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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 191 236 340
Rank change year-on-year +45 +104 -3
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 1,553 1,566 1,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.55% 1.58% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 1.65% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,146 1,134 1,343
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,435 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,653 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £89,375 £88,750 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,923 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.39% +5.88% -

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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +47 1,354 £50,000 -0.99% 325
UK excluding London +22 999 £43,923 -2.39% 238
Work from Home +52 578 £58,700 +10.23% 147
London +76 471 £64,500 +4.03% 101
North of England +69 295 £41,774 -7.17% 65
South East -25 217 £51,000 +2.00% 51
Midlands +8 175 £50,000 +5.26% 42
North West +31 165 £41,774 -12.05% 31
West Midlands +3 111 £58,700 +16.35% 28
South West -31 108 £45,000 +25.70% 32
Yorkshire +84 92 £41,774 -7.17% 22
East of England +17 78 £37,500 +16.28% 28
Scotland -34 67 £45,000 -28.00% 9
East Midlands +20 62 £25,000 -29.58% 14
Wales +20 46 £55,000 +10.00% 14
North East +4 38 £41,774 +7.11% 12
Northern Ireland +27 12 £30,000 -25.00% 1
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
1 115 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 113 (7.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (2.90%) WebLogic
4 44 (2.83%) Oracle Service Bus
5 28 (1.80%) Confluence
6 22 (1.42%) SAS
7 17 (1.09%) CMS
8 6 (0.39%) IBM Notes
8 6 (0.39%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.13%) Apache
9 2 (0.13%) IIS
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.064%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.064%) WebSphere
Applications
1 220 (14.17%) Microsoft Office
2 106 (6.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (2.83%) MS Visio
4 27 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 130 (8.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 30 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.03%) PlanetPress Connect
4 11 (0.71%) Elite 3E
5 7 (0.45%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
7 4 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.26%) SAP IS-U
7 4 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.064%) HFM
9 1 (0.064%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.064%) Primavera
9 1 (0.064%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.064%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 366 (23.57%) Microsoft 365
2 245 (15.78%) Azure
3 91 (5.86%) Entra ID
4 55 (3.54%) SaaS
5 51 (3.28%) Power Platform
6 41 (2.64%) AWS
7 39 (2.51%) PaaS
8 36 (2.32%) OneDrive
9 34 (2.19%) IaaS
10 20 (1.29%) WhatsApp
11 19 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (0.90%) GCP
13 13 (0.84%) Mimecast
14 12 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (0.64%) Power Automate
16 9 (0.58%) GitHub
17 8 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
17 8 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
17 8 (0.52%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 103 (6.63%) Firewall
2 77 (4.96%) TCP/IP
3 71 (4.57%) DNS
4 61 (3.93%) VPN
5 60 (3.86%) DHCP
5 60 (3.86%) WAN
6 50 (3.22%) LAN
7 36 (2.32%) VoIP
8 30 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
9 29 (1.87%) Network Security
10 25 (1.61%) Internet
11 20 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
11 20 (1.29%) SAN
12 19 (1.22%) Wireless
12 19 (1.22%) WLAN
13 16 (1.03%) SSH
14 15 (0.97%) Broadband
14 15 (0.97%) SD-WAN
14 15 (0.97%) Skype
15 13 (0.84%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.16%) Oracle Database
2 47 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 45 (2.90%) Oracle Database 11g
4 44 (2.83%) Oracle Database 10g
4 44 (2.83%) VLDB
5 32 (2.06%) MySQL
5 32 (2.06%) Power BI
6 23 (1.48%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.32%) Redis
10 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Database 12c
11 3 (0.19%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.13%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.13%) Metadata
12 2 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 94 (6.05%) JIRA
2 16 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 13 (0.84%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.39%) GitLab
5 5 (0.32%) Postman
6 4 (0.26%) AdminStudio
6 4 (0.26%) InstallShield
6 4 (0.26%) MSI
7 3 (0.19%) Git
8 2 (0.13%) PowerBuilder
9 1 (0.064%) JMeter
9 1 (0.064%) Selenium
General
1 534 (34.39%) Social Skills
2 279 (17.97%) Finance
3 235 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (7.02%) Public Sector
5 87 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 84 (5.41%) Legal
7 83 (5.34%) Banking
8 65 (4.19%) Retail
9 60 (3.86%) Law
10 40 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 27 (1.74%) Telecoms
14 21 (1.35%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.29%) Marketing
16 18 (1.16%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.09%) Police
18 14 (0.90%) Local Government
19 10 (0.64%) Aerospace
19 10 (0.64%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 353 (22.73%) Analyst
2 191 (12.30%) Service Manager
3 154 (9.92%) IT Support
4 153 (9.85%) Support Analyst
5 152 (9.79%) IT Manager
6 149 (9.59%) Architect
7 118 (7.60%) Service Analyst
8 109 (7.02%) Senior
9 108 (6.95%) Lead
10 101 (6.50%) Service Desk Analyst
11 99 (6.37%) IT Analyst
12 86 (5.54%) IT Services Manager
12 86 (5.54%) ServiceNow Architect
13 77 (4.96%) Applications Support
14 75 (4.83%) Delivery Manager
14 75 (4.83%) Developer
15 74 (4.76%) Service Delivery Manager
16 69 (4.44%) Applications Support Analyst
17 68 (4.38%) ServiceNow Developer
18 63 (4.06%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (4.76%) HTML
2 68 (4.38%) CSS
3 65 (4.19%) Web Services
4 60 (3.86%) AngularJS
5 43 (2.77%) XML
6 39 (2.51%) SOAP
7 38 (2.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 33 (2.12%) REST
9 25 (1.61%) JSON
9 25 (1.61%) LDAP
10 18 (1.16%) Ajax
11 16 (1.03%) ODBC
11 16 (1.03%) OLE
12 13 (0.84%) JDBC
12 13 (0.84%) XHTML
13 8 (0.52%) Middleware
14 7 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
15 5 (0.32%) 802.1X
15 5 (0.32%) Node.js
15 5 (0.32%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 115 (7.41%) CMDB
2 108 (6.95%) Management Information System
3 69 (4.44%) Driving Licence
4 61 (3.93%) Smartphone
5 57 (3.67%) Data Centre
5 57 (3.67%) Product Ownership
6 46 (2.96%) Onboarding
7 38 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
8 30 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.61%) Replication
10 20 (1.29%) Public Cloud
11 19 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
13 13 (0.84%) Digital Signage
14 12 (0.77%) iPad
15 11 (0.71%) Hedge funds
15 11 (0.71%) iPhone
16 9 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
16 9 (0.58%) PMI
17 8 (0.52%) EMC VNX
Operating Systems
1 391 (25.18%) Windows
2 143 (9.21%) Windows 10
3 111 (7.15%) Windows Server
4 103 (6.63%) Linux
5 65 (4.19%) Unix
6 45 (2.90%) Apple iOS
6 45 (2.90%) Solaris
7 43 (2.77%) Android
8 30 (1.93%) Mac OS
9 19 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
11 15 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
12 12 (0.77%) Windows 7
13 9 (0.58%) Mac OS X
13 9 (0.58%) Windows Phone
13 9 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 3 (0.19%) CentOS
15 3 (0.19%) Rocky
16 2 (0.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 881 (56.73%) Service Management
2 831 (53.51%) ITIL
3 400 (25.76%) Service Delivery
4 332 (21.38%) Customer Service
5 286 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
6 213 (13.72%) Incident Management
7 212 (13.65%) Change Management
8 183 (11.78%) Agile
9 179 (11.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 163 (10.50%) Project Management
11 147 (9.47%) Mentoring
12 146 (9.40%) Problem Management
13 138 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
14 131 (8.44%) Actionable Insight
15 117 (7.53%) Cybersecurity
16 98 (6.31%) Coaching
17 94 (6.05%) Configuration Management
18 93 (5.99%) Service Catalogue
19 92 (5.92%) Asset Management
20 81 (5.22%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 87 (5.60%) JavaScript
2 85 (5.47%) SQL
3 75 (4.83%) PowerShell
4 49 (3.16%) PL/SQL
5 39 (2.51%) Python
6 21 (1.35%) Java
7 19 (1.22%) Perl
8 18 (1.16%) R
9 15 (0.97%) Bash
10 10 (0.64%) RPG
11 6 (0.39%) C
11 6 (0.39%) C#
11 6 (0.39%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.32%) PHP
13 4 (0.26%) ABAP
13 4 (0.26%) VB
14 2 (0.13%) Go
14 2 (0.13%) Ruby
15 1 (0.064%) Swift
15 1 (0.064%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 253 (16.29%) Security Cleared
2 238 (15.33%) Degree
3 201 (12.94%) SC Cleared
4 77 (4.96%) ITIL Certification
5 61 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 54 (3.48%) A+ Certification
7 33 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (2.00%) PMI Certification
9 30 (1.93%) DBS Check
10 29 (1.87%) DV Cleared
11 25 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 24 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
13 23 (1.48%) PMP
14 20 (1.29%) MCP
15 19 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
16 18 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
16 18 (1.16%) Master's Degree
17 17 (1.09%) CCNA
18 15 (0.97%) MCSA
19 13 (0.84%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (11.33%) SLA
2 58 (3.73%) QA
3 34 (2.19%) COBIT
4 31 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (1.35%) GDPR
7 20 (1.29%) Accessibility
8 16 (1.03%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.77%) NIST
10 10 (0.64%) NCSC
11 9 (0.58%) GRC
12 7 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 6 (0.39%) PMO
14 4 (0.26%) ISO 22301
14 4 (0.26%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 4 (0.26%) PCI DSS
15 3 (0.19%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 360 (23.18%) Active Directory
2 67 (4.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (3.03%) Oracle RAC
4 39 (2.51%) Hyper-V
5 24 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (0.97%) Terminal Services
7 14 (0.90%) Docker
8 11 (0.71%) IAG
9 10 (0.64%) Firmware
9 10 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.32%) XenDesktop
11 4 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.26%) XenApp
12 3 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.064%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.064%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.064%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 103 (6.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (4.76%) SCCM
3 46 (2.96%) Data Guard
4 44 (2.83%) Oracle RMAN
5 32 (2.06%) OpenView
6 24 (1.55%) SCOM
7 18 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.03%) vCenter Server
9 14 (0.90%) WMI
10 13 (0.84%) AirWatch
11 12 (0.77%) Kubernetes
11 12 (0.77%) WSUS
12 11 (0.71%) Nagios
13 10 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.58%) ZABBIX
15 8 (0.52%) Ansible
15 8 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
16 6 (0.39%) Nessus
17 5 (0.32%) HP UCMDB
17 5 (0.32%) Kibana
Vendors
1 534 (34.39%) Microsoft
2 399 (25.69%) ServiceNow
3 130 (8.37%) Remedy
4 113 (7.28%) VMware
5 96 (6.18%) Oracle
6 82 (5.28%) Cisco
7 81 (5.22%) BMC
8 76 (4.89%) HP
9 52 (3.35%) Sun
10 37 (2.38%) Citrix
11 35 (2.25%) Veeam
12 32 (2.06%) Salesforce
13 31 (2.00%) Apple
13 31 (2.00%) Splunk
14 30 (1.93%) Meraki
15 27 (1.74%) SAP
16 21 (1.35%) Google
16 21 (1.35%) Snow
17 20 (1.29%) SolarWinds
18 18 (1.16%) Dynatrace