Line Management Job Trends in the North West

Line Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Line Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 96 94
Rank change year-on-year -19 -2 +23
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 67 117 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.06% 2.32% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 2.55% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 61 72 90
10th Percentile - £38,937 £34,775
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £57,695 £59,460
Median % change year-on-year -39.34% -2.97% +3.41%
75th Percentile £55,000 £77,813 £73,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,460 £95,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,155 4,593 3,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.26% 91.15% 87.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,531 2,248 3,069
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,114 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
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 North West

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

Line Management job vacancy trend in the North West

Line Management
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Line Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Line Management

Line Management
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Line Management in the North West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Line Management in the North West

Line Management
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Line Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Manchester -4 29 £35,000 -42.47% 22
Merseyside +7 15 £30,500 -39.00% 5
Cheshire -11 13 £55,000 +27.56% 8
Lancashire -8 8 £48,592 -15.57% 10
Cumbria -2 1 - -
Line Management
England

Line Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.49%) LiveLink
Applications
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) ResourceLink
1 3 (4.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.99%) NetSuite
2 2 (2.99%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.94%) Azure
2 6 (8.96%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.99%) SaaS
5 1 (1.49%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.99%) LAN
1 2 (2.99%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.46%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.97%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) GitLab
General
1 24 (35.82%) Multimedia
2 13 (19.40%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.42%) Finance
4 7 (10.45%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (7.46%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.48%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.48%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.99%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.99%) Banking
8 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.99%) Legal
8 2 (2.99%) Local Government
8 2 (2.99%) Military
8 2 (2.99%) Retail
9 1 (1.49%) Agriculture
9 1 (1.49%) Electronics
9 1 (1.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 24 (35.82%) Trainee
2 12 (17.91%) Lead
3 7 (10.45%) Developer
3 7 (10.45%) Lead Developer
4 5 (7.46%) IT Support
5 4 (5.97%) Lead Software Developer
5 4 (5.97%) Software Developer
6 3 (4.48%) Analyst
6 3 (4.48%) MIS Manager
7 2 (2.99%) 1st Line Engineer
7 2 (2.99%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (2.99%) Finance Manager
7 2 (2.99%) Head of Procurement
7 2 (2.99%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (2.99%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (2.99%) Product Manager
7 2 (2.99%) Sales Manager
7 2 (2.99%) Senior
7 2 (2.99%) Service Desk Engineer
7 2 (2.99%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.43%) .NET
2 6 (8.96%) .NET Core
3 4 (5.97%) .NET Framework
3 4 (5.97%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.49%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.49%) Pyramid
4 1 (1.49%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.99%) AI Agents
3 2 (2.99%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.99%) Social Media
4 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.49%) IoT
4 1 (1.49%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.46%) Windows
2 1 (1.49%) Linux
2 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (49.25%) Mentoring
2 26 (38.81%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (35.82%) Ethical Hacking
4 7 (10.45%) Agile
4 7 (10.45%) Project Management
4 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (8.96%) Decision-Making
5 6 (8.96%) Project Delivery
6 5 (7.46%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (7.46%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (5.97%) AI
7 4 (5.97%) Business Case
7 4 (5.97%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (5.97%) Process Improvement
7 4 (5.97%) RAD
8 3 (4.48%) Customer Service
8 3 (4.48%) People Management
8 3 (4.48%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.96%) C#
1 6 (8.96%) SQL
2 2 (2.99%) Java
2 2 (2.99%) Python
3 1 (1.49%) C
3 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.49%) PHP
3 1 (1.49%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (35.82%) A+ Certification
1 24 (35.82%) CEH
1 24 (35.82%) CompTIA Security+
1 24 (35.82%) Network+ Certification
2 10 (14.93%) Degree
3 5 (7.46%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.48%) CIPD
5 2 (2.99%) ACCA
5 2 (2.99%) CIMA
5 2 (2.99%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) GDPR
2 2 (2.99%) PMO
2 2 (2.99%) QA
3 1 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.99%) SmoothWall
2 1 (1.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 11 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.48%) SAP
3 2 (2.99%) Cisco
3 2 (2.99%) Foundry
3 2 (2.99%) Meraki
3 2 (2.99%) Sony
4 1 (1.49%) F5
4 1 (1.49%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow