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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 119 135
Rank change year-on-year +32 +16 +29
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 3,083 3,011 4,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.13% 2.90% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 3.03% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,664 1,889 2,931
10th Percentile £35,924 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,600
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,852 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,396 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.79% - +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 84,683 99,249 149,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,831 58,284 83,142
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,182 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 2 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 2 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 2,743 £55,000 - 662
UK excluding London +33 2,104 £52,396 +4.79% 442
Work from Home +55 1,194 £57,500 +4.55% 267
London +45 863 £72,500 +11.54% 244
North of England +55 520 £52,500 +14.13% 117
South East -3 468 £51,997 +3.99% 92
Midlands -6 354 £52,500 - 82
North West +45 292 £52,500 - 72
South West +22 265 £50,000 +11.11% 53
East of England +61 253 £54,500 +0.46% 49
West Midlands -7 244 £51,997 -0.96% 50
Scotland +17 171 £55,000 -7.60% 43
Yorkshire +51 170 £54,500 +21.11% 32
East Midlands +6 98 £54,000 +2.86% 30
North East +29 58 £45,000 +16.88% 15
Wales +28 55 £41,067 -8.74% 9
Northern Ireland +34 12 - - 7
Isle of Man - 6 £36,000 - 1

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 (10.77%) SAS
2 87 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 82 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 54 (1.75%) Confluence
5 30 (0.97%) Captiva
6 29 (0.94%) WebSphere
7 28 (0.91%) FileNet
8 13 (0.42%) CMS
9 8 (0.26%) IIS
10 7 (0.23%) Apache
11 5 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.13%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.097%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.097%) CICS
13 3 (0.097%) Documentum
13 3 (0.097%) nginx
13 3 (0.097%) Skype for Business
14 2 (0.065%) Alfresco
14 2 (0.065%) NetWeaver
14 2 (0.065%) WebLogic
Applications
1 156 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 114 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 65 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 62 (2.01%) MS Visio
5 37 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
6 30 (0.97%) Simulink
6 30 (0.97%) Stateflow
7 22 (0.71%) Windchill
8 12 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
10 4 (0.13%) SPSS
11 1 (0.032%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 307 (9.96%) SAP ERP
2 37 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 20 (0.65%) NEC Housing
5 17 (0.55%) Teamcenter
6 13 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
7 9 (0.29%) SAP CX
8 6 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.16%) HFM
9 5 (0.16%) Hyperion Planning
9 5 (0.16%) Primavera
10 4 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 3 (0.097%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.097%) Magento
12 2 (0.065%) Endur
12 2 (0.065%) IBM Planning Analytics
12 2 (0.065%) Oracle EBS
12 2 (0.065%) SAP MDG
12 2 (0.065%) SAP MM
12 2 (0.065%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 427 (13.85%) Azure
2 308 (9.99%) Microsoft 365
3 227 (7.36%) GCP
4 157 (5.09%) Power Platform
5 117 (3.80%) AWS
6 74 (2.40%) SaaS
7 72 (2.34%) Entra ID
8 67 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
9 65 (2.11%) IaaS
10 59 (1.91%) PowerApps
11 53 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
11 53 (1.72%) GitHub
12 47 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
13 37 (1.20%) PaaS
14 35 (1.14%) Power Automate
15 32 (1.04%) Serverless
16 29 (0.94%) Azure Logic Apps
17 24 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
18 22 (0.71%) Smartsheet
19 21 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 299 (9.70%) Broadband
2 161 (5.22%) Firewall
3 87 (2.82%) LAN
4 82 (2.66%) DNS
5 80 (2.59%) WAN
6 48 (1.56%) VPN
7 46 (1.49%) Network Security
7 46 (1.49%) Wireless
8 44 (1.43%) DHCP
8 44 (1.43%) VoIP
9 33 (1.07%) TCP/IP
10 30 (0.97%) Internet
10 30 (0.97%) SAN
11 29 (0.94%) SD-WAN
12 22 (0.71%) Intranet
13 21 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
14 20 (0.65%) VLAN
15 19 (0.62%) BGP
15 19 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
16 17 (0.55%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (5.25%) BigQuery
2 160 (5.19%) Looker
3 113 (3.67%) Power BI
4 94 (3.05%) SQL Server
5 48 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 32 (1.04%) Relational Database
8 27 (0.88%) MySQL
9 24 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
10 20 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 18 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (0.58%) Oracle Database
11 18 (0.58%) RDBMS
12 17 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
12 17 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
13 14 (0.45%) Big Data
14 12 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
15 10 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
15 10 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 9 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 144 (4.67%) JIRA
2 42 (1.36%) Git
3 34 (1.10%) Oracle Forms
4 33 (1.07%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.71%) Subversion
6 17 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 10 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.29%) Robot Framework
8 9 (0.29%) Selenium
9 8 (0.26%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.19%) IBM UrbanCode
10 6 (0.19%) JMeter
10 6 (0.19%) Postman
10 6 (0.19%) SoapUI
11 5 (0.16%) LabVIEW
12 4 (0.13%) GitLab
12 4 (0.13%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.097%) Sonatype Nexus
14 2 (0.065%) Hudson
14 2 (0.065%) Spinnaker
General
1 1,173 (38.05%) Social Skills
2 1,053 (34.16%) Finance
3 574 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
4 235 (7.62%) Retail
5 159 (5.16%) Manufacturing
6 154 (5.00%) Law
7 151 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 128 (4.15%) Banking
9 122 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
10 121 (3.92%) Public Sector
11 111 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
12 107 (3.47%) Legal
13 90 (2.92%) Marketing
14 85 (2.76%) Telecoms
15 72 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
16 50 (1.62%) Aerospace
17 36 (1.17%) Local Government
17 36 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
18 33 (1.07%) Electronics
18 33 (1.07%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 555 (18.00%) Analyst
2 409 (13.27%) Senior
3 376 (12.20%) Architect
4 360 (11.68%) Project Manager
5 332 (10.77%) Solutions Architect
6 216 (7.01%) Business Analyst
7 215 (6.97%) Lead
8 198 (6.42%) IT Manager
9 167 (5.42%) Principal Engineer
10 164 (5.32%) Data Engineer
11 162 (5.25%) Platform Engineer
12 161 (5.22%) Principal Data Engineer
13 143 (4.64%) Change Manager
13 143 (4.64%) Senior Manager
14 108 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 97 (3.15%) Support Analyst
16 96 (3.11%) IT Support
17 95 (3.08%) Senior Project Manager
18 87 (2.82%) IT Analyst
19 86 (2.79%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (2.21%) .NET
2 43 (1.39%) HTML
3 35 (1.14%) AngularJS
4 29 (0.94%) CSS
4 29 (0.94%) Web Services
5 23 (0.75%) XML
6 22 (0.71%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 20 (0.65%) React
8 17 (0.55%) Middleware
9 16 (0.52%) 802.1X
10 15 (0.49%) .NET Framework
10 15 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
11 12 (0.39%) Spring
12 11 (0.36%) Qt
13 10 (0.32%) Gherkin
14 9 (0.29%) REST
15 8 (0.26%) FIX Protocol
15 8 (0.26%) SOAP
16 7 (0.23%) EDI
17 6 (0.19%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 302 (9.80%) Self-Motivation
2 211 (6.84%) Management Information System
3 96 (3.11%) Data Centre
4 49 (1.59%) Driving Licence
5 48 (1.56%) CMDB
6 45 (1.46%) FMCG
6 45 (1.46%) Onboarding
7 43 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
7 43 (1.39%) Operational Technology
8 42 (1.36%) PMI
8 42 (1.36%) Public Cloud
9 40 (1.30%) NHS
9 40 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
10 39 (1.27%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 37 (1.20%) Product Ownership
12 30 (0.97%) Algorithms
12 30 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
13 29 (0.94%) Private Cloud
14 28 (0.91%) DataPower
15 25 (0.81%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 400 (12.97%) Windows
2 179 (5.81%) Linux
3 148 (4.80%) Windows Server
4 116 (3.76%) Unix
5 86 (2.79%) Windows 10
6 49 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 44 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 25 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 23 (0.75%) Windows 7
10 16 (0.52%) Ubuntu
11 15 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 12 (0.39%) VMS
13 11 (0.36%) Android
14 10 (0.32%) Apple iOS
15 8 (0.26%) Mac OS X
16 7 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
17 3 (0.097%) Amazon Linux
17 3 (0.097%) CentOS
17 3 (0.097%) Windows Server 2003
17 3 (0.097%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,196 (38.79%) Agile
2 759 (24.62%) Project Management
3 758 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
4 592 (19.20%) ITIL
5 586 (19.01%) Roadmaps
6 411 (13.33%) ERP
7 402 (13.04%) Mentoring
8 401 (13.01%) DevOps
9 387 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 366 (11.87%) Decision-Making
11 360 (11.68%) Data Management
12 356 (11.55%) Stakeholder Management
13 353 (11.45%) Performance Management
14 349 (11.32%) Enterprise Architecture
15 334 (10.83%) TOGAF
16 329 (10.67%) Coaching
17 327 (10.61%) Strategic Roadmap
18 325 (10.54%) Service Management
19 300 (9.73%) Risk Management
20 285 (9.24%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 282 (9.15%) SQL
2 144 (4.67%) PowerShell
3 88 (2.85%) Python
4 81 (2.63%) Java
5 69 (2.24%) C#
6 46 (1.49%) JavaScript
7 38 (1.23%) Bash
8 37 (1.20%) T-SQL
9 30 (0.97%) MATLAB
10 22 (0.71%) PL/SQL
11 21 (0.68%) C
12 17 (0.55%) C++
13 8 (0.26%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.19%) PHP
15 4 (0.13%) ABAP
15 4 (0.13%) Go
15 4 (0.13%) R
15 4 (0.13%) VB
15 4 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 547 (17.74%) Degree
2 296 (9.60%) Security Cleared
3 202 (6.55%) SC Cleared
4 119 (3.86%) PMI Certification
5 103 (3.34%) PMP
6 78 (2.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 55 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
8 52 (1.69%) Master's Degree
9 50 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 48 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 43 (1.39%) CISSP
12 39 (1.27%) Azure Certification
13 34 (1.10%) CCNA
14 33 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
15 23 (0.75%) A+ Certification
15 23 (0.75%) DBS Check
16 19 (0.62%) CISM
16 19 (0.62%) DV Cleared
17 17 (0.55%) APMG
17 17 (0.55%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 230 (7.46%) GDPR
2 125 (4.05%) PMO
3 119 (3.86%) SLA
4 107 (3.47%) QA
5 63 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 53 (1.72%) Data Quality
7 29 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 27 (0.88%) NIST
9 26 (0.84%) Accessibility
10 19 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 17 (0.55%) COBIT
12 16 (0.52%) ISO 9001
12 16 (0.52%) PCI DSS
13 11 (0.36%) ISO 14000
14 10 (0.32%) NEBOSH
15 7 (0.23%) CDISC
15 7 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.23%) HIPAA
16 6 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.19%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 259 (8.40%) Active Directory
2 129 (4.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (1.88%) Hyper-V
4 32 (1.04%) Firmware
5 21 (0.68%) Docker
6 19 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (0.55%) vSphere
8 11 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.097%) RACF
10 3 (0.097%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.032%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.032%) Lustre
12 1 (0.032%) LXC
12 1 (0.032%) NFS
12 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.032%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.032%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 101 (3.28%) SCCM
2 62 (2.01%) Terraform
3 46 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 39 (1.27%) Ansible
4 39 (1.27%) Kubernetes
5 21 (0.68%) WSUS
6 17 (0.55%) vCenter Server
7 15 (0.49%) SCOM
8 13 (0.42%) Grafana
9 10 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
9 10 (0.32%) Nagios
10 9 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.26%) NetBackup
11 8 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.23%) Foglight
13 6 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 6 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 5 (0.16%) Opsgenie
15 4 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
15 4 (0.13%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 532 (17.26%) Microsoft
2 463 (15.02%) Oracle
3 403 (13.07%) SAP
4 305 (9.89%) Hyperion
5 299 (9.70%) Anaplan
6 182 (5.90%) Google
7 174 (5.64%) VMware
8 155 (5.03%) ServiceNow
9 98 (3.18%) Cisco
10 55 (1.78%) Salesforce
11 53 (1.72%) IBM
12 46 (1.49%) HP
13 45 (1.46%) Citrix
14 31 (1.01%) Fortinet
15 30 (0.97%) Dell
15 30 (0.97%) Kofax
16 29 (0.94%) Apple
17 28 (0.91%) Juniper
17 28 (0.91%) Pega
18 27 (0.88%) Splunk