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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 135 79
Rank change year-on-year +11 -56 +41
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 461 426 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.20% 2.63% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 2.81% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 301 317 639
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,250 £37,101
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,017 £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 17,250 15,174 29,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.39% 93.66% 88.88%
Number of salaries quoted 12,607 8,984 22,543
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £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 5 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 56 (12.15%) SharePoint
2 35 (7.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.25%) Confluence
4 9 (1.95%) IIS
5 2 (0.43%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.22%) Houdini
7 1 (0.22%) NUKE
7 1 (0.22%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 12 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.08%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.87%) Magento
4 4 (0.87%) Shopify
5 3 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.65%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.22%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.22%) Odoo
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.22%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.22%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 118 (25.60%) Azure
2 78 (16.92%) SaaS
3 68 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (12.80%) Entra ID
5 48 (10.41%) AWS
6 34 (7.38%) Power Platform
7 25 (5.42%) Dynamics 365
7 25 (5.42%) Mimecast
8 13 (2.82%) Intacct
9 11 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.74%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.52%) GitHub
12 7 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.30%) Boomi
13 6 (1.30%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
15 4 (0.87%) Azure Event Grid
15 4 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 41 (8.89%) Broadband
2 24 (5.21%) Firewall
3 20 (4.34%) DNS
3 20 (4.34%) TCP/IP
4 18 (3.90%) DHCP
5 16 (3.47%) VPN
6 6 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.08%) VLAN
7 5 (1.08%) WAN
8 4 (0.87%) LAN
8 4 (0.87%) Network Security
8 4 (0.87%) NGN
9 3 (0.65%) SSL
10 2 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (0.43%) HTTP
10 2 (0.43%) Intranet
10 2 (0.43%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
11 1 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.24%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (6.72%) MongoDB
3 28 (6.07%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.25%) Power BI
5 12 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.30%) MySQL
7 5 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.87%) Delta Lake
8 4 (0.87%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.65%) Metadata
9 3 (0.65%) Tableau
10 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.22%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 72 (15.62%) JIRA
2 17 (3.69%) Git
3 6 (1.30%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.87%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.87%) GitLab
4 4 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.87%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.65%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.43%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.22%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 199 (43.17%) Social Skills
2 170 (36.88%) Finance
3 83 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (9.98%) Legal
5 42 (9.11%) Law
6 39 (8.46%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (7.81%) Marketing
8 35 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (6.72%) Games
9 31 (6.72%) Retail
10 27 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (5.86%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (4.77%) Banking
12 19 (4.12%) Back Office
13 17 (3.69%) Manufacturing
14 15 (3.25%) Italian Language
15 13 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (2.82%) German Language
16 12 (2.60%) Public Sector
17 8 (1.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (17.79%) Senior
2 57 (12.36%) Support Engineer
3 50 (10.85%) Analyst
4 48 (10.41%) Consultant
5 41 (8.89%) Project Manager
6 39 (8.46%) Lead
7 32 (6.94%) IT Manager
8 26 (5.64%) Developer
9 25 (5.42%) IT Support
10 24 (5.21%) Applications Support
11 23 (4.99%) IT Engineer
11 23 (4.99%) IT Support Engineer
12 22 (4.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 22 (4.77%) 3rd Line Support
12 22 (4.77%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 22 (4.77%) Architect
13 21 (4.56%) IT Project Manager
14 20 (4.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 19 (4.12%) Senior Consultant
16 18 (3.90%) Change Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.07%) RESTful
2 19 (4.12%) Middleware
3 12 (2.60%) REST
4 11 (2.39%) .NET
5 8 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.08%) Web Services
7 4 (0.87%) ADO
7 4 (0.87%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.87%) PySpark
7 4 (0.87%) SAP PI
7 4 (0.87%) SOAP
8 3 (0.65%) HTML
9 2 (0.43%) CSS
9 2 (0.43%) JSON
9 2 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
10 1 (0.22%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.22%) Apache Camel
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.22%) React
10 1 (0.22%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.89%) Cloud Native
2 38 (8.24%) Low-Code
3 31 (6.72%) Video\Live Streaming
4 29 (6.29%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (4.77%) Product Ownership
6 20 (4.34%) Onboarding
7 16 (3.47%) Management Information System
8 15 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (3.25%) Driving Licence
9 14 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.39%) Client/Server
11 11 (2.39%) Data Centre
12 10 (2.17%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.52%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.52%) Public Cloud
14 6 (1.30%) Data Structures
14 6 (1.30%) Housing Association
14 6 (1.30%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.59%) Windows
2 21 (4.56%) Windows Server
3 18 (3.90%) Linux
4 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.22%) Android
5 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (37.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 123 (26.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 114 (24.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 108 (23.43%) Agile
5 95 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (18.44%) ITIL
7 79 (17.14%) Project Delivery
8 77 (16.70%) Project Management
9 74 (16.05%) AI
10 72 (15.62%) Roadmaps
11 66 (14.32%) Decision-Making
12 62 (13.45%) ERP
13 49 (10.63%) DevOps
14 48 (10.41%) CI/CD
14 48 (10.41%) Service Delivery
15 47 (10.20%) Incident Management
16 45 (9.76%) Coaching
17 43 (9.33%) Mentoring
18 42 (9.11%) Infrastructure as Code
18 42 (9.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 58 (12.58%) SQL
2 53 (11.50%) Python
3 32 (6.94%) Go
4 28 (6.07%) PowerShell
5 25 (5.42%) R
6 10 (2.17%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.95%) C#
8 8 (1.74%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.87%) Java
10 2 (0.43%) Bash
10 2 (0.43%) PHP
11 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.22%) Delphi
11 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.22%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 47 (10.20%) Degree
2 21 (4.56%) Azure Certification
3 17 (3.69%) PMP
4 16 (3.47%) PMI Certification
5 14 (3.04%) Security Cleared
6 10 (2.17%) APMG
7 9 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.95%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.30%) CISM
8 6 (1.30%) IRCA
9 5 (1.08%) CISSP
9 5 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.87%) CRISC
10 4 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (0.87%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.65%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.43%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (6.29%) GDPR
3 27 (5.86%) QA
4 20 (4.34%) SLA
5 19 (4.12%) PMO
6 10 (2.17%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.95%) GRC
8 8 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.52%) Accessibility
10 6 (1.30%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.87%) MiFID
11 4 (0.87%) NIST
11 4 (0.87%) PERC
12 3 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.65%) GAAP
13 2 (0.43%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (14.32%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.95%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.08%) Docker
5 4 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.43%) vSphere
7 1 (0.22%) Firmware
7 1 (0.22%) GPFS
7 1 (0.22%) KVM
7 1 (0.22%) Lustre
7 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (8.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.69%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.04%) Ansible
4 12 (2.60%) Terraform
5 6 (1.30%) Packer
6 4 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.65%) Autotask
7 3 (0.65%) Grafana
7 3 (0.65%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.65%) SCCM
8 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.43%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.22%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.22%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 132 (28.63%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.24%) SAP
3 31 (6.72%) ServiceNow
4 25 (5.42%) CrowdStrike
4 25 (5.42%) Oracle
5 22 (4.77%) Salesforce
6 18 (3.90%) VMware
7 13 (2.82%) Sage
8 12 (2.60%) Cisco
9 8 (1.74%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.52%) ConnectWise
10 7 (1.52%) F5
10 7 (1.52%) Workday
11 6 (1.30%) EMC
11 6 (1.30%) IFS
12 5 (1.08%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.08%) Remedy
12 5 (1.08%) Ubiquiti
13 4 (0.87%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.87%) Fortinet