People Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

People Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring People Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 153 191
Rank change year-on-year -9 +38 -9
Contract jobs citing People Management 20 13 12
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.46% 0.39% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.44% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 9
10th Percentile £370 £204 £370
25th Percentile £413 £277 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £372 £400
Median % change year-on-year +41.32% -7.13% -23.81%
75th Percentile £738 £475 £538
90th Percentile £760 £543 £540
England median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40.22 - -
Median hourly rate £40.44 - -
75th Percentile £40.65 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.44 £95.00 £51.78
% change year-on-year -57.44% +83.49% -36.47%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,629 2,988 4,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.22% 88.98% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,383 1,848 2,840
10th Percentile £226 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £517
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.40% +3.24%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 112 257
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.37 £18.30
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.56 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +24.29%
75th Percentile £54.38 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing People Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

People Management job vacancy trend in the South East

People Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing People Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing People Management

People Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing People Management in the South East over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for People Management in the South East

People Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing People Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing People Management

People Management
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Berkshire +4 12 £500 +212.50% 21
Thames Valley +1 12 £500 +212.50% 35
Hampshire -14 5 £600 - 7
Surrey -8 3 £575 +80.82% 18
People Management
England

People Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) SaaS
2 3 (15.00%) AWS
2 3 (15.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (15.00%) OpenShift
3 2 (10.00%) Apple Pay
3 2 (10.00%) Google Pay
4 1 (5.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) DHCP
1 1 (5.00%) DNS
1 1 (5.00%) Firewall
1 1 (5.00%) Intranet
1 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Tableau
2 1 (5.00%) DTS
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Law
4 2 (10.00%) Military
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Data Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) HR Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) HR Data Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Migration Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Programme Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Workday Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Implementation Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Operations Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Report Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Programme Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) Digital Wallet
2 1 (5.00%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (30.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 6 (30.00%) Dashboard Development
3 6 (30.00%) Data Analysis
3 6 (30.00%) Data Privacy
4 5 (25.00%) Agile
4 5 (25.00%) Benchmarking
4 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Coaching
5 4 (20.00%) Data Migration
5 4 (20.00%) Migration
5 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 3 (15.00%) Fintech
6 3 (15.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (15.00%) Microservices
6 3 (15.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) OCP
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle Certification
2 3 (15.00%) PgMP
2 3 (15.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (15.00%) PMP
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) ACCA
3 1 (5.00%) CIMA
3 1 (5.00%) CIPD
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) NIST
2 1 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Ansible
1 1 (5.00%) Avamar
1 1 (5.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (5.00%) Nagios
1 1 (5.00%) Terraform
1 1 (5.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (5.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Workday
2 3 (15.00%) Google
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Samsung
3 1 (5.00%) Dell
3 1 (5.00%) LogicMonitor
3 1 (5.00%) Sage
3 1 (5.00%) Splunk
3 1 (5.00%) Veeam
3 1 (5.00%) VMware