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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 139 68
Rank change year-on-year +32 -71 +51
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 613 373 888
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.46% 2.21% 3.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 2.36% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 354 250 359
10th Percentile £34,690 £34,775 £37,700
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,845 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,563 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,625 £97,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 20,176 15,827 19,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.92% 93.82% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,403 8,473 11,816
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%

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 2 October 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 71 (11.58%) SharePoint
2 49 (7.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.96%) Confluence
4 9 (1.47%) IIS
5 2 (0.33%) CMS
5 2 (0.33%) SAS
6 1 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 21 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.14%) 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 (6.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.40%) Dynamics GP
3 9 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.49%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.49%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.49%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.33%) iTrent
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%) Actimize
7 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.16%) Odoo
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 132 (21.53%) Azure
2 84 (13.70%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (11.42%) SaaS
4 57 (9.30%) AWS
5 56 (9.14%) Entra ID
6 53 (8.65%) Power Platform
7 26 (4.24%) Mimecast
8 23 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (2.77%) OneDrive
10 15 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
11 14 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.63%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.47%) PaaS
14 8 (1.31%) GCP
14 8 (1.31%) IaaS
14 8 (1.31%) Serverless
15 7 (1.14%) Boomi
16 6 (0.98%) GitHub
17 5 (0.82%) Intacct
17 5 (0.82%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.55%) Firewall
2 31 (5.06%) Broadband
2 31 (5.06%) DNS
3 30 (4.89%) TCP/IP
4 26 (4.24%) DHCP
5 24 (3.92%) VPN
6 21 (3.43%) VLAN
7 20 (3.26%) LAN
7 20 (3.26%) WAN
8 13 (2.12%) BGP
9 11 (1.79%) OSPF
10 10 (1.63%) Network Security
10 10 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (1.31%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (1.31%) Ethernet VPN
11 8 (1.31%) VXLAN
12 7 (1.14%) Structured Cabling
13 6 (0.98%) HSRP
13 6 (0.98%) VoIP
13 6 (0.98%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.36%) SQL Server
2 34 (5.55%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.55%) Power BI
3 25 (4.08%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.98%) Metadata
6 6 (0.98%) MySQL
6 6 (0.98%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.82%) Tableau
8 4 (0.65%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.65%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.33%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.33%) Power Query
10 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.16%) Big Data
10 1 (0.16%) Redis
10 1 (0.16%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 65 (10.60%) JIRA
2 20 (3.26%) Git
3 5 (0.82%) GitLab
3 5 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.65%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.65%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.33%) MLflow
5 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.33%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.16%) Flyway
General
1 272 (44.37%) Social Skills
2 186 (30.34%) Finance
3 147 (23.98%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (12.40%) Legal
5 62 (10.11%) Law
6 58 (9.46%) Organisational Skills
7 53 (8.65%) Influencing Skills
8 48 (7.83%) Marketing
9 46 (7.50%) Public Sector
10 44 (7.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 43 (7.01%) Presentation Skills
12 40 (6.53%) Retail
13 33 (5.38%) Games
14 24 (3.92%) Banking
14 24 (3.92%) French Language
15 16 (2.61%) Back Office
15 16 (2.61%) Telecoms
16 15 (2.45%) German Language
17 13 (2.12%) Aerospace
18 12 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 118 (19.25%) Senior
2 91 (14.85%) Analyst
3 73 (11.91%) Lead
4 47 (7.67%) Support Engineer
5 40 (6.53%) Support Analyst
6 33 (5.38%) IT Manager
7 31 (5.06%) Project Manager
8 30 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 29 (4.73%) Consultant
9 29 (4.73%) Developer
10 28 (4.57%) Marketing Manager
11 27 (4.40%) Technology Manager
12 24 (3.92%) Applications Support
12 24 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (3.92%) Service Analyst
12 24 (3.92%) Service Manager
13 23 (3.75%) IT Support
14 22 (3.59%) Process Analyst
15 21 (3.43%) Systems Engineer
16 18 (2.94%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.57%) RESTful
2 15 (2.45%) Middleware
3 12 (1.96%) .NET
3 12 (1.96%) Terraform
4 6 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.82%) PySpark
5 5 (0.82%) Web Services
6 4 (0.65%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.65%) YAML
7 3 (0.49%) REST
8 2 (0.33%) ADO
8 2 (0.33%) Kafka
8 2 (0.33%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.16%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.16%) 802.1X
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Camel
9 1 (0.16%) Pandas
9 1 (0.16%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.16%) TensorFlow
9 1 (0.16%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.50%) Management Information System
2 40 (6.53%) Cloud Native
3 32 (5.22%) Low-Code
3 32 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (4.40%) Blog
5 27 (4.40%) Marketing Technology
6 25 (4.08%) Onboarding
7 24 (3.92%) Video\Live Streaming
8 20 (3.26%) Data Centre
8 20 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (2.45%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.47%) Derivative
11 7 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.14%) NHS
11 7 (1.14%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.98%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.98%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.98%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.36%) Windows
2 28 (4.57%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.94%) 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
1 252 (41.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 194 (31.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 150 (24.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 148 (24.14%) Decision-Making
5 146 (23.82%) Problem-Solving
6 144 (23.49%) AI
7 141 (23.00%) ITIL
8 137 (22.35%) Agile
9 97 (15.82%) Service Delivery
10 86 (14.03%) Project Delivery
11 83 (13.54%) Coaching
12 81 (13.21%) Project Management
13 72 (11.75%) Service Management
14 66 (10.77%) Release Management
15 63 (10.28%) Analytics
15 63 (10.28%) Risk Management
16 62 (10.11%) Incident Management
16 62 (10.11%) Roadmaps
17 61 (9.95%) Test Automation
18 60 (9.79%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 65 (10.60%) SQL
2 55 (8.97%) Python
3 30 (4.89%) R
4 28 (4.57%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.08%) Go
6 13 (2.12%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.47%) C#
7 9 (1.47%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.98%) C++
9 4 (0.65%) Java
10 3 (0.49%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.33%) Bash
11 2 (0.33%) Bicep
11 2 (0.33%) C
11 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.33%) PHP
12 1 (0.16%) Delphi
12 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.16%) Ruby
12 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 85 (13.87%) Degree
2 38 (6.20%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.55%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.10%) APMG
4 19 (3.10%) PMP
5 16 (2.61%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.45%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.12%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.63%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.14%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.14%) CISM
12 6 (0.98%) ACCA
12 6 (0.98%) CIMA
12 6 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (0.98%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (5.38%) SLA
3 30 (4.89%) Accessibility
4 29 (4.73%) GDPR
5 20 (3.26%) QA
6 16 (2.61%) Data Quality
6 16 (2.61%) PMO
7 12 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.63%) GRC
9 6 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.82%) NIST
11 4 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.49%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.16%) COBIT
14 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.16%) MiFID
14 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (9.30%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.28%) Hyper-V
3 13 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.63%) 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 39 (6.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.96%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.63%) Ansible
4 5 (0.82%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.65%) Grafana
6 3 (0.49%) Autotask
6 3 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.33%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.33%) Packer
8 1 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.16%) Nessus
8 1 (0.16%) SCCM
8 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.16%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 160 (26.10%) Microsoft
2 56 (9.14%) SAP
3 38 (6.20%) ServiceNow
4 36 (5.87%) Oracle
5 26 (4.24%) CrowdStrike
6 24 (3.92%) Cisco
7 17 (2.77%) VMware
7 17 (2.77%) Workday
8 15 (2.45%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.63%) YouTube
10 9 (1.47%) Remedy
11 8 (1.31%) IFS
12 7 (1.14%) IBM
13 6 (0.98%) Aruba
13 6 (0.98%) Veeam
14 5 (0.82%) Sage
15 4 (0.65%) Dell
15 4 (0.65%) Epicor
15 4 (0.65%) HP
15 4 (0.65%) Infor