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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 93 187
Rank change year-on-year +9 +94 -62
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 51 46 89
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.62% 2.16% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 2.33% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 27 22 61
10th Percentile £27,000 £46,375 £39,625
25th Percentile £27,250 £51,161 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.08% +30.00% -3.38%
75th Percentile £50,625 £99,194 £66,778
90th Percentile £58,375 £163,539 £90,822
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 2,219 1,976 5,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 70.40% 92.94% 89.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,248 820 2,526
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,929 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,851 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £65,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 June 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 June 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 +24 31 £29,000 -55.38% 5
Edinburgh -4 13 £30,500 -66.79% 9
Lanarkshire - 3 - - 7
Inverclyde +2 1 £60,000 -
Midlothian - 1 £38,000 - 2
Aberdeen - 1 - -
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
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 (1.96%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.96%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.96%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 19 (37.25%) Azure
2 16 (31.37%) Entra ID
3 15 (29.41%) SaaS
4 10 (19.61%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (3.92%) IaaS
6 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (3.92%) PaaS
7 1 (1.96%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) LAN
1 2 (3.92%) WAN
1 2 (3.92%) Wireless
1 2 (3.92%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (21.57%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 27 (52.94%) Finance
1 27 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 16 (31.37%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Legal
4 5 (9.80%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (23.53%) Applications Engineer
1 12 (23.53%) Applications Support
1 12 (23.53%) Applications Support Engineer
1 12 (23.53%) Support Engineer
2 11 (21.57%) Analyst
3 10 (19.61%) Business Analyst
4 7 (13.73%) IT Manager
5 6 (11.76%) Change Analyst
5 6 (11.76%) Head of QA
6 5 (9.80%) Project Manager
7 4 (7.84%) Trainee
7 4 (7.84%) Trainee Analyst
7 4 (7.84%) Trainee Business Analyst
8 3 (5.88%) ERP Manager
9 2 (3.92%) Change Manager
9 2 (3.92%) Cloud Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) ERP Project Manager
9 2 (3.92%) Security Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.57%) Client/Server
2 6 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.84%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.96%) FMCG
4 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.96%) PMI
4 1 (1.96%) Robotics
4 1 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.73%) Windows
2 3 (5.88%) Linux
3 2 (3.92%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) ITIL
2 22 (43.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (31.37%) Project Management
4 15 (29.41%) PRINCE2
5 12 (23.53%) DevOps
5 12 (23.53%) Service Delivery
6 11 (21.57%) Agile
6 11 (21.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (19.61%) Risk Management
8 9 (17.65%) Business Case
8 9 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (15.69%) Actionable Insight
9 8 (15.69%) Process Improvement
10 7 (13.73%) Analytics
10 7 (13.73%) Asset Management
10 7 (13.73%) Coaching
10 7 (13.73%) ERP
10 7 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (13.73%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (13.73%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (23.53%) SQL
2 4 (7.84%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (35.29%) Degree
2 9 (17.65%) PMI Certification
2 9 (17.65%) PMP
3 6 (11.76%) IRCA
4 3 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 3 (5.88%) CISM
4 3 (5.88%) CISSP
5 1 (1.96%) AAT
5 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.96%) CCNA
5 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (17.65%) GDPR
2 6 (11.76%) ISO 9001
2 6 (11.76%) QA
3 3 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.92%) NIST
5 1 (1.96%) GxP
System Software
1 19 (37.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Docker
2 1 (1.96%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.96%) VirtualBox
2 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.96%) Ansible
2 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.92%) Cisco
3 1 (1.96%) Epicor
3 1 (1.96%) IFS
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle
3 1 (1.96%) SAP
3 1 (1.96%) VMware