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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 139 64
Rank change year-on-year +20 -75 +49
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 531 418 1,005
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.39% 2.53% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 2.72% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 321 306 496
10th Percentile £32,750 £33,875 £36,903
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,619
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,188 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,125 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.42% +8.64% +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 18,446 15,378 22,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.04% 92.99% 87.83%
Number of salaries quoted 13,393 9,086 16,698
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.41%

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 1 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 61 (11.49%) SharePoint
2 40 (7.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.64%) Confluence
4 9 (1.69%) IIS
5 2 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.38%) Simulink
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Houdini
7 1 (0.19%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 38 (7.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (5.08%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.51%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.56%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.56%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.38%) Magento
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.38%) Shopify
7 2 (0.38%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.19%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.19%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 125 (23.54%) Azure
2 84 (15.82%) SaaS
3 75 (14.12%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (11.30%) Entra ID
5 51 (9.60%) AWS
6 41 (7.72%) Power Platform
7 28 (5.27%) Mimecast
8 26 (4.90%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (1.88%) Intacct
11 10 (1.88%) OneDrive
12 8 (1.51%) GitHub
12 8 (1.51%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.94%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (0.94%) GCP
15 4 (0.75%) Boomi
15 4 (0.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 4 (0.75%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.72%) Broadband
2 25 (4.71%) DNS
2 25 (4.71%) TCP/IP
3 22 (4.14%) Firewall
4 20 (3.77%) DHCP
4 20 (3.77%) VPN
5 8 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.32%) WAN
7 6 (1.13%) LAN
7 6 (1.13%) Network Security
8 4 (0.75%) NGN
8 4 (0.75%) VLAN
9 3 (0.56%) Cisco Firepower
9 3 (0.56%) SSL
10 2 (0.38%) HTTP
10 2 (0.38%) Intranet
10 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.19%) BGP
11 1 (0.19%) OSPF
11 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.34%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (6.40%) SQL Server
3 31 (5.84%) MongoDB
4 20 (3.77%) Power BI
5 12 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.13%) MySQL
8 5 (0.94%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.94%) Tableau
9 4 (0.75%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.75%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.75%) Metadata
9 4 (0.75%) 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 74 (13.94%) JIRA
2 20 (3.77%) Git
3 6 (1.13%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.75%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.75%) GitLab
4 4 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.75%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.38%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.19%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 247 (46.52%) Social Skills
2 183 (34.46%) Finance
3 118 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (14.50%) Legal
5 64 (12.05%) Marketing
6 49 (9.23%) Law
7 48 (9.04%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (7.34%) Presentation Skills
9 35 (6.59%) Retail
10 34 (6.40%) Games
11 33 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 33 (6.21%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (3.95%) Banking
13 19 (3.58%) Back Office
14 15 (2.82%) German Language
14 15 (2.82%) Italian Language
14 15 (2.82%) Manufacturing
15 13 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.88%) Public Sector
17 9 (1.69%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 95 (17.89%) Senior
2 58 (10.92%) Analyst
3 53 (9.98%) Support Engineer
4 51 (9.60%) Lead
5 47 (8.85%) Consultant
6 38 (7.16%) Project Manager
7 31 (5.84%) Developer
7 31 (5.84%) Marketing Manager
8 29 (5.46%) IT Manager
9 27 (5.08%) Technology Manager
10 26 (4.90%) Applications Support
11 24 (4.52%) IT Support
12 23 (4.33%) Architect
13 21 (3.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 21 (3.95%) 3rd Line Support
13 21 (3.95%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 21 (3.95%) IT Engineer
13 21 (3.95%) IT Support Engineer
14 20 (3.77%) Senior Consultant
15 19 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.27%) RESTful
2 16 (3.01%) Middleware
3 11 (2.07%) .NET
4 10 (1.88%) REST
5 8 (1.51%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.94%) Web Services
7 4 (0.75%) ADO
7 4 (0.75%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.75%) PySpark
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
8 2 (0.38%) SOAP
9 1 (0.19%) DOM
9 1 (0.19%) Kafka
9 1 (0.19%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.19%) Unreal Engine
9 1 (0.19%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.10%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.72%) Low-Code
3 31 (5.84%) Video\Live Streaming
4 29 (5.46%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (5.27%) Marketing Technology
6 27 (5.08%) Blog
7 24 (4.52%) Onboarding
8 20 (3.77%) Management Information System
8 20 (3.77%) Product Ownership
9 19 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (2.82%) Driving Licence
12 11 (2.07%) Client/Server
13 10 (1.88%) Data Centre
13 10 (1.88%) Derivative
14 9 (1.69%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.69%) Virtual Team
15 7 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.78%) Windows
2 26 (4.90%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.95%) 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
1 213 (40.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 149 (28.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 131 (24.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 125 (23.54%) Agile
5 124 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
6 118 (22.22%) AI
7 111 (20.90%) Decision-Making
8 99 (18.64%) ITIL
9 80 (15.07%) Project Delivery
9 80 (15.07%) Project Management
10 78 (14.69%) Service Delivery
11 76 (14.31%) Roadmaps
12 69 (12.99%) Analytics
13 67 (12.62%) Test Automation
14 63 (11.86%) ERP
15 60 (11.30%) CRM
16 59 (11.11%) DevOps
17 54 (10.17%) Coaching
18 53 (9.98%) Incident Management
19 51 (9.60%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 60 (11.30%) SQL
2 53 (9.98%) Python
3 32 (6.03%) Go
4 31 (5.84%) PowerShell
5 30 (5.65%) R
6 11 (2.07%) JavaScript
6 11 (2.07%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.69%) C#
8 4 (0.75%) Java
9 2 (0.38%) Bash
9 2 (0.38%) C++
9 2 (0.38%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.38%) PHP
10 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.19%) Delphi
10 1 (0.19%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 50 (9.42%) Degree
2 22 (4.14%) PMP
3 19 (3.58%) Azure Certification
3 19 (3.58%) PMI Certification
4 18 (3.39%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.45%) SC Cleared
6 11 (2.07%) APMG
7 7 (1.32%) CISM
7 7 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.13%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.13%) IRCA
8 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.94%) CISSP
9 5 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.94%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.94%) ISEB
9 5 (0.94%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.75%) ACCA
10 4 (0.75%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (6.78%) GDPR
3 32 (6.03%) SLA
4 31 (5.84%) QA
5 18 (3.39%) Accessibility
6 16 (3.01%) Data Quality
6 16 (3.01%) PMO
7 9 (1.69%) GRC
8 6 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.13%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.75%) MiFID
9 4 (0.75%) NIST
9 4 (0.75%) PERC
10 3 (0.56%) GAAP
10 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.38%) ISO 19650
11 2 (0.38%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 66 (12.43%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.69%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.94%) Docker
5 4 (0.75%) 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 40 (7.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.20%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.64%) Ansible
4 12 (2.26%) Terraform
5 6 (1.13%) Packer
6 5 (0.94%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.56%) Autotask
8 3 (0.56%) Grafana
8 3 (0.56%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.56%) 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 (27.31%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.53%) SAP
3 28 (5.27%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (4.90%) Oracle
4 26 (4.90%) ServiceNow
5 20 (3.77%) Salesforce
5 20 (3.77%) VMware
6 15 (2.82%) Cisco
7 10 (1.88%) Sage
8 9 (1.69%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.51%) Remedy
10 7 (1.32%) IFS
11 6 (1.13%) EMC
11 6 (1.13%) F5
11 6 (1.13%) IBM
11 6 (1.13%) Workday
12 5 (0.94%) ConnectWise
13 4 (0.75%) Intapp
13 4 (0.75%) Okta
13 4 (0.75%) OneLogin