Change Manager
UK

The median Change Manager salary in the UK is £54,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 675 752 1003
Rank change year-on-year +77 +251 -215
Permanent jobs requiring a Change Manager 222 219 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 172 169 175
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,442 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,000 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,625 £72,500 £74,375
90th Percentile £87,375 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Change Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Manager over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +110 202 £57,000 -3.31% 39
UK excluding London +49 159 £50,000 -9.09% 33
Work from Home +87 79 £50,000 -16.67% 18
North of England +94 76 £51,150 -8.25% 3
London +114 60 £80,000 +23.08% 16
Midlands +42 47 £50,000 -4.76% 7
North West +33 42 £57,965 +0.81% 2
West Midlands +40 25 £47,500 -9.52% 4
Yorkshire +105 23 £37,500 -22.92%
East Midlands -2 14 £52,500 -12.50% 3
Scotland -60 14 £42,500 -22.73% 8
North East +8 11 £57,965 +10.41% 1
South West -20 11 £45,000 -17.43% 10
South East +2 7 £70,000 +27.27% 4
Isle of Man - 4 - -

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Change Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 143 (64.41%) Change Management
2 59 (26.58%) Agile
3 55 (24.77%) Project Management
4 52 (23.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 44 (19.82%) Social Skills
6 38 (17.12%) Coaching
7 35 (15.77%) Finance
8 34 (15.32%) Service Delivery
9 33 (14.86%) Process Improvement
9 33 (14.86%) Mentoring
10 27 (12.16%) ITIL
11 25 (11.26%) Risk Management
11 25 (11.26%) Public Sector
12 23 (10.36%) PRINCE2
13 21 (9.46%) Law
13 21 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (9.46%) ServiceNow
14 19 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (7.66%) Impact Assessments
15 17 (7.66%) Customer Experience
15 17 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
16 16 (7.21%) ITSM
17 15 (6.76%) Business Change Management
18 14 (6.31%) Project Delivery
18 14 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
18 14 (6.31%) Service Management
19 13 (5.86%) Retail
19 13 (5.86%) Roadmaps
19 13 (5.86%) Change Advisory Board
20 12 (5.41%) Budget Management

Change Manager Skill Set
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 4 (1.80%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (2.25%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Development Applications
1 2 (0.90%) JIRA
General
1 44 (19.82%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.77%) Finance
3 25 (11.26%) Public Sector
4 21 (9.46%) Law
5 19 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (5.86%) Retail
8 12 (5.41%) Publishing
9 11 (4.95%) Legal
10 9 (4.05%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.70%) Banking
12 5 (2.25%) Marketing
13 4 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.80%) Private Banking
14 2 (0.90%) Automotive
14 2 (0.90%) Back Office
14 2 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.45%) Advertising
15 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.45%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.45%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.25%) FMCG
1 5 (2.25%) Management Information System
1 5 (2.25%) PMI
2 4 (1.80%) CMDB
2 4 (1.80%) Credit Risk
3 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.45%) Data Centre
3 1 (0.45%) Educational Technology
3 1 (0.45%) e-Learning
3 1 (0.45%) Hedge funds
3 1 (0.45%) iPad
3 1 (0.45%) Market Risk
3 1 (0.45%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.35%) Windows
2 2 (0.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (64.41%) Change Management
2 59 (26.58%) Agile
3 55 (24.77%) Project Management
4 52 (23.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 38 (17.12%) Coaching
6 34 (15.32%) Service Delivery
7 33 (14.86%) Mentoring
7 33 (14.86%) Process Improvement
8 27 (12.16%) ITIL
9 25 (11.26%) Risk Management
10 23 (10.36%) PRINCE2
11 21 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (7.66%) Customer Experience
12 17 (7.66%) Impact Assessments
12 17 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (7.21%) ITSM
14 15 (6.76%) Business Change Management
15 14 (6.31%) Project Delivery
15 14 (6.31%) Service Management
16 13 (5.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.80%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (4.95%) Degree
2 10 (4.50%) PMI Certification
2 10 (4.50%) PMP
3 4 (1.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (1.35%) APMG
4 3 (1.35%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (0.90%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.90%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.45%) APMP
6 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.95%) PMO
2 8 (3.60%) QA
3 6 (2.70%) SLA
4 3 (1.35%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 21 (9.46%) ServiceNow
2 12 (5.41%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.05%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.60%) SAP
5 4 (1.80%) Apple
5 4 (1.80%) BMC
5 4 (1.80%) Remedy
6 3 (1.35%) Cisco
6 3 (1.35%) Meraki
7 1 (0.45%) iManage
7 1 (0.45%) Intapp
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle