Line Management Job Trends in the Midlands

Line Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Line Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 119 114
Rank change year-on-year -26 -5 -48
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 122 126 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.92% 2.25% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 2.63% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 72 62 151
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £31,313 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £71,238 £68,750 £63,600
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,875 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.07% -4.36% -15.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Line 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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,244 4,800 10,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.85% 85.65% 79.38%
Number of salaries quoted 6,564 2,857 7,032
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Line Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Line Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Line Management job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Line Management
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Line Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Line Management

Line Management
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Line Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Line Management in the Midlands

Line Management
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Line Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -13 72 £62,500 +25.00% 23
East Midlands -35 50 £44,472 -31.58% 17
Line Management
England

Line Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.28%) Confluence
2 3 (2.46%) CMS
3 1 (0.82%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.82%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (12.30%) Azure
2 11 (9.02%) Power Platform
3 8 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.10%) AWS
5 4 (3.28%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.28%) GCP
6 2 (1.64%) SaaS
7 1 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.82%) IaaS
7 1 (0.82%) OCI
7 1 (0.82%) PaaS
7 1 (0.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.74%) Firewall
2 2 (1.64%) DNS
2 2 (1.64%) VPN
3 1 (0.82%) DHCP
3 1 (0.82%) Internet
3 1 (0.82%) Intranet
3 1 (0.82%) LAN
3 1 (0.82%) VoIP
3 1 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.38%) Power BI
1 9 (7.38%) Tableau
2 6 (4.92%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.46%) MySQL
4 2 (1.64%) Metadata
5 1 (0.82%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (4.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.82%) Git
General
1 26 (21.31%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.57%) Finance
2 19 (15.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (9.02%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.20%) Multimedia
4 10 (8.20%) Retail
5 9 (7.38%) Law
5 9 (7.38%) Legal
6 7 (5.74%) Marketing
7 5 (4.10%) Advertising
7 5 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.46%) Aviation
8 3 (2.46%) Banking
8 3 (2.46%) Games
9 2 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (18.03%) Senior
2 15 (12.30%) Lead
3 11 (9.02%) Software Engineer
4 10 (8.20%) Trainee
5 6 (4.92%) Analyst
5 6 (4.92%) Insight Manager
5 6 (4.92%) IT Engineer
5 6 (4.92%) NHS Performance Manager
5 6 (4.92%) Performance Manager
5 6 (4.92%) Principal Engineer
5 6 (4.92%) Report Manager
5 6 (4.92%) Service Desk Engineer
6 5 (4.10%) Head of Engineering
6 5 (4.10%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (4.10%) Support Technician
7 4 (3.28%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.28%) Hardware Engineer
7 4 (3.28%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (3.28%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 4 (3.28%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.28%) .NET
2 2 (1.64%) Ajax
2 2 (1.64%) J2EE
2 2 (1.64%) PySpark
3 1 (0.82%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.84%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.38%) NHS
3 7 (5.74%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.10%) Mobile Computing
5 3 (2.46%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.46%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.46%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.64%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.82%) CCTV
7 1 (0.82%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.82%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.38%) Linux
2 6 (4.92%) Windows
3 4 (3.28%) Solaris
4 3 (2.46%) Debian
5 1 (0.82%) Android
5 1 (0.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (26.23%) Mentoring
2 29 (23.77%) People Management
3 27 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (17.21%) Software Engineering
6 19 (15.57%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (13.93%) Decision-Making
8 16 (13.11%) Roadmaps
8 16 (13.11%) Service Delivery
9 15 (12.30%) Business Intelligence
9 15 (12.30%) Coaching
10 14 (11.48%) Agile
10 14 (11.48%) Data Management
11 13 (10.66%) Collaborative Culture
11 13 (10.66%) Programme Management
11 13 (10.66%) Project Delivery
12 12 (9.84%) Collaborative Working
13 11 (9.02%) Analytics
13 11 (9.02%) Risk Management
13 11 (9.02%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.57%) SQL
2 2 (1.64%) Java
2 2 (1.64%) Python
3 1 (0.82%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (18.03%) Degree
2 12 (9.84%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.20%) CEH
3 10 (8.20%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (6.56%) A+ Certification
4 8 (6.56%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (6.56%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.28%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.64%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (1.64%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.82%) ACCA
7 1 (0.82%) CIMA
7 1 (0.82%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.56%) ISO 9001
2 5 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.28%) ISO 14001
4 3 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.46%) QA
5 2 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.82%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.28%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (8.20%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.74%) Google
3 6 (4.92%) Databricks
4 5 (4.10%) Cisco
5 4 (3.28%) CheckPoint
5 4 (3.28%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.28%) SAP
5 4 (3.28%) VMware
6 3 (2.46%) Botify
7 1 (0.82%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.82%) Informatica
7 1 (0.82%) Oracle
7 1 (0.82%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow