 120 (27.71%) French Language
3 91 (21.02%) Swedish Language
4 46 (10.62%) Public Sector
5 39 (9.01%) Finance
6 34 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (7.16%) Law
8 27 (6.24%) Influencing Skills
8 27 (6.24%) Legal
9 25 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (4.85%) Fire and Rescue
11 21 (4.85%) Local Government
12 16 (3.70%) Marketing
13 15 (3.46%) Banking
14 13 (3.00%) Back Office
15 10 (2.31%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (1.15%) Retail
18 4 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 185 (42.73%) Analyst
2 132 (30.48%) Service Analyst
3 124 (28.64%) Service Desk Analyst
4 41 (9.47%) IT Support
5 34 (7.85%) Support Analyst
6 28 (6.47%) IT Manager
7 26 (6.00%) Service Manager
8 25 (5.77%) Support Manager
9 24 (5.54%) IT Analyst
10 23 (5.31%) Developer
11 22 (5.08%) Architect
12 19 (4.39%) ServiceNow Developer
13 18 (4.16%) IT Support Analyst
14 17 (3.93%) IT Engineer
14 17 (3.93%) Operations Manager
14 17 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (3.93%) Support Engineer
15 16 (3.70%) Business Manager
15 16 (3.70%) IT Services Manager
15 16 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.39%) REST
2 17 (3.93%) SOAP
3 11 (2.54%) CSS
3 11 (2.54%) HTML
3 11 (2.54%) Middleware
4 8 (1.85%) .NET
4 8 (1.85%) JSON
4 8 (1.85%) XML
5 6 (1.39%) Web Services
6 4 (0.92%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.69%) LDAP
8 2 (0.46%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.46%) JDBC
8 2 (0.46%) SAML
9 1 (0.23%) EDI
9 1 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.54%) Data Centre
1 24 (5.54%) NHS
2 21 (4.85%) CMDB
2 21 (4.85%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.46%) PKI
4 11 (2.54%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.31%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.62%) CCTV
6 7 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.39%) iPad
7 6 (1.39%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.69%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.46%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.46%) Clustering
10 2 (0.46%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.46%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 62 (14.32%) Windows
2 29 (6.70%) Windows 10
3 23 (5.31%) Linux
4 20 (4.62%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.08%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.92%) Android
7 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.46%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (65.82%) ITIL
2 147 (33.95%) Customer Service
3 144 (33.26%) Service Management
4 124 (28.64%) Performance Metrics
5 86 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (18.71%) Service Delivery
7 75 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 47 (10.85%) Agile
9 46 (10.62%) Change Management
10 45 (10.39%) Mentoring
11 41 (9.47%) Asset Management
12 39 (9.01%) Stakeholder Management
13 33 (7.62%) User Experience
14 29 (6.70%) Coaching
15 26 (6.00%) Cybersecurity
15 26 (6.00%) Project Delivery
16 24 (5.54%) Migration
16 24 (5.54%) Problem Management
17 22 (5.08%) CRM
18 21 (4.85%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.54%) SQL
2 20 (4.62%) JavaScript
2 20 (4.62%) Python
3 10 (2.31%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.08%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.69%) Bash
5 3 (0.69%) C#
5 3 (0.69%) Perl
6 2 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
6 2 (0.46%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.46%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 140 (32.33%) Degree
2 134 (30.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 127 (29.33%) MCSE
4 124 (28.64%) AWS Certification
5 20 (4.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 19 (4.39%) Security Cleared
7 17 (3.93%) SC Cleared
8 16 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (2.54%) CCNP
10 10 (2.31%) PMI Certification
11 9 (2.08%) CCNA
12 8 (1.85%) PMP
13 7 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.62%) MCSA
13 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.92%) CISSP
15 3 (0.69%) A+ Certification
15 3 (0.69%) CCIE
15 3 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (29.56%) QA
2 17 (3.93%) SLA
3 13 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.39%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.15%) COBIT
6 5 (1.15%) NIST
7 4 (0.92%) GDPR
7 4 (0.92%) PMO
8 3 (0.69%) GRC
9 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.23%) NCSC
10 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (9.01%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.85%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.69%) Docker
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (5.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (4.85%) Ansible
3 19 (4.39%) Terraform
4 16 (3.70%) SCCM
5 5 (1.15%) Autotask
5 5 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.92%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.69%) Nagios
7 3 (0.69%) Puppet
8 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.23%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 249 (57.51%) ServiceNow
2 200 (46.19%) Microsoft
3 18 (4.16%) BMC
4 17 (3.93%) Remedy
5 15 (3.46%) Arista
5 15 (3.46%) Aruba
5 15 (3.46%) NetScout
6 14 (3.23%) Apple
7 13 (3.00%) SolarWinds
8 10 (2.31%) Cisco
8 10 (2.31%) Freshdesk
9 9 (2.08%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.08%) VMware
9 9 (2.08%) WooCommerce
10 7 (1.62%) Draytek
10 7 (1.62%) Mitel
10 7 (1.62%) WatchGuard
11 6 (1.39%) Datto
11 6 (1.39%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.15%) Dynatrace