Line Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Line Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Line Management over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 139 105 149
Rank change year-on-year -34 +44 +77
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 1,327 4,026 3,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.49% 3.25% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 3.39% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 869 2,127 1,467
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,430 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,875 £45,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £79,375 £78,125
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,374 £93,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,238 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.55% -1.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Line Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,088 118,671 122,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.74% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 36,209 72,079 81,851
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,492 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,025 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,219 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.35% +6.44% +4.17%

Line Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Line Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Line Management.

Salary trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Line Management over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Line Management within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England -31 1,158 £65,000 +4.00% 902
UK excluding London -22 920 £55,238 -3.93% 639
Work from Home -5 637 £65,000 -2.67% 344
London -28 326 £77,500 +10.71% 361
South East +37 240 £67,500 +8.00% 172
North of England -3 216 £58,210 -6.86% 142
South West -4 152 £59,556 +1.37% 68
Midlands -74 134 £52,350 +11.38% 125
North West -1 103 £55,000 -9.84% 72
Yorkshire -14 97 £60,000 -7.69% 47
West Midlands -60 95 £51,128 +8.78% 83
East of England +47 80 £40,000 -27.27% 79
Scotland -16 58 £59,556 -10.83% 52
Wales -3 44 £55,238 +4.31% 24
East Midlands -14 37 £65,000 - 41
North East +38 16 £63,000 +5.00% 23
Northern Ireland +37 3 £73,090 +21.82% 3

Line Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 83 (6.25%) SAS
2 43 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.88%) Confluence
4 16 (1.21%) MS Exchange
5 8 (0.60%) CMS
6 7 (0.53%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.45%) IIS
8 5 (0.38%) WebSphere Application Server
9 4 (0.30%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.30%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.23%) DNN
11 2 (0.15%) Drupal
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.075%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.075%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 69 (5.20%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.38%) CATIA
7 3 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.15%) Blender
8 2 (0.15%) Maya
8 2 (0.15%) Simulink
9 1 (0.075%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.075%) SPSS
9 1 (0.075%) Stateflow
9 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.45%) SAP MM
3 5 (0.38%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.30%) ENOVIA
5 3 (0.23%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 3 (0.23%) Cerner Millennium
5 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.23%) Primavera
5 3 (0.23%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.15%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.075%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.075%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.075%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.075%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.075%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.075%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.075%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 235 (17.71%) Azure
2 142 (10.70%) AWS
3 119 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
4 78 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 54 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (3.01%) GCP
6 40 (3.01%) SaaS
7 38 (2.86%) Entra ID
8 34 (2.56%) Serverless
9 29 (2.19%) AWS CloudFormation
10 23 (1.73%) GitHub
11 21 (1.58%) dbt
11 21 (1.58%) PaaS
12 19 (1.43%) IaaS
13 18 (1.36%) Azure Functions
14 17 (1.28%) PowerApps
15 16 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
16 15 (1.13%) WhatsApp
17 14 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
18 12 (0.90%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 57 (4.30%) Firewall
2 48 (3.62%) DNS
3 45 (3.39%) TCP/IP
4 43 (3.24%) Network Security
5 41 (3.09%) DHCP
6 33 (2.49%) WAN
7 30 (2.26%) HTTP
8 24 (1.81%) LAN
9 20 (1.51%) Wireless
10 17 (1.28%) VPN
11 15 (1.13%) Internet
11 15 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (0.90%) SAN
13 7 (0.53%) PBX
14 6 (0.45%) Broadband
14 6 (0.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 6 (0.45%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.45%) VoIP
15 5 (0.38%) Kerberos
15 5 (0.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (6.25%) Base SAS
1 83 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 78 (5.88%) Metadata
3 63 (4.75%) Power BI
4 29 (2.19%) NoSQL
5 28 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (1.66%) Tableau
7 20 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (1.43%) MongoDB
9 18 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.98%) GIS
10 13 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 12 (0.90%) Relational Database
12 10 (0.75%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (0.68%) Hazelcast
14 7 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.53%) MySQL
15 6 (0.45%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 66 (4.97%) JIRA
2 39 (2.94%) Git
3 21 (1.58%) Selenium
4 20 (1.51%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.98%) Cucumber
6 9 (0.68%) GitLab
7 8 (0.60%) Postman
8 7 (0.53%) Maven
9 6 (0.45%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (0.38%) IBM UrbanCode
10 5 (0.38%) JUnit
10 5 (0.38%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.38%) RequisitePro
10 5 (0.38%) Subversion
11 4 (0.30%) JMeter
11 4 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.23%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.23%) Spinnaker
12 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 426 (32.10%) Finance
2 311 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 283 (21.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 125 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
5 117 (8.82%) Retail
6 99 (7.46%) Banking
7 93 (7.01%) Pharmaceutical
8 67 (5.05%) Public Sector
9 64 (4.82%) Billing
10 58 (4.37%) Automotive
11 57 (4.30%) Marketing
12 55 (4.14%) Legal
13 46 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
14 39 (2.94%) Local Government
15 33 (2.49%) Manufacturing
16 32 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
16 32 (2.41%) Social Housing
17 29 (2.19%) Telecoms
18 22 (1.66%) Aerospace
19 20 (1.51%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 310 (23.36%) Lead
2 232 (17.48%) Senior
3 97 (7.31%) Analyst
4 75 (5.65%) Developer
5 74 (5.58%) Programmer
6 66 (4.97%) SAS Programmer
6 66 (4.97%) SAS Statistical Programmer
6 66 (4.97%) Statistical Programmer
7 65 (4.90%) Team Leader
8 55 (4.14%) Audit Manager
9 53 (3.99%) IT Manager
10 48 (3.62%) Software Engineer
11 47 (3.54%) Architect
12 44 (3.32%) Senior Analyst
13 40 (3.01%) Project Manager
14 35 (2.64%) Senior Programmer
14 35 (2.64%) Senior SAS Programmer
14 35 (2.64%) Senior Statistical Programmer
15 34 (2.56%) Business Analyst
15 34 (2.56%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (6.33%) .NET
2 68 (5.12%) XML
3 62 (4.67%) HTML
4 45 (3.39%) React
5 31 (2.34%) .NET Framework
5 31 (2.34%) OpenID
5 31 (2.34%) SAML
6 28 (2.11%) CSS
7 22 (1.66%) Spring
8 20 (1.51%) .NET Core
8 20 (1.51%) Spring Boot
9 19 (1.43%) AngularJS
10 16 (1.21%) REST
11 15 (1.13%) Node.js
12 13 (0.98%) ASP.NET Web API
12 13 (0.98%) React Native
13 11 (0.83%) Entity Framework
13 11 (0.83%) SOAP
14 10 (0.75%) Django
14 10 (0.75%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 108 (8.14%) Onboarding
2 92 (6.93%) Life Science
3 83 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 75 (5.65%) Product Ownership
5 49 (3.69%) Cyberattack
6 43 (3.24%) Cloud Native
7 34 (2.56%) Public Cloud
8 26 (1.96%) Mobile App
9 22 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (1.21%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.21%) Driving Licence
12 15 (1.13%) Data Structures
13 13 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
13 13 (0.98%) Virtual Team
14 12 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
15 11 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (0.83%) NHS
16 10 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 110 (8.29%) Windows
2 46 (3.47%) Linux
3 30 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.66%) Windows 10
5 14 (1.06%) Unix
6 8 (0.60%) Android
6 8 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.38%) Windows Vista
9 4 (0.30%) CentOS
9 4 (0.30%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.30%) Windows 8
10 3 (0.23%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.15%) QNX Neutrino
11 2 (0.15%) VMS
12 1 (0.075%) Debian
12 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (31.20%) Agile
2 241 (18.16%) Problem-Solving
3 231 (17.41%) Mentoring
4 212 (15.98%) Project Management
5 172 (12.96%) Roadmaps
6 167 (12.58%) Coaching
6 167 (12.58%) Decision-Making
7 148 (11.15%) Collaborative Working
8 146 (11.00%) DevOps
9 132 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 124 (9.34%) Software Engineering
10 124 (9.34%) Technical Leadership
11 122 (9.19%) Project Delivery
12 120 (9.04%) Computer Science
13 116 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
14 102 (7.69%) Scrum
15 101 (7.61%) Analytics
16 99 (7.46%) Creative Thinking
16 99 (7.46%) Statistics
17 94 (7.08%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 152 (11.45%) SQL
2 97 (7.31%) C#
3 83 (6.25%) SAS Macro
4 82 (6.18%) Python
5 69 (5.20%) Java
6 63 (4.75%) JavaScript
7 56 (4.22%) PowerShell
8 29 (2.19%) T-SQL
9 24 (1.81%) Bash
9 24 (1.81%) TypeScript
10 18 (1.36%) C++
11 16 (1.21%) PHP
12 11 (0.83%) C
12 11 (0.83%) R
12 11 (0.83%) Ruby
13 10 (0.75%) Bicep
14 8 (0.60%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.53%) Korn
16 6 (0.45%) MATLAB
17 5 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 268 (20.20%) Degree
2 122 (9.19%) Security Cleared
3 50 (3.77%) ACCA
4 46 (3.47%) SC Cleared
5 42 (3.17%) AWS Certification
6 37 (2.79%) DV Cleared
7 33 (2.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 31 (2.34%) Numerate Degree
9 29 (2.19%) DBS Check
10 25 (1.88%) CISSP
11 24 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
13 18 (1.36%) Master's Degree
14 16 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
15 14 (1.06%) CCNP
16 11 (0.83%) APMP
16 11 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.75%) ISTQB
17 10 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (11.76%) QA
2 83 (6.25%) CDISC
3 35 (2.64%) PMO
4 33 (2.49%) Accessibility
5 32 (2.41%) SLA
6 31 (2.34%) Data Quality
7 29 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (1.81%) GDPR
9 18 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.21%) ISO 9001
11 13 (0.98%) NIST
12 10 (0.75%) WCAG
13 9 (0.68%) COBIT
13 9 (0.68%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.45%) DO-254
14 6 (0.45%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.38%) GxP
15 5 (0.38%) NCSC
16 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.23%) ITGC
System Software
1 86 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 28 (2.11%) Docker
3 25 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.83%) vSphere
6 10 (0.75%) Firmware
7 7 (0.53%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
11 3 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 2 (0.15%) NFS
12 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.075%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.075%) XenApp
13 1 (0.075%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 50 (3.77%) Terraform
2 38 (2.86%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.83%) Puppet
5 9 (0.68%) Ansible
6 7 (0.53%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (0.38%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.30%) Nagios
8 4 (0.30%) SCOM
8 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.23%) Ganglia
10 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.15%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.15%) SCCM
10 2 (0.15%) WSUS
11 1 (0.075%) Nessus
Vendors
1 248 (18.69%) Microsoft
2 37 (2.79%) VMware
3 34 (2.56%) SAP
4 30 (2.26%) Cisco
5 26 (1.96%) Google
6 18 (1.36%) CheckPoint
7 15 (1.13%) Oracle
8 14 (1.06%) Splunk
8 14 (1.06%) Teradata
9 12 (0.90%) HP
10 11 (0.83%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.75%) F5
11 10 (0.75%) Salesforce
12 9 (0.68%) Fortinet
12 9 (0.68%) Meraki
12 9 (0.68%) NEC
12 9 (0.68%) Palo Alto
12 9 (0.68%) SolarWinds
13 8 (0.60%) Citrix
13 8 (0.60%) Qualys