Line Management Contracts

Line Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Line Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Line Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 265 286
Rank change year-on-year -79 +21 +6
Contract jobs citing Line Management 182 373 563
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.86% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.99% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 259 417
10th Percentile £222 £162 £238
25th Percentile £380 £298 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +1.35%
75th Percentile £600 £720 £650
90th Percentile £750 £888 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £365 £500
% change year-on-year +30.96% -27.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 46 35
10th Percentile £14.75 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £18.55 £15.46 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.50 £23.32 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +38.56% -37.67%
75th Percentile £35.18 £58.75 £52.86
90th Percentile £68.00 £68.00 £65.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.93 £43.62 £16.83
% change year-on-year -38.27% +159.18% -37.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Line 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Line Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Line Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Line Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England -80 155 £500 -9.09% 1,303
UK excluding London -23 108 £478 +30.96% 925
London -34 68 £500 -21.07% 534
Work from Home -40 56 £457 -23.93% 601
North of England +2 22 £425 -23.77% 231
Scotland +20 20 £400 +6.67% 61
North West +7 19 £564 +1.17% 114
Midlands +17 17 £502 +14.74% 148
South West +10 17 £525 +203.47% 116
South East +8 17 £425 -5.56% 234
West Midlands +8 13 £514 +17.37% 81
East of England +17 12 £600 +100.00% 127
East Midlands +11 4 £391 -25.52% 58
North East -2 2 £425 -40.97% 28
Northern Ireland - 2 £492 - 18
Wales -1 1 £180 -72.31% 32
Yorkshire -5 1 £112 -84.50% 91

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 11 (6.04%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.75%) Confluence
4 3 (1.65%) IIS
5 1 (0.55%) Apache
5 1 (0.55%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.55%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (4.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.10%) Open Workbench
4 1 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.55%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Eloqua
1 2 (1.10%) FLEXCUBE
1 2 (1.10%) iTrent
1 2 (1.10%) LabWindows
1 2 (1.10%) Misys Midas
1 2 (1.10%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.55%) Primavera
2 1 (0.55%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (13.19%) Azure
2 17 (9.34%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 10 (5.49%) AWS
4 10 (5.49%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.85%) IaaS
6 6 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.20%) SaaS
8 3 (1.65%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.10%) GitHub
10 1 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.55%) Canva
10 1 (0.55%) Datadog
10 1 (0.55%) Figma
10 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.55%) Miro
10 1 (0.55%) OCI
10 1 (0.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.49%) Firewall
2 8 (4.40%) Network Security
3 7 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (3.30%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (1.65%) 4G
5 3 (1.65%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.65%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.65%) WAN
6 2 (1.10%) DHCP
6 2 (1.10%) DNS
6 2 (1.10%) Intranet
7 1 (0.55%) SAN
7 1 (0.55%) Skype
7 1 (0.55%) VLAN
7 1 (0.55%) VoIP
7 1 (0.55%) VPN
7 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.49%) Power BI
3 3 (1.65%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.65%) Neo4j
3 3 (1.65%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.65%) OLAP
4 2 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.10%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (1.10%) MySQL
4 2 (1.10%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.10%) UniData
5 1 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.55%) GIS
5 1 (0.55%) Metadata
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.85%) JIRA
2 4 (2.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 4 (2.20%) Bitbucket Server
2 4 (2.20%) Gradle
2 4 (2.20%) IntelliJ
2 4 (2.20%) JUnit
2 4 (2.20%) Maven
2 4 (2.20%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.10%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.10%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.55%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.55%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.55%) TestRail
General
1 67 (36.81%) Social Skills
2 56 (30.77%) Finance
3 45 (24.73%) Public Sector
4 29 (15.93%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (4.40%) Military
6 8 (4.40%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.30%) Law
9 5 (2.75%) Marketing
10 4 (2.20%) Legal
10 4 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.20%) Police
10 4 (2.20%) Retail
11 3 (1.65%) Banking
11 3 (1.65%) Local Government
12 2 (1.10%) Automotive
12 2 (1.10%) Billing
Job Titles
1 29 (15.93%) Senior
2 23 (12.64%) Project Manager
3 19 (10.44%) Analyst
3 19 (10.44%) Lead
4 10 (5.49%) Administrator
5 9 (4.95%) Senior Manager
6 8 (4.40%) Service Manager
7 7 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
7 7 (3.85%) Developer
7 7 (3.85%) Product Manager
8 6 (3.30%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.30%) Programme Manager
8 6 (3.30%) Project Engineer
8 6 (3.30%) Service Delivery Manager
9 5 (2.75%) Data Scientist
9 5 (2.75%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 5 (2.75%) IT Manager
9 5 (2.75%) Senior Project Manager
10 4 (2.20%) Data Engineer
10 4 (2.20%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.75%) React
2 4 (2.20%) .NET
2 4 (2.20%) JMS
2 4 (2.20%) JPA
2 4 (2.20%) Plotly
2 4 (2.20%) Spring
3 3 (1.65%) LDAP
3 3 (1.65%) X-Windows
4 2 (1.10%) Node.js
4 2 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.55%) LAMP
5 1 (0.55%) Middleware
5 1 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.75%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.65%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.65%) FMCG
5 3 (1.65%) NHS
5 3 (1.65%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.10%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.10%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.10%) Derivative
6 2 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.10%) Infotainment
6 2 (1.10%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.10%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.10%) Social Media
6 2 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.19%) Windows
2 13 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.75%) Linux
3 5 (2.75%) Mac OS
4 4 (2.20%) Unix
5 2 (1.10%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (32.97%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (26.37%) Project Management
3 34 (18.68%) Agile
4 32 (17.58%) Change Management
5 28 (15.38%) ITIL
6 26 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (13.74%) Decision-Making
8 21 (11.54%) Project Delivery
9 20 (10.99%) Risk Management
10 18 (9.89%) Mentoring
10 18 (9.89%) Service Delivery
11 16 (8.79%) Analytics
11 16 (8.79%) Business Case
12 15 (8.24%) Coaching
13 14 (7.69%) Information Security
13 14 (7.69%) PRINCE2
13 14 (7.69%) Roadmaps
14 13 (7.14%) Customer Service
14 13 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.24%) PowerShell
2 13 (7.14%) SQL
3 7 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.75%) Python
5 4 (2.20%) Java
6 3 (1.65%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.10%) C
7 2 (1.10%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.10%) UniBasic
8 1 (0.55%) PHP
8 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (26.37%) Security Cleared
2 36 (19.78%) SC Cleared
3 17 (9.34%) Degree
4 7 (3.85%) Azure Certification
4 7 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 7 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.75%) CISSP
5 5 (2.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (2.20%) CISM
6 4 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.65%) APMG
7 3 (1.65%) CCAB
8 2 (1.10%) ACCA
8 2 (1.10%) CIMA
8 2 (1.10%) CIPFA
8 2 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.10%) HNC
8 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.85%) Accessibility
1 7 (3.85%) GDPR
1 7 (3.85%) QA
1 7 (3.85%) SLA
2 4 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.65%) PMO
4 2 (1.10%) COSHH
4 2 (1.10%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.10%) ISO 14001
4 2 (1.10%) NCSC
4 2 (1.10%) NIST
5 1 (0.55%) GRC
5 1 (0.55%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.55%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.55%) MiFID
5 1 (0.55%) SEPA
5 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.85%) vSphere
4 6 (3.30%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.75%) Docker
6 3 (1.65%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.55%) Firmware
8 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (6.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.95%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (1.10%) NetApp OnCommand
3 2 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.10%) Terraform
3 2 (1.10%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.10%) vMotion
3 2 (1.10%) WSUS
4 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.55%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.55%) Grafana
4 1 (0.55%) HP Data Protector
4 1 (0.55%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.55%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.55%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.55%) PaperCut
4 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.55%) SCCM
4 1 (0.55%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 38 (20.88%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.04%) Oracle
3 10 (5.49%) VMware
4 5 (2.75%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.75%) Splunk
5 4 (2.20%) Atlassian
5 4 (2.20%) Databricks
6 3 (1.65%) BT
6 3 (1.65%) Cisco
6 3 (1.65%) SAP
7 2 (1.10%) Apple
7 2 (1.10%) McAfee
7 2 (1.10%) Snow
8 1 (0.55%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.55%) IBM
8 1 (0.55%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.55%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.55%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.55%) Veritas
8 1 (0.55%) Workday