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 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 141 63
Rank change year-on-year +27 -78 +46
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 550 392 981
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.41% 2.37% 3.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.92% 2.55% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 328 284 464
10th Percentile £33,275 £35,675 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,700 £88,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +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 18,830 15,402 21,672
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.54% 92.96% 87.66%
Number of salaries quoted 13,568 8,927 15,410
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,584 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 15 August 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 64 (11.64%) SharePoint
2 42 (7.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.36%) Confluence
4 9 (1.64%) IIS
5 2 (0.36%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.55%) Simulink
5 3 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.18%) Houdini
7 1 (0.18%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 39 (7.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.91%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.55%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.55%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.55%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.36%) Primavera
6 2 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.18%) Odoo
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 127 (23.09%) Azure
2 82 (14.91%) SaaS
3 73 (13.27%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (10.73%) Entra ID
5 55 (10.00%) AWS
6 41 (7.45%) Power Platform
7 31 (5.64%) Mimecast
8 26 (4.73%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (2.00%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.64%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.27%) GitHub
13 7 (1.27%) Intacct
14 6 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (0.91%) GCP
16 4 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (0.73%) Smartsheet
16 4 (0.73%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.45%) Broadband
2 25 (4.55%) Firewall
3 24 (4.36%) VPN
4 23 (4.18%) DNS
4 23 (4.18%) TCP/IP
5 18 (3.27%) DHCP
6 15 (2.73%) WAN
7 14 (2.55%) LAN
8 11 (2.00%) Network Security
9 10 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (1.27%) BGP
10 7 (1.27%) OSPF
10 7 (1.27%) VLAN
11 5 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (0.91%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (0.73%) NGN
12 4 (0.73%) Wireless
13 3 (0.55%) MPLS
13 3 (0.55%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (6.00%) SQL Server
3 31 (5.64%) MongoDB
4 19 (3.45%) Power BI
5 12 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.09%) MySQL
8 5 (0.91%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.91%) Tableau
9 4 (0.73%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.73%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.55%) Metadata
11 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.18%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 73 (13.27%) JIRA
2 20 (3.64%) Git
3 6 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.73%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.73%) GitLab
4 4 (0.73%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.36%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 255 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 176 (32.00%) Finance
3 126 (22.91%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (14.55%) Legal
5 61 (11.09%) Marketing
6 51 (9.27%) Organisational Skills
7 49 (8.91%) Law
8 42 (7.64%) Influencing Skills
9 37 (6.73%) Games
10 35 (6.36%) Retail
11 33 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 33 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (3.82%) Banking
13 15 (2.73%) Public Sector
14 14 (2.55%) Back Office
15 13 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (2.36%) German Language
15 13 (2.36%) Manufacturing
16 12 (2.18%) French Language
16 12 (2.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 95 (17.27%) Senior
2 60 (10.91%) Lead
3 59 (10.73%) Analyst
4 50 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 40 (7.27%) Consultant
6 35 (6.36%) Project Manager
7 31 (5.64%) Developer
7 31 (5.64%) Marketing Manager
8 27 (4.91%) IT Manager
8 27 (4.91%) Technology Manager
9 26 (4.73%) Applications Support
10 22 (4.00%) IT Support
11 21 (3.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 21 (3.82%) 3rd Line Support
11 21 (3.82%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 21 (3.82%) Architect
12 20 (3.64%) Systems Engineer
13 19 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (3.27%) Change Consultant
15 17 (3.09%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.09%) RESTful
2 14 (2.55%) Middleware
3 11 (2.00%) .NET
4 8 (1.45%) REST
5 6 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.91%) Web Services
7 4 (0.73%) ADO
7 4 (0.73%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.73%) PySpark
8 2 (0.36%) CSS
8 2 (0.36%) HTML
8 2 (0.36%) JSON
8 2 (0.36%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Camel
9 1 (0.18%) DOM
9 1 (0.18%) Kafka
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.18%) Unreal Engine
9 1 (0.18%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.45%) Cloud Native
1 41 (7.45%) Low-Code
2 31 (5.64%) Video\Live Streaming
3 30 (5.45%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (5.09%) Marketing Technology
5 27 (4.91%) Blog
6 24 (4.36%) Onboarding
7 23 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (4.00%) Management Information System
9 21 (3.82%) Product Ownership
10 20 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (2.55%) Data Centre
13 13 (2.36%) Driving Licence
14 11 (2.00%) Client/Server
15 10 (1.82%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.82%) Derivative
16 9 (1.64%) Virtual Team
17 7 (1.27%) Public Cloud
18 6 (1.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.18%) Windows
2 26 (4.73%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.82%) Linux
4 1 (0.18%) Unix
4 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (38.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 155 (28.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 132 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 129 (23.45%) Problem-Solving
5 124 (22.55%) AI
6 123 (22.36%) Agile
7 108 (19.64%) Decision-Making
8 101 (18.36%) ITIL
9 82 (14.91%) Project Management
10 80 (14.55%) Service Delivery
11 76 (13.82%) Project Delivery
12 72 (13.09%) Roadmaps
13 68 (12.36%) Test Automation
14 64 (11.64%) Analytics
15 61 (11.09%) DevOps
16 60 (10.91%) CRM
17 59 (10.73%) ERP
18 57 (10.36%) Incident Management
19 55 (10.00%) Coaching
20 54 (9.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 59 (10.73%) SQL
2 58 (10.55%) Python
3 35 (6.36%) R
4 32 (5.82%) Go
5 28 (5.09%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.18%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.64%) C#
7 9 (1.64%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.73%) C++
8 4 (0.73%) Java
9 3 (0.55%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.36%) Bash
10 2 (0.36%) PHP
11 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.18%) Delphi
11 1 (0.18%) Pascal
11 1 (0.18%) Ruby
11 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (9.82%) Degree
2 20 (3.64%) Security Cleared
3 19 (3.45%) PMP
4 17 (3.09%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.91%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.91%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.36%) APMG
7 10 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.64%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.64%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.27%) CISM
9 7 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (1.27%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.09%) IRCA
11 5 (0.91%) CISSP
12 4 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.73%) ISEB
12 4 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (6.55%) GDPR
3 34 (6.18%) SLA
4 33 (6.00%) QA
5 24 (4.36%) Accessibility
6 16 (2.91%) Data Quality
6 16 (2.91%) PMO
7 10 (1.82%) GRC
8 6 (1.09%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.73%) MiFID
10 4 (0.73%) NIST
10 4 (0.73%) PERC
11 3 (0.55%) ISO 19650
11 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 66 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.91%) Docker
5 4 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) GPFS
6 1 (0.18%) Lustre
6 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.09%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.36%) Ansible
4 12 (2.18%) Terraform
5 6 (1.09%) Packer
6 5 (0.91%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.55%) Autotask
8 3 (0.55%) Grafana
8 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.18%) SCCM
9 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 148 (26.91%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.64%) SAP
3 31 (5.64%) CrowdStrike
4 25 (4.55%) Oracle
4 25 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 23 (4.18%) Cisco
6 21 (3.82%) Salesforce
7 20 (3.64%) VMware
8 10 (1.82%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.45%) Remedy
10 7 (1.27%) IBM
10 7 (1.27%) IFS
10 7 (1.27%) Sage
11 6 (1.09%) Aruba
11 6 (1.09%) EMC
11 6 (1.09%) F5
11 6 (1.09%) Workday
12 4 (0.73%) Epicor
12 4 (0.73%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.73%) HP