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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 106 117
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 +16
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 394 528 583
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.61% 3.12% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.95% 3.35% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 255 281 433
10th Percentile £38,984 £37,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,187 £47,500 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,233 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +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 13,340 15,743 19,361
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.29% 93.10% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,449 9,383 15,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 2 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 30 (7.61%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.31%) Tomcat
3 16 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (4.06%) WebSphere
3 16 (4.06%) WebSphere Application Server
4 14 (3.55%) Confluence
5 7 (1.78%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.25%) CMS
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
Applications
1 42 (10.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (5.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.78%) Adobe XD
4 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.76%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (2.79%) Shopify
2 7 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.52%) NetSuite
4 5 (1.27%) Magento
5 4 (1.02%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.51%) iTrent
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.25%) assyst
8 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
8 1 (0.25%) Primavera
8 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 110 (27.92%) Azure
2 53 (13.45%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (12.18%) AWS
4 43 (10.91%) Power Platform
5 37 (9.39%) Entra ID
6 23 (5.84%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (5.08%) Power Automate
8 19 (4.82%) SaaS
9 18 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (3.05%) Amazon S3
10 12 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (3.05%) Serverless
11 11 (2.79%) GitHub
12 10 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (2.03%) GCP
13 8 (2.03%) PowerApps
13 8 (2.03%) Smartsheet
14 7 (1.78%) Boomi
14 7 (1.78%) Figma
14 7 (1.78%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (11.68%) WAN
2 40 (10.15%) LAN
3 33 (8.38%) SD-WAN
4 32 (8.12%) Wireless
5 30 (7.61%) Firewall
6 24 (6.09%) Wireshark
7 17 (4.31%) VPN
8 16 (4.06%) SSL
9 8 (2.03%) DNS
10 5 (1.27%) TCP/IP
10 5 (1.27%) VLAN
11 4 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (1.02%) DHCP
11 4 (1.02%) NX-OS
11 4 (1.02%) WLAN
12 3 (0.76%) Network Security
12 3 (0.76%) VoIP
12 3 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.51%) SAN
14 1 (0.25%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.35%) Power BI
2 18 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (4.06%) DB2
4 13 (3.30%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (2.03%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.51%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.25%) EDMS
9 1 (0.25%) MS Access
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (6.60%) JIRA
2 8 (2.03%) Bitbucket
2 8 (2.03%) GitLab
2 8 (2.03%) Subversion
3 2 (0.51%) Git
4 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.25%) git-flow
4 1 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.25%) Selenium
4 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.25%) TeamCity
General
1 196 (49.75%) Social Skills
2 162 (41.12%) Finance
3 68 (17.26%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (10.41%) Telecoms
5 35 (8.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (8.63%) Legal
7 29 (7.36%) Law
7 29 (7.36%) Public Sector
8 23 (5.84%) Banking
8 23 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (5.33%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (4.31%) Marketing
12 14 (3.55%) Manufacturing
12 14 (3.55%) Retail
13 12 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (3.05%) Local Government
13 12 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (2.79%) Investment Banking
15 9 (2.28%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 72 (18.27%) Analyst
2 62 (15.74%) Senior
3 35 (8.88%) Lead
3 35 (8.88%) Project Manager
4 33 (8.38%) Consultant
5 32 (8.12%) IT Manager
6 27 (6.85%) Applications Support
6 27 (6.85%) Business Analyst
7 25 (6.35%) Change Manager
8 24 (6.09%) IT Project Manager
8 24 (6.09%) Network Engineer
9 21 (5.33%) Support Analyst
10 19 (4.82%) Infrastructure Support
10 19 (4.82%) Linux Support
10 19 (4.82%) Support Engineer
11 18 (4.57%) Applications Engineer
12 16 (4.06%) Business Manager
13 15 (3.81%) Applications Support Engineer
13 15 (3.81%) Functional Consultant
13 15 (3.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.06%) LAPP Stack
1 16 (4.06%) LDAP
1 16 (4.06%) WebSphere MQ
2 11 (2.79%) HTML
3 10 (2.54%) REST
3 10 (2.54%) SOAP
4 8 (2.03%) Web Services
5 6 (1.52%) Middleware
6 5 (1.27%) JSON
6 5 (1.27%) RESTful
6 5 (1.27%) XML
7 4 (1.02%) Node.js
7 4 (1.02%) React
8 3 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.51%) SAML
10 1 (0.25%) .NET
10 1 (0.25%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.44%) Management Information System
2 36 (9.14%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.06%) Linux Command Line
4 14 (3.55%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.79%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.54%) Low-Code
6 10 (2.54%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.03%) NHS
8 6 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.27%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.27%) FMCG
9 5 (1.27%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.27%) Social Media
9 5 (1.27%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.02%) Clustering
10 4 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.02%) EPoS
10 4 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.02%) iPad
10 4 (1.02%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 51 (12.94%) Windows
2 30 (7.61%) Linux
3 27 (6.85%) Unix
4 21 (5.33%) Windows Server
5 20 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (4.06%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.02%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (27.41%) Project Management
2 107 (27.16%) Agile
3 90 (22.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 90 (22.84%) ITIL
4 87 (22.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 84 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (18.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 64 (16.24%) Customer Service
8 63 (15.99%) Project Delivery
9 57 (14.47%) Coaching
10 51 (12.94%) Service Management
11 48 (12.18%) ERP
11 48 (12.18%) Problem Management
12 46 (11.68%) Asset Management
12 46 (11.68%) Roadmaps
13 44 (11.17%) User Acceptance Testing
14 43 (10.91%) DevOps
15 41 (10.41%) Service Delivery
15 41 (10.41%) Workshop Facilitation
16 40 (10.15%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 41 (10.41%) SQL
2 31 (7.87%) Python
3 23 (5.84%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.28%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (1.27%) C#
6 5 (1.27%) Java
6 5 (1.27%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.27%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.51%) Bicep
8 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 77 (19.54%) Degree
2 25 (6.35%) ITIL Certification
3 21 (5.33%) AWS Certification
4 15 (3.81%) PMI Certification
5 14 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (3.55%) PMP
6 13 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.78%) CCNA
8 7 (1.78%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.52%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.52%) Security Cleared
10 5 (1.27%) ACCA
10 5 (1.27%) MCSA
11 4 (1.02%) APMG
11 4 (1.02%) CCNP
11 4 (1.02%) CIMA
11 4 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (1.02%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.38%) SLA
2 32 (8.12%) QA
3 26 (6.60%) PMO
4 17 (4.31%) Accessibility
5 13 (3.30%) GDPR
6 8 (2.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.76%) GRC
8 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.25%) APQC
9 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.25%) GAAP
9 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.25%) NIST
9 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 39 (9.90%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.78%) Docker
4 5 (1.27%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.02%) Firmware
5 4 (1.02%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 16 (4.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.30%) Ansible
3 10 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (2.54%) Terraform
4 7 (1.78%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.02%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.51%) SCCM
8 1 (0.25%) Autotask
8 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 92 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 46 (11.68%) Cisco
3 33 (8.38%) ServiceNow
4 30 (7.61%) Meraki
5 28 (7.11%) CheckPoint
6 25 (6.35%) Palo Alto
7 24 (6.09%) SolarWinds
8 23 (5.84%) IBM
9 21 (5.33%) SAP
10 20 (5.08%) Red Hat
11 18 (4.57%) Oracle
12 14 (3.55%) Workday
13 12 (3.05%) VMware
14 8 (2.03%) Atlassian
14 8 (2.03%) Epicor
14 8 (2.03%) IFS
14 8 (2.03%) Infor
14 8 (2.03%) Salesforce
15 7 (1.78%) MuleSoft
15 7 (1.78%) SnapLogic