Change Management Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Change Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Change Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 71 64
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 +25
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 120 122 134
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.01% 3.51% 3.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 3.84% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 27 50 93
10th Percentile £42,600 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £50,347 £50,967 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £45,196
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +27.23% -16.07%
75th Percentile £82,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £91,375 £80,750 £67,500
South East median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £45,196
% change year-on-year +0.87% +27.23% -16.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,239 3,179 3,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.20% 91.51% 90.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,730 1,472 2,225
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Change Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Change Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Change Management
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Change Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Change Management

Change Management
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Change Management in the Thames Valley

Change Management
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Berkshire +32 78 £60,000 -4.00% 27
Buckinghamshire -8 39 £80,000 +39.13% 4
Oxfordshire +3 4 £47,847 +36.71% 12
Change Management
South East

Change Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (2.50%) Confluence
2 2 (1.67%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.67%) SAS
2 2 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (2.50%) Windchill
2 1 (0.83%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (9.17%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 6 (5.00%) Oracle Assets
2 6 (5.00%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (5.00%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (2.50%) SAP MDG
3 3 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.83%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.83%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.33%) AWS
2 9 (7.50%) Azure
3 7 (5.83%) GCP
4 6 (5.00%) Azure AI
4 6 (5.00%) Vertex AI
5 5 (4.17%) Miro
6 4 (3.33%) Boomi
6 4 (3.33%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.67%) dbt
7 2 (1.67%) iPaaS
7 2 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.67%) Smartsheet
7 2 (1.67%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.67%) Workato
8 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.83%) Fivetran
8 1 (0.83%) OCI
8 1 (0.83%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.83%) SaaS
8 1 (0.83%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.33%) Metadata
1 4 (3.33%) Power BI
2 2 (1.67%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.83%) Airbyte
3 1 (0.83%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.83%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (27.50%) JIRA
2 26 (21.67%) Git
2 26 (21.67%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.83%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
General
1 88 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 58 (48.33%) Finance
3 39 (32.50%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (21.67%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (15.00%) Manufacturing
6 11 (9.17%) Law
7 10 (8.33%) Legal
8 4 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.33%) Marketing
9 3 (2.50%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.50%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.67%) Electronics
10 2 (1.67%) Retail
10 2 (1.67%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 61 (50.83%) Lead
2 41 (34.17%) Senior
3 11 (9.17%) Support Specialist
4 9 (7.50%) Senior Manager
5 8 (6.67%) Project Manager
6 6 (5.00%) Product Delivery Manager
6 6 (5.00%) Product Manager
7 5 (4.17%) Applications Specialist
7 5 (4.17%) Applications Support
7 5 (4.17%) Applications Support Specialist
7 5 (4.17%) Technical Specialist
7 5 (4.17%) Technical Support
7 5 (4.17%) Technical Support Specialist
8 3 (2.50%) Administrator
8 3 (2.50%) IT Manager
8 3 (2.50%) IT Project Manager
9 2 (1.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 2 (1.67%) Delivery Manager
9 2 (1.67%) Integration Engineer
9 2 (1.67%) Report Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.00%) EDI
2 1 (0.83%) JSON
2 1 (0.83%) OLE
2 1 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.83%) REST
2 1 (0.83%) RESTful
2 1 (0.83%) Snowpark
2 1 (0.83%) SOAP
2 1 (0.83%) Web Services
2 1 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 27 (22.50%) Data Centre
3 10 (8.33%) Life Science
4 9 (7.50%) FMCG
5 7 (5.83%) Onboarding
6 6 (5.00%) AI Agents
7 5 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.50%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.67%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.83%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.83%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.83%) Replication
11 1 (0.83%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.50%) Linux
2 1 (0.83%) Unix
2 1 (0.83%) Windows
2 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 51 (42.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 44 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (33.33%) Analytics
5 39 (32.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 37 (30.83%) ERP
6 37 (30.83%) Project Management
7 34 (28.33%) Use Case
8 32 (26.67%) Digital Enablement
9 30 (25.00%) Business Strategy
10 29 (24.17%) Business Transformation
10 29 (24.17%) Change Control
10 29 (24.17%) Configuration Management
11 28 (23.33%) Resource Allocation
12 27 (22.50%) Matrix Management
12 27 (22.50%) Revenue Management
12 27 (22.50%) Technical Leadership
13 25 (20.83%) Agile
13 25 (20.83%) Process Improvement
14 24 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.17%) SQL
2 2 (1.67%) Python
3 1 (0.83%) C#
3 1 (0.83%) Java
3 1 (0.83%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.83%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (35.00%) Degree
2 30 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.17%) Master's Degree
4 5 (4.17%) PMI Certification
4 5 (4.17%) PMP
5 4 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.83%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.83%) MBA
6 1 (0.83%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (22.50%) QA
2 26 (21.67%) Def Stans
3 6 (5.00%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.33%) GDPR
5 3 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (0.83%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.83%) Docker
1 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.83%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (13.33%) Oracle
2 11 (9.17%) JD Edwards
3 9 (7.50%) SAP
4 7 (5.83%) Google
5 6 (5.00%) Foundry
6 4 (3.33%) Dell
6 4 (3.33%) IBM
6 4 (3.33%) Microsoft
7 3 (2.50%) Infor
8 2 (1.67%) Epicor
8 2 (1.67%) IFS
8 2 (1.67%) Informatica
8 2 (1.67%) Jitterbit
8 2 (1.67%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.67%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.67%) SnapLogic
8 2 (1.67%) Software AG
8 2 (1.67%) Talend
8 2 (1.67%) TIBCO
8 2 (1.67%) Workday