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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 87 104
Rank change year-on-year +20 +17 +14
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 76 54 135
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.55% 2.26% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.22% 2.42% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 40 16 73
10th Percentile £26,250 £48,750 £40,890
25th Percentile £26,750 £50,943 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.55% - -4.28%
75th Percentile £39,000 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,233 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.94% +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 2,360 2,229 3,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 79.19% 93.34% 93.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,222 950 2,129
10th Percentile £28,025 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,063 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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
Edinburgh +17 56 £30,500 -65.60% 7
Glasgow +7 16 £85,000 +54.55% 8
Lanarkshire +6 3 - - 7
Midlothian - 1 - - 6
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:

Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.63%) Weka
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 35 (46.05%) Azure
2 14 (18.42%) Entra ID
3 12 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (11.84%) SaaS
5 8 (10.53%) AWS
6 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.32%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (22.37%) LAN
1 17 (22.37%) WAN
1 17 (22.37%) Wireless
2 14 (18.42%) Firewall
2 14 (18.42%) SD-WAN
2 14 (18.42%) Wireshark
3 3 (3.95%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.84%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 53 (69.74%) Finance
2 33 (43.42%) Social Skills
3 14 (18.42%) Telecoms
4 10 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (11.84%) Legal
6 5 (6.58%) Financial Institution
7 4 (5.26%) Banking
8 3 (3.95%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.63%) Law
9 2 (2.63%) Private Banking
9 2 (2.63%) Retail
10 1 (1.32%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (34.21%) Analyst
2 24 (31.58%) Business Analyst
3 17 (22.37%) Trainee
3 17 (22.37%) Trainee Analyst
3 17 (22.37%) Trainee Business Analyst
4 13 (17.11%) Network Engineer
5 9 (11.84%) Applications Engineer
5 9 (11.84%) Applications Support
5 9 (11.84%) Applications Support Engineer
5 9 (11.84%) Support Engineer
6 7 (9.21%) Change Analyst
7 6 (7.89%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (6.58%) Head of Data Management
8 5 (6.58%) Head of Risk Management
9 4 (5.26%) Lead
10 3 (3.95%) IT Engineer
11 2 (2.63%) Asset and Configuration Manager
11 2 (2.63%) Associate Director
11 2 (2.63%) Project Change Manager
11 2 (2.63%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 15 (19.74%) Data Centre
3 7 (9.21%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.26%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.63%) CMDB
5 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.63%) Robotics
5 2 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.32%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.32%) Life Science
6 1 (1.32%) PMI
6 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (18.42%) Windows
2 6 (7.89%) Linux
2 6 (7.89%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.95%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (40.79%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (36.84%) Asset Management
2 28 (36.84%) Project Management
3 24 (31.58%) ITIL
4 22 (28.95%) Customer Service
5 21 (27.63%) Coaching
6 19 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (23.68%) Business Analysis
8 16 (21.05%) Capacity Planning
9 15 (19.74%) Agile
9 15 (19.74%) Risk Management
10 14 (18.42%) DevOps
10 14 (18.42%) Load Balancing
10 14 (18.42%) Network Monitoring
10 14 (18.42%) Network Planning
10 14 (18.42%) Network Virtualisation
10 14 (18.42%) Problem Management
11 10 (13.16%) PRINCE2
12 9 (11.84%) Business Case
12 9 (11.84%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.84%) SQL
2 8 (10.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (38.16%) Degree
2 10 (13.16%) PMI Certification
3 9 (11.84%) PMP
4 8 (10.53%) AWS Certification
5 5 (6.58%) CRISC
6 2 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.63%) CCNA
6 2 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.63%) CISM
6 2 (2.63%) CISSP
6 2 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.63%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.63%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.32%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.95%) GDPR
2 2 (2.63%) GxP
2 2 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 1 (1.32%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.32%) QA
3 1 (1.32%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.63%) Docker
2 2 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.63%) Ansible
2 2 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (28.95%) Cisco
2 14 (18.42%) CheckPoint
2 14 (18.42%) Meraki
2 14 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 14 (18.42%) Palo Alto
2 14 (18.42%) SolarWinds
3 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.32%) Epicor
4 1 (1.32%) Oracle
4 1 (1.32%) SAP