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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 105 114
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 +25
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 398 444 822
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 3.21% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 3.36% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 261 276 620
10th Percentile £37,000 £37,250 £37,101
25th Percentile £48,238 £47,500 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.51% +5.39%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 14,265 13,196 27,525
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.18% 95.34% 92.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,356 8,763 22,811
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,411 £34,000
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 £102,700 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

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 13 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 40 (10.05%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.77%) Confluence
4 8 (2.01%) Tomcat
4 8 (2.01%) WebSphere
4 8 (2.01%) WebSphere Application Server
5 7 (1.76%) Anypoint
Applications
1 38 (9.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (6.53%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.76%) Adobe XD
5 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.50%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.25%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 15 (3.77%) Shopify
2 11 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.51%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.26%) Magento
5 6 (1.51%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (1.26%) NetSuite
6 5 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (1.01%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.50%) iTrent
8 2 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
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%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.25%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.25%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.25%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 107 (26.88%) Azure
2 71 (17.84%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (13.32%) Entra ID
4 41 (10.30%) AWS
5 37 (9.30%) SaaS
6 35 (8.79%) Power Platform
7 18 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (2.76%) GitHub
8 11 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.51%) Microsoft Copilot
9 10 (2.51%) Mimecast
9 10 (2.51%) Power Automate
10 9 (2.26%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (2.26%) Boomi
10 9 (2.26%) GCP
10 9 (2.26%) Serverless
11 7 (1.76%) Intacct
11 7 (1.76%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (8.54%) WAN
2 28 (7.04%) Firewall
3 27 (6.78%) LAN
4 22 (5.53%) SD-WAN
5 16 (4.02%) Wireless
6 15 (3.77%) VPN
7 12 (3.02%) Wireshark
8 10 (2.51%) DNS
8 10 (2.51%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.26%) DHCP
9 9 (2.26%) SSL
10 7 (1.76%) VLAN
11 6 (1.51%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (1.26%) NX-OS
13 4 (1.01%) WLAN
14 3 (0.75%) VoIP
15 2 (0.50%) BGP
15 2 (0.50%) Network Security
15 2 (0.50%) OSPF
15 2 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.03%) Power BI
2 14 (3.52%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (2.01%) DB2
4 8 (2.01%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.50%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.50%) Apache Iceberg
5 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.25%) EDMS
6 1 (0.25%) Metadata
6 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.25%) MS Access
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 46 (11.56%) JIRA
2 8 (2.01%) Bitbucket
2 8 (2.01%) GitLab
2 8 (2.01%) Subversion
3 4 (1.01%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.50%) Git
5 1 (0.25%) git-flow
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.25%) Selenium
5 1 (0.25%) Tricentis qTest
5 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 190 (47.74%) Social Skills
2 165 (41.46%) Finance
3 66 (16.58%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (10.80%) Legal
5 39 (9.80%) Law
6 36 (9.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (7.54%) Telecoms
8 28 (7.04%) Public Sector
9 26 (6.53%) Banking
10 23 (5.78%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (5.03%) Back Office
11 20 (5.03%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (4.77%) Marketing
13 18 (4.52%) Manufacturing
14 17 (4.27%) Retail
15 14 (3.52%) Local Government
16 12 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (2.76%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (1.76%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 67 (16.83%) Senior
2 57 (14.32%) Analyst
3 40 (10.05%) Project Manager
4 39 (9.80%) Lead
5 34 (8.54%) Support Engineer
6 32 (8.04%) Consultant
7 31 (7.79%) IT Manager
8 29 (7.29%) Change Manager
9 27 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 27 (6.78%) Infrastructure Support
10 23 (5.78%) IT Project Manager
11 22 (5.53%) Business Analyst
12 20 (5.03%) Applications Support
12 20 (5.03%) Network Engineer
13 17 (4.27%) Support Analyst
14 16 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
15 15 (3.77%) 3rd Line Support
15 15 (3.77%) IT Support
15 15 (3.77%) Senior Consultant
16 14 (3.52%) Business Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.77%) REST
2 14 (3.52%) SOAP
3 12 (3.02%) Middleware
4 8 (2.01%) HTML
4 8 (2.01%) LAPP Stack
4 8 (2.01%) LDAP
4 8 (2.01%) WebSphere MQ
5 7 (1.76%) Web Services
6 5 (1.26%) JSON
6 5 (1.26%) Node.js
6 5 (1.26%) React
6 5 (1.26%) RESTful
6 5 (1.26%) 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 27 (6.78%) Data Centre
2 26 (6.53%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.52%) Product Ownership
4 16 (4.02%) Driving Licence
4 16 (4.02%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (1.76%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.76%) Low-Code
6 7 (1.76%) NHS
6 7 (1.76%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.51%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.51%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.26%) Social Media
9 4 (1.01%) CMDB
9 4 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.01%) iPad
9 4 (1.01%) iPhone
9 4 (1.01%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 47 (11.81%) Windows
2 24 (6.03%) Linux
3 21 (5.28%) Windows Server
4 19 (4.77%) Unix
5 16 (4.02%) Windows 10
6 12 (3.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.26%) 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
1 111 (27.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 102 (25.63%) Agile
3 90 (22.61%) ITIL
4 85 (21.36%) Project Management
5 84 (21.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 79 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
7 77 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 68 (17.09%) Project Delivery
9 58 (14.57%) Roadmaps
10 52 (13.07%) Customer Service
11 49 (12.31%) Coaching
12 47 (11.81%) Service Management
13 45 (11.31%) ERP
14 44 (11.06%) ITSM
14 44 (11.06%) Service Delivery
15 41 (10.30%) User Experience
16 40 (10.05%) Mentoring
17 39 (9.80%) Risk Management
18 37 (9.30%) PRINCE2
19 36 (9.05%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (10.80%) SQL
2 27 (6.78%) Python
3 23 (5.78%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.51%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.51%) R
5 9 (2.26%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.26%) C#
7 5 (1.26%) Java
7 5 (1.26%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.25%) Go
8 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (15.33%) Degree
2 19 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (4.52%) PMI Certification
4 16 (4.02%) ITIL Certification
5 15 (3.77%) PMP
6 13 (3.27%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.26%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.01%) Security Cleared
10 7 (1.76%) CCNA
10 7 (1.76%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.51%) ACCA
11 6 (1.51%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.26%) CIMA
12 5 (1.26%) MCSA
12 5 (1.26%) SC Cleared
13 4 (1.01%) IRCA
14 3 (0.75%) APMG
14 3 (0.75%) CCNP
14 3 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.28%) SLA
2 23 (5.78%) PMO
3 20 (5.03%) GDPR
4 19 (4.77%) QA
5 17 (4.27%) Accessibility
6 13 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.76%) GRC
9 6 (1.51%) ISO 9001
10 5 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (1.01%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.75%) GAAP
13 2 (0.50%) MiFID
14 1 (0.25%) IFRS
14 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.25%) NIST
14 1 (0.25%) P3O
14 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 54 (13.57%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.51%) Docker
3 6 (1.51%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.26%) Firmware
5 4 (1.01%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.25%) KVM
7 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (8.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (3.52%) Ansible
3 9 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.01%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.76%) Terraform
6 6 (1.51%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.01%) PaperCut
7 4 (1.01%) SCCM
8 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.25%) Autotask
8 1 (0.25%) Packer
8 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 108 (27.14%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.54%) Cisco
3 33 (8.29%) ServiceNow
4 24 (6.03%) SAP
5 19 (4.77%) Oracle
6 18 (4.52%) CheckPoint
6 18 (4.52%) Meraki
7 15 (3.77%) IBM
7 15 (3.77%) Palo Alto
8 12 (3.02%) Red Hat
8 12 (3.02%) SolarWinds
8 12 (3.02%) VMware
9 11 (2.76%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.76%) Workday
10 10 (2.51%) Atlassian
10 10 (2.51%) ConnectWise
10 10 (2.51%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (2.26%) MuleSoft
11 9 (2.26%) WooCommerce
12 8 (2.01%) IFS