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 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 168 77 132
Rank change year-on-year -91 +55 -90
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 56 215 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.72% 3.37% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 3.72% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 47 51 62
10th Percentile - £37,500 £36,618
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £55,000 £53,575
Median % change year-on-year -24.55% +2.66% -2.59%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,625 £71,875
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% -

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 6,361 5,773 4,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.32% 90.47% 86.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,535 2,521 4,072
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 14 January 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 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -67 38 £33,000 -43.29% 28
East Midlands -47 17 £52,500 +16.67% 33
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 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.57%) CMS
2 2 (3.57%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.57%) Trello
3 1 (1.79%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.79%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (7.14%) Power Platform
1 4 (7.14%) PowerApps
2 3 (5.36%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.57%) Azure
3 2 (3.57%) SaaS
4 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.79%) Azure Functions
4 1 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) Intranet
2 2 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.79%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.93%) Oracle Database
2 2 (3.57%) Power BI
3 1 (1.79%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (1.79%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Git
General
1 18 (32.14%) Multimedia
2 14 (25.00%) Finance
2 14 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.71%) Legal
3 6 (10.71%) Telecoms
4 5 (8.93%) Law
5 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.57%) Games
7 2 (3.57%) Marketing
8 1 (1.79%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (32.14%) Trainee
2 10 (17.86%) Lead
3 7 (12.50%) Technical Support
4 6 (10.71%) Head of Procurement
5 5 (8.93%) Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support
6 4 (7.14%) IT Support
6 4 (7.14%) Technical Leader
7 3 (5.36%) Developer
7 3 (5.36%) Senior
7 3 (5.36%) Support Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Technical Support Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Business Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) Desktop Support
8 2 (3.57%) IT Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Operations Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Senior Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Support Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) .NET
2 2 (3.57%) .NET Framework
2 2 (3.57%) ASP.NET
2 2 (3.57%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (3.57%) CSS
2 2 (3.57%) HTML
2 2 (3.57%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (1.79%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.79%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (1.79%) IoT
3 1 (1.79%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.50%) Windows
2 6 (10.71%) Linux
3 1 (1.79%) Unix
3 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (48.21%) Mentoring
2 26 (46.43%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (32.14%) Ethical Hacking
4 8 (14.29%) DevOps
4 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (12.50%) Budgeting
5 7 (12.50%) Coaching
5 7 (12.50%) Contract Management
5 7 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 6 (10.71%) Agile
6 6 (10.71%) Co-Creation
6 6 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (10.71%) Contract Negotiation
6 6 (10.71%) Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (8.93%) Change Management
7 5 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (8.93%) Project Management
8 4 (7.14%) Containerisation
8 4 (7.14%) Customer Service
8 4 (7.14%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.36%) C#
1 3 (5.36%) JavaScript
1 3 (5.36%) SQL
2 1 (1.79%) Python
2 1 (1.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (33.93%) CompTIA Security+
2 18 (32.14%) A+ Certification
2 18 (32.14%) CEH
2 18 (32.14%) Network+ Certification
3 7 (12.50%) Degree
4 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.93%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.36%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.79%) AAT
6 1 (1.79%) ACCA
6 1 (1.79%) CIMA
6 1 (1.79%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.14%) QA
2 3 (5.36%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.57%) PMO
3 2 (3.57%) SLA
3 2 (3.57%) WCAG
4 1 (1.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (7.14%) Docker
2 2 (3.57%) BitLocker
2 2 (3.57%) Firmware
2 2 (3.57%) vCloud
2 2 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.57%) SCCM
2 2 (3.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) Oracle
3 2 (3.57%) Apple
3 2 (3.57%) HP
3 2 (3.57%) McAfee
3 2 (3.57%) MobileIron
3 2 (3.57%) Remedy
3 2 (3.57%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.57%) Veeam
3 2 (3.57%) VMware
3 2 (3.57%) Zerto
4 1 (1.79%) Planon
4 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow