People Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

People Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 287 336
Rank change year-on-year -40 +49 -57
DemandTrendContract jobs citing People Management 42 89 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.49% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.59% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 52 55
10th Percentile £390 £281 £410
25th Percentile £400 £363 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £508
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £638 £582 £566
90th Percentile £788 £616 £650
UK median daily rate £581 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +5.64% +2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 8
10th Percentile £58.18 £18.35 £33.25
25th Percentile £70.71 £20.45 £51.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £71.25 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +187.23%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - £76.28 -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £71.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year +1.75% +14.00% +111.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,703 15,111 19,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.24% 82.81% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,232 9,021 12,871
10th Percentile £238 £250 £260
25th Percentile £367 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,379 1,483 1,194
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.98 £16.30 £17.47
Median hourly rate £23.50 £41.50 £36.88
Median % change year-on-year -43.37% +12.54% +69.31%
75th Percentile £45.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.80
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £40.69
% change year-on-year -37.90% -0.47% +53.55%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing People Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for People Management in the UK excluding London

People Management
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing People Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing People Management

People Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing People Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for People Management in the UK excluding London

People Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing People Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing People Management

People Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing People Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for People Management in the UK excluding London

People Management
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -30 11 £605 +5.13% 78
South East -18 10 £763 +108.90% 98
Yorkshire -8 8 £600 +41.18% 20
South West +23 7 £391 -28.86% 22
Midlands -5 6 £555 +0.82% 26
Scotland -7 4 £438 +55.57% 24
West Midlands -7 3 £423 -23.18% 14
North West -19 3 £609 +4.64% 49
East Midlands - 3 £609 - 12
Northern Ireland -10 2 - - 8
Wales +5 1 £226 - 7
East of England +2 1 - - 43
People Management
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People Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (7.14%) IIS
2 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.38%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Acrobat
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.14%) AWS
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.76%) Azure
2 2 (4.76%) Figma
2 2 (4.76%) OneDrive
2 2 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (2.38%) Amazon S3
3 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.38%) GCP
3 1 (2.38%) OCI
3 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) Network Security
2 1 (2.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.38%) LAN
2 1 (2.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.38%) DTS
2 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 24 (57.14%) Finance
2 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Legal
4 4 (9.52%) Banking
4 4 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.76%) Aviation
6 2 (4.76%) Military
7 1 (2.38%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.38%) Law
7 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Retail
7 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.38%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 8 (19.05%) Senior
2 6 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 5 (11.90%) ERP Implementation Manager
3 5 (11.90%) ERP Manager
3 5 (11.90%) Implementation Manager
4 4 (9.52%) Lead
4 4 (9.52%) Programme Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Software Engineering Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Software Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Technical Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Designer
6 2 (4.76%) Head of Information
6 2 (4.76%) Head of Information Management
6 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Security Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Support Manager
6 2 (4.76%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) .NET
1 4 (9.52%) .NET Framework
2 3 (7.14%) ASP.NET
2 3 (7.14%) MSMQ
3 2 (4.76%) Spring
3 2 (4.76%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.38%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.38%) CSS
4 1 (2.38%) CSS3
4 1 (2.38%) FastAPI
4 1 (2.38%) Flask
4 1 (2.38%) HTML
4 1 (2.38%) HTML5
4 1 (2.38%) Micronaut
4 1 (2.38%) React
4 1 (2.38%) RESTful
4 1 (2.38%) Spring Batch
4 1 (2.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) N-Tier
2 2 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.38%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (2.38%) IoT
3 1 (2.38%) NHS
3 1 (2.38%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.38%) SCADA
3 1 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Android
1 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (52.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (38.10%) Project Management
3 15 (35.71%) Agile
4 12 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 12 (28.57%) Time Management
5 11 (26.19%) Project Delivery
6 10 (23.81%) Change Management
7 8 (19.05%) Coaching
8 7 (16.67%) Decision-Making
8 7 (16.67%) ERP
8 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (16.67%) Project Governance
9 6 (14.29%) Budget Management
9 6 (14.29%) Budgeting
9 6 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
9 6 (14.29%) Programme Management
9 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
10 5 (11.90%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) VB.NET
2 2 (4.76%) Java
2 2 (4.76%) Python
3 1 (2.38%) Bicep
3 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (28.57%) Degree
1 12 (28.57%) PMP
2 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.76%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.38%) CIPD
5 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.38%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) PMO
2 2 (4.76%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (2.38%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.38%) GDPR
3 1 (2.38%) GRC
3 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.38%) NIST
3 1 (2.38%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (4.76%) Adobe
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle
1 2 (4.76%) SAP
2 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.38%) Workday