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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 113 115
Rank change year-on-year +14 +2 +22
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 386 502 617
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.57% 3.07% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 3.27% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 255 261 462
10th Percentile £38,984 £37,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,187 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,250 £72,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,107 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.16% +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 13,144 15,339 20,307
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.43% 93.72% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8,355 9,020 16,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,100 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 13 January 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 30 (7.77%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.15%) Tomcat
2 16 (4.15%) WebSphere
2 16 (4.15%) WebSphere Application Server
3 15 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (3.37%) Confluence
5 7 (1.81%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 40 (10.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (5.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.81%) Adobe XD
4 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.26%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 11 (2.85%) Shopify
2 8 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.55%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.55%) NetSuite
4 5 (1.30%) Magento
5 4 (1.04%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.52%) iTrent
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.26%) assyst
8 1 (0.26%) FLEXCUBE
8 1 (0.26%) Primavera
8 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 104 (26.94%) Azure
2 52 (13.47%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (12.44%) AWS
4 37 (9.59%) Entra ID
5 35 (9.07%) Power Platform
6 19 (4.92%) SaaS
7 18 (4.66%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (3.89%) Power Automate
9 13 (3.37%) Amazon S3
9 13 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.37%) Serverless
10 10 (2.59%) GitHub
11 9 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (2.07%) GCP
13 7 (1.81%) Boomi
13 7 (1.81%) iPaaS
13 7 (1.81%) Miro
13 7 (1.81%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.81%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 46 (11.92%) WAN
2 40 (10.36%) LAN
3 33 (8.55%) SD-WAN
4 32 (8.29%) Wireless
5 30 (7.77%) Firewall
6 24 (6.22%) Wireshark
7 17 (4.40%) VPN
8 16 (4.15%) SSL
9 8 (2.07%) DNS
10 5 (1.30%) TCP/IP
10 5 (1.30%) VLAN
11 4 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (1.04%) DHCP
11 4 (1.04%) NX-OS
11 4 (1.04%) WLAN
12 3 (0.78%) Network Security
12 3 (0.78%) VoIP
12 3 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.52%) SAN
14 1 (0.26%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.70%) Power BI
2 18 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (4.15%) DB2
4 12 (3.11%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (2.07%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.52%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.26%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.26%) EDMS
9 1 (0.26%) MS Access
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (6.74%) JIRA
2 8 (2.07%) Bitbucket
2 8 (2.07%) GitLab
2 8 (2.07%) Subversion
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) git-flow
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 196 (50.78%) Social Skills
2 156 (40.41%) Finance
3 66 (17.10%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (10.62%) Telecoms
5 36 (9.33%) Legal
6 32 (8.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (7.51%) Law
8 28 (7.25%) Public Sector
9 24 (6.22%) Banking
10 23 (5.96%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (3.89%) Manufacturing
14 12 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (3.11%) Local Government
14 12 (3.11%) Marketing
14 12 (3.11%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (2.85%) Investment Banking
16 10 (2.59%) Retail
17 9 (2.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 68 (17.62%) Analyst
2 60 (15.54%) Senior
3 36 (9.33%) Lead
4 34 (8.81%) Project Manager
5 31 (8.03%) IT Manager
6 29 (7.51%) Consultant
7 27 (6.99%) Applications Support
7 27 (6.99%) Business Analyst
8 25 (6.48%) Change Manager
9 24 (6.22%) Network Engineer
10 23 (5.96%) IT Project Manager
11 21 (5.44%) Support Analyst
12 19 (4.92%) Infrastructure Support
12 19 (4.92%) Linux Support
12 19 (4.92%) Support Engineer
13 18 (4.66%) Applications Engineer
14 16 (4.15%) Business Manager
15 15 (3.89%) Applications Support Engineer
15 15 (3.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 14 (3.63%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.15%) LAPP Stack
1 16 (4.15%) LDAP
1 16 (4.15%) WebSphere MQ
2 12 (3.11%) HTML
3 10 (2.59%) REST
3 10 (2.59%) SOAP
4 7 (1.81%) Web Services
5 6 (1.55%) Middleware
6 5 (1.30%) JSON
6 5 (1.30%) Node.js
6 5 (1.30%) React
6 5 (1.30%) RESTful
6 5 (1.30%) XML
7 3 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.52%) SAML
9 1 (0.26%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.66%) Management Information System
2 37 (9.59%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.15%) Linux Command Line
4 14 (3.63%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.11%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.85%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.33%) Low-Code
8 8 (2.07%) NHS
9 6 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.30%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.30%) FMCG
10 5 (1.30%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.30%) Social Media
10 5 (1.30%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.04%) Clustering
11 4 (1.04%) CMDB
11 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.04%) EPoS
11 4 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.04%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 50 (12.95%) Windows
2 30 (7.77%) Linux
3 27 (6.99%) Unix
4 20 (5.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (5.18%) Windows Server
5 16 (4.15%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (26.42%) Agile
2 100 (25.91%) Project Management
3 90 (23.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 89 (23.06%) ITIL
5 84 (21.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 81 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (16.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 62 (16.06%) Customer Service
8 62 (16.06%) Project Delivery
9 55 (14.25%) Coaching
10 50 (12.95%) Service Management
11 48 (12.44%) Roadmaps
12 47 (12.18%) Asset Management
12 47 (12.18%) Problem Management
13 43 (11.14%) ERP
14 42 (10.88%) Service Delivery
15 39 (10.10%) ITSM
15 39 (10.10%) User Acceptance Testing
15 39 (10.10%) User Experience
16 38 (9.84%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 41 (10.62%) SQL
2 32 (8.29%) Python
3 23 (5.96%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.59%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.55%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (1.30%) C#
6 5 (1.30%) Java
6 5 (1.30%) Shell Script
6 5 (1.30%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.52%) Bicep
8 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (19.43%) Degree
2 25 (6.48%) ITIL Certification
3 21 (5.44%) AWS Certification
4 17 (4.40%) PMI Certification
5 15 (3.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.89%) PMP
6 11 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.07%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.81%) CCNA
9 6 (1.55%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.55%) Security Cleared
10 5 (1.30%) ACCA
10 5 (1.30%) MCSA
11 4 (1.04%) APMG
11 4 (1.04%) CCNP
11 4 (1.04%) CIMA
11 4 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (1.04%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.55%) SLA
2 27 (6.99%) PMO
2 27 (6.99%) QA
3 17 (4.40%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.37%) GDPR
5 8 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.04%) GRC
7 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.26%) APQC
8 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.26%) GAAP
8 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.26%) NIST
8 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 37 (9.59%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.55%) Docker
4 5 (1.30%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.04%) Firmware
5 4 (1.04%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 15 (3.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.11%) Ansible
3 10 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.33%) Terraform
5 6 (1.55%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.04%) PaperCut
8 2 (0.52%) SCCM
9 1 (0.26%) Autotask
9 1 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 83 (21.50%) Microsoft
2 45 (11.66%) Cisco
3 34 (8.81%) ServiceNow
4 29 (7.51%) Meraki
5 28 (7.25%) CheckPoint
6 25 (6.48%) Palo Alto
7 24 (6.22%) SolarWinds
8 23 (5.96%) IBM
9 22 (5.70%) SAP
10 20 (5.18%) Red Hat
11 18 (4.66%) Oracle
12 14 (3.63%) Workday
13 11 (2.85%) VMware
14 10 (2.59%) Salesforce
15 8 (2.07%) Atlassian
15 8 (2.07%) Epicor
15 8 (2.07%) IFS
15 8 (2.07%) Infor
16 7 (1.81%) SnapLogic
16 7 (1.81%) Talend