Change Manager Jobs

Change Manager
UK

The median Change Manager salary in the UK is £64,627 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 681 778
Rank change year-on-year +29 +97 +224
Permanent jobs requiring a Change Manager 65 219 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.22% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.23% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 43 169 154
10th Percentile £49,150 £36,185 £42,210
25th Percentile £56,745 £45,000 £50,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,627 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £68,750 £72,188
90th Percentile £132,250 £85,250 £85,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £50,575 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.58% -8.05% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 49,922 93,907 92,301
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.63% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 27,447 67,290 58,243
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Change Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Manager over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Top 14 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. 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 +8 58 £64,627 +15.15% 48
UK excluding London +44 41 £62,500 +23.58% 30
Work from Home +88 24 £58,373 +19.74% 13
London +80 23 £80,000 +6.67% 29
North of England -4 12 £70,000 +33.33% 7
South West +106 9 £62,500 +38.89%
South East +97 7 £62,500 -10.71% 12
Midlands +29 7 £61,250 +22.50% 7
West Midlands +42 6 £61,250 +28.95% 4
North West -34 6 £48,910 -15.62% 5
Scotland +103 5 £61,000 +43.53% 4
North East +38 4 £70,000 +21.25% 1
Yorkshire +48 2 £56,042 +49.45% 1
Wales - 1 - -

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Change Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 34 (52.31%) Change Management
2 24 (36.92%) Social Skills
3 18 (27.69%) ITIL
3 18 (27.69%) Finance
4 16 (24.62%) Agile
4 16 (24.62%) Project Management
5 14 (21.54%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (21.54%) Project Delivery
6 13 (20.00%) Service Management
7 12 (18.46%) Retail
7 12 (18.46%) ITSM
7 12 (18.46%) DevOps
7 12 (18.46%) Release Management
8 11 (16.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (15.38%) Service Delivery
10 9 (13.85%) Degree
10 9 (13.85%) ERP
10 9 (13.85%) Onboarding
11 8 (12.31%) Legal
11 8 (12.31%) QA
11 8 (12.31%) Product Management
11 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (10.77%) Budget Management
12 7 (10.77%) Roadmaps
12 7 (10.77%) PMO
13 6 (9.23%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (9.23%) ServiceNow
13 6 (9.23%) Incident Management
13 6 (9.23%) Business Analysis

Change Manager Skill Set
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 2 (3.08%) Confluence
1 2 (3.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.69%) Azure
2 4 (6.15%) AWS
3 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Tableau
2 1 (1.54%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.54%) Power BI
2 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) JIRA
General
1 24 (36.92%) Social Skills
2 18 (27.69%) Finance
3 14 (21.54%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (18.46%) Retail
5 8 (12.31%) Legal
6 6 (9.23%) Law
7 5 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.62%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.54%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.54%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) ADO
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.69%) FMCG
3 3 (4.62%) PMI
3 3 (4.62%) Reinsurance
4 2 (3.08%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.54%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.54%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (52.31%) Change Management
2 18 (27.69%) ITIL
3 16 (24.62%) Agile
3 16 (24.62%) Project Management
4 14 (21.54%) Project Delivery
5 13 (20.00%) Service Management
6 12 (18.46%) DevOps
6 12 (18.46%) ITSM
6 12 (18.46%) Release Management
7 11 (16.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (15.38%) Service Delivery
9 9 (13.85%) ERP
10 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (12.31%) Product Management
11 7 (10.77%) Budget Management
11 7 (10.77%) Roadmaps
12 6 (9.23%) Business Analysis
12 6 (9.23%) Incident Management
12 6 (9.23%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 9 (13.85%) Degree
2 4 (6.15%) AWS Certification
2 4 (6.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
2 4 (6.15%) Azure Certification
2 4 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (6.15%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (6.15%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.62%) APMG
4 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.08%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.54%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.31%) QA
2 7 (10.77%) PMO
3 3 (4.62%) GRC
Vendors
1 6 (9.23%) ServiceNow
2 5 (7.69%) Infor
3 4 (6.15%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.15%) Oracle
4 2 (3.08%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.54%) Remedy
5 1 (1.54%) SAP
5 1 (1.54%) Snow