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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 101 98
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +39
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 402 417 914
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 3.23% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.82% 3.39% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 260 290 635
10th Percentile £37,000 £37,250 £36,872
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £43,489
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,813 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,875 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +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 14,237 12,283 28,237
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.42% 95.05% 91.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,595 8,796 23,110
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,806
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £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 £81,250 £75,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 26 March 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 42 (10.45%) SharePoint
2 30 (7.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (4.23%) Confluence
4 6 (1.49%) Anypoint
4 6 (1.49%) Tomcat
4 6 (1.49%) WebSphere
4 6 (1.49%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 37 (9.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.74%) Adobe XD
5 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.50%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.25%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 15 (3.73%) Shopify
2 11 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.24%) Magento
5 6 (1.49%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (1.24%) NetSuite
6 5 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (1.00%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.50%) iTrent
8 2 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.25%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.25%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.25%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 103 (25.62%) Azure
2 68 (16.92%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (13.93%) Entra ID
4 44 (10.95%) AWS
4 44 (10.95%) SaaS
5 29 (7.21%) Power Platform
6 19 (4.73%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (3.23%) GitHub
7 13 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
7 13 (3.23%) Mimecast
8 10 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.24%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (2.24%) GCP
9 9 (2.24%) Intacct
9 9 (2.24%) Microsoft Copilot
9 9 (2.24%) Serverless
10 8 (1.99%) Boomi
11 7 (1.74%) Figma
11 7 (1.74%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.47%) WAN
2 21 (5.22%) Firewall
3 20 (4.98%) LAN
4 14 (3.48%) SD-WAN
4 14 (3.48%) VPN
5 10 (2.49%) Broadband
5 10 (2.49%) DNS
5 10 (2.49%) TCP/IP
6 9 (2.24%) DHCP
7 8 (1.99%) Wireless
8 7 (1.74%) SSL
8 7 (1.74%) VLAN
9 6 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (1.24%) NX-OS
11 4 (1.00%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.00%) WLAN
12 3 (0.75%) Network Security
12 3 (0.75%) NGN
13 2 (0.50%) VoIP
13 2 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.98%) Power BI
2 15 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (3.48%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (1.99%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.74%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.49%) DB2
7 2 (0.50%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.50%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.25%) Metadata
8 1 (0.25%) MS Access
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 53 (13.18%) JIRA
2 8 (1.99%) Bitbucket
2 8 (1.99%) GitLab
2 8 (1.99%) Subversion
3 4 (1.00%) Git
3 4 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.25%) git-flow
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.25%) Selenium
5 1 (0.25%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 186 (46.27%) Social Skills
2 164 (40.80%) Finance
3 74 (18.41%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (11.44%) Legal
5 41 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 41 (10.20%) Law
6 28 (6.97%) Banking
6 28 (6.97%) Public Sector
7 27 (6.72%) Marketing
8 24 (5.97%) Back Office
8 24 (5.97%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (5.47%) Presentation Skills
9 22 (5.47%) Telecoms
10 21 (5.22%) Retail
11 19 (4.73%) Manufacturing
12 14 (3.48%) Local Government
13 12 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (2.74%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 68 (16.92%) Senior
2 55 (13.68%) Analyst
3 44 (10.95%) Lead
4 40 (9.95%) Project Manager
5 37 (9.20%) Support Engineer
6 36 (8.96%) Consultant
7 31 (7.71%) IT Manager
8 30 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 28 (6.97%) Change Manager
9 28 (6.97%) Infrastructure Support
10 23 (5.72%) IT Project Manager
11 21 (5.22%) Business Analyst
12 18 (4.48%) 3rd Line Support
12 18 (4.48%) Applications Support
13 17 (4.23%) Support Analyst
14 16 (3.98%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 16 (3.98%) Senior Analyst
15 15 (3.73%) IT Support
16 14 (3.48%) Azure Engineer
16 14 (3.48%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.22%) REST
2 14 (3.48%) SOAP
3 12 (2.99%) Middleware
4 8 (1.99%) HTML
5 6 (1.49%) LAPP Stack
5 6 (1.49%) LDAP
5 6 (1.49%) WebSphere MQ
6 5 (1.24%) JSON
6 5 (1.24%) Node.js
6 5 (1.24%) React
6 5 (1.24%) RESTful
6 5 (1.24%) Web Services
6 5 (1.24%) XML
7 3 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.50%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.25%) ADO
9 1 (0.25%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.25%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.22%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.73%) Data Centre
3 16 (3.98%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.98%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.48%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.48%) Low-Code
5 12 (2.99%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.99%) Client/Server
6 8 (1.99%) Social Media
7 7 (1.74%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.74%) NHS
7 7 (1.74%) Video\Live Streaming
7 7 (1.74%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.49%) CMDB
8 6 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.24%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 45 (11.19%) Windows
2 24 (5.97%) Linux
3 23 (5.72%) Windows Server
4 17 (4.23%) Unix
5 16 (3.98%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.24%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.50%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.25%) Android
9 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (29.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 109 (27.11%) Agile
3 89 (22.14%) Project Management
4 86 (21.39%) ITIL
4 86 (21.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 85 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
6 84 (20.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 69 (17.16%) Project Delivery
8 65 (16.17%) Roadmaps
9 48 (11.94%) ERP
10 45 (11.19%) Service Delivery
10 45 (11.19%) Service Management
11 44 (10.95%) Coaching
12 43 (10.70%) Customer Service
12 43 (10.70%) Mentoring
13 42 (10.45%) ITSM
14 41 (10.20%) User Experience
15 39 (9.70%) PRINCE2
15 39 (9.70%) Risk Management
16 38 (9.45%) AI
Programming Languages
1 41 (10.20%) SQL
2 33 (8.21%) Python
3 23 (5.72%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.23%) R
5 10 (2.49%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.24%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.74%) Go
7 7 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (1.24%) C#
8 5 (1.24%) Java
8 5 (1.24%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (14.93%) Degree
2 18 (4.48%) PMI Certification
3 17 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (3.73%) PMP
5 14 (3.48%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.49%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.49%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.24%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.74%) CCNA
8 7 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.74%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.49%) ACCA
9 6 (1.49%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.49%) IRCA
10 5 (1.24%) CIMA
10 5 (1.24%) MCSA
11 4 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.50%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.21%) QA
2 24 (5.97%) GDPR
3 23 (5.72%) PMO
3 23 (5.72%) SLA
4 15 (3.73%) Accessibility
4 15 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (1.74%) GRC
6 7 (1.74%) ISO 9001
7 5 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.24%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.00%) GAAP
9 3 (0.75%) PERC
10 2 (0.50%) MiFID
11 1 (0.25%) IFRS
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.25%) P3O
11 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 58 (14.43%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.49%) Docker
3 6 (1.49%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.24%) Firmware
5 4 (1.00%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.25%) KVM
7 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (8.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.98%) Ansible
3 10 (2.49%) Kubernetes
4 9 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.24%) Terraform
5 6 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.00%) PaperCut
7 3 (0.75%) Packer
7 3 (0.75%) SCCM
8 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.25%) Autotask
8 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 108 (26.87%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.21%) ServiceNow
3 28 (6.97%) Cisco
4 22 (5.47%) SAP
5 17 (4.23%) Oracle
6 16 (3.98%) Salesforce
7 14 (3.48%) VMware
8 13 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
9 12 (2.99%) IBM
10 11 (2.74%) Meraki
11 10 (2.49%) Atlassian
11 10 (2.49%) CheckPoint
11 10 (2.49%) ConnectWise
11 10 (2.49%) Red Hat
12 9 (2.24%) Palo Alto
12 9 (2.24%) Sage
12 9 (2.24%) WooCommerce
13 8 (1.99%) MuleSoft
13 8 (1.99%) Workday
14 7 (1.74%) IFS