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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 112 112
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +26
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 405 474 766
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.47% 3.08% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% 3.25% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 270 277 579
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,238 £50,000 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £78,438 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,875 £93,778 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,233 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.94% +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 14,088 14,578 25,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.94% 94.86% 92.74%
Number of salaries quoted 9,167 8,804 21,405
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 21 February 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 36 (8.89%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.70%) Confluence
4 11 (2.72%) Tomcat
4 11 (2.72%) WebSphere
4 11 (2.72%) WebSphere Application Server
5 7 (1.73%) Anypoint
Applications
1 37 (9.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.73%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.25%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 15 (3.70%) Shopify
2 11 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.22%) Magento
5 5 (1.23%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.99%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.74%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.49%) iTrent
8 2 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.25%) Primavera
9 1 (0.25%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.25%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.25%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 108 (26.67%) Azure
2 70 (17.28%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (12.84%) Entra ID
4 42 (10.37%) AWS
5 34 (8.40%) Power Platform
6 32 (7.90%) SaaS
7 16 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (2.72%) Amazon S3
8 11 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (2.72%) Serverless
9 10 (2.47%) GitHub
9 10 (2.47%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (2.47%) Power Automate
10 9 (2.22%) Boomi
10 9 (2.22%) GCP
11 7 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.73%) Intacct
11 7 (1.73%) iPaaS
11 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (1.73%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 42 (10.37%) WAN
2 35 (8.64%) Firewall
2 35 (8.64%) LAN
3 30 (7.41%) SD-WAN
4 25 (6.17%) Wireless
5 20 (4.94%) Wireshark
6 16 (3.95%) VPN
7 12 (2.96%) SSL
8 9 (2.22%) DNS
8 9 (2.22%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.98%) DHCP
10 7 (1.73%) VLAN
11 5 (1.23%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (1.23%) NX-OS
12 4 (0.99%) WLAN
13 3 (0.74%) VoIP
14 2 (0.49%) BGP
14 2 (0.49%) Network Security
14 2 (0.49%) OSPF
14 2 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.17%) Power BI
2 15 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 13 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (2.72%) DB2
5 9 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.49%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.25%) EDMS
9 1 (0.25%) Metadata
9 1 (0.25%) MS Access
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 40 (9.88%) JIRA
2 8 (1.98%) Bitbucket
2 8 (1.98%) GitLab
2 8 (1.98%) Subversion
3 1 (0.25%) Git
3 1 (0.25%) git-flow
3 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.25%) Selenium
3 1 (0.25%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 203 (50.12%) Social Skills
2 162 (40.00%) Finance
3 67 (16.54%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (10.12%) Legal
5 38 (9.38%) Telecoms
6 35 (8.64%) Law
7 33 (8.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 31 (7.65%) Public Sector
9 25 (6.17%) Banking
10 23 (5.68%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (4.20%) Back Office
13 16 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (3.70%) Manufacturing
15 14 (3.46%) Local Government
16 12 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (2.72%) Marketing
17 11 (2.72%) Pharmaceutical
18 10 (2.47%) Retail
19 7 (1.73%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (16.79%) Senior
2 66 (16.30%) Analyst
3 37 (9.14%) Lead
3 37 (9.14%) Project Manager
4 34 (8.40%) Support Engineer
5 31 (7.65%) Change Manager
5 31 (7.65%) Consultant
6 30 (7.41%) IT Manager
7 26 (6.42%) Applications Support
7 26 (6.42%) Infrastructure Support
8 25 (6.17%) Business Analyst
8 25 (6.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 23 (5.68%) Network Engineer
10 22 (5.43%) IT Project Manager
10 22 (5.43%) Support Analyst
11 17 (4.20%) Senior Analyst
12 16 (3.95%) Business Change Manager
12 16 (3.95%) Senior Consultant
13 15 (3.70%) Business Manager
13 15 (3.70%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.46%) REST
1 14 (3.46%) SOAP
2 12 (2.96%) Middleware
3 11 (2.72%) HTML
3 11 (2.72%) LAPP Stack
3 11 (2.72%) LDAP
3 11 (2.72%) WebSphere MQ
4 7 (1.73%) Web Services
5 5 (1.23%) JSON
5 5 (1.23%) Node.js
5 5 (1.23%) React
5 5 (1.23%) RESTful
5 5 (1.23%) XML
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.49%) SAP PI
8 1 (0.25%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.25%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.40%) Data Centre
2 33 (8.15%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.21%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.72%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (1.73%) NHS
8 6 (1.48%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.23%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.23%) Social Media
9 5 (1.23%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.99%) Clustering
10 4 (0.99%) CMDB
10 4 (0.99%) EPoS
10 4 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.99%) iPad
10 4 (0.99%) iPhone
10 4 (0.99%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 49 (12.10%) Windows
2 25 (6.17%) Linux
3 22 (5.43%) Unix
4 19 (4.69%) Windows Server
5 17 (4.20%) Windows 10
6 15 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.23%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.25%) Android
9 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (26.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 100 (24.69%) ITIL
3 99 (24.44%) Agile
4 86 (21.23%) Project Management
5 84 (20.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 81 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 73 (18.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 65 (16.05%) Project Delivery
9 61 (15.06%) Customer Service
10 58 (14.32%) Coaching
11 54 (13.33%) Roadmaps
12 52 (12.84%) Service Management
13 47 (11.60%) ITSM
13 47 (11.60%) Problem Management
14 43 (10.62%) ERP
14 43 (10.62%) User Experience
15 42 (10.37%) Asset Management
15 42 (10.37%) Service Delivery
16 39 (9.63%) Mentoring
16 39 (9.63%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (11.11%) SQL
2 29 (7.16%) Python
3 22 (5.43%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.47%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.22%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (1.73%) R
7 5 (1.23%) C#
7 5 (1.23%) Java
7 5 (1.23%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (16.05%) Degree
2 23 (5.68%) PMI Certification
3 20 (4.94%) PMP
4 19 (4.69%) ITIL Certification
4 19 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.95%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.98%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.73%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.73%) CCNA
9 6 (1.48%) ACCA
9 6 (1.48%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.48%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.23%) CIMA
10 5 (1.23%) MCSA
10 5 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.23%) SC Cleared
11 4 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.74%) CISSP
13 2 (0.49%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.67%) SLA
2 24 (5.93%) PMO
3 19 (4.69%) QA
4 17 (4.20%) Accessibility
4 17 (4.20%) GDPR
5 10 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.48%) GRC
8 5 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.74%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.74%) GAAP
9 3 (0.74%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.25%) APQC
10 1 (0.25%) IFRS
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.25%) NIST
10 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 52 (12.84%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.48%) Docker
3 6 (1.48%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.23%) Firmware
5 4 (0.99%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.25%) KVM
6 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.47%) Ansible
3 9 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.48%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.23%) SCCM
5 5 (1.23%) Terraform
6 4 (0.99%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.25%) Autotask
7 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 100 (24.69%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.12%) Cisco
3 34 (8.40%) ServiceNow
4 27 (6.67%) Meraki
5 26 (6.42%) SAP
6 25 (6.17%) CheckPoint
7 21 (5.19%) Palo Alto
8 20 (4.94%) SolarWinds
9 19 (4.69%) Oracle
10 18 (4.44%) IBM
11 15 (3.70%) Red Hat
12 14 (3.46%) Workday
13 10 (2.47%) ConnectWise
13 10 (2.47%) VMware
14 9 (2.22%) MuleSoft
14 9 (2.22%) Salesforce
14 9 (2.22%) WooCommerce
15 8 (1.98%) Atlassian
15 8 (1.98%) Infor
16 7 (1.73%) Talend