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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 135 80
Rank change year-on-year +13 -55 +43
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 438 425 1,153
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.14% 2.72% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 2.88% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 287 316 650
10th Percentile £35,250 £37,250 £37,101
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,438 £43,923
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,764 £87,500
UK median annual salary £61,583 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.64% +9.09% -

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 16,791 14,738 29,927
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.17% 94.32% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,235 8,589 23,073
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,625 £75,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 June 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 54 (12.33%) SharePoint
2 34 (7.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.65%) Confluence
4 7 (1.60%) IIS
5 2 (0.46%) CMS
6 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.37%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.23%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 10 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.14%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (1.14%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.91%) Magento
4 4 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.91%) Shopify
5 3 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.68%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.23%) Odoo
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.23%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.23%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.23%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 113 (25.80%) Azure
2 75 (17.12%) SaaS
3 64 (14.61%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (13.01%) Entra ID
5 46 (10.50%) AWS
6 32 (7.31%) Power Platform
7 24 (5.48%) Mimecast
8 23 (5.25%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.97%) Intacct
10 10 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.83%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.60%) GitHub
13 7 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.37%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.14%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.14%) Boomi
16 4 (0.91%) GCP
16 4 (0.91%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 40 (9.13%) Broadband
2 22 (5.02%) Firewall
3 15 (3.42%) DHCP
3 15 (3.42%) DNS
3 15 (3.42%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.51%) VPN
5 6 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.14%) VLAN
6 5 (1.14%) WAN
7 4 (0.91%) LAN
7 4 (0.91%) Network Security
7 4 (0.91%) NGN
8 2 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.46%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (0.46%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.46%) SSL
9 1 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.23%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.68%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (7.08%) MongoDB
3 23 (5.25%) SQL Server
4 14 (3.20%) Power BI
5 12 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.14%) MySQL
7 4 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.91%) Delta Lake
7 4 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.68%) Metadata
8 3 (0.68%) Tableau
9 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.23%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.23%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 68 (15.53%) JIRA
2 17 (3.88%) Git
3 6 (1.37%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.91%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.91%) GitLab
4 4 (0.91%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.91%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.46%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.23%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 190 (43.38%) Social Skills
2 163 (37.21%) Finance
3 81 (18.49%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (10.27%) Legal
5 41 (9.36%) Law
6 36 (8.22%) Marketing
6 36 (8.22%) Organisational Skills
7 34 (7.76%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (7.08%) Games
8 31 (7.08%) Retail
9 27 (6.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (5.02%) Banking
12 19 (4.34%) Back Office
13 15 (3.42%) Manufacturing
14 14 (3.20%) Italian Language
15 13 (2.97%) German Language
16 11 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (2.05%) Public Sector
18 8 (1.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (18.04%) Senior
2 54 (12.33%) Support Engineer
3 48 (10.96%) Analyst
4 47 (10.73%) Consultant
5 39 (8.90%) Project Manager
6 37 (8.45%) Lead
7 30 (6.85%) IT Manager
8 25 (5.71%) Developer
9 23 (5.25%) Applications Support
9 23 (5.25%) IT Support
10 22 (5.02%) IT Engineer
10 22 (5.02%) IT Support Engineer
11 21 (4.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 21 (4.79%) 3rd Line Support
11 21 (4.79%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 21 (4.79%) Architect
12 20 (4.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (4.57%) IT Project Manager
13 18 (4.11%) Change Consultant
13 18 (4.11%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.39%) RESTful
2 17 (3.88%) Middleware
3 12 (2.74%) REST
4 10 (2.28%) .NET
5 8 (1.83%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.14%) Web Services
7 4 (0.91%) ADO
7 4 (0.91%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.91%) HTML
7 4 (0.91%) PySpark
7 4 (0.91%) SAP PI
7 4 (0.91%) SOAP
8 2 (0.46%) CSS
8 2 (0.46%) JSON
8 2 (0.46%) Node.js
8 2 (0.46%) React
8 2 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.23%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.23%) DOM
9 1 (0.23%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.36%) Cloud Native
2 38 (8.68%) Low-Code
3 31 (7.08%) Video\Live Streaming
4 29 (6.62%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (5.25%) Product Ownership
6 18 (4.11%) Onboarding
7 15 (3.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (3.20%) Driving Licence
9 13 (2.97%) Management Information System
10 12 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.51%) Client/Server
11 11 (2.51%) Data Centre
12 9 (2.05%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.60%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (1.37%) Data Structures
14 6 (1.37%) Housing Association
14 6 (1.37%) Private Cloud
14 6 (1.37%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.85%) Windows
2 19 (4.34%) Windows Server
3 15 (3.42%) Linux
4 2 (0.46%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.23%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (36.99%) Continuous Improvement
2 111 (25.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 105 (23.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 102 (23.29%) Agile
5 85 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (17.58%) ITIL
7 75 (17.12%) Project Delivery
8 72 (16.44%) AI
9 71 (16.21%) Roadmaps
10 69 (15.75%) Project Management
11 62 (14.16%) Decision-Making
12 59 (13.47%) ERP
13 46 (10.50%) CI/CD
13 46 (10.50%) Service Delivery
14 45 (10.27%) DevOps
15 44 (10.05%) Incident Management
16 43 (9.82%) Coaching
16 43 (9.82%) Validation
17 42 (9.59%) Mentoring
18 41 (9.36%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 54 (12.33%) SQL
2 53 (12.10%) Python
3 32 (7.31%) Go
4 24 (5.48%) PowerShell
4 24 (5.48%) R
5 9 (2.05%) C#
5 9 (2.05%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.60%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.68%) Java
8 2 (0.46%) PHP
9 1 (0.23%) Bash
9 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.23%) Delphi
9 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.23%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 47 (10.73%) Degree
2 21 (4.79%) Azure Certification
3 13 (2.97%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.51%) PMI Certification
4 11 (2.51%) PMP
5 10 (2.28%) APMG
6 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.83%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.37%) CISM
8 6 (1.37%) IRCA
9 5 (1.14%) CISSP
9 5 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.91%) CRISC
10 4 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (0.68%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.68%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.46%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (6.62%) GDPR
3 26 (5.94%) QA
4 18 (4.11%) PMO
5 17 (3.88%) SLA
6 9 (2.05%) GRC
7 8 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.83%) Data Quality
8 6 (1.37%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.14%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.91%) MiFID
10 4 (0.91%) NIST
10 4 (0.91%) PERC
11 3 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.68%) GAAP
12 2 (0.46%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 65 (14.84%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.60%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.14%) Docker
5 4 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.23%) Firmware
7 1 (0.23%) GPFS
7 1 (0.23%) KVM
7 1 (0.23%) Lustre
7 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (8.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.65%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.97%) Ansible
4 12 (2.74%) Terraform
5 6 (1.37%) Packer
6 4 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.68%) Autotask
7 3 (0.68%) SCCM
8 2 (0.46%) Grafana
8 2 (0.46%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.23%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.23%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 120 (27.40%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.45%) SAP
3 28 (6.39%) ServiceNow
4 24 (5.48%) CrowdStrike
5 23 (5.25%) Oracle
6 22 (5.02%) Salesforce
7 15 (3.42%) VMware
8 13 (2.97%) Sage
9 12 (2.74%) Cisco
10 8 (1.83%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.60%) ConnectWise
11 7 (1.60%) F5
11 7 (1.60%) Workday
12 6 (1.37%) EMC
12 6 (1.37%) IFS
13 5 (1.14%) Ubiquiti
14 4 (0.91%) Databricks
14 4 (0.91%) Meraki
14 4 (0.91%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 4 (0.91%) WooCommerce