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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 104 88
Rank change year-on-year -14 -16 +50
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 379 400 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.16% 3.03% 3.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 3.20% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 264 299 666
10th Percentile £37,000 £38,650 £37,101
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,780 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,875 £72,469
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,506 £90,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +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 14,599 12,506 29,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.18% 94.79% 91.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,195 8,884 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%

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 16 April 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 47 (12.40%) SharePoint
2 34 (8.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (5.54%) Confluence
4 5 (1.32%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.53%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.53%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.53%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.28%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.26%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 14 (3.69%) Shopify
2 11 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (2.64%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.37%) Magento
5 7 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (1.58%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (1.06%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.53%) iTrent
8 2 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.26%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.26%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.26%) SAP MII
9 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 109 (28.76%) Azure
2 63 (16.62%) Entra ID
2 63 (16.62%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (13.72%) SaaS
4 37 (9.76%) AWS
5 23 (6.07%) Power Platform
6 19 (5.01%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (4.22%) Mimecast
8 14 (3.69%) GitHub
8 14 (3.69%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.37%) GCP
9 9 (2.37%) Intacct
10 8 (2.11%) Boomi
10 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.58%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.58%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.32%) iPaaS
12 5 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.01%) WAN
2 16 (4.22%) Firewall
3 13 (3.43%) LAN
4 12 (3.17%) DHCP
4 12 (3.17%) DNS
4 12 (3.17%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.64%) Broadband
5 10 (2.64%) SD-WAN
6 8 (2.11%) VPN
7 7 (1.85%) VLAN
8 4 (1.06%) Wireless
9 3 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.79%) Network Security
9 3 (0.79%) NGN
9 3 (0.79%) SSL
10 2 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (0.53%) NX-OS
10 2 (0.53%) VoIP
10 2 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.96%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.43%) Power BI
3 12 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.85%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.32%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.53%) DB2
8 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.26%) Metadata
8 1 (0.26%) MS Access
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 60 (15.83%) JIRA
2 9 (2.37%) Bitbucket
3 8 (2.11%) GitLab
3 8 (2.11%) Subversion
4 6 (1.58%) Git
5 4 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.06%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.26%) git-flow
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.26%) Selenium
6 1 (0.26%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 177 (46.70%) Social Skills
2 152 (40.11%) Finance
3 72 (19.00%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (12.14%) Legal
5 43 (11.35%) Law
6 30 (7.92%) Marketing
7 29 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (7.12%) Public Sector
9 26 (6.86%) Back Office
9 26 (6.86%) Banking
10 22 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (5.28%) Retail
12 18 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (4.75%) Manufacturing
13 15 (3.96%) Telecoms
14 13 (3.43%) Italian Language
15 12 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (2.37%) German Language
Job Titles
1 60 (15.83%) Senior
2 48 (12.66%) Analyst
3 41 (10.82%) Support Engineer
4 39 (10.29%) Project Manager
5 38 (10.03%) Lead
6 37 (9.76%) Consultant
7 29 (7.65%) IT Manager
8 27 (7.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 26 (6.86%) Infrastructure Support
10 21 (5.54%) IT Project Manager
11 20 (5.28%) 3rd Line Support
11 20 (5.28%) Business Analyst
12 18 (4.75%) Applications Support
12 18 (4.75%) Azure Engineer
13 16 (4.22%) Change Manager
13 16 (4.22%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 15 (3.96%) Support Analyst
15 14 (3.69%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 14 (3.69%) IT Support
15 14 (3.69%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.54%) REST
2 14 (3.69%) SOAP
3 13 (3.43%) Middleware
4 7 (1.85%) HTML
5 6 (1.58%) JSON
5 6 (1.58%) Web Services
6 5 (1.32%) Node.js
6 5 (1.32%) React
6 5 (1.32%) RESTful
6 5 (1.32%) XML
7 4 (1.06%) ADO
7 4 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.79%) SAP PI
9 2 (0.53%) LAPP Stack
9 2 (0.53%) LDAP
9 2 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
9 2 (0.53%) WebSphere MQ
10 1 (0.26%) .NET
10 1 (0.26%) GraphQL
10 1 (0.26%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.33%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.49%) Low-Code
3 16 (4.22%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.69%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.69%) Data Centre
5 12 (3.17%) Client/Server
5 12 (3.17%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.90%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (2.11%) Social Media
8 8 (2.11%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.85%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.85%) CMDB
9 7 (1.85%) Video\Live Streaming
10 6 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.58%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.06%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.06%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.08%) Windows
2 26 (6.86%) Windows Server
3 22 (5.80%) Linux
4 14 (3.69%) Windows 10
5 13 (3.43%) Unix
6 6 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.32%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.26%) Android
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (30.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 89 (23.48%) Agile
3 82 (21.64%) ITIL
3 82 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (19.79%) Project Delivery
4 75 (19.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 74 (19.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 68 (17.94%) Roadmaps
7 65 (17.15%) Project Management
8 44 (11.61%) Mentoring
9 43 (11.35%) AI
9 43 (11.35%) ERP
10 41 (10.82%) DevOps
10 41 (10.82%) Service Delivery
11 38 (10.03%) Risk Management
12 37 (9.76%) ITSM
13 36 (9.50%) Incident Management
14 35 (9.23%) Service Management
15 34 (8.97%) Coaching
15 34 (8.97%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 44 (11.61%) SQL
2 28 (7.39%) Python
3 24 (6.33%) PowerShell
4 16 (4.22%) R
5 11 (2.90%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.37%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.85%) Go
7 7 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.58%) C#
8 6 (1.58%) Java
9 5 (1.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 49 (12.93%) Degree
2 17 (4.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (4.22%) PMI Certification
4 14 (3.69%) Azure Certification
5 13 (3.43%) PMP
5 13 (3.43%) Security Cleared
6 10 (2.64%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (2.37%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.37%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.85%) CCNA
9 6 (1.58%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.58%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.58%) IRCA
9 6 (1.58%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.32%) MCSA
11 4 (1.06%) APMG
12 3 (0.79%) ACCA
12 3 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.53%) CCNP
13 2 (0.53%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.12%) QA
2 24 (6.33%) GDPR
3 23 (6.07%) SLA
4 20 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (5.28%) PMO
5 7 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.85%) GRC
6 6 (1.58%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.58%) ISO 9001
7 5 (1.32%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.06%) GAAP
9 3 (0.79%) MiFID
9 3 (0.79%) PERC
10 2 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.26%) IFRS
11 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 67 (17.68%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.58%) Docker
3 6 (1.58%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.06%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.53%) Firmware
5 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) KVM
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (9.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (4.49%) Ansible
3 14 (3.69%) Kubernetes
4 13 (3.43%) Terraform
5 9 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.58%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.06%) Packer
7 4 (1.06%) PaperCut
8 3 (0.79%) SCCM
9 1 (0.26%) Autotask
9 1 (0.26%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 112 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.71%) ServiceNow
3 20 (5.28%) SAP
4 19 (5.01%) Cisco
5 18 (4.75%) Oracle
6 16 (4.22%) CrowdStrike
7 14 (3.69%) VMware
8 13 (3.43%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.90%) Atlassian
10 10 (2.64%) ConnectWise
11 9 (2.37%) Sage
11 9 (2.37%) WooCommerce
12 8 (2.11%) MuleSoft
13 7 (1.85%) IBM
13 7 (1.85%) Workday
14 6 (1.58%) Apple
14 6 (1.58%) IFS
14 6 (1.58%) NEC
14 6 (1.58%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.58%) Ubiquiti