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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 132 80
Rank change year-on-year +6 -52 +40
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 446 427 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.16% 2.70% 3.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 2.88% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 295 318 646
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,250 £37,101
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,845 £43,817
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,811 £87,500
UK median annual salary £61,583 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.64% +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 16,995 14,837 29,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.17% 93.93% 89.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,422 8,708 22,912
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 30 June 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 55 (12.33%) SharePoint
2 35 (7.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.59%) Confluence
4 7 (1.57%) IIS
5 2 (0.45%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.22%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 10 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.12%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (1.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.90%) Magento
4 4 (0.90%) Shopify
5 3 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.67%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.22%) Odoo
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.22%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.22%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 114 (25.56%) Azure
2 78 (17.49%) SaaS
3 65 (14.57%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (13.00%) Entra ID
5 46 (10.31%) AWS
6 33 (7.40%) Power Platform
7 25 (5.61%) Mimecast
8 23 (5.16%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.91%) Intacct
10 10 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.79%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.57%) GitHub
13 7 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.35%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.12%) Boomi
16 4 (0.90%) GCP
16 4 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.97%) Broadband
2 22 (4.93%) Firewall
3 15 (3.36%) DHCP
3 15 (3.36%) DNS
3 15 (3.36%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.47%) VPN
5 6 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.12%) VLAN
6 5 (1.12%) WAN
7 4 (0.90%) LAN
7 4 (0.90%) Network Security
7 4 (0.90%) NGN
8 2 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.45%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (0.45%) Intranet
8 2 (0.45%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.45%) SSL
9 1 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.22%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.52%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (6.95%) MongoDB
3 24 (5.38%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.36%) Power BI
5 12 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.12%) MySQL
7 4 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.90%) Delta Lake
7 4 (0.90%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.67%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.67%) Metadata
8 3 (0.67%) Tableau
9 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.22%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 72 (16.14%) JIRA
2 17 (3.81%) Git
3 6 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.90%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.90%) GitLab
4 4 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.90%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.45%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.22%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 193 (43.27%) Social Skills
2 165 (37.00%) Finance
3 82 (18.39%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (10.54%) Legal
5 42 (9.42%) Law
6 38 (8.52%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (8.07%) Marketing
8 34 (7.62%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (6.95%) Games
9 31 (6.95%) Retail
10 27 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (5.61%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (4.93%) Banking
13 19 (4.26%) Back Office
14 16 (3.59%) Manufacturing
15 14 (3.14%) Italian Language
16 13 (2.91%) German Language
17 11 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (2.02%) Public Sector
19 8 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (17.94%) Senior
2 55 (12.33%) Support Engineer
3 51 (11.43%) Analyst
4 47 (10.54%) Consultant
5 42 (9.42%) Project Manager
6 37 (8.30%) Lead
7 32 (7.17%) IT Manager
8 26 (5.83%) Developer
9 24 (5.38%) IT Support
10 23 (5.16%) Applications Support
10 23 (5.16%) IT Engineer
10 23 (5.16%) IT Support Engineer
11 22 (4.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 22 (4.93%) 3rd Line Support
11 22 (4.93%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 22 (4.93%) IT Project Manager
12 21 (4.71%) Architect
13 20 (4.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (4.04%) Change Consultant
14 18 (4.04%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.28%) RESTful
2 17 (3.81%) Middleware
3 12 (2.69%) REST
4 10 (2.24%) .NET
5 8 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.12%) Web Services
7 4 (0.90%) ADO
7 4 (0.90%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.90%) HTML
7 4 (0.90%) PySpark
7 4 (0.90%) SAP PI
7 4 (0.90%) SOAP
8 2 (0.45%) CSS
8 2 (0.45%) JSON
8 2 (0.45%) Node.js
8 2 (0.45%) React
8 2 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.22%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.22%) DOM
9 1 (0.22%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.19%) Cloud Native
2 38 (8.52%) Low-Code
3 31 (6.95%) Video\Live Streaming
4 29 (6.50%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (5.16%) Product Ownership
6 20 (4.48%) Onboarding
7 15 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (3.14%) Driving Licence
9 13 (2.91%) Management Information System
10 12 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.47%) Client/Server
11 11 (2.47%) Data Centre
12 9 (2.02%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.57%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (1.35%) Data Structures
14 6 (1.35%) Housing Association
14 6 (1.35%) Private Cloud
14 6 (1.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.73%) Windows
2 19 (4.26%) Windows Server
3 15 (3.36%) Linux
4 2 (0.45%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.22%) Android
5 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (37.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 117 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 107 (23.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 105 (23.54%) Agile
5 88 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (18.16%) ITIL
7 78 (17.49%) Project Delivery
8 72 (16.14%) AI
8 72 (16.14%) Roadmaps
9 71 (15.92%) Project Management
10 62 (13.90%) Decision-Making
11 60 (13.45%) ERP
12 49 (10.99%) Service Delivery
13 46 (10.31%) CI/CD
13 46 (10.31%) DevOps
13 46 (10.31%) Incident Management
14 43 (9.64%) Coaching
14 43 (9.64%) Validation
15 42 (9.42%) Mentoring
16 41 (9.19%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 55 (12.33%) SQL
2 53 (11.88%) Python
3 32 (7.17%) Go
4 25 (5.61%) PowerShell
4 25 (5.61%) R
5 10 (2.24%) T-SQL
6 9 (2.02%) C#
6 9 (2.02%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.67%) Java
8 2 (0.45%) PHP
9 1 (0.22%) Bash
9 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.22%) Delphi
9 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.22%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 49 (10.99%) Degree
2 21 (4.71%) Azure Certification
3 13 (2.91%) PMI Certification
3 13 (2.91%) PMP
3 13 (2.91%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.24%) APMG
5 9 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.79%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.35%) CISM
7 6 (1.35%) IRCA
8 5 (1.12%) CISSP
8 5 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.90%) CRISC
9 4 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (0.90%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.67%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.45%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (6.50%) GDPR
3 26 (5.83%) QA
4 18 (4.04%) PMO
4 18 (4.04%) SLA
5 9 (2.02%) GRC
6 8 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.79%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.35%) ISO 9001
8 5 (1.12%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.90%) MiFID
9 4 (0.90%) NIST
9 4 (0.90%) PERC
10 3 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.67%) GAAP
11 2 (0.45%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (14.80%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.57%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.12%) Docker
5 4 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.22%) Firmware
7 1 (0.22%) GPFS
7 1 (0.22%) KVM
7 1 (0.22%) Lustre
7 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (8.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.59%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.91%) Ansible
4 12 (2.69%) Terraform
5 6 (1.35%) Packer
6 4 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.67%) Autotask
7 3 (0.67%) SCCM
8 2 (0.45%) Grafana
8 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.45%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.22%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.22%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 124 (27.80%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.52%) SAP
3 29 (6.50%) ServiceNow
4 25 (5.61%) CrowdStrike
5 23 (5.16%) Oracle
6 22 (4.93%) Salesforce
7 15 (3.36%) VMware
8 13 (2.91%) Sage
9 12 (2.69%) Cisco
10 8 (1.79%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.57%) ConnectWise
11 7 (1.57%) F5
11 7 (1.57%) Workday
12 6 (1.35%) EMC
12 6 (1.35%) IFS
13 5 (1.12%) Remedy
13 5 (1.12%) Ubiquiti
14 4 (0.90%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.90%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.90%) Intapp