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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 104 100
Rank change year-on-year -9 -4 +38
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 399 446 913
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.34% 3.32% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 3.49% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 252 289 637
10th Percentile £37,000 £37,250 £36,933
25th Percentile £48,622 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £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 14,479 12,794 28,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.74% 95.11% 91.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9,552 8,840 23,088
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,805
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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 23 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 39 (9.77%) SharePoint
2 28 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.76%) Confluence
4 7 (1.75%) Tomcat
4 7 (1.75%) WebSphere
4 7 (1.75%) WebSphere Application Server
5 6 (1.50%) Anypoint
Applications
1 38 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.27%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.75%) 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 (3.76%) Shopify
2 11 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.51%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.26%) Magento
5 6 (1.50%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (1.25%) NetSuite
6 5 (1.25%) 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
1 105 (26.32%) Azure
2 68 (17.04%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (13.78%) Entra ID
4 45 (11.28%) AWS
5 44 (11.03%) SaaS
6 31 (7.77%) Power Platform
7 19 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (3.01%) GitHub
8 12 (3.01%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (2.76%) Mimecast
10 10 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.51%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (2.26%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.26%) GCP
11 9 (2.26%) Intacct
11 9 (2.26%) Serverless
12 8 (2.01%) Boomi
13 7 (1.75%) Figma
13 7 (1.75%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.27%) WAN
2 24 (6.02%) Firewall
3 23 (5.76%) LAN
4 17 (4.26%) SD-WAN
5 14 (3.51%) VPN
6 12 (3.01%) Wireless
7 10 (2.51%) DNS
7 10 (2.51%) TCP/IP
8 9 (2.26%) Broadband
8 9 (2.26%) DHCP
9 8 (2.01%) SSL
9 8 (2.01%) Wireshark
10 7 (1.75%) VLAN
11 6 (1.50%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (1.25%) NX-OS
13 4 (1.00%) WLAN
14 2 (0.50%) Network Security
14 2 (0.50%) NGN
14 2 (0.50%) VoIP
14 2 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.26%) Power BI
2 16 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (3.51%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (2.01%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.75%) DB2
6 7 (1.75%) MongoDB
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%) EDMS
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 49 (12.28%) JIRA
2 8 (2.01%) Bitbucket
2 8 (2.01%) GitLab
2 8 (2.01%) Subversion
3 4 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.75%) Git
5 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.25%) git-flow
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.25%) Selenium
6 1 (0.25%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 186 (46.62%) Social Skills
2 164 (41.10%) Finance
3 70 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (10.78%) Legal
5 40 (10.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (10.03%) Law
6 29 (7.27%) Banking
7 27 (6.77%) Marketing
7 27 (6.77%) Public Sector
8 26 (6.52%) Telecoms
9 24 (6.02%) Back Office
10 22 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (5.26%) Retail
12 19 (4.76%) Manufacturing
13 14 (3.51%) Local Government
14 12 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (3.01%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (2.76%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 69 (17.29%) Senior
2 54 (13.53%) Analyst
3 39 (9.77%) Lead
3 39 (9.77%) Project Manager
4 36 (9.02%) Consultant
4 36 (9.02%) Support Engineer
5 30 (7.52%) IT Manager
6 28 (7.02%) Change Manager
6 28 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (6.77%) Infrastructure Support
8 22 (5.51%) IT Project Manager
9 21 (5.26%) Business Analyst
10 20 (5.01%) Applications Support
11 17 (4.26%) Support Analyst
12 16 (4.01%) 3rd Line Support
12 16 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (3.76%) IT Support
13 15 (3.76%) Network Engineer
13 15 (3.76%) Senior Consultant
14 14 (3.51%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.26%) REST
2 14 (3.51%) SOAP
3 12 (3.01%) Middleware
4 8 (2.01%) HTML
5 7 (1.75%) LAPP Stack
5 7 (1.75%) LDAP
5 7 (1.75%) WebSphere MQ
6 5 (1.25%) JSON
6 5 (1.25%) Node.js
6 5 (1.25%) React
6 5 (1.25%) RESTful
6 5 (1.25%) Web Services
6 5 (1.25%) 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 (6.27%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.76%) Data Centre
3 21 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.01%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.76%) Driving Licence
6 13 (3.26%) Low-Code
7 12 (3.01%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.01%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.75%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (1.75%) NHS
9 7 (1.75%) Social Media
9 7 (1.75%) Video\Live Streaming
9 7 (1.75%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.25%) CMDB
11 5 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.00%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (11.28%) Windows
2 24 (6.02%) Linux
3 22 (5.51%) Windows Server
4 18 (4.51%) Unix
5 16 (4.01%) Windows 10
6 11 (2.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.25%) 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
1 119 (29.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 107 (26.82%) Agile
3 89 (22.31%) Project Management
4 87 (21.80%) ITIL
5 83 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (20.55%) Stakeholder Management
7 79 (19.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 67 (16.79%) Project Delivery
9 65 (16.29%) Roadmaps
10 47 (11.78%) Coaching
10 47 (11.78%) Customer Service
11 46 (11.53%) ERP
12 44 (11.03%) Service Delivery
12 44 (11.03%) Service Management
13 41 (10.28%) ITSM
13 41 (10.28%) User Experience
14 40 (10.03%) Mentoring
15 39 (9.77%) Risk Management
16 38 (9.52%) AI
17 37 (9.27%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 43 (10.78%) SQL
2 33 (8.27%) Python
3 22 (5.51%) PowerShell
4 11 (2.76%) R
5 10 (2.51%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.26%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.75%) Go
7 7 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (1.25%) C#
8 5 (1.25%) Java
8 5 (1.25%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (15.04%) Degree
2 18 (4.51%) PMI Certification
3 17 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (3.76%) ITIL Certification
4 15 (3.76%) PMP
5 11 (2.76%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.26%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.01%) Security Cleared
8 7 (1.75%) CCNA
8 7 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.50%) ACCA
9 6 (1.50%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.50%) SC Cleared
10 5 (1.25%) CIMA
10 5 (1.25%) IRCA
10 5 (1.25%) MCSA
11 3 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.50%) CCNP
12 2 (0.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.77%) QA
2 24 (6.02%) SLA
3 23 (5.76%) PMO
4 22 (5.51%) GDPR
5 16 (4.01%) Accessibility
6 13 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.75%) GRC
7 7 (1.75%) ISO 9001
7 7 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.00%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.00%) GAAP
10 2 (0.50%) MiFID
10 2 (0.50%) PERC
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 56 (14.04%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.50%) Docker
3 6 (1.50%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.25%) 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 33 (8.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.76%) Ansible
3 9 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.01%) Terraform
5 6 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.00%) PaperCut
7 3 (0.75%) SCCM
8 2 (0.50%) Packer
9 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.25%) Autotask
9 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 106 (26.57%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.27%) ServiceNow
3 30 (7.52%) Cisco
4 22 (5.51%) SAP
5 17 (4.26%) Oracle
6 15 (3.76%) Salesforce
7 14 (3.51%) CheckPoint
7 14 (3.51%) Meraki
8 13 (3.26%) IBM
8 13 (3.26%) VMware
9 11 (2.76%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (2.76%) Palo Alto
9 11 (2.76%) Red Hat
10 10 (2.51%) Atlassian
10 10 (2.51%) ConnectWise
11 9 (2.26%) Sage
11 9 (2.26%) WooCommerce
11 9 (2.26%) Workday
12 8 (2.01%) MuleSoft
12 8 (2.01%) SolarWinds