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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 140 65
Rank change year-on-year +29 -75 +51
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 607 371 935
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.49% 2.29% 4.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 2.46% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 356 261 386
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £37,625
25th Percentile £46,074 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,875 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,760 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.60% +1.38% -

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 19,841 15,111 20,359
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.27% 93.24% 87.81%
Number of salaries quoted 14,226 8,561 12,491
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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 78 (12.85%) SharePoint
2 51 (8.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.31%) Confluence
4 9 (1.48%) IIS
5 2 (0.33%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.49%) Simulink
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.16%) Houdini
7 1 (0.16%) NUKE
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (6.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.45%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.49%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.49%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.49%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.33%) Primavera
6 2 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.16%) iTrent
7 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.16%) Odoo
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 138 (22.73%) Azure
2 87 (14.33%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (12.19%) SaaS
4 61 (10.05%) Entra ID
5 56 (9.23%) AWS
6 50 (8.24%) Power Platform
7 30 (4.94%) Mimecast
8 24 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (2.64%) OneDrive
10 13 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (1.65%) Power Automate
12 8 (1.32%) GCP
12 8 (1.32%) IaaS
12 8 (1.32%) PaaS
13 7 (1.15%) Boomi
13 7 (1.15%) Serverless
14 5 (0.82%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (0.82%) Intacct
14 5 (0.82%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.77%) Firewall
2 32 (5.27%) Broadband
2 32 (5.27%) DNS
3 31 (5.11%) TCP/IP
4 27 (4.45%) DHCP
5 24 (3.95%) VPN
6 21 (3.46%) LAN
6 21 (3.46%) VLAN
6 21 (3.46%) WAN
7 12 (1.98%) BGP
8 11 (1.81%) Network Security
8 11 (1.81%) OSPF
9 10 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (1.15%) Ethernet VPN
11 7 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
11 7 (1.15%) VXLAN
12 6 (0.99%) VoIP
13 5 (0.82%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.82%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.43%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.44%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (5.11%) Power BI
4 24 (3.95%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.99%) MySQL
8 5 (0.82%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.82%) Tableau
9 4 (0.66%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.66%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.66%) Metadata
9 4 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.33%) Power Query
11 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.16%) Big Data
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.16%) SSDT
11 1 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 71 (11.70%) JIRA
2 23 (3.79%) Git
3 5 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.66%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.66%) GitLab
4 4 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.66%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.33%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.16%) Flyway
7 1 (0.16%) MLflow
General
1 271 (44.65%) Social Skills
2 182 (29.98%) Finance
3 148 (24.38%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (13.18%) Legal
5 60 (9.88%) Law
6 58 (9.56%) Organisational Skills
7 50 (8.24%) Influencing Skills
7 50 (8.24%) Marketing
8 42 (6.92%) Public Sector
9 41 (6.75%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (6.10%) Retail
11 36 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 33 (5.44%) Games
13 21 (3.46%) Banking
13 21 (3.46%) French Language
14 16 (2.64%) Telecoms
15 14 (2.31%) Aerospace
16 13 (2.14%) Back Office
16 13 (2.14%) German Language
17 12 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (19.11%) Senior
2 88 (14.50%) Analyst
3 69 (11.37%) Lead
4 52 (8.57%) Support Engineer
5 39 (6.43%) Support Analyst
6 32 (5.27%) Consultant
7 31 (5.11%) IT Manager
7 31 (5.11%) Project Manager
8 29 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 29 (4.78%) Marketing Manager
9 28 (4.61%) Developer
10 27 (4.45%) Technology Manager
11 25 (4.12%) Applications Support
11 25 (4.12%) IT Support
12 24 (3.95%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (3.95%) Service Manager
12 24 (3.95%) Systems Engineer
13 23 (3.79%) Service Analyst
14 21 (3.46%) Process Analyst
15 18 (2.97%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.61%) RESTful
2 14 (2.31%) Middleware
2 14 (2.31%) Terraform
3 11 (1.81%) .NET
4 6 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.82%) PySpark
5 5 (0.82%) Web Services
6 4 (0.66%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.66%) YAML
7 3 (0.49%) ADO
8 2 (0.33%) CSS
8 2 (0.33%) HTML
8 2 (0.33%) JSON
8 2 (0.33%) REST
8 2 (0.33%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.16%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.16%) DOM
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.16%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.16%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.08%) Management Information System
2 39 (6.43%) Cloud Native
3 34 (5.60%) Low-Code
4 32 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (4.61%) Marketing Technology
7 27 (4.45%) Blog
8 25 (4.12%) Onboarding
9 24 (3.95%) Video\Live Streaming
10 20 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (3.13%) Data Centre
12 15 (2.47%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.65%) Derivative
14 9 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (1.32%) Client/Server
15 8 (1.32%) Virtual Team
16 7 (1.15%) Driving Licence
17 6 (0.99%) Private Cloud
17 6 (0.99%) Public Cloud
17 6 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.92%) Windows
2 31 (5.11%) Windows Server
3 20 (3.29%) Linux
4 2 (0.33%) AIX
4 2 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.33%) Solaris
4 2 (0.33%) VxWorks
4 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (40.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 184 (30.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 146 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
3 146 (24.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 145 (23.89%) Decision-Making
5 141 (23.23%) ITIL
6 137 (22.57%) AI
7 130 (21.42%) Agile
8 95 (15.65%) Service Delivery
9 88 (14.50%) Project Delivery
10 79 (13.01%) Project Management
11 78 (12.85%) Coaching
12 71 (11.70%) Service Management
13 65 (10.71%) Incident Management
14 64 (10.54%) Release Management
15 63 (10.38%) Roadmaps
16 61 (10.05%) Risk Management
17 60 (9.88%) Analytics
18 59 (9.72%) DevOps
18 59 (9.72%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 63 (10.38%) SQL
2 55 (9.06%) Python
3 34 (5.60%) R
4 29 (4.78%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.12%) Go
6 14 (2.31%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.48%) C#
7 9 (1.48%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.99%) C++
9 4 (0.66%) Java
10 3 (0.49%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.33%) Bash
11 2 (0.33%) C
11 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.33%) PHP
12 1 (0.16%) Bicep
12 1 (0.16%) Delphi
12 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.16%) Ruby
12 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 85 (14.00%) Degree
2 33 (5.44%) Security Cleared
3 29 (4.78%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.13%) PMP
5 18 (2.97%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.64%) APMG
7 15 (2.47%) PMI Certification
8 13 (2.14%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.48%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.15%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.15%) CISM
12 7 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.99%) ACCA
13 6 (0.99%) CIMA
13 6 (0.99%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (5.60%) SLA
3 29 (4.78%) GDPR
4 28 (4.61%) Accessibility
5 20 (3.29%) QA
6 17 (2.80%) PMO
7 15 (2.47%) Data Quality
8 12 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.65%) GRC
10 6 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.66%) NIST
11 4 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.49%) ISO 19650
13 2 (0.33%) MiFID
13 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.33%) PERC
14 1 (0.16%) COBIT
14 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 66 (10.87%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.31%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.82%) Docker
6 1 (0.16%) GPFS
6 1 (0.16%) Lustre
6 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (7.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.98%) Ansible
4 5 (0.82%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.66%) Packer
6 3 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.49%) Autotask
6 3 (0.49%) Grafana
6 3 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.16%) Nessus
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 163 (26.85%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.57%) SAP
3 39 (6.43%) ServiceNow
4 32 (5.27%) Oracle
5 30 (4.94%) CrowdStrike
6 26 (4.28%) Cisco
7 19 (3.13%) VMware
8 17 (2.80%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.98%) Workday
10 9 (1.48%) YouTube
11 8 (1.32%) Remedy
12 7 (1.15%) IBM
12 7 (1.15%) IFS
12 7 (1.15%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.99%) Aruba
13 6 (0.99%) Veeam
14 5 (0.82%) Sage
15 4 (0.66%) Dell
15 4 (0.66%) Epicor
15 4 (0.66%) HP