People Management Contracts in England

People Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring People Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited People Management over the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 416 406 419
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 +29
Contract jobs citing People Management 87 126 206
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.38% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.44% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 74 153
10th Percentile £373 £363 £380
25th Percentile £453 £472 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.76% +2.27% +0.69%
75th Percentile £734 £672 £638
90th Percentile £904 £779 £813
UK median daily rate £578 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +5.09% +2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 12
10th Percentile £39.38 - £35.00
25th Percentile £70.16 £18.35 £35.94
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £57.75
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +21.21% +95.76%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £73.13
90th Percentile - - £75.00
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £71.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year +5.26% +14.00% +111.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

People Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,091 28,613 39,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.78% 85.87% 89.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,021 18,619 27,907
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £422 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £756 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,418 1,653 1,389
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.35 £18.83
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +4.88% +54.72%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £41.50
% change year-on-year -38.57% -1.35% +56.60%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for People Management in England

People Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing People Management in England.

Daily rate trend for People Management in England

People Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing People Management in England over the 6 months to 11 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for People Management in England

People Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing People Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for People Management in England

People Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing People Management in England over the 6 months to 11 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for People Management in England

People Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing People Management within the England region over the 6 months to 11 August 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +12 49 £578 -12.22% 234
South East +2 11 £763 +108.90% 71
North of England -22 11 £605 +5.13% 73
Yorkshire -1 8 £600 +41.18% 16
South West +31 7 £391 -28.86% 21
Midlands -6 6 £555 -15.50% 29
West Midlands -11 3 £423 -35.62% 18
North West -17 3 £609 +4.64% 48
East Midlands - 3 £609 - 11
East of England +2 1 - - 35
People Management
UK

People Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (5.75%) Confluence
2 3 (3.45%) IIS
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.15%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (5.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.30%) NetSuite
2 2 (2.30%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.15%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.45%) AWS
1 3 (3.45%) Azure
1 3 (3.45%) Figma
1 3 (3.45%) Power Platform
1 3 (3.45%) SaaS
1 3 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (2.30%) GCP
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.15%) OCI
3 1 (1.15%) Serverless
3 1 (1.15%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) 5G
1 1 (1.15%) Internet
1 1 (1.15%) LAN
1 1 (1.15%) Network Security
1 1 (1.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) Looker
1 3 (3.45%) Mixpanel
1 3 (3.45%) Power BI
1 3 (3.45%) SQL Server
1 3 (3.45%) Tableau
2 2 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.30%) RDBMS
2 2 (2.30%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.15%) Big Data
3 1 (1.15%) DTS
3 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (18.39%) JIRA
2 1 (1.15%) JMeter
2 1 (1.15%) LoadRunner
2 1 (1.15%) Postman
2 1 (1.15%) Selenium
2 1 (1.15%) SoapUI
General
1 51 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 50 (57.47%) Finance
3 10 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (11.49%) Banking
4 8 (9.20%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (6.90%) Legal
5 6 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.60%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.60%) Marketing
6 4 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.30%) Aviation
7 2 (2.30%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.30%) Law
7 2 (2.30%) Retail
7 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.15%) Electronics
8 1 (1.15%) Local Government
8 1 (1.15%) Military
8 1 (1.15%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (13.79%) Senior
2 11 (12.64%) Project Manager
3 9 (10.34%) Programme Manager
4 7 (8.05%) Lead
5 6 (6.90%) Delivery Manager
5 6 (6.90%) ERP Implementation Manager
5 6 (6.90%) ERP Manager
5 6 (6.90%) Implementation Manager
6 5 (5.75%) Engineering Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Architect
7 4 (4.60%) Consultant
7 4 (4.60%) Developer
7 4 (4.60%) Operations Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Senior Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Service Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Service Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Technical Manager
8 3 (3.45%) Analyst
8 3 (3.45%) Technical Project Manager
8 3 (3.45%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.60%) .NET
1 4 (4.60%) .NET Framework
2 3 (3.45%) ASP.NET
2 3 (3.45%) MSMQ
3 2 (2.30%) YAML
4 1 (1.15%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.15%) D3.js
4 1 (1.15%) Micronaut
4 1 (1.15%) PySpark
4 1 (1.15%) React
4 1 (1.15%) SOAP
4 1 (1.15%) Spring
4 1 (1.15%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 5 (5.75%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.60%) PMI
4 3 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.45%) N-Tier
4 3 (3.45%) Reinsurance
5 2 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.30%) IoT
5 2 (2.30%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (2.30%) NHS
5 2 (2.30%) Pricing Data
5 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.30%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.15%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.15%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.15%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.15%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.15%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.15%) Android
1 1 (1.15%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.15%) Linux
1 1 (1.15%) Windows
1 1 (1.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (51.72%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (34.48%) Agile
3 28 (32.18%) Project Management
4 25 (28.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (27.59%) Change Management
6 20 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (19.54%) Service Delivery
8 16 (18.39%) Project Delivery
9 15 (17.24%) PRINCE2
9 15 (17.24%) Programme Management
10 14 (16.09%) Roadmaps
11 13 (14.94%) Analytics
12 12 (13.79%) Coaching
12 12 (13.79%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (13.79%) Decision-Making
12 12 (13.79%) Matrix Organization
12 12 (13.79%) Time Management
13 11 (12.64%) Budget Management
13 11 (12.64%) Risk Management
14 10 (11.49%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.90%) SQL
2 5 (5.75%) Python
3 3 (3.45%) R
3 3 (3.45%) VB.NET
4 1 (1.15%) Bicep
4 1 (1.15%) C
4 1 (1.15%) C#
4 1 (1.15%) C++
4 1 (1.15%) Java
4 1 (1.15%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (19.54%) Degree
1 17 (19.54%) PMP
2 9 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.05%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.90%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.30%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.15%) CCAB
6 1 (1.15%) CISA
6 1 (1.15%) CISM
6 1 (1.15%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.15%) GIAC
6 1 (1.15%) GSEC
6 1 (1.15%) ISACA
6 1 (1.15%) MAPM
6 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.15%) SANS
6 1 (1.15%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.79%) PMO
2 7 (8.05%) QA
3 6 (6.90%) SLA
4 3 (3.45%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.30%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (1.15%) DO-254
6 1 (1.15%) GDPR
6 1 (1.15%) GRC
6 1 (1.15%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.15%) NIST
6 1 (1.15%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.30%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.15%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.15%) SCCM
2 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (6.90%) Microsoft
1 6 (6.90%) SAP
2 5 (5.75%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.45%) Amplitude
4 2 (2.30%) CheckPoint
4 2 (2.30%) Oracle
4 2 (2.30%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.15%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.15%) Avaloq
5 1 (1.15%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.15%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (1.15%) HP
5 1 (1.15%) Reuters
5 1 (1.15%) Snow