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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 140 66
Rank change year-on-year +29 -74 +37
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 583 365 934
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.45% 2.25% 4.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.99% 2.42% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 337 262 383
10th Percentile £32,250 £37,575 £37,550
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £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 £77,500 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £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 19,480 15,052 20,418
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.91% 92.98% 87.54%
Number of salaries quoted 14,035 8,660 12,878
10th Percentile £34,750 £29,838 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 9 September 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 76 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 51 (8.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.23%) Confluence
4 9 (1.54%) IIS
5 2 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.03%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.51%) Simulink
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Houdini
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) NUKE
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (6.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.63%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.51%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.51%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.51%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.34%) Primavera
6 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.17%) Odoo
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 137 (23.50%) Azure
2 85 (14.58%) SaaS
3 83 (14.24%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (10.98%) Entra ID
5 60 (10.29%) AWS
6 39 (6.69%) Power Platform
7 33 (5.66%) Mimecast
8 25 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Copilot
9 13 (2.23%) OneDrive
10 12 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.54%) Power Automate
12 7 (1.20%) GitHub
12 7 (1.20%) IaaS
12 7 (1.20%) Intacct
12 7 (1.20%) PaaS
12 7 (1.20%) Serverless
13 6 (1.03%) Boomi
13 6 (1.03%) GCP
13 6 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.86%) Broadband
2 34 (5.83%) Firewall
3 32 (5.49%) DNS
3 32 (5.49%) TCP/IP
4 27 (4.63%) DHCP
5 23 (3.95%) VPN
6 21 (3.60%) LAN
6 21 (3.60%) WAN
7 19 (3.26%) VLAN
8 11 (1.89%) BGP
8 11 (1.89%) OSPF
9 10 (1.72%) Network Security
9 10 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (1.54%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (1.20%) Structured Cabling
12 6 (1.03%) Ethernet VPN
12 6 (1.03%) VoIP
12 6 (1.03%) VXLAN
13 5 (0.86%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.69%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.69%) SQL Server
2 38 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (5.15%) MongoDB
4 20 (3.43%) Power BI
5 11 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.03%) MySQL
8 5 (0.86%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.86%) Tableau
9 4 (0.69%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.69%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.51%) Metadata
11 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 73 (12.52%) JIRA
2 24 (4.12%) Git
3 6 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.69%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.69%) GitLab
5 4 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.69%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.34%) Yeoman
General
1 267 (45.80%) Social Skills
2 182 (31.22%) Finance
3 144 (24.70%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (14.41%) Legal
5 64 (10.98%) Law
6 63 (10.81%) Marketing
7 52 (8.92%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (8.23%) Influencing Skills
9 46 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
10 40 (6.86%) Retail
11 39 (6.69%) Games
12 36 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 27 (4.63%) Banking
13 27 (4.63%) Public Sector
14 18 (3.09%) French Language
15 16 (2.74%) Back Office
15 16 (2.74%) Telecoms
16 15 (2.57%) German Language
17 13 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (2.06%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 115 (19.73%) Senior
2 78 (13.38%) Analyst
3 64 (10.98%) Lead
4 56 (9.61%) Support Engineer
5 40 (6.86%) Consultant
6 35 (6.00%) Support Analyst
7 31 (5.32%) Marketing Manager
8 30 (5.15%) Developer
9 29 (4.97%) Project Manager
10 28 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (4.63%) Technology Manager
12 26 (4.46%) IT Support
13 25 (4.29%) Applications Support
14 23 (3.95%) IT Manager
15 22 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
16 21 (3.60%) Systems Engineer
17 20 (3.43%) Process Analyst
18 19 (3.26%) IT Engineer
18 19 (3.26%) IT Support Engineer
18 19 (3.26%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.80%) RESTful
2 16 (2.74%) Terraform
3 14 (2.40%) Middleware
4 11 (1.89%) .NET
5 7 (1.20%) REST
6 6 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.86%) Web Services
8 4 (0.69%) ADO
8 4 (0.69%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.69%) PySpark
8 4 (0.69%) YAML
9 2 (0.34%) CSS
9 2 (0.34%) HTML
9 2 (0.34%) JSON
9 2 (0.34%) SAP PI
10 1 (0.17%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.17%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.17%) DOM
10 1 (0.17%) RabbitMQ
10 1 (0.17%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.38%) Cloud Native
2 40 (6.86%) Low-Code
3 35 (6.00%) Management Information System
4 30 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (5.15%) Video\Live Streaming
5 28 (4.80%) Marketing Technology
5 28 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (4.63%) Blog
7 23 (3.95%) Onboarding
8 22 (3.77%) Product Ownership
9 20 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (3.09%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.72%) Client/Server
12 10 (1.72%) Driving Licence
13 9 (1.54%) Algorithms
14 8 (1.37%) Derivative
15 7 (1.20%) CMDB
15 7 (1.20%) Public Cloud
15 7 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (7.20%) Windows
2 32 (5.49%) Windows Server
3 22 (3.77%) Linux
4 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.17%) Unix
4 1 (0.17%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (40.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 164 (28.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 140 (24.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 137 (23.50%) Problem-Solving
5 131 (22.47%) AI
6 130 (22.30%) Decision-Making
7 129 (22.13%) Agile
8 120 (20.58%) ITIL
9 88 (15.09%) Service Delivery
10 87 (14.92%) Project Delivery
11 77 (13.21%) Project Management
12 70 (12.01%) Roadmaps
13 64 (10.98%) Test Automation
14 63 (10.81%) Coaching
15 61 (10.46%) DevOps
16 58 (9.95%) CRM
16 58 (9.95%) Incident Management
16 58 (9.95%) Workflow
17 57 (9.78%) Risk Management
17 57 (9.78%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (10.46%) Python
2 60 (10.29%) SQL
3 37 (6.35%) R
4 31 (5.32%) Go
5 28 (4.80%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.06%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.54%) C#
7 9 (1.54%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.86%) C++
9 4 (0.69%) Java
10 3 (0.51%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.34%) Bash
11 2 (0.34%) PHP
12 1 (0.17%) C
12 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.17%) Delphi
12 1 (0.17%) Pascal
12 1 (0.17%) Ruby
12 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 75 (12.86%) Degree
2 23 (3.95%) Security Cleared
3 19 (3.26%) PMP
3 19 (3.26%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.09%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.74%) PMI Certification
6 15 (2.57%) APMG
7 11 (1.89%) DBS Check
8 10 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.54%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.20%) CISM
11 7 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (1.03%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.86%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.69%) CISSP
14 4 (0.69%) CRISC
14 4 (0.69%) ISEB
14 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (5.83%) SLA
3 32 (5.49%) GDPR
4 30 (5.15%) QA
5 25 (4.29%) Accessibility
6 15 (2.57%) Data Quality
7 14 (2.40%) PMO
8 11 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (1.89%) GRC
9 5 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.69%) NIST
10 4 (0.69%) PERC
11 3 (0.51%) ISO 19650
11 3 (0.51%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.34%) MiFID
12 2 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.17%) COBIT
13 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 71 (12.18%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.40%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.86%) Docker
6 1 (0.17%) GPFS
6 1 (0.17%) Lustre
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (7.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.92%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.40%) Ansible
4 6 (1.03%) Packer
5 5 (0.86%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.51%) Autotask
7 3 (0.51%) Grafana
7 3 (0.51%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 157 (26.93%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.06%) SAP
3 33 (5.66%) CrowdStrike
4 28 (4.80%) ServiceNow
5 26 (4.46%) Cisco
5 26 (4.46%) Oracle
6 21 (3.60%) Salesforce
7 20 (3.43%) VMware
8 10 (1.72%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.37%) Remedy
9 8 (1.37%) Workday
10 7 (1.20%) IBM
10 7 (1.20%) Sage
10 7 (1.20%) YouTube
11 6 (1.03%) Aruba
11 6 (1.03%) EMC
11 6 (1.03%) F5
11 6 (1.03%) IFS
11 6 (1.03%) Veeam
12 4 (0.69%) Facebook