Change Manager
UK

The median Change Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 671 779 1023
Rank change year-on-year +108 +244 -213
Permanent jobs requiring a Change Manager 217 197 221
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% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 166 146 173
10th Percentile £36,087 £42,210 £42,507
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +8.95%
75th Percentile £65,750 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £86,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,575 £54,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.20% +3.81% +7.69%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Change Manager in the UK

Change Manager
Top 16 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 20 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 +97 197 £55,000 -6.70% 45
UK excluding London +34 161 £50,575 -7.20% 30
North of England +76 77 £51,825 -3.13% 6
Work from Home +85 75 £50,000 -16.67% 17
London +96 54 £75,000 +15.38% 21
Midlands +33 50 £50,000 -4.76% 5
North West +18 42 £57,965 +0.81% 2
West Midlands +32 28 £50,000 -4.76% 2
Yorkshire +92 23 £37,500 -18.29% 3
East Midlands -5 14 £52,500 -16.00% 3
Scotland -59 14 £42,500 -19.05% 2
North East +10 12 £57,732 +9.97% 1
South West -39 9 £55,000 +1.85% 8
South East -15 6 £75,000 +36.36% 4
Isle of Man - 4 - -
East of England 0 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 140 (64.52%) Change Management
2 58 (26.73%) Agile
3 56 (25.81%) Project Management
4 54 (24.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (22.58%) Social Skills
6 39 (17.97%) Coaching
7 33 (15.21%) Finance
7 33 (15.21%) Service Delivery
8 32 (14.75%) Mentoring
9 30 (13.82%) Process Improvement
10 28 (12.90%) ITIL
11 26 (11.98%) Risk Management
12 24 (11.06%) PRINCE2
13 23 (10.60%) Public Sector
14 22 (10.14%) ServiceNow
15 21 (9.68%) Law
16 20 (9.22%) ITSM
16 20 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
17 18 (8.29%) Service Management
18 17 (7.83%) Problem-Solving
18 17 (7.83%) Impact Assessments
19 16 (7.37%) Customer Experience
20 15 (6.91%) Change Advisory Board
21 14 (6.45%) Business Strategy
21 14 (6.45%) Roadmaps
21 14 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
21 14 (6.45%) Project Delivery
21 14 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
21 14 (6.45%) Business Change Management
22 13 (5.99%) Retail

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 6 (2.76%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (2.30%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.46%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.92%) JIRA
General
1 49 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 33 (15.21%) Finance
3 23 (10.60%) Public Sector
4 21 (9.68%) Law
5 14 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.99%) Retail
7 12 (5.53%) Legal
7 12 (5.53%) Publishing
8 9 (4.15%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.76%) Banking
9 6 (2.76%) Marketing
10 4 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.84%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.92%) Automotive
11 2 (0.92%) Back Office
11 2 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.46%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.69%) CMDB
2 7 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.30%) FMCG
3 5 (2.30%) PMI
4 4 (1.84%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.46%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.46%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.46%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.46%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.46%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.84%) Windows
2 2 (0.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (64.52%) Change Management
2 58 (26.73%) Agile
3 56 (25.81%) Project Management
4 54 (24.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 39 (17.97%) Coaching
6 33 (15.21%) Service Delivery
7 32 (14.75%) Mentoring
8 30 (13.82%) Process Improvement
9 28 (12.90%) ITIL
10 26 (11.98%) Risk Management
11 24 (11.06%) PRINCE2
12 20 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (9.22%) ITSM
13 18 (8.29%) Service Management
14 17 (7.83%) Impact Assessments
14 17 (7.83%) Problem-Solving
15 16 (7.37%) Customer Experience
16 15 (6.91%) Change Advisory Board
17 14 (6.45%) Business Strategy
17 14 (6.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.84%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (5.99%) Degree
2 11 (5.07%) PMI Certification
2 11 (5.07%) PMP
3 4 (1.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (1.38%) APMG
4 3 (1.38%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.92%) APMP
5 2 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.46%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.99%) PMO
2 8 (3.69%) QA
3 6 (2.76%) SLA
4 3 (1.38%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 22 (10.14%) ServiceNow
2 12 (5.53%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.61%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.69%) SAP
5 4 (1.84%) Apple
5 4 (1.84%) BMC
5 4 (1.84%) Remedy
6 3 (1.38%) Cisco
6 3 (1.38%) Meraki
7 1 (0.46%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.46%) iManage
7 1 (0.46%) Intapp
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle