Hybrid/Remote Change Control Job Trends

Change Control
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Change Control skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 341 326
Rank change year-on-year +62 -15 +64
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 93 91 168
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.62% 0.55% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.59% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 57 51 119
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,854 £51,250 £40,115
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,625 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £73,850
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £51,325
% change year-on-year +4.55% +7.16% -1.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Change Control falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,070 15,388 20,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.44% 93.64% 93.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,286 9,071 16,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,750 £45,164
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Change Control
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Change Control and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Change Control job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Change Control
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Change Control.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Change Control

Change Control
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Change Control over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Change Control salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Change Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 9 (9.68%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.15%) HCL Notes
3 2 (2.15%) IIS
3 2 (2.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.38%) MS Visio
3 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.15%) NEC Housing
1 2 (2.15%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.08%) Primavera
2 1 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (36.56%) Azure
2 16 (17.20%) Entra ID
3 12 (12.90%) Google Workspace
4 11 (11.83%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (5.38%) AWS
7 4 (4.30%) Power Automate
7 4 (4.30%) Power Platform
8 3 (3.23%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.15%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (2.15%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.15%) OneDrive
9 2 (2.15%) SaaS
9 2 (2.15%) Serverless
10 1 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.08%) GCP
10 1 (1.08%) IaaS
10 1 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.90%) Broadband
2 11 (11.83%) Firewall
3 8 (8.60%) Network Security
4 7 (7.53%) SD-WAN
4 7 (7.53%) WAN
5 6 (6.45%) VPN
6 4 (4.30%) DHCP
6 4 (4.30%) DNS
6 4 (4.30%) VLAN
7 3 (3.23%) BGP
7 3 (3.23%) IPsec
7 3 (3.23%) OSPF
7 3 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (3.23%) Wireshark
8 2 (2.15%) LAN
8 2 (2.15%) MPLS
9 1 (1.08%) Internet
9 1 (1.08%) SAN
9 1 (1.08%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.08%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.53%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (4.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (4.30%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.15%) Data Mining
5 2 (2.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Git
2 2 (2.15%) JIRA
General
1 45 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 23 (24.73%) Finance
3 13 (13.98%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (9.68%) Manufacturing
6 8 (8.60%) Police
7 7 (7.53%) Legal
7 7 (7.53%) Public Sector
8 6 (6.45%) Financial Institution
8 6 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (5.38%) Law
10 4 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.15%) Local Government
11 2 (2.15%) Retail Banking
11 2 (2.15%) Social Housing
12 1 (1.08%) Advertising
12 1 (1.08%) Banking
12 1 (1.08%) Games
12 1 (1.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (15.05%) Senior
2 13 (13.98%) Project Manager
3 12 (12.90%) Analyst
4 11 (11.83%) Developer
5 9 (9.68%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (7.53%) Development Analyst
6 7 (7.53%) Development Support Analyst
6 7 (7.53%) Network Engineer
6 7 (7.53%) Support Analyst
6 7 (7.53%) Systems Analyst
6 7 (7.53%) Systems Development Analyst
6 7 (7.53%) Systems Support
6 7 (7.53%) Systems Support Analyst
7 6 (6.45%) Lead
8 5 (5.38%) IAM Developer
8 5 (5.38%) IT Manager
8 5 (5.38%) Senior Developer
8 5 (5.38%) Systems Developer
9 4 (4.30%) Software Engineer
9 4 (4.30%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.90%) GraphQL
1 12 (12.90%) LDAP
1 12 (12.90%) OAuth
1 12 (12.90%) OpenID
1 12 (12.90%) REST
1 12 (12.90%) SAML
1 12 (12.90%) SOAP
2 8 (8.60%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (6.45%) .NET
4 2 (2.15%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.15%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (2.15%) WCF
5 1 (1.08%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.08%) EDI
5 1 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.90%) Cyber Threat
1 12 (12.90%) Cyberattack
2 7 (7.53%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.53%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.38%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.30%) Algorithms
4 4 (4.30%) Clustering
4 4 (4.30%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.23%) CMDB
5 3 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.15%) Mashup
6 2 (2.15%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.08%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.08%) PMI
7 1 (1.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.45%) Windows
2 4 (4.30%) Linux
3 3 (3.23%) VMS
4 2 (2.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 23 (24.73%) Mentoring
3 21 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (22.58%) Programme Delivery
3 21 (22.58%) Project Delivery
4 19 (20.43%) ITIL
5 18 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 18 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (18.28%) Roadmaps
7 15 (16.13%) DevOps
7 15 (16.13%) Project Management
8 14 (15.05%) PRINCE2
9 13 (13.98%) Decision-Making
10 12 (12.90%) Identity Access Management
10 12 (12.90%) Regulatory Compliance
11 10 (10.75%) Agile
11 10 (10.75%) Business Continuity
11 10 (10.75%) Risk Management
11 10 (10.75%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 28 (30.11%) SQL
2 17 (18.28%) T-SQL
3 14 (15.05%) PowerShell
4 12 (12.90%) Bash
5 6 (6.45%) Python
6 4 (4.30%) Go
7 3 (3.23%) C#
8 2 (2.15%) C++
9 1 (1.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (19.35%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (13.98%) Degree
2 13 (13.98%) Security Cleared
3 12 (12.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (12.90%) SC Cleared
4 10 (10.75%) CCNA
5 9 (9.68%) CCA
5 9 (9.68%) Citrix Certification
5 9 (9.68%) MCP
5 9 (9.68%) MCSA
5 9 (9.68%) MCSE
6 8 (8.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (5.38%) Azure Certification
7 5 (5.38%) CCNP
8 4 (4.30%) CCIE
9 3 (3.23%) PMI Certification
9 3 (3.23%) PMP
9 3 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (2.15%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (12.90%) NCSC
2 12 (12.90%) NIST
3 9 (9.68%) SLA
4 7 (7.53%) Data Quality
5 6 (6.45%) PMO
5 6 (6.45%) QA
6 5 (5.38%) NEBOSH
7 2 (2.15%) GDPR
7 2 (2.15%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.08%) GRC
8 1 (1.08%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (16.13%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.30%) Firmware
2 4 (4.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.08%) Docker
3 1 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (5.38%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.23%) Dell DRAC
3 3 (3.23%) Nagios
3 3 (3.23%) Terraform
4 2 (2.15%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.08%) Ansible
5 1 (1.08%) Autotask
5 1 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 26 (27.96%) Microsoft
2 17 (18.28%) Cisco
3 13 (13.98%) VMware
4 10 (10.75%) Oracle
5 9 (9.68%) Citrix
6 5 (5.38%) Fortinet
7 4 (4.30%) Palo Alto
7 4 (4.30%) Zscaler
8 3 (3.23%) CheckPoint
8 3 (3.23%) Dell
8 3 (3.23%) F5
8 3 (3.23%) Meraki
8 3 (3.23%) ServiceNow
8 3 (3.23%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.15%) Civica
9 2 (2.15%) Lotus
9 2 (2.15%) Northgate
10 1 (1.08%) Salesforce
10 1 (1.08%) SAP
10 1 (1.08%) Veeam