Change Management Job Trends in Scotland

Change Management
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 102 115
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 -42
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 43 44 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.02% 1.70% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.87% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 24 19 19
10th Percentile £27,150 £25,750 £38,700
25th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £32,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.85% -30.85% -14.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,750 £57,294
90th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £65,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,869 2,348 2,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 68.26% 90.62% 83.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,677 1,012 1,422
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £38,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -30.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,900 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Change Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Change Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Change Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Change Management

Change Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Change Management in Scotland

Change Management
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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
Glasgow +18 20 £38,250 -42.05% 41
Edinburgh -16 8 £62,500 +123.21% 38
Lanarkshire - 5 - - 5
South Lanarkshire - 4 £33,000 -
Renfrewshire - 1 - - 2
Inverclyde - 1 £60,000 - 1
Stirling - 1 £52,000 - 2
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 2
Aberdeen - 1 - - 4
Dundee - 1 £75,500 - 4
Change Management
UK

Change Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (4.65%) IIS
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.98%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (6.98%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (37.21%) SaaS
2 15 (34.88%) Azure
3 8 (18.60%) Entra ID
4 6 (13.95%) Power Platform
5 5 (11.63%) Power Automate
6 4 (9.30%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (4.65%) IaaS
8 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (4.65%) PaaS
9 1 (2.33%) OCI
9 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
9 1 (2.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.95%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (11.63%) Power BI
3 1 (2.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.33%) Metadata
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) JIRA
2 3 (6.98%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.33%) Hudson
General
1 24 (55.81%) Social Skills
2 18 (41.86%) Finance
3 9 (20.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (13.95%) Aerospace
5 5 (11.63%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (9.30%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Banking
8 1 (2.33%) Law
8 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
2 8 (18.60%) Applications Engineer
2 8 (18.60%) Applications Support
2 8 (18.60%) Applications Support Engineer
2 8 (18.60%) Lead
2 8 (18.60%) Support Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) IFS Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) IFS Support Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) Support Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Developer
4 5 (11.63%) Financial Analyst
5 4 (9.30%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 4 (9.30%) Senior
5 4 (9.30%) Service Analyst
5 4 (9.30%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Radar Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) .NET
2 1 (2.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Client/Server
2 5 (11.63%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (11.63%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.98%) Algorithms
3 3 (6.98%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.33%) Derivative
4 1 (2.33%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
1 2 (4.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (39.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (27.91%) ITIL
2 12 (27.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (25.58%) Validation
4 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (20.93%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (20.93%) Process Improvement
5 9 (20.93%) Root Cause Analysis
6 8 (18.60%) Customer Service
6 8 (18.60%) ERP
6 8 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (16.28%) DevOps
7 7 (16.28%) Migration
7 7 (16.28%) Ticket Management
8 6 (13.95%) Business Continuity
8 6 (13.95%) Performance Metrics
8 6 (13.95%) Regression Testing
8 6 (13.95%) Service Delivery
8 6 (13.95%) Signal Processing
8 6 (13.95%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.93%) SQL
2 8 (18.60%) JavaScript
3 4 (9.30%) C#
4 3 (6.98%) MATLAB
5 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) BPSS Clearance
1 8 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) AAT
2 6 (13.95%) DV Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.30%) Degree
4 3 (6.98%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.65%) CISM
5 2 (4.65%) CISSP
6 1 (2.33%) ACCA
6 1 (2.33%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) Accessibility
2 5 (11.63%) Data Quality
3 3 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (4.65%) GDPR
4 2 (4.65%) NIST
5 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.33%) ECSS
5 1 (2.33%) GAAP
5 1 (2.33%) IFRS
5 1 (2.33%) PMO
5 1 (2.33%) QA
5 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (18.60%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (27.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) IFS
3 3 (6.98%) IBM
3 3 (6.98%) Siemens
4 1 (2.33%) Databricks
4 1 (2.33%) NEC
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle