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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 208 230
Rank change year-on-year +61 +22 -15
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 399 257 474
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.93% 1.63% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 1.74% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 270 214 409
10th Percentile £31,492 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -6.30% +6.73%
75th Percentile £78,957 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £48,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.78% -14.29% -2.78%

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 16,967 14,802 29,888
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.19% 94.02% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 12,385 8,674 23,017
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £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 £78,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.12%

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 29 June 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 16 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.25%) Confluence
4 2 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.50%) CMS
4 2 (0.50%) OpenStack
Applications
1 79 (19.80%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (3.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (1.00%) Magento
2 4 (1.00%) Shopify
3 3 (0.75%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.75%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.50%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 153 (38.35%) Microsoft 365
2 97 (24.31%) AWS
3 71 (17.79%) Azure
4 35 (8.77%) Entra ID
5 15 (3.76%) OCI
6 11 (2.76%) SaaS
7 10 (2.51%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.25%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.00%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.50%) Anthropic Claude
13 2 (0.50%) Datadog
13 2 (0.50%) IaaS
13 2 (0.50%) Miro
13 2 (0.50%) Prefect
13 2 (0.50%) Slack
14 1 (0.25%) GCP
14 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.52%) Wi-Fi
2 25 (6.27%) DNS
3 24 (6.02%) VPN
4 23 (5.76%) Firewall
5 22 (5.51%) TCP/IP
6 21 (5.26%) DHCP
7 15 (3.76%) NGFW
7 15 (3.76%) VXLAN
7 15 (3.76%) Wireshark
8 8 (2.01%) VLAN
8 8 (2.01%) WAN
9 7 (1.75%) LAN
10 6 (1.50%) Network Security
11 5 (1.25%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.75%) SSL
12 3 (0.75%) Wireless
13 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
13 1 (0.25%) IP Telephony
13 1 (0.25%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.76%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.01%) Power BI
3 4 (1.00%) Db2
3 4 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (9.27%) JIRA
2 2 (0.50%) GitLab
2 2 (0.50%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 209 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 77 (19.30%) Public Sector
3 56 (14.04%) Finance
4 50 (12.53%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (9.77%) French Language
6 35 (8.77%) Swedish Language
7 18 (4.51%) Banking
7 18 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (4.01%) Law
9 11 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.75%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.75%) Marketing
12 5 (1.25%) Legal
12 5 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.00%) Back Office
13 4 (1.00%) Publishing
14 3 (0.75%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.75%) Korean Language
14 3 (0.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 121 (30.33%) Analyst
2 86 (21.55%) Service Analyst
3 82 (20.55%) Service Desk Analyst
4 52 (13.03%) Senior
5 49 (12.28%) IT Manager
6 43 (10.78%) Service Manager
7 30 (7.52%) IT Services Manager
7 30 (7.52%) Support Analyst
8 28 (7.02%) IT Support
9 26 (6.52%) Lead
9 26 (6.52%) Senior Manager
10 24 (6.02%) Senior Service Manager
11 23 (5.76%) Consultant
11 23 (5.76%) Senior IT Manager
12 22 (5.51%) Support Engineer
13 18 (4.51%) IT Analyst
14 17 (4.26%) IT Engineer
14 17 (4.26%) ServiceNow Consultant
14 17 (4.26%) Technical Manager
15 16 (4.01%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (6.52%) REST
2 23 (5.76%) SOAP
3 9 (2.26%) Web Services
4 8 (2.01%) Middleware
5 6 (1.50%) .NET
6 3 (0.75%) JDBC
6 3 (0.75%) LDAP
6 3 (0.75%) SAML
7 2 (0.50%) CSS
7 2 (0.50%) HTML
7 2 (0.50%) JSON
7 2 (0.50%) Kafka
7 2 (0.50%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.50%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.50%) RESTful
8 1 (0.25%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.52%) CMDB
2 22 (5.51%) Data Centre
3 15 (3.76%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.76%) PKI
4 13 (3.26%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.01%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.01%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.75%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.75%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.75%) NHS
11 2 (0.50%) Clustering
11 2 (0.50%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.50%) PMI
11 2 (0.50%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 65 (16.29%) Windows
2 17 (4.26%) Windows 10
3 12 (3.01%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.51%) Linux
5 9 (2.26%) Android
6 6 (1.50%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (65.41%) ITIL
2 144 (36.09%) Service Management
3 110 (27.57%) Customer Service
4 98 (24.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 89 (22.31%) Service Delivery
6 82 (20.55%) Performance Metrics
6 82 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
7 61 (15.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 53 (13.28%) Mentoring
9 43 (10.78%) Agile
9 43 (10.78%) Coaching
10 37 (9.27%) User Experience
11 35 (8.77%) Roadmaps
12 34 (8.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 30 (7.52%) Change Management
13 30 (7.52%) Problem Management
14 29 (7.27%) AI
15 28 (7.02%) DevOps
16 24 (6.02%) Decision-Making
16 24 (6.02%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.77%) Python
2 23 (5.76%) SQL
3 19 (4.76%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.50%) C#
5 5 (1.25%) Bash
5 5 (1.25%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.25%) T-SQL
6 4 (1.00%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.00%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.75%) Ruby
8 2 (0.50%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.50%) Java
8 2 (0.50%) Perl
8 2 (0.50%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 111 (27.82%) Degree
2 84 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 75 (18.80%) AWS Certification
4 74 (18.55%) MCSE
5 40 (10.03%) Security Cleared
6 19 (4.76%) SC Cleared
7 15 (3.76%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.01%) DBS Check
9 8 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (1.75%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.25%) A+ Certification
12 5 (1.25%) PMP
13 4 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.75%) CISSP
14 3 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.50%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (23.06%) QA
2 36 (9.02%) SLA
3 5 (1.25%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.25%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.00%) GDPR
4 4 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.75%) PMO
6 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.25%) GRC
6 1 (0.25%) NIST
6 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.50%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.50%) Docker
3 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (6.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.76%) Ansible
3 17 (4.26%) Terraform
4 11 (2.76%) SCCM
5 6 (1.50%) Autotask
5 6 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.00%) Puppet
7 2 (0.50%) Argo
7 2 (0.50%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.50%) Salt
8 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.25%) Nagios
8 1 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 241 (60.40%) ServiceNow
2 171 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 16 (4.01%) Aruba
4 15 (3.76%) Arista
4 15 (3.76%) NetScout
5 14 (3.51%) Remedy
6 13 (3.26%) BMC
7 10 (2.51%) Cisco
7 10 (2.51%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.26%) SolarWinds
9 8 (2.01%) ConnectWise
9 8 (2.01%) Freshdesk
10 6 (1.50%) SAP
10 6 (1.50%) VMware
11 5 (1.25%) Google
12 4 (1.00%) Citrix
12 4 (1.00%) Meraki
12 4 (1.00%) Splunk
12 4 (1.00%) WooCommerce
13 3 (0.75%) Zscaler