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 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 117 163
Rank change year-on-year +27 +46 -93
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 52 30 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.37% 1.20% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.33% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 31 16 30
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,375 £39,851
25th Percentile £27,500 £45,720 £44,668
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £54,500 £54,175
Median % change year-on-year -39.45% +0.60% +2.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £78,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £134,269 £91,587
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

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 2,620 2,248 3,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 69.06% 89.70% 85.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,536 976 1,728
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,929 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,763 £42,495
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,187 £69,850
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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 September 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 +25 30 £29,000 -56.06% 19
Edinburgh -7 7 £62,500 +21.95% 25
Lanarkshire - 5 - - 6
South Lanarkshire - 4 £33,000 -
Midlothian +5 1 £38,000 - 6
Inverclyde 0 1 £60,000 - 2
Stirling - 1 £52,000 - 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 2
Aberdeen - 1 - - 2
Dundee - 1 £75,500 -
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 (3.85%) IIS
2 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.77%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (11.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.77%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 20 (38.46%) Azure
1 20 (38.46%) SaaS
2 12 (23.08%) Entra ID
3 7 (13.46%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (9.62%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (9.62%) Power Automate
4 5 (9.62%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.85%) IaaS
5 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.85%) PaaS
6 1 (1.92%) OCI
6 1 (1.92%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.92%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (19.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (7.69%) Power BI
3 1 (1.92%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (9.62%) JIRA
2 3 (5.77%) Rational DOORS
General
1 30 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 21 (40.38%) Finance
3 9 (17.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (11.54%) Aerospace
6 4 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (5.77%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.77%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.92%) Banking
8 1 (1.92%) Law
8 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (23.08%) Applications Engineer
1 12 (23.08%) Applications Support
1 12 (23.08%) Applications Support Engineer
1 12 (23.08%) Support Engineer
2 10 (19.23%) Analyst
3 8 (15.38%) Lead
4 6 (11.54%) IT Manager
4 6 (11.54%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 6 (11.54%) Systems Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Financial Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) IFS Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) IFS Support Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) Support Analyst
6 4 (7.69%) Developer
6 4 (7.69%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 4 (7.69%) Senior
6 4 (7.69%) Service Analyst
6 4 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Head of QA
7 3 (5.77%) Radar Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.69%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.23%) Client/Server
2 6 (11.54%) Onboarding
3 5 (9.62%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.77%) Algorithms
4 3 (5.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.92%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.92%) Derivative
5 1 (1.92%) FMCG
5 1 (1.92%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.92%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) Windows
1 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (42.31%) Continuous Improvement
2 21 (40.38%) ITIL
3 15 (28.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (23.08%) DevOps
5 11 (21.15%) Root Cause Analysis
5 11 (21.15%) Validation
6 10 (19.23%) Service Delivery
7 9 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (15.38%) Customer Service
8 8 (15.38%) ERP
9 7 (13.46%) Migration
9 7 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (13.46%) Ticket Management
10 6 (11.54%) Business Continuity
10 6 (11.54%) CRM
10 6 (11.54%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 6 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (11.54%) Signal Processing
10 6 (11.54%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (23.08%) SQL
2 8 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 4 (7.69%) C#
4 3 (5.77%) MATLAB
5 2 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (15.38%) Degree
2 7 (13.46%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (11.54%) DV Cleared
3 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.54%) Security Cleared
4 5 (9.62%) AAT
5 3 (5.77%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) IRCA
6 2 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.85%) CISM
6 2 (3.85%) CISSP
7 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) Accessibility
2 5 (9.62%) GDPR
3 4 (7.69%) Data Quality
4 3 (5.77%) ISO 9001
4 3 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (5.77%) QA
5 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.85%) NIST
6 1 (1.92%) PMO
6 1 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.92%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.92%) VirtualBox
2 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.62%) IFS
3 3 (5.77%) IBM
3 3 (5.77%) Siemens
4 1 (1.92%) Databricks
4 1 (1.92%) NEC
4 1 (1.92%) Oracle
4 1 (1.92%) VMware