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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 210 346
Rank change year-on-year +17 +136 -1
Permanent jobs citing ITSM 1,546 1,662 1,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.43% 1.79% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.87% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,118 1,109 1,337
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,375 £31,680
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 £87,875 £88,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,462 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.40% +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 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £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 9 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 9 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 +10 1,345 £50,000 -4.76% 267
UK excluding London -20 1,024 £44,462 -6.40% 184
Work from Home +20 559 £58,700 +6.73% 151
London +35 438 £65,000 +4.00% 76
North of England -1 295 £41,774 -7.17% 36
South East -38 211 £51,000 +2.00% 47
Midlands -29 190 £52,600 +5.20% 39
North West +4 175 £45,000 -10.00% 26
West Midlands -19 122 £58,250 +10.95% 24
South West -27 111 £43,750 +12.81% 25
East of England +13 89 £37,500 +11.94% 24
Yorkshire +16 82 £41,774 -7.17% 8
East Midlands -24 66 £25,000 -27.54% 15
Scotland -45 59 £45,000 -29.13% 11
Wales +31 56 £40,000 -20.00% 6
North East -12 38 £41,774 +10.66% 2
Northern Ireland +24 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
1 115 (7.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 104 (6.73%) SharePoint
3 44 (2.85%) WebLogic
4 43 (2.78%) 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 3 (0.19%) IIS
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.065%) Apache
Applications
1 214 (13.84%) Microsoft Office
2 100 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (2.78%) MS Visio
4 24 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 131 (8.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 23 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.65%) Elite 3E
3 10 (0.65%) PlanetPress Connect
4 9 (0.58%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.26%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.26%) SAP IS-U
6 4 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.19%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.13%) 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
1 362 (23.42%) Microsoft 365
2 243 (15.72%) Azure
3 94 (6.08%) Entra ID
4 45 (2.91%) SaaS
5 44 (2.85%) Power Platform
6 40 (2.59%) AWS
7 35 (2.26%) PaaS
8 34 (2.20%) OneDrive
9 30 (1.94%) IaaS
10 17 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (1.10%) WhatsApp
11 15 (0.97%) Azure Monitor
12 14 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (0.91%) Mimecast
13 13 (0.84%) GCP
14 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.71%) Azure Storage
16 9 (0.58%) GitHub
17 8 (0.52%) Google Workspace
17 8 (0.52%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 102 (6.60%) Firewall
2 79 (5.11%) TCP/IP
3 69 (4.46%) DNS
4 59 (3.82%) DHCP
5 58 (3.75%) VPN
6 54 (3.49%) WAN
7 46 (2.98%) LAN
8 31 (2.01%) VoIP
9 30 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
10 28 (1.81%) Network Security
11 26 (1.68%) Internet
12 20 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
12 20 (1.29%) Wireless
12 20 (1.29%) WLAN
13 19 (1.23%) SAN
14 16 (1.03%) SSH
15 15 (0.97%) Broadband
16 14 (0.91%) IPsec
16 14 (0.91%) SD-WAN
17 13 (0.84%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.10%) Oracle Database
2 44 (2.85%) Oracle Database 11g
3 43 (2.78%) Oracle Database 10g
3 43 (2.78%) VLDB
4 40 (2.59%) SQL Server
5 32 (2.07%) MySQL
6 28 (1.81%) Power BI
7 24 (1.55%) Relational Database
8 14 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.32%) Redis
12 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle Database 12c
13 3 (0.19%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.13%) DTS
14 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
14 2 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 87 (5.63%) JIRA
2 13 (0.84%) Eclipse
3 10 (0.65%) 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 (33.51%) Social Skills
2 253 (16.36%) Finance
3 228 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.12%) Public Sector
5 94 (6.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 82 (5.30%) Legal
7 68 (4.40%) Banking
8 65 (4.20%) Retail
9 61 (3.95%) Law
10 47 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.68%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.49%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.49%) Marketing
15 18 (1.16%) Police
16 14 (0.91%) Financial Institution
16 14 (0.91%) Local Government
17 13 (0.84%) Aerospace
18 10 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 335 (21.67%) Analyst
2 185 (11.97%) Service Manager
3 156 (10.09%) IT Manager
4 152 (9.83%) Architect
5 150 (9.70%) IT Support
6 144 (9.31%) Support Analyst
7 112 (7.24%) Service Analyst
8 110 (7.12%) Senior
9 107 (6.92%) Lead
10 99 (6.40%) Service Desk Analyst
11 98 (6.34%) IT Analyst
12 88 (5.69%) IT Services Manager
13 87 (5.63%) ServiceNow Architect
14 84 (5.43%) Developer
15 76 (4.92%) ServiceNow Developer
16 73 (4.72%) Applications Support
17 67 (4.33%) Delivery Manager
18 66 (4.27%) Service Delivery Manager
18 66 (4.27%) Support Engineer
19 62 (4.01%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (4.85%) HTML
2 70 (4.53%) CSS
3 69 (4.46%) Web Services
4 63 (4.08%) AngularJS
5 45 (2.91%) XML
6 43 (2.78%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 37 (2.39%) SOAP
8 30 (1.94%) REST
9 27 (1.75%) LDAP
10 25 (1.62%) Ajax
11 23 (1.49%) JSON
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
2 104 (6.73%) Management Information System
3 68 (4.40%) Driving Licence
4 60 (3.88%) Smartphone
5 55 (3.56%) Data Centre
5 55 (3.56%) Product Ownership
6 44 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
7 42 (2.72%) Onboarding
8 29 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.62%) Replication
10 24 (1.55%) Public Cloud
11 20 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
13 14 (0.91%) iPad
14 13 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
15 12 (0.78%) iPhone
16 11 (0.71%) Digital Signage
16 11 (0.71%) PMI
17 9 (0.58%) EMC VNX
17 9 (0.58%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 385 (24.90%) Windows
2 134 (8.67%) Windows 10
3 108 (6.99%) Windows Server
4 105 (6.79%) Linux
5 63 (4.08%) Unix
6 47 (3.04%) Android
6 47 (3.04%) Apple iOS
7 44 (2.85%) Solaris
8 25 (1.62%) Mac OS
9 19 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
11 15 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
12 13 (0.84%) Windows 7
13 9 (0.58%) Windows Phone
13 9 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
14 8 (0.52%) Mac OS X
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
1 867 (56.08%) Service Management
2 818 (52.91%) ITIL
3 375 (24.26%) Service Delivery
4 341 (22.06%) Customer Service
5 283 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
6 218 (14.10%) Change Management
7 216 (13.97%) Incident Management
8 182 (11.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 170 (11.00%) Agile
10 166 (10.74%) Project Management
11 149 (9.64%) Mentoring
12 139 (8.99%) Problem Management
13 130 (8.41%) Actionable Insight
14 126 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
15 107 (6.92%) Cybersecurity
16 96 (6.21%) Coaching
17 95 (6.14%) Configuration Management
18 89 (5.76%) Asset Management
18 89 (5.76%) Service Catalogue
19 81 (5.24%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 91 (5.89%) JavaScript
2 84 (5.43%) SQL
3 80 (5.17%) PowerShell
4 48 (3.10%) PL/SQL
5 38 (2.46%) Python
6 26 (1.68%) Java
7 19 (1.23%) Bash
8 18 (1.16%) Perl
8 18 (1.16%) R
9 10 (0.65%) RPG
10 9 (0.58%) 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%) Swift
16 1 (0.065%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 261 (16.88%) Security Cleared
2 241 (15.59%) Degree
3 205 (13.26%) SC Cleared
4 74 (4.79%) ITIL Certification
5 67 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (3.43%) A+ Certification
7 33 (2.13%) DBS Check
7 33 (2.13%) PMI Certification
8 31 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (1.88%) DV Cleared
10 27 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 25 (1.62%) PMP
12 20 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.29%) MCP
13 18 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
14 15 (0.97%) CCNA
14 15 (0.97%) Master's Degree
14 15 (0.97%) MCSA
15 14 (0.91%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (11.00%) SLA
2 54 (3.49%) QA
3 34 (2.20%) COBIT
4 31 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (1.49%) 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 9 (0.58%) 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%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 368 (23.80%) Active Directory
2 68 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (2.98%) 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
1 100 (6.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (4.85%) SCCM
3 45 (2.91%) Data Guard
4 43 (2.78%) 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 (0.91%) 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
1 522 (33.76%) Microsoft
2 411 (26.58%) ServiceNow
3 131 (8.47%) Remedy
4 111 (7.18%) VMware
5 96 (6.21%) Oracle
6 83 (5.37%) Cisco
7 82 (5.30%) BMC
8 74 (4.79%) HP
9 51 (3.30%) Sun
10 48 (3.10%) Citrix
11 38 (2.46%) Veeam
12 32 (2.07%) Salesforce
13 31 (2.01%) Apple
14 30 (1.94%) Meraki
14 30 (1.94%) Splunk
15 25 (1.62%) SAP
15 25 (1.62%) SolarWinds
16 21 (1.36%) Snow
17 20 (1.29%) Google
18 18 (1.16%) IBM