Change Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Change Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Change Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 120 135
Rank change year-on-year +32 +15 +28
Permanent jobs citing Change Management 3,054 2,907 4,829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.06% 2.93% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.59% 3.07% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,642 1,799 3,031
10th Percentile £36,239 £32,700 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,817 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,396 £49,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.85% -1.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Change Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Change Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Change Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Change Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Change Management in the UK

Change Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +32 2,753 £55,000 - 757
UK excluding London +30 2,074 £52,396 +5.85% 515
Work from Home +55 1,196 £57,500 +0.18% 310
London +42 866 £72,500 +16.00% 275
North of England +45 521 £52,500 +14.13% 121
South East +5 468 £52,500 +5.00% 132
Midlands -3 364 £52,500 - 103
North West +44 290 £52,500 +2.18% 69
South West +11 257 £50,000 +29.87% 58
East of England +62 256 £54,500 +0.46% 66
West Midlands -8 247 £51,997 -3.71% 64
Yorkshire +43 168 £52,500 +24.63% 39
Scotland -20 134 £55,000 -2.86% 36
East Midlands +17 103 £54,000 +2.86% 38
North East +33 63 £45,000 +16.88% 15
Wales +19 56 £41,067 -8.74% 12
Northern Ireland +19 12 - - 4
Isle of Man - 6 £36,000 -

Change Management
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
1 332 (10.87%) SAS
2 77 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 75 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 52 (1.70%) Confluence
5 22 (0.72%) Captiva
5 22 (0.72%) WebSphere
6 21 (0.69%) FileNet
7 14 (0.46%) CMS
8 8 (0.26%) Apache
8 8 (0.26%) IIS
9 5 (0.16%) nginx
9 5 (0.16%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.098%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.098%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.065%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.065%) CICS
11 2 (0.065%) Documentum
11 2 (0.065%) NetWeaver
11 2 (0.065%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.065%) WebLogic
Applications
1 150 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
2 113 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 62 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 61 (2.00%) MS Visio
5 38 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
6 22 (0.72%) Windchill
7 12 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
9 4 (0.13%) SPSS
10 1 (0.033%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 307 (10.05%) SAP ERP
2 39 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 19 (0.62%) NEC Housing
5 17 (0.56%) Teamcenter
6 15 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
7 9 (0.29%) SAP CX
8 6 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.16%) HFM
9 5 (0.16%) Hyperion Planning
9 5 (0.16%) Primavera
10 4 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 3 (0.098%) Elite 3E
11 3 (0.098%) Endur
11 3 (0.098%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 3 (0.098%) Magento
12 2 (0.065%) Oracle EBS
12 2 (0.065%) SAP MDG
12 2 (0.065%) Workday HCM
13 1 (0.033%) Epicor Vantage
Cloud Services
1 422 (13.82%) Azure
2 296 (9.69%) Microsoft 365
3 222 (7.27%) GCP
4 152 (4.98%) Power Platform
5 119 (3.90%) AWS
6 74 (2.42%) Entra ID
7 73 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
8 72 (2.36%) SaaS
9 62 (2.03%) IaaS
10 57 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
10 57 (1.87%) PowerApps
11 48 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
12 44 (1.44%) GitHub
13 41 (1.34%) Power Automate
14 35 (1.15%) PaaS
15 32 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
15 32 (1.05%) Serverless
16 28 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
17 23 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
18 22 (0.72%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 299 (9.79%) Broadband
2 156 (5.11%) Firewall
3 87 (2.85%) LAN
4 81 (2.65%) DNS
5 80 (2.62%) WAN
6 48 (1.57%) Wireless
7 44 (1.44%) DHCP
7 44 (1.44%) VoIP
8 43 (1.41%) Network Security
8 43 (1.41%) VPN
9 34 (1.11%) TCP/IP
10 31 (1.02%) Internet
11 30 (0.98%) SAN
12 27 (0.88%) SD-WAN
13 20 (0.65%) Intranet
13 20 (0.65%) VLAN
13 20 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
14 19 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
15 17 (0.56%) BGP
16 16 (0.52%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (5.30%) BigQuery
2 160 (5.24%) Looker
3 112 (3.67%) Power BI
4 88 (2.88%) SQL Server
5 49 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (1.05%) Relational Database
7 30 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 27 (0.88%) MySQL
9 25 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
10 23 (0.75%) Data Lake
11 19 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 18 (0.59%) RDBMS
13 17 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
13 17 (0.56%) Oracle Database
14 15 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
14 15 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
15 14 (0.46%) Big Data
16 10 (0.33%) DB2
16 10 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 10 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 138 (4.52%) JIRA
2 41 (1.34%) Git
3 38 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 25 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
5 20 (0.65%) Subversion
6 17 (0.56%) Visual Studio
7 13 (0.43%) Robot Framework
8 10 (0.33%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.29%) Selenium
10 8 (0.26%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.20%) JMeter
11 6 (0.20%) Postman
11 6 (0.20%) SoapUI
12 5 (0.16%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.13%) GitLab
13 4 (0.13%) IBM UrbanCode
13 4 (0.13%) Jasmine
14 3 (0.098%) Sonatype Nexus
15 2 (0.065%) Hudson
15 2 (0.065%) Spinnaker
General
1 1,174 (38.44%) Social Skills
2 1,049 (34.35%) Finance
3 571 (18.70%) Analytical Skills
4 241 (7.89%) Retail
5 159 (5.21%) Manufacturing
6 153 (5.01%) Law
7 150 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 122 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
9 120 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
10 118 (3.86%) Public Sector
11 116 (3.80%) Banking
12 112 (3.67%) Legal
13 88 (2.88%) Marketing
14 86 (2.82%) Telecoms
15 74 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
16 69 (2.26%) Aerospace
17 36 (1.18%) Local Government
18 35 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
19 33 (1.08%) Electronics
19 33 (1.08%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 542 (17.75%) Analyst
2 400 (13.10%) Senior
3 396 (12.97%) Architect
4 353 (11.56%) Project Manager
5 336 (11.00%) Solutions Architect
6 214 (7.01%) Business Analyst
7 199 (6.52%) Lead
8 192 (6.29%) IT Manager
9 165 (5.40%) Data Engineer
10 162 (5.30%) Platform Engineer
10 162 (5.30%) Principal Engineer
11 161 (5.27%) Principal Data Engineer
12 141 (4.62%) Senior Manager
13 140 (4.58%) Change Manager
14 110 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 95 (3.11%) Senior Project Manager
16 92 (3.01%) IT Support
17 90 (2.95%) Consultant
17 90 (2.95%) Support Analyst
18 86 (2.82%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (2.19%) .NET
2 47 (1.54%) HTML
3 35 (1.15%) AngularJS
4 29 (0.95%) CSS
4 29 (0.95%) Web Services
5 27 (0.88%) XML
6 22 (0.72%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 21 (0.69%) React
8 16 (0.52%) 802.1X
8 16 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
9 15 (0.49%) .NET Framework
9 15 (0.49%) Middleware
10 12 (0.39%) Spring
11 11 (0.36%) Qt
12 10 (0.33%) Gherkin
13 9 (0.29%) REST
14 8 (0.26%) FIX Protocol
15 7 (0.23%) SOAP
15 7 (0.23%) YAML
16 5 (0.16%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 303 (9.92%) Self-Motivation
2 208 (6.81%) Management Information System
3 91 (2.98%) Data Centre
4 51 (1.67%) CMDB
5 49 (1.60%) Driving Licence
6 47 (1.54%) FMCG
7 46 (1.51%) Onboarding
7 46 (1.51%) Public Cloud
8 45 (1.47%) Operational Technology
9 42 (1.38%) PMI
10 41 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
10 41 (1.34%) NHS
11 39 (1.28%) Industrial Internet of Things
12 37 (1.21%) Product Ownership
13 29 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
14 25 (0.82%) Fat Client
14 25 (0.82%) Thin Client
15 24 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
16 23 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
16 23 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 386 (12.64%) Windows
2 191 (6.25%) Linux
3 137 (4.49%) Windows Server
4 107 (3.50%) Unix
5 86 (2.82%) Windows 10
6 52 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 47 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 27 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 25 (0.82%) Windows 7
10 16 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 16 (0.52%) Ubuntu
11 13 (0.43%) VMS
12 11 (0.36%) Android
13 10 (0.33%) Apple iOS
14 9 (0.29%) Mac OS X
15 7 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.13%) CentOS
16 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
17 3 (0.098%) Amazon Linux
18 2 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,197 (39.19%) Agile
2 763 (24.98%) Problem-Solving
3 748 (24.49%) Project Management
4 601 (19.68%) Roadmaps
5 581 (19.02%) ITIL
6 413 (13.52%) ERP
7 400 (13.10%) Mentoring
8 398 (13.03%) DevOps
9 392 (12.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 367 (12.02%) Data Management
11 364 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 363 (11.89%) Decision-Making
13 355 (11.62%) Enterprise Architecture
14 352 (11.53%) Performance Management
15 334 (10.94%) TOGAF
16 327 (10.71%) Strategic Roadmap
17 320 (10.48%) Coaching
17 320 (10.48%) Service Management
18 298 (9.76%) Risk Management
19 287 (9.40%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 269 (8.81%) SQL
2 145 (4.75%) PowerShell
3 88 (2.88%) Python
4 77 (2.52%) Java
5 67 (2.19%) C#
6 44 (1.44%) Bash
7 43 (1.41%) JavaScript
8 33 (1.08%) T-SQL
9 22 (0.72%) PL/SQL
10 21 (0.69%) C
11 19 (0.62%) C++
12 8 (0.26%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.23%) PHP
14 4 (0.13%) ABAP
14 4 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.13%) Go
14 4 (0.13%) VB
14 4 (0.13%) VBA
15 3 (0.098%) AWK
15 3 (0.098%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 547 (17.91%) Degree
2 290 (9.50%) Security Cleared
3 193 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 119 (3.90%) PMI Certification
5 104 (3.41%) PMP
6 78 (2.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 51 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
7 51 (1.67%) Master's Degree
8 50 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 45 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
10 41 (1.34%) CISSP
11 40 (1.31%) Azure Certification
12 38 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
13 32 (1.05%) CCNA
14 23 (0.75%) A+ Certification
14 23 (0.75%) DBS Check
15 18 (0.59%) HNC
16 17 (0.56%) APMG
16 17 (0.56%) DV Cleared
16 17 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (7.20%) GDPR
2 126 (4.13%) SLA
3 124 (4.06%) PMO
4 104 (3.41%) QA
5 62 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 56 (1.83%) Data Quality
7 28 (0.92%) Accessibility
7 28 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 27 (0.88%) NIST
9 19 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 17 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 16 (0.52%) COBIT
11 16 (0.52%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.36%) ISO 14000
13 10 (0.33%) NEBOSH
14 7 (0.23%) CDISC
14 7 (0.23%) HIPAA
15 6 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.20%) Web Application Security Consortium
System Software
1 249 (8.15%) Active Directory
2 116 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (1.70%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.02%) Firmware
5 21 (0.69%) Docker
6 18 (0.59%) vSphere
7 15 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.065%) NFS
10 2 (0.065%) RACF
10 2 (0.065%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.033%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.033%) Lustre
11 1 (0.033%) LXC
11 1 (0.033%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.033%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 99 (3.24%) SCCM
2 61 (2.00%) Terraform
3 42 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (1.34%) Kubernetes
5 40 (1.31%) Ansible
6 20 (0.65%) WSUS
7 16 (0.52%) SCOM
8 12 (0.39%) vCenter Server
9 11 (0.36%) Grafana
9 11 (0.36%) Nagios
10 10 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
11 9 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (0.26%) NetBackup
12 8 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (0.23%) Foglight
14 6 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 6 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 5 (0.16%) Opsgenie
16 4 (0.13%) Prometheus
16 4 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 527 (17.26%) Microsoft
2 456 (14.93%) Oracle
3 393 (12.87%) SAP
4 305 (9.99%) Hyperion
5 299 (9.79%) Anaplan
6 183 (5.99%) Google
7 162 (5.30%) VMware
8 150 (4.91%) ServiceNow
9 96 (3.14%) Cisco
10 59 (1.93%) Salesforce
11 45 (1.47%) Citrix
12 44 (1.44%) IBM
13 43 (1.41%) HP
14 31 (1.02%) Fortinet
15 29 (0.95%) Apple
16 28 (0.92%) BMC
16 28 (0.92%) Remedy
17 26 (0.85%) Dell
17 26 (0.85%) Juniper
17 26 (0.85%) Splunk