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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 139 68
Rank change year-on-year +30 -71 +52
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 611 367 862
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.50% 2.27% 3.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.07% 2.44% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 359 257 379
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,897 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,375 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,760 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.60% +1.38% -

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 19,905 15,060 19,973
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.30% 93.30% 87.74%
Number of salaries quoted 14,270 8,510 12,254
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 22 September 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 78 (12.77%) SharePoint
2 52 (8.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.29%) Confluence
4 9 (1.47%) IIS
5 2 (0.33%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.49%) Simulink
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.16%) Houdini
7 1 (0.16%) NUKE
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (6.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.42%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.49%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.49%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.49%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.33%) Primavera
6 2 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.16%) iTrent
7 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.16%) Odoo
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 138 (22.59%) Azure
2 87 (14.24%) Microsoft 365
3 75 (12.27%) SaaS
4 62 (10.15%) Entra ID
5 56 (9.17%) AWS
6 51 (8.35%) Power Platform
7 30 (4.91%) Mimecast
8 24 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (2.62%) OneDrive
10 14 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (1.64%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.47%) PaaS
13 8 (1.31%) GCP
13 8 (1.31%) IaaS
13 8 (1.31%) Serverless
14 7 (1.15%) Boomi
14 7 (1.15%) GitHub
15 5 (0.82%) Intacct
15 5 (0.82%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.73%) Firewall
2 32 (5.24%) Broadband
2 32 (5.24%) DNS
3 31 (5.07%) TCP/IP
4 27 (4.42%) DHCP
5 24 (3.93%) VPN
6 21 (3.44%) LAN
6 21 (3.44%) VLAN
6 21 (3.44%) WAN
7 12 (1.96%) BGP
8 11 (1.80%) Network Security
8 11 (1.80%) OSPF
9 10 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (1.31%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (1.15%) Ethernet VPN
11 7 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
11 7 (1.15%) VXLAN
12 6 (0.98%) VoIP
13 5 (0.82%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.82%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.55%) SQL Server
2 34 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (5.24%) Power BI
4 24 (3.93%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.98%) MySQL
7 6 (0.98%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.82%) Metadata
8 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.82%) Tableau
9 4 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.65%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.33%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.33%) Power Query
11 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.16%) Big Data
11 1 (0.16%) Redis
11 1 (0.16%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 71 (11.62%) JIRA
2 23 (3.76%) Git
3 5 (0.82%) GitLab
3 5 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.65%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.65%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.33%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.16%) Flyway
7 1 (0.16%) MLflow
General
1 273 (44.68%) Social Skills
2 183 (29.95%) Finance
3 149 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (13.09%) Legal
5 61 (9.98%) Law
6 58 (9.49%) Organisational Skills
7 51 (8.35%) Influencing Skills
8 50 (8.18%) Marketing
9 43 (7.04%) Public Sector
10 42 (6.87%) Presentation Skills
11 38 (6.22%) Retail
12 37 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 33 (5.40%) Games
14 22 (3.60%) Banking
14 22 (3.60%) French Language
15 16 (2.62%) Telecoms
16 14 (2.29%) Aerospace
16 14 (2.29%) Back Office
16 14 (2.29%) German Language
17 12 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 117 (19.15%) Senior
2 88 (14.40%) Analyst
3 72 (11.78%) Lead
4 52 (8.51%) Support Engineer
5 39 (6.38%) Support Analyst
6 32 (5.24%) Consultant
7 31 (5.07%) IT Manager
7 31 (5.07%) Project Manager
8 30 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 29 (4.75%) Marketing Manager
10 28 (4.58%) Developer
11 27 (4.42%) Technology Manager
12 25 (4.09%) Applications Support
12 25 (4.09%) IT Support
13 24 (3.93%) Senior Analyst
13 24 (3.93%) Systems Engineer
14 23 (3.76%) Service Analyst
14 23 (3.76%) Service Manager
15 21 (3.44%) Process Analyst
16 18 (2.95%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.58%) RESTful
2 15 (2.45%) Middleware
2 15 (2.45%) Terraform
3 11 (1.80%) .NET
4 6 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.82%) PySpark
5 5 (0.82%) Web Services
6 4 (0.65%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.65%) YAML
7 3 (0.49%) ADO
7 3 (0.49%) REST
8 2 (0.33%) CSS
8 2 (0.33%) HTML
8 2 (0.33%) JSON
8 2 (0.33%) SAP PI
9 1 (0.16%) DOM
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.16%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.16%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.16%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.20%) Management Information System
2 39 (6.38%) Cloud Native
3 34 (5.56%) Low-Code
4 32 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (4.58%) Marketing Technology
7 27 (4.42%) Blog
8 25 (4.09%) Onboarding
9 24 (3.93%) Video\Live Streaming
10 20 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (3.11%) Data Centre
12 15 (2.45%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.64%) Derivative
14 9 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (1.31%) Client/Server
15 8 (1.31%) Virtual Team
16 7 (1.15%) Driving Licence
16 7 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
17 6 (0.98%) Housing Association
17 6 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.87%) Windows
2 31 (5.07%) Windows Server
3 20 (3.27%) Linux
4 2 (0.33%) AIX
4 2 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.33%) Solaris
4 2 (0.33%) VxWorks
4 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (40.59%) Continuous Improvement
2 187 (30.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 147 (24.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 146 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
5 145 (23.73%) Decision-Making
6 140 (22.91%) ITIL
7 138 (22.59%) AI
8 131 (21.44%) Agile
9 95 (15.55%) Service Delivery
10 88 (14.40%) Project Delivery
11 80 (13.09%) Project Management
12 78 (12.77%) Coaching
13 71 (11.62%) Service Management
14 65 (10.64%) Incident Management
15 64 (10.47%) Release Management
15 64 (10.47%) Roadmaps
16 61 (9.98%) Analytics
16 61 (9.98%) Risk Management
17 60 (9.82%) Test Automation
18 59 (9.66%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 64 (10.47%) SQL
2 55 (9.00%) Python
3 34 (5.56%) R
4 29 (4.75%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.09%) Go
6 14 (2.29%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.47%) C#
7 9 (1.47%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.98%) C++
9 4 (0.65%) Java
10 3 (0.49%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.33%) Bash
11 2 (0.33%) Bicep
11 2 (0.33%) C
11 2 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.33%) PHP
12 1 (0.16%) Delphi
12 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.16%) Ruby
12 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 85 (13.91%) Degree
2 34 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 30 (4.91%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.11%) Azure Certification
4 19 (3.11%) PMP
5 17 (2.78%) APMG
6 15 (2.45%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.13%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.47%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.15%) CISM
10 7 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (0.98%) ACCA
11 6 (0.98%) CIMA
11 6 (0.98%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (5.56%) SLA
3 29 (4.75%) Accessibility
3 29 (4.75%) GDPR
4 20 (3.27%) QA
5 17 (2.78%) PMO
6 16 (2.62%) Data Quality
7 12 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.64%) GRC
9 6 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.65%) NIST
10 4 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.49%) ISO 19650
12 2 (0.33%) MiFID
12 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.33%) PERC
13 1 (0.16%) COBIT
13 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 66 (10.80%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.29%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.82%) Docker
6 1 (0.16%) GPFS
6 1 (0.16%) Lustre
6 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.29%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.96%) Ansible
4 5 (0.82%) ZABBIX
5 4 (0.65%) Grafana
5 4 (0.65%) Packer
6 3 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.49%) Autotask
6 3 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.16%) Nessus
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 166 (27.17%) Microsoft
2 53 (8.67%) SAP
3 39 (6.38%) ServiceNow
4 34 (5.56%) Oracle
5 30 (4.91%) CrowdStrike
6 26 (4.26%) Cisco
7 19 (3.11%) VMware
8 17 (2.78%) Salesforce
9 13 (2.13%) Workday
10 9 (1.47%) YouTube
11 8 (1.31%) Remedy
12 7 (1.15%) IBM
12 7 (1.15%) IFS
12 7 (1.15%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.98%) Aruba
13 6 (0.98%) Veeam
14 5 (0.82%) Sage
15 4 (0.65%) Dell
15 4 (0.65%) Epicor
15 4 (0.65%) HP