Change Management Job Trends in the City of London

Change Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Change Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 81 92
Rank change year-on-year +14 +11 -7
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 66 83 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 2.89% 3.15% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.34% 3.29% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 42 48 64
10th Percentile £52,500 £42,125 £38,950
25th Percentile £60,313 £55,762 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -4.93%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,563 £81,875
90th Percentile £91,250 £118,250 £97,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £65,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.46% -9.31% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Change Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,975 2,524 2,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.36% 95.64% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,442 1,607 2,397
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,650
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,125 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Change Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Change Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Change Management
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Change Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Change Management

Change Management
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Change Management in the City of London

Change Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.03%) Confluence
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.03%) Adobe XD
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.61%) Azure
3 2 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (3.03%) Figma
3 2 (3.03%) Mimecast
3 2 (3.03%) Miro
3 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.58%) Firewall
2 2 (3.03%) DHCP
2 2 (3.03%) DNS
2 2 (3.03%) Network Security
2 2 (3.03%) WebEx
3 1 (1.52%) SSH
3 1 (1.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) Power BI
1 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.52%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 42 (63.64%) Finance
2 19 (28.79%) Legal
3 16 (24.24%) Social Skills
4 11 (16.67%) Banking
5 10 (15.15%) Retail
6 9 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (13.64%) Law
7 6 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (7.58%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (4.55%) Advertising
9 3 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (4.55%) Telecoms
10 2 (3.03%) Digital Health
10 2 (3.03%) Front Office
10 2 (3.03%) Marketing
11 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.52%) International Banking
11 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (21.21%) IT Manager
2 11 (16.67%) Change Manager
2 11 (16.67%) IT Change Manager
2 11 (16.67%) Senior
3 9 (13.64%) Lead
3 9 (13.64%) Senior Manager
3 9 (13.64%) Service Manager
4 8 (12.12%) Analyst
4 8 (12.12%) Asset and Configuration Manager
4 8 (12.12%) Configuration Manager
5 5 (7.58%) IT Security Specialist
5 5 (7.58%) Security Operations Specialist
5 5 (7.58%) Security Specialist
6 4 (6.06%) Project Manager
6 4 (6.06%) Risk Manager
6 4 (6.06%) Senior Risk Manager
6 4 (6.06%) Service Analyst
6 4 (6.06%) Technology Risk Manager
7 3 (4.55%) Consultant
7 3 (4.55%) Service Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) .NET
1 2 (3.03%) ARM Templates
1 2 (3.03%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (27.27%) CMDB
2 7 (10.61%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 4 (6.06%) Algorithms
4 4 (6.06%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.55%) Reinsurance
6 2 (3.03%) AS400
6 2 (3.03%) e-Learning
6 2 (3.03%) Learning Management System
6 2 (3.03%) PKI
6 2 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.03%) Video Editing
7 1 (1.52%) Clustering
7 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.52%) EPoS
7 1 (1.52%) PMI
7 1 (1.52%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.61%) Windows
2 3 (4.55%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (39.39%) ITIL
2 23 (34.85%) ITSM
3 20 (30.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (30.30%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (30.30%) Service Management
4 19 (28.79%) Agile
5 13 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (18.18%) Customer-Centricity
6 12 (18.18%) Incident Management
6 12 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
7 11 (16.67%) Incident Response
8 10 (15.15%) Risk Assessment
8 10 (15.15%) User Experience
9 9 (13.64%) Asset Management
9 9 (13.64%) Configuration Management
9 9 (13.64%) Project Management
10 8 (12.12%) Decision-Making
10 8 (12.12%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
10 8 (12.12%) Software Asset Management
10 8 (12.12%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.06%) SQL
2 3 (4.55%) C#
3 2 (3.03%) Bicep
4 1 (1.52%) Python
4 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (13.64%) CISSP
2 4 (6.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (6.06%) CISA
2 4 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (6.06%) CISM
2 4 (6.06%) CRISC
2 4 (6.06%) Degree
3 3 (4.55%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.03%) PMP
5 1 (1.52%) APMP
5 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 8 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 5 (7.58%) Data Quality
4 4 (6.06%) Accessibility
4 4 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (6.06%) QA
5 2 (3.03%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (12.12%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (6.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Grafana
1 2 (3.03%) Terraform
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (34.85%) ServiceNow
2 9 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.03%) Adobe
3 2 (3.03%) BMC
3 2 (3.03%) Remedy
3 2 (3.03%) SAP
4 1 (1.52%) Aderant
4 1 (1.52%) Cisco
4 1 (1.52%) Gemalto
4 1 (1.52%) HP
4 1 (1.52%) IBM
4 1 (1.52%) iManage
4 1 (1.52%) Intapp
4 1 (1.52%) Meraki
4 1 (1.52%) RedGate
4 1 (1.52%) Thales