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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 163 162
Rank change year-on-year +23 -1 +20
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 483 331 457
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.94% 1.97% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.10% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 318 234 288
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,150 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year - -6.30% -4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,193
90th Percentile £103,250 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.13%

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 20,204 15,782 19,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.97% 93.81% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,422 8,452 11,768
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,243
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,274
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.62% -2.88%

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 1 October 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 18 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.52%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.66%) Confluence
4 2 (0.41%) CMS
Applications
1 71 (14.70%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 29 (6.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.83%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.83%) Shopify
3 3 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.41%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.41%) Maximo
4 2 (0.41%) Primavera
5 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.21%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 159 (32.92%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (17.18%) AWS
3 81 (16.77%) Azure
4 66 (13.66%) Entra ID
5 24 (4.97%) SaaS
6 12 (2.48%) Power Platform
7 7 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.45%) Google Workspace
7 7 (1.45%) OneDrive
8 6 (1.24%) IaaS
8 6 (1.24%) PaaS
9 5 (1.04%) OCI
10 4 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.62%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.62%) GCP
12 2 (0.41%) Anthropic Claude
12 2 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.41%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.80%) DNS
2 26 (5.38%) DHCP
3 23 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 23 (4.76%) VPN
4 20 (4.14%) Firewall
5 16 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (2.28%) IP Telephony
7 8 (1.66%) Network Security
7 8 (1.66%) VLAN
8 6 (1.24%) WAN
9 5 (1.04%) LAN
10 4 (0.83%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.62%) 3GPP
11 3 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.62%) TETRA
11 3 (0.62%) Wireless
12 1 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.21%) MPLS
12 1 (0.21%) SAN
12 1 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.86%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.45%) Power BI
3 5 (1.04%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.41%) GIS
5 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.21%) Big Data
5 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (8.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Git
2 1 (0.21%) Jaeger
2 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
General
1 274 (56.73%) Social Skills
2 110 (22.77%) Finance
3 66 (13.66%) Public Sector
4 65 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (9.94%) Swedish Language
6 47 (9.73%) Banking
7 29 (6.00%) Law
8 28 (5.80%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (4.35%) Telecoms
10 20 (4.14%) Manufacturing
11 18 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (3.11%) Retail
14 12 (2.48%) French Language
14 12 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (2.28%) Aerospace
15 11 (2.28%) Legal
16 8 (1.66%) Marketing
17 4 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 134 (27.74%) Analyst
2 88 (18.22%) Senior
3 81 (16.77%) Service Analyst
4 78 (16.15%) IT Manager
5 72 (14.91%) Service Desk Analyst
6 68 (14.08%) Service Manager
7 55 (11.39%) IT Support
8 54 (11.18%) Support Analyst
9 46 (9.52%) IT Services Manager
10 41 (8.49%) Senior Manager
11 37 (7.66%) Senior Service Manager
12 32 (6.63%) Lead
13 30 (6.21%) IT Analyst
14 26 (5.38%) 1st Line Support
14 26 (5.38%) Senior IT Manager
15 24 (4.97%) Architect
15 24 (4.97%) IT Engineer
15 24 (4.97%) Support Engineer
16 23 (4.76%) Consultant
17 22 (4.55%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.31%) REST
1 16 (3.31%) SOAP
2 9 (1.86%) Web Services
3 5 (1.04%) HTML
4 4 (0.83%) CSS
4 4 (0.83%) LDAP
5 3 (0.62%) Ajax
5 3 (0.62%) JSON
5 3 (0.62%) OAuth
5 3 (0.62%) OpenID
5 3 (0.62%) RESTful
6 2 (0.41%) .NET
6 2 (0.41%) Middleware
6 2 (0.41%) XML
7 1 (0.21%) Guice
7 1 (0.21%) Hibernate
7 1 (0.21%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.21%) Spring
7 1 (0.21%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.66%) Onboarding
2 35 (7.25%) CMDB
2 35 (7.25%) Management Information System
3 26 (5.38%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (4.55%) Driving Licence
5 20 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.28%) Operational Technology
7 10 (2.07%) CCTV
8 9 (1.86%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.66%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.45%) LIMS
11 5 (1.04%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.83%) Smartphone
12 4 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.62%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.62%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 89 (18.43%) Windows
2 28 (5.80%) Windows Server
3 16 (3.31%) Linux
4 12 (2.48%) Mac OS
5 8 (1.66%) Android
6 6 (1.24%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (71.01%) ITIL
2 233 (48.24%) Service Management
3 150 (31.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 112 (23.19%) Customer Service
5 103 (21.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 100 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (20.29%) Service Delivery
8 83 (17.18%) Performance Metrics
9 62 (12.84%) Agile
10 61 (12.63%) Problem Management
11 60 (12.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 51 (10.56%) Mentoring
12 51 (10.56%) User Experience
13 49 (10.14%) Change Management
14 48 (9.94%) Root Cause Analysis
15 47 (9.73%) Collaborative Working
16 44 (9.11%) Project Delivery
17 43 (8.90%) Coaching
18 42 (8.70%) Incident Management
19 40 (8.28%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.38%) PowerShell
2 21 (4.35%) SQL
3 12 (2.48%) Python
4 11 (2.28%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.04%) Bash
5 5 (1.04%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.62%) Java
6 3 (0.62%) Ruby
7 2 (0.41%) C#
7 2 (0.41%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 125 (25.88%) Degree
2 84 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 84 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 70 (14.49%) MCSE
4 64 (13.25%) AWS Certification
5 51 (10.56%) SC Cleared
6 24 (4.97%) DV Cleared
7 18 (3.73%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (3.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 15 (3.11%) DBS Check
10 13 (2.69%) CCNA
10 13 (2.69%) CCNP
11 10 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (2.07%) MCSA
11 10 (2.07%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 9 (1.86%) PMI Certification
13 8 (1.66%) PMP
14 6 (1.24%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (16.36%) QA
2 48 (9.94%) SLA
3 14 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (2.28%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.28%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.86%) COBIT
6 7 (1.45%) GxP
7 6 (1.24%) GDPR
7 6 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.83%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.41%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.21%) GRC
System Software
1 59 (12.22%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.52%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.21%) Docker
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 52 (10.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 7 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.04%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.83%) Autotask
6 3 (0.62%) SCCM
7 2 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.41%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.41%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.21%) Ansible
8 1 (0.21%) Grafana
8 1 (0.21%) Nessus
8 1 (0.21%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 225 (46.58%) ServiceNow
2 175 (36.23%) Microsoft
3 29 (6.00%) Remedy
4 22 (4.55%) BMC
5 18 (3.73%) VMware
6 11 (2.28%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.28%) WatchGuard
7 10 (2.07%) Cisco
7 10 (2.07%) Draytek
7 10 (2.07%) Mitel
8 8 (1.66%) Freshdesk
9 7 (1.45%) Google
10 6 (1.24%) Meraki
10 6 (1.24%) SAP
10 6 (1.24%) Splunk
11 5 (1.04%) HubSpot
11 5 (1.04%) Oracle
11 5 (1.04%) Workday
11 5 (1.04%) YouTube
12 4 (0.83%) SolarWinds