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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 133 81
Rank change year-on-year +6 -52 +44
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 451 428 1,159
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.17% 2.68% 3.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 2.86% 3.89%
Number of salaries quoted 297 320 646
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,250 £37,101
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,034 £43,817
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,501 £87,500
UK median annual salary £61,291 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.15% +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 17,138 14,975 29,784
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.33% 93.80% 89.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,509 8,834 22,919
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 £80,000 £75,662
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 2 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 55 (12.20%) SharePoint
2 35 (7.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.55%) Confluence
4 8 (1.77%) IIS
5 2 (0.44%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.33%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.44%) 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 11 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.11%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.89%) Magento
4 4 (0.89%) Shopify
5 3 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.67%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.44%) 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
1 116 (25.72%) Azure
2 78 (17.29%) SaaS
3 65 (14.41%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (12.86%) Entra ID
5 47 (10.42%) AWS
6 33 (7.32%) Power Platform
7 25 (5.54%) Mimecast
8 23 (5.10%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (2.88%) Intacct
10 10 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.00%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.77%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.55%) GitHub
13 7 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.33%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.11%) Boomi
16 4 (0.89%) GCP
16 4 (0.89%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 41 (9.09%) Broadband
2 23 (5.10%) Firewall
3 17 (3.77%) DHCP
3 17 (3.77%) DNS
3 17 (3.77%) TCP/IP
4 13 (2.88%) VPN
5 6 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.11%) VLAN
6 5 (1.11%) WAN
7 4 (0.89%) LAN
7 4 (0.89%) Network Security
7 4 (0.89%) NGN
8 3 (0.67%) SSL
9 2 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.44%) HTTP
9 2 (0.44%) Intranet
9 2 (0.44%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.43%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (6.87%) MongoDB
3 25 (5.54%) SQL Server
4 15 (3.33%) Power BI
5 12 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.33%) MySQL
7 5 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.89%) Delta Lake
8 4 (0.89%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.67%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.67%) Metadata
9 3 (0.67%) 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 (15.96%) JIRA
2 17 (3.77%) Git
3 6 (1.33%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.89%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.89%) GitLab
4 4 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.89%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.67%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.44%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.22%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 194 (43.02%) Social Skills
2 167 (37.03%) Finance
3 82 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (10.20%) Legal
5 42 (9.31%) Law
6 38 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (7.98%) Marketing
8 34 (7.54%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (6.87%) Games
9 31 (6.87%) Retail
10 27 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (5.54%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (4.88%) Banking
13 19 (4.21%) Back Office
14 16 (3.55%) Manufacturing
15 14 (3.10%) Italian Language
16 13 (2.88%) German Language
17 12 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (2.00%) Public Sector
19 8 (1.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 81 (17.96%) Senior
2 56 (12.42%) Support Engineer
3 50 (11.09%) Analyst
4 47 (10.42%) Consultant
5 41 (9.09%) Project Manager
6 36 (7.98%) Lead
7 32 (7.10%) IT Manager
8 26 (5.76%) Developer
9 24 (5.32%) Applications Support
9 24 (5.32%) IT Support
10 23 (5.10%) IT Engineer
10 23 (5.10%) IT Support Engineer
11 22 (4.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 22 (4.88%) 3rd Line Support
11 22 (4.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 21 (4.66%) Architect
12 21 (4.66%) IT Project Manager
13 20 (4.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (3.99%) Change Consultant
14 18 (3.99%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.21%) RESTful
2 18 (3.99%) Middleware
3 12 (2.66%) REST
4 11 (2.44%) .NET
5 8 (1.77%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.11%) Web Services
7 4 (0.89%) ADO
7 4 (0.89%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.89%) PySpark
7 4 (0.89%) SAP PI
7 4 (0.89%) SOAP
8 3 (0.67%) HTML
9 2 (0.44%) CSS
9 2 (0.44%) JSON
9 2 (0.44%) SAP Fiori
10 1 (0.22%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.22%) Node.js
10 1 (0.22%) React
10 1 (0.22%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 38 (8.43%) Low-Code
3 31 (6.87%) Video\Live Streaming
4 29 (6.43%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (4.88%) Product Ownership
6 20 (4.43%) Onboarding
7 15 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (3.33%) Management Information System
8 14 (3.10%) Driving Licence
9 13 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.44%) Client/Server
11 11 (2.44%) Data Centre
12 9 (2.00%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.55%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.55%) Public Cloud
14 6 (1.33%) CMDB
14 6 (1.33%) Data Structures
14 6 (1.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.10%) Windows
2 20 (4.43%) Windows Server
3 16 (3.55%) Linux
4 2 (0.44%) 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
1 167 (37.03%) Continuous Improvement
2 118 (26.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 109 (24.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 105 (23.28%) Agile
5 91 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
6 83 (18.40%) ITIL
7 78 (17.29%) Project Delivery
8 73 (16.19%) AI
9 71 (15.74%) Roadmaps
10 70 (15.52%) Project Management
11 65 (14.41%) Decision-Making
12 60 (13.30%) ERP
13 50 (11.09%) Service Delivery
14 47 (10.42%) CI/CD
14 47 (10.42%) Incident Management
15 46 (10.20%) DevOps
16 44 (9.76%) Coaching
17 42 (9.31%) Infrastructure as Code
17 42 (9.31%) Mentoring
17 42 (9.31%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 57 (12.64%) SQL
2 53 (11.75%) Python
3 32 (7.10%) Go
4 27 (5.99%) PowerShell
5 25 (5.54%) R
6 10 (2.22%) T-SQL
7 9 (2.00%) C#
8 8 (1.77%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.89%) Java
10 2 (0.44%) Bash
10 2 (0.44%) 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 48 (10.64%) Degree
2 21 (4.66%) Azure Certification
3 14 (3.10%) Security Cleared
4 12 (2.66%) PMI Certification
4 12 (2.66%) PMP
5 10 (2.22%) APMG
6 9 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.00%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.33%) CISM
7 6 (1.33%) IRCA
8 5 (1.11%) CISSP
8 5 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.89%) CRISC
9 4 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (0.89%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.67%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.44%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (6.43%) GDPR
3 27 (5.99%) QA
4 20 (4.43%) SLA
5 18 (3.99%) PMO
6 10 (2.22%) GRC
7 9 (2.00%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.33%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.33%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.89%) MiFID
10 4 (0.89%) NIST
10 4 (0.89%) PERC
11 3 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.67%) GAAP
12 2 (0.44%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (14.63%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.77%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.11%) Docker
5 4 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.44%) 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 37 (8.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.77%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.10%) Ansible
4 12 (2.66%) Terraform
5 6 (1.33%) Packer
6 4 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.67%) Autotask
7 3 (0.67%) Grafana
7 3 (0.67%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.67%) SCCM
8 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.44%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.22%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.22%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 125 (27.72%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.43%) SAP
3 30 (6.65%) ServiceNow
4 25 (5.54%) CrowdStrike
5 24 (5.32%) Oracle
6 22 (4.88%) Salesforce
7 17 (3.77%) VMware
8 13 (2.88%) Sage
9 12 (2.66%) Cisco
10 8 (1.77%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.55%) ConnectWise
11 7 (1.55%) F5
11 7 (1.55%) Workday
12 6 (1.33%) EMC
12 6 (1.33%) IFS
13 5 (1.11%) Remedy
13 5 (1.11%) Ubiquiti
14 4 (0.89%) iManage
14 4 (0.89%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud