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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 144 66
Rank change year-on-year +31 -78 +37
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 571 374 967
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.44% 2.29% 4.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.46% 4.56%
Number of salaries quoted 335 271 408
10th Percentile £32,600 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,125 £44,889
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £89,050
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 19,144 15,200 21,191
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.93% 92.99% 87.55%
Number of salaries quoted 13,801 8,843 14,057
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,077
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,341
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.38% -6.10%

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 3 September 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 70 (12.26%) SharePoint
2 47 (8.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.28%) Confluence
4 9 (1.58%) IIS
5 2 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.53%) Simulink
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.18%) Houdini
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.18%) NUKE
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (7.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.73%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.53%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.53%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.53%) 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 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.18%) Odoo
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 132 (23.12%) Azure
2 84 (14.71%) SaaS
3 78 (13.66%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (10.68%) Entra ID
5 59 (10.33%) AWS
6 40 (7.01%) Power Platform
7 32 (5.60%) Mimecast
8 26 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
10 13 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (2.10%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.58%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.23%) GitHub
13 7 (1.23%) IaaS
13 7 (1.23%) Intacct
13 7 (1.23%) PaaS
14 6 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (0.88%) OCI
15 5 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 40 (7.01%) Broadband
2 30 (5.25%) Firewall
3 28 (4.90%) DNS
3 28 (4.90%) TCP/IP
4 23 (4.03%) DHCP
4 23 (4.03%) VPN
5 19 (3.33%) LAN
5 19 (3.33%) WAN
6 14 (2.45%) VLAN
7 10 (1.75%) Network Security
7 10 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (1.58%) BGP
8 9 (1.58%) OSPF
9 7 (1.23%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (0.88%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.70%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (0.70%) VoIP
11 4 (0.70%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.65%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (6.48%) SQL Server
3 30 (5.25%) MongoDB
4 20 (3.50%) Power BI
5 11 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.05%) MySQL
8 5 (0.88%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.88%) Tableau
9 4 (0.70%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.70%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.53%) Metadata
11 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.18%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 73 (12.78%) 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 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.35%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 266 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 180 (31.52%) Finance
3 141 (24.69%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (14.54%) Legal
5 65 (11.38%) Law
6 63 (11.03%) Marketing
7 51 (8.93%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (8.41%) Influencing Skills
9 47 (8.23%) Presentation Skills
10 39 (6.83%) Games
10 39 (6.83%) Retail
11 33 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (4.38%) Banking
13 23 (4.03%) Public Sector
14 17 (2.98%) French Language
15 16 (2.80%) Back Office
16 15 (2.63%) German Language
17 14 (2.45%) Telecoms
18 13 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
19 11 (1.93%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 111 (19.44%) Senior
2 75 (13.13%) Analyst
3 63 (11.03%) Lead
4 53 (9.28%) Support Engineer
5 40 (7.01%) Consultant
6 33 (5.78%) Support Analyst
7 31 (5.43%) Marketing Manager
7 31 (5.43%) Project Manager
8 30 (5.25%) Developer
9 27 (4.73%) Technology Manager
10 25 (4.38%) Applications Support
10 25 (4.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 24 (4.20%) IT Manager
11 24 (4.20%) IT Support
12 22 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
13 20 (3.50%) Process Analyst
13 20 (3.50%) Systems Engineer
14 19 (3.33%) Architect
15 18 (3.15%) 3rd Line Support
15 18 (3.15%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.90%) RESTful
2 14 (2.45%) Middleware
2 14 (2.45%) Terraform
3 11 (1.93%) .NET
4 7 (1.23%) REST
5 6 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.88%) 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 (0.18%) DOM
9 1 (0.18%) Kafka
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.18%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.53%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.01%) Low-Code
3 35 (6.13%) Management Information System
4 30 (5.25%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (5.25%) Video\Live Streaming
5 28 (4.90%) Marketing Technology
6 27 (4.73%) Blog
7 26 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
8 23 (4.03%) Onboarding
9 22 (3.85%) Product Ownership
10 20 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (2.80%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.93%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.75%) Client/Server
14 9 (1.58%) Algorithms
15 8 (1.40%) Derivative
16 7 (1.23%) CMDB
16 7 (1.23%) Public Cloud
16 7 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.83%) Windows
2 30 (5.25%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.68%) Linux
4 1 (0.18%) Unix
4 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (40.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 160 (28.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 139 (24.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 135 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
5 130 (22.77%) AI
6 127 (22.24%) Agile
7 125 (21.89%) Decision-Making
8 117 (20.49%) ITIL
9 88 (15.41%) Project Delivery
10 83 (14.54%) Service Delivery
11 77 (13.49%) Project Management
12 71 (12.43%) Roadmaps
13 65 (11.38%) Test Automation
14 62 (10.86%) DevOps
15 61 (10.68%) Coaching
16 59 (10.33%) CRM
17 57 (9.98%) Analytics
17 57 (9.98%) Incident Management
17 57 (9.98%) Risk Management
17 57 (9.98%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 60 (10.51%) SQL
2 59 (10.33%) Python
3 36 (6.30%) R
4 31 (5.43%) Go
5 28 (4.90%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.10%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.58%) C#
7 9 (1.58%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.70%) C++
8 4 (0.70%) Java
9 3 (0.53%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.35%) Bash
10 2 (0.35%) PHP
11 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.18%) Delphi
11 1 (0.18%) Pascal
11 1 (0.18%) Ruby
11 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 72 (12.61%) Degree
2 20 (3.50%) Security Cleared
3 19 (3.33%) PMP
4 17 (2.98%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.80%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.80%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.63%) APMG
7 10 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.75%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.58%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.23%) CISM
9 7 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.70%) CISSP
12 4 (0.70%) CRISC
12 4 (0.70%) ISEB
12 4 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (5.95%) SLA
3 32 (5.60%) GDPR
4 30 (5.25%) QA
5 25 (4.38%) Accessibility
6 15 (2.63%) Data Quality
7 13 (2.28%) PMO
8 11 (1.93%) GRC
9 9 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.70%) NIST
11 4 (0.70%) PERC
12 3 (0.53%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.53%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.35%) MiFID
13 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.18%) COBIT
14 1 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 68 (11.91%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.10%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.88%) Docker
4 5 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.18%) GPFS
5 1 (0.18%) Lustre
5 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (7.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.98%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.28%) Ansible
4 6 (1.05%) Packer
5 5 (0.88%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.53%) Autotask
7 3 (0.53%) Grafana
7 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 152 (26.62%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.71%) SAP
3 32 (5.60%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 24 (4.20%) Cisco
5 24 (4.20%) Oracle
6 22 (3.85%) Salesforce
7 20 (3.50%) VMware
8 10 (1.75%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.40%) Remedy
10 7 (1.23%) IBM
10 7 (1.23%) Sage
10 7 (1.23%) YouTube
11 6 (1.05%) Aruba
11 6 (1.05%) EMC
11 6 (1.05%) F5
11 6 (1.05%) IFS
11 6 (1.05%) Workday
12 4 (0.70%) Facebook
12 4 (0.70%) Infor