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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 124 82
Rank change year-on-year +1 -42 +50
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 379 420 1,149
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.04% 2.87% 3.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% 3.02% 3.89%
Number of salaries quoted 253 312 675
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,775 £37,101
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +0.88%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £94,878 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -

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 15,340 13,907 29,523
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 95.05% 91.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10,890 8,636 23,352
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 15 May 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 50 (13.19%) SharePoint
2 30 (7.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (5.80%) Confluence
4 2 (0.53%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 11 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.64%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.37%) Magento
3 9 (2.37%) Shopify
4 8 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (1.58%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.53%) iTrent
7 2 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.53%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.26%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 103 (27.18%) Azure
2 60 (15.83%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (14.51%) Entra ID
3 55 (14.51%) SaaS
4 41 (10.82%) AWS
5 23 (6.07%) Power Platform
6 21 (5.54%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (4.22%) Mimecast
8 12 (3.17%) GitHub
8 12 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.37%) Intacct
9 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
9 9 (2.37%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.58%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.32%) GCP
11 5 (1.32%) Serverless
12 4 (1.06%) Boomi
12 4 (1.06%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.86%) Broadband
2 16 (4.22%) WAN
3 15 (3.96%) Firewall
4 11 (2.90%) DHCP
4 11 (2.90%) DNS
4 11 (2.90%) LAN
4 11 (2.90%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.37%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.85%) VPN
7 5 (1.32%) VLAN
8 3 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (0.79%) Network Security
8 3 (0.79%) NGN
8 3 (0.79%) Wireless
9 2 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.53%) NX-OS
9 2 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.26%) PSTN
10 1 (0.26%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.80%) MongoDB
1 22 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (4.22%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.17%) Power BI
4 11 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.26%) Metadata
5 1 (0.26%) MS Access
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 65 (17.15%) JIRA
2 10 (2.64%) Git
3 6 (1.58%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (1.32%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.06%) GitLab
5 4 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.06%) Subversion
6 1 (0.26%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.26%) git-flow
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.26%) Selenium
6 1 (0.26%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 166 (43.80%) Social Skills
2 152 (40.11%) Finance
3 69 (18.21%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (11.35%) Law
4 43 (11.35%) Legal
5 36 (9.50%) Marketing
6 27 (7.12%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (6.33%) Back Office
7 24 (6.33%) Banking
8 23 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (5.80%) Games
9 22 (5.80%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (5.54%) Retail
11 17 (4.49%) Public Sector
12 14 (3.69%) Italian Language
12 14 (3.69%) Manufacturing
13 13 (3.43%) German Language
14 10 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 61 (16.09%) Senior
2 52 (13.72%) Analyst
3 38 (10.03%) Lead
4 37 (9.76%) Support Engineer
5 36 (9.50%) Project Manager
6 29 (7.65%) Consultant
6 29 (7.65%) IT Manager
7 23 (6.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (6.07%) Infrastructure Support
8 19 (5.01%) Business Analyst
8 19 (5.01%) IT Project Manager
8 19 (5.01%) Support Analyst
9 18 (4.75%) 3rd Line Support
9 18 (4.75%) Azure Engineer
10 17 (4.49%) Applications Support
10 17 (4.49%) Developer
11 16 (4.22%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 15 (3.96%) Architect
12 15 (3.96%) Python Developer
13 14 (3.69%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.22%) REST
2 15 (3.96%) RESTful
3 14 (3.69%) Middleware
4 9 (2.37%) SOAP
5 6 (1.58%) HTML
6 5 (1.32%) Node.js
6 5 (1.32%) React
7 4 (1.06%) .NET
7 4 (1.06%) ADO
7 4 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.06%) SAP PI
8 2 (0.53%) JSON
8 2 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.53%) Web Services
9 1 (0.26%) CSS
9 1 (0.26%) DOM
9 1 (0.26%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.26%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.92%) Cloud Native
2 28 (7.39%) Low-Code
3 24 (6.33%) Product Ownership
4 22 (5.80%) Video\Live Streaming
5 20 (5.28%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.96%) Data Centre
6 15 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (3.43%) Driving Licence
7 13 (3.43%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.90%) Client/Server
8 11 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.37%) Virtual Team
10 8 (2.11%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.85%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.85%) Social Media
12 6 (1.58%) CMDB
12 6 (1.58%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.97%) Windows
2 21 (5.54%) Windows Server
3 18 (4.75%) Linux
4 8 (2.11%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.58%) Unix
6 4 (1.06%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.26%) Android
8 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (34.04%) Continuous Improvement
2 85 (22.43%) Agile
3 81 (21.37%) ITIL
4 80 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (20.32%) Roadmaps
5 77 (20.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 75 (19.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 71 (18.73%) Project Delivery
8 64 (16.89%) Project Management
9 59 (15.57%) AI
10 46 (12.14%) Service Delivery
11 45 (11.87%) ERP
12 44 (11.61%) Coaching
13 43 (11.35%) Mentoring
14 40 (10.55%) Decision-Making
14 40 (10.55%) DevOps
15 39 (10.29%) Validation
16 38 (10.03%) ITSM
17 35 (9.23%) CI/CD
17 35 (9.23%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (11.08%) Python
2 41 (10.82%) SQL
3 23 (6.07%) PowerShell
4 22 (5.80%) Go
5 16 (4.22%) R
6 9 (2.37%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.58%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.06%) C#
10 2 (0.53%) Java
10 2 (0.53%) PHP
Qualifications
1 49 (12.93%) Degree
2 17 (4.49%) PMI Certification
3 16 (4.22%) Azure Certification
4 14 (3.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (3.69%) PMP
5 13 (3.43%) Security Cleared
6 10 (2.64%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.64%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.58%) APMG
8 6 (1.58%) IRCA
8 6 (1.58%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.32%) CCNA
10 4 (1.06%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.06%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.79%) MCSA
11 3 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.53%) CCNP
12 2 (0.53%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.28%) GDPR
1 20 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 20 (5.28%) QA
1 20 (5.28%) SLA
2 18 (4.75%) PMO
3 7 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.58%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.58%) GRC
4 6 (1.58%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.06%) GAAP
6 4 (1.06%) MiFID
7 3 (0.79%) PERC
7 3 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.26%) IFRS
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 58 (15.30%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.06%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.06%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 4 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.53%) Docker
5 2 (0.53%) Firmware
5 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) KVM
6 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (8.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.28%) Ansible
3 16 (4.22%) Terraform
4 12 (3.17%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.58%) Packer
6 5 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.79%) PaperCut
8 3 (0.79%) SCCM
9 1 (0.26%) Autotask
9 1 (0.26%) Grafana
9 1 (0.26%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.26%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 106 (27.97%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.97%) ServiceNow
3 25 (6.60%) SAP
4 18 (4.75%) Cisco
5 17 (4.49%) Salesforce
6 16 (4.22%) CrowdStrike
7 15 (3.96%) VMware
8 13 (3.43%) Oracle
9 10 (2.64%) ConnectWise
10 9 (2.37%) Sage
10 9 (2.37%) WooCommerce
11 8 (2.11%) Atlassian
11 8 (2.11%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.85%) F5
13 6 (1.58%) EMC
14 5 (1.32%) Ubiquiti
15 4 (1.06%) MuleSoft
15 4 (1.06%) Okta
15 4 (1.06%) OneLogin
15 4 (1.06%) OpenAI