Hybrid/Remote Change Management Job Trends

Change Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Change Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 104 93
Rank change year-on-year -2 -11 +46
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 407 395 933
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.43% 3.08% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 3.25% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 268 293 648
10th Percentile £37,000 £37,450 £37,087
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,500 £94,756 £90,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.69% +7.27% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,015 12,148 28,480
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.70% 94.82% 91.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,753 8,786 23,233
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,754
25th Percentile £42,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Change Management job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Change Management
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Change Management
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Change Management over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

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

Change Management
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 46 (11.30%) SharePoint
2 33 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (4.67%) Confluence
4 6 (1.47%) Anypoint
5 5 (1.23%) Tomcat
5 5 (1.23%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.23%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 36 (8.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (5.90%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.72%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.25%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 15 (3.69%) Shopify
2 11 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.46%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.21%) Magento
5 6 (1.47%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (1.23%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.98%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.49%) iTrent
8 2 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.25%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.25%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.25%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 106 (26.04%) Azure
2 71 (17.44%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (14.99%) Entra ID
4 49 (12.04%) SaaS
5 43 (10.57%) AWS
6 28 (6.88%) Power Platform
7 20 (4.91%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (3.93%) Mimecast
9 14 (3.44%) GitHub
9 14 (3.44%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.21%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.21%) GCP
11 9 (2.21%) Intacct
11 9 (2.21%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (2.21%) Serverless
12 8 (1.97%) Boomi
13 7 (1.72%) Figma
13 7 (1.72%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.41%) WAN
2 17 (4.18%) Firewall
3 16 (3.93%) LAN
4 14 (3.44%) VPN
5 10 (2.46%) Broadband
5 10 (2.46%) DHCP
5 10 (2.46%) DNS
5 10 (2.46%) SD-WAN
5 10 (2.46%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.72%) VLAN
7 6 (1.47%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.47%) SSL
8 5 (1.23%) NX-OS
9 4 (0.98%) Wireless
9 4 (0.98%) WLAN
10 3 (0.74%) Network Security
10 3 (0.74%) NGN
11 2 (0.49%) Cisco Firepower
11 2 (0.49%) VoIP
11 2 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.67%) Power BI
2 14 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.44%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (1.72%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.72%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.23%) DB2
6 2 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.49%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.25%) Metadata
7 1 (0.25%) MS Access
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 59 (14.50%) JIRA
2 9 (2.21%) Bitbucket
3 8 (1.97%) GitLab
3 8 (1.97%) Subversion
4 6 (1.47%) Git
5 4 (0.98%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.25%) git-flow
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.25%) Selenium
6 1 (0.25%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 185 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 162 (39.80%) Finance
3 75 (18.43%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (12.04%) Legal
5 43 (10.57%) Law
6 40 (9.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (7.13%) Banking
7 29 (7.13%) Marketing
8 28 (6.88%) Public Sector
9 25 (6.14%) Back Office
9 25 (6.14%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (5.65%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (5.41%) Retail
12 18 (4.42%) Manufacturing
13 17 (4.18%) Telecoms
14 13 (3.19%) Local Government
14 13 (3.19%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (2.95%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 66 (16.22%) Senior
2 54 (13.27%) Analyst
3 46 (11.30%) Lead
4 41 (10.07%) Project Manager
4 41 (10.07%) Support Engineer
5 37 (9.09%) Consultant
6 31 (7.62%) IT Manager
7 30 (7.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 28 (6.88%) Change Manager
9 27 (6.63%) Infrastructure Support
10 23 (5.65%) IT Project Manager
11 21 (5.16%) Business Analyst
12 20 (4.91%) 3rd Line Support
13 19 (4.67%) Applications Support
14 17 (4.18%) IT Support
14 17 (4.18%) Support Analyst
15 16 (3.93%) Azure Engineer
15 16 (3.93%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 16 (3.93%) Senior Analyst
16 14 (3.44%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.16%) REST
2 14 (3.44%) SOAP
3 12 (2.95%) Middleware
4 9 (2.21%) HTML
5 6 (1.47%) JSON
6 5 (1.23%) LAPP Stack
6 5 (1.23%) LDAP
6 5 (1.23%) Node.js
6 5 (1.23%) React
6 5 (1.23%) RESTful
6 5 (1.23%) Web Services
6 5 (1.23%) WebSphere MQ
6 5 (1.23%) XML
7 3 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.49%) ADO
8 2 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.49%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.25%) CSS
9 1 (0.25%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.25%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.14%) Product Ownership
2 15 (3.69%) Data Centre
2 15 (3.69%) Driving Licence
2 15 (3.69%) Low-Code
2 15 (3.69%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.19%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.21%) Client/Server
6 8 (1.97%) Social Media
6 8 (1.97%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.72%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.72%) CMDB
7 7 (1.72%) NHS
7 7 (1.72%) Video\Live Streaming
8 6 (1.47%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (0.98%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 45 (11.06%) Windows
2 24 (5.90%) Linux
2 24 (5.90%) Windows Server
3 16 (3.93%) Unix
3 16 (3.93%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.25%) Android
7 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (29.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 110 (27.03%) Agile
3 87 (21.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 87 (21.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 86 (21.13%) ITIL
4 86 (21.13%) Project Management
5 85 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (17.69%) Project Delivery
7 68 (16.71%) Roadmaps
8 47 (11.55%) ERP
9 46 (11.30%) Mentoring
10 45 (11.06%) Service Delivery
10 45 (11.06%) Service Management
11 42 (10.32%) ITSM
11 42 (10.32%) User Experience
12 41 (10.07%) Coaching
13 39 (9.58%) AI
13 39 (9.58%) Risk Management
14 38 (9.34%) Customer Service
15 37 (9.09%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 42 (10.32%) SQL
2 32 (7.86%) Python
3 23 (5.65%) PowerShell
4 16 (3.93%) R
5 11 (2.70%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.21%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.72%) Go
7 7 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (1.23%) C#
8 5 (1.23%) Java
8 5 (1.23%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (14.74%) Degree
2 17 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (4.18%) PMI Certification
3 14 (3.44%) PMP
4 13 (3.19%) ITIL Certification
5 12 (2.95%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.46%) Security Cleared
7 9 (2.21%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.97%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.72%) CCNA
9 7 (1.72%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.47%) ACCA
10 6 (1.47%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.47%) IRCA
11 5 (1.23%) CIMA
11 5 (1.23%) MCSA
12 4 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 3 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.49%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.13%) QA
2 24 (5.90%) GDPR
3 23 (5.65%) PMO
3 23 (5.65%) SLA
4 18 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (3.69%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (1.72%) GRC
7 7 (1.72%) ISO 9001
8 5 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.23%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.98%) GAAP
10 3 (0.74%) MiFID
10 3 (0.74%) PERC
11 2 (0.49%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.25%) IFRS
12 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.25%) P3O
12 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 65 (15.97%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.47%) Docker
3 6 (1.47%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.23%) Firmware
5 4 (0.98%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.25%) KVM
7 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (9.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (4.18%) Ansible
3 12 (2.95%) Kubernetes
4 11 (2.70%) Terraform
5 9 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.98%) Packer
7 4 (0.98%) PaperCut
8 3 (0.74%) SCCM
9 2 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.25%) Autotask
10 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 113 (27.76%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.11%) ServiceNow
3 25 (6.14%) Cisco
4 22 (5.41%) SAP
5 17 (4.18%) Oracle
5 17 (4.18%) Salesforce
6 16 (3.93%) CrowdStrike
7 14 (3.44%) VMware
8 11 (2.70%) Atlassian
8 11 (2.70%) IBM
9 10 (2.46%) ConnectWise
10 9 (2.21%) Red Hat
10 9 (2.21%) Sage
10 9 (2.21%) WooCommerce
11 8 (1.97%) Adobe
11 8 (1.97%) MuleSoft
12 7 (1.72%) Fortinet
12 7 (1.72%) IFS
12 7 (1.72%) Meraki
12 7 (1.72%) Workday