Change Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Change Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Change Management over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 91 104 141
Rank change year-on-year +13 +37 +27
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 1,788 4,141 3,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.30% 3.29% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 3.44% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,221 2,720 2,437
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +7.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Change Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,908 120,439 123,182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.71% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36,868 73,620 81,568
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,459 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,045
Median % change year-on-year - +1.62% +7.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,825 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +3.63%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Change Management.

Salary trend for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Management over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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 +6 1,562 £57,500 +4.55% 982
UK excluding London +1 1,069 £50,000 - 678
Work from Home +24 655 £60,000 +4.35% 374
London +25 628 £65,000 -7.14% 399
South East +29 304 £45,100 -16.25% 176
North of England +39 245 £50,000 - 169
Midlands -52 154 £54,000 +13.68% 123
South West -14 141 £50,000 +15.27% 81
Scotland +34 137 £55,000 -4.28% 53
West Midlands -34 122 £54,000 +14.29% 85
North West +65 121 £51,380 -2.13% 110
Yorkshire +28 111 £43,586 -5.25% 47
East of England -10 62 £57,500 +9.52% 70
East Midlands -8 31 £54,000 +10.64% 37
Wales -1 18 £39,428 -12.38% 20
North East +27 13 £42,500 +1.19% 14
Northern Ireland +2 9 £80,000 +100.00% 15

Change Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 68 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.85%) Confluence
3 28 (1.57%) WebSphere
4 23 (1.29%) Captiva
5 21 (1.17%) FileNet
6 20 (1.12%) MS Exchange
7 11 (0.62%) IIS
8 8 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.45%) CMS
9 3 (0.17%) Appian
10 2 (0.11%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.11%) CICS
10 2 (0.11%) Documentum
10 2 (0.11%) NetWeaver
10 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.056%) Moodle
11 1 (0.056%) nginx
11 1 (0.056%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.056%) Tornado
11 1 (0.056%) WebLogic
Applications
1 125 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
2 90 (5.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (2.13%) Simulink
5 36 (2.01%) Stateflow
6 31 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
7 22 (1.23%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.11%) Open Workbench
8 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.11%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.056%) CATIA
9 1 (0.056%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.056%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 23 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.73%) SAP ERP
3 11 (0.62%) Primavera
4 9 (0.50%) SAP CO
4 9 (0.50%) SAP FI
4 9 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.34%) SAP PS
7 5 (0.28%) HFM
8 4 (0.22%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 4 (0.22%) Temenos T24
9 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.11%) Alphatax
10 2 (0.11%) Misys Equation
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 293 (16.39%) Azure
2 268 (14.99%) Microsoft 365
3 93 (5.20%) AWS
4 80 (4.47%) Power Platform
5 52 (2.91%) GitHub
5 52 (2.91%) SaaS
6 51 (2.85%) Entra ID
7 49 (2.74%) GCP
8 37 (2.07%) IaaS
8 37 (2.07%) PaaS
9 31 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.17%) PowerApps
12 20 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
13 14 (0.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 14 (0.78%) OneDrive
14 13 (0.73%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (0.73%) Azure AKS
15 12 (0.67%) Serverless
16 11 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 115 (6.43%) Firewall
2 73 (4.08%) VPN
3 68 (3.80%) DNS
4 61 (3.41%) WAN
5 52 (2.91%) LAN
6 49 (2.74%) DHCP
7 36 (2.01%) Wireless
8 35 (1.96%) Network Security
8 35 (1.96%) SAN
9 24 (1.34%) BGP
10 23 (1.29%) SD-WAN
11 21 (1.17%) Internet
11 21 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
12 20 (1.12%) MPLS
13 18 (1.01%) OSPF
14 14 (0.78%) Cisco ISE
14 14 (0.78%) TCP/IP
15 13 (0.73%) Skype
16 11 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
17 10 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (6.99%) Electronic Patient Records
2 62 (3.47%) Power BI
3 57 (3.19%) SQL Server
4 38 (2.13%) Relational Database
5 35 (1.96%) MySQL
6 33 (1.85%) RDBMS
7 32 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
8 21 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (1.01%) Tableau
10 13 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.62%) Metadata
11 11 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (0.56%) DB2
13 8 (0.45%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.45%) Power Query
14 7 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (0.39%) Big Data
15 6 (0.34%) GIS
15 6 (0.34%) NoSQL
15 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 93 (5.20%) JIRA
2 31 (1.73%) Git
3 30 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.40%) Oracle Forms
5 20 (1.12%) Maven
6 14 (0.78%) Selenium
7 11 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
8 7 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (0.34%) Gradle
9 6 (0.34%) IBM UrbanCode
10 5 (0.28%) TestRail
11 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.17%) Subversion
13 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.11%) ERwin
13 2 (0.11%) Hudson
13 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 650 (36.35%) Finance
2 555 (31.04%) Social Skills
3 239 (13.37%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (10.40%) Organisational Skills
5 146 (8.17%) Banking
6 123 (6.88%) Manufacturing
7 80 (4.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 76 (4.25%) Public Sector
9 70 (3.91%) Legal
10 69 (3.86%) Billing
11 59 (3.30%) Marketing
12 58 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
13 51 (2.85%) Law
14 48 (2.68%) Telecoms
15 47 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
16 43 (2.40%) Retail
17 23 (1.29%) Automotive
18 22 (1.23%) Electronics
19 20 (1.12%) Financial Institution
20 18 (1.01%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 473 (26.45%) Analyst
2 239 (13.37%) Project Manager
3 198 (11.07%) Lead
4 175 (9.79%) Senior
5 116 (6.49%) IT Manager
6 80 (4.47%) Support Analyst
7 78 (4.36%) IT Analyst
8 70 (3.91%) Change Manager
8 70 (3.91%) IT Support
9 65 (3.64%) Billing Analyst
10 64 (3.58%) Business Analyst
11 60 (3.36%) Software Engineer
12 56 (3.13%) IT Project Manager
12 56 (3.13%) Support Engineer
13 52 (2.91%) Consultant
14 50 (2.80%) Applications Support
15 49 (2.74%) Service Manager
16 48 (2.68%) Senior Manager
17 39 (2.18%) IT Engineer
18 38 (2.13%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (2.29%) Web Services
2 35 (1.96%) .NET
3 34 (1.90%) AngularJS
4 28 (1.57%) XML
5 27 (1.51%) REST
6 22 (1.23%) JSON
6 22 (1.23%) React
7 21 (1.17%) CSS
8 20 (1.12%) HTML
8 20 (1.12%) Spring
9 19 (1.06%) Middleware
10 16 (0.89%) ASP.NET
10 16 (0.89%) EDI
10 16 (0.89%) Node.js
11 14 (0.78%) YAML
12 13 (0.73%) Classic ASP
13 12 (0.67%) SOAP
14 10 (0.56%) RESTful
15 9 (0.50%) Spring Boot
16 7 (0.39%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 130 (7.27%) Management Information System
2 74 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
3 62 (3.47%) Data Centre
4 48 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 42 (2.35%) Renewable Energy
6 37 (2.07%) Algorithms
7 25 (1.40%) Private Cloud
8 22 (1.23%) DataPower
8 22 (1.23%) Mobile App
9 21 (1.17%) CMDB
10 20 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (1.06%) Clustering
12 17 (0.95%) Public Cloud
13 16 (0.89%) Driving Licence
13 16 (0.89%) Onboarding
14 15 (0.84%) NHS
15 14 (0.78%) PKI
15 14 (0.78%) Virtual Team
16 11 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 297 (16.61%) Windows
2 145 (8.11%) Linux
3 137 (7.66%) Windows Server
4 74 (4.14%) Unix
5 56 (3.13%) Windows 10
6 48 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 20 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (0.50%) Android
11 8 (0.45%) Windows 7
11 8 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
12 7 (0.39%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.17%) CentOS
16 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
16 2 (0.11%) VMS
16 2 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (28.08%) Project Management
2 456 (25.50%) Agile
3 435 (24.33%) ITIL
4 349 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
5 343 (19.18%) Project Delivery
6 341 (19.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 232 (12.98%) Service Management
8 183 (10.23%) Problem Management
9 179 (10.01%) Incident Management
10 168 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 163 (9.12%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 160 (8.95%) Service Delivery
13 153 (8.56%) Customer Service
14 149 (8.33%) Business Case
14 149 (8.33%) DevOps
15 140 (7.83%) People Management
16 134 (7.49%) Roadmaps
17 131 (7.33%) PRINCE2
18 130 (7.27%) Risk Management
19 123 (6.88%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 206 (11.52%) SQL
2 107 (5.98%) PowerShell
3 87 (4.87%) Python
4 78 (4.36%) Java
5 57 (3.19%) JavaScript
6 38 (2.13%) MATLAB
7 29 (1.62%) Bash
8 26 (1.45%) C#
9 20 (1.12%) Ruby
10 15 (0.84%) C
10 15 (0.84%) PHP
11 14 (0.78%) T-SQL
12 13 (0.73%) ABAP
13 10 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.56%) R
13 10 (0.56%) VBA
14 9 (0.50%) C++
14 9 (0.50%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.45%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 338 (18.90%) Degree
2 213 (11.91%) Security Cleared
3 113 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 61 (3.41%) DV Cleared
5 40 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
6 32 (1.79%) PMI Certification
7 29 (1.62%) PMP
8 28 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 21 (1.17%) CCNA
10 21 (1.17%) CCNP
10 21 (1.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 19 (1.06%) Master's Degree
12 17 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (0.84%) CISSP
14 14 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.73%) CISM
16 12 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 9 (0.50%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (5.03%) PMO
2 89 (4.98%) QA
3 73 (4.08%) SLA
4 52 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (2.68%) GDPR
6 28 (1.57%) NIST
7 26 (1.45%) Data Quality
8 16 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.67%) GRC
10 10 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.50%) COBIT
11 9 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 5 (0.28%) GMP
13 5 (0.28%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.22%) AUTOSAR
14 4 (0.22%) ISO 26262
14 4 (0.22%) MISRA
15 2 (0.11%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.11%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 186 (10.40%) Active Directory
2 97 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (2.52%) Hyper-V
4 30 (1.68%) Docker
5 27 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (1.06%) Firmware
7 16 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.67%) LXC
9 10 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (0.50%) VMware Workstation
11 8 (0.45%) vSphere
12 6 (0.34%) XenApp
13 4 (0.22%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
14 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 3 (0.17%) IAG
15 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.11%) RACF
15 2 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
15 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 84 (4.70%) SCCM
2 41 (2.29%) Kubernetes
3 40 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 39 (2.18%) Terraform
5 30 (1.68%) SCOM
6 24 (1.34%) Ansible
7 19 (1.06%) SCVMM
8 18 (1.01%) vCenter Server
9 17 (0.95%) Nagios
10 15 (0.84%) FortiGate
11 14 (0.78%) Progress Chef
12 13 (0.73%) Nessus
13 12 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
13 12 (0.67%) systemd
14 11 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
15 10 (0.56%) CASB
16 8 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
17 7 (0.39%) Grafana
17 7 (0.39%) Tivoli
18 5 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 356 (19.91%) Microsoft
2 149 (8.33%) VMware
3 117 (6.54%) SAP
4 91 (5.09%) ServiceNow
5 88 (4.92%) Cisco
6 77 (4.31%) Oracle
7 47 (2.63%) Citrix
8 46 (2.57%) Dell
8 46 (2.57%) HP
9 40 (2.24%) IBM
10 37 (2.07%) Bloomberg
11 30 (1.68%) Salesforce
12 28 (1.57%) Veeam
13 24 (1.34%) Palo Alto
13 24 (1.34%) Remedy
14 21 (1.17%) Kofax
14 21 (1.17%) Pega
14 21 (1.17%) Splunk
15 20 (1.12%) Commvault
15 20 (1.12%) Meraki