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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 144 66
Rank change year-on-year +36 -78 +43
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 572 374 991
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.46% 2.26% 3.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 2.43% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 334 271 441
10th Percentile £32,575 £37,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +1.54%

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 19,089 15,370 21,707
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.04% 92.98% 87.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,792 8,913 14,844
10th Percentile £34,750 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 28 August 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 67 (11.71%) SharePoint
2 43 (7.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.27%) Confluence
4 9 (1.57%) IIS
5 2 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.52%) Simulink
6 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Houdini
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) NUKE
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (6.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.72%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.52%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.52%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.52%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.35%) Primavera
6 2 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.17%) Odoo
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 128 (22.38%) Azure
2 83 (14.51%) SaaS
3 74 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (10.31%) Entra ID
5 58 (10.14%) AWS
6 40 (6.99%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.24%) Mimecast
8 25 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
10 12 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.92%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.57%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.22%) GitHub
13 7 (1.22%) IaaS
13 7 (1.22%) Intacct
13 7 (1.22%) PaaS
14 6 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.87%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (0.87%) Boomi
15 5 (0.87%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.17%) Broadband
2 29 (5.07%) Firewall
3 27 (4.72%) DNS
3 27 (4.72%) TCP/IP
4 23 (4.02%) VPN
5 22 (3.85%) DHCP
6 19 (3.32%) LAN
6 19 (3.32%) WAN
7 13 (2.27%) VLAN
8 10 (1.75%) Network Security
8 10 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.57%) BGP
9 9 (1.57%) OSPF
10 7 (1.22%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.87%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
12 4 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (0.70%) Ethernet VPN
12 4 (0.70%) VXLAN
12 4 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.82%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (6.29%) SQL Server
3 31 (5.42%) MongoDB
4 20 (3.50%) Power BI
5 12 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.05%) MySQL
8 5 (0.87%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.87%) Tableau
9 4 (0.70%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.70%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.52%) Metadata
11 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 72 (12.59%) JIRA
2 22 (3.85%) Git
3 6 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.70%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.70%) GitLab
4 4 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.35%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
General
1 266 (46.50%) Social Skills
2 182 (31.82%) Finance
3 140 (24.48%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (14.16%) Legal
5 65 (11.36%) Law
6 62 (10.84%) Marketing
7 50 (8.74%) Organisational Skills
8 47 (8.22%) Influencing Skills
8 47 (8.22%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (6.64%) Games
9 38 (6.64%) Retail
10 33 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (4.37%) Banking
12 23 (4.02%) Public Sector
13 16 (2.80%) Back Office
14 15 (2.62%) French Language
14 15 (2.62%) German Language
15 14 (2.45%) Telecoms
16 13 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (1.92%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 112 (19.58%) Senior
2 75 (13.11%) Analyst
3 64 (11.19%) Lead
4 51 (8.92%) Support Engineer
5 40 (6.99%) Consultant
6 34 (5.94%) Project Manager
7 32 (5.59%) Support Analyst
8 31 (5.42%) Developer
8 31 (5.42%) Marketing Manager
9 27 (4.72%) Technology Manager
10 26 (4.55%) Applications Support
10 26 (4.55%) IT Manager
11 23 (4.02%) IT Support
12 22 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (3.67%) Process Analyst
14 20 (3.50%) Systems Engineer
15 19 (3.32%) Architect
16 18 (3.15%) 3rd Line Support
16 18 (3.15%) Change Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.90%) RESTful
2 14 (2.45%) Middleware
2 14 (2.45%) Terraform
3 11 (1.92%) .NET
4 8 (1.40%) REST
5 6 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.87%) Web Services
7 4 (0.70%) ADO
7 4 (0.70%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.70%) PySpark
8 2 (0.35%) CSS
8 2 (0.35%) HTML
8 2 (0.35%) JSON
8 2 (0.35%) SAP PI
8 2 (0.35%) YAML
9 1 (0.17%) DOM
9 1 (0.17%) Kafka
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.17%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.17%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.52%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.17%) Low-Code
3 35 (6.12%) Management Information System
4 31 (5.42%) Video\Live Streaming
5 30 (5.24%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (4.90%) Marketing Technology
7 27 (4.72%) Blog
8 24 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (4.02%) Onboarding
10 22 (3.85%) Product Ownership
11 20 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (2.80%) Data Centre
13 12 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (2.10%) Driving Licence
14 11 (1.92%) Client/Server
15 10 (1.75%) Algorithms
16 9 (1.57%) Derivative
17 8 (1.40%) Virtual Team
18 7 (1.22%) CMDB
18 7 (1.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.64%) Windows
2 29 (5.07%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.67%) Linux
4 1 (0.17%) Unix
4 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (40.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 161 (28.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 144 (25.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 131 (22.90%) AI
4 131 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
5 129 (22.55%) Agile
6 124 (21.68%) Decision-Making
7 117 (20.45%) ITIL
8 90 (15.73%) Project Delivery
9 82 (14.34%) Service Delivery
10 78 (13.64%) Project Management
11 70 (12.24%) Roadmaps
12 66 (11.54%) Test Automation
13 62 (10.84%) DevOps
14 61 (10.66%) Coaching
15 59 (10.31%) CRM
16 58 (10.14%) Analytics
16 58 (10.14%) Risk Management
17 57 (9.97%) ERP
18 56 (9.79%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 61 (10.66%) SQL
2 60 (10.49%) Python
3 34 (5.94%) R
4 32 (5.59%) Go
5 28 (4.90%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.10%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.57%) C#
7 9 (1.57%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.70%) C++
8 4 (0.70%) Java
9 3 (0.52%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.35%) Bash
10 2 (0.35%) PHP
11 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.17%) Delphi
11 1 (0.17%) Pascal
11 1 (0.17%) Ruby
11 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 70 (12.24%) Degree
2 20 (3.50%) Security Cleared
3 19 (3.32%) PMP
4 17 (2.97%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.80%) APMG
5 16 (2.80%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.80%) SC Cleared
6 10 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.75%) DBS Check
7 9 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.22%) CISM
8 7 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (1.22%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.70%) CISSP
11 4 (0.70%) CRISC
11 4 (0.70%) IRCA
11 4 (0.70%) ISEB
11 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (5.94%) SLA
3 33 (5.77%) GDPR
4 32 (5.59%) QA
5 23 (4.02%) Accessibility
6 15 (2.62%) Data Quality
7 14 (2.45%) PMO
8 11 (1.92%) GRC
9 8 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.70%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.70%) NIST
11 4 (0.70%) PERC
12 3 (0.52%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.52%) MiFID
13 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.17%) COBIT
14 1 (0.17%) GAAP
System Software
1 66 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.92%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.87%) Docker
5 4 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.17%) GPFS
6 1 (0.17%) Lustre
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.97%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.27%) Ansible
4 6 (1.05%) Packer
5 5 (0.87%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.52%) Autotask
7 3 (0.52%) Grafana
7 3 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 148 (25.87%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.52%) SAP
3 30 (5.24%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 25 (4.37%) Oracle
6 24 (4.20%) Cisco
7 22 (3.85%) Salesforce
8 20 (3.50%) VMware
9 10 (1.75%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.40%) Remedy
11 7 (1.22%) IBM
11 7 (1.22%) IFS
11 7 (1.22%) Sage
11 7 (1.22%) YouTube
12 6 (1.05%) Aruba
12 6 (1.05%) EMC
12 6 (1.05%) F5
12 6 (1.05%) Workday
13 4 (0.70%) Facebook
13 4 (0.70%) Infor