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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 143 67
Rank change year-on-year +37 -76 +41
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 591 363 935
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.47% 2.24% 4.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 2.41% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 344 257 387
10th Percentile £32,325 £35,750 £37,650
25th Percentile £46,074 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,400 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% 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 19,495 15,078 20,328
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.33% 93.14% 87.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14,036 8,555 12,692
10th Percentile £34,250 £29,913 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,549 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 15 September 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 76 (12.86%) SharePoint
2 50 (8.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.20%) Confluence
4 9 (1.52%) IIS
5 2 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.51%) Simulink
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Houdini
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) NUKE
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (6.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.57%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.51%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.51%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.51%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.34%) Primavera
6 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.17%) Odoo
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 137 (23.18%) Azure
2 84 (14.21%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (13.54%) SaaS
4 62 (10.49%) Entra ID
5 57 (9.64%) AWS
6 47 (7.95%) Power Platform
7 31 (5.25%) Mimecast
8 25 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.37%) OneDrive
10 13 (2.20%) Microsoft Copilot
11 12 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.69%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.35%) GCP
13 8 (1.35%) IaaS
13 8 (1.35%) PaaS
14 7 (1.18%) Boomi
14 7 (1.18%) Serverless
15 6 (1.02%) Intacct
16 5 (0.85%) GitHub
16 5 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.75%) Broadband
1 34 (5.75%) Firewall
2 31 (5.25%) DNS
2 31 (5.25%) TCP/IP
3 26 (4.40%) DHCP
4 24 (4.06%) VPN
5 21 (3.55%) LAN
5 21 (3.55%) WAN
6 20 (3.38%) VLAN
7 11 (1.86%) BGP
7 11 (1.86%) Network Security
7 11 (1.86%) OSPF
8 10 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.35%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (1.18%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (1.02%) Ethernet VPN
11 6 (1.02%) VoIP
11 6 (1.02%) VXLAN
12 5 (0.85%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.68%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.43%) SQL Server
2 34 (5.75%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (4.74%) Power BI
4 25 (4.23%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.02%) MySQL
8 5 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.85%) Tableau
9 4 (0.68%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.68%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.68%) Metadata
9 4 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.34%) Power Query
11 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.17%) Big Data
11 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 71 (12.01%) JIRA
2 23 (3.89%) Git
3 5 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.68%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.68%) GitLab
4 4 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.34%) Yeoman
General
1 262 (44.33%) Social Skills
2 175 (29.61%) Finance
3 145 (24.53%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (13.71%) Legal
5 61 (10.32%) Law
6 56 (9.48%) Marketing
7 54 (9.14%) Organisational Skills
8 49 (8.29%) Influencing Skills
9 41 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (6.26%) Public Sector
10 37 (6.26%) Retail
11 35 (5.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 34 (5.75%) Games
13 23 (3.89%) Banking
14 22 (3.72%) French Language
15 16 (2.71%) Telecoms
16 14 (2.37%) Aerospace
16 14 (2.37%) German Language
17 13 (2.20%) Back Office
17 13 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 115 (19.46%) Senior
2 82 (13.87%) Analyst
3 65 (11.00%) Lead
4 54 (9.14%) Support Engineer
5 37 (6.26%) Support Analyst
6 35 (5.92%) Consultant
7 30 (5.08%) Marketing Manager
8 29 (4.91%) Developer
8 29 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 29 (4.91%) Project Manager
9 27 (4.57%) IT Manager
9 27 (4.57%) Technology Manager
10 25 (4.23%) Applications Support
10 25 (4.23%) IT Support
11 24 (4.06%) Systems Engineer
12 22 (3.72%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (3.55%) Service Manager
14 20 (3.38%) Process Analyst
14 20 (3.38%) Service Analyst
15 18 (3.05%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.74%) RESTful
2 14 (2.37%) Middleware
3 13 (2.20%) Terraform
4 11 (1.86%) .NET
5 6 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.85%) PySpark
6 5 (0.85%) Web Services
7 4 (0.68%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.68%) YAML
8 3 (0.51%) ADO
8 3 (0.51%) REST
9 2 (0.34%) CSS
9 2 (0.34%) HTML
9 2 (0.34%) JSON
9 2 (0.34%) SAP PI
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Camel
10 1 (0.17%) Kafka
10 1 (0.17%) Pandas
10 1 (0.17%) scikit-learn
10 1 (0.17%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 41 (6.94%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.43%) Management Information System
3 35 (5.92%) Low-Code
4 31 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (4.74%) Marketing Technology
7 27 (4.57%) Blog
8 25 (4.23%) Video\Live Streaming
9 23 (3.89%) Onboarding
10 20 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (3.21%) Data Centre
12 17 (2.88%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.69%) Client/Server
14 8 (1.35%) Derivative
14 8 (1.35%) Virtual Team
15 7 (1.18%) Driving Licence
16 6 (1.02%) Housing Association
16 6 (1.02%) Private Cloud
16 6 (1.02%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.60%) Windows
2 29 (4.91%) Windows Server
3 20 (3.38%) Linux
4 2 (0.34%) AIX
4 2 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.34%) Solaris
4 2 (0.34%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.17%) Unix
5 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (41.12%) Continuous Improvement
2 172 (29.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 141 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
4 140 (23.69%) Decision-Making
5 139 (23.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 135 (22.84%) ITIL
7 131 (22.17%) Agile
7 131 (22.17%) AI
8 91 (15.40%) Service Delivery
9 85 (14.38%) Project Delivery
10 77 (13.03%) Project Management
11 75 (12.69%) Coaching
12 68 (11.51%) Service Management
13 64 (10.83%) Roadmaps
14 63 (10.66%) Incident Management
15 61 (10.32%) DevOps
16 59 (9.98%) Release Management
16 59 (9.98%) Test Automation
17 58 (9.81%) Analytics
17 58 (9.81%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 62 (10.49%) SQL
2 55 (9.31%) Python
3 35 (5.92%) R
4 27 (4.57%) PowerShell
5 26 (4.40%) Go
6 13 (2.20%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.52%) C#
7 9 (1.52%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.02%) C++
9 4 (0.68%) Java
10 3 (0.51%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.34%) Bash
11 2 (0.34%) C
11 2 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.34%) PHP
12 1 (0.17%) Delphi
12 1 (0.17%) Pascal
12 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.17%) Ruby
12 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 82 (13.87%) Degree
2 30 (5.08%) Security Cleared
3 26 (4.40%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.38%) PMP
5 17 (2.88%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.71%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.54%) APMG
8 13 (2.20%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.52%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.18%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.18%) CISM
11 7 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (1.02%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.68%) CISSP
14 4 (0.68%) ISEB
14 4 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (5.58%) SLA
3 30 (5.08%) GDPR
4 28 (4.74%) Accessibility
5 23 (3.89%) QA
6 16 (2.71%) Data Quality
6 16 (2.71%) PMO
7 11 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.69%) GRC
9 5 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.68%) NIST
10 4 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.51%) ISO 19650
11 3 (0.51%) PERC
12 2 (0.34%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.34%) MiFID
13 1 (0.17%) COBIT
13 1 (0.17%) GAAP
System Software
1 66 (11.17%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.37%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.85%) Docker
6 1 (0.17%) GPFS
6 1 (0.17%) Lustre
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (7.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.37%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.03%) Ansible
4 5 (0.85%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.68%) Packer
6 3 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.51%) Autotask
6 3 (0.51%) Grafana
6 3 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 157 (26.57%) Microsoft
2 49 (8.29%) SAP
3 36 (6.09%) ServiceNow
4 31 (5.25%) CrowdStrike
5 29 (4.91%) Oracle
6 24 (4.06%) Cisco
7 19 (3.21%) Salesforce
7 19 (3.21%) VMware
8 10 (1.69%) Workday
9 9 (1.52%) YouTube
10 8 (1.35%) Remedy
11 7 (1.18%) IBM
11 7 (1.18%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.02%) Aruba
12 6 (1.02%) IFS
12 6 (1.02%) Sage
12 6 (1.02%) Veeam
13 4 (0.68%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.68%) Google
13 4 (0.68%) Infor