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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 109 114
Rank change year-on-year +8 +5 +23
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 408 534 568
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.68% 3.00% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 3.25% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 259 289 422
10th Percentile £38,200 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,187 £46,750 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,384 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.69% -7.69% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £70,188
90th Percentile £91,000 £89,800 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

All Process and 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 13,609 16,433 19,106
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.33% 92.17% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,723 10,018 15,359
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.46% -2.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £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% - -1.64%

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 14 December 2025.

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 29 (7.11%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (4.17%) Tomcat
4 16 (3.92%) WebSphere
4 16 (3.92%) WebSphere Application Server
5 12 (2.94%) Confluence
6 7 (1.72%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.25%) CMS
7 1 (0.25%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (10.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (6.86%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (4.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.72%) Adobe XD
4 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.47%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.74%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.21%) Shopify
2 6 (1.47%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.98%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.74%) Magento
5 3 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.49%) iTrent
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.25%) assyst
7 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.25%) Primavera
7 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 118 (28.92%) Azure
2 56 (13.73%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (13.48%) AWS
4 47 (11.52%) Power Platform
5 36 (8.82%) Entra ID
6 23 (5.64%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (5.64%) Power Automate
7 21 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (4.66%) SaaS
9 11 (2.70%) GitHub
10 10 (2.45%) Amazon S3
10 10 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (2.45%) Serverless
11 9 (2.21%) Smartsheet
12 8 (1.96%) GCP
12 8 (1.96%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.72%) Boomi
13 7 (1.72%) Figma
13 7 (1.72%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (10.54%) WAN
2 37 (9.07%) LAN
3 32 (7.84%) Wireless
4 31 (7.60%) Firewall
4 31 (7.60%) SD-WAN
5 24 (5.88%) Wireshark
6 17 (4.17%) VPN
7 16 (3.92%) SSL
8 8 (1.96%) DNS
9 5 (1.23%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.98%) DHCP
10 4 (0.98%) NX-OS
10 4 (0.98%) VLAN
10 4 (0.98%) WLAN
11 3 (0.74%) Network Security
11 3 (0.74%) VoIP
11 3 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.49%) SAN
13 1 (0.25%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.37%) Power BI
2 18 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (3.92%) DB2
4 11 (2.70%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.96%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.49%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (0.49%) 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 23 (5.64%) JIRA
2 8 (1.96%) Bitbucket
2 8 (1.96%) GitLab
2 8 (1.96%) Subversion
3 2 (0.49%) 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 (48.04%) Social Skills
2 169 (41.42%) Finance
3 68 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (10.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 41 (10.05%) Telecoms
6 33 (8.09%) Public Sector
7 30 (7.35%) Legal
8 29 (7.11%) Law
9 26 (6.37%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (5.64%) Banking
11 20 (4.90%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (4.90%) Marketing
12 19 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (4.17%) Local Government
13 17 (4.17%) Retail
14 14 (3.43%) Manufacturing
15 12 (2.94%) Investment Banking
15 12 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (1.72%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 73 (17.89%) Analyst
2 63 (15.44%) Senior
3 43 (10.54%) Lead
4 38 (9.31%) Project Manager
5 36 (8.82%) Consultant
5 36 (8.82%) IT Manager
6 28 (6.86%) Applications Support
7 27 (6.62%) IT Project Manager
8 25 (6.13%) Network Engineer
9 24 (5.88%) Change Manager
10 23 (5.64%) Business Analyst
11 21 (5.15%) Support Analyst
12 19 (4.66%) Infrastructure Support
12 19 (4.66%) Linux Support
12 19 (4.66%) Support Engineer
13 18 (4.41%) Applications Engineer
13 18 (4.41%) Functional Consultant
14 16 (3.92%) Business Manager
15 15 (3.68%) Applications Support Engineer
16 14 (3.43%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.92%) LAPP Stack
1 16 (3.92%) LDAP
1 16 (3.92%) WebSphere MQ
2 11 (2.70%) REST
2 11 (2.70%) SOAP
3 9 (2.21%) HTML
4 8 (1.96%) Web Services
5 7 (1.72%) Middleware
6 6 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.23%) JSON
7 5 (1.23%) RESTful
7 5 (1.23%) XML
8 2 (0.49%) Node.js
8 2 (0.49%) React
8 2 (0.49%) SAML
9 1 (0.25%) .NET
9 1 (0.25%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 52 (12.75%) Management Information System
2 37 (9.07%) Data Centre
3 16 (3.92%) Driving Licence
3 16 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (3.68%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.45%) Low-Code
6 8 (1.96%) NHS
7 6 (1.47%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.23%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.23%) FMCG
8 5 (1.23%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.23%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.23%) Social Media
8 5 (1.23%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.98%) Clustering
9 4 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.98%) EPoS
9 4 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.98%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 53 (12.99%) Windows
2 30 (7.35%) Linux
3 27 (6.62%) Unix
4 21 (5.15%) Windows Server
5 20 (4.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (3.68%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.98%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (28.19%) Project Management
2 108 (26.47%) Agile
3 106 (25.98%) ITIL
4 93 (22.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 91 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
6 83 (20.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 77 (18.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 66 (16.18%) Customer Service
9 65 (15.93%) Project Delivery
10 55 (13.48%) ERP
10 55 (13.48%) Service Management
11 54 (13.24%) Problem Management
12 53 (12.99%) Coaching
13 47 (11.52%) DevOps
13 47 (11.52%) Roadmaps
14 43 (10.54%) Asset Management
15 42 (10.29%) User Acceptance Testing
15 42 (10.29%) Workshop Facilitation
16 39 (9.56%) Waterfall
17 38 (9.31%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 46 (11.27%) SQL
2 38 (9.31%) Python
3 22 (5.39%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.72%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.23%) C#
5 5 (1.23%) Java
5 5 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (1.23%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.74%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.49%) Bicep
8 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (18.14%) Degree
2 31 (7.60%) ITIL Certification
3 21 (5.15%) AWS Certification
4 16 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.94%) PMI Certification
6 12 (2.94%) PMP
7 11 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.47%) CCNA
8 6 (1.47%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.47%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.47%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.23%) ACCA
9 5 (1.23%) CCNP
10 4 (0.98%) APMG
10 4 (0.98%) CIMA
10 4 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.98%) MCSA
10 4 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (0.98%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.82%) QA
2 33 (8.09%) SLA
3 26 (6.37%) PMO
4 17 (4.17%) Accessibility
5 13 (3.19%) GDPR
6 7 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.49%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.25%) APQC
8 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.25%) GAAP
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 42 (10.29%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.72%) Docker
4 5 (1.23%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.98%) Firmware
5 4 (0.98%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 18 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.19%) Ansible
3 10 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (2.45%) Terraform
4 7 (1.72%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.74%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.49%) SCCM
8 1 (0.25%) Autotask
8 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 102 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 50 (12.25%) Cisco
3 33 (8.09%) Meraki
4 32 (7.84%) ServiceNow
5 28 (6.86%) CheckPoint
6 25 (6.13%) Palo Alto
7 24 (5.88%) SolarWinds
8 23 (5.64%) IBM
9 22 (5.39%) Oracle
9 22 (5.39%) SAP
10 20 (4.90%) Red Hat
11 15 (3.68%) Workday
12 12 (2.94%) VMware
13 10 (2.45%) Apple
13 10 (2.45%) Salesforce
14 8 (1.96%) Atlassian
14 8 (1.96%) Epicor
14 8 (1.96%) IFS
14 8 (1.96%) Infor
15 7 (1.72%) SnapLogic