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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 129 71
Rank change year-on-year +18 -58 +43
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 522 422 1,045
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.41% 2.56% 3.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 2.75% 4.18%
Number of salaries quoted 320 306 532
10th Percentile £33,425 £35,000 £37,060
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,346 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,139 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,939
% change year-on-year - +9.21% -0.11%

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 17,978 15,345 25,010
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.84% 93.19% 88.41%
Number of salaries quoted 13,054 9,077 18,589
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £95,000
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 24 July 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 60 (11.49%) SharePoint
2 40 (7.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.49%) Confluence
4 9 (1.72%) IIS
5 2 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Houdini
7 1 (0.19%) NUKE
7 1 (0.19%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 39 (7.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (5.17%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.77%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.57%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.57%) Magento
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.57%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.57%) Shopify
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.19%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.19%) SAP PP
8 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 123 (23.56%) Azure
2 85 (16.28%) SaaS
3 74 (14.18%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (11.69%) Entra ID
5 49 (9.39%) AWS
6 39 (7.47%) Power Platform
7 29 (5.56%) Mimecast
8 27 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (2.11%) Intacct
12 9 (1.72%) OneDrive
13 8 (1.53%) GitHub
14 7 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.34%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (0.96%) GCP
16 4 (0.77%) Azure Event Grid
16 4 (0.77%) Boomi
16 4 (0.77%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.85%) Broadband
2 23 (4.41%) DNS
2 23 (4.41%) TCP/IP
3 21 (4.02%) Firewall
4 19 (3.64%) DHCP
5 18 (3.45%) VPN
6 7 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.96%) WAN
8 4 (0.77%) LAN
8 4 (0.77%) Network Security
8 4 (0.77%) NGN
8 4 (0.77%) VLAN
9 3 (0.57%) SSL
10 2 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (0.38%) HTTP
10 2 (0.38%) Intranet
10 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.19%) GoToMeeting
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.47%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (6.32%) SQL Server
3 31 (5.94%) MongoDB
4 18 (3.45%) Power BI
5 12 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.15%) MySQL
8 5 (0.96%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.96%) Tableau
9 4 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.77%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.77%) Metadata
9 4 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.19%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 76 (14.56%) JIRA
2 19 (3.64%) Git
3 6 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.77%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.77%) GitLab
4 4 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.77%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.38%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.19%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 237 (45.40%) Social Skills
2 181 (34.67%) Finance
3 113 (21.65%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (14.75%) Legal
5 63 (12.07%) Marketing
6 46 (8.81%) Organisational Skills
7 45 (8.62%) Law
8 38 (7.28%) Presentation Skills
9 32 (6.13%) Games
9 32 (6.13%) Retail
10 30 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 29 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (4.02%) Banking
13 19 (3.64%) Back Office
14 15 (2.87%) Italian Language
14 15 (2.87%) Manufacturing
15 14 (2.68%) German Language
16 12 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (2.30%) Public Sector
17 9 (1.72%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 93 (17.82%) Senior
2 58 (11.11%) Analyst
3 56 (10.73%) Support Engineer
4 47 (9.00%) Consultant
5 46 (8.81%) Lead
6 42 (8.05%) Project Manager
7 31 (5.94%) Developer
7 31 (5.94%) Marketing Manager
8 30 (5.75%) IT Manager
9 27 (5.17%) Technology Manager
10 26 (4.98%) Applications Support
11 25 (4.79%) IT Support
12 24 (4.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 24 (4.60%) 3rd Line Support
12 24 (4.60%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 23 (4.41%) Architect
14 22 (4.21%) IT Engineer
14 22 (4.21%) IT Support Engineer
15 20 (3.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 20 (3.83%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.36%) RESTful
2 17 (3.26%) Middleware
3 11 (2.11%) .NET
3 11 (2.11%) REST
4 8 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.96%) Web Services
6 4 (0.77%) ADO
6 4 (0.77%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.77%) PySpark
7 3 (0.57%) SOAP
8 2 (0.38%) CSS
8 2 (0.38%) HTML
8 2 (0.38%) JSON
8 2 (0.38%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.38%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.19%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Camel
9 1 (0.19%) Kafka
9 1 (0.19%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.19%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.05%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.66%) Low-Code
3 31 (5.94%) Video\Live Streaming
4 29 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (5.36%) Marketing Technology
6 27 (5.17%) Blog
7 25 (4.79%) Onboarding
8 20 (3.83%) Product Ownership
9 18 (3.45%) Management Information System
10 17 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (2.87%) Driving Licence
11 15 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (2.11%) Client/Server
13 10 (1.92%) Data Centre
13 10 (1.92%) Derivative
14 9 (1.72%) Virtual Team
15 8 (1.53%) Algorithms
16 7 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (1.34%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.70%) Windows
2 24 (4.60%) Windows Server
3 20 (3.83%) Linux
4 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (40.04%) Continuous Improvement
2 143 (27.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 129 (24.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 120 (22.99%) Agile
5 113 (21.65%) AI
5 113 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
6 109 (20.88%) Decision-Making
7 96 (18.39%) ITIL
8 79 (15.13%) Project Delivery
8 79 (15.13%) Project Management
9 77 (14.75%) Service Delivery
10 75 (14.37%) Roadmaps
11 68 (13.03%) Analytics
12 66 (12.64%) Test Automation
13 64 (12.26%) ERP
14 59 (11.30%) CRM
15 55 (10.54%) DevOps
16 53 (10.15%) Incident Management
17 51 (9.77%) Coaching
18 50 (9.58%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.69%) SQL
2 52 (9.96%) Python
3 32 (6.13%) Go
4 31 (5.94%) PowerShell
5 30 (5.75%) R
6 12 (2.30%) T-SQL
7 11 (2.11%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.72%) C#
9 4 (0.77%) Java
10 2 (0.38%) Bash
10 2 (0.38%) PHP
11 1 (0.19%) C++
11 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.19%) Delphi
11 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.19%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 46 (8.81%) Degree
2 20 (3.83%) Azure Certification
3 19 (3.64%) PMP
4 17 (3.26%) PMI Certification
4 17 (3.26%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.30%) SC Cleared
6 11 (2.11%) APMG
7 7 (1.34%) CISM
7 7 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.15%) IRCA
9 5 (0.96%) CISSP
9 5 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.77%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.77%) CIMA
10 4 (0.77%) CRISC
10 4 (0.77%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (6.51%) GDPR
3 30 (5.75%) QA
3 30 (5.75%) SLA
4 19 (3.64%) PMO
5 14 (2.68%) Accessibility
6 13 (2.49%) Data Quality
7 10 (1.92%) GRC
8 6 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.15%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.77%) MiFID
9 4 (0.77%) NIST
9 4 (0.77%) PERC
10 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.57%) GAAP
10 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.38%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.19%) IFRS
System Software
1 67 (12.84%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.72%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.96%) Docker
5 4 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.38%) vSphere
7 1 (0.19%) GPFS
7 1 (0.19%) KVM
7 1 (0.19%) Lustre
7 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (7.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.26%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.68%) Ansible
4 12 (2.30%) Terraform
5 6 (1.15%) Packer
6 5 (0.96%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.57%) Autotask
8 3 (0.57%) Grafana
8 3 (0.57%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.57%) SCCM
9 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.19%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.19%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 145 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.09%) SAP
3 30 (5.75%) ServiceNow
4 29 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
5 26 (4.98%) Oracle
6 21 (4.02%) Salesforce
7 19 (3.64%) VMware
8 12 (2.30%) Cisco
9 11 (2.11%) Sage
10 8 (1.53%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.53%) Remedy
11 7 (1.34%) IFS
12 6 (1.15%) ConnectWise
12 6 (1.15%) EMC
12 6 (1.15%) F5
12 6 (1.15%) Workday
13 5 (0.96%) IBM
14 4 (0.77%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.77%) Epicor
14 4 (0.77%) Infor