Change Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Change Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Change Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 121 137
Rank change year-on-year +34 +16 +27
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 3,048 2,859 4,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.97% 2.94% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.53% 3.07% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,631 1,761 3,091
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,438 £71,250 £70,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,396 £48,850 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.26% -2.30% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Change Management 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 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Change Management.

Salary trend for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +33 2,759 £55,000 - 779
UK excluding London +27 2,069 £52,396 +7.26% 498
Work from Home +55 1,209 £57,500 +0.18% 352
London +34 868 £72,500 +14.81% 287
North of England +36 512 £52,084 +15.74% 125
South East +5 470 £52,500 +5.00% 119
Midlands +6 366 £52,500 -2.78% 101
North West +39 288 £52,500 +2.18% 67
East of England +55 268 £54,000 -0.23% 61
South West +17 254 £50,000 +29.87% 55
West Midlands -8 249 £51,997 -3.71% 57
Yorkshire +33 161 £50,000 +18.69% 45
Scotland -19 126 £52,000 -0.95% 34
East Midlands +18 103 £54,000 +2.86% 44
North East +36 63 £45,000 +16.88% 15
Wales +17 56 £41,067 -8.74% 11
Northern Ireland +15 11 - - 5
Isle of Man - 6 £36,000 -

Change Management
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
1 332 (10.89%) SAS
2 75 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 73 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 51 (1.67%) Confluence
5 13 (0.43%) CMS
6 10 (0.33%) Apache
7 9 (0.30%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.26%) Captiva
8 8 (0.26%) FileNet
8 8 (0.26%) IIS
9 5 (0.16%) nginx
9 5 (0.16%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.098%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.098%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.098%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.066%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.066%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.066%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.033%) Documentum
12 1 (0.033%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 148 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
2 109 (3.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 62 (2.03%) MS Visio
4 60 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 41 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
6 22 (0.72%) Windchill
7 11 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
8 4 (0.13%) SPSS
9 1 (0.033%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 305 (10.01%) SAP ERP
2 44 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 23 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 19 (0.62%) NEC Housing
5 17 (0.56%) Teamcenter
6 16 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
7 9 (0.30%) SAP CX
8 6 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.16%) Primavera
10 4 (0.13%) HFM
10 4 (0.13%) Hyperion Planning
10 4 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 3 (0.098%) Endur
11 3 (0.098%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 3 (0.098%) Magento
12 2 (0.066%) Elite 3E
12 2 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
12 2 (0.066%) SAP MDG
12 2 (0.066%) SAP MM
13 1 (0.033%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 415 (13.62%) Azure
2 296 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
3 212 (6.96%) GCP
4 154 (5.05%) Power Platform
5 123 (4.04%) AWS
6 77 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
7 76 (2.49%) Entra ID
8 69 (2.26%) SaaS
9 62 (2.03%) IaaS
10 61 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
11 59 (1.94%) PowerApps
12 48 (1.57%) Power Automate
13 47 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
14 36 (1.18%) PaaS
15 32 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
16 30 (0.98%) Serverless
17 29 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
17 29 (0.95%) GitHub
18 23 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
19 22 (0.72%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 299 (9.81%) Broadband
2 163 (5.35%) Firewall
3 89 (2.92%) LAN
4 83 (2.72%) DNS
5 81 (2.66%) WAN
6 51 (1.67%) Wireless
7 48 (1.57%) DHCP
8 47 (1.54%) VoIP
9 41 (1.35%) VPN
10 40 (1.31%) Network Security
11 34 (1.12%) TCP/IP
12 30 (0.98%) Internet
13 29 (0.95%) SAN
14 26 (0.85%) SD-WAN
15 21 (0.69%) Intranet
15 21 (0.69%) VLAN
16 20 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
17 19 (0.62%) WLAN
18 18 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
19 17 (0.56%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (5.31%) BigQuery
2 160 (5.25%) Looker
3 111 (3.64%) Power BI
4 85 (2.79%) SQL Server
5 50 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (1.05%) Relational Database
7 29 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 26 (0.85%) MySQL
9 25 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
10 24 (0.79%) Data Lake
11 18 (0.59%) RDBMS
11 18 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
13 15 (0.49%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.46%) Big Data
15 13 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
16 12 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
17 10 (0.33%) DB2
17 10 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
17 10 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 121 (3.97%) JIRA
2 40 (1.31%) Git
3 39 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.62%) Subversion
5 17 (0.56%) Visual Studio
6 13 (0.43%) Robot Framework
7 10 (0.33%) Cucumber
7 10 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (0.30%) Selenium
9 8 (0.26%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.20%) JMeter
10 6 (0.20%) Postman
10 6 (0.20%) SoapUI
11 5 (0.16%) LabVIEW
12 4 (0.13%) GitLab
12 4 (0.13%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.098%) Sonatype Nexus
14 2 (0.066%) Hudson
14 2 (0.066%) IBM UrbanCode
14 2 (0.066%) Spinnaker
General
1 1,182 (38.78%) Social Skills
2 1,030 (33.79%) Finance
3 573 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
4 240 (7.87%) Retail
5 158 (5.18%) Manufacturing
6 152 (4.99%) Law
7 149 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 123 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
9 122 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
10 117 (3.84%) Public Sector
11 114 (3.74%) Legal
12 96 (3.15%) Banking
13 86 (2.82%) Telecoms
14 85 (2.79%) Marketing
15 74 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
16 69 (2.26%) Aerospace
17 34 (1.12%) Local Government
17 34 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
18 33 (1.08%) Electronics
19 31 (1.02%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 546 (17.91%) Analyst
2 395 (12.96%) Architect
3 394 (12.93%) Senior
4 353 (11.58%) Project Manager
5 335 (10.99%) Solutions Architect
6 215 (7.05%) Business Analyst
7 206 (6.76%) Lead
8 192 (6.30%) IT Manager
9 166 (5.45%) Data Engineer
10 162 (5.31%) Platform Engineer
10 162 (5.31%) Principal Engineer
11 161 (5.28%) Principal Data Engineer
12 140 (4.59%) Change Manager
13 137 (4.49%) Senior Manager
14 113 (3.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 97 (3.18%) Consultant
16 91 (2.99%) Senior Project Manager
17 90 (2.95%) Support Analyst
18 89 (2.92%) IT Support
19 85 (2.79%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (2.20%) .NET
2 47 (1.54%) HTML
3 37 (1.21%) AngularJS
4 31 (1.02%) CSS
5 30 (0.98%) Web Services
6 28 (0.92%) XML
7 24 (0.79%) React
8 22 (0.72%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 17 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
10 16 (0.52%) 802.1X
11 14 (0.46%) .NET Framework
11 14 (0.46%) Spring
12 12 (0.39%) Middleware
13 11 (0.36%) Qt
13 11 (0.36%) REST
14 10 (0.33%) Gherkin
15 8 (0.26%) FIX Protocol
16 7 (0.23%) SOAP
16 7 (0.23%) YAML
17 6 (0.20%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 306 (10.04%) Self-Motivation
2 212 (6.96%) Management Information System
3 92 (3.02%) Data Centre
4 52 (1.71%) CMDB
5 49 (1.61%) Driving Licence
6 48 (1.57%) Public Cloud
7 47 (1.54%) FMCG
8 46 (1.51%) Onboarding
9 45 (1.48%) Operational Technology
10 42 (1.38%) PMI
11 40 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 39 (1.28%) Industrial Internet of Things
12 39 (1.28%) NHS
13 35 (1.15%) Product Ownership
14 29 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
15 26 (0.85%) Virtual Team
16 25 (0.82%) Fat Client
16 25 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
16 25 (0.82%) Thin Client
17 23 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 380 (12.47%) Windows
2 176 (5.77%) Linux
3 133 (4.36%) Windows Server
4 96 (3.15%) Unix
5 90 (2.95%) Windows 10
6 52 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 47 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 27 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
9 25 (0.82%) Windows 7
10 16 (0.52%) Ubuntu
11 14 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 13 (0.43%) VMS
13 11 (0.36%) Android
14 10 (0.33%) Apple iOS
15 9 (0.30%) Mac OS X
16 8 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.13%) CentOS
17 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
18 3 (0.098%) Amazon Linux
18 3 (0.098%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,184 (38.85%) Agile
2 768 (25.20%) Problem-Solving
3 755 (24.77%) Project Management
4 600 (19.69%) Roadmaps
5 580 (19.03%) ITIL
6 414 (13.58%) ERP
7 402 (13.19%) Mentoring
8 392 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 383 (12.57%) DevOps
10 371 (12.17%) Data Management
11 368 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
12 361 (11.84%) Decision-Making
13 357 (11.71%) Enterprise Architecture
14 351 (11.52%) Performance Management
15 334 (10.96%) TOGAF
16 327 (10.73%) Strategic Roadmap
17 322 (10.56%) Service Management
18 304 (9.97%) Coaching
19 300 (9.84%) Risk Management
20 297 (9.74%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 247 (8.10%) SQL
2 145 (4.76%) PowerShell
3 87 (2.85%) Python
4 65 (2.13%) Java
5 64 (2.10%) C#
6 46 (1.51%) JavaScript
7 43 (1.41%) Bash
8 33 (1.08%) T-SQL
9 22 (0.72%) PL/SQL
10 20 (0.66%) C
11 19 (0.62%) C++
12 8 (0.26%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.23%) PHP
14 5 (0.16%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.13%) Go
15 4 (0.13%) VB
15 4 (0.13%) VBA
16 3 (0.098%) ABAP
16 3 (0.098%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 548 (17.98%) Degree
2 292 (9.58%) Security Cleared
3 191 (6.27%) SC Cleared
4 123 (4.04%) PMI Certification
5 108 (3.54%) PMP
6 78 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 54 (1.77%) Master's Degree
8 51 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
9 49 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 44 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
11 43 (1.41%) CISSP
12 39 (1.28%) Azure Certification
12 39 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
13 32 (1.05%) CCNA
14 24 (0.79%) DBS Check
15 23 (0.75%) A+ Certification
16 21 (0.69%) DV Cleared
16 21 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 18 (0.59%) CISM
18 17 (0.56%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (6.76%) GDPR
2 126 (4.13%) PMO
3 121 (3.97%) SLA
4 106 (3.48%) QA
5 61 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 59 (1.94%) Data Quality
7 29 (0.95%) Accessibility
8 28 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
9 26 (0.85%) NIST
10 19 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 17 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 16 (0.52%) COBIT
12 16 (0.52%) ISO 9001
13 11 (0.36%) ISO 14000
14 10 (0.33%) NEBOSH
15 7 (0.23%) CDISC
15 7 (0.23%) HIPAA
16 6 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.20%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 251 (8.23%) Active Directory
2 112 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (1.71%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.02%) Firmware
5 21 (0.69%) Docker
6 18 (0.59%) vSphere
7 14 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.066%) NFS
10 2 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.033%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.033%) Lustre
11 1 (0.033%) LXC
11 1 (0.033%) RACF
11 1 (0.033%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.033%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.033%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 100 (3.28%) SCCM
2 59 (1.94%) Terraform
3 44 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (1.38%) Ansible
5 40 (1.31%) Kubernetes
6 20 (0.66%) WSUS
7 18 (0.59%) SCOM
8 11 (0.36%) Nagios
9 10 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
10 9 (0.30%) Grafana
10 9 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (0.30%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.26%) NetBackup
11 8 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.23%) Foglight
13 6 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 5 (0.16%) Opsgenie
14 5 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 4 (0.13%) Prometheus
15 4 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 531 (17.42%) Microsoft
2 439 (14.40%) Oracle
3 377 (12.37%) SAP
4 304 (9.97%) Hyperion
5 299 (9.81%) Anaplan
6 184 (6.04%) Google
7 160 (5.25%) VMware
8 133 (4.36%) ServiceNow
9 97 (3.18%) Cisco
10 57 (1.87%) Salesforce
11 45 (1.48%) Citrix
12 44 (1.44%) HP
13 31 (1.02%) Fortinet
14 29 (0.95%) Apple
14 29 (0.95%) IBM
14 29 (0.95%) Remedy
15 28 (0.92%) BMC
16 26 (0.85%) Juniper
17 25 (0.82%) Splunk
18 24 (0.79%) Dell