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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 123 83
Rank change year-on-year -14 -40 +48
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 371 430 1,156
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.94% 2.89% 3.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 3.05% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 243 317 668
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £37,380
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £44,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £72,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% +5.91% -

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 15,796 14,113 30,098
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.60% 94.78% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,308 8,284 23,565
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 June 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 44 (11.86%) SharePoint
2 26 (7.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (5.12%) Confluence
4 2 (0.54%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.27%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 9 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (2.16%) Dynamics NAV
2 8 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.89%) Magento
3 7 (1.89%) Shopify
4 5 (1.35%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.81%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.27%) iTrent
7 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.27%) Odoo
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.27%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.27%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.27%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 93 (25.07%) Azure
2 57 (15.36%) SaaS
3 54 (14.56%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (13.75%) Entra ID
5 34 (9.16%) AWS
6 19 (5.12%) Power Platform
7 18 (4.85%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (4.31%) Mimecast
9 11 (2.96%) Intacct
10 9 (2.43%) GitHub
10 9 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.62%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.35%) Boomi
14 4 (1.08%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.08%) Azure Event Grid
14 4 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.08%) Lucidchart
15 3 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.01%) Broadband
2 15 (4.04%) Firewall
3 11 (2.96%) WAN
4 9 (2.43%) LAN
5 8 (2.16%) DHCP
5 8 (2.16%) DNS
5 8 (2.16%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.35%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.08%) VLAN
7 4 (1.08%) VPN
8 3 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (0.81%) Network Security
8 3 (0.81%) NGN
9 2 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.54%) NX-OS
9 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.27%) PSTN
10 1 (0.27%) SSL
10 1 (0.27%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.20%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (5.93%) MongoDB
3 15 (4.04%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (2.70%) Power BI
6 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.27%) Metadata
7 1 (0.27%) MS Access
7 1 (0.27%) MySQL
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.27%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 60 (16.17%) JIRA
2 9 (2.43%) Git
3 6 (1.62%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (1.08%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.54%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.54%) GitLab
5 2 (0.54%) Subversion
5 2 (0.54%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.27%) Selenium
6 1 (0.27%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 165 (44.47%) Social Skills
2 155 (41.78%) Finance
3 72 (19.41%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (11.59%) Law
5 42 (11.32%) Legal
6 37 (9.97%) Marketing
7 25 (6.74%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (6.47%) Banking
8 24 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (6.47%) Retail
9 23 (6.20%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (5.93%) Back Office
10 22 (5.93%) Games
10 22 (5.93%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (4.58%) Manufacturing
12 14 (3.77%) Italian Language
13 13 (3.50%) German Language
13 13 (3.50%) Public Sector
14 8 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.62%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 58 (15.63%) Senior
2 44 (11.86%) Analyst
3 40 (10.78%) Support Engineer
4 39 (10.51%) Lead
5 38 (10.24%) Project Manager
6 29 (7.82%) IT Manager
7 28 (7.55%) Consultant
8 20 (5.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (5.39%) IT Project Manager
9 19 (5.12%) Applications Support
10 17 (4.58%) Business Analyst
10 17 (4.58%) Developer
10 17 (4.58%) Infrastructure Support
10 17 (4.58%) IT Engineer
10 17 (4.58%) IT Support
10 17 (4.58%) IT Support Engineer
11 16 (4.31%) 3rd Line Support
11 16 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (4.31%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 16 (4.31%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.04%) RESTful
2 14 (3.77%) REST
3 12 (3.23%) Middleware
4 7 (1.89%) SOAP
5 5 (1.35%) .NET
5 5 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (1.08%) ADO
6 4 (1.08%) HTML
6 4 (1.08%) SAP PI
7 3 (0.81%) Node.js
7 3 (0.81%) React
8 2 (0.54%) JSON
8 2 (0.54%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.54%) Web Services
9 1 (0.27%) CSS
9 1 (0.27%) DOM
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.27%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.09%) Cloud Native
2 28 (7.55%) Low-Code
3 26 (7.01%) Product Ownership
4 22 (5.93%) Video\Live Streaming
5 15 (4.04%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (4.04%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.50%) Driving Licence
6 13 (3.50%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (3.23%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.96%) Client/Server
9 9 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.89%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.89%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.89%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.62%) CMDB
12 6 (1.62%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.01%) Windows
2 15 (4.04%) Windows Server
3 13 (3.50%) Linux
4 4 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.54%) Unix
6 1 (0.27%) Android
6 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (36.12%) Continuous Improvement
2 88 (23.72%) Agile
3 83 (22.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 83 (22.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 76 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (20.49%) Roadmaps
5 74 (19.95%) ITIL
5 74 (19.95%) Project Delivery
6 64 (17.25%) Project Management
7 56 (15.09%) AI
8 52 (14.02%) ERP
9 48 (12.94%) Decision-Making
10 45 (12.13%) Service Delivery
11 43 (11.59%) Coaching
12 39 (10.51%) Mentoring
12 39 (10.51%) Validation
13 36 (9.70%) DevOps
13 36 (9.70%) Process Improvement
13 36 (9.70%) Risk Management
14 34 (9.16%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 40 (10.78%) Python
2 39 (10.51%) SQL
3 22 (5.93%) Go
4 20 (5.39%) PowerShell
5 16 (4.31%) R
6 7 (1.89%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.08%) C#
7 4 (1.08%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.81%) Java
8 3 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.54%) PHP
10 1 (0.27%) Bash
Qualifications
1 51 (13.75%) Degree
2 18 (4.85%) Azure Certification
3 17 (4.58%) PMI Certification
4 15 (4.04%) PMP
5 13 (3.50%) Security Cleared
6 11 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.43%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.89%) APMG
9 6 (1.62%) IRCA
10 5 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.35%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.08%) CISM
11 4 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.81%) CCNA
12 3 (0.81%) CISSP
12 3 (0.81%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 2 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.20%) GDPR
3 20 (5.39%) QA
4 19 (5.12%) PMO
5 13 (3.50%) SLA
6 8 (2.16%) GRC
7 7 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.89%) Data Quality
8 6 (1.62%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.62%) ISO 9001
9 4 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.08%) GAAP
9 4 (1.08%) MiFID
9 4 (1.08%) NIST
10 3 (0.81%) PERC
10 3 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.54%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.27%) IFRS
12 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 58 (15.63%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.54%) Firmware
4 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.27%) Docker
5 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) KVM
5 1 (0.27%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (7.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (4.31%) Ansible
3 14 (3.77%) Terraform
4 12 (3.23%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.62%) Packer
6 4 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.81%) SCCM
7 3 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.54%) Grafana
8 2 (0.54%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.27%) Autotask
9 1 (0.27%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.27%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 97 (26.15%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.09%) SAP
2 30 (8.09%) ServiceNow
3 18 (4.85%) Salesforce
4 16 (4.31%) CrowdStrike
5 15 (4.04%) Cisco
5 15 (4.04%) Oracle
6 11 (2.96%) Sage
7 9 (2.43%) VMware
8 8 (2.16%) ConnectWise
8 8 (2.16%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.89%) F5
9 7 (1.89%) WooCommerce
10 6 (1.62%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.62%) EMC
11 5 (1.35%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (1.08%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.08%) Okta
12 4 (1.08%) OneLogin
12 4 (1.08%) Workday