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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 112 111
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +27
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 383 505 653
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.50% 3.10% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% 3.30% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 256 267 489
10th Percentile £38,742 £39,100 £37,050
25th Percentile £48,102 £47,500 £47,261
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% -4.17% +4.42%
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,213 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.39% -3.98% +4.55%

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 13,351 15,319 21,635
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.05% 94.03% 93.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8,480 8,990 17,627
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 20 January 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 31 (8.09%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.18%) Tomcat
2 16 (4.18%) WebSphere
2 16 (4.18%) WebSphere Application Server
3 12 (3.13%) Confluence
4 7 (1.83%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 38 (9.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (4.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.83%) Adobe XD
5 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.26%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 11 (2.87%) Shopify
2 8 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.57%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.57%) NetSuite
4 5 (1.31%) Magento
5 4 (1.04%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.52%) iTrent
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.26%) assyst
8 1 (0.26%) FLEXCUBE
8 1 (0.26%) Primavera
8 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 104 (27.15%) Azure
2 53 (13.84%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (12.53%) AWS
4 39 (10.18%) Entra ID
5 32 (8.36%) Power Platform
6 20 (5.22%) SaaS
7 15 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (3.39%) Amazon S3
8 13 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (3.39%) Serverless
9 12 (3.13%) Power Automate
10 10 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.61%) GitHub
11 9 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (2.09%) GCP
13 7 (1.83%) Boomi
13 7 (1.83%) iPaaS
13 7 (1.83%) Miro
13 7 (1.83%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.83%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 46 (12.01%) WAN
2 40 (10.44%) LAN
3 33 (8.62%) SD-WAN
4 32 (8.36%) Firewall
4 32 (8.36%) Wireless
5 24 (6.27%) Wireshark
6 17 (4.44%) VPN
7 16 (4.18%) SSL
8 8 (2.09%) DNS
9 5 (1.31%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.31%) VLAN
10 4 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (1.04%) DHCP
10 4 (1.04%) NX-OS
10 4 (1.04%) WLAN
11 3 (0.78%) Network Security
11 3 (0.78%) VoIP
11 3 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.52%) SAN
13 1 (0.26%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.74%) Power BI
2 18 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (4.18%) DB2
4 13 (3.39%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (2.09%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.52%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.26%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.26%) EDMS
9 1 (0.26%) MS Access
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (6.79%) JIRA
2 8 (2.09%) Bitbucket
2 8 (2.09%) GitLab
2 8 (2.09%) Subversion
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) git-flow
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 198 (51.70%) Social Skills
2 153 (39.95%) Finance
3 67 (17.49%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.44%) Telecoms
5 37 (9.66%) Legal
6 29 (7.57%) Law
7 28 (7.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (7.05%) Public Sector
9 24 (6.27%) Banking
10 23 (6.01%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (3.92%) Manufacturing
13 13 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (3.39%) Local Government
13 13 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.87%) Investment Banking
14 11 (2.87%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (2.35%) Back Office
15 9 (2.35%) Marketing
16 7 (1.83%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 68 (17.75%) Analyst
2 58 (15.14%) Senior
3 35 (9.14%) Lead
4 30 (7.83%) Project Manager
5 28 (7.31%) IT Manager
6 27 (7.05%) Applications Support
6 27 (7.05%) Business Analyst
6 27 (7.05%) Consultant
7 26 (6.79%) Change Manager
8 24 (6.27%) Network Engineer
9 21 (5.48%) IT Project Manager
9 21 (5.48%) Support Analyst
10 20 (5.22%) Infrastructure Support
10 20 (5.22%) Support Engineer
11 19 (4.96%) Linux Support
12 18 (4.70%) Applications Engineer
13 16 (4.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (3.92%) Applications Support Engineer
14 15 (3.92%) Business Manager
15 14 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.18%) LAPP Stack
1 16 (4.18%) LDAP
1 16 (4.18%) WebSphere MQ
2 12 (3.13%) HTML
3 10 (2.61%) REST
3 10 (2.61%) SOAP
4 7 (1.83%) Web Services
5 6 (1.57%) Middleware
6 5 (1.31%) JSON
6 5 (1.31%) Node.js
6 5 (1.31%) React
6 5 (1.31%) RESTful
6 5 (1.31%) XML
7 3 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.52%) SAML
9 1 (0.26%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.70%) Management Information System
2 37 (9.66%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.18%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (3.92%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.13%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.87%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.35%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.83%) NHS
9 6 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.57%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.31%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.31%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.31%) Social Media
11 4 (1.04%) Clustering
11 4 (1.04%) CMDB
11 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.04%) EPoS
11 4 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.04%) iPad
11 4 (1.04%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 52 (13.58%) Windows
2 30 (7.83%) Linux
3 27 (7.05%) Unix
4 20 (5.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (5.22%) Windows Server
5 16 (4.18%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (25.59%) Agile
2 94 (24.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 93 (24.28%) ITIL
4 92 (24.02%) Project Management
5 81 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
6 80 (20.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 62 (16.19%) Customer Service
8 61 (15.93%) Project Delivery
9 60 (15.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 55 (14.36%) Coaching
11 50 (13.05%) Problem Management
11 50 (13.05%) Service Management
12 49 (12.79%) Roadmaps
13 47 (12.27%) Asset Management
14 44 (11.49%) Service Delivery
15 40 (10.44%) ERP
15 40 (10.44%) ITSM
16 39 (10.18%) User Experience
17 37 (9.66%) User Acceptance Testing
18 35 (9.14%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 42 (10.97%) SQL
2 32 (8.36%) Python
3 23 (6.01%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.61%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (1.31%) C#
6 5 (1.31%) Java
6 5 (1.31%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.31%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.52%) Bicep
8 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (19.58%) Degree
2 24 (6.27%) ITIL Certification
3 21 (5.48%) AWS Certification
4 18 (4.70%) PMI Certification
5 16 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (4.18%) PMP
6 11 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.35%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.83%) CCNA
9 6 (1.57%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.57%) Security Cleared
10 5 (1.31%) ACCA
10 5 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.31%) MCSA
11 4 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.04%) CCNP
11 4 (1.04%) CIMA
11 4 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (1.04%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.62%) SLA
2 26 (6.79%) PMO
3 23 (6.01%) QA
4 17 (4.44%) Accessibility
5 13 (3.39%) GDPR
6 8 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.31%) GRC
8 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.26%) APQC
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.26%) GAAP
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.26%) NIST
9 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 39 (10.18%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.57%) Docker
4 5 (1.31%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.04%) Firmware
5 4 (1.04%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 16 (4.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.13%) Ansible
3 11 (2.87%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.35%) Terraform
5 6 (1.57%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.04%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.52%) SCCM
9 1 (0.26%) Autotask
9 1 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 81 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 45 (11.75%) Cisco
3 33 (8.62%) ServiceNow
4 29 (7.57%) Meraki
5 28 (7.31%) CheckPoint
6 25 (6.53%) Palo Alto
7 24 (6.27%) SolarWinds
8 23 (6.01%) IBM
9 22 (5.74%) SAP
10 20 (5.22%) Red Hat
11 18 (4.70%) Oracle
12 14 (3.66%) Workday
13 11 (2.87%) VMware
14 9 (2.35%) Salesforce
15 8 (2.09%) Atlassian
15 8 (2.09%) Epicor
15 8 (2.09%) IFS
15 8 (2.09%) Infor
16 7 (1.83%) MuleSoft
16 7 (1.83%) SnapLogic