People Management Job Trends in the City of London

People Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring People Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 124 138
Rank change year-on-year +11 +14 -13
Permanent jobs citing People Management 21 41 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.91% 1.54% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.61% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 15 23 18
10th Percentile £74,000 £51,500 £50,875
25th Percentile £86,250 £65,000 £62,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £85,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% +17.24% -25.64%
75th Percentile £142,500 £105,375 £93,313
90th Percentile - £114,500 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £95,000 £85,000 £77,750
% change year-on-year +11.76% +9.32% -18.16%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,992 2,540 2,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.35% 95.67% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,457 1,620 2,368
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing People Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

People Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

People Management
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing People Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing People Management

People Management
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing People Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for People Management in the City of London

People Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) AWS
2 6 (28.57%) GCP
2 6 (28.57%) SaaS
3 2 (9.52%) Azure
4 1 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (4.76%) Figma
4 1 (4.76%) IaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Finance
3 6 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (19.05%) Legal
5 3 (14.29%) Banking
6 2 (9.52%) Front Office
7 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Lead
2 6 (28.57%) Senior
2 6 (28.57%) Senior Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Risk Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Senior Risk Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Technology Risk Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Development Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Java Development Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Development Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Designer
5 1 (4.76%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Head of Managed Services
5 1 (4.76%) Lead Designer
5 1 (4.76%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Managing Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Software Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Strategy Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (33.33%) Node.js
1 7 (33.33%) React
2 1 (4.76%) FastAPI
2 1 (4.76%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 4 (19.05%) Algorithms
2 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 4 (19.05%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (9.52%) Derivative
4 1 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.76%) Reinsurance
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Mentoring
2 8 (38.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (33.33%) Coaching
4 6 (28.57%) AI
4 6 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
5 5 (23.81%) Agile
5 5 (23.81%) Analytics
5 5 (23.81%) Change Management
5 5 (23.81%) Data Privacy
5 5 (23.81%) Risk Management
6 4 (19.05%) Creative Thinking
6 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (19.05%) Data Analytics
6 4 (19.05%) Data Governance
6 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
6 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
6 4 (19.05%) Information Security
6 4 (19.05%) Machine Learning
6 4 (19.05%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (19.05%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 4 (19.05%) Python
3 2 (9.52%) C#
3 2 (9.52%) Java
4 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) CISA
1 4 (19.05%) CISM
1 4 (19.05%) CISSP
1 4 (19.05%) CRISC
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (19.05%) Data Quality
1 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.52%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.76%) SCCM
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe
2 1 (4.76%) Citrix