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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 112 111
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 +29
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 405 482 765
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.49% 3.10% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 3.27% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 269 272 577
10th Percentile £37,000 £40,575 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,238 £49,288 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £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 14,049 14,744 25,721
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.24% 94.88% 92.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,091 8,753 21,329
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,758
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,080
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,504 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.10% +10.01% -12.00%

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 17 February 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 35 (8.64%) SharePoint
2 21 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.70%) Confluence
4 12 (2.96%) Tomcat
4 12 (2.96%) WebSphere
4 12 (2.96%) WebSphere Application Server
5 7 (1.73%) Anypoint
Applications
1 38 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.73%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.25%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 15 (3.70%) Shopify
2 11 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.22%) Magento
5 5 (1.23%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.99%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.74%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.49%) iTrent
8 2 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.25%) Primavera
9 1 (0.25%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.25%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.25%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 106 (26.17%) Azure
2 67 (16.54%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (12.10%) Entra ID
4 42 (10.37%) AWS
5 34 (8.40%) Power Platform
6 29 (7.16%) SaaS
7 16 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (2.72%) Amazon S3
8 11 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (2.72%) Serverless
9 10 (2.47%) GitHub
9 10 (2.47%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (2.47%) Power Automate
10 9 (2.22%) Boomi
10 9 (2.22%) GCP
11 7 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.73%) Figma
11 7 (1.73%) Intacct
11 7 (1.73%) iPaaS
11 7 (1.73%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (10.62%) WAN
2 37 (9.14%) LAN
3 36 (8.89%) Firewall
4 31 (7.65%) SD-WAN
5 27 (6.67%) Wireless
6 22 (5.43%) Wireshark
7 15 (3.70%) VPN
8 12 (2.96%) SSL
9 8 (1.98%) DNS
9 8 (1.98%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.73%) DHCP
10 7 (1.73%) VLAN
11 5 (1.23%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (1.23%) NX-OS
12 4 (0.99%) WLAN
13 3 (0.74%) VoIP
14 2 (0.49%) BGP
14 2 (0.49%) OSPF
14 2 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
15 1 (0.25%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.17%) Power BI
2 15 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (2.96%) DB2
5 9 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.49%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.25%) EDMS
9 1 (0.25%) Metadata
9 1 (0.25%) MS Access
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 38 (9.38%) JIRA
2 8 (1.98%) Bitbucket
2 8 (1.98%) GitLab
2 8 (1.98%) Subversion
3 1 (0.25%) Git
3 1 (0.25%) git-flow
3 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.25%) Selenium
3 1 (0.25%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 204 (50.37%) Social Skills
2 161 (39.75%) Finance
3 68 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.88%) Legal
4 40 (9.88%) Telecoms
5 35 (8.64%) Law
6 32 (7.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (7.65%) Public Sector
8 26 (6.42%) Banking
9 24 (5.93%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (4.20%) Back Office
12 16 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (3.70%) Manufacturing
14 14 (3.46%) Local Government
15 12 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (2.96%) Marketing
16 11 (2.72%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (2.47%) Retail
18 8 (1.98%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (17.53%) Analyst
2 68 (16.79%) Senior
3 38 (9.38%) Lead
4 36 (8.89%) Project Manager
5 31 (7.65%) Change Manager
5 31 (7.65%) Consultant
5 31 (7.65%) Support Engineer
6 29 (7.16%) IT Manager
7 28 (6.91%) Business Analyst
8 27 (6.67%) Applications Support
9 25 (6.17%) Infrastructure Support
10 24 (5.93%) Support Analyst
11 23 (5.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 23 (5.68%) Network Engineer
12 21 (5.19%) IT Project Manager
13 17 (4.20%) Senior Analyst
14 16 (3.95%) Business Change Manager
14 16 (3.95%) Business Manager
14 16 (3.95%) Linux Support
14 16 (3.95%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.46%) REST
1 14 (3.46%) SOAP
2 12 (2.96%) LAPP Stack
2 12 (2.96%) LDAP
2 12 (2.96%) Middleware
2 12 (2.96%) WebSphere MQ
3 11 (2.72%) HTML
4 7 (1.73%) Web Services
5 5 (1.23%) JSON
5 5 (1.23%) Node.js
5 5 (1.23%) React
5 5 (1.23%) RESTful
5 5 (1.23%) XML
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.49%) SAP PI
8 1 (0.25%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.25%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.89%) Data Centre
1 36 (8.89%) Management Information System
2 16 (3.95%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.96%) Driving Licence
4 12 (2.96%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (1.73%) NHS
6 6 (1.48%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.23%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.23%) Social Media
7 5 (1.23%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.99%) Clustering
8 4 (0.99%) CMDB
8 4 (0.99%) EPoS
8 4 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (0.99%) iPad
8 4 (0.99%) iPhone
8 4 (0.99%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 50 (12.35%) Windows
2 26 (6.42%) Linux
3 23 (5.68%) Unix
4 19 (4.69%) Windows Server
5 17 (4.20%) Windows 10
6 16 (3.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.23%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.25%) Android
9 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (26.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 100 (24.69%) ITIL
3 99 (24.44%) Agile
4 87 (21.48%) Project Management
5 83 (20.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 80 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
7 72 (17.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 65 (16.05%) Project Delivery
9 64 (15.80%) Customer Service
10 60 (14.81%) Coaching
11 52 (12.84%) Roadmaps
12 51 (12.59%) Service Management
13 49 (12.10%) Problem Management
14 46 (11.36%) ITSM
15 45 (11.11%) Asset Management
16 44 (10.86%) ERP
17 42 (10.37%) User Experience
18 40 (9.88%) Service Delivery
19 38 (9.38%) Mentoring
19 38 (9.38%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (11.11%) SQL
2 30 (7.41%) Python
3 22 (5.43%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.47%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.22%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.23%) C#
7 5 (1.23%) Java
7 5 (1.23%) R
7 5 (1.23%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (16.54%) Degree
2 23 (5.68%) PMI Certification
3 20 (4.94%) ITIL Certification
3 20 (4.94%) PMP
4 19 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (4.20%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (1.98%) Security Cleared
7 7 (1.73%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.73%) CCNA
8 6 (1.48%) ACCA
8 6 (1.48%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.23%) CIMA
9 5 (1.23%) MCSA
9 5 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (1.23%) SC Cleared
10 4 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.49%) APMG
11 2 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.91%) SLA
2 25 (6.17%) PMO
3 19 (4.69%) QA
4 17 (4.20%) Accessibility
5 16 (3.95%) GDPR
6 8 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.48%) GRC
8 5 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.74%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.74%) GAAP
10 2 (0.49%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.25%) APQC
11 1 (0.25%) IFRS
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.25%) NIST
11 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 49 (12.10%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.48%) Docker
3 6 (1.48%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.23%) Firmware
5 4 (0.99%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.25%) KVM
6 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.47%) Ansible
3 9 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.48%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.23%) Terraform
6 4 (0.99%) PaperCut
6 4 (0.99%) SCCM
7 1 (0.25%) Autotask
7 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 97 (23.95%) Microsoft
2 42 (10.37%) Cisco
3 35 (8.64%) ServiceNow
4 29 (7.16%) Meraki
5 27 (6.67%) CheckPoint
6 26 (6.42%) SAP
7 23 (5.68%) Palo Alto
8 22 (5.43%) SolarWinds
9 19 (4.69%) IBM
9 19 (4.69%) Oracle
10 16 (3.95%) Red Hat
11 14 (3.46%) Workday
12 10 (2.47%) ConnectWise
12 10 (2.47%) VMware
13 9 (2.22%) MuleSoft
13 9 (2.22%) Salesforce
13 9 (2.22%) WooCommerce
14 8 (1.98%) Atlassian
14 8 (1.98%) Infor
15 7 (1.73%) Talend