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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 134 65
Rank change year-on-year +18 -69 +45
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 523 419 1,020
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.39% 2.54% 3.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.89% 2.73% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 320 305 512
10th Percentile £33,425 £33,650 £37,101
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% -6.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,517 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,875 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.21% +8.86% +1.85%

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 18,117 15,366 23,899
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 93.09% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13,146 9,081 17,628
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 27 July 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 59 (11.28%) SharePoint
2 39 (7.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.49%) Confluence
4 9 (1.72%) IIS
5 2 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Houdini
7 1 (0.19%) NUKE
7 1 (0.19%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 39 (7.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (5.16%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.57%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.57%) Magento
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.57%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.57%) Shopify
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.19%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.19%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 123 (23.52%) Azure
2 84 (16.06%) SaaS
3 72 (13.77%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (11.47%) Entra ID
5 50 (9.56%) AWS
6 39 (7.46%) Power Platform
7 28 (5.35%) Mimecast
8 27 (5.16%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.10%) Intacct
10 11 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (1.72%) OneDrive
12 8 (1.53%) GitHub
13 7 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.34%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (0.96%) GCP
15 4 (0.76%) Boomi
15 4 (0.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 4 (0.76%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.84%) Broadband
2 23 (4.40%) DNS
2 23 (4.40%) TCP/IP
3 22 (4.21%) Firewall
4 19 (3.63%) DHCP
4 19 (3.63%) VPN
5 7 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.15%) WAN
7 5 (0.96%) LAN
8 4 (0.76%) Network Security
8 4 (0.76%) NGN
8 4 (0.76%) VLAN
9 3 (0.57%) Cisco Firepower
9 3 (0.57%) SSL
10 2 (0.38%) HTTP
10 2 (0.38%) Intranet
10 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.19%) BGP
11 1 (0.19%) OSPF
11 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (6.31%) SQL Server
3 31 (5.93%) MongoDB
4 18 (3.44%) Power BI
5 12 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.15%) MySQL
8 5 (0.96%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.96%) Tableau
9 4 (0.76%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.76%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.76%) Metadata
9 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.19%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 74 (14.15%) JIRA
2 19 (3.63%) Git
3 6 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.76%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.76%) GitLab
4 4 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.38%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.19%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 240 (45.89%) Social Skills
2 180 (34.42%) Finance
3 116 (22.18%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (14.53%) Legal
5 63 (12.05%) Marketing
6 46 (8.80%) Law
6 46 (8.80%) Organisational Skills
7 38 (7.27%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (6.31%) Games
8 33 (6.31%) Retail
9 30 (5.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (4.02%) Banking
12 19 (3.63%) Back Office
13 15 (2.87%) Italian Language
13 15 (2.87%) Manufacturing
14 14 (2.68%) German Language
15 13 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (2.29%) Public Sector
17 9 (1.72%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 94 (17.97%) Senior
2 58 (11.09%) Analyst
3 56 (10.71%) Support Engineer
4 47 (8.99%) Consultant
4 47 (8.99%) Lead
5 42 (8.03%) Project Manager
6 31 (5.93%) Developer
6 31 (5.93%) Marketing Manager
7 30 (5.74%) IT Manager
8 27 (5.16%) Technology Manager
9 26 (4.97%) Applications Support
10 25 (4.78%) IT Support
11 23 (4.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 23 (4.40%) 3rd Line Support
11 23 (4.40%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 23 (4.40%) Architect
12 22 (4.21%) IT Engineer
12 22 (4.21%) IT Support Engineer
13 20 (3.82%) Senior Consultant
14 19 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.35%) RESTful
2 17 (3.25%) Middleware
3 11 (2.10%) .NET
3 11 (2.10%) REST
4 8 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.96%) Web Services
6 4 (0.76%) ADO
6 4 (0.76%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.76%) PySpark
7 3 (0.57%) SOAP
8 2 (0.38%) CSS
8 2 (0.38%) HTML
8 2 (0.38%) JSON
8 2 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.38%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.19%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Camel
9 1 (0.19%) Kafka
9 1 (0.19%) Model Context Protocol
9 1 (0.19%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.03%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.65%) Low-Code
3 31 (5.93%) Video\Live Streaming
4 29 (5.54%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (5.35%) Marketing Technology
6 27 (5.16%) Blog
7 24 (4.59%) Onboarding
8 21 (4.02%) Product Ownership
9 19 (3.63%) Management Information System
10 17 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (2.87%) Driving Licence
12 11 (2.10%) Client/Server
13 10 (1.91%) Data Centre
13 10 (1.91%) Derivative
14 9 (1.72%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.53%) Algorithms
16 7 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (1.34%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.69%) Windows
2 24 (4.59%) Windows Server
3 20 (3.82%) Linux
4 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (39.96%) Continuous Improvement
2 143 (27.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 129 (24.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 120 (22.94%) Agile
5 116 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
6 113 (21.61%) AI
7 109 (20.84%) Decision-Making
8 97 (18.55%) ITIL
9 80 (15.30%) Project Management
10 79 (15.11%) Project Delivery
11 77 (14.72%) Service Delivery
12 74 (14.15%) Roadmaps
13 68 (13.00%) Analytics
14 66 (12.62%) Test Automation
15 64 (12.24%) ERP
16 59 (11.28%) CRM
17 56 (10.71%) DevOps
18 52 (9.94%) Incident Management
19 51 (9.75%) Coaching
20 50 (9.56%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.66%) SQL
2 52 (9.94%) Python
3 32 (6.12%) Go
4 31 (5.93%) PowerShell
5 29 (5.54%) R
6 12 (2.29%) T-SQL
7 11 (2.10%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.72%) C#
9 4 (0.76%) Java
10 2 (0.38%) Bash
10 2 (0.38%) PHP
11 1 (0.19%) C++
11 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.19%) Delphi
11 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.19%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 46 (8.80%) Degree
2 20 (3.82%) Azure Certification
3 19 (3.63%) PMP
4 17 (3.25%) PMI Certification
5 16 (3.06%) Security Cleared
6 11 (2.10%) APMG
6 11 (2.10%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.34%) CISM
7 7 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.15%) IRCA
9 5 (0.96%) CISSP
9 5 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.96%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.76%) ACCA
10 4 (0.76%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.76%) ISEB
10 4 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (6.50%) GDPR
3 30 (5.74%) QA
3 30 (5.74%) SLA
4 18 (3.44%) PMO
5 15 (2.87%) Accessibility
6 13 (2.49%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.72%) GRC
8 7 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.15%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.76%) MiFID
10 4 (0.76%) NIST
10 4 (0.76%) PERC
11 3 (0.57%) GAAP
11 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.38%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.19%) IFRS
System Software
1 66 (12.62%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.72%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.96%) Docker
5 4 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.38%) vSphere
7 1 (0.19%) GPFS
7 1 (0.19%) KVM
7 1 (0.19%) Lustre
7 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (7.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.25%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.68%) Ansible
4 12 (2.29%) Terraform
5 6 (1.15%) Packer
6 5 (0.96%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.57%) Autotask
8 3 (0.57%) Grafana
8 3 (0.57%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.57%) SCCM
9 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.19%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.19%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 143 (27.34%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.46%) SAP
3 29 (5.54%) ServiceNow
4 28 (5.35%) CrowdStrike
5 26 (4.97%) Oracle
6 21 (4.02%) Salesforce
7 19 (3.63%) VMware
8 13 (2.49%) Cisco
9 11 (2.10%) Sage
10 8 (1.53%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.53%) Remedy
11 7 (1.34%) IFS
12 6 (1.15%) ConnectWise
12 6 (1.15%) EMC
12 6 (1.15%) F5
12 6 (1.15%) Workday
13 5 (0.96%) IBM
14 4 (0.76%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.76%) Epicor
14 4 (0.76%) Infor