Change Manager
UK

The median Change Manager salary in the UK is £54,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 673 789 1015
Rank change year-on-year +116 +226 -222
Permanent jobs requiring a Change Manager 218 207 222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.22% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 168 157 174
10th Percentile £36,152 £42,210 £42,507
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,000 £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,375 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Change Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Change Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Change Manager.

Salary trend for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Manager over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +84 198 £57,000 -3.31% 47
UK excluding London +26 159 £50,000 -9.09% 36
North of England +83 77 £51,825 -4.03% 4
Work from Home +68 75 £48,750 -18.75% 18
London +111 57 £75,000 +15.38% 19
Midlands +39 48 £50,000 -4.76% 7
North West +27 42 £57,965 +0.81% 2
West Midlands +26 25 £47,500 -9.52% 3
Yorkshire +90 23 £37,500 -18.29% 1
East Midlands 0 15 £52,500 -12.50% 4
Scotland -55 14 £42,500 -22.73% 4
North East +9 12 £57,732 +9.97% 1
South West -44 9 £45,000 -16.67% 10
South East -11 7 £70,000 +16.67% 5
Isle of Man - 4 - -

Change Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Change Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Change Manager in the job title.

1 143 (65.60%) Change Management
2 59 (27.06%) Agile
3 56 (25.69%) Project Management
4 52 (23.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 45 (20.64%) Social Skills
6 39 (17.89%) Coaching
7 34 (15.60%) Finance
8 33 (15.14%) Service Delivery
8 33 (15.14%) Process Improvement
9 32 (14.68%) Mentoring
10 26 (11.93%) Risk Management
11 25 (11.47%) ITIL
12 23 (10.55%) PRINCE2
12 23 (10.55%) Public Sector
13 22 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (9.63%) Law
14 21 (9.63%) ServiceNow
15 17 (7.80%) Problem-Solving
15 17 (7.80%) Customer Experience
16 16 (7.34%) Impact Assessments
16 16 (7.34%) ITSM
17 15 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (6.88%) Business Change Management
18 14 (6.42%) PMO
18 14 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
18 14 (6.42%) Project Delivery
18 14 (6.42%) Roadmaps
18 14 (6.42%) Service Management
18 14 (6.42%) Retail
19 13 (5.96%) Microsoft

Change Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.83%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.75%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Development Applications
1 2 (0.92%) JIRA
General
1 45 (20.64%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.60%) Finance
3 23 (10.55%) Public Sector
4 21 (9.63%) Law
5 15 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (6.42%) Retail
7 12 (5.50%) Publishing
8 11 (5.05%) Legal
9 9 (4.13%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.75%) Banking
10 6 (2.75%) Marketing
11 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.83%) Private Banking
12 2 (0.92%) Automotive
12 2 (0.92%) Back Office
12 2 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Advertising
13 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.46%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.46%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.75%) FMCG
2 5 (2.29%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.29%) PMI
3 4 (1.83%) CMDB
3 4 (1.83%) Credit Risk
4 1 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.46%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.46%) Educational Technology
4 1 (0.46%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.46%) Hedge funds
4 1 (0.46%) iPad
4 1 (0.46%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.83%) Windows
2 2 (0.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (65.60%) Change Management
2 59 (27.06%) Agile
3 56 (25.69%) Project Management
4 52 (23.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (17.89%) Coaching
6 33 (15.14%) Process Improvement
6 33 (15.14%) Service Delivery
7 32 (14.68%) Mentoring
8 26 (11.93%) Risk Management
9 25 (11.47%) ITIL
10 23 (10.55%) PRINCE2
11 22 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (7.80%) Customer Experience
12 17 (7.80%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (7.34%) Impact Assessments
13 16 (7.34%) ITSM
14 15 (6.88%) Business Change Management
15 14 (6.42%) Project Delivery
15 14 (6.42%) Roadmaps
15 14 (6.42%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.83%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (5.50%) Degree
2 10 (4.59%) PMI Certification
2 10 (4.59%) PMP
3 4 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (1.38%) APMG
4 3 (1.38%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.46%) APMP
6 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.46%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.42%) PMO
2 8 (3.67%) QA
3 6 (2.75%) SLA
4 3 (1.38%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 21 (9.63%) ServiceNow
2 13 (5.96%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.59%) Salesforce
4 9 (4.13%) SAP
5 4 (1.83%) Apple
5 4 (1.83%) BMC
5 4 (1.83%) Remedy
6 3 (1.38%) Cisco
6 3 (1.38%) Meraki
7 1 (0.46%) iManage
7 1 (0.46%) Intapp
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle