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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 141 63
Rank change year-on-year +34 -78 +45
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 572 384 990
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.49% 2.32% 4.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.02% 2.49% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 333 280 450
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,025 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,500 £87,625
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 18,961 15,409 21,603
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.39% 93.03% 87.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,692 8,891 15,061
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £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 22 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 66 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 41 (7.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.27%) Confluence
4 9 (1.57%) IIS
5 2 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.52%) Simulink
6 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.17%) Houdini
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.17%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 40 (6.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.72%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.52%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.52%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.52%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.35%) Primavera
6 2 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.17%) Odoo
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 128 (22.38%) Azure
2 81 (14.16%) SaaS
3 72 (12.59%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (10.14%) AWS
5 57 (9.97%) Entra ID
6 41 (7.17%) Power Platform
7 29 (5.07%) Mimecast
8 26 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
10 13 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.92%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.57%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.22%) GitHub
13 7 (1.22%) IaaS
13 7 (1.22%) Intacct
13 7 (1.22%) PaaS
14 6 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.87%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (0.87%) Boomi
15 5 (0.87%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.17%) Broadband
2 27 (4.72%) Firewall
3 25 (4.37%) DNS
3 25 (4.37%) TCP/IP
4 23 (4.02%) VPN
5 20 (3.50%) DHCP
6 18 (3.15%) LAN
6 18 (3.15%) WAN
7 11 (1.92%) VLAN
8 10 (1.75%) Network Security
8 10 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.40%) BGP
9 8 (1.40%) OSPF
10 6 (1.05%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.87%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (0.70%) NGN
12 4 (0.70%) Structured Cabling
12 4 (0.70%) Wireless
13 3 (0.52%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.82%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (6.12%) SQL Server
3 31 (5.42%) MongoDB
4 20 (3.50%) Power BI
5 12 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.05%) MySQL
8 5 (0.87%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.87%) Tableau
9 4 (0.70%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.70%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.52%) Metadata
11 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 72 (12.59%) JIRA
2 21 (3.67%) Git
3 6 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.70%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.70%) GitLab
4 4 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.35%) Yeoman
General
1 271 (47.38%) Social Skills
2 187 (32.69%) Finance
3 142 (24.83%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (13.99%) Legal
5 65 (11.36%) Law
6 61 (10.66%) Marketing
7 50 (8.74%) Organisational Skills
8 47 (8.22%) Presentation Skills
9 45 (7.87%) Influencing Skills
10 38 (6.64%) Games
11 36 (6.29%) Retail
12 33 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (4.02%) Banking
14 21 (3.67%) Public Sector
15 15 (2.62%) Back Office
16 14 (2.45%) French Language
16 14 (2.45%) German Language
17 13 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
17 13 (2.27%) Telecoms
18 12 (2.10%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 111 (19.41%) Senior
2 75 (13.11%) Analyst
3 62 (10.84%) Lead
4 49 (8.57%) Support Engineer
5 40 (6.99%) Consultant
6 35 (6.12%) Project Manager
7 32 (5.59%) Support Analyst
8 31 (5.42%) Developer
8 31 (5.42%) Marketing Manager
9 27 (4.72%) Technology Manager
10 26 (4.55%) Applications Support
10 26 (4.55%) IT Manager
11 23 (4.02%) IT Support
12 22 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (3.67%) Process Analyst
14 20 (3.50%) Architect
14 20 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (3.50%) Systems Engineer
15 19 (3.32%) 3rd Line Support
15 19 (3.32%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.90%) RESTful
2 14 (2.45%) Middleware
3 13 (2.27%) Terraform
4 11 (1.92%) .NET
5 8 (1.40%) REST
6 6 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.87%) Web Services
8 4 (0.70%) ADO
8 4 (0.70%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.70%) PySpark
9 2 (0.35%) CSS
9 2 (0.35%) HTML
9 2 (0.35%) JSON
9 2 (0.35%) SAP PI
10 1 (0.17%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.17%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.17%) DOM
10 1 (0.17%) RabbitMQ
10 1 (0.17%) VCL
10 1 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.34%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.17%) Low-Code
3 36 (6.29%) Management Information System
4 31 (5.42%) Video\Live Streaming
5 30 (5.24%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (4.90%) Marketing Technology
7 27 (4.72%) Blog
8 24 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (4.02%) Onboarding
10 21 (3.67%) Product Ownership
11 20 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (2.62%) Data Centre
13 14 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (2.10%) Driving Licence
15 11 (1.92%) Client/Server
16 10 (1.75%) Algorithms
16 10 (1.75%) Derivative
17 9 (1.57%) Virtual Team
18 7 (1.22%) CMDB
18 7 (1.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.47%) Windows
2 28 (4.90%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.67%) Linux
4 1 (0.17%) Unix
4 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (40.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 160 (27.97%) Stakeholder Management
3 147 (25.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 131 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
5 130 (22.73%) Agile
5 130 (22.73%) AI
6 123 (21.50%) Decision-Making
7 118 (20.63%) ITIL
8 91 (15.91%) Project Delivery
9 83 (14.51%) Service Delivery
10 79 (13.81%) Project Management
11 70 (12.24%) Roadmaps
12 67 (11.71%) Test Automation
13 63 (11.01%) DevOps
14 60 (10.49%) Analytics
14 60 (10.49%) Coaching
14 60 (10.49%) CRM
15 59 (10.31%) Risk Management
16 58 (10.14%) ERP
17 56 (9.79%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (10.66%) SQL
2 59 (10.31%) Python
3 33 (5.77%) R
4 32 (5.59%) Go
5 28 (4.90%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.10%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.57%) C#
7 9 (1.57%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.70%) C++
8 4 (0.70%) Java
9 3 (0.52%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.35%) Bash
10 2 (0.35%) PHP
11 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.17%) Delphi
11 1 (0.17%) Pascal
11 1 (0.17%) Ruby
11 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (12.06%) Degree
2 20 (3.50%) Security Cleared
3 19 (3.32%) PMP
4 17 (2.97%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.80%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.80%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.62%) APMG
7 10 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.75%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.57%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.22%) CISM
9 7 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (1.22%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.87%) IRCA
12 4 (0.70%) CISSP
12 4 (0.70%) CRISC
12 4 (0.70%) ISEB
12 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (6.12%) GDPR
3 34 (5.94%) SLA
4 33 (5.77%) QA
5 24 (4.20%) Accessibility
6 16 (2.80%) PMO
7 15 (2.62%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.92%) GRC
9 7 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.87%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.70%) MiFID
11 4 (0.70%) NIST
11 4 (0.70%) PERC
12 3 (0.52%) ISO 19650
13 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.17%) COBIT
14 1 (0.17%) GAAP
System Software
1 64 (11.19%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.87%) Docker
5 4 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.17%) GPFS
6 1 (0.17%) Lustre
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (6.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.97%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.27%) Ansible
4 6 (1.05%) Packer
5 5 (0.87%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.52%) Autotask
7 3 (0.52%) Grafana
7 3 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 148 (25.87%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.52%) SAP
3 29 (5.07%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.37%) Oracle
6 23 (4.02%) Cisco
6 23 (4.02%) Salesforce
7 20 (3.50%) VMware
8 10 (1.75%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.40%) Remedy
10 7 (1.22%) IBM
10 7 (1.22%) IFS
10 7 (1.22%) Sage
11 6 (1.05%) Aruba
11 6 (1.05%) EMC
11 6 (1.05%) F5
11 6 (1.05%) Workday
11 6 (1.05%) YouTube
12 4 (0.70%) Facebook
12 4 (0.70%) Infor