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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 212 348
Rank change year-on-year +18 +136 -8
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 1,530 1,676 1,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.45% 1.77% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.85% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,125 1,120 1,339
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 £44,462 £47,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.90% +11.18% -

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 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 2 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 2 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 +22 1,329 £50,000 -4.76% 301
UK excluding London -19 1,004 £44,462 -5.90% 206
Work from Home +18 559 £58,700 +6.73% 145
London +53 442 £65,000 +4.42% 93
North of England +10 292 £41,774 -7.17% 43
South East -54 211 £51,000 -1.92% 52
Midlands -15 183 £52,600 +5.20% 42
North West -8 170 £43,750 -12.50% 28
West Midlands -20 117 £58,250 +12.67% 26
South West -38 105 £45,000 +17.56% 29
Yorkshire +18 85 £41,774 -7.17% 13
East of England +17 85 £37,500 +15.38% 25
East Midlands -9 64 £25,000 -28.57% 16
Scotland -46 60 £45,000 -29.13% 12
Wales +26 55 £40,000 -20.00% 6
North East -10 37 £41,774 +14.45% 3
Northern Ireland +26 12 £30,000 -25.00% 3
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
1 114 (7.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 105 (6.86%) SharePoint
3 45 (2.94%) WebLogic
4 44 (2.88%) Oracle Service Bus
5 26 (1.70%) Confluence
6 22 (1.44%) SAS
7 18 (1.18%) CMS
8 6 (0.39%) IBM Notes
9 5 (0.33%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.20%) IIS
11 2 (0.13%) Apache
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.065%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.065%) WebSphere
Applications
1 213 (13.92%) Microsoft Office
2 102 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (2.88%) MS Visio
4 24 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 130 (8.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 25 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.78%) PlanetPress Connect
4 10 (0.65%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.46%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.26%) SAP IS-U
7 4 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.065%) HFM
9 1 (0.065%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.065%) Primavera
9 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.065%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 356 (23.27%) Microsoft 365
2 240 (15.69%) Azure
3 91 (5.95%) Entra ID
4 47 (3.07%) SaaS
5 46 (3.01%) Power Platform
6 40 (2.61%) AWS
7 36 (2.35%) PaaS
8 34 (2.22%) OneDrive
9 31 (2.03%) IaaS
10 17 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (1.11%) WhatsApp
11 15 (0.98%) Mimecast
12 14 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
13 13 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
13 13 (0.85%) GCP
14 9 (0.59%) Azure Storage
14 9 (0.59%) GitHub
15 8 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (0.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 101 (6.60%) Firewall
2 79 (5.16%) TCP/IP
3 69 (4.51%) DNS
4 59 (3.86%) DHCP
5 58 (3.79%) VPN
6 56 (3.66%) WAN
7 46 (3.01%) LAN
8 31 (2.03%) VoIP
9 29 (1.90%) Network Security
9 29 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
10 25 (1.63%) Internet
11 20 (1.31%) Remote Desktop
11 20 (1.31%) WLAN
12 19 (1.24%) SAN
12 19 (1.24%) Wireless
13 16 (1.05%) SD-WAN
13 16 (1.05%) SSH
14 15 (0.98%) Broadband
15 13 (0.85%) Skype
15 13 (0.85%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.20%) Oracle Database
2 45 (2.94%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (2.88%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (2.88%) VLDB
4 43 (2.81%) SQL Server
5 32 (2.09%) MySQL
6 29 (1.90%) Power BI
7 23 (1.50%) Relational Database
8 15 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.33%) Redis
10 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Database 12c
12 3 (0.20%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.13%) DTS
13 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 87 (5.69%) JIRA
2 13 (0.85%) Eclipse
3 12 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (0.39%) AdminStudio
4 6 (0.39%) GitLab
4 6 (0.39%) InstallShield
4 6 (0.39%) MSI
5 5 (0.33%) Postman
6 3 (0.20%) Git
7 2 (0.13%) PowerBuilder
8 1 (0.065%) JMeter
8 1 (0.065%) Selenium
General
1 509 (33.27%) Social Skills
2 258 (16.86%) Finance
3 224 (14.64%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (7.06%) Public Sector
5 91 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (5.16%) Legal
7 70 (4.58%) Banking
8 63 (4.12%) Retail
9 61 (3.99%) Law
10 45 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
12 26 (1.70%) Telecoms
13 22 (1.44%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.44%) Marketing
14 17 (1.11%) Police
15 15 (0.98%) Financial Institution
16 12 (0.78%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.78%) Local Government
17 10 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 337 (22.03%) Analyst
2 188 (12.29%) Service Manager
3 159 (10.39%) IT Manager
4 151 (9.87%) IT Support
5 149 (9.74%) Support Analyst
6 145 (9.48%) Architect
7 113 (7.39%) Service Analyst
8 108 (7.06%) Senior
9 105 (6.86%) Lead
10 100 (6.54%) Service Desk Analyst
11 97 (6.34%) IT Analyst
12 90 (5.88%) IT Services Manager
13 83 (5.42%) ServiceNow Architect
14 79 (5.16%) Developer
15 75 (4.90%) Applications Support
16 71 (4.64%) ServiceNow Developer
17 70 (4.58%) Delivery Manager
18 69 (4.51%) Service Delivery Manager
19 65 (4.25%) Applications Support Analyst
20 63 (4.12%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (4.84%) HTML
2 68 (4.44%) CSS
3 66 (4.31%) Web Services
4 62 (4.05%) AngularJS
5 43 (2.81%) XML
6 41 (2.68%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 36 (2.35%) SOAP
8 30 (1.96%) REST
9 26 (1.70%) LDAP
10 24 (1.57%) JSON
11 22 (1.44%) Ajax
12 16 (1.05%) ODBC
12 16 (1.05%) OLE
13 13 (0.85%) JDBC
13 13 (0.85%) XHTML
14 8 (0.52%) Middleware
15 6 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
16 5 (0.33%) 802.1X
16 5 (0.33%) Node.js
16 5 (0.33%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 115 (7.52%) CMDB
2 104 (6.80%) Management Information System
3 69 (4.51%) Driving Licence
4 59 (3.86%) Smartphone
5 56 (3.66%) Product Ownership
6 55 (3.59%) Data Centre
7 43 (2.81%) Onboarding
8 40 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.63%) Replication
11 22 (1.44%) Public Cloud
12 19 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
14 14 (0.92%) iPad
15 13 (0.85%) Digital Signage
16 12 (0.78%) iPhone
17 11 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
17 11 (0.72%) PMI
18 9 (0.59%) EMC VNX
18 9 (0.59%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 385 (25.16%) Windows
2 135 (8.82%) Windows 10
3 111 (7.25%) Windows Server
4 105 (6.86%) Linux
5 65 (4.25%) Unix
6 46 (3.01%) Android
7 45 (2.94%) Apple iOS
7 45 (2.94%) Solaris
8 25 (1.63%) Mac OS
9 18 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
9 18 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
11 13 (0.85%) Windows 7
12 9 (0.59%) Mac OS X
12 9 (0.59%) Windows Phone
13 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.26%) CentOS
15 4 (0.26%) Rocky
16 2 (0.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 860 (56.21%) Service Management
2 812 (53.07%) ITIL
3 378 (24.71%) Service Delivery
4 331 (21.63%) Customer Service
5 273 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
6 212 (13.86%) Change Management
6 212 (13.86%) Incident Management
7 174 (11.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 170 (11.11%) Agile
9 165 (10.78%) Project Management
10 147 (9.61%) Mentoring
11 138 (9.02%) Problem Management
12 131 (8.56%) Actionable Insight
13 127 (8.30%) Stakeholder Management
14 107 (6.99%) Cybersecurity
15 96 (6.27%) Coaching
16 94 (6.14%) Configuration Management
17 92 (6.01%) Service Catalogue
18 88 (5.75%) Asset Management
19 81 (5.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 90 (5.88%) JavaScript
2 85 (5.56%) SQL
3 78 (5.10%) PowerShell
4 49 (3.20%) PL/SQL
5 38 (2.48%) Python
6 24 (1.57%) Java
7 18 (1.18%) Perl
7 18 (1.18%) R
8 17 (1.11%) Bash
9 10 (0.65%) RPG
10 8 (0.52%) C#
11 6 (0.39%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.39%) VB
12 5 (0.33%) C
12 5 (0.33%) PHP
13 4 (0.26%) ABAP
14 2 (0.13%) Go
14 2 (0.13%) Ruby
15 1 (0.065%) Swift
15 1 (0.065%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 255 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 236 (15.42%) Degree
3 201 (13.14%) SC Cleared
4 77 (5.03%) ITIL Certification
5 63 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 52 (3.40%) A+ Certification
7 33 (2.16%) PMI Certification
8 31 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (1.96%) DBS Check
9 30 (1.96%) DV Cleared
10 25 (1.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 25 (1.63%) PMP
11 21 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.24%) MCP
13 18 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
14 15 (0.98%) CCNA
14 15 (0.98%) Master's Degree
14 15 (0.98%) MCSA
15 13 (0.85%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (11.24%) SLA
2 53 (3.46%) QA
3 34 (2.22%) COBIT
4 32 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.37%) GDPR
6 20 (1.31%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.11%) Data Quality
7 17 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (0.78%) NIST
9 10 (0.65%) NCSC
10 8 (0.52%) GRC
11 7 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 5 (0.33%) PMO
14 4 (0.26%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.26%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 3 (0.20%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 365 (23.86%) Active Directory
2 68 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (3.07%) Oracle RAC
4 39 (2.55%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (1.05%) Terminal Services
7 15 (0.98%) Docker
8 11 (0.72%) IAG
9 10 (0.65%) Firmware
10 9 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.33%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.26%) XenApp
14 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
15 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.065%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
16 1 (0.065%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 100 (6.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (4.90%) SCCM
3 46 (3.01%) Data Guard
4 44 (2.88%) Oracle RMAN
5 32 (2.09%) OpenView
6 24 (1.57%) SCOM
7 20 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (1.11%) vCenter Server
9 14 (0.92%) WMI
9 14 (0.92%) WSUS
10 13 (0.85%) Kubernetes
11 12 (0.78%) AirWatch
12 11 (0.72%) Nagios
13 10 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.59%) EMC NetWorker
14 9 (0.59%) ZABBIX
15 8 (0.52%) Ansible
16 6 (0.39%) Nessus
16 6 (0.39%) Terraform
17 5 (0.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 518 (33.86%) Microsoft
2 403 (26.34%) ServiceNow
3 130 (8.50%) Remedy
4 112 (7.32%) VMware
5 97 (6.34%) Oracle
6 81 (5.29%) Cisco
7 80 (5.23%) BMC
8 76 (4.97%) HP
9 52 (3.40%) Sun
10 43 (2.81%) Citrix
11 36 (2.35%) Veeam
12 31 (2.03%) Apple
12 31 (2.03%) Salesforce
13 30 (1.96%) Meraki
13 30 (1.96%) Splunk
14 25 (1.63%) SAP
15 22 (1.44%) SolarWinds
16 21 (1.37%) Snow
17 20 (1.31%) Google
18 17 (1.11%) IBM