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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 112 115
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +22
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 390 497 714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.49% 3.06% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% 3.24% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 261 269 540
10th Percentile £38,984 £39,550 £37,475
25th Percentile £48,238 £47,500 £46,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.42%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% 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 13,571 15,317 24,005
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.79% 94.32% 92.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,623 9,003 19,732
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 27 January 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 33 (8.46%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (4.10%) Tomcat
3 16 (4.10%) WebSphere
3 16 (4.10%) WebSphere Application Server
4 14 (3.59%) Confluence
5 7 (1.79%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 38 (9.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.90%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (4.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.79%) Adobe XD
5 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.03%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.26%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 12 (3.08%) Shopify
2 9 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.79%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (1.54%) Magento
5 5 (1.28%) NetSuite
6 4 (1.03%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.51%) iTrent
9 1 (0.26%) assyst
9 1 (0.26%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.26%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 104 (26.67%) Azure
2 58 (14.87%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (12.05%) AWS
4 40 (10.26%) Entra ID
5 32 (8.21%) Power Platform
6 21 (5.38%) SaaS
7 14 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (3.33%) Amazon S3
8 13 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (3.33%) Serverless
9 11 (2.82%) Power Automate
10 10 (2.56%) GitHub
11 9 (2.31%) Boomi
11 9 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.05%) GCP
13 7 (1.79%) Figma
13 7 (1.79%) iPaaS
13 7 (1.79%) Miro
13 7 (1.79%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 47 (12.05%) WAN
2 41 (10.51%) LAN
3 35 (8.97%) Firewall
4 33 (8.46%) SD-WAN
5 31 (7.95%) Wireless
6 24 (6.15%) Wireshark
7 17 (4.36%) VPN
8 16 (4.10%) SSL
9 7 (1.79%) DNS
10 6 (1.54%) VLAN
11 5 (1.28%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (1.28%) NX-OS
11 5 (1.28%) TCP/IP
12 4 (1.03%) DHCP
12 4 (1.03%) WLAN
13 3 (0.77%) Network Security
13 3 (0.77%) VoIP
13 3 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.51%) OSPF
14 2 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.90%) Power BI
2 18 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (4.10%) DB2
4 14 (3.59%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (2.05%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.51%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.26%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.26%) EDMS
9 1 (0.26%) MS Access
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 32 (8.21%) JIRA
2 8 (2.05%) Bitbucket
2 8 (2.05%) GitLab
2 8 (2.05%) Subversion
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) git-flow
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 195 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 153 (39.23%) Finance
3 66 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (10.51%) Telecoms
5 38 (9.74%) Legal
6 29 (7.44%) Law
7 28 (7.18%) Public Sector
8 27 (6.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (6.41%) Banking
10 24 (6.15%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (4.87%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (3.59%) Local Government
12 14 (3.59%) Manufacturing
13 13 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (2.82%) Investment Banking
14 11 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (2.56%) Back Office
16 9 (2.31%) Marketing
17 7 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 71 (18.21%) Analyst
2 59 (15.13%) Senior
3 36 (9.23%) Lead
4 29 (7.44%) Project Manager
5 28 (7.18%) Applications Support
5 28 (7.18%) Business Analyst
5 28 (7.18%) Change Manager
6 27 (6.92%) IT Manager
7 25 (6.41%) Consultant
7 25 (6.41%) Network Engineer
8 23 (5.90%) Support Analyst
8 23 (5.90%) Support Engineer
9 22 (5.64%) Infrastructure Support
10 20 (5.13%) IT Project Manager
11 19 (4.87%) Linux Support
12 18 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (4.36%) Applications Engineer
14 16 (4.10%) Business Manager
15 15 (3.85%) Applications Support Engineer
15 15 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.10%) LAPP Stack
1 16 (4.10%) LDAP
1 16 (4.10%) WebSphere MQ
2 12 (3.08%) HTML
3 11 (2.82%) REST
3 11 (2.82%) SOAP
4 9 (2.31%) Middleware
5 7 (1.79%) Web Services
6 5 (1.28%) JSON
6 5 (1.28%) Node.js
6 5 (1.28%) React
6 5 (1.28%) RESTful
6 5 (1.28%) XML
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.51%) SAP PI
8 1 (0.26%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.26%) Management Information System
2 38 (9.74%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.10%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (3.85%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.08%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.82%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.05%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.79%) NHS
9 6 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.54%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.28%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.28%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.28%) Social Media
11 4 (1.03%) Clustering
11 4 (1.03%) CMDB
11 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.03%) EPoS
11 4 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.03%) iPad
11 4 (1.03%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 53 (13.59%) Windows
2 30 (7.69%) Linux
3 27 (6.92%) Unix
4 20 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (5.13%) Windows Server
5 16 (4.10%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.03%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (24.87%) Continuous Improvement
2 96 (24.62%) ITIL
3 95 (24.36%) Agile
4 89 (22.82%) Project Management
5 79 (20.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 76 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (16.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 63 (16.15%) Customer Service
9 61 (15.64%) Project Delivery
10 56 (14.36%) Coaching
11 51 (13.08%) Problem Management
11 51 (13.08%) Roadmaps
11 51 (13.08%) Service Management
12 47 (12.05%) Asset Management
13 43 (11.03%) Service Delivery
14 42 (10.77%) ITSM
15 40 (10.26%) ERP
15 40 (10.26%) User Experience
16 36 (9.23%) User Acceptance Testing
17 35 (8.97%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (11.03%) SQL
2 33 (8.46%) Python
3 21 (5.38%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.56%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (1.54%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.28%) C#
7 5 (1.28%) Java
7 5 (1.28%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.51%) Bicep
8 2 (0.51%) R
9 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (18.97%) Degree
2 24 (6.15%) ITIL Certification
3 21 (5.38%) AWS Certification
4 18 (4.62%) PMI Certification
5 16 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (4.10%) PMP
6 10 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.31%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.79%) CCNA
8 7 (1.79%) Security Cleared
9 6 (1.54%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.28%) ACCA
10 5 (1.28%) MCSA
10 5 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.28%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.03%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.03%) CIMA
11 4 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.77%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.21%) SLA
2 27 (6.92%) PMO
3 22 (5.64%) QA
4 17 (4.36%) Accessibility
5 13 (3.33%) GDPR
6 8 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.54%) GRC
8 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.26%) APQC
10 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.26%) GAAP
10 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.26%) NIST
10 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 42 (10.77%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.54%) Docker
4 5 (1.28%) Firmware
4 5 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.03%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 19 (4.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.82%) Ansible
3 10 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.05%) Terraform
5 6 (1.54%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.03%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.51%) SCCM
9 1 (0.26%) Autotask
9 1 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 84 (21.54%) Microsoft
2 46 (11.79%) Cisco
3 36 (9.23%) ServiceNow
4 30 (7.69%) Meraki
5 29 (7.44%) CheckPoint
6 25 (6.41%) Palo Alto
7 24 (6.15%) SAP
7 24 (6.15%) SolarWinds
8 23 (5.90%) IBM
9 20 (5.13%) Red Hat
10 17 (4.36%) Oracle
11 14 (3.59%) Workday
12 11 (2.82%) VMware
13 9 (2.31%) MuleSoft
13 9 (2.31%) Salesforce
14 8 (2.05%) Atlassian
14 8 (2.05%) IFS
14 8 (2.05%) Infor
15 7 (1.79%) Informatica
15 7 (1.79%) TIBCO