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 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 103 60
Rank change year-on-year +23 -43 +38
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 65 45 130
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.35% 1.47% 5.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.82% 1.66% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 36 16 85
10th Percentile £26,250 £38,750 £33,625
25th Percentile £26,750 £45,750 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £53,630 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.13% -2.49% -2.74%
75th Percentile £41,938 £57,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £64,375 £83,269
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

All Process and 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 2,302 2,706 2,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 83.35% 88.52% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,167 1,235 1,762
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,500 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 13 December 2025.

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 13 December 2025. 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 +21 51 £30,500 -43.70% 19
Glasgow +6 12 £85,000 +61.49% 15
Lanarkshire +1 1 - - 5
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.54%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 33 (50.77%) Azure
2 11 (16.92%) Entra ID
3 9 (13.85%) SaaS
4 8 (12.31%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (10.77%) AWS
6 1 (1.54%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (26.15%) LAN
1 17 (26.15%) WAN
1 17 (26.15%) Wireless
2 16 (24.62%) Firewall
2 16 (24.62%) SD-WAN
2 16 (24.62%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.54%) Intranet
3 1 (1.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.85%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 42 (64.62%) Finance
2 24 (36.92%) Social Skills
3 16 (24.62%) Telecoms
4 5 (7.69%) Banking
4 5 (7.69%) Financial Institution
5 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.62%) Legal
7 2 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Law
7 2 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.08%) Private Banking
7 2 (3.08%) Retail
8 1 (1.54%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 19 (29.23%) Analyst
2 15 (23.08%) Business Analyst
3 13 (20.00%) Trainee
3 13 (20.00%) Trainee Analyst
3 13 (20.00%) Trainee Business Analyst
4 12 (18.46%) Network Engineer
5 9 (13.85%) Applications Engineer
5 9 (13.85%) Applications Support
5 9 (13.85%) Applications Support Engineer
5 9 (13.85%) Support Engineer
6 5 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (7.69%) Head of Data Management
6 5 (7.69%) Head of Risk Management
7 4 (6.15%) Network Analyst
7 4 (6.15%) Network Support
7 4 (6.15%) Network Support Analyst
7 4 (6.15%) Support Analyst
8 3 (4.62%) Lead
9 2 (3.08%) Technical Leader
9 2 (3.08%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 18 (27.69%) Management Information System
2 17 (26.15%) Data Centre
3 4 (6.15%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.08%) CMDB
5 1 (1.54%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.54%) Life Science
5 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.54%) PMI
5 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.54%) Robotics
5 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.31%) Windows
2 5 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.62%) Linux
4 1 (1.54%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (35.38%) Asset Management
3 20 (30.77%) Customer Service
4 19 (29.23%) ITIL
5 17 (26.15%) Capacity Planning
5 17 (26.15%) Coaching
5 17 (26.15%) Project Management
6 16 (24.62%) Load Balancing
6 16 (24.62%) Network Monitoring
6 16 (24.62%) Network Planning
6 16 (24.62%) Network Virtualisation
6 16 (24.62%) Problem Management
7 15 (23.08%) Business Analysis
8 14 (21.54%) DevOps
9 13 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (15.38%) Agile
10 10 (15.38%) Risk Management
11 9 (13.85%) AI
12 7 (10.77%) Decision-Making
12 7 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.85%) SQL
2 6 (9.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (26.15%) Degree
2 7 (10.77%) AWS Certification
3 5 (7.69%) CRISC
4 2 (3.08%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.54%) CCNA
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.54%) CISM
5 1 (1.54%) CISSP
5 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.54%) PMP
5 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.54%) GDPR
2 1 (1.54%) GxP
2 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.54%) Docker
3 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.54%) Ansible
2 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (33.85%) Cisco
2 16 (24.62%) CheckPoint
2 16 (24.62%) Meraki
2 16 (24.62%) Palo Alto
2 16 (24.62%) SolarWinds
3 10 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow