People Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for People Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited People Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 325 217 290
Rank change year-on-year -108 +73 +56
Permanent jobs citing People Management 876 1,743 2,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.88% 1.72% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.80% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 559 692 1,048
10th Percentile £37,967 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,139 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

People 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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
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 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for People Management in the UK

People Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for People Management in the UK

People Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing People Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for People Management in the UK

People 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 People Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 -90 807 £65,000 -7.14% 320
UK excluding London -64 549 £57,500 -4.17% 228
Work from Home -96 289 £64,375 -11.21% 157
London -47 277 £75,000 -16.67% 110
North of England +31 237 £60,000 +4.80% 64
North West -24 139 £65,000 +23.81% 40
South East -39 118 £57,500 -23.33% 55
Yorkshire +113 84 £57,500 -11.54% 19
Midlands -99 80 £60,000 +9.09% 38
South West -24 49 £60,000 +31.15% 25
East Midlands -15 40 £47,500 -9.52% 12
West Midlands -90 40 £60,000 +9.09% 26
East of England -3 37 £55,000 +10.02% 21
Scotland -86 24 £55,000 -12.00% 21
North East +1 18 £42,500 -22.73% 5
Wales +6 9 £40,000 +29.03% 8
Northern Ireland +23 3 £57,500 +109.09% 4

People 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 15 (1.71%) Confluence
2 13 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.91%) Apache Pig
4 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.57%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.46%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.23%) CMS
7 2 (0.23%) GlassFish
7 2 (0.23%) JCAPS
7 2 (0.23%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.23%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.23%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) nginx
8 1 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 38 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.57%) Simulink
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.11%) SPSS
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.80%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.80%) thinkFolio
4 4 (0.46%) SAP CRM
4 4 (0.46%) SAP CX
4 4 (0.46%) SAP GTS
4 4 (0.46%) SAP SCM
4 4 (0.46%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.46%) SAP WM
4 4 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.34%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.23%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.23%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) Endur
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 110 (12.56%) Azure
2 64 (7.31%) AWS
3 42 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (3.08%) Power Platform
5 27 (3.08%) SaaS
6 23 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (2.40%) GCP
8 20 (2.28%) PaaS
8 20 (2.28%) Serverless
9 19 (2.17%) IaaS
9 19 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.26%) Amazon S3
12 10 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (1.03%) Amazon SQS
13 9 (1.03%) AWS Step Functions
14 7 (0.80%) GitHub
15 6 (0.68%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.65%) Firewall
2 20 (2.28%) LAN
2 20 (2.28%) WAN
2 20 (2.28%) Wireless
3 18 (2.05%) Network Security
4 11 (1.26%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.26%) Wireshark
5 8 (0.91%) DNS
6 5 (0.57%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.57%) VPN
7 3 (0.34%) VSAN
7 3 (0.34%) WebEx
8 2 (0.23%) Broadband
8 2 (0.23%) Converged Networks
8 2 (0.23%) DHCP
8 2 (0.23%) FTP
8 2 (0.23%) Internet
8 2 (0.23%) RIP
9 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.83%) Power BI
2 15 (1.71%) OLAP
3 13 (1.48%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.26%) Big Data
4 11 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.14%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.91%) Apache Hive
6 8 (0.91%) Hadoop
7 6 (0.68%) Tableau
8 5 (0.57%) Metadata
9 4 (0.46%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.46%) GIS
9 4 (0.46%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.23%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 28 (3.20%) JIRA
2 14 (1.60%) Git
3 10 (1.14%) JUnit
4 8 (0.91%) Checkstyle
4 8 (0.91%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.91%) SonarQube
5 6 (0.68%) Selenium
5 6 (0.68%) Spinnaker
6 5 (0.57%) Android Studio
6 5 (0.57%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.57%) Postman
6 5 (0.57%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.57%) TestRail
6 5 (0.57%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.34%) GCC
7 3 (0.34%) Maven
8 2 (0.23%) Ant
8 2 (0.23%) Subversion
8 2 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 291 (33.22%) Social Skills
2 286 (32.65%) Finance
3 111 (12.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 86 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (9.82%) Presentation Skills
5 79 (9.02%) Public Sector
6 78 (8.90%) Billing
7 61 (6.96%) Manufacturing
8 56 (6.39%) Legal
9 43 (4.91%) Local Government
10 41 (4.68%) Law
11 39 (4.45%) Marketing
12 38 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (4.22%) Influencing Skills
13 37 (4.22%) Retail
14 27 (3.08%) Telecoms
15 25 (2.85%) Banking
16 13 (1.48%) Aerospace
17 12 (1.37%) Front Office
17 12 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 127 (14.50%) Lead
2 83 (9.47%) Senior
3 66 (7.53%) Project Manager
4 56 (6.39%) Software Manager
5 54 (6.16%) Service Manager
6 53 (6.05%) Audit Manager
7 50 (5.71%) Development Manager
8 46 (5.25%) Team Leader
9 40 (4.57%) Developer
10 39 (4.45%) Senior Manager
11 35 (4.00%) Consultant
11 35 (4.00%) Engineering Manager
11 35 (4.00%) IT Manager
11 35 (4.00%) Software Development Manager
12 29 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
13 26 (2.97%) Operations Manager
14 24 (2.74%) Architect
14 24 (2.74%) Service Delivery Manager
15 22 (2.51%) Applications Manager
15 22 (2.51%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (8.11%) .NET
2 24 (2.74%) .NET Core
3 22 (2.51%) HTML
4 21 (2.40%) CSS
5 16 (1.83%) EDI
6 12 (1.37%) React
7 10 (1.14%) .NET Framework
7 10 (1.14%) J2EE
7 10 (1.14%) Spring
8 9 (1.03%) Unity DI Container
9 8 (0.91%) Node.js
9 8 (0.91%) Spring Boot
10 7 (0.80%) RESTful
11 6 (0.68%) Middleware
12 5 (0.57%) Kafka
12 5 (0.57%) OAuth
12 5 (0.57%) Playwright
12 5 (0.57%) SOAP
13 4 (0.46%) OpenID
13 4 (0.46%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (8.22%) Management Information System
2 41 (4.68%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.00%) NHS
4 34 (3.88%) Driving Licence
5 31 (3.54%) Housing Association
6 29 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (2.40%) Reinsurance
8 17 (1.94%) Data Centre
8 17 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (1.94%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.71%) Credit Risk
9 15 (1.71%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
11 10 (1.14%) Blog
11 10 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.14%) Hedge funds
12 9 (1.03%) Cloud Native
12 9 (1.03%) FMCG
12 9 (1.03%) Private Cloud
13 8 (0.91%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 40 (4.57%) Windows
2 22 (2.51%) Android
3 16 (1.83%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.03%) Linux
4 9 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.23%) Debian
6 2 (0.23%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.11%) CentOS
7 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
7 1 (0.11%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (25.46%) Agile
2 173 (19.75%) Coaching
2 173 (19.75%) Project Management
3 154 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
4 137 (15.64%) Mentoring
5 133 (15.18%) Performance Management
5 133 (15.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 129 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 120 (13.70%) Line Management
8 114 (13.01%) Service Management
9 99 (11.30%) Business Development
10 90 (10.27%) ITIL
11 88 (10.05%) DevOps
12 85 (9.70%) Project Delivery
13 77 (8.79%) Service Delivery
14 75 (8.56%) Software Engineering
15 74 (8.45%) Roadmaps
16 67 (7.65%) Artificial Intelligence
17 63 (7.19%) Process Improvement
17 63 (7.19%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 75 (8.56%) SQL
2 58 (6.62%) C#
3 50 (5.71%) Python
4 37 (4.22%) JavaScript
5 36 (4.11%) Java
6 17 (1.94%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.71%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.03%) R
9 7 (0.80%) VB
10 6 (0.68%) C++
10 6 (0.68%) VB6
11 5 (0.57%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.34%) Bash
12 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.34%) Go
12 3 (0.34%) PHP
12 3 (0.34%) Scala
13 2 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.23%) Ruby
13 2 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 189 (21.58%) Degree
2 74 (8.45%) Security Cleared
3 73 (8.33%) ACCA
4 49 (5.59%) SC Cleared
5 40 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.85%) CISSP
7 22 (2.51%) APMP
8 17 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (1.94%) HNC
8 17 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (1.94%) PMI Certification
9 16 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 14 (1.60%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.48%) CEH
11 13 (1.48%) Master's Degree
11 13 (1.48%) PMP
12 12 (1.37%) SSCP
13 11 (1.26%) CCSP
13 11 (1.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.45%) IFRS
2 73 (8.33%) GAAP
3 68 (7.76%) QA
4 31 (3.54%) GDPR
5 28 (3.20%) PMO
6 21 (2.40%) SLA
7 18 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (1.94%) NIST
9 13 (1.48%) Data Quality
9 13 (1.48%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.91%) ITGC
12 7 (0.80%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.68%) Def Stans
14 5 (0.57%) NEBOSH
15 3 (0.34%) GMP
16 2 (0.23%) COBIT
16 2 (0.23%) IFRS 17
17 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
17 1 (0.11%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 22 (2.51%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 15 (1.71%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.14%) Firmware
5 9 (1.03%) Docker
6 8 (0.91%) HDFS
7 7 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
9 4 (0.46%) vSphere
10 3 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.11%) KVM
Systems Management
1 22 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.26%) Nmap
4 10 (1.14%) SCCM
5 9 (1.03%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.80%) NetBackup
6 7 (0.80%) SCOM
7 3 (0.34%) Terraform
8 2 (0.23%) Ansible
8 2 (0.23%) Control-M
9 1 (0.11%) Nessus
9 1 (0.11%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 178 (20.32%) Microsoft
2 75 (8.56%) CA
3 27 (3.08%) SAP
4 26 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.60%) Google
6 13 (1.48%) IFS
7 12 (1.37%) Bloomberg
7 12 (1.37%) Splunk
7 12 (1.37%) VMware
8 11 (1.26%) Qualys
8 11 (1.26%) Rapid7
8 11 (1.26%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.26%) Thycotic
9 8 (0.91%) Cisco
10 7 (0.80%) Charles River
10 7 (0.80%) McAfee
11 6 (0.68%) Databricks
11 6 (0.68%) HP
12 5 (0.57%) Dell
12 5 (0.57%) EMC