Line Management Job Trends in the South West

Line Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South 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 129 105 78
Rank change year-on-year -24 -27 -8
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 52 90 169
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.03% 2.17% 3.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 2.54% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 43 41 96
10th Percentile - £50,964 £33,755
25th Percentile £28,250 £53,384 £40,486
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,355 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% - +0.42%
75th Percentile £54,779 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £66,500 £93,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,620 3,550 4,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.51% 85.42% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,491 1,780 3,234
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,450 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,875 £40,236 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +2.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,100
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 West

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

Line Management job vacancy trend in the South West

Line Management
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Line Management
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Line Management in the South West

Line Management
Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Bristol -22 16 £30,500 -51.20% 10
Somerset -12 12 £41,355 -26.31% 5
Wiltshire +15 11 £50,000 -45.95% 7
Dorset -2 5 - - 2
Devon +1 3 £56,500 +88.33% 7
Cornwall -13 2 £36,500 -
Gloucestershire +9 1 £60,000 +2.13% 8
Line Management
England

Line Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (9.62%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.92%) assyst
2 1 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.46%) Azure
1 7 (13.46%) Entra ID
2 5 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (9.62%) OneDrive
3 4 (7.69%) AWS
4 3 (5.77%) SaaS
5 2 (3.85%) OCI
6 1 (1.92%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.46%) LAN
1 7 (13.46%) VPN
2 6 (11.54%) Wireless
3 5 (9.62%) DHCP
3 5 (9.62%) DNS
4 4 (7.69%) BGP
4 4 (7.69%) Firewall
4 4 (7.69%) Network Security
4 4 (7.69%) OSPF
4 4 (7.69%) WAN
5 2 (3.85%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (3.85%) Internet
5 2 (3.85%) MPLS
5 2 (3.85%) NGFW
5 2 (3.85%) SD-WAN
5 2 (3.85%) SNMP
5 2 (3.85%) SSH
5 2 (3.85%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.85%) VLAN
General
1 13 (25.00%) Finance
1 13 (25.00%) Multimedia
2 10 (19.23%) Law
2 10 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 9 (17.31%) Police
4 3 (5.77%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.85%) Local Government
6 1 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.92%) Legal
6 1 (1.92%) Military
6 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (25.00%) Trainee
2 10 (19.23%) Service Manager
3 9 (17.31%) Delivery Manager
3 9 (17.31%) Service Delivery Manager
4 7 (13.46%) Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (9.62%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) Support Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Data Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Insight Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Performance Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Senior
7 2 (3.85%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) IT Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Network Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Network Engineering Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Network Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Security Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (3.85%) SAML
2 1 (1.92%) .NET
2 1 (1.92%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.85%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.85%) e-Learning
3 2 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (38.46%) Mentoring
2 16 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 12 (23.08%) Project Management
4 12 (23.08%) Service Delivery
5 11 (21.15%) People Management
6 10 (19.23%) Contract Management
7 8 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (13.46%) ITSM
9 6 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (9.62%) CRM
11 3 (5.77%) Change Management
11 3 (5.77%) ITIL
11 3 (5.77%) Migration
11 3 (5.77%) Performance Analysis
11 3 (5.77%) Performance Management
11 3 (5.77%) Project Delivery
11 3 (5.77%) Service Management
11 3 (5.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (5.77%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.85%) Bash
1 2 (3.85%) Python
2 1 (1.92%) C#
2 1 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 13 (25.00%) CEH
1 13 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 13 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
2 10 (19.23%) SC Cleared
2 10 (19.23%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.85%) CCNP
3 2 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.85%) Degree
3 2 (3.85%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.92%) CISSP
4 1 (1.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (1.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.77%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.92%) GDPR
2 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.92%) NIST
2 1 (1.92%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.92%) PMO
2 1 (1.92%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (9.62%) Autotask
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.85%) Ansible
2 2 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.62%) Meraki
3 4 (7.69%) Cisco
4 2 (3.85%) BT
4 2 (3.85%) CheckPoint
4 2 (3.85%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.85%) Openreach
4 2 (3.85%) Oracle
4 2 (3.85%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.85%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.92%) BMC
5 1 (1.92%) IFS
5 1 (1.92%) Remedy
5 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow