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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 138 77
Rank change year-on-year +12 -61 +44
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 471 436 1,156
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.22% 2.66% 3.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.68% 2.84% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 306 321 644
10th Percentile £33,500 £37,250 £37,101
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,128 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,313 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £87,500
UK median annual salary £61,583 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.64% +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 17,569 15,347 29,009
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.87% 93.54% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 12,813 9,109 22,187
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £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% -8.71%

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 9 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 58 (12.31%) SharePoint
2 37 (7.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.18%) Confluence
4 9 (1.91%) IIS
5 2 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.49%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.64%) 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 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.85%) Magento
4 4 (0.85%) Shopify
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.64%) 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%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.21%) Odoo
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.21%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.21%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 121 (25.69%) Azure
2 83 (17.62%) SaaS
3 71 (15.07%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (12.95%) Entra ID
5 48 (10.19%) AWS
6 33 (7.01%) Power Platform
7 27 (5.73%) Mimecast
8 25 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.76%) Intacct
10 11 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.70%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.49%) GitHub
13 7 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.27%) Boomi
14 6 (1.27%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.06%) GCP
16 4 (0.85%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 41 (8.70%) Broadband
2 24 (5.10%) Firewall
3 21 (4.46%) DNS
3 21 (4.46%) TCP/IP
4 18 (3.82%) DHCP
5 17 (3.61%) VPN
6 6 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.06%) VLAN
7 5 (1.06%) WAN
8 4 (0.85%) LAN
8 4 (0.85%) Network Security
8 4 (0.85%) NGN
9 3 (0.64%) 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%) Ethernet VPN
11 1 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.07%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (6.58%) MongoDB
3 30 (6.37%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.18%) Power BI
5 12 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.27%) MySQL
7 4 (0.85%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.85%) Delta Lake
7 4 (0.85%) Metadata
7 4 (0.85%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.85%) Tableau
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 (16.14%) JIRA
2 18 (3.82%) Git
3 6 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.85%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.85%) GitLab
4 4 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.85%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.64%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.42%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.21%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 201 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 172 (36.52%) Finance
3 83 (17.62%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (10.19%) Legal
5 42 (8.92%) Law
5 42 (8.92%) Organisational Skills
6 36 (7.64%) Marketing
6 36 (7.64%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (7.01%) Retail
8 31 (6.58%) Games
9 26 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (5.52%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (4.67%) Banking
11 20 (4.25%) Back Office
12 16 (3.40%) Manufacturing
13 15 (3.18%) Italian Language
14 14 (2.97%) German Language
15 13 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (2.76%) Public Sector
16 8 (1.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (17.83%) Senior
2 58 (12.31%) Support Engineer
3 52 (11.04%) Analyst
4 47 (9.98%) Consultant
5 43 (9.13%) Project Manager
6 40 (8.49%) Lead
7 32 (6.79%) IT Manager
8 27 (5.73%) Developer
9 26 (5.52%) IT Support
10 24 (5.10%) Applications Support
10 24 (5.10%) IT Engineer
10 24 (5.10%) IT Support Engineer
11 23 (4.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 23 (4.88%) 3rd Line Support
11 23 (4.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 23 (4.88%) Architect
12 20 (4.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (4.25%) IT Project Manager
13 19 (4.03%) Senior Consultant
14 18 (3.82%) Change Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.94%) RESTful
2 20 (4.25%) Middleware
3 12 (2.55%) REST
4 11 (2.34%) .NET
5 8 (1.70%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.06%) Web Services
7 4 (0.85%) ADO
7 4 (0.85%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.85%) PySpark
7 4 (0.85%) SAP PI
7 4 (0.85%) 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%) DOM
9 1 (0.21%) Kafka
9 1 (0.21%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.21%) Unreal Engine
9 1 (0.21%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.92%) Cloud Native
2 38 (8.07%) Low-Code
3 31 (6.58%) Video\Live Streaming
4 29 (6.16%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (4.67%) Onboarding
6 21 (4.46%) Product Ownership
7 16 (3.40%) Management Information System
8 15 (3.18%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (3.18%) Driving Licence
9 14 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.34%) Client/Server
12 10 (2.12%) Data Centre
12 10 (2.12%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.49%) Algorithms
14 7 (1.49%) Public Cloud
15 6 (1.27%) Data Structures
15 6 (1.27%) Housing Association
15 6 (1.27%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.64%) Windows
2 22 (4.67%) Windows Server
3 19 (4.03%) 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 (36.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 127 (26.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 118 (25.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 114 (24.20%) Agile
5 99 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
6 89 (18.90%) ITIL
7 80 (16.99%) Project Delivery
8 79 (16.77%) Project Management
9 74 (15.71%) AI
10 72 (15.29%) Roadmaps
11 68 (14.44%) Decision-Making
12 65 (13.80%) ERP
13 51 (10.83%) DevOps
14 50 (10.62%) Service Delivery
15 49 (10.40%) CI/CD
15 49 (10.40%) Incident Management
16 44 (9.34%) Coaching
17 42 (8.92%) Infrastructure as Code
17 42 (8.92%) Mentoring
18 40 (8.49%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 58 (12.31%) SQL
2 52 (11.04%) Python
3 32 (6.79%) Go
4 29 (6.16%) PowerShell
5 27 (5.73%) R
6 11 (2.34%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.91%) C#
7 9 (1.91%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.85%) Java
9 2 (0.42%) Bash
9 2 (0.42%) PHP
10 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.21%) Delphi
10 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.21%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 43 (9.13%) Degree
2 22 (4.67%) Azure Certification
3 17 (3.61%) PMP
4 15 (3.18%) PMI Certification
5 14 (2.97%) Security Cleared
6 11 (2.34%) APMG
7 9 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.91%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.27%) CISM
8 6 (1.27%) IRCA
8 6 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.06%) CISSP
9 5 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.85%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.85%) CRISC
10 4 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (0.64%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (6.37%) GDPR
3 27 (5.73%) QA
4 23 (4.88%) SLA
5 20 (4.25%) PMO
6 10 (2.12%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.70%) GRC
8 7 (1.49%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.27%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.85%) MiFID
10 4 (0.85%) NIST
10 4 (0.85%) PERC
11 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.64%) GAAP
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 68 (14.44%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.91%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.06%) Docker
5 4 (0.85%) 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 40 (8.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.61%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.97%) Ansible
4 12 (2.55%) Terraform
5 6 (1.27%) Packer
6 4 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.64%) Autotask
7 3 (0.64%) Grafana
7 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.64%) SCCM
7 3 (0.64%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.21%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.21%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 139 (29.51%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.28%) SAP
3 30 (6.37%) ServiceNow
4 27 (5.73%) CrowdStrike
5 26 (5.52%) Oracle
6 21 (4.46%) Salesforce
7 18 (3.82%) VMware
8 13 (2.76%) Sage
9 12 (2.55%) Cisco
10 8 (1.70%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.49%) ConnectWise
11 7 (1.49%) F5
11 7 (1.49%) IFS
12 6 (1.27%) EMC
12 6 (1.27%) Remedy
12 6 (1.27%) Workday
13 5 (1.06%) MuleSoft
13 5 (1.06%) Ubiquiti
14 4 (0.85%) iManage
14 4 (0.85%) Meraki