Change Manager Job Trends

Change Manager
UK

The median Change Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 618 654
Rank change year-on-year -28 +36 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Change Manager 126 69 180
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.14% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 71 45 137
10th Percentile £56,250 £51,200 £35,924
25th Percentile £62,500 £59,500 £44,598
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £124,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +30.00% -5.70%

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 95,392 44,432 84,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 90.12% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 65,258 26,408 58,586
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Change Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Change Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Change Manager job vacancies in the UK

Change Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Manager over the 6 months to 26 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 -39 114 £70,000 +7.69% 31
UK excluding London -37 87 £70,000 +7.69% 22
Work from Home -5 39 £70,000 +16.67% 9
London -21 35 £77,500 -11.43% 11
Midlands -20 24 £70,000 +12.00% 4
North of England -31 21 £61,250 -12.50% 5
East of England - 18 £70,000 - 3
East Midlands -16 17 £70,000 +12.00%
South East -23 13 £70,000 +12.00% 9
North West +1 9 £65,000 -1.89% 3
Yorkshire -33 8 £55,000 -18.52% 2
West Midlands -20 7 £62,500 - 4
North East -49 4 - -
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Wales -54 3 - -
Scotland +17 2 - -
South West -67 2 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 63 (50.00%) Change Management
2 48 (38.10%) Agile
3 44 (34.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 42 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (26.98%) Impact Assessments
6 31 (24.60%) Project Management
7 30 (23.81%) Project Delivery
8 29 (23.02%) PRINCE2
9 27 (21.43%) Matrix Organization
10 24 (19.05%) Actionable Insight
10 24 (19.05%) Budgeting
10 24 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (19.05%) Cost Control
10 24 (19.05%) Cost Management
10 24 (19.05%) Financial Modelling
10 24 (19.05%) PMI Certification
10 24 (19.05%) PMP
11 18 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (12.70%) Business Strategy
12 16 (12.70%) Conflict Resolution
12 16 (12.70%) Roadmaps
13 15 (11.90%) Coaching
13 15 (11.90%) ITIL
14 14 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
15 13 (10.32%) Analytical Thinking
15 13 (10.32%) Contingency Planning
15 13 (10.32%) Emotional Intelligence
15 13 (10.32%) Planning and Forecasting
15 13 (10.32%) Stress Testing
16 9 (7.14%) CRM

Change Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (2.38%) IaaS
1 3 (2.38%) PaaS
1 3 (2.38%) SaaS
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.17%) LAN
1 4 (3.17%) WAN
2 1 (0.79%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 57 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 43 (34.13%) Finance
3 18 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (5.56%) Marketing
5 5 (3.97%) Banking
5 5 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (3.97%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.17%) Social Housing
7 3 (2.38%) Law
7 3 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.59%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.59%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.59%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.79%) Local Government
9 1 (0.79%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (2.38%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.79%) CMDB
4 1 (0.79%) Credit Risk
4 1 (0.79%) Learning Management System
4 1 (0.79%) Market Risk
4 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (50.00%) Change Management
2 48 (38.10%) Agile
3 44 (34.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 42 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (26.98%) Impact Assessments
6 31 (24.60%) Project Management
7 30 (23.81%) Project Delivery
8 29 (23.02%) PRINCE2
9 27 (21.43%) Matrix Organization
10 24 (19.05%) Actionable Insight
10 24 (19.05%) Budgeting
10 24 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (19.05%) Cost Control
10 24 (19.05%) Cost Management
10 24 (19.05%) Financial Modelling
11 18 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (12.70%) Business Strategy
12 16 (12.70%) Conflict Resolution
12 16 (12.70%) Roadmaps
13 15 (11.90%) Coaching
Qualifications
1 24 (19.05%) PMI Certification
1 24 (19.05%) PMP
2 3 (2.38%) APMG
2 3 (2.38%) CISA
2 3 (2.38%) CISSP
2 3 (2.38%) CRISC
2 3 (2.38%) Degree
3 2 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.79%) APMP
4 1 (0.79%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.97%) PMO
2 4 (3.17%) SLA
3 3 (2.38%) QA
4 1 (0.79%) FINREP
4 1 (0.79%) GDPR
4 1 (0.79%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 9 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.38%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.59%) Oracle
5 1 (0.79%) IFS
5 1 (0.79%) SAP