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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 132 77
Rank change year-on-year +8 -55 +42
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 478 434 1,129
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.24% 2.63% 3.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 2.82% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 311 317 614
10th Percentile £33,500 £37,250 £37,069
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,128 £42,530
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,511 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,498 £58,250 £54,175
% change year-on-year +7.29% +7.52% -1.50%

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 17,646 15,385 28,336
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.65% 93.30% 88.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,860 9,109 21,557
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 15 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 57 (11.92%) SharePoint
2 37 (7.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.14%) Confluence
4 9 (1.88%) IIS
5 2 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.46%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.21%) Houdini
7 1 (0.21%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 12 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.84%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.84%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.84%) Magento
4 4 (0.84%) Shopify
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.63%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.42%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.21%) Odoo
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.21%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 121 (25.31%) Azure
2 83 (17.36%) SaaS
3 70 (14.64%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (12.55%) Entra ID
5 48 (10.04%) AWS
6 34 (7.11%) Power Platform
7 28 (5.86%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (5.65%) Mimecast
9 12 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (2.51%) Intacct
10 10 (2.09%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.67%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.46%) GitHub
12 7 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.26%) Boomi
13 6 (1.26%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (1.05%) GCP
15 4 (0.84%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 41 (8.58%) Broadband
2 23 (4.81%) Firewall
3 21 (4.39%) DNS
3 21 (4.39%) TCP/IP
4 18 (3.77%) DHCP
5 17 (3.56%) VPN
6 6 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.05%) VLAN
7 5 (1.05%) WAN
8 4 (0.84%) LAN
8 4 (0.84%) Network Security
8 4 (0.84%) NGN
9 3 (0.63%) SSL
10 2 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (0.42%) HTTP
10 2 (0.42%) Intranet
10 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.16%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (6.49%) MongoDB
2 31 (6.49%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.14%) Power BI
4 12 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.26%) MySQL
6 5 (1.05%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.05%) Tableau
7 4 (0.84%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.84%) Delta Lake
7 4 (0.84%) Metadata
7 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.21%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 76 (15.90%) JIRA
2 18 (3.77%) Git
3 6 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.84%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.84%) GitLab
4 4 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.84%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.63%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.42%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.21%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 200 (41.84%) Social Skills
2 175 (36.61%) Finance
3 83 (17.36%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.41%) Legal
5 43 (9.00%) Organisational Skills
6 42 (8.79%) Law
7 37 (7.74%) Presentation Skills
8 36 (7.53%) Marketing
9 33 (6.90%) Retail
10 31 (6.49%) Games
11 26 (5.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (4.60%) Banking
14 20 (4.18%) Back Office
15 16 (3.35%) Manufacturing
16 15 (3.14%) Italian Language
17 14 (2.93%) German Language
18 13 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
18 13 (2.72%) Public Sector
19 8 (1.67%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 90 (18.83%) Senior
2 57 (11.92%) Support Engineer
3 56 (11.72%) Analyst
4 48 (10.04%) Consultant
5 43 (9.00%) Project Manager
6 41 (8.58%) Lead
7 31 (6.49%) IT Manager
8 29 (6.07%) Developer
9 26 (5.44%) Applications Support
10 25 (5.23%) IT Support
11 23 (4.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 23 (4.81%) 3rd Line Support
11 23 (4.81%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 23 (4.81%) Architect
11 23 (4.81%) IT Engineer
11 23 (4.81%) IT Support Engineer
12 20 (4.18%) Senior Consultant
13 19 (3.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (3.97%) IT Project Manager
14 18 (3.77%) Change Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.86%) RESTful
2 20 (4.18%) Middleware
3 12 (2.51%) REST
4 11 (2.30%) .NET
5 8 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.05%) Web Services
7 4 (0.84%) ADO
7 4 (0.84%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.84%) PySpark
7 4 (0.84%) SAP PI
7 4 (0.84%) SOAP
8 2 (0.42%) CSS
8 2 (0.42%) HTML
8 2 (0.42%) JSON
8 2 (0.42%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.21%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Camel
9 1 (0.21%) Kafka
9 1 (0.21%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.21%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.79%) Cloud Native
2 38 (7.95%) Low-Code
3 31 (6.49%) Video\Live Streaming
4 29 (6.07%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (4.81%) Onboarding
6 19 (3.97%) Product Ownership
7 16 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (3.35%) Management Information System
8 15 (3.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (3.14%) Driving Licence
9 13 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.30%) Client/Server
11 10 (2.09%) Data Centre
11 10 (2.09%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.88%) Derivative
12 9 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.46%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.46%) Public Cloud
14 6 (1.26%) Data Structures
14 6 (1.26%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.32%) Windows
2 22 (4.60%) Windows Server
3 19 (3.97%) Linux
4 2 (0.42%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (36.19%) Continuous Improvement
2 134 (28.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 123 (25.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 113 (23.64%) Agile
5 102 (21.34%) Problem-Solving
6 90 (18.83%) ITIL
7 78 (16.32%) Project Delivery
7 78 (16.32%) Project Management
8 75 (15.69%) AI
9 72 (15.06%) Decision-Making
10 71 (14.85%) Roadmaps
11 66 (13.81%) ERP
12 52 (10.88%) DevOps
13 50 (10.46%) Incident Management
13 50 (10.46%) Service Delivery
14 49 (10.25%) CI/CD
15 46 (9.62%) Coaching
16 44 (9.21%) Mentoring
17 42 (8.79%) Infrastructure as Code
18 40 (8.37%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 59 (12.34%) SQL
2 52 (10.88%) Python
3 32 (6.69%) Go
4 30 (6.28%) PowerShell
5 27 (5.65%) R
6 12 (2.51%) T-SQL
7 10 (2.09%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.88%) C#
9 4 (0.84%) Java
10 2 (0.42%) Bash
10 2 (0.42%) PHP
11 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.21%) Delphi
11 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.21%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 41 (8.58%) Degree
2 21 (4.39%) Azure Certification
3 17 (3.56%) PMP
4 15 (3.14%) PMI Certification
5 14 (2.93%) Security Cleared
6 11 (2.30%) APMG
7 9 (1.88%) SC Cleared
8 8 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.46%) CISM
10 6 (1.26%) IRCA
10 6 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.05%) CISSP
11 5 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.84%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.84%) CRISC
12 4 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 2 (0.42%) ACCA
13 2 (0.42%) CIMA
13 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (6.49%) GDPR
3 27 (5.65%) QA
4 26 (5.44%) SLA
5 20 (4.18%) PMO
6 11 (2.30%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.67%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.67%) GRC
8 7 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.26%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.84%) MiFID
10 4 (0.84%) NIST
10 4 (0.84%) PERC
11 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.63%) GAAP
11 3 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.21%) IFRS
System Software
1 67 (14.02%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.88%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.05%) Docker
5 4 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.42%) vSphere
7 1 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.21%) GPFS
7 1 (0.21%) KVM
7 1 (0.21%) Lustre
7 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.56%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.93%) Ansible
4 12 (2.51%) Terraform
5 6 (1.26%) Packer
6 4 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.84%) ZABBIX
7 3 (0.63%) Autotask
7 3 (0.63%) Grafana
7 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.63%) SCCM
8 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.21%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.21%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 142 (29.71%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.16%) SAP
3 31 (6.49%) ServiceNow
4 27 (5.65%) CrowdStrike
5 26 (5.44%) Oracle
6 20 (4.18%) Salesforce
7 18 (3.77%) VMware
8 12 (2.51%) Cisco
8 12 (2.51%) Sage
9 8 (1.67%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.46%) ConnectWise
10 7 (1.46%) F5
10 7 (1.46%) IFS
10 7 (1.46%) Remedy
11 6 (1.26%) EMC
11 6 (1.26%) Workday
12 5 (1.05%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.84%) Databricks
13 4 (0.84%) iManage
13 4 (0.84%) Meraki