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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 132 76
Rank change year-on-year +3 -56 +47
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 474 435 1,138
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.22% 2.64% 3.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 2.83% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 308 320 627
10th Percentile £33,500 £37,250 £37,082
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,034 £42,810
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,650 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +4.17% +10.51% -1.28%

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 17,644 15,382 28,524
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.79% 93.39% 88.95%
Number of salaries quoted 12,905 9,093 21,741
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
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% -8.72%

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 11 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 (12.24%) SharePoint
2 37 (7.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.16%) Confluence
4 9 (1.90%) IIS
5 2 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.32%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.48%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.63%) 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 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.84%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.84%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.84%) Magento
4 4 (0.84%) Shopify
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.63%) 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
1 122 (25.74%) Azure
2 83 (17.51%) SaaS
3 71 (14.98%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (12.87%) Entra ID
5 48 (10.13%) AWS
6 34 (7.17%) Power Platform
7 27 (5.70%) Dynamics 365
7 27 (5.70%) Mimecast
8 13 (2.74%) Intacct
9 12 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.69%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.48%) GitHub
12 7 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.27%) Boomi
13 6 (1.27%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (1.05%) GCP
15 4 (0.84%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 41 (8.65%) Broadband
2 24 (5.06%) Firewall
3 21 (4.43%) DNS
3 21 (4.43%) TCP/IP
4 18 (3.80%) DHCP
5 17 (3.59%) VPN
6 6 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.05%) VLAN
7 5 (1.05%) WAN
8 4 (0.84%) LAN
8 4 (0.84%) Network Security
8 4 (0.84%) NGN
9 3 (0.63%) 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 (8.02%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (6.54%) MongoDB
3 30 (6.33%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.16%) Power BI
5 12 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.27%) MySQL
7 4 (0.84%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.84%) Delta Lake
7 4 (0.84%) Metadata
7 4 (0.84%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.84%) 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 (16.03%) JIRA
2 18 (3.80%) Git
3 6 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.84%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.84%) GitLab
4 4 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.84%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.63%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.42%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.21%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 201 (42.41%) Social Skills
2 174 (36.71%) Finance
3 83 (17.51%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.92%) Legal
5 42 (8.86%) Law
5 42 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (7.81%) Presentation Skills
7 36 (7.59%) Marketing
8 33 (6.96%) Retail
9 31 (6.54%) Games
10 26 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (5.49%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (4.64%) Banking
12 20 (4.22%) Back Office
13 16 (3.38%) Manufacturing
14 15 (3.16%) Italian Language
15 14 (2.95%) German Language
16 13 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (2.74%) Public Sector
17 8 (1.69%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 86 (18.14%) Senior
2 58 (12.24%) Support Engineer
3 52 (10.97%) Analyst
4 48 (10.13%) Consultant
5 42 (8.86%) Project Manager
6 40 (8.44%) Lead
7 31 (6.54%) IT Manager
8 27 (5.70%) Developer
9 26 (5.49%) IT Support
10 25 (5.27%) Applications Support
11 24 (5.06%) IT Engineer
11 24 (5.06%) IT Support Engineer
12 23 (4.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 23 (4.85%) 3rd Line Support
12 23 (4.85%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 23 (4.85%) Architect
13 20 (4.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 20 (4.22%) Senior Consultant
14 19 (4.01%) IT Project Manager
15 18 (3.80%) Change Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.91%) RESTful
2 20 (4.22%) Middleware
3 12 (2.53%) REST
4 11 (2.32%) .NET
5 8 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.05%) Web Services
7 4 (0.84%) ADO
7 4 (0.84%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.84%) PySpark
7 4 (0.84%) SAP PI
7 4 (0.84%) 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 (8.86%) Cloud Native
2 38 (8.02%) Low-Code
3 31 (6.54%) Video\Live Streaming
4 29 (6.12%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (4.43%) Onboarding
6 20 (4.22%) Product Ownership
7 16 (3.38%) Management Information System
8 15 (3.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (3.16%) Driving Licence
8 15 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.32%) Client/Server
11 10 (2.11%) Data Centre
11 10 (2.11%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.48%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.48%) Public Cloud
14 6 (1.27%) Data Structures
14 6 (1.27%) Housing Association
14 6 (1.27%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.59%) Windows
2 22 (4.64%) Windows Server
3 19 (4.01%) 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
1 175 (36.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 128 (27.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 121 (25.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 113 (23.84%) Agile
5 100 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (19.20%) ITIL
7 79 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 77 (16.24%) Project Management
9 74 (15.61%) AI
10 71 (14.98%) Decision-Making
10 71 (14.98%) Roadmaps
11 66 (13.92%) ERP
12 52 (10.97%) DevOps
13 50 (10.55%) Incident Management
13 50 (10.55%) Service Delivery
14 49 (10.34%) CI/CD
15 46 (9.70%) Coaching
16 44 (9.28%) Mentoring
17 42 (8.86%) Infrastructure as Code
18 41 (8.65%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 58 (12.24%) SQL
2 52 (10.97%) Python
3 32 (6.75%) Go
4 29 (6.12%) PowerShell
5 27 (5.70%) R
6 11 (2.32%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.90%) C#
7 9 (1.90%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.84%) 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 (9.07%) Degree
2 22 (4.64%) Azure Certification
3 17 (3.59%) PMP
4 15 (3.16%) PMI Certification
5 14 (2.95%) Security Cleared
6 11 (2.32%) APMG
7 9 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.90%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.48%) CISM
9 6 (1.27%) IRCA
9 6 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.05%) CISSP
10 5 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.84%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.84%) CRISC
11 4 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (0.63%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.42%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (6.54%) GDPR
3 27 (5.70%) QA
4 24 (5.06%) SLA
5 20 (4.22%) PMO
6 11 (2.32%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.90%) GRC
8 8 (1.69%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.27%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.84%) MiFID
10 4 (0.84%) NIST
10 4 (0.84%) PERC
11 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.63%) GAAP
11 3 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 68 (14.35%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.90%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.05%) Docker
5 4 (0.84%) 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 (8.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.59%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.95%) Ansible
4 12 (2.53%) Terraform
5 6 (1.27%) Packer
6 4 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.63%) Autotask
7 3 (0.63%) Grafana
7 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.63%) SCCM
7 3 (0.63%) 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
1 140 (29.54%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.23%) SAP
3 30 (6.33%) ServiceNow
4 27 (5.70%) CrowdStrike
5 26 (5.49%) Oracle
6 20 (4.22%) Salesforce
7 18 (3.80%) VMware
8 13 (2.74%) Sage
9 12 (2.53%) Cisco
10 8 (1.69%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.48%) ConnectWise
11 7 (1.48%) F5
11 7 (1.48%) IFS
12 6 (1.27%) EMC
12 6 (1.27%) Remedy
12 6 (1.27%) Workday
13 5 (1.05%) MuleSoft
13 5 (1.05%) Ubiquiti
14 4 (0.84%) iManage
14 4 (0.84%) Meraki