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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 141 64
Rank change year-on-year +30 -77 +40
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 571 375 974
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.44% 2.29% 4.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.46% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 334 272 415
10th Percentile £32,575 £37,250 £37,050
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £44,779
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,313 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,500 £88,250
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 19,145 15,240 21,286
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.96% 92.98% 87.58%
Number of salaries quoted 13,809 8,865 14,207
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,541
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,075
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.92% -6.54%

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 2 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 70 (12.26%) SharePoint
2 47 (8.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.28%) Confluence
4 9 (1.58%) IIS
5 2 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.53%) Simulink
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.18%) Houdini
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.18%) NUKE
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (7.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.73%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.53%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.53%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.53%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.35%) Primavera
6 2 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.18%) Odoo
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 131 (22.94%) Azure
2 84 (14.71%) SaaS
3 78 (13.66%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (10.68%) Entra ID
5 60 (10.51%) AWS
6 40 (7.01%) Power Platform
7 32 (5.60%) Mimecast
8 25 (4.38%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
10 12 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (2.10%) OneDrive
11 9 (1.58%) Power Automate
12 7 (1.23%) GitHub
12 7 (1.23%) IaaS
12 7 (1.23%) Intacct
12 7 (1.23%) PaaS
13 6 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (0.88%) OCI
14 5 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.18%) Broadband
2 30 (5.25%) Firewall
3 28 (4.90%) DNS
3 28 (4.90%) TCP/IP
4 23 (4.03%) DHCP
4 23 (4.03%) VPN
5 19 (3.33%) LAN
5 19 (3.33%) WAN
6 14 (2.45%) VLAN
7 10 (1.75%) Network Security
7 10 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (1.58%) BGP
8 9 (1.58%) OSPF
9 7 (1.23%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (0.88%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.70%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (0.70%) NGN
11 4 (0.70%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (6.48%) SQL Server
3 31 (5.43%) MongoDB
4 20 (3.50%) Power BI
5 11 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.05%) MySQL
8 5 (0.88%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.88%) Tableau
9 4 (0.70%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.70%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.53%) Metadata
11 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.18%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 73 (12.78%) JIRA
2 22 (3.85%) Git
3 6 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.70%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.70%) GitLab
4 4 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.35%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 266 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 179 (31.35%) Finance
3 141 (24.69%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (14.54%) Legal
5 65 (11.38%) Law
6 63 (11.03%) Marketing
7 51 (8.93%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (8.41%) Influencing Skills
9 47 (8.23%) Presentation Skills
10 40 (7.01%) Games
11 39 (6.83%) Retail
12 33 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (4.38%) Banking
14 23 (4.03%) Public Sector
15 17 (2.98%) French Language
16 16 (2.80%) Back Office
17 15 (2.63%) German Language
18 14 (2.45%) Telecoms
19 13 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
20 11 (1.93%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 112 (19.61%) Senior
2 75 (13.13%) Analyst
3 63 (11.03%) Lead
4 53 (9.28%) Support Engineer
5 40 (7.01%) Consultant
6 33 (5.78%) Support Analyst
7 31 (5.43%) Developer
7 31 (5.43%) Marketing Manager
7 31 (5.43%) Project Manager
8 27 (4.73%) Technology Manager
9 25 (4.38%) Applications Support
9 25 (4.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (4.20%) IT Manager
10 24 (4.20%) IT Support
11 22 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
12 20 (3.50%) Process Analyst
12 20 (3.50%) Systems Engineer
13 19 (3.33%) Architect
14 18 (3.15%) 3rd Line Support
14 18 (3.15%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.90%) RESTful
2 14 (2.45%) Middleware
2 14 (2.45%) Terraform
3 11 (1.93%) .NET
4 8 (1.40%) REST
5 6 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.88%) Web Services
7 4 (0.70%) ADO
7 4 (0.70%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.70%) PySpark
8 2 (0.35%) CSS
8 2 (0.35%) HTML
8 2 (0.35%) JSON
8 2 (0.35%) SAP PI
8 2 (0.35%) YAML
9 1 (0.18%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.18%) DOM
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.18%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.53%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.18%) Low-Code
3 35 (6.13%) Management Information System
4 31 (5.43%) Video\Live Streaming
5 30 (5.25%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (4.90%) Marketing Technology
7 27 (4.73%) Blog
8 26 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (4.03%) Onboarding
9 23 (4.03%) Product Ownership
10 20 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (2.80%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.93%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.75%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.75%) Client/Server
14 8 (1.40%) Derivative
15 7 (1.23%) CMDB
15 7 (1.23%) Public Cloud
15 7 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.83%) Windows
2 30 (5.25%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.68%) Linux
4 1 (0.18%) Unix
4 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (40.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 160 (28.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 139 (24.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 134 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
5 131 (22.94%) AI
6 126 (22.07%) Agile
7 125 (21.89%) Decision-Making
8 117 (20.49%) ITIL
9 88 (15.41%) Project Delivery
10 83 (14.54%) Service Delivery
11 76 (13.31%) Project Management
12 71 (12.43%) Roadmaps
13 66 (11.56%) Test Automation
14 61 (10.68%) Coaching
14 61 (10.68%) DevOps
15 59 (10.33%) CRM
16 57 (9.98%) Analytics
16 57 (9.98%) Incident Management
16 57 (9.98%) Risk Management
16 57 (9.98%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 60 (10.51%) Python
1 60 (10.51%) SQL
2 36 (6.30%) R
3 32 (5.60%) Go
4 28 (4.90%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.10%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.58%) C#
6 9 (1.58%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.70%) C++
7 4 (0.70%) Java
8 3 (0.53%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.35%) Bash
9 2 (0.35%) PHP
10 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.18%) Delphi
10 1 (0.18%) Pascal
10 1 (0.18%) Ruby
10 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 72 (12.61%) Degree
2 20 (3.50%) Security Cleared
3 19 (3.33%) PMP
4 17 (2.98%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.80%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.80%) SC Cleared
6 15 (2.63%) APMG
7 10 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.75%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.58%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.23%) CISM
9 7 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.70%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.70%) CRISC
12 4 (0.70%) ISEB
12 4 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (5.95%) SLA
3 32 (5.60%) GDPR
4 31 (5.43%) QA
5 25 (4.38%) Accessibility
6 15 (2.63%) Data Quality
7 13 (2.28%) PMO
8 11 (1.93%) GRC
9 9 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.70%) NIST
11 4 (0.70%) PERC
12 3 (0.53%) ISO 19650
12 3 (0.53%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.35%) MiFID
13 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.18%) COBIT
14 1 (0.18%) GAAP
System Software
1 68 (11.91%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.10%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.88%) Docker
4 5 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.18%) GPFS
5 1 (0.18%) Lustre
5 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (7.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.98%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.28%) Ansible
4 6 (1.05%) Packer
5 5 (0.88%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.53%) Autotask
7 3 (0.53%) Grafana
7 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 151 (26.44%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.71%) SAP
3 32 (5.60%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 24 (4.20%) Cisco
5 24 (4.20%) Oracle
6 22 (3.85%) Salesforce
7 20 (3.50%) VMware
8 10 (1.75%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.40%) Remedy
10 7 (1.23%) IBM
10 7 (1.23%) Sage
10 7 (1.23%) YouTube
11 6 (1.05%) Aruba
11 6 (1.05%) EMC
11 6 (1.05%) F5
11 6 (1.05%) IFS
11 6 (1.05%) Workday
12 4 (0.70%) Epicor
12 4 (0.70%) Fortinet