Change Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Change Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £56,634 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 543 492
Rank change year-on-year +85 -51 +136
Permanent jobs requiring a Change Manager 51 23 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.064% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.069% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 36 16 69
10th Percentile £41,250 £50,750 £42,400
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,634 £61,000 £51,425
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% +18.62% -2.05%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,568 £60,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £64,227
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Change Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Change Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Change Manager in the UK excluding London

Change Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England +15 16 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Midlands +33 14 £55,000 -21.43% 2
South East +45 13 £60,000 +0.84% 13
West Midlands +28 10 £55,000 -21.43% 2
North West +22 7 £55,384 -9.58% 3
South West +13 6 £58,750 -9.09% 2
North East - 6 £55,000 -
East Midlands - 4 £56,250 -
Yorkshire -13 3 £55,500 +0.91%
East of England - 2 - - 1
Change Manager
UK

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Change Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 32 (62.75%) Change Management
2 22 (43.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 15 (29.41%) Agile
4 14 (27.45%) Project Management
5 12 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (23.53%) ERP
6 10 (19.61%) PRINCE2
7 8 (15.69%) ITSM
8 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
8 7 (13.73%) Project Delivery
8 7 (13.73%) Service Management
9 6 (11.76%) Case Management
9 6 (11.76%) Digital Innovation
9 6 (11.76%) Infor
9 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (11.76%) PMI Certification
9 6 (11.76%) PMP
9 6 (11.76%) Programme Management
9 6 (11.76%) Risk Management
9 6 (11.76%) SharePoint
9 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (9.80%) Coaching
10 5 (9.80%) Customer Experience
10 5 (9.80%) ITIL
10 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
10 5 (9.80%) Power BI
10 5 (9.80%) Power Platform
10 5 (9.80%) Waterfall
11 4 (7.84%) Collaborative Culture

Change Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.92%) Trello
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.80%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.88%) Smartsheet
3 2 (3.92%) Azure
3 2 (3.92%) SaaS
4 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) JIRA
General
1 26 (50.98%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.69%) Manufacturing
3 7 (13.73%) Finance
3 7 (13.73%) Legal
4 6 (11.76%) Fire and Rescue
4 6 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (11.76%) Local Government
5 5 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Law
7 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Social Housing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) FMCG
1 6 (11.76%) NHS
2 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.96%) Housing Association
2 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (62.75%) Change Management
2 22 (43.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 15 (29.41%) Agile
4 14 (27.45%) Project Management
5 12 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (23.53%) ERP
6 10 (19.61%) PRINCE2
7 8 (15.69%) ITSM
8 7 (13.73%) Project Delivery
8 7 (13.73%) Service Management
9 6 (11.76%) Case Management
9 6 (11.76%) Digital Innovation
9 6 (11.76%) Programme Management
9 6 (11.76%) Risk Management
9 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (9.80%) Coaching
10 5 (9.80%) Customer Experience
10 5 (9.80%) ITIL
10 5 (9.80%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (11.76%) PMI Certification
1 6 (11.76%) PMP
2 4 (7.84%) Degree
2 4 (7.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) APMG
4 2 (3.92%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.84%) PMO
2 2 (3.92%) QA
3 1 (1.96%) GDPR
3 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.76%) Infor
3 4 (7.84%) ServiceNow