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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 140 65
Rank change year-on-year +29 -75 +43
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 553 391 983
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.43% 2.35% 3.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 2.53% 4.50%
Number of salaries quoted 332 287 466
10th Percentile £33,775 £34,100 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.95% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,600 £88,125
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 18,782 15,445 21,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.64% 92.96% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,537 8,945 15,559
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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 13 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 (11.57%) SharePoint
2 42 (7.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.35%) Confluence
4 9 (1.63%) IIS
5 2 (0.36%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (4.16%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.54%) Simulink
5 3 (0.54%) 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 40 (7.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.88%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.54%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.54%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.54%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.36%) Primavera
7 2 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.18%) Magento
8 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.18%) Odoo
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 130 (23.51%) Azure
2 83 (15.01%) SaaS
3 74 (13.38%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (10.67%) Entra ID
5 55 (9.95%) AWS
6 44 (7.96%) Power Platform
7 31 (5.61%) Mimecast
8 28 (5.06%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (1.99%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.63%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.45%) GitHub
14 7 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.27%) Intacct
15 6 (1.08%) GCP
16 5 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
17 4 (0.72%) Azure Event Grid
17 4 (0.72%) Azure Service Bus
17 4 (0.72%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.41%) Broadband
2 25 (4.52%) Firewall
3 24 (4.34%) VPN
4 23 (4.16%) DNS
4 23 (4.16%) TCP/IP
5 18 (3.25%) DHCP
6 13 (2.35%) WAN
7 12 (2.17%) LAN
8 10 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.63%) Network Security
10 5 (0.90%) BGP
10 5 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (0.90%) OSPF
10 5 (0.90%) VLAN
11 4 (0.72%) NGN
11 4 (0.72%) Wireless
12 3 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.54%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.54%) SSL
13 2 (0.36%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (6.15%) SQL Server
3 31 (5.61%) MongoDB
4 21 (3.80%) Power BI
5 12 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.08%) MySQL
8 5 (0.90%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.90%) Tableau
9 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.72%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.72%) Metadata
9 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.18%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 74 (13.38%) JIRA
2 20 (3.62%) Git
3 6 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.72%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.72%) GitLab
4 4 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.72%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.54%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.36%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 257 (46.47%) Social Skills
2 178 (32.19%) Finance
3 125 (22.60%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (14.83%) Legal
5 61 (11.03%) Marketing
6 52 (9.40%) Law
6 52 (9.40%) Organisational Skills
7 41 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
8 36 (6.51%) Games
9 35 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 35 (6.33%) Retail
10 34 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (3.62%) Banking
12 16 (2.89%) Back Office
13 14 (2.53%) German Language
13 14 (2.53%) Manufacturing
14 13 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (2.17%) Italian Language
16 11 (1.99%) Aerospace
16 11 (1.99%) French Language
Job Titles
1 98 (17.72%) Senior
2 62 (11.21%) Analyst
3 61 (11.03%) Lead
4 51 (9.22%) Support Engineer
5 41 (7.41%) Consultant
6 35 (6.33%) Project Manager
7 31 (5.61%) Developer
7 31 (5.61%) Marketing Manager
8 27 (4.88%) Applications Support
8 27 (4.88%) IT Manager
8 27 (4.88%) Technology Manager
9 23 (4.16%) IT Support
10 22 (3.98%) Architect
11 21 (3.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 21 (3.80%) 3rd Line Support
11 21 (3.80%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 20 (3.62%) Systems Engineer
13 19 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (3.25%) Change Consultant
14 18 (3.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.06%) RESTful
2 15 (2.71%) Middleware
3 11 (1.99%) .NET
4 9 (1.63%) REST
5 6 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.90%) Web Services
7 4 (0.72%) ADO
7 4 (0.72%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.72%) 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%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.18%) 802.1X
9 1 (0.18%) DOM
9 1 (0.18%) Kafka
9 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.18%) SOAP
9 1 (0.18%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.59%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.41%) Low-Code
3 31 (5.61%) Video\Live Streaming
4 30 (5.42%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (5.06%) Marketing Technology
6 27 (4.88%) Blog
7 25 (4.52%) Onboarding
8 23 (4.16%) Management Information System
9 22 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (3.80%) Product Ownership
11 20 (3.62%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (2.35%) Driving Licence
14 12 (2.17%) Data Centre
15 11 (1.99%) Client/Server
16 10 (1.81%) Algorithms
16 10 (1.81%) Derivative
17 9 (1.63%) Virtual Team
18 7 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
18 7 (1.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.15%) Windows
2 26 (4.70%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.80%) Linux
4 1 (0.18%) Unix
4 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (39.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 156 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 132 (23.87%) Problem-Solving
3 132 (23.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 126 (22.78%) Agile
5 123 (22.24%) AI
6 109 (19.71%) Decision-Making
7 103 (18.63%) ITIL
8 82 (14.83%) Project Management
9 80 (14.47%) Service Delivery
10 76 (13.74%) Project Delivery
11 74 (13.38%) Roadmaps
12 69 (12.48%) Test Automation
13 65 (11.75%) Analytics
14 62 (11.21%) CRM
15 61 (11.03%) DevOps
15 61 (11.03%) ERP
16 57 (10.31%) Incident Management
17 56 (10.13%) Coaching
18 54 (9.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.03%) SQL
2 57 (10.31%) Python
3 35 (6.33%) R
4 32 (5.79%) Go
5 29 (5.24%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.17%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.81%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.63%) C#
9 4 (0.72%) C++
9 4 (0.72%) Java
10 3 (0.54%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.36%) Bash
11 2 (0.36%) PHP
12 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.18%) Delphi
12 1 (0.18%) Pascal
12 1 (0.18%) Ruby
12 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (9.76%) Degree
2 21 (3.80%) PMP
3 20 (3.62%) Security Cleared
4 18 (3.25%) PMI Certification
5 17 (3.07%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.89%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.17%) APMG
8 10 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.63%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.63%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.27%) CISM
10 7 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 7 (1.27%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.08%) IRCA
11 6 (1.08%) ISEB
12 5 (0.90%) CISSP
13 4 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.72%) CRISC
13 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (6.87%) GDPR
3 34 (6.15%) SLA
4 33 (5.97%) QA
5 24 (4.34%) Accessibility
6 18 (3.25%) Data Quality
7 16 (2.89%) PMO
8 10 (1.81%) GRC
9 6 (1.08%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.72%) MiFID
11 4 (0.72%) NIST
11 4 (0.72%) PERC
12 3 (0.54%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.18%) GAAP
13 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 66 (11.93%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.90%) Docker
5 4 (0.72%) 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 (7.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.07%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.53%) Ansible
4 13 (2.35%) Terraform
5 6 (1.08%) Packer
6 5 (0.90%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.54%) Autotask
8 3 (0.54%) Grafana
8 3 (0.54%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.18%) SCCM
9 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 151 (27.31%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.41%) SAP
3 31 (5.61%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (4.70%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.52%) Oracle
6 21 (3.80%) Cisco
6 21 (3.80%) Salesforce
7 20 (3.62%) VMware
8 10 (1.81%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.45%) Remedy
10 7 (1.27%) IBM
10 7 (1.27%) IFS
10 7 (1.27%) Sage
11 6 (1.08%) Aruba
11 6 (1.08%) EMC
11 6 (1.08%) F5
11 6 (1.08%) Workday
12 4 (0.72%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.72%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.72%) Infor