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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 136 65
Rank change year-on-year +19 -71 +47
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 545 407 990
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.42% 2.47% 3.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.92% 2.66% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 329 294 477
10th Percentile £33,350 £32,575 £36,550
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.49% -3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,938 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,700 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% +1.54%

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 18,662 15,317 22,161
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 92.95% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 13,504 9,019 15,975
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,903 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,250 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% +0.77% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 6 August 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 64 (11.74%) SharePoint
2 42 (7.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.57%) Confluence
4 9 (1.65%) IIS
5 2 (0.37%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.37%) Simulink
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.18%) Houdini
7 1 (0.18%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 38 (6.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (4.95%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.55%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 3 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.55%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.37%) Magento
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.37%) Shopify
7 2 (0.37%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.18%) Primavera
8 1 (0.18%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 129 (23.67%) Azure
2 86 (15.78%) SaaS
3 77 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (11.38%) Entra ID
5 53 (9.72%) AWS
6 41 (7.52%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.50%) Mimecast
8 26 (4.77%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (2.57%) Microsoft Copilot
10 11 (2.02%) OneDrive
11 9 (1.65%) Intacct
12 8 (1.47%) GitHub
12 8 (1.47%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (0.92%) GCP
15 4 (0.73%) Boomi
15 4 (0.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 4 (0.73%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.52%) Broadband
2 25 (4.59%) DNS
2 25 (4.59%) TCP/IP
3 24 (4.40%) Firewall
4 21 (3.85%) VPN
5 20 (3.67%) DHCP
6 9 (1.65%) WAN
6 9 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (1.47%) LAN
8 7 (1.28%) Network Security
9 4 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (0.73%) NGN
9 4 (0.73%) VLAN
10 3 (0.55%) SSL
11 2 (0.37%) BGP
11 2 (0.37%) HTTP
11 2 (0.37%) Intranet
11 2 (0.37%) OSPF
11 2 (0.37%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.16%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (6.42%) SQL Server
3 31 (5.69%) MongoDB
4 20 (3.67%) Power BI
5 12 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.10%) MySQL
8 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.92%) Tableau
9 4 (0.73%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.73%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.73%) Metadata
9 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.18%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 76 (13.94%) JIRA
2 20 (3.67%) Git
3 6 (1.10%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.73%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.73%) GitLab
4 4 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.37%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.18%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 253 (46.42%) Social Skills
2 184 (33.76%) Finance
3 121 (22.20%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (14.50%) Legal
5 63 (11.56%) Marketing
6 50 (9.17%) Law
7 49 (8.99%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (7.16%) Influencing Skills
8 39 (7.16%) Presentation Skills
9 35 (6.42%) Games
9 35 (6.42%) Retail
10 34 (6.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (4.04%) Banking
12 19 (3.49%) Back Office
13 15 (2.75%) German Language
13 15 (2.75%) Italian Language
13 15 (2.75%) Manufacturing
14 13 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.83%) French Language
15 10 (1.83%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 101 (18.53%) Senior
2 58 (10.64%) Analyst
3 55 (10.09%) Lead
4 54 (9.91%) Support Engineer
5 46 (8.44%) Consultant
6 37 (6.79%) Project Manager
7 31 (5.69%) Developer
7 31 (5.69%) Marketing Manager
8 29 (5.32%) IT Manager
9 27 (4.95%) Applications Support
9 27 (4.95%) Technology Manager
10 25 (4.59%) IT Support
11 23 (4.22%) Architect
12 22 (4.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 22 (4.04%) 3rd Line Support
12 22 (4.04%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 21 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (3.85%) IT Engineer
13 21 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
14 19 (3.49%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.14%) RESTful
2 16 (2.94%) Middleware
3 11 (2.02%) .NET
4 10 (1.83%) REST
5 7 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.92%) Web Services
7 4 (0.73%) ADO
7 4 (0.73%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.73%) PySpark
8 2 (0.37%) CSS
8 2 (0.37%) HTML
8 2 (0.37%) JSON
8 2 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.37%) SAP PI
8 2 (0.37%) SOAP
9 1 (0.18%) DOM
9 1 (0.18%) Kafka
9 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.18%) Unreal Engine
9 1 (0.18%) VCL
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.07%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.52%) Low-Code
3 31 (5.69%) Video\Live Streaming
4 30 (5.50%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (5.14%) Marketing Technology
6 27 (4.95%) Blog
7 25 (4.59%) Onboarding
8 22 (4.04%) Management Information System
9 20 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (3.67%) Product Ownership
9 20 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (2.75%) Driving Licence
11 11 (2.02%) Client/Server
12 10 (1.83%) Derivative
13 9 (1.65%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.65%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.65%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.79%) Windows
2 27 (4.95%) Windows Server
3 21 (3.85%) Linux
4 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.18%) Android
5 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 151 (27.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 131 (24.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 128 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
5 126 (23.12%) Agile
6 122 (22.39%) AI
7 112 (20.55%) Decision-Making
8 102 (18.72%) ITIL
9 82 (15.05%) Project Management
10 80 (14.68%) Project Delivery
11 79 (14.50%) Roadmaps
11 79 (14.50%) Service Delivery
12 69 (12.66%) Analytics
12 69 (12.66%) Test Automation
13 62 (11.38%) ERP
14 60 (11.01%) CRM
14 60 (11.01%) DevOps
15 59 (10.83%) Coaching
16 56 (10.28%) Incident Management
17 52 (9.54%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.19%) SQL
2 53 (9.72%) Python
3 32 (5.87%) Go
3 32 (5.87%) R
4 30 (5.50%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.20%) JavaScript
6 11 (2.02%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.65%) C#
8 4 (0.73%) Java
9 2 (0.37%) Bash
9 2 (0.37%) C++
9 2 (0.37%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.37%) 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 51 (9.36%) Degree
2 21 (3.85%) PMP
3 19 (3.49%) Azure Certification
3 19 (3.49%) Security Cleared
4 18 (3.30%) PMI Certification
5 14 (2.57%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.20%) APMG
7 7 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.28%) CISM
7 7 (1.28%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.10%) IRCA
8 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.92%) CISSP
9 5 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.92%) ISEB
9 5 (0.92%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.73%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (6.61%) GDPR
3 33 (6.06%) SLA
4 31 (5.69%) QA
5 20 (3.67%) Accessibility
6 16 (2.94%) Data Quality
6 16 (2.94%) PMO
7 10 (1.83%) GRC
8 6 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.10%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.73%) MiFID
9 4 (0.73%) NIST
9 4 (0.73%) PERC
10 3 (0.55%) ISO 19650
10 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.37%) GAAP
11 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 68 (12.48%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.47%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.92%) Docker
5 4 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) GPFS
6 1 (0.18%) Lustre
6 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (7.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.12%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.39%) Ansible
4 12 (2.20%) Terraform
5 6 (1.10%) Packer
6 5 (0.92%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.55%) Autotask
8 3 (0.55%) Grafana
8 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.37%) SCCM
10 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.18%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 150 (27.52%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.52%) SAP
3 30 (5.50%) CrowdStrike
4 27 (4.95%) ServiceNow
5 26 (4.77%) Oracle
6 20 (3.67%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.67%) VMware
7 17 (3.12%) Cisco
8 9 (1.65%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.65%) Sage
9 8 (1.47%) Remedy
10 7 (1.28%) IFS
11 6 (1.10%) EMC
11 6 (1.10%) F5
11 6 (1.10%) IBM
11 6 (1.10%) Workday
12 5 (0.92%) ConnectWise
13 4 (0.73%) Intapp
13 4 (0.73%) OneLogin
13 4 (0.73%) Zscaler