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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 103 92
Rank change year-on-year -15 -11 +49
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 381 399 989
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.18% 3.05% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 3.21% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 263 295 664
10th Percentile £37,000 £38,850 £37,101
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,155 £43,619
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,406
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.61% +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 14,543 12,420 29,040
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.23% 94.79% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 10,157 8,908 23,553
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,754
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 13 April 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 45 (11.81%) SharePoint
2 34 (8.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (5.51%) Confluence
4 6 (1.57%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.05%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.05%) WebSphere
5 4 (1.05%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 27 (7.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.99%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.26%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 15 (3.94%) Shopify
2 11 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.62%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.36%) Magento
5 7 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (1.57%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (1.31%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.52%) iTrent
8 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.26%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.26%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.26%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 106 (27.82%) Azure
2 62 (16.27%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (16.01%) Entra ID
4 52 (13.65%) SaaS
5 41 (10.76%) AWS
6 23 (6.04%) Power Platform
7 19 (4.99%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (4.20%) Mimecast
9 14 (3.67%) GitHub
9 14 (3.67%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.36%) Boomi
10 9 (2.36%) GCP
10 9 (2.36%) Intacct
11 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (1.84%) Amazon S3
12 7 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (1.84%) Serverless
13 6 (1.57%) iPaaS
13 6 (1.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.99%) WAN
2 15 (3.94%) Firewall
3 13 (3.41%) LAN
4 11 (2.89%) DHCP
4 11 (2.89%) DNS
4 11 (2.89%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.62%) Broadband
5 10 (2.62%) SD-WAN
6 8 (2.10%) VPN
7 7 (1.84%) VLAN
8 5 (1.31%) SSL
9 4 (1.05%) Wireless
10 3 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.79%) Network Security
10 3 (0.79%) NGN
11 2 (0.52%) Cisco Firepower
11 2 (0.52%) NX-OS
11 2 (0.52%) VoIP
11 2 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.94%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.67%) Power BI
3 12 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.84%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.57%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.05%) DB2
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.26%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.26%) Metadata
7 1 (0.26%) MS Access
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 60 (15.75%) JIRA
2 9 (2.36%) Bitbucket
3 8 (2.10%) GitLab
3 8 (2.10%) Subversion
4 6 (1.57%) Git
5 4 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.26%) git-flow
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.26%) Selenium
6 1 (0.26%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 178 (46.72%) Social Skills
2 155 (40.68%) Finance
3 69 (18.11%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (11.81%) Legal
5 42 (11.02%) Law
6 31 (8.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (7.87%) Marketing
8 28 (7.35%) Public Sector
9 27 (7.09%) Banking
10 26 (6.82%) Back Office
11 22 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (5.25%) Retail
13 18 (4.72%) Manufacturing
14 17 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (3.94%) Telecoms
16 13 (3.41%) Italian Language
17 12 (3.15%) Pharmaceutical
18 11 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
19 9 (2.36%) German Language
Job Titles
1 60 (15.75%) Senior
2 48 (12.60%) Analyst
3 42 (11.02%) Support Engineer
4 40 (10.50%) Project Manager
5 38 (9.97%) Consultant
5 38 (9.97%) Lead
6 30 (7.87%) IT Manager
7 27 (7.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (7.09%) Infrastructure Support
8 22 (5.77%) IT Project Manager
9 20 (5.25%) 3rd Line Support
9 20 (5.25%) Applications Support
9 20 (5.25%) Business Analyst
10 17 (4.46%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (4.20%) Change Manager
11 16 (4.20%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 15 (3.94%) Support Analyst
13 14 (3.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 14 (3.67%) IT Support
13 14 (3.67%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.51%) REST
2 14 (3.67%) SOAP
3 13 (3.41%) Middleware
4 7 (1.84%) HTML
5 6 (1.57%) JSON
5 6 (1.57%) Web Services
6 5 (1.31%) Node.js
6 5 (1.31%) React
6 5 (1.31%) RESTful
6 5 (1.31%) XML
7 4 (1.05%) LAPP Stack
7 4 (1.05%) LDAP
7 4 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.05%) WebSphere MQ
8 3 (0.79%) ADO
8 3 (0.79%) SAP PI
9 2 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
10 1 (0.26%) CSS
10 1 (0.26%) GraphQL
10 1 (0.26%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.30%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.20%) Low-Code
3 15 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.67%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.41%) Data Centre
5 13 (3.41%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.15%) Client/Server
7 11 (2.89%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (2.10%) Social Media
9 8 (2.10%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.84%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.84%) CMDB
10 7 (1.84%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (1.57%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (1.05%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.02%) Windows
2 25 (6.56%) Windows Server
3 24 (6.30%) Linux
4 15 (3.94%) Unix
5 13 (3.41%) Windows 10
6 8 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.31%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.26%) Android
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (29.40%) Continuous Improvement
2 91 (23.88%) Agile
3 84 (22.05%) ITIL
4 82 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (20.21%) Stakeholder Management
6 75 (19.69%) Project Delivery
6 75 (19.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 68 (17.85%) Roadmaps
8 67 (17.59%) Project Management
9 45 (11.81%) ERP
9 45 (11.81%) Mentoring
10 42 (11.02%) AI
11 41 (10.76%) Service Delivery
12 39 (10.24%) DevOps
12 39 (10.24%) Risk Management
13 36 (9.45%) Incident Management
13 36 (9.45%) Service Management
14 35 (9.19%) Customer Service
14 35 (9.19%) ITSM
15 34 (8.92%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 45 (11.81%) SQL
2 30 (7.87%) Python
3 23 (6.04%) PowerShell
4 16 (4.20%) R
5 11 (2.89%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.36%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.84%) Go
7 7 (1.84%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.57%) C#
8 6 (1.57%) Java
9 5 (1.31%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (13.39%) Degree
2 17 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (4.20%) PMI Certification
4 13 (3.41%) Azure Certification
4 13 (3.41%) PMP
5 12 (3.15%) ITIL Certification
5 12 (3.15%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.36%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.10%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.84%) CCNA
9 6 (1.57%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.57%) IRCA
9 6 (1.57%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.31%) MCSA
11 3 (0.79%) ACCA
11 3 (0.79%) APMG
11 3 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.35%) QA
2 25 (6.56%) GDPR
3 23 (6.04%) SLA
4 19 (4.99%) PMO
5 18 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.84%) GRC
7 6 (1.57%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.57%) ISO 9001
8 5 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.31%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.05%) GAAP
10 3 (0.79%) MiFID
10 3 (0.79%) PERC
11 2 (0.52%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.26%) IFRS
12 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.26%) P3O
12 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 65 (17.06%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.57%) Docker
3 6 (1.57%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.05%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.52%) Firmware
5 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) KVM
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (9.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (4.46%) Ansible
3 13 (3.41%) Kubernetes
4 12 (3.15%) Terraform
5 9 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.05%) Packer
7 4 (1.05%) PaperCut
8 3 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.79%) SCCM
9 1 (0.26%) Autotask
9 1 (0.26%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 109 (28.61%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.66%) ServiceNow
3 21 (5.51%) SAP
4 19 (4.99%) Cisco
4 19 (4.99%) Oracle
5 16 (4.20%) CrowdStrike
6 15 (3.94%) Salesforce
7 14 (3.67%) VMware
8 11 (2.89%) Atlassian
9 10 (2.62%) ConnectWise
9 10 (2.62%) IBM
10 9 (2.36%) MuleSoft
10 9 (2.36%) Sage
10 9 (2.36%) WooCommerce
11 8 (2.10%) Red Hat
11 8 (2.10%) Workday
12 7 (1.84%) IFS
13 6 (1.57%) Jitterbit
13 6 (1.57%) SnapLogic
13 6 (1.57%) Ubiquiti