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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 209 224
Rank change year-on-year +59 +15 -16
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 407 258 471
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.93% 1.59% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 1.69% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 281 215 406
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -8.01% +2.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,188
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £48,445 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.65% -14.29% -3.67%

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 17,480 15,224 29,144
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.73% 93.65% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12,756 9,023 22,315
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 8 July 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 15 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.23%) Confluence
4 2 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.49%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
Applications
1 81 (19.90%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 18 (4.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.98%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.98%) Magento
2 4 (0.98%) Shopify
3 3 (0.74%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.74%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 153 (37.59%) Microsoft 365
2 97 (23.83%) AWS
3 70 (17.20%) Azure
4 37 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 15 (3.69%) OCI
6 10 (2.46%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.46%) SaaS
7 6 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.98%) Google Workspace
8 4 (0.98%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (0.74%) Datadog
10 2 (0.49%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (0.49%) GCP
10 2 (0.49%) IaaS
10 2 (0.49%) Miro
10 2 (0.49%) Prefect
11 1 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.88%) Wi-Fi
2 26 (6.39%) DNS
3 24 (5.90%) TCP/IP
4 23 (5.65%) VPN
5 22 (5.41%) DHCP
5 22 (5.41%) Firewall
6 15 (3.69%) NGFW
6 15 (3.69%) VXLAN
6 15 (3.69%) Wireshark
7 8 (1.97%) VLAN
8 6 (1.47%) WAN
9 5 (1.23%) Network Security
10 4 (0.98%) LAN
11 3 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.74%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.74%) SSL
11 3 (0.74%) Wireless
12 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.25%) Converged Networks
12 1 (0.25%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.19%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.21%) Power BI
3 4 (0.98%) Db2
3 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (8.85%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.25%) GitLab
3 1 (0.25%) Jaeger
General
1 211 (51.84%) Social Skills
2 78 (19.16%) Public Sector
3 58 (14.25%) Finance
4 52 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (9.58%) French Language
6 36 (8.85%) Swedish Language
7 19 (4.67%) Banking
8 18 (4.42%) Law
9 16 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.47%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.47%) Marketing
13 5 (1.23%) Legal
14 4 (0.98%) Back Office
14 4 (0.98%) Publishing
15 3 (0.74%) Korean Language
15 3 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.49%) Legal Technology
16 2 (0.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 126 (30.96%) Analyst
2 89 (21.87%) Service Analyst
3 84 (20.64%) Service Desk Analyst
4 51 (12.53%) IT Manager
4 51 (12.53%) Senior
5 41 (10.07%) Service Manager
6 33 (8.11%) Support Analyst
7 30 (7.37%) IT Services Manager
7 30 (7.37%) IT Support
8 26 (6.39%) Lead
8 26 (6.39%) Senior Manager
9 24 (5.90%) Senior Service Manager
10 23 (5.65%) Senior IT Manager
11 22 (5.41%) Consultant
11 22 (5.41%) IT Analyst
11 22 (5.41%) Support Engineer
12 19 (4.67%) Developer
13 18 (4.42%) Architect
14 17 (4.18%) IT Engineer
14 17 (4.18%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.14%) REST
2 22 (5.41%) SOAP
3 9 (2.21%) Web Services
4 8 (1.97%) Middleware
5 6 (1.47%) .NET
6 3 (0.74%) JDBC
6 3 (0.74%) LDAP
6 3 (0.74%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.74%) SAML
7 2 (0.49%) HTML
7 2 (0.49%) JSON
7 2 (0.49%) Kafka
7 2 (0.49%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.49%) RESTful
8 1 (0.25%) CSS
8 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.90%) CMDB
2 19 (4.67%) Data Centre
3 15 (3.69%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.69%) PKI
4 13 (3.19%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.95%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.97%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.74%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.74%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.74%) NHS
10 2 (0.49%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.49%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.25%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 67 (16.46%) Windows
2 16 (3.93%) Windows 10
3 14 (3.44%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.21%) Android
5 8 (1.97%) Linux
6 6 (1.47%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (65.11%) ITIL
2 145 (35.63%) Service Management
3 113 (27.76%) Customer Service
4 101 (24.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 89 (21.87%) Service Delivery
6 88 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
7 86 (21.13%) Performance Metrics
8 62 (15.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (13.02%) Mentoring
10 46 (11.30%) Coaching
11 44 (10.81%) Agile
12 37 (9.09%) Roadmaps
12 37 (9.09%) User Experience
13 34 (8.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 31 (7.62%) AI
14 31 (7.62%) Change Management
14 31 (7.62%) Problem Management
15 28 (6.88%) DevOps
16 25 (6.14%) Incident Response
16 25 (6.14%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.63%) Python
2 25 (6.14%) SQL
3 21 (5.16%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.72%) T-SQL
5 6 (1.47%) Bash
5 6 (1.47%) C#
6 5 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.98%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.98%) VB.NET
8 3 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.74%) Ruby
9 2 (0.49%) Java
9 2 (0.49%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.25%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.25%) Perl
10 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 113 (27.76%) Degree
2 84 (20.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (18.67%) AWS Certification
4 75 (18.43%) MCSE
5 41 (10.07%) Security Cleared
6 20 (4.91%) SC Cleared
7 15 (3.69%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 9 (2.21%) DBS Check
10 9 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (1.47%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.23%) A+ Certification
12 5 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.23%) PMP
13 3 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.74%) CISSP
13 3 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.49%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (23.10%) QA
2 37 (9.09%) SLA
3 7 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.23%) GDPR
6 4 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.49%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 37 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.47%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (6.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (4.42%) Ansible
3 16 (3.93%) Terraform
4 10 (2.46%) SCCM
5 5 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.98%) Autotask
7 3 (0.74%) Puppet
7 3 (0.74%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.49%) Argo
8 2 (0.49%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.49%) Salt
8 2 (0.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.25%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 252 (61.92%) ServiceNow
2 170 (41.77%) Microsoft
3 18 (4.42%) Remedy
4 16 (3.93%) Aruba
5 15 (3.69%) Arista
5 15 (3.69%) BMC
5 15 (3.69%) NetScout
6 9 (2.21%) Cisco
7 8 (1.97%) ConnectWise
7 8 (1.97%) Freshdesk
7 8 (1.97%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.97%) SolarWinds
8 6 (1.47%) SAP
8 6 (1.47%) VMware
9 5 (1.23%) Splunk
10 4 (0.98%) Citrix
10 4 (0.98%) Google
10 4 (0.98%) Meraki
10 4 (0.98%) WooCommerce
11 3 (0.74%) Zscaler