People Management Job Trends in the South West

People Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring People 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 135 146 177
Rank change year-on-year +11 +31 +62
Permanent jobs citing People Management 42 43 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.83% 1.04% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.21% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 20 10 34
10th Percentile £47,358 £25,000 £38,525
25th Percentile £47,500 £26,625 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,850 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -23.44% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,953 £63,750
90th Percentile £63,275 £66,625 £78,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £69,315 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.99% -0.98% +6.87%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

People 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 3,639 3,549 4,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.62% 85.58% 89.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,498 1,776 3,216
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,454 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +2.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,627
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

People Management job vacancy trend in the South West

People Management
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

People Management
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing People Management in the South West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for People Management in the South West

People 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 People Management within the South West 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
Wiltshire - 18 £50,000 - 9
Somerset - 10 £47,021 - 9
Dorset +7 5 £60,000 - 8
Bristol -17 5 £44,625 +0.43% 8
Gloucestershire +24 2 £71,250 -26.92% 9
Cornwall -14 1 - -
People Management
England

People 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:

Applications
1 21 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.38%) Simulink
2 1 (2.38%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 21 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.38%) Asana
2 1 (2.38%) AWS
2 1 (2.38%) Azure
2 1 (2.38%) Figma
2 1 (2.38%) GCP
2 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) SAN
2 1 (2.38%) Broadband
General
1 28 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 21 (50.00%) Back Office
3 11 (26.19%) Finance
4 10 (23.81%) Law
5 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.38%) Legal
5 1 (2.38%) Military
5 1 (2.38%) Police
5 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 21 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 21 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 21 (50.00%) Site Engineer
1 21 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 11 (26.19%) Service Manager
3 9 (21.43%) Delivery Manager
3 9 (21.43%) Service Delivery Manager
4 5 (11.90%) IT Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Lead
6 2 (4.76%) IT Services Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Service Desk Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Team Leader
7 1 (2.38%) Applications Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Senior
7 1 (2.38%) Software Engineering Team Leader
7 1 (2.38%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 21 (50.00%) Windows
1 21 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (52.38%) Customer Experience
2 22 (52.38%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (52.38%) ITIL
3 21 (50.00%) Analytics
3 21 (50.00%) Customer Acquisition
3 21 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 21 (50.00%) Patch Management
3 21 (50.00%) Software Deployment
3 21 (50.00%) Ticket Management
4 11 (26.19%) Line Management
4 11 (26.19%) Service Delivery
5 10 (23.81%) Contract Management
6 9 (21.43%) Project Management
7 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (11.90%) Mentoring
9 2 (4.76%) Agile
9 2 (4.76%) ITSM
9 2 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) Java
2 1 (2.38%) C
2 1 (2.38%) C++
2 1 (2.38%) MATLAB
2 1 (2.38%) Python
2 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (73.81%) SC Cleared
1 31 (73.81%) Security Cleared
2 22 (52.38%) Degree
3 21 (50.00%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (2.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (2.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (2.38%) GDPR
2 1 (2.38%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.38%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 21 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.38%) Adobe
3 1 (2.38%) DocuSign
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft