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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 135 62
Rank change year-on-year +24 -73 +47
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 549 395 986
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.42% 2.40% 3.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.93% 2.59% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 330 291 471
10th Percentile £33,425 £35,000 £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 £69,063 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,000 £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 18,751 15,258 21,879
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.66% 92.88% 87.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13,547 8,951 15,627
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £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 £77,875 £77,500
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 12 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 (11.66%) SharePoint
2 42 (7.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.37%) Confluence
4 9 (1.64%) IIS
5 2 (0.36%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (4.19%) 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 (7.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.92%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.55%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.55%) 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
1 129 (23.50%) Azure
2 82 (14.94%) SaaS
3 74 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (10.75%) Entra ID
5 55 (10.02%) AWS
6 44 (8.01%) Power Platform
7 31 (5.65%) Mimecast
8 28 (5.10%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (2.00%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.64%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.46%) GitHub
14 7 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.28%) Intacct
15 6 (1.09%) GCP
16 5 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
17 4 (0.73%) Azure Event Grid
17 4 (0.73%) Boomi
17 4 (0.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.47%) Broadband
2 25 (4.55%) Firewall
3 24 (4.37%) VPN
4 23 (4.19%) DNS
4 23 (4.19%) TCP/IP
5 18 (3.28%) DHCP
6 13 (2.37%) WAN
7 12 (2.19%) LAN
8 10 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.64%) Network Security
10 5 (0.91%) BGP
10 5 (0.91%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (0.91%) OSPF
10 5 (0.91%) VLAN
11 4 (0.73%) NGN
11 4 (0.73%) Wireless
12 3 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.55%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.55%) SSL
13 2 (0.36%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.10%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (6.19%) SQL Server
3 31 (5.65%) MongoDB
4 21 (3.83%) Power BI
5 12 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.28%) 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%) Metadata
9 4 (0.73%) 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 (13.48%) 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%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.73%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.36%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 255 (46.45%) Social Skills
2 180 (32.79%) Finance
3 123 (22.40%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (14.94%) Legal
5 61 (11.11%) Marketing
6 51 (9.29%) Law
6 51 (9.29%) Organisational Skills
7 41 (7.47%) Influencing Skills
8 36 (6.56%) Games
9 34 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
9 34 (6.19%) Retail
10 19 (3.46%) Banking
11 15 (2.73%) Back Office
12 14 (2.55%) Manufacturing
13 13 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.37%) German Language
14 12 (2.19%) Italian Language
15 11 (2.00%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.82%) French Language
Job Titles
1 99 (18.03%) Senior
2 62 (11.29%) Analyst
3 58 (10.56%) Lead
4 51 (9.29%) Support Engineer
5 41 (7.47%) Consultant
6 36 (6.56%) Project Manager
7 31 (5.65%) Developer
7 31 (5.65%) Marketing Manager
8 28 (5.10%) IT Manager
9 27 (4.92%) Applications Support
9 27 (4.92%) Technology Manager
10 22 (4.01%) Architect
10 22 (4.01%) IT Support
11 21 (3.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 21 (3.83%) 3rd Line Support
11 21 (3.83%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 20 (3.64%) Systems Engineer
13 19 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (3.28%) Change Consultant
14 18 (3.28%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.10%) RESTful
2 15 (2.73%) Middleware
3 11 (2.00%) .NET
4 9 (1.64%) 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%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.18%) SOAP
9 1 (0.18%) Unreal Engine
9 1 (0.18%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.47%) Cloud Native
1 41 (7.47%) Low-Code
2 31 (5.65%) Video\Live Streaming
3 30 (5.46%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (5.10%) Marketing Technology
5 27 (4.92%) Blog
6 24 (4.37%) Onboarding
7 23 (4.19%) Management Information System
8 22 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
9 21 (3.83%) Product Ownership
10 20 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (2.55%) Driving Licence
13 12 (2.19%) Data Centre
14 11 (2.00%) Client/Server
15 10 (1.82%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.82%) Derivative
16 9 (1.64%) Virtual Team
17 7 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
17 7 (1.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.19%) Windows
2 26 (4.74%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.83%) Linux
4 1 (0.18%) Unix
4 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (39.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 154 (28.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 132 (24.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 129 (23.50%) Problem-Solving
5 126 (22.95%) Agile
6 122 (22.22%) AI
7 110 (20.04%) Decision-Making
8 101 (18.40%) ITIL
9 83 (15.12%) Project Management
10 78 (14.21%) Service Delivery
11 77 (14.03%) Project Delivery
12 74 (13.48%) Roadmaps
13 69 (12.57%) Test Automation
14 65 (11.84%) Analytics
15 61 (11.11%) CRM
15 61 (11.11%) DevOps
15 61 (11.11%) ERP
16 57 (10.38%) Coaching
16 57 (10.38%) Incident Management
17 54 (9.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.11%) SQL
2 57 (10.38%) Python
3 35 (6.38%) R
4 32 (5.83%) Go
5 29 (5.28%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.19%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.82%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.64%) C#
9 4 (0.73%) C++
9 4 (0.73%) Java
10 3 (0.55%) 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 (9.84%) Degree
2 21 (3.83%) PMP
3 20 (3.64%) Security Cleared
4 18 (3.28%) PMI Certification
5 17 (3.10%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.91%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.19%) APMG
8 10 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.64%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.46%) DBS Check
11 7 (1.28%) CISM
11 7 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (1.28%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.09%) IRCA
12 6 (1.09%) ISEB
13 5 (0.91%) CISSP
14 4 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (6.92%) GDPR
3 33 (6.01%) QA
3 33 (6.01%) SLA
4 24 (4.37%) Accessibility
5 18 (3.28%) 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%) COBIT
12 1 (0.18%) GAAP
System Software
1 66 (12.02%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.46%) 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 (7.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.10%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.55%) Ansible
4 13 (2.37%) 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 (26.96%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.47%) SAP
3 31 (5.65%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (4.74%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.55%) Oracle
6 21 (3.83%) Cisco
7 20 (3.64%) Salesforce
7 20 (3.64%) VMware
8 10 (1.82%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.46%) Remedy
10 7 (1.28%) IBM
10 7 (1.28%) IFS
10 7 (1.28%) 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