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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 128 77
Rank change year-on-year +20 -51 +33
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 625 395 777
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.51% 2.37% 3.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 2.52% 4.07%
Number of salaries quoted 353 255 349
10th Percentile £34,543 £32,600 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,500 £44,564 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,500 £95,600 £86,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 20,009 15,647 19,099
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.51% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,419 11,293
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,540
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,312 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 October 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 71 (11.36%) SharePoint
2 49 (7.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.60%) Confluence
4 9 (1.44%) IIS
5 2 (0.32%) SAS
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 22 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.48%) Simulink
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.32%) Notion
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.16%) Houdini
7 1 (0.16%) NUKE
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 41 (6.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (4.48%) Dynamics GP
3 9 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.48%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.48%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.48%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.32%) iTrent
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.32%) Primavera
7 2 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.16%) Actimize
8 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.16%) Odoo
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 134 (21.44%) Azure
2 86 (13.76%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (11.36%) SaaS
4 62 (9.92%) AWS
5 55 (8.80%) Entra ID
5 55 (8.80%) Power Platform
6 26 (4.16%) Mimecast
7 24 (3.84%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (2.72%) Microsoft Copilot
8 17 (2.72%) OneDrive
9 14 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (1.76%) Power Automate
11 10 (1.60%) GCP
12 9 (1.44%) PaaS
13 8 (1.28%) IaaS
13 8 (1.28%) Serverless
14 6 (0.96%) Boomi
14 6 (0.96%) GitHub
15 5 (0.80%) Intacct
15 5 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 38 (6.08%) Firewall
2 32 (5.12%) DNS
3 31 (4.96%) Broadband
3 31 (4.96%) TCP/IP
4 27 (4.32%) DHCP
5 26 (4.16%) VPN
6 24 (3.84%) VLAN
7 23 (3.68%) LAN
7 23 (3.68%) WAN
8 14 (2.24%) BGP
9 12 (1.92%) Network Security
9 12 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (1.76%) OSPF
11 10 (1.60%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (1.44%) Ethernet VPN
12 9 (1.44%) VXLAN
13 8 (1.28%) Structured Cabling
14 7 (1.12%) HSRP
14 7 (1.12%) VRRP
15 6 (0.96%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.08%) SQL Server
2 36 (5.76%) Power BI
3 34 (5.44%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (4.00%) MongoDB
5 8 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.96%) Metadata
7 6 (0.96%) MySQL
7 6 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.80%) Tableau
9 4 (0.64%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.64%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.32%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.32%) Power Query
11 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.16%) Big Data
11 1 (0.16%) Redis
11 1 (0.16%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 65 (10.40%) JIRA
2 20 (3.20%) Git
3 5 (0.80%) GitLab
3 5 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.64%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.64%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.32%) MLflow
5 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.32%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.16%) Flyway
General
1 276 (44.16%) Social Skills
2 185 (29.60%) Finance
3 150 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (11.68%) Legal
5 59 (9.44%) Law
5 59 (9.44%) Organisational Skills
6 54 (8.64%) Influencing Skills
7 47 (7.52%) Marketing
8 46 (7.36%) Public Sector
9 45 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 43 (6.88%) Presentation Skills
11 42 (6.72%) Retail
12 33 (5.28%) Games
13 28 (4.48%) French Language
14 22 (3.52%) Banking
15 16 (2.56%) Telecoms
16 15 (2.40%) Back Office
17 14 (2.24%) German Language
18 13 (2.08%) Aerospace
19 12 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 118 (18.88%) Senior
2 95 (15.20%) Analyst
3 74 (11.84%) Lead
4 46 (7.36%) Support Engineer
5 41 (6.56%) Support Analyst
6 33 (5.28%) IT Manager
7 31 (4.96%) Developer
7 31 (4.96%) Project Manager
8 30 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 28 (4.48%) Consultant
9 28 (4.48%) Marketing Manager
10 27 (4.32%) Technology Manager
11 25 (4.00%) Service Manager
12 24 (3.84%) Applications Support
12 24 (3.84%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (3.84%) Service Analyst
13 23 (3.68%) IT Support
14 22 (3.52%) Process Analyst
14 22 (3.52%) Systems Engineer
15 19 (3.04%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.48%) RESTful
2 14 (2.24%) Middleware
3 12 (1.92%) Terraform
4 11 (1.76%) .NET
5 5 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.80%) PySpark
6 4 (0.64%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.64%) Web Services
6 4 (0.64%) YAML
7 3 (0.48%) REST
8 2 (0.32%) Kafka
9 1 (0.16%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.16%) 802.1X
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Camel
9 1 (0.16%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.16%) Pandas
9 1 (0.16%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.16%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.16%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.36%) Management Information System
2 39 (6.24%) Cloud Native
3 38 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (5.28%) Low-Code
5 31 (4.96%) Distributed Systems
6 27 (4.32%) Blog
6 27 (4.32%) Marketing Technology
7 25 (4.00%) Onboarding
8 24 (3.84%) Video\Live Streaming
9 22 (3.52%) Data Centre
9 22 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (2.56%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.44%) Derivative
12 7 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.12%) FMCG
12 7 (1.12%) NHS
12 7 (1.12%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.96%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.96%) Housing Association
14 5 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.08%) Windows
2 27 (4.32%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.88%) Linux
4 2 (0.32%) AIX
4 2 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.32%) Solaris
4 2 (0.32%) VxWorks
4 2 (0.32%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.16%) CentOS
5 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (41.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 198 (31.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 159 (25.44%) Problem-Solving
4 152 (24.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 150 (24.00%) Decision-Making
6 149 (23.84%) ITIL
7 144 (23.04%) AI
8 140 (22.40%) Agile
9 101 (16.16%) Service Delivery
10 87 (13.92%) Project Delivery
11 85 (13.60%) Coaching
12 81 (12.96%) Project Management
13 75 (12.00%) Service Management
14 67 (10.72%) Release Management
15 64 (10.24%) Analytics
15 64 (10.24%) Roadmaps
16 63 (10.08%) Incident Management
17 62 (9.92%) Risk Management
18 61 (9.76%) Customer Service
18 61 (9.76%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 68 (10.88%) SQL
2 55 (8.80%) Python
3 30 (4.80%) PowerShell
3 30 (4.80%) R
4 25 (4.00%) Go
5 13 (2.08%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.44%) T-SQL
7 8 (1.28%) C#
8 6 (0.96%) C++
9 3 (0.48%) Java
9 3 (0.48%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.32%) Bash
10 2 (0.32%) Bicep
10 2 (0.32%) C
10 2 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.16%) Delphi
11 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.16%) Ruby
11 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (14.24%) Degree
2 40 (6.40%) Security Cleared
3 36 (5.76%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.04%) PMP
5 18 (2.88%) APMG
6 17 (2.72%) Azure Certification
7 15 (2.40%) PMI Certification
8 14 (2.24%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.60%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.44%) AWS Certification
13 7 (1.12%) CISM
14 6 (0.96%) ACCA
14 6 (0.96%) CIMA
14 6 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.96%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (5.44%) Accessibility
3 33 (5.28%) SLA
4 29 (4.64%) GDPR
5 24 (3.84%) QA
6 19 (3.04%) Data Quality
7 15 (2.40%) PMO
8 12 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.60%) GRC
10 6 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.80%) NIST
12 4 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.48%) ISO 19650
13 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.16%) COBIT
15 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.16%) MiFID
15 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (8.96%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.24%) Hyper-V
2 14 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.80%) Docker
5 1 (0.16%) GPFS
5 1 (0.16%) Lustre
5 1 (0.16%) LXC
5 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (6.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.76%) Ansible
2 11 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.80%) ZABBIX
4 4 (0.64%) Grafana
5 3 (0.48%) Autotask
5 3 (0.48%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.32%) Packer
7 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.16%) Nessus
7 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.16%) Puppet
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) SysTrack
7 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 166 (26.56%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.64%) SAP
3 41 (6.56%) ServiceNow
4 34 (5.44%) Oracle
5 27 (4.32%) Cisco
6 26 (4.16%) CrowdStrike
7 18 (2.88%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.88%) VMware
8 16 (2.56%) Workday
9 11 (1.76%) YouTube
10 9 (1.44%) Remedy
11 8 (1.28%) Aruba
11 8 (1.28%) IFS
12 7 (1.12%) IBM
13 6 (0.96%) Veeam
14 5 (0.80%) Fortinet
14 5 (0.80%) Google
14 5 (0.80%) Sage
15 4 (0.64%) Epicor
15 4 (0.64%) HP