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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 136 73
Rank change year-on-year +20 -63 +46
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 512 423 1,064
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.37% 2.57% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 2.75% 4.13%
Number of salaries quoted 318 308 552
10th Percentile £33,275 £35,900 £37,101
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,782 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,563 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,508 £87,500
UK median annual salary £61,291 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +2.15% +11.11% -1.82%

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 17,875 15,362 25,786
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 93.25% 88.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,022 9,082 19,277
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,089
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%

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 21 July 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 58 (11.33%) SharePoint
2 39 (7.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.73%) Confluence
4 9 (1.76%) IIS
5 2 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Houdini
7 1 (0.20%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 38 (7.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (5.08%) Dynamics GP
3 7 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.78%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.78%) Magento
4 4 (0.78%) Shopify
5 3 (0.59%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.59%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.20%) Odoo
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.20%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 121 (23.63%) Azure
2 85 (16.60%) SaaS
3 73 (14.26%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (11.72%) Entra ID
5 48 (9.38%) AWS
6 38 (7.42%) Power Platform
7 29 (5.66%) Mimecast
8 28 (5.47%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
10 11 (2.15%) Intacct
11 8 (1.56%) GitHub
11 8 (1.56%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.17%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.98%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.98%) Boomi
14 5 (0.98%) GCP
15 4 (0.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (8.01%) Broadband
2 22 (4.30%) DNS
2 22 (4.30%) TCP/IP
3 21 (4.10%) Firewall
4 18 (3.52%) DHCP
4 18 (3.52%) VPN
5 6 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.78%) NGN
6 4 (0.78%) VLAN
6 4 (0.78%) WAN
7 3 (0.59%) LAN
7 3 (0.59%) Network Security
7 3 (0.59%) SSL
8 2 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (0.39%) HTTP
8 2 (0.39%) Intranet
8 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.20%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.20%) GoToMeeting
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.62%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 31 (6.05%) MongoDB
4 18 (3.52%) Power BI
5 12 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.17%) MySQL
8 5 (0.98%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.98%) Tableau
9 4 (0.78%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.78%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.78%) Metadata
9 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.20%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.20%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 78 (15.23%) JIRA
2 19 (3.71%) Git
3 6 (1.17%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.78%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.78%) GitLab
4 4 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.78%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.59%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.39%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 228 (44.53%) Social Skills
2 179 (34.96%) Finance
3 109 (21.29%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (14.65%) Legal
5 61 (11.91%) Marketing
6 45 (8.79%) Organisational Skills
7 43 (8.40%) Law
8 38 (7.42%) Presentation Skills
9 32 (6.25%) Retail
10 31 (6.05%) Games
11 28 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 26 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (4.10%) Banking
14 20 (3.91%) Back Office
15 16 (3.13%) Manufacturing
16 15 (2.93%) Italian Language
17 14 (2.73%) German Language
18 12 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (2.34%) Public Sector
19 9 (1.76%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 93 (18.16%) Senior
2 58 (11.33%) Analyst
3 57 (11.13%) Support Engineer
4 47 (9.18%) Consultant
5 43 (8.40%) Lead
6 42 (8.20%) Project Manager
7 30 (5.86%) Developer
7 30 (5.86%) IT Manager
7 30 (5.86%) Marketing Manager
8 26 (5.08%) Applications Support
8 26 (5.08%) Technology Manager
9 25 (4.88%) IT Support
10 24 (4.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 24 (4.69%) 3rd Line Support
10 24 (4.69%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 23 (4.49%) Architect
11 23 (4.49%) IT Engineer
11 23 (4.49%) IT Support Engineer
12 20 (3.91%) Senior Consultant
13 18 (3.52%) Change Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.47%) RESTful
2 19 (3.71%) Middleware
3 12 (2.34%) REST
4 11 (2.15%) .NET
5 8 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.98%) Web Services
7 4 (0.78%) ADO
7 4 (0.78%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.78%) PySpark
7 4 (0.78%) SOAP
8 3 (0.59%) SAP PI
9 2 (0.39%) CSS
9 2 (0.39%) HTML
9 2 (0.39%) JSON
9 2 (0.39%) SAP Fiori
10 1 (0.20%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.20%) DOM
10 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.20%) Model Context Protocol
10 1 (0.20%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.20%) Cloud Native
2 39 (7.62%) Low-Code
3 31 (6.05%) Video\Live Streaming
4 29 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (5.27%) Marketing Technology
6 26 (5.08%) Blog
7 24 (4.69%) Onboarding
8 19 (3.71%) Product Ownership
9 17 (3.32%) Management Information System
10 16 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (2.93%) Driving Licence
12 14 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (2.15%) Client/Server
13 11 (2.15%) Data Centre
14 10 (1.95%) Derivative
15 9 (1.76%) Virtual Team
16 8 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
17 7 (1.37%) Algorithms
17 7 (1.37%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.64%) Windows
2 23 (4.49%) Windows Server
3 20 (3.91%) Linux
4 2 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (39.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 138 (26.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 126 (24.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 117 (22.85%) Agile
5 107 (20.90%) AI
6 106 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
7 104 (20.31%) Decision-Making
8 91 (17.77%) ITIL
9 79 (15.43%) Project Management
10 77 (15.04%) Project Delivery
11 76 (14.84%) Service Delivery
12 73 (14.26%) Roadmaps
13 67 (13.09%) ERP
14 66 (12.89%) Analytics
15 64 (12.50%) Test Automation
16 57 (11.13%) CRM
17 54 (10.55%) DevOps
18 52 (10.16%) Incident Management
19 50 (9.77%) CI/CD
20 48 (9.38%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 60 (11.72%) SQL
2 51 (9.96%) Python
3 32 (6.25%) Go
4 30 (5.86%) PowerShell
5 29 (5.66%) R
6 12 (2.34%) T-SQL
7 11 (2.15%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.76%) C#
9 4 (0.78%) Java
10 2 (0.39%) Bash
10 2 (0.39%) PHP
11 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.20%) Delphi
11 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.20%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 42 (8.20%) Degree
2 20 (3.91%) Azure Certification
3 18 (3.52%) PMP
4 16 (3.13%) PMI Certification
5 15 (2.93%) Security Cleared
6 11 (2.15%) APMG
7 10 (1.95%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.37%) CISM
8 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.17%) IRCA
9 6 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (0.98%) CISSP
10 5 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.78%) ACCA
11 4 (0.78%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.78%) CIMA
11 4 (0.78%) CRISC
11 4 (0.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (0.59%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (6.25%) GDPR
3 28 (5.47%) QA
3 28 (5.47%) SLA
4 19 (3.71%) PMO
5 11 (2.15%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.15%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.76%) GRC
7 6 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.17%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.78%) MiFID
8 4 (0.78%) NIST
8 4 (0.78%) PERC
9 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.59%) GAAP
9 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.39%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.20%) IFRS
System Software
1 67 (13.09%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.76%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.98%) Docker
5 4 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.39%) vSphere
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) GPFS
7 1 (0.20%) KVM
7 1 (0.20%) Lustre
7 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.32%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.73%) Ansible
4 12 (2.34%) Terraform
5 6 (1.17%) Packer
6 4 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.78%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.59%) Autotask
7 3 (0.59%) Grafana
7 3 (0.59%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.59%) SCCM
8 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.20%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.20%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 144 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.23%) SAP
3 31 (6.05%) ServiceNow
4 29 (5.66%) CrowdStrike
5 26 (5.08%) Oracle
6 21 (4.10%) Salesforce
7 18 (3.52%) VMware
8 11 (2.15%) Cisco
8 11 (2.15%) Sage
9 8 (1.56%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.37%) ConnectWise
10 7 (1.37%) IFS
10 7 (1.37%) Remedy
11 6 (1.17%) EMC
11 6 (1.17%) F5
11 6 (1.17%) Workday
12 4 (0.78%) Databricks
12 4 (0.78%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.78%) Meraki
12 4 (0.78%) WooCommerce