IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ITSM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ITSM over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 214 348
Rank change year-on-year +25 +134 -12
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 1,547 1,657 1,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.45% 1.77% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.85% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,125 1,104 1,342
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,375 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,923 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.53% +11.76% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

ITSM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,168 89,599 164,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.34% 95.45% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 61,788 54,096 83,725
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ITSM.

Salary trend for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITSM over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the UK over the 6 months to 6 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +13 1,344 £50,000 -4.76% 282
UK excluding London -16 1,019 £43,923 -7.53% 195
Work from Home +21 558 £58,700 +6.73% 136
London +41 443 £65,000 +4.42% 81
North of England -1 292 £41,774 -7.17% 40
South East -41 212 £51,000 -2.39% 48
Midlands -12 189 £53,500 +7.00% 43
North West -3 172 £43,750 -12.50% 27
West Midlands -23 122 £58,700 +11.81% 26
South West -35 109 £43,750 +14.29% 28
East of England +12 88 £37,500 +13.64% 24
Yorkshire +23 82 £41,774 -7.17% 11
East Midlands -14 65 £25,000 -28.57% 17
Scotland -54 60 £45,000 -29.13% 12
Wales +31 56 £40,000 -20.00% 4
North East -14 38 £41,774 +10.66% 2
Northern Ireland +27 12 £30,000 -25.00% 2
Isle of Man - 4 - -

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 117 (7.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 106 (6.85%) SharePoint
3 45 (2.91%) WebLogic
4 44 (2.84%) Oracle Service Bus
5 26 (1.68%) Confluence
6 22 (1.42%) SAS
7 16 (1.03%) CMS
8 6 (0.39%) IBM Notes
9 5 (0.32%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.13%) IIS
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.065%) Apache
Applications
1 215 (13.90%) Microsoft Office
2 101 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (2.84%) MS Visio
4 24 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 130 (8.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 25 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.78%) PlanetPress Connect
4 10 (0.65%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.52%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.26%) SAP IS-U
7 4 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.065%) HFM
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.065%) Primavera
10 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.065%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 362 (23.40%) Microsoft 365
2 243 (15.71%) Azure
3 93 (6.01%) Entra ID
4 45 (2.91%) Power Platform
4 45 (2.91%) SaaS
5 40 (2.59%) AWS
6 35 (2.26%) PaaS
7 34 (2.20%) OneDrive
8 30 (1.94%) IaaS
9 17 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (1.10%) WhatsApp
10 15 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
10 15 (0.97%) Mimecast
11 13 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (0.84%) GCP
12 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (0.58%) Azure Storage
13 9 (0.58%) GitHub
14 8 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.52%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 102 (6.59%) Firewall
2 79 (5.11%) TCP/IP
3 69 (4.46%) DNS
4 59 (3.81%) DHCP
4 59 (3.81%) VPN
5 55 (3.56%) WAN
6 47 (3.04%) LAN
7 31 (2.00%) VoIP
7 31 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
8 29 (1.87%) Network Security
9 26 (1.68%) Internet
10 20 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
10 20 (1.29%) Wireless
10 20 (1.29%) WLAN
11 19 (1.23%) SAN
12 16 (1.03%) SSH
13 15 (0.97%) Broadband
14 14 (0.90%) SD-WAN
15 13 (0.84%) IPsec
15 13 (0.84%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.17%) Oracle Database
2 45 (2.91%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (2.84%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (2.84%) VLDB
4 42 (2.71%) SQL Server
5 32 (2.07%) MySQL
6 29 (1.87%) Power BI
7 23 (1.49%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.32%) Redis
10 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Database 12c
12 3 (0.19%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.13%) DTS
13 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 89 (5.75%) JIRA
2 13 (0.84%) Eclipse
3 12 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 7 (0.45%) AdminStudio
4 7 (0.45%) InstallShield
4 7 (0.45%) MSI
5 6 (0.39%) GitLab
6 5 (0.32%) Postman
7 3 (0.19%) Git
8 2 (0.13%) PowerBuilder
9 1 (0.065%) JMeter
9 1 (0.065%) Selenium
General
1 518 (33.48%) Social Skills
2 256 (16.55%) Finance
3 228 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (7.05%) Public Sector
5 94 (6.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 83 (5.37%) Legal
7 68 (4.40%) Banking
8 65 (4.20%) Retail
9 60 (3.88%) Law
10 47 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.68%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.49%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.49%) Marketing
15 18 (1.16%) Police
16 14 (0.90%) Financial Institution
17 13 (0.84%) Local Government
18 12 (0.78%) Aerospace
19 10 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 340 (21.98%) Analyst
2 186 (12.02%) Service Manager
3 156 (10.08%) IT Manager
4 153 (9.89%) IT Support
5 151 (9.76%) Architect
6 149 (9.63%) Support Analyst
7 113 (7.30%) Service Analyst
8 110 (7.11%) Senior
9 107 (6.92%) Lead
10 100 (6.46%) IT Analyst
10 100 (6.46%) Service Desk Analyst
11 88 (5.69%) IT Services Manager
12 86 (5.56%) ServiceNow Architect
13 81 (5.24%) Developer
14 75 (4.85%) Applications Support
15 73 (4.72%) ServiceNow Developer
16 69 (4.46%) Delivery Manager
17 68 (4.40%) Service Delivery Manager
18 66 (4.27%) Support Engineer
19 65 (4.20%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (4.85%) HTML
2 69 (4.46%) CSS
3 68 (4.40%) Web Services
4 63 (4.07%) AngularJS
5 44 (2.84%) XML
6 42 (2.71%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 36 (2.33%) SOAP
8 29 (1.87%) REST
9 27 (1.75%) LDAP
10 24 (1.55%) JSON
11 23 (1.49%) Ajax
12 16 (1.03%) ODBC
12 16 (1.03%) OLE
13 13 (0.84%) JDBC
13 13 (0.84%) XHTML
14 9 (0.58%) Middleware
15 6 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
16 5 (0.32%) CSS3
16 5 (0.32%) HTML5
16 5 (0.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.63%) CMDB
2 103 (6.66%) Management Information System
3 68 (4.40%) Driving Licence
4 60 (3.88%) Smartphone
5 56 (3.62%) Data Centre
5 56 (3.62%) Product Ownership
6 44 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
7 43 (2.78%) Onboarding
8 29 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.62%) Replication
10 22 (1.42%) Public Cloud
11 20 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
13 14 (0.90%) iPad
14 12 (0.78%) iPhone
15 11 (0.71%) Digital Signage
15 11 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
15 11 (0.71%) PMI
16 9 (0.58%) EMC VNX
16 9 (0.58%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 386 (24.95%) Windows
2 135 (8.73%) Windows 10
3 109 (7.05%) Windows Server
4 104 (6.72%) Linux
5 64 (4.14%) Unix
6 48 (3.10%) Android
7 47 (3.04%) Apple iOS
8 45 (2.91%) Solaris
9 25 (1.62%) Mac OS
10 19 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
11 17 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
12 15 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
13 14 (0.90%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.58%) Mac OS X
14 9 (0.58%) Windows Phone
14 9 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 4 (0.26%) CentOS
16 4 (0.26%) Rocky
17 2 (0.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 869 (56.17%) Service Management
2 820 (53.01%) ITIL
3 378 (24.43%) Service Delivery
4 339 (21.91%) Customer Service
5 281 (18.16%) Problem-Solving
6 216 (13.96%) Change Management
7 214 (13.83%) Incident Management
8 177 (11.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 170 (10.99%) Agile
10 165 (10.67%) Project Management
11 150 (9.70%) Mentoring
12 139 (8.99%) Problem Management
13 131 (8.47%) Actionable Insight
14 126 (8.14%) Stakeholder Management
15 108 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
16 97 (6.27%) Configuration Management
17 96 (6.21%) Coaching
18 89 (5.75%) Asset Management
18 89 (5.75%) Service Catalogue
19 81 (5.24%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 89 (5.75%) JavaScript
2 85 (5.49%) SQL
3 78 (5.04%) PowerShell
4 49 (3.17%) PL/SQL
5 38 (2.46%) Python
6 24 (1.55%) Java
7 18 (1.16%) Perl
7 18 (1.16%) R
8 17 (1.10%) Bash
9 10 (0.65%) RPG
10 8 (0.52%) C#
11 7 (0.45%) VB
12 6 (0.39%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.32%) C
13 5 (0.32%) PHP
14 4 (0.26%) ABAP
15 2 (0.13%) Go
15 2 (0.13%) Ruby
16 1 (0.065%) ProC
16 1 (0.065%) Swift
Qualifications
1 260 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 241 (15.58%) Degree
3 206 (13.32%) SC Cleared
4 75 (4.85%) ITIL Certification
5 67 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (3.43%) A+ Certification
7 33 (2.13%) PMI Certification
8 32 (2.07%) DBS Check
9 31 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 29 (1.87%) DV Cleared
11 27 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 25 (1.62%) PMP
13 21 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (1.29%) MCP
15 18 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
16 15 (0.97%) CCNA
16 15 (0.97%) Master's Degree
16 15 (0.97%) MCSA
17 13 (0.84%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (11.05%) SLA
2 53 (3.43%) QA
3 34 (2.20%) COBIT
4 31 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.42%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.36%) GDPR
7 20 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (1.10%) Data Quality
9 16 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 11 (0.71%) NIST
11 10 (0.65%) NCSC
12 8 (0.52%) GRC
13 7 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 5 (0.32%) PMO
16 4 (0.26%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.26%) ISO 9001
16 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 3 (0.19%) ISO 14001
18 2 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 369 (23.85%) Active Directory
2 68 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (3.04%) Oracle RAC
4 40 (2.59%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (1.03%) Terminal Services
7 15 (0.97%) Docker
8 11 (0.71%) IAG
9 10 (0.65%) Firmware
10 9 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.32%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.26%) XenApp
14 3 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
15 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
15 2 (0.13%) vSphere
16 1 (0.065%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 102 (6.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (4.91%) SCCM
3 46 (2.97%) Data Guard
4 44 (2.84%) Oracle RMAN
5 32 (2.07%) OpenView
6 22 (1.42%) SCOM
7 21 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (1.10%) vCenter Server
9 15 (0.97%) WSUS
10 14 (0.90%) WMI
11 13 (0.84%) Kubernetes
12 12 (0.78%) AirWatch
12 12 (0.78%) Nagios
13 10 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.58%) EMC NetWorker
14 9 (0.58%) ZABBIX
15 8 (0.52%) Ansible
16 6 (0.39%) Terraform
17 5 (0.32%) Grafana
17 5 (0.32%) Kibana
Vendors
1 526 (34.00%) Microsoft
2 412 (26.63%) ServiceNow
3 130 (8.40%) Remedy
4 111 (7.18%) VMware
5 96 (6.21%) Oracle
6 83 (5.37%) Cisco
7 80 (5.17%) BMC
8 74 (4.78%) HP
9 52 (3.36%) Sun
10 46 (2.97%) Citrix
11 38 (2.46%) Veeam
12 32 (2.07%) Apple
12 32 (2.07%) Salesforce
13 30 (1.94%) Meraki
13 30 (1.94%) Splunk
14 25 (1.62%) SAP
15 24 (1.55%) SolarWinds
16 21 (1.36%) Snow
17 20 (1.29%) Google
18 18 (1.16%) IBM