Line Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Line Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Line Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 123 139
Rank change year-on-year +15 +16 +48
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 2,464 2,846 4,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.40% 2.92% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 3.06% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,737 1,382 2,004
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £35,125
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £45,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,396 £65,262 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.72% +8.77% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £84,056 £77,530
90th Percentile £115,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year -20.83% +12.97% +6.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Line 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 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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%

Line Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Line Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Line Management within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +15 2,177 £54,700 -16.30% 1,015
UK excluding London -23 1,624 £47,500 -20.83% 779
Work from Home +30 961 £58,800 -14.18% 331
London +89 715 £74,910 -0.12% 277
North of England +37 433 £52,500 -8.70% 246
South East -35 354 £47,500 -32.14% 155
South West -49 237 £47,993 -8.58% 105
Midlands -57 237 £44,094 -21.96% 141
North West +56 226 £52,000 -5.45% 135
East of England +16 191 £35,807 -5.77% 84
West Midlands -56 165 £46,500 -1.56% 73
Yorkshire +23 149 £52,500 -18.01% 85
Scotland -94 115 £50,000 -34.54% 31
East Midlands +5 72 £40,000 -38.46% 68
North East +27 58 £44,094 -15.20% 27
Wales +35 53 £42,500 -14.64% 36
Northern Ireland +18 9 £58,800 +17.60% 2

Line 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
1 106 (4.30%) Apache
2 104 (4.22%) Apache Airflow
3 101 (4.10%) SharePoint
4 63 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 36 (1.46%) CMS
6 16 (0.65%) IIS
7 12 (0.49%) Confluence
8 11 (0.45%) WordPress
9 10 (0.41%) Apache Spark
10 8 (0.32%) Drupal
11 7 (0.28%) MS Project Server
12 5 (0.20%) Office Communications Server
13 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.081%) Umbraco
15 1 (0.041%) JOnAS
15 1 (0.041%) Moodle
15 1 (0.041%) OpenStack
15 1 (0.041%) SAS
15 1 (0.041%) Skype for Business
15 1 (0.041%) Tomcat
Applications
1 156 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 107 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (0.85%) Photoshop
5 16 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.20%) Simulink
7 4 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.12%) SPSS
9 2 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.081%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.081%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.081%) MadCap Flare
10 1 (0.041%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (0.69%) SDL Web 8
2 11 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.24%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.24%) thinkFolio
5 4 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.16%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
6 3 (0.12%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.12%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.081%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.081%) Shopify
8 1 (0.041%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.041%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.041%) Primavera
8 1 (0.041%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 338 (13.72%) Azure
2 331 (13.43%) AWS
3 241 (9.78%) Microsoft 365
4 213 (8.64%) GCP
5 148 (6.01%) Power Platform
6 115 (4.67%) dbt
7 109 (4.42%) Snowflake
8 102 (4.14%) Azure DevOps
9 83 (3.37%) SaaS
10 49 (1.99%) Entra ID
11 41 (1.66%) PaaS
12 30 (1.22%) IaaS
13 27 (1.10%) Power Automate
14 25 (1.01%) PowerApps
15 22 (0.89%) OneDrive
16 21 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
17 20 (0.81%) Google Sheets
17 20 (0.81%) Serverless
18 17 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 17 (0.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 80 (3.25%) Firewall
2 56 (2.27%) DNS
3 50 (2.03%) DHCP
4 48 (1.95%) WAN
5 35 (1.42%) Internet
6 33 (1.34%) LAN
6 33 (1.34%) SAN
7 30 (1.22%) Broadband
7 30 (1.22%) Wireless
8 28 (1.14%) Intranet
8 28 (1.14%) TCP/IP
9 25 (1.01%) Network Security
9 25 (1.01%) SD-WAN
10 23 (0.93%) VPN
11 22 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (0.65%) iSCSI
13 14 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
14 13 (0.53%) VoIP
15 10 (0.41%) SNMP
16 9 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (5.11%) Power BI
2 111 (4.50%) Data Lake
3 104 (4.22%) Amazon Athena
3 104 (4.22%) Apache Arrow
3 104 (4.22%) Apache Ignite
3 104 (4.22%) Dremio
4 92 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
5 89 (3.61%) SQL Server
6 79 (3.21%) BigQuery
7 77 (3.13%) Looker
8 48 (1.95%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.38%) GIS
10 33 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
11 27 (1.10%) MongoDB
12 24 (0.97%) Tableau
13 23 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
14 21 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
14 21 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 16 (0.65%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 79 (3.21%) JIRA
2 69 (2.80%) Git
3 54 (2.19%) Jenkins
4 37 (1.50%) Selenium
5 28 (1.14%) Cucumber
6 27 (1.10%) Postman
7 24 (0.97%) Visual Studio
8 22 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
8 22 (0.89%) Sourcetree
9 17 (0.69%) git-flow
9 17 (0.69%) GitLab
9 17 (0.69%) Moq
9 17 (0.69%) NUnit
9 17 (0.69%) SpecFlow
9 17 (0.69%) TeamCity
10 14 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
11 11 (0.45%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
13 7 (0.28%) JMeter
14 6 (0.24%) SoapUI
General
1 830 (33.69%) Social Skills
2 781 (31.70%) Finance
3 332 (13.47%) Analytical Skills
4 282 (11.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 175 (7.10%) Marketing
6 167 (6.78%) Banking
7 161 (6.53%) Organisational Skills
8 127 (5.15%) Legal
9 125 (5.07%) Retail
10 120 (4.87%) Law
11 117 (4.75%) Front Office
12 105 (4.26%) Investment Banking
12 105 (4.26%) Manufacturing
13 100 (4.06%) Public Sector
14 91 (3.69%) Billing
15 73 (2.96%) Pharmaceutical
16 60 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
16 60 (2.44%) Telecoms
17 56 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
18 45 (1.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 454 (18.43%) Lead
2 411 (16.68%) Senior
3 186 (7.55%) Developer
4 158 (6.41%) Architect
5 154 (6.25%) Team Leader
6 141 (5.72%) Project Manager
7 134 (5.44%) IT Manager
8 131 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
9 120 (4.87%) Senior Manager
10 105 (4.26%) Analyst
10 105 (4.26%) Data Manager
11 101 (4.10%) Engineering Manager
12 87 (3.53%) Software Engineer
13 77 (3.13%) Lead Developer
13 77 (3.13%) Software Developer
14 73 (2.96%) Service Manager
15 64 (2.60%) Infrastructure Manager
15 64 (2.60%) Software Team Leader
16 61 (2.48%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
17 59 (2.39%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (4.26%) NumPy
2 104 (4.22%) gRPC
2 104 (4.22%) Pandas
2 104 (4.22%) Protocol Buffers
2 104 (4.22%) SciPy
3 92 (3.73%) .NET
4 83 (3.37%) HTML
5 82 (3.33%) CSS
6 63 (2.56%) React
7 48 (1.95%) RESTful
8 36 (1.46%) Kafka
9 34 (1.38%) ASP.NET
9 34 (1.38%) REST
10 31 (1.26%) .NET Framework
10 31 (1.26%) XML
11 29 (1.18%) AngularJS
11 29 (1.18%) EDI
11 29 (1.18%) Node.js
11 29 (1.18%) Web Services
12 27 (1.10%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 219 (8.89%) Management Information System
2 140 (5.68%) Product Ownership
3 130 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
4 111 (4.50%) Hedge funds
5 107 (4.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 106 (4.30%) Derivative
7 104 (4.22%) Equities
7 104 (4.22%) Fixed Income
8 73 (2.96%) Social Media
9 66 (2.68%) Driving Licence
10 57 (2.31%) Housing Association
11 55 (2.23%) Data Centre
12 44 (1.79%) PMI
13 36 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
14 31 (1.26%) NHS
15 25 (1.01%) Operational Technology
16 23 (0.93%) Life Science
17 22 (0.89%) CCTV
17 22 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
17 22 (0.89%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 208 (8.44%) Windows
2 81 (3.29%) Linux
2 81 (3.29%) Windows Server
3 43 (1.75%) Windows 10
4 36 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (0.85%) Apple iOS
7 15 (0.61%) Android
8 13 (0.53%) Unix
9 10 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.20%) VMS
12 4 (0.16%) DC/OS
12 4 (0.16%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.041%) CentOS
13 1 (0.041%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.041%) Scientific Linux
13 1 (0.041%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.041%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.041%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 669 (27.15%) Agile
2 506 (20.54%) Mentoring
3 494 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
4 433 (17.57%) Project Management
5 394 (15.99%) Coaching
6 293 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 282 (11.44%) Customer Service
8 244 (9.90%) DevOps
9 230 (9.33%) Project Delivery
9 230 (9.33%) Software Engineering
10 224 (9.09%) ITIL
11 208 (8.44%) Scrum
12 199 (8.08%) Decision-Making
13 198 (8.04%) Roadmaps
14 181 (7.35%) CI/CD
15 177 (7.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 162 (6.57%) Business Intelligence
17 146 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
18 143 (5.80%) Service Delivery
19 138 (5.60%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 234 (9.50%) JavaScript
2 225 (9.13%) SQL
3 217 (8.81%) Python
4 206 (8.36%) Java
5 117 (4.75%) C#
6 116 (4.71%) TypeScript
7 41 (1.66%) PowerShell
8 34 (1.38%) C
9 27 (1.10%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.01%) R
11 19 (0.77%) Scala
12 18 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 17 (0.69%) XPath
14 16 (0.65%) Kotlin
15 15 (0.61%) Go
16 14 (0.57%) PHP
17 13 (0.53%) Ruby
18 12 (0.49%) C++
19 10 (0.41%) PL/SQL
20 7 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 512 (20.78%) Degree
2 144 (5.84%) DBS Check
3 138 (5.60%) Security Cleared
4 98 (3.98%) SC Cleared
5 62 (2.52%) PMI Certification
6 51 (2.07%) PMP
7 38 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 36 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 29 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
11 28 (1.14%) APMP
11 28 (1.14%) CAPM
11 28 (1.14%) PgMP
12 22 (0.89%) CCNP
13 20 (0.81%) PhD
14 19 (0.77%) CCNA
14 19 (0.77%) CISSP
15 17 (0.69%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 238 (9.66%) QA
2 83 (3.37%) SLA
3 68 (2.76%) GDPR
4 60 (2.44%) GMP
5 47 (1.91%) PMO
6 46 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 37 (1.50%) Accessibility
8 36 (1.46%) ISO 9001
9 28 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
10 27 (1.10%) Data Quality
11 21 (0.85%) NCSC
12 15 (0.61%) NIST
13 12 (0.49%) GRC
13 12 (0.49%) ISO 14001
14 10 (0.41%) NEBOSH
15 8 (0.32%) COSHH
15 8 (0.32%) Def Stans
15 8 (0.32%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.28%) DO-254
16 7 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 124 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 102 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (2.35%) Hyper-V
4 44 (1.79%) Docker
5 29 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (0.93%) Firmware
7 13 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.45%) IAG
8 11 (0.45%) vSphere
9 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.16%) pfSense
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
11 3 (0.12%) XenApp
11 3 (0.12%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.081%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.081%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.041%) Lustre
13 1 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 37 (1.50%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.42%) Terraform
3 28 (1.14%) Ansible
4 18 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (0.65%) Progress Chef
5 16 (0.65%) SCCM
6 13 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.49%) Opsgenie
7 12 (0.49%) VxRail
7 12 (0.49%) WSUS
7 12 (0.49%) ZABBIX
8 10 (0.41%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.32%) QRadar
11 7 (0.28%) Puppet
12 6 (0.24%) Nagios
13 4 (0.16%) Grafana
14 3 (0.12%) logstash
15 2 (0.081%) cPanel
Vendors
1 447 (18.14%) Microsoft
2 162 (6.57%) Google
3 110 (4.46%) VMware
4 62 (2.52%) Cisco
5 51 (2.07%) SAP
6 45 (1.83%) Salesforce
7 41 (1.66%) Oracle
8 38 (1.54%) Sophos
9 30 (1.22%) Adobe
9 30 (1.22%) Dell
10 25 (1.01%) Veeam
11 22 (0.89%) Fortinet
12 21 (0.85%) Citrix
13 20 (0.81%) SolarWinds
14 19 (0.77%) HP
14 19 (0.77%) ServiceNow
15 17 (0.69%) Cognizant
15 17 (0.69%) NetApp
16 16 (0.65%) Apple
17 14 (0.57%) IBM