Change Management Job Trends

Change Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Change Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 108 89
Rank change year-on-year -19 -19 +29
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 1,383 1,280 2,909
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.53% 2.94% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 3.15% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 823 774 1,625
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,725 £35,924
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,307 40,602 82,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.25% 93.30% 85.26%
Number of salaries quoted 42,652 22,587 59,697
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,450 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,446 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Change Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Change Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Change Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Change Management

Change Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

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 9 May 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 -25 1,189 £60,310 +0.52% 545
UK excluding London -32 797 £52,500 +0.96% 388
London -6 473 £75,000 +7.14% 211
Work from Home -6 389 £57,500 -4.17% 218
South East -17 232 £57,500 - 113
North of England -1 231 £45,000 -12.62% 101
Midlands -72 116 £55,000 +10.00% 69
North West -7 101 £47,500 -13.64% 47
Yorkshire -32 81 £42,500 -15.00% 45
West Midlands -69 81 £53,688 +4.36% 32
East of England -40 63 £65,000 +27.53% 38
Scotland +4 60 £30,500 -51.20% 19
North East -4 49 £48,445 -3.11% 10
South West -67 49 £42,500 -33.14% 39
East Midlands -28 35 £70,000 +60.00% 36
Northern Ireland -6 32 £40,250 -19.50% 7
Wales -18 16 £52,500 +3.96% 11

Change Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 78 (5.64%) SharePoint
2 56 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (2.46%) Confluence
4 16 (1.16%) Appian
5 9 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.36%) CMS
7 4 (0.29%) SAS
8 3 (0.22%) IIS
9 1 (0.072%) Apache
9 1 (0.072%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.072%) MTS
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.072%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.072%) WordPress
Applications
1 63 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.29%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.22%) Trello
8 2 (0.14%) Solid Edge
8 2 (0.14%) Weka
9 1 (0.072%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 32 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.01%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (0.80%) Endur
5 9 (0.65%) Magento
5 9 (0.65%) Shopify
6 8 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
7 6 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
8 5 (0.36%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.36%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 3 (0.22%) Primavera
11 2 (0.14%) Fidessa
11 2 (0.14%) iTrent
11 2 (0.14%) NetSuite
11 2 (0.14%) Q-Pulse
11 2 (0.14%) Sage 200
12 1 (0.072%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 291 (21.04%) Azure
2 179 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
3 117 (8.46%) AWS
4 104 (7.52%) Power Platform
5 101 (7.30%) SaaS
6 88 (6.36%) Entra ID
7 53 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (1.95%) Nutanix
9 26 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
11 23 (1.66%) GCP
11 23 (1.66%) Microsoft Copilot
12 22 (1.59%) GitHub
12 22 (1.59%) OneDrive
13 20 (1.45%) Power Automate
14 18 (1.30%) Mimecast
14 18 (1.30%) PaaS
15 17 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
15 17 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 68 (4.92%) DHCP
1 68 (4.92%) DNS
2 66 (4.77%) Firewall
3 38 (2.75%) VLAN
4 36 (2.60%) VPN
5 34 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
6 33 (2.39%) WAN
7 26 (1.88%) Remote Desktop
8 25 (1.81%) Broadband
9 23 (1.66%) TCP/IP
9 23 (1.66%) Wireless
10 22 (1.59%) LAN
10 22 (1.59%) SAN
11 16 (1.16%) Network Security
12 15 (1.08%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
14 9 (0.65%) Junos
14 9 (0.65%) NX-OS
15 8 (0.58%) BGP
15 8 (0.58%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.92%) Power BI
2 59 (4.27%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.74%) MongoDB
5 16 (1.16%) Pinecone
6 14 (1.01%) Metadata
7 13 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.51%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
9 7 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
9 7 (0.51%) Power Query
10 6 (0.43%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.36%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.36%) SAP HANA
12 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.29%) MySQL
12 4 (0.29%) Tableau
12 4 (0.29%) Weaviate
13 3 (0.22%) Ataccama
Development Applications
1 97 (7.01%) JIRA
2 21 (1.52%) Git
2 21 (1.52%) Rational DOORS
3 12 (0.87%) MLflow
4 9 (0.65%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.43%) GitLab
6 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.36%) Subversion
8 3 (0.22%) JUnit
9 2 (0.14%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.14%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.14%) Mockito
9 2 (0.14%) Selenium
9 2 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.14%) TestDirector
10 1 (0.072%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.072%) git-flow
10 1 (0.072%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.072%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 654 (47.29%) Social Skills
2 620 (44.83%) Finance
3 299 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (6.87%) Law
5 83 (6.00%) Legal
6 70 (5.06%) Banking
7 64 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
9 58 (4.19%) Marketing
10 57 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
11 53 (3.83%) Retail
12 50 (3.62%) Manufacturing
13 46 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
14 44 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
15 42 (3.04%) Public Sector
16 29 (2.10%) Aerospace
17 27 (1.95%) Games
18 25 (1.81%) Back Office
19 21 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
20 19 (1.37%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 263 (19.02%) Analyst
2 180 (13.02%) Senior
3 122 (8.82%) Business Analyst
4 100 (7.23%) Lead
5 99 (7.16%) IT Manager
6 93 (6.72%) Project Manager
7 81 (5.86%) Support Analyst
8 80 (5.78%) Change Manager
9 75 (5.42%) Consultant
10 72 (5.21%) Head of QA
11 71 (5.13%) Applications Support
12 60 (4.34%) Trainee
12 60 (4.34%) Trainee Analyst
12 60 (4.34%) Trainee Business Analyst
13 52 (3.76%) Applications Support Analyst
13 52 (3.76%) Support Engineer
14 49 (3.54%) IT Engineer
15 45 (3.25%) Service Manager
16 38 (2.75%) Developer
17 37 (2.68%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.68%) REST
2 29 (2.10%) RESTful
3 23 (1.66%) Middleware
4 16 (1.16%) Django
4 16 (1.16%) FastAPI
4 16 (1.16%) PyTorch
4 16 (1.16%) scikit-learn
4 16 (1.16%) TensorFlow
5 14 (1.01%) Web Services
6 13 (0.94%) OAuth
7 12 (0.87%) Faiss
7 12 (0.87%) Flask
7 12 (0.87%) Hugging Face
7 12 (0.87%) JWT
7 12 (0.87%) NumPy
7 12 (0.87%) OpenAPI
7 12 (0.87%) Pandas
7 12 (0.87%) pytest
7 12 (0.87%) Swagger
8 11 (0.80%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (6.00%) Management Information System
2 78 (5.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 60 (4.34%) Onboarding
4 46 (3.33%) Low-Code
5 42 (3.04%) Data Centre
6 41 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (2.82%) Cloud Native
8 38 (2.75%) Product Ownership
8 38 (2.75%) Public Cloud
9 31 (2.24%) Life Science
10 28 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
11 24 (1.74%) CMDB
12 22 (1.59%) Video\Live Streaming
13 20 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
14 19 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
15 18 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
16 17 (1.23%) Driving Licence
17 16 (1.16%) Algorithms
18 15 (1.08%) Virtual Team
19 11 (0.80%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 157 (11.35%) Windows
2 83 (6.00%) Windows Server
3 43 (3.11%) Linux
4 20 (1.45%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.94%) Unix
6 12 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.51%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.29%) AIX
11 4 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (0.29%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.29%) VMS
12 3 (0.22%) Android
13 2 (0.14%) CentOS
13 2 (0.14%) Debian
14 1 (0.072%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (31.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 354 (25.60%) Problem-Solving
3 309 (22.34%) ITIL
4 300 (21.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 282 (20.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 272 (19.67%) Project Management
7 268 (19.38%) Agile
8 189 (13.67%) Project Delivery
8 189 (13.67%) Service Delivery
9 184 (13.30%) Roadmaps
10 182 (13.16%) ITSM
11 163 (11.79%) AI
12 158 (11.42%) PRINCE2
13 153 (11.06%) Analytics
14 144 (10.41%) Mentoring
15 143 (10.34%) Decision-Making
16 142 (10.27%) ERP
17 139 (10.05%) Service Management
18 134 (9.69%) Coaching
19 132 (9.54%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 127 (9.18%) SQL
2 85 (6.15%) Python
3 61 (4.41%) PowerShell
4 26 (1.88%) Go
5 18 (1.30%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.23%) R
7 13 (0.94%) Java
8 10 (0.72%) Bash
9 9 (0.65%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.58%) C#
11 6 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.36%) ABAP
13 4 (0.29%) Korn
13 4 (0.29%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.29%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.22%) PHP
15 2 (0.14%) Bicep
15 2 (0.14%) RPG
15 2 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 291 (21.04%) Degree
2 86 (6.22%) PMI Certification
3 78 (5.64%) PMP
4 73 (5.28%) Security Cleared
5 72 (5.21%) IRCA
6 38 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 38 (2.75%) SC Cleared
7 37 (2.68%) Master's Degree
8 32 (2.31%) CISSP
9 23 (1.66%) Azure Certification
9 23 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.59%) Chartered Engineer
11 21 (1.52%) DV Cleared
12 20 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.45%) CISM
12 20 (1.45%) DBS Check
13 19 (1.37%) CRISC
14 18 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
15 16 (1.16%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (8.10%) GDPR
1 112 (8.10%) QA
2 84 (6.07%) SLA
3 75 (5.42%) ISO 9001
4 59 (4.27%) PMO
5 57 (4.12%) Data Quality
6 37 (2.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 36 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 27 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 27 (1.95%) ITGC
9 25 (1.81%) GRC
10 24 (1.74%) NIST
11 21 (1.52%) Accessibility
12 16 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.87%) COBIT
14 8 (0.58%) GMP
15 6 (0.43%) GAAP
15 6 (0.43%) GxP
15 6 (0.43%) MiFID
15 6 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 169 (12.22%) Active Directory
2 67 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (3.33%) Hyper-V
4 29 (2.10%) Docker
5 17 (1.23%) Firmware
6 10 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.51%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.51%) vSphere
8 6 (0.43%) IAG
9 5 (0.36%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 5 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.072%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.072%) KVM
11 1 (0.072%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 75 (5.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (3.11%) Terraform
3 36 (2.60%) Kubernetes
4 32 (2.31%) Ansible
5 19 (1.37%) SCCM
5 19 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.87%) vCenter Server
7 8 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.43%) Packer
8 6 (0.43%) SCOM
9 5 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.36%) Tivoli Identity Manager
10 4 (0.29%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.29%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.29%) Grafana
10 4 (0.29%) Nagios
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (0.29%) PaperCut
10 4 (0.29%) SolarWinds Orion
11 3 (0.22%) Kibana
Vendors
1 295 (21.33%) Microsoft
2 92 (6.65%) SAP
3 87 (6.29%) VMware
4 81 (5.86%) ServiceNow
5 47 (3.40%) Oracle
6 43 (3.11%) Cisco
7 40 (2.89%) Salesforce
8 37 (2.68%) Dell
8 37 (2.68%) HP
9 26 (1.88%) Dell Compellent
9 26 (1.88%) Nimble Storage
10 24 (1.74%) Palo Alto
11 19 (1.37%) OpenAI
12 17 (1.23%) Atlassian
12 17 (1.23%) IBM
13 16 (1.16%) CrowdStrike
14 14 (1.01%) SolarWinds
15 13 (0.94%) EMC
15 13 (0.94%) IFS
16 12 (0.87%) Automation Anywhere