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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 62 94
Rank change year-on-year -65 +32 -21
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 77 176 116
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.03% 4.58% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 5.07% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 44 35 35
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,750 £29,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,972 £44,138
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,125 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.54% +21.74% +27.49%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,500 £70,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +16.41%

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 5,340 3,473 3,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.13% 90.35% 83.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,813 1,462 1,891
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,275 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,625 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -41 49 £55,000 -4.35% 80
Buckinghamshire -15 23 £40,000 -48.39% 33
Oxfordshire -31 5 £90,000 +28.57% 17
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 11 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 10 (12.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.30%) Apache
3 1 (1.30%) CMS
3 1 (1.30%) IIS
3 1 (1.30%) SAS
3 1 (1.30%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.90%) SAP ERP
1 3 (3.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.30%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.30%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.18%) Azure
1 14 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (12.99%) OneDrive
3 4 (5.19%) SaaS
4 3 (3.90%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.30%) IaaS
6 1 (1.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.30%) DHCP
2 1 (1.30%) DNS
2 1 (1.30%) Intranet
2 1 (1.30%) LAN
2 1 (1.30%) VLAN
2 1 (1.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.90%) Power BI
2 1 (1.30%) Metadata
2 1 (1.30%) MySQL
2 1 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.30%) Claude Code
1 1 (1.30%) Git
1 1 (1.30%) JIRA
1 1 (1.30%) Rational DOORS
General
1 48 (62.34%) Social Skills
2 27 (35.06%) Influencing Skills
3 20 (25.97%) Pharmaceutical
4 18 (23.38%) Finance
5 14 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (11.69%) Marketing
8 5 (6.49%) Retail
9 4 (5.19%) Aerospace
9 4 (5.19%) German Language
10 3 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.30%) Electronics
11 1 (1.30%) French Language
11 1 (1.30%) General Ledger
11 1 (1.30%) Law
11 1 (1.30%) Legal
11 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.30%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (20.78%) Analyst
2 12 (15.58%) Support Analyst
3 10 (12.99%) Service Analyst
4 8 (10.39%) Developer
5 6 (7.79%) Senior
6 5 (6.49%) Senior Developer
7 4 (5.19%) ABAP Developer
7 4 (5.19%) SAPUI5 Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Senior ABAP Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Architect
8 3 (3.90%) Business Analyst
8 3 (3.90%) Head of Delivery
8 3 (3.90%) ServiceNow Architect
9 2 (2.60%) Applications Support
9 2 (2.60%) Applications Support Analyst
9 2 (2.60%) Change Manager
9 2 (2.60%) Head of IT
9 2 (2.60%) Junior
9 2 (2.60%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) REST
1 5 (6.49%) SAPUI5
2 4 (5.19%) CSS
2 4 (5.19%) HTML
2 4 (5.19%) SOAP
3 3 (3.90%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.90%) Middleware
3 3 (3.90%) OAuth
3 3 (3.90%) SAML
4 1 (1.30%) Ajax
4 1 (1.30%) CodeIgniter
4 1 (1.30%) CSS3
4 1 (1.30%) HTML5
4 1 (1.30%) jQuery
4 1 (1.30%) JSON
4 1 (1.30%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 21 (27.27%) Life Science
2 20 (25.97%) Pharmacovigilance
3 6 (7.79%) Product Ownership
4 5 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (5.19%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.90%) CMDB
6 3 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.90%) TM Forum
6 3 (3.90%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.30%) FPGA
7 1 (1.30%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.30%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.60%) Windows
2 1 (1.30%) Android
2 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.30%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (48.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 24 (31.17%) Roadmaps
3 23 (29.87%) Customer Service
3 23 (29.87%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (27.27%) ITIL
5 20 (25.97%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 20 (25.97%) CAPA
5 20 (25.97%) Resource Allocation
6 18 (23.38%) Agile
7 16 (20.78%) Service Delivery
8 13 (16.88%) Computer Science
8 13 (16.88%) Decision-Making
8 13 (16.88%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (14.29%) Information Security
10 11 (14.29%) ITSM
11 10 (12.99%) Data Protection
11 10 (12.99%) Service Management
11 10 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (11.69%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.49%) ABAP
2 4 (5.19%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.19%) SQL
3 1 (1.30%) C
3 1 (1.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 38 (49.35%) Degree
2 10 (12.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.19%) PMP
4 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.90%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (2.60%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.30%) APMG
7 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.30%) CCNA
7 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (29.87%) QA
2 22 (28.57%) Accessibility
3 20 (25.97%) Good Clinical Practice
3 20 (25.97%) GxP
4 6 (7.79%) SLA
5 3 (3.90%) PMO
6 2 (2.60%) GDPR
6 2 (2.60%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.30%) ARP4754
7 1 (1.30%) ARP4761
7 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.30%) Def Stans
System Software
1 10 (12.99%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (20.78%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.58%) SAP
3 6 (7.79%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.19%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.90%) UiPath
6 2 (2.60%) CA Agile Central
6 2 (2.60%) MuleSoft
6 2 (2.60%) Sage
7 1 (1.30%) Altera
7 1 (1.30%) ConnectWise
7 1 (1.30%) Intel
7 1 (1.30%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 1 (1.30%) Microsemi
7 1 (1.30%) Xilinx