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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 117 155
Rank change year-on-year +6 +38 +39
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 2,407 3,040 4,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.43% 2.99% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 3.13% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,717 1,460 1,869
10th Percentile £28,156 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £47,089 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,396 £65,351 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +8.92% +4.35%
75th Percentile £74,250 £84,056 £77,530
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £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 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
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 £96,750
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 8 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 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 +9 2,126 £54,225 -16.58% 913
UK excluding London -33 1,598 £47,500 -20.83% 721
Work from Home +25 935 £56,401 -18.79% 323
London +97 685 £72,500 -3.33% 249
North of England +19 406 £52,500 -8.70% 201
South East -41 347 £47,500 -32.14% 147
South West -39 245 £47,993 -11.49% 105
Midlands -66 232 £44,094 -21.38% 129
North West +35 211 £54,850 -4.19% 115
East of England +23 199 £39,115 +2.93% 89
West Midlands -65 161 £45,750 -3.15% 87
Yorkshire +13 140 £52,500 -12.50% 65
Scotland -95 115 £50,000 -34.54% 39
East Midlands -2 71 £40,000 -33.33% 42
North East +25 55 £44,094 -17.58% 22
Wales +44 54 £42,500 -11.46% 32
Northern Ireland +21 5 £58,800 +17.60% 4

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
1 101 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 82 (3.41%) Apache
3 80 (3.32%) Apache Airflow
4 60 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 33 (1.37%) CMS
6 17 (0.71%) IIS
7 15 (0.62%) Confluence
8 11 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 11 (0.46%) WordPress
9 8 (0.33%) Drupal
10 7 (0.29%) MS Project Server
11 5 (0.21%) Office Communications Server
12 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.083%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.042%) JOnAS
14 1 (0.042%) Moodle
14 1 (0.042%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.042%) SAS
14 1 (0.042%) Skype for Business
14 1 (0.042%) Tomcat
Applications
1 151 (6.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 99 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.75%) Photoshop
5 15 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.21%) Simulink
7 4 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.12%) SPSS
9 2 (0.083%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.083%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.083%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.083%) MadCap Flare
10 1 (0.042%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (0.58%) SDL Web 8
2 11 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.25%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
5 6 (0.25%) thinkFolio
6 4 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.17%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.17%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
8 2 (0.083%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.083%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.083%) Shopify
9 1 (0.042%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.042%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 347 (14.42%) Azure
2 337 (14.00%) AWS
3 245 (10.18%) Microsoft 365
4 191 (7.94%) GCP
5 150 (6.23%) Power Platform
6 99 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
7 91 (3.78%) dbt
8 85 (3.53%) Snowflake
9 80 (3.32%) SaaS
10 50 (2.08%) Entra ID
11 41 (1.70%) PaaS
12 31 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
13 30 (1.25%) IaaS
14 27 (1.12%) Power Automate
15 26 (1.08%) PowerApps
16 23 (0.96%) OneDrive
17 22 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
18 21 (0.87%) Serverless
19 20 (0.83%) Google Sheets
20 19 (0.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 84 (3.49%) DNS
1 84 (3.49%) Firewall
2 78 (3.24%) DHCP
3 57 (2.37%) TCP/IP
4 48 (1.99%) WAN
5 36 (1.50%) Internet
5 36 (1.50%) Wireless
6 33 (1.37%) LAN
7 32 (1.33%) SAN
8 31 (1.29%) HTTP
9 30 (1.25%) Broadband
10 29 (1.20%) VPN
11 28 (1.16%) Intranet
12 26 (1.08%) Network Security
13 24 (1.00%) SD-WAN
14 19 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (0.66%) iSCSI
15 16 (0.66%) VoIP
16 14 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
17 10 (0.42%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (5.28%) Power BI
2 91 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
3 87 (3.61%) Data Lake
4 83 (3.45%) SQL Server
5 80 (3.32%) Amazon Athena
5 80 (3.32%) Apache Arrow
5 80 (3.32%) Apache Ignite
5 80 (3.32%) Dremio
6 78 (3.24%) BigQuery
7 77 (3.20%) Looker
8 46 (1.91%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.41%) GIS
9 34 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
10 27 (1.12%) MongoDB
11 25 (1.04%) Tableau
12 21 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
13 19 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
13 19 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 18 (0.75%) NoSQL
15 16 (0.66%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 82 (3.41%) JIRA
2 66 (2.74%) Git
3 58 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 39 (1.62%) Selenium
5 30 (1.25%) Cucumber
6 29 (1.20%) Postman
7 20 (0.83%) Visual Studio
8 19 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
8 19 (0.79%) Sourcetree
9 17 (0.71%) GitLab
10 14 (0.58%) git-flow
10 14 (0.58%) Moq
10 14 (0.58%) NUnit
10 14 (0.58%) SpecFlow
10 14 (0.58%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
12 11 (0.46%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
14 7 (0.29%) JMeter
14 7 (0.29%) Spinnaker
General
1 832 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 780 (32.41%) Finance
3 319 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
4 308 (12.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (6.90%) Marketing
6 151 (6.27%) Organisational Skills
7 145 (6.02%) Banking
8 117 (4.86%) Legal
9 115 (4.78%) Retail
10 113 (4.69%) Law
11 98 (4.07%) Public Sector
12 95 (3.95%) Front Office
13 92 (3.82%) Billing
14 81 (3.37%) Investment Banking
15 76 (3.16%) Manufacturing
16 62 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
16 62 (2.58%) Telecoms
17 53 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
18 45 (1.87%) Local Government
19 38 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 458 (19.03%) Lead
2 394 (16.37%) Senior
3 170 (7.06%) Developer
4 164 (6.81%) Architect
5 149 (6.19%) Team Leader
6 140 (5.82%) Project Manager
7 133 (5.53%) IT Manager
8 127 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
9 119 (4.94%) Senior Manager
10 103 (4.28%) Data Manager
11 102 (4.24%) Analyst
11 102 (4.24%) Engineering Manager
12 77 (3.20%) Software Engineer
13 73 (3.03%) Service Manager
14 67 (2.78%) Lead Developer
15 64 (2.66%) Infrastructure Manager
16 62 (2.58%) Software Developer
17 60 (2.49%) IT Technician
18 54 (2.24%) Delivery Manager
18 54 (2.24%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (4.24%) HTML
2 82 (3.41%) .NET
3 81 (3.37%) NumPy
4 80 (3.32%) gRPC
4 80 (3.32%) Pandas
4 80 (3.32%) Protocol Buffers
4 80 (3.32%) SciPy
5 75 (3.12%) CSS
6 61 (2.53%) React
7 44 (1.83%) RESTful
8 37 (1.54%) REST
9 36 (1.50%) Kafka
10 34 (1.41%) OpenID
11 33 (1.37%) SAML
12 30 (1.25%) Node.js
13 29 (1.20%) EDI
14 28 (1.16%) ASP.NET
15 27 (1.12%) XML
16 26 (1.08%) AngularJS
16 26 (1.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 210 (8.72%) Management Information System
2 139 (5.77%) Product Ownership
3 122 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
4 87 (3.61%) Hedge funds
5 83 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 82 (3.41%) Derivative
7 80 (3.32%) Equities
7 80 (3.32%) Fixed Income
8 72 (2.99%) Social Media
9 66 (2.74%) Driving Licence
10 57 (2.37%) Housing Association
11 52 (2.16%) Data Centre
12 44 (1.83%) Cloud Native
12 44 (1.83%) PMI
13 39 (1.62%) Cyberattack
14 37 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
15 27 (1.12%) NHS
16 26 (1.08%) Operational Technology
17 23 (0.96%) Public Cloud
18 22 (0.91%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 212 (8.81%) Windows
2 81 (3.37%) Windows Server
3 77 (3.20%) Linux
4 44 (1.83%) Windows 10
5 36 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 33 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (0.87%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.62%) Android
9 12 (0.50%) Unix
10 10 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.21%) VMS
12 4 (0.17%) DC/OS
12 4 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.083%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.083%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.083%) Windows Vista
14 1 (0.042%) CentOS
14 1 (0.042%) Debian
14 1 (0.042%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.042%) Scientific Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 685 (28.46%) Agile
2 477 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
3 475 (19.73%) Mentoring
4 429 (17.82%) Project Management
5 354 (14.71%) Coaching
6 283 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 269 (11.18%) Customer Service
8 236 (9.80%) DevOps
9 227 (9.43%) Roadmaps
10 225 (9.35%) Project Delivery
11 222 (9.22%) ITIL
12 210 (8.72%) Software Engineering
13 205 (8.52%) Scrum
14 192 (7.98%) Decision-Making
15 181 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
16 176 (7.31%) CI/CD
17 164 (6.81%) Business Intelligence
18 152 (6.31%) Cybersecurity
19 139 (5.77%) Business Strategy
20 138 (5.73%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 217 (9.02%) SQL
2 198 (8.23%) JavaScript
3 189 (7.85%) Python
4 188 (7.81%) Java
5 113 (4.69%) C#
6 89 (3.70%) TypeScript
7 38 (1.58%) PowerShell
8 34 (1.41%) C
9 27 (1.12%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.00%) R
11 19 (0.79%) Scala
12 18 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 16 (0.66%) Kotlin
13 16 (0.66%) PHP
14 14 (0.58%) XPath
15 11 (0.46%) Go
16 10 (0.42%) C++
16 10 (0.42%) Ruby
17 9 (0.37%) PL/SQL
18 7 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 460 (19.11%) Degree
2 167 (6.94%) Security Cleared
3 142 (5.90%) DBS Check
4 99 (4.11%) SC Cleared
5 62 (2.58%) PMI Certification
6 51 (2.12%) PMP
7 39 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 38 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
10 35 (1.45%) DV Cleared
11 33 (1.37%) AWS Certification
12 32 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 29 (1.20%) APMP
13 29 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 29 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
14 28 (1.16%) Azure Certification
14 28 (1.16%) CAPM
14 28 (1.16%) PgMP
15 24 (1.00%) CCNP
16 21 (0.87%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (8.39%) QA
2 83 (3.45%) SLA
3 67 (2.78%) GDPR
4 47 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 47 (1.95%) PMO
5 37 (1.54%) Accessibility
6 36 (1.50%) ISO 9001
7 30 (1.25%) Data Quality
8 29 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 29 (1.20%) GMP
9 21 (0.87%) NCSC
10 17 (0.71%) NIST
11 13 (0.54%) GRC
12 12 (0.50%) ISO 14001
13 10 (0.42%) NEBOSH
14 8 (0.33%) COSHH
14 8 (0.33%) Def Stans
15 7 (0.29%) DO-254
15 7 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 7 (0.29%) SOC 1
System Software
1 126 (5.23%) Active Directory
2 105 (4.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (2.41%) Hyper-V
4 45 (1.87%) Docker
5 29 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 24 (1.00%) Firmware
7 15 (0.62%) vSphere
8 13 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (0.46%) IAG
10 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.17%) pfSense
12 3 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (0.12%) XenApp
12 3 (0.12%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.083%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.083%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.042%) Lustre
14 1 (0.042%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 65 (2.70%) Terraform
2 36 (1.50%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.16%) Ansible
4 18 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (0.66%) Progress Chef
5 16 (0.66%) SCCM
6 14 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.50%) Opsgenie
7 12 (0.50%) VxRail
7 12 (0.50%) WSUS
7 12 (0.50%) ZABBIX
8 10 (0.42%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.33%) QRadar
11 6 (0.25%) Nagios
12 4 (0.17%) Grafana
12 4 (0.17%) Puppet
13 3 (0.12%) logstash
14 2 (0.083%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 450 (18.70%) Microsoft
2 162 (6.73%) Google
3 113 (4.69%) VMware
4 66 (2.74%) Cisco
5 55 (2.29%) SAP
6 44 (1.83%) Salesforce
7 41 (1.70%) Oracle
8 38 (1.58%) Sophos
9 28 (1.16%) Dell
10 27 (1.12%) Adobe
11 25 (1.04%) Veeam
12 22 (0.91%) Citrix
12 22 (0.91%) Fortinet
13 19 (0.79%) ServiceNow
14 18 (0.75%) SolarWinds
15 17 (0.71%) Apple
15 17 (0.71%) HP
15 17 (0.71%) NetApp
16 15 (0.62%) CheckPoint
17 14 (0.58%) Cognizant