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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 130 82
Rank change year-on-year +25 -48 +28
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 637 397 706
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.53% 2.40% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.14% 2.56% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 352 252 341
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,975 £37,750
25th Percentile £45,533 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,875 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,900 £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 20,270 15,511 18,315
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.62% 93.82% 87.95%
Number of salaries quoted 14,399 8,394 11,074
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,700
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 15 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 (10.99%) SharePoint
2 48 (7.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.57%) Confluence
4 9 (1.41%) IIS
5 2 (0.31%) SAS
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 23 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.73%) 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 (6.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (4.40%) 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
1 134 (21.04%) Azure
2 85 (13.34%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (11.15%) SaaS
4 66 (10.36%) AWS
5 57 (8.95%) Power Platform
6 52 (8.16%) Entra ID
7 26 (4.08%) Mimecast
8 25 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (2.98%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (2.51%) OneDrive
11 15 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.04%) GCP
13 12 (1.88%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.41%) PaaS
15 8 (1.26%) IaaS
15 8 (1.26%) Serverless
16 6 (0.94%) Boomi
16 6 (0.94%) GitHub
16 6 (0.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 5 (0.78%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.12%) Firewall
2 33 (5.18%) DNS
3 32 (5.02%) TCP/IP
4 31 (4.87%) Broadband
5 28 (4.40%) DHCP
5 28 (4.40%) VPN
6 26 (4.08%) VLAN
7 25 (3.92%) LAN
7 25 (3.92%) WAN
8 14 (2.20%) BGP
8 14 (2.20%) Network Security
8 14 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (1.88%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (1.73%) OSPF
11 9 (1.41%) Ethernet VPN
11 9 (1.41%) VXLAN
12 8 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (1.26%) SD-WAN
12 8 (1.26%) Structured Cabling
12 8 (1.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.97%) Power BI
1 38 (5.97%) SQL Server
2 34 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (3.92%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (0.94%) Metadata
5 6 (0.94%) MySQL
5 6 (0.94%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.78%) Tableau
7 4 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.63%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.31%) Power Query
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.16%) Big Data
9 1 (0.16%) Redis
9 1 (0.16%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 65 (10.20%) JIRA
2 20 (3.14%) 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 (44.11%) Social Skills
2 188 (29.51%) Finance
3 155 (24.33%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (11.30%) Legal
5 59 (9.26%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (9.11%) Law
7 53 (8.32%) Influencing Skills
8 48 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 47 (7.38%) Marketing
10 46 (7.22%) Public Sector
11 45 (7.06%) Presentation Skills
12 43 (6.75%) Retail
13 33 (5.18%) French Language
13 33 (5.18%) Games
14 21 (3.30%) Banking
15 16 (2.51%) Telecoms
16 15 (2.35%) Back Office
17 14 (2.20%) Aerospace
17 14 (2.20%) German Language
18 12 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 119 (18.68%) Senior
2 98 (15.38%) Analyst
3 77 (12.09%) Lead
4 44 (6.91%) Support Engineer
5 42 (6.59%) Support Analyst
6 34 (5.34%) IT Manager
7 33 (5.18%) Developer
8 32 (5.02%) Project Manager
9 30 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 28 (4.40%) Consultant
10 28 (4.40%) Marketing Manager
11 27 (4.24%) Technology Manager
12 26 (4.08%) Service Manager
13 24 (3.77%) Applications Support
13 24 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
14 23 (3.61%) IT Support
14 23 (3.61%) Service Analyst
14 23 (3.61%) Systems Engineer
15 22 (3.45%) Process Analyst
16 21 (3.30%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.40%) RESTful
2 14 (2.20%) Middleware
3 11 (1.73%) .NET
3 11 (1.73%) Terraform
4 5 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.78%) PySpark
5 4 (0.63%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.63%) Web Services
5 4 (0.63%) YAML
6 3 (0.47%) REST
7 2 (0.31%) Kafka
8 1 (0.16%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.16%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Camel
8 1 (0.16%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.16%) Pandas
8 1 (0.16%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.16%) TensorFlow
8 1 (0.16%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.22%) Management Information System
2 45 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
3 39 (6.12%) Cloud Native
4 33 (5.18%) Low-Code
5 31 (4.87%) Distributed Systems
6 27 (4.24%) Blog
6 27 (4.24%) Marketing Technology
7 25 (3.92%) Onboarding
8 24 (3.77%) Video\Live Streaming
9 23 (3.61%) Data Centre
10 22 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (2.51%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.41%) Derivative
13 7 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.10%) FMCG
13 7 (1.10%) NHS
13 7 (1.10%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.94%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.94%) Housing Association
15 5 (0.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (5.81%) Windows
2 26 (4.08%) Windows Server
3 19 (2.98%) Linux
4 3 (0.47%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (0.47%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.31%) AIX
5 2 (0.31%) Solaris
5 2 (0.31%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) CentOS
6 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (42.07%) Continuous Improvement
2 206 (32.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 165 (25.90%) Problem-Solving
4 154 (24.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 153 (24.02%) ITIL
6 150 (23.55%) Decision-Making
7 149 (23.39%) AI
8 144 (22.61%) Agile
9 103 (16.17%) Service Delivery
10 91 (14.29%) Project Delivery
11 87 (13.66%) Coaching
12 82 (12.87%) Project Management
13 79 (12.40%) Service Management
14 71 (11.15%) Release Management
15 66 (10.36%) Roadmaps
16 64 (10.05%) Analytics
16 64 (10.05%) Mentoring
17 63 (9.89%) Incident Management
18 62 (9.73%) Customer Service
19 61 (9.58%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 68 (10.68%) SQL
2 54 (8.48%) Python
3 30 (4.71%) PowerShell
3 30 (4.71%) R
4 25 (3.92%) Go
5 14 (2.20%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.41%) C#
6 9 (1.41%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.10%) C++
8 3 (0.47%) C
8 3 (0.47%) Java
8 3 (0.47%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.31%) Bash
9 2 (0.31%) Bicep
9 2 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.31%) PHP
10 1 (0.16%) Delphi
10 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.16%) Ruby
10 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 94 (14.76%) Degree
2 42 (6.59%) Security Cleared
3 37 (5.81%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.98%) Azure Certification
4 19 (2.98%) PMP
5 18 (2.83%) APMG
6 15 (2.35%) DBS Check
6 15 (2.35%) PMI Certification
7 12 (1.88%) AWS Certification
8 11 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.73%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.10%) CISM
9 7 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (0.94%) ACCA
10 6 (0.94%) CIMA
10 6 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.94%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (5.81%) Accessibility
3 32 (5.02%) SLA
4 29 (4.55%) GDPR
5 25 (3.92%) QA
6 21 (3.30%) Data Quality
7 15 (2.35%) PMO
8 12 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.57%) 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%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
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 53 (8.32%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.20%) Hyper-V
2 14 (2.20%) 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 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.73%) Ansible
3 10 (1.57%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.78%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.63%) Grafana
6 3 (0.47%) Autotask
6 3 (0.47%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.31%) Packer
8 1 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.16%) Nessus
8 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.16%) Puppet
8 1 (0.16%) SCCM
8 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.16%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 170 (26.69%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.48%) SAP
3 44 (6.91%) ServiceNow
4 34 (5.34%) Oracle
5 29 (4.55%) Cisco
6 26 (4.08%) CrowdStrike
7 20 (3.14%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.83%) VMware
9 16 (2.51%) Workday
10 11 (1.73%) YouTube
11 10 (1.57%) Aruba
12 9 (1.41%) Remedy
13 8 (1.26%) Google
13 8 (1.26%) 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