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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 134 76
Rank change year-on-year +28 -58 +36
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 639 392 766
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.56% 2.38% 3.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 2.53% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 355 249 340
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,725
25th Percentile £45,897 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,250 £96,300 £87,500
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 20,151 15,479 18,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.63% 93.83% 88.19%
Number of salaries quoted 14,312 8,360 11,026
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,500
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 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
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 13 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 70 (10.95%) SharePoint
2 48 (7.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.56%) Confluence
4 9 (1.41%) IIS
5 2 (0.31%) SAS
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 23 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.63%) Notion
6 3 (0.47%) Simulink
7 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.16%) Houdini
8 1 (0.16%) NUKE
8 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 41 (6.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (4.38%) Dynamics GP
3 9 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.47%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.47%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.47%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.31%) iTrent
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.31%) Primavera
7 2 (0.31%) 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
1 136 (21.28%) Azure
2 86 (13.46%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (10.95%) SaaS
4 66 (10.33%) AWS
5 56 (8.76%) Power Platform
6 53 (8.29%) Entra ID
7 26 (4.07%) Mimecast
8 25 (3.91%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (2.97%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (2.50%) OneDrive
11 15 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.03%) GCP
13 12 (1.88%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.41%) PaaS
15 8 (1.25%) IaaS
15 8 (1.25%) Serverless
16 6 (0.94%) Boomi
16 6 (0.94%) GitHub
16 6 (0.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 5 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.26%) Firewall
2 34 (5.32%) DNS
3 33 (5.16%) TCP/IP
4 31 (4.85%) Broadband
5 29 (4.54%) DHCP
6 28 (4.38%) VPN
7 26 (4.07%) VLAN
8 25 (3.91%) LAN
8 25 (3.91%) WAN
9 14 (2.19%) BGP
9 14 (2.19%) Network Security
9 14 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (1.88%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (1.72%) OSPF
12 9 (1.41%) Ethernet VPN
12 9 (1.41%) VXLAN
13 8 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (1.25%) SD-WAN
13 8 (1.25%) Structured Cabling
13 8 (1.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 37 (5.79%) Power BI
3 34 (5.32%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (3.91%) MongoDB
5 8 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.94%) Metadata
7 6 (0.94%) MySQL
7 6 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.78%) Tableau
9 4 (0.63%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.63%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.31%) Power Query
11 1 (0.16%) Big Data
11 1 (0.16%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.16%) Redis
11 1 (0.16%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 65 (10.17%) JIRA
2 20 (3.13%) Git
3 5 (0.78%) GitLab
3 5 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.63%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.63%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.31%) MLflow
5 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.31%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.16%) Flyway
General
1 281 (43.97%) Social Skills
2 189 (29.58%) Finance
3 156 (24.41%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (11.42%) Legal
5 59 (9.23%) Law
6 58 (9.08%) Organisational Skills
7 54 (8.45%) Influencing Skills
8 48 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 47 (7.36%) Marketing
10 46 (7.20%) Public Sector
11 45 (7.04%) Presentation Skills
12 43 (6.73%) Retail
13 33 (5.16%) French Language
13 33 (5.16%) Games
14 22 (3.44%) Banking
15 16 (2.50%) Telecoms
16 15 (2.35%) Back Office
17 14 (2.19%) German Language
18 13 (2.03%) Aerospace
19 12 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 119 (18.62%) Senior
2 99 (15.49%) Analyst
3 77 (12.05%) Lead
4 44 (6.89%) Support Engineer
5 42 (6.57%) Support Analyst
6 34 (5.32%) IT Manager
7 32 (5.01%) Developer
7 32 (5.01%) Project Manager
8 30 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 28 (4.38%) Consultant
9 28 (4.38%) Marketing Manager
10 27 (4.23%) Technology Manager
11 26 (4.07%) Service Manager
12 24 (3.76%) Applications Support
12 24 (3.76%) Senior Analyst
13 23 (3.60%) IT Support
13 23 (3.60%) Service Analyst
13 23 (3.60%) Systems Engineer
14 22 (3.44%) Process Analyst
15 21 (3.29%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.38%) RESTful
2 14 (2.19%) Middleware
3 12 (1.88%) Terraform
4 11 (1.72%) .NET
5 5 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.78%) PySpark
6 4 (0.63%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.63%) Web Services
6 4 (0.63%) YAML
7 3 (0.47%) REST
8 2 (0.31%) Kafka
9 1 (0.16%) 802.1X
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Camel
9 1 (0.16%) DAO
9 1 (0.16%) Pandas
9 1 (0.16%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.16%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.16%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.16%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.16%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.20%) Management Information System
2 44 (6.89%) Self-Motivation
3 39 (6.10%) Cloud Native
4 33 (5.16%) Low-Code
5 31 (4.85%) Distributed Systems
6 27 (4.23%) Blog
6 27 (4.23%) Marketing Technology
7 25 (3.91%) Onboarding
8 24 (3.76%) Data Centre
8 24 (3.76%) Video\Live Streaming
9 23 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (2.50%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.41%) Derivative
12 7 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.10%) FMCG
12 7 (1.10%) NHS
12 7 (1.10%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.94%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.94%) Housing Association
14 5 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.95%) Windows
2 27 (4.23%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.82%) Linux
4 2 (0.31%) AIX
4 2 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.31%) Solaris
4 2 (0.31%) VxWorks
4 2 (0.31%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.16%) CentOS
5 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (42.10%) Continuous Improvement
2 205 (32.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 166 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
4 154 (24.10%) ITIL
4 154 (24.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 151 (23.63%) Decision-Making
6 150 (23.47%) AI
7 143 (22.38%) Agile
8 103 (16.12%) Service Delivery
9 92 (14.40%) Project Delivery
10 87 (13.62%) Coaching
11 82 (12.83%) Project Management
12 79 (12.36%) Service Management
13 71 (11.11%) Release Management
14 67 (10.49%) Roadmaps
15 65 (10.17%) Analytics
16 64 (10.02%) Incident Management
17 63 (9.86%) Mentoring
18 62 (9.70%) Customer Service
19 61 (9.55%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 67 (10.49%) SQL
2 55 (8.61%) Python
3 31 (4.85%) PowerShell
4 30 (4.69%) R
5 25 (3.91%) Go
6 14 (2.19%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.41%) C#
7 9 (1.41%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.94%) C++
9 3 (0.47%) Java
9 3 (0.47%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.31%) Bash
10 2 (0.31%) Bicep
10 2 (0.31%) C
10 2 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.31%) PHP
11 1 (0.16%) Delphi
11 1 (0.16%) Pascal
11 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 93 (14.55%) Degree
2 41 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 36 (5.63%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.13%) Azure Certification
5 19 (2.97%) PMP
6 18 (2.82%) APMG
7 15 (2.35%) PMI Certification
8 14 (2.19%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.88%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.72%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.10%) CISM
11 7 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (0.94%) ACCA
12 6 (0.94%) CIMA
12 6 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (5.79%) Accessibility
3 33 (5.16%) SLA
4 29 (4.54%) GDPR
5 25 (3.91%) QA
6 21 (3.29%) Data Quality
7 15 (2.35%) PMO
8 12 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.56%) GRC
10 6 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.94%) NIST
11 4 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.47%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.16%) PERC
14 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 54 (8.45%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.19%) Hyper-V
2 14 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.78%) 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 (6.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.72%) Ansible
2 11 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.78%) ZABBIX
4 4 (0.63%) Grafana
5 3 (0.47%) Autotask
5 3 (0.47%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.31%) 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
1 171 (26.76%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.45%) SAP
3 45 (7.04%) ServiceNow
4 34 (5.32%) Oracle
5 29 (4.54%) Cisco
6 26 (4.07%) CrowdStrike
7 20 (3.13%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.82%) VMware
9 16 (2.50%) Workday
10 11 (1.72%) YouTube
11 10 (1.56%) Aruba
12 9 (1.41%) Remedy
13 8 (1.25%) Google
13 8 (1.25%) IFS
14 7 (1.10%) Fortinet
14 7 (1.10%) IBM
15 6 (0.94%) F5
15 6 (0.94%) Veeam
16 5 (0.78%) Sage
17 4 (0.63%) CheckPoint