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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 78 121
Rank change year-on-year +3 +43 +3
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 71 52 143
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.30% 2.55% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.73% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 38 21 77
10th Percentile £26,250 £47,500 £40,800
25th Percentile £28,250 £51,645 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.50% +20.00% -16.00%
75th Percentile £39,000 £95,000 £66,778
90th Percentile £85,000 £163,539 £82,548
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +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 2,383 1,905 5,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 77.17% 93.25% 93.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,243 937 2,276
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,950 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -10.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,144 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,267 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 March 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 March 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 +9 43 £30,500 -75.81% 7
Glasgow -1 24 £60,000 +4.35% 11
Lanarkshire +3 3 - - 6
Midlothian - 1 £38,000 - 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 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.82%) Weka
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.41%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 28 (39.44%) Azure
2 14 (19.72%) Entra ID
3 12 (16.90%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (14.08%) SaaS
5 8 (11.27%) AWS
6 2 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.41%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.68%) LAN
1 9 (12.68%) WAN
1 9 (12.68%) Wireless
2 6 (8.45%) Firewall
2 6 (8.45%) SD-WAN
2 6 (8.45%) Wireshark
3 3 (4.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.68%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 48 (67.61%) Finance
2 31 (43.66%) Social Skills
3 14 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.68%) Legal
5 6 (8.45%) Telecoms
6 5 (7.04%) Financial Institution
7 4 (5.63%) Banking
8 3 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.23%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.82%) Law
9 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.82%) Private Banking
9 2 (2.82%) Retail
10 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 20 (28.17%) Analyst
1 20 (28.17%) Business Analyst
2 13 (18.31%) Trainee
2 13 (18.31%) Trainee Analyst
2 13 (18.31%) Trainee Business Analyst
3 9 (12.68%) Applications Engineer
3 9 (12.68%) Applications Support
3 9 (12.68%) Applications Support Engineer
3 9 (12.68%) Support Engineer
4 7 (9.86%) Change Analyst
4 7 (9.86%) Network Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (7.04%) Head of Data Management
6 5 (7.04%) Head of QA
6 5 (7.04%) Head of Risk Management
7 4 (5.63%) Lead
7 4 (5.63%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.23%) IT Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) Asset and Configuration Manager
9 2 (2.82%) Associate Director
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.86%) Client/Server
2 7 (9.86%) Product Ownership
3 6 (8.45%) Data Centre
4 5 (7.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (4.23%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.82%) CMDB
6 2 (2.82%) PMI
6 2 (2.82%) Robotics
6 2 (2.82%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.41%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.41%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.41%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 14 (19.72%) Windows
2 6 (8.45%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.04%) Linux
4 3 (4.23%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.82%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.03%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (36.62%) Project Management
3 25 (35.21%) ITIL
4 24 (33.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (28.17%) Asset Management
6 17 (23.94%) Agile
7 16 (22.54%) Risk Management
8 15 (21.13%) DevOps
8 15 (21.13%) PRINCE2
9 14 (19.72%) Business Analysis
9 14 (19.72%) Coaching
10 13 (18.31%) Customer Service
11 12 (16.90%) Service Delivery
12 11 (15.49%) Customer Experience
12 11 (15.49%) Root Cause Analysis
13 10 (14.08%) Business Case
14 9 (12.68%) Process Improvement
14 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 9 (12.68%) User Acceptance Testing
15 8 (11.27%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.68%) SQL
2 8 (11.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (36.62%) Degree
2 11 (15.49%) PMI Certification
3 10 (14.08%) PMP
4 8 (11.27%) AWS Certification
5 5 (7.04%) CRISC
5 5 (7.04%) IRCA
6 2 (2.82%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.82%) CCNA
6 2 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.82%) CISM
6 2 (2.82%) CISSP
6 2 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.86%) GDPR
2 5 (7.04%) ISO 9001
2 5 (7.04%) QA
3 2 (2.82%) GxP
3 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 12 (16.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.82%) Docker
2 2 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.82%) Ansible
2 2 (2.82%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (19.72%) Cisco
1 14 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.45%) CheckPoint
2 6 (8.45%) Meraki
2 6 (8.45%) Palo Alto
2 6 (8.45%) SolarWinds
3 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.41%) Epicor
4 1 (1.41%) Oracle
4 1 (1.41%) SAP