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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 144 63
Rank change year-on-year +26 -81 +45
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 545 401 976
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.40% 2.43% 3.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 2.61% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 327 296 471
10th Percentile £33,200 £33,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% -2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +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 18,798 15,349 21,794
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 92.91% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,570 9,030 15,663
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 10 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 64 (11.74%) SharePoint
2 42 (7.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.57%) Confluence
4 9 (1.65%) IIS
5 2 (0.37%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.55%) Simulink
5 3 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.18%) Houdini
7 1 (0.18%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 37 (6.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.95%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.55%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.55%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.55%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.18%) Magento
7 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.18%) Primavera
7 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 129 (23.67%) Azure
2 85 (15.60%) SaaS
3 76 (13.94%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (11.19%) Entra ID
5 54 (9.91%) AWS
6 42 (7.71%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.50%) Mimecast
8 25 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (2.57%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (2.02%) OneDrive
12 8 (1.47%) GitHub
12 8 (1.47%) Intacct
12 8 (1.47%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (0.92%) GCP
15 4 (0.73%) Boomi
15 4 (0.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 4 (0.73%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.52%) Broadband
2 25 (4.59%) DNS
2 25 (4.59%) TCP/IP
3 24 (4.40%) Firewall
4 22 (4.04%) VPN
5 20 (3.67%) DHCP
6 10 (1.83%) WAN
6 10 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (1.65%) LAN
8 7 (1.28%) Network Security
9 4 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (0.73%) NGN
9 4 (0.73%) VLAN
10 3 (0.55%) SSL
11 2 (0.37%) BGP
11 2 (0.37%) HTTP
11 2 (0.37%) Intranet
11 2 (0.37%) OSPF
11 2 (0.37%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.16%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (6.24%) SQL Server
3 31 (5.69%) MongoDB
4 21 (3.85%) Power BI
5 12 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.10%) MySQL
8 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.92%) Tableau
9 4 (0.73%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.73%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.73%) Metadata
9 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.18%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 74 (13.58%) JIRA
2 20 (3.67%) Git
3 6 (1.10%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.73%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.73%) GitLab
4 4 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.73%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.37%) Yeoman
General
1 255 (46.79%) Social Skills
2 182 (33.39%) Finance
3 123 (22.57%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (14.86%) Legal
5 63 (11.56%) Marketing
6 52 (9.54%) Law
7 50 (9.17%) Organisational Skills
8 40 (7.34%) Influencing Skills
9 37 (6.79%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (6.61%) Games
10 36 (6.61%) Retail
11 35 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (3.85%) Banking
13 18 (3.30%) Back Office
14 15 (2.75%) German Language
14 15 (2.75%) Italian Language
15 14 (2.57%) Manufacturing
16 13 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (2.02%) French Language
18 10 (1.83%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 98 (17.98%) Senior
2 60 (11.01%) Analyst
3 57 (10.46%) Lead
4 52 (9.54%) Support Engineer
5 44 (8.07%) Consultant
6 35 (6.42%) Project Manager
7 31 (5.69%) Developer
7 31 (5.69%) Marketing Manager
8 27 (4.95%) Applications Support
8 27 (4.95%) IT Manager
8 27 (4.95%) Technology Manager
9 25 (4.59%) IT Support
10 22 (4.04%) Architect
11 21 (3.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 21 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support
11 21 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 20 (3.67%) IT Engineer
12 20 (3.67%) IT Support Engineer
12 20 (3.67%) Systems Engineer
13 19 (3.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.14%) RESTful
2 15 (2.75%) Middleware
3 11 (2.02%) .NET
4 9 (1.65%) REST
5 7 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.92%) Web Services
7 4 (0.73%) ADO
7 4 (0.73%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.73%) PySpark
8 2 (0.37%) CSS
8 2 (0.37%) HTML
8 2 (0.37%) JSON
8 2 (0.37%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.18%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.18%) DOM
9 1 (0.18%) Kafka
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.18%) SOAP
9 1 (0.18%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.07%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.52%) Low-Code
3 31 (5.69%) Video\Live Streaming
4 30 (5.50%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (5.14%) Marketing Technology
6 27 (4.95%) Blog
7 25 (4.59%) Onboarding
8 22 (4.04%) Management Information System
8 22 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
9 21 (3.85%) Product Ownership
10 19 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (2.57%) Driving Licence
13 11 (2.02%) Client/Server
14 10 (1.83%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.83%) Derivative
15 9 (1.65%) Data Centre
15 9 (1.65%) Virtual Team
16 7 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (1.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.61%) Windows
2 27 (4.95%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.85%) Linux
4 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.18%) Android
5 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (39.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 151 (27.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 131 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
4 129 (23.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 127 (23.30%) Agile
6 122 (22.39%) AI
7 111 (20.37%) Decision-Making
8 103 (18.90%) ITIL
9 81 (14.86%) Project Management
10 79 (14.50%) Service Delivery
11 77 (14.13%) Project Delivery
11 77 (14.13%) Roadmaps
12 69 (12.66%) Test Automation
13 67 (12.29%) Analytics
14 61 (11.19%) DevOps
15 60 (11.01%) ERP
16 59 (10.83%) CRM
17 58 (10.64%) Coaching
18 56 (10.28%) Incident Management
19 52 (9.54%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.19%) SQL
2 54 (9.91%) Python
3 33 (6.06%) R
4 32 (5.87%) Go
5 30 (5.50%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.20%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.83%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.65%) C#
9 4 (0.73%) Java
10 3 (0.55%) C++
10 3 (0.55%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.37%) Bash
11 2 (0.37%) PHP
12 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.18%) Delphi
12 1 (0.18%) Pascal
12 1 (0.18%) Ruby
12 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 53 (9.72%) Degree
2 21 (3.85%) PMP
3 19 (3.49%) Security Cleared
4 18 (3.30%) Azure Certification
4 18 (3.30%) PMI Certification
5 15 (2.75%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.20%) APMG
7 9 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.47%) DBS Check
8 8 (1.47%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.28%) CISM
9 7 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.10%) IRCA
10 6 (1.10%) ISEB
10 6 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.92%) CISSP
11 5 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.73%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (6.79%) GDPR
3 33 (6.06%) SLA
4 32 (5.87%) QA
5 23 (4.22%) Accessibility
6 17 (3.12%) Data Quality
7 16 (2.94%) PMO
8 10 (1.83%) GRC
9 6 (1.10%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.73%) MiFID
11 4 (0.73%) NIST
11 4 (0.73%) PERC
12 3 (0.55%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.18%) GAAP
System Software
1 67 (12.29%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.47%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.92%) Docker
5 4 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) GPFS
6 1 (0.18%) Lustre
6 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (7.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.12%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.39%) Ansible
4 12 (2.20%) Terraform
5 6 (1.10%) Packer
6 5 (0.92%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.55%) Autotask
8 3 (0.55%) Grafana
8 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.37%) SCCM
10 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 148 (27.16%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.34%) SAP
3 30 (5.50%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (4.77%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.59%) Oracle
6 20 (3.67%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.67%) VMware
7 18 (3.30%) Cisco
8 9 (1.65%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.47%) Remedy
9 8 (1.47%) Sage
10 7 (1.28%) IBM
10 7 (1.28%) IFS
11 6 (1.10%) EMC
11 6 (1.10%) F5
11 6 (1.10%) Workday
12 4 (0.73%) Aruba
12 4 (0.73%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.73%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.73%) Infor