Change Consultant Job Trends

Change Consultant
UK

The median Change Consultant salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 707 715
Rank change year-on-year +73 +8 +234
Permanent jobs requiring a Change Consultant 17 5 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.028% 0.009% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.010% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 17 3 17
10th Percentile £61,250 £53,400 £58,000
25th Percentile £76,250 £54,750 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £57,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +49.12% -21.38% +11.54%
75th Percentile - £66,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £71,500 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 54,089 49,558 53,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 92.89% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,489 25,634 41,126
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Change Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Change Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Change Consultant
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Change Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Change Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Change Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Consultant over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Change Consultant in the UK

Change Consultant
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +79 13 £85,000 +49.12% 6
UK excluding London - 13 £85,000 - 3
North of England - 4 £85,000 - 1
South East - 4 £62,500 -
London +53 2 £101,250 +77.63% 4
Yorkshire - 2 £85,000 - 1
North West - 2 £85,000 -
Scotland - 1 £85,000 -
South West - 1 £85,000 - 1
Wales - 1 £85,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £85,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £85,000 -
Midlands - 1 £85,000 - 1

Change Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Change Consultant 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 featuring Change Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (29.41%) DV Cleared
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (17.65%) Agile
3 3 (17.65%) CCNA
3 3 (17.65%) CCNP
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (17.65%) JNCIA
3 3 (17.65%) Juniper
3 3 (17.65%) Junos
3 3 (17.65%) LAN
3 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
3 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
3 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) VPN
3 3 (17.65%) WAN
3 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (5.88%) APMG
5 1 (5.88%) AWS
5 1 (5.88%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) Business Development
5 1 (5.88%) Business Strategy
5 1 (5.88%) Business Transformation
5 1 (5.88%) Change Management
5 1 (5.88%) Digital Innovation
5 1 (5.88%) GTM Strategy
5 1 (5.88%) JIRA

Change Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Junos
1 3 (17.65%) LAN
1 3 (17.65%) VPN
1 3 (17.65%) WAN
1 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (17.65%) Agile
2 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
2 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (5.88%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Business Development
4 1 (5.88%) Business Strategy
4 1 (5.88%) Business Transformation
4 1 (5.88%) Change Management
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Innovation
4 1 (5.88%) GTM Strategy
4 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Map
4 1 (5.88%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) DV Cleared
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) CCNA
2 3 (17.65%) CCNP
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (17.65%) JNCIA
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) P3O
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Cisco
1 3 (17.65%) Juniper
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow