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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 101 80
Rank change year-on-year -16 -21 +57
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 381 417 1,143
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.10% 3.10% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 3.27% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 266 311 670
10th Percentile £37,000 £39,000 £37,101
25th Percentile £49,438 £47,500 £43,817
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £78,438 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,625 £97,528 £90,000
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 15,007 12,750 29,718
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.73% 94.76% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 10,534 8,864 23,587
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,881
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.42% +9.09% -10.57%

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 1 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 (13.12%) SharePoint
2 33 (8.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (5.51%) Confluence
4 2 (0.52%) CMS
5 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
Applications
1 18 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 11 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.62%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (2.62%) Shopify
3 9 (2.36%) Magento
4 7 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (1.57%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.52%) iTrent
6 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.26%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 109 (28.61%) Azure
2 63 (16.54%) Entra ID
3 61 (16.01%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (13.91%) SaaS
5 33 (8.66%) AWS
6 21 (5.51%) Power Platform
7 20 (5.25%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (4.20%) Mimecast
9 13 (3.41%) GitHub
9 13 (3.41%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.36%) Intacct
10 9 (2.36%) OneDrive
11 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (1.84%) GCP
13 5 (1.31%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.31%) Serverless
14 4 (1.05%) Boomi
14 4 (1.05%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.99%) WAN
2 16 (4.20%) Firewall
3 15 (3.94%) Broadband
4 13 (3.41%) LAN
5 12 (3.15%) DHCP
5 12 (3.15%) DNS
5 12 (3.15%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.62%) SD-WAN
7 8 (2.10%) VPN
8 7 (1.84%) VLAN
9 4 (1.05%) Wireless
10 3 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.79%) Network Security
10 3 (0.79%) NGN
11 2 (0.52%) Cisco Firepower
11 2 (0.52%) NX-OS
11 2 (0.52%) VoIP
11 2 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
12 1 (0.26%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.20%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (3.15%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.62%) Power BI
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%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 61 (16.01%) JIRA
2 7 (1.84%) Bitbucket
2 7 (1.84%) Git
3 6 (1.57%) GitLab
3 6 (1.57%) Subversion
4 5 (1.31%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (1.05%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.26%) git-flow
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.26%) Selenium
6 1 (0.26%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 175 (45.93%) Social Skills
2 152 (39.90%) Finance
3 67 (17.59%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (11.02%) Legal
5 41 (10.76%) Law
6 31 (8.14%) Marketing
7 26 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (6.30%) Banking
8 24 (6.30%) Public Sector
9 23 (6.04%) Back Office
10 21 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (5.51%) Retail
11 20 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (4.20%) Manufacturing
13 14 (3.67%) Italian Language
14 12 (3.15%) Games
15 11 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (2.62%) German Language
16 10 (2.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 63 (16.54%) Senior
2 49 (12.86%) Analyst
3 39 (10.24%) Project Manager
3 39 (10.24%) Support Engineer
4 37 (9.71%) Lead
5 34 (8.92%) Consultant
6 30 (7.87%) IT Manager
7 27 (7.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (6.30%) Infrastructure Support
9 20 (5.25%) 3rd Line Support
9 20 (5.25%) IT Project Manager
10 19 (4.99%) Azure Engineer
10 19 (4.99%) Business Analyst
11 17 (4.46%) Applications Support
11 17 (4.46%) Change Manager
11 17 (4.46%) Support Analyst
12 16 (4.20%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 14 (3.67%) Business Consultant
13 14 (3.67%) Business Development Consultant
13 14 (3.67%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.46%) REST
2 13 (3.41%) Middleware
3 10 (2.62%) SOAP
4 6 (1.57%) HTML
4 6 (1.57%) RESTful
5 5 (1.31%) Node.js
5 5 (1.31%) React
6 4 (1.05%) ADO
7 3 (0.79%) JSON
7 3 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.79%) SAP PI
7 3 (0.79%) Web Services
8 2 (0.52%) .NET
8 2 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.26%) CSS
9 1 (0.26%) DOM
9 1 (0.26%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.26%) Model Context Protocol
9 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.30%) Product Ownership
2 20 (5.25%) Cloud Native
3 19 (4.99%) Low-Code
4 18 (4.72%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.94%) Data Centre
6 13 (3.41%) Client/Server
7 12 (3.15%) Driving Licence
7 12 (3.15%) Video\Live Streaming
8 10 (2.62%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (2.36%) Virtual Team
10 8 (2.10%) Social Media
11 7 (1.84%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.84%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (1.31%) CMDB
13 5 (1.31%) Derivative
13 5 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.97%) Windows
2 24 (6.30%) Windows Server
3 17 (4.46%) Linux
4 11 (2.89%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.84%) Unix
6 5 (1.31%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.26%) Android
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (30.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 84 (22.05%) Agile
3 82 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (20.73%) ITIL
5 78 (20.47%) Project Delivery
6 75 (19.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 74 (19.42%) Roadmaps
8 73 (19.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 63 (16.54%) Project Management
10 47 (12.34%) AI
10 47 (12.34%) Mentoring
11 44 (11.55%) Service Delivery
12 42 (11.02%) Coaching
12 42 (11.02%) ERP
13 41 (10.76%) DevOps
14 36 (9.45%) Decision-Making
14 36 (9.45%) ITSM
14 36 (9.45%) Risk Management
14 36 (9.45%) Service Management
15 34 (8.92%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 43 (11.29%) SQL
2 29 (7.61%) Python
3 25 (6.56%) PowerShell
4 16 (4.20%) R
5 12 (3.15%) Go
6 9 (2.36%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.84%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.84%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.79%) C#
8 3 (0.79%) Java
9 1 (0.26%) PHP
9 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (13.39%) Degree
2 17 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (4.20%) PMI Certification
4 15 (3.94%) Azure Certification
5 13 (3.41%) PMP
5 13 (3.41%) Security Cleared
6 10 (2.62%) SC Cleared
7 9 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.10%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.84%) CCNA
10 6 (1.57%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.57%) IRCA
10 6 (1.57%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.31%) APMG
11 5 (1.31%) MCSA
12 4 (1.05%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 2 (0.52%) ACCA
14 2 (0.52%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.04%) QA
2 21 (5.51%) GDPR
3 20 (5.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (4.99%) SLA
5 17 (4.46%) PMO
6 7 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.84%) GRC
7 6 (1.57%) ISO 9001
8 5 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.31%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.05%) GAAP
9 4 (1.05%) MiFID
9 4 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.79%) PERC
11 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.52%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.26%) IFRS
12 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 64 (16.80%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.57%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.05%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.52%) Docker
6 2 (0.52%) Firmware
6 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.26%) KVM
7 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (9.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (4.72%) Ansible
3 14 (3.67%) Terraform
4 11 (2.89%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.31%) Packer
8 4 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.05%) PaperCut
9 3 (0.79%) SCCM
10 1 (0.26%) Autotask
10 1 (0.26%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (28.35%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.66%) ServiceNow
3 20 (5.25%) Cisco
4 19 (4.99%) SAP
5 16 (4.20%) CrowdStrike
6 15 (3.94%) VMware
7 13 (3.41%) Oracle
7 13 (3.41%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.62%) Atlassian
8 10 (2.62%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.36%) Sage
9 9 (2.36%) WooCommerce
10 7 (1.84%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.57%) Apple
11 6 (1.57%) F5
11 6 (1.57%) NEC
11 6 (1.57%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (1.31%) EMC
13 4 (1.05%) BMC
13 4 (1.05%) Red Hat