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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 106 177
Rank change year-on-year +15 +71 -75
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 48 44 76
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.44% 1.81% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 1.99% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 28 20 53
10th Percentile £27,000 £46,249 £36,800
25th Percentile £27,375 £51,484 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £65,500 £45,543
Median % change year-on-year -49.62% +43.82% -8.32%
75th Percentile £52,500 £101,063 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,125 £163,539 £79,538
UK median annual salary £62,498 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.16% +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 2,371 2,216 5,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 71.20% 91.27% 88.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,383 983 2,466
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,968 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,851 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +37 34 £29,000 -55.38% 11
Lanarkshire - 5 - - 6
South Lanarkshire - 4 £33,000 - 1
Inverclyde +1 1 £60,000 -
Edinburgh -13 1 - - 2
Aberdeen - 1 - - 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 1
Midlothian - 1 £38,000 - 2
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 1 (2.08%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.08%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 19 (39.58%) SaaS
2 18 (37.50%) Azure
3 13 (27.08%) Entra ID
4 6 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.25%) Power Automate
5 3 (6.25%) Power Platform
6 2 (4.17%) IaaS
6 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (4.17%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.92%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (10.42%) JIRA
General
1 29 (60.42%) Social Skills
2 21 (43.75%) Finance
3 11 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.42%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.08%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
1 12 (25.00%) Applications Support
1 12 (25.00%) Applications Support Engineer
1 12 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 10 (20.83%) Analyst
3 7 (14.58%) IT Manager
4 6 (12.50%) Head of QA
5 5 (10.42%) Financial Analyst
5 5 (10.42%) IFS Analyst
5 5 (10.42%) IFS Support Analyst
5 5 (10.42%) Project Manager
5 5 (10.42%) Support Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Service Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (6.25%) Developer
7 3 (6.25%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 3 (6.25%) ERP Manager
7 3 (6.25%) Senior
8 2 (4.17%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Project Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.92%) Client/Server
2 7 (14.58%) Onboarding
3 6 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.08%) FMCG
5 1 (2.08%) PMI
5 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Linux
2 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (45.83%) ITIL
3 18 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (27.08%) Service Delivery
5 12 (25.00%) DevOps
5 12 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 11 (22.92%) ERP
7 10 (20.83%) PRINCE2
8 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (14.58%) Analytics
10 7 (14.58%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (14.58%) Customer Service
11 6 (12.50%) Agile
11 6 (12.50%) Customer Experience
11 6 (12.50%) Process Improvement
11 6 (12.50%) Project Management
11 6 (12.50%) Quality Management
11 6 (12.50%) Ticket Management
11 6 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.00%) SQL
2 7 (14.58%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.25%) C#
4 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Degree
2 6 (12.50%) IRCA
3 5 (10.42%) AAT
4 4 (8.33%) PMI Certification
4 4 (8.33%) PMP
5 2 (4.17%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.17%) CISM
5 2 (4.17%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.67%) GDPR
2 6 (12.50%) ISO 9001
2 6 (12.50%) QA
3 3 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (6.25%) Data Quality
4 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (35.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.08%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.08%) VirtualBox
2 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 15 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.42%) IFS
3 1 (2.08%) Epicor
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle
3 1 (2.08%) SAP
3 1 (2.08%) VMware