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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 128 82
Rank change year-on-year -1 -46 +44
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 376 432 1,176
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.93% 2.86% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 3.02% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 240 320 674
10th Percentile £36,000 £37,250 £37,220
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £44,605
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.88%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,500 £96,153 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 15,975 14,300 30,520
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.12% 94.60% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11,436 8,372 23,726
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 10 June 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 43 (11.44%) SharePoint
2 25 (6.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (4.79%) Confluence
4 2 (0.53%) CMS
4 2 (0.53%) IIS
5 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.06%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.27%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 9 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.86%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.60%) Magento
3 6 (1.60%) Shopify
4 5 (1.33%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.80%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.27%) Odoo
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.27%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.27%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.27%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 88 (23.40%) Azure
2 58 (15.43%) SaaS
3 51 (13.56%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 41 (10.90%) AWS
6 23 (6.12%) Power Platform
7 19 (5.05%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (4.26%) Mimecast
9 11 (2.93%) Intacct
10 8 (2.13%) GitHub
10 8 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.60%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.33%) Boomi
13 4 (1.06%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.06%) Azure Event Grid
13 4 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.06%) Lucidchart
14 3 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 35 (9.31%) Broadband
2 16 (4.26%) Firewall
3 10 (2.66%) DHCP
3 10 (2.66%) DNS
3 10 (2.66%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.13%) WAN
5 7 (1.86%) LAN
6 5 (1.33%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.33%) VPN
7 4 (1.06%) VLAN
8 3 (0.80%) Network Security
8 3 (0.80%) NGN
8 3 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.27%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.27%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.78%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (8.24%) MongoDB
3 17 (4.52%) SQL Server
4 12 (3.19%) Power BI
5 11 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.80%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.53%) Tableau
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.27%) Metadata
8 1 (0.27%) MySQL
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 57 (15.16%) JIRA
2 10 (2.66%) Git
3 6 (1.60%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.80%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.80%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.53%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.27%) GitLab
7 1 (0.27%) Subversion
7 1 (0.27%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 168 (44.68%) Social Skills
2 154 (40.96%) Finance
3 71 (18.88%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (11.17%) Law
5 40 (10.64%) Legal
6 36 (9.57%) Marketing
7 31 (8.24%) Games
8 26 (6.91%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (6.65%) Presentation Skills
9 25 (6.65%) Retail
10 24 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (6.12%) Banking
12 22 (5.85%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (5.59%) Back Office
14 15 (3.99%) Manufacturing
15 14 (3.72%) Italian Language
16 13 (3.46%) German Language
17 12 (3.19%) Public Sector
18 8 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (1.60%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 64 (17.02%) Senior
2 43 (11.44%) Analyst
2 43 (11.44%) Support Engineer
3 38 (10.11%) Project Manager
4 37 (9.84%) Lead
5 30 (7.98%) Consultant
5 30 (7.98%) IT Manager
6 23 (6.12%) Developer
7 20 (5.32%) Applications Support
7 20 (5.32%) IT Project Manager
8 19 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 18 (4.79%) Python Developer
10 17 (4.52%) Architect
10 17 (4.52%) IT Engineer
10 17 (4.52%) IT Support
10 17 (4.52%) IT Support Engineer
11 16 (4.26%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (4.26%) Business Analyst
11 16 (4.26%) Infrastructure Support
11 16 (4.26%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.38%) RESTful
2 13 (3.46%) REST
3 12 (3.19%) Middleware
4 6 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (1.60%) SOAP
5 5 (1.33%) .NET
6 4 (1.06%) ADO
6 4 (1.06%) HTML
6 4 (1.06%) SAP PI
7 3 (0.80%) Node.js
7 3 (0.80%) React
7 3 (0.80%) Web Services
8 2 (0.53%) JSON
8 2 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.27%) CSS
9 1 (0.27%) DOM
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.27%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.37%) Cloud Native
2 37 (9.84%) Low-Code
3 31 (8.24%) Video\Live Streaming
4 24 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (6.38%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.72%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.46%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (3.46%) Driving Licence
7 12 (3.19%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.93%) Client/Server
9 10 (2.66%) Data Centre
10 9 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.86%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.86%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.60%) CMDB
13 6 (1.60%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.60%) Virtual Team
14 5 (1.33%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.65%) Windows
2 15 (3.99%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.93%) Linux
4 3 (0.80%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.27%) Android
5 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (38.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 87 (23.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 86 (22.87%) Agile
3 86 (22.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 72 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (19.15%) Project Delivery
5 70 (18.62%) Roadmaps
6 68 (18.09%) ITIL
7 64 (17.02%) AI
8 62 (16.49%) Project Management
9 51 (13.56%) ERP
10 50 (13.30%) Decision-Making
11 46 (12.23%) Validation
12 43 (11.44%) Coaching
13 42 (11.17%) Service Delivery
14 40 (10.64%) CI/CD
14 40 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
15 37 (9.84%) Process Improvement
15 37 (9.84%) Runbook
15 37 (9.84%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 49 (13.03%) Python
2 42 (11.17%) SQL
3 31 (8.24%) Go
4 18 (4.79%) PowerShell
5 16 (4.26%) R
6 7 (1.86%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.06%) C#
7 4 (1.06%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.80%) Java
9 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.53%) PHP
10 1 (0.27%) Bash
10 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 48 (12.77%) Degree
2 17 (4.52%) Azure Certification
3 15 (3.99%) PMI Certification
4 14 (3.72%) PMP
5 12 (3.19%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.13%) APMG
6 8 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.13%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.60%) IRCA
8 5 (1.33%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.06%) CISM
9 4 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.80%) CISSP
10 3 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.53%) ACCA
11 2 (0.53%) CCNP
11 2 (0.53%) CIMA
11 2 (0.53%) ISEB
11 2 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (5.85%) GDPR
3 20 (5.32%) QA
4 19 (5.05%) PMO
5 13 (3.46%) SLA
6 8 (2.13%) GRC
7 7 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.86%) Data Quality
8 6 (1.60%) ISO 9001
9 5 (1.33%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (1.06%) MiFID
10 4 (1.06%) NIST
11 3 (0.80%) GAAP
11 3 (0.80%) PERC
11 3 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.27%) IFRS
13 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 55 (14.63%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.80%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.27%) Docker
6 1 (0.27%) Firmware
6 1 (0.27%) KVM
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (6.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (3.72%) Ansible
3 13 (3.46%) Terraform
4 12 (3.19%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.60%) Packer
6 4 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.80%) SCCM
8 2 (0.53%) Autotask
8 2 (0.53%) Grafana
8 2 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.27%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.27%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.27%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 94 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.24%) SAP
3 28 (7.45%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.05%) Salesforce
5 17 (4.52%) Oracle
6 16 (4.26%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (2.93%) Cisco
7 11 (2.93%) Sage
8 10 (2.66%) VMware
9 8 (2.13%) ConnectWise
9 8 (2.13%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.86%) F5
11 6 (1.60%) EMC
11 6 (1.60%) WooCommerce
12 5 (1.33%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.33%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (1.33%) Workday
13 4 (1.06%) MuleSoft
13 4 (1.06%) Okta
13 4 (1.06%) OneLogin