Line Management Job Trends in the South East

Line Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East 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 200 166 111
Rank change year-on-year -34 -55 -5
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 73 137 225
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.70% 1.53% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.73% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 51 38 81
10th Percentile £27,250 - £38,130
25th Percentile £43,750 £32,750 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £43,750 £59,059
Median % change year-on-year +63.43% -25.92% -9.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £56,128 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,306 7,897 7,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.19% 88.14% 88.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,952 3,758 5,459
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
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 South East

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

Line Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Line Management
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Line Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Line Management

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Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Line Management in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Line Management within the South East 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
Thames Valley 0 23 £47,500 -17.63% 32
Hampshire +11 21 £84,930 +153.52% 15
Berkshire -14 11 £30,500 -54.81% 17
Surrey -3 10 £70,750 +57.22% 9
Kent -30 8 £102,500 +115.79% 6
Buckinghamshire -1 7 £49,000 -15.03% 7
Oxfordshire +24 6 £47,500 - 8
West Sussex +4 6 £105,000 - 5
East Sussex 0 5 £61,500 +14.95% 3
Line Management
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.11%) Confluence
2 2 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (20.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (6.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (4.11%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.44%) Azure
2 9 (12.33%) Power Platform
3 8 (10.96%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (10.96%) SaaS
4 4 (5.48%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (4.11%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.37%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.11%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.37%) BGP
2 1 (1.37%) Broadband
2 1 (1.37%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.37%) Firewall
2 1 (1.37%) LAN
2 1 (1.37%) Network Security
2 1 (1.37%) OSPF
2 1 (1.37%) PBX
2 1 (1.37%) RIP
2 1 (1.37%) SMTP
2 1 (1.37%) VPN
2 1 (1.37%) WAN
2 1 (1.37%) WLAN
2 1 (1.37%) X.400
2 1 (1.37%) X.500
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.59%) Power BI
2 3 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.37%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.37%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (1.37%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.48%) JIRA
General
1 42 (57.53%) Social Skills
2 25 (34.25%) Finance
3 10 (13.70%) Marketing
4 7 (9.59%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (9.59%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.22%) Multimedia
6 4 (5.48%) Legal
6 4 (5.48%) Local Government
6 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.37%) Front Office
7 1 (1.37%) Games
7 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.37%) Law
7 1 (1.37%) Police
7 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.37%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 13 (17.81%) Head of IT
2 12 (16.44%) Lead
3 6 (8.22%) Senior
3 6 (8.22%) Trainee
4 5 (6.85%) Data Manager
4 5 (6.85%) Head of Procurement
4 5 (6.85%) Integration Manager
4 5 (6.85%) IT Manager
5 4 (5.48%) Contracts Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Administrator
6 3 (4.11%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Coordinator
6 3 (4.11%) Customer Service Administrator
6 3 (4.11%) Data Integration Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Data Warehouse Manager
6 3 (4.11%) Head of Digital
6 3 (4.11%) Head of Finance
6 3 (4.11%) Marketing Executive
6 3 (4.11%) Senior Marketing Executive
7 2 (2.74%) Head of Business Systems
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) .NET
1 2 (2.74%) React
2 1 (1.37%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.37%) Kafka
2 1 (1.37%) Next.js
2 1 (1.37%) Node.js
2 1 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.37%) REST
2 1 (1.37%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.18%) Management Information System
2 9 (12.33%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.85%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.85%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (5.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.11%) Social Media
5 3 (4.11%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (1.37%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.37%) IVR
6 1 (1.37%) NHS
6 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.37%) Replication
6 1 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.48%) Windows
2 1 (1.37%) HPUX
2 1 (1.37%) Solaris
2 1 (1.37%) Unix
2 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 22 (30.14%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (27.40%) Agile
4 16 (21.92%) Mentoring
5 15 (20.55%) Contract Management
6 14 (19.18%) Decision-Making
6 14 (19.18%) Service Delivery
7 13 (17.81%) Change Management
7 13 (17.81%) ITIL
8 12 (16.44%) Analytics
9 11 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (15.07%) IT Strategy
10 10 (13.70%) Budget Management
10 10 (13.70%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 10 (13.70%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (13.70%) IT Governance
10 10 (13.70%) Workflow
11 9 (12.33%) CRM
11 9 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (12.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.70%) SQL
2 7 (9.59%) Python
3 1 (1.37%) C#
3 1 (1.37%) Java
3 1 (1.37%) Ruby
3 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (26.03%) Degree
2 7 (9.59%) Master's Degree
3 6 (8.22%) A+ Certification
3 6 (8.22%) CEH
3 6 (8.22%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (8.22%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (5.48%) MBA
4 4 (5.48%) PMI Certification
4 4 (5.48%) PMP
4 4 (5.48%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.11%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.74%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.37%) ACCA
7 1 (1.37%) CIMA
7 1 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.33%) SLA
2 4 (5.48%) GRC
3 3 (4.11%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.11%) ISO 9001
3 3 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.11%) PMO
4 2 (2.74%) QA
5 1 (1.37%) ITGC
System Software
1 4 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (20.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.85%) Cisco
2 5 (6.85%) Oracle
3 4 (5.48%) VMware
4 3 (4.11%) Adobe
4 3 (4.11%) Informatica
4 3 (4.11%) Zoho
5 2 (2.74%) Cognos
5 2 (2.74%) Databricks
5 2 (2.74%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.37%) Canon
6 1 (1.37%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.37%) HP
6 1 (1.37%) Juniper