Matrix Management Job Trends

Matrix Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Matrix Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 610 598
Rank change year-on-year +30 -12 +104
Permanent jobs citing Matrix Management 65 104 124
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.21% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 29 71 98
10th Percentile £46,000 £50,961 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,500 £55,000 £57,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,592 £71,906
Median % change year-on-year +15.53% -15.73% +19.84%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £91,719 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% +13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Matrix 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,482 48,584 49,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.16% 90.44% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,500 23,705 37,321
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Matrix Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Matrix Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Matrix Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Matrix Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Matrix Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Matrix Management

Matrix Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Matrix Management over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Matrix Management in the UK

Matrix Management
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Matrix Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +29 59 £70,000 +15.61% 19
UK excluding London +68 52 £75,000 +3.45% 16
South East +59 38 £75,000 +6.38% 6
Work from Home +51 10 £66,750 -13.87% 10
London +15 9 £53,600 -10.43% 7
North of England +17 6 £75,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 5 £68,866 -
South West +2 3 £39,398 -42.69% 2
Scotland - 3 - - 1
Midlands +6 1 £60,000 +9.09% 4
West Midlands +4 1 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Wales 0 1 £70,000 -20.00%
North East - 1 £75,000 -

Matrix Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (1.54%) Confluence
1 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.46%) Azure
2 7 (10.77%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (10.77%) GitHub
3 6 (9.23%) Azure Key Vault
3 6 (9.23%) Entra ID
3 6 (9.23%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (3.08%) SaaS
5 1 (1.54%) IaaS
5 1 (1.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) DHCP
1 1 (1.54%) DNS
1 1 (1.54%) Firewall
1 1 (1.54%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (1.54%) LAN
1 1 (1.54%) Network Security
1 1 (1.54%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.54%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.54%) VLAN
1 1 (1.54%) VPN
1 1 (1.54%) WAN
1 1 (1.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.54%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (9.23%) Git
1 6 (9.23%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 34 (52.31%) Social Skills
2 33 (50.77%) Finance
3 29 (44.62%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.15%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (4.62%) Marketing
5 3 (4.62%) Retail
6 2 (3.08%) Agriculture
6 2 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.08%) Law
6 2 (3.08%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.54%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.54%) Military
7 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (53.85%) Senior
2 33 (50.77%) Lead
3 6 (9.23%) Head of IT
3 6 (9.23%) Platform Engineer
4 4 (6.15%) Developer
4 4 (6.15%) Programme Manager
4 4 (6.15%) Project Manager
4 4 (6.15%) Senior Developer
4 4 (6.15%) Senior Manager
5 3 (4.62%) Digital Project Manager
5 3 (4.62%) IT Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Control Systems Engineer
6 2 (3.08%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (1.54%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (1.54%) Marketing Manager
7 1 (1.54%) Network Engineer
7 1 (1.54%) Product Manager
7 1 (1.54%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.23%) ARM Templates
2 4 (6.15%) CSS
2 4 (6.15%) HTML
2 4 (6.15%) jQuery
2 4 (6.15%) XML
2 4 (6.15%) XSL
3 1 (1.54%) EDI
3 1 (1.54%) REST
3 1 (1.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (49.23%) Data Centre
2 27 (41.54%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (10.77%) Management Information System
4 6 (9.23%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (9.23%) Onboarding
5 5 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (6.15%) W3C
7 2 (3.08%) FMCG
7 2 (3.08%) SCADA
8 1 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.54%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.54%) NHS
8 1 (1.54%) PMI
8 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.54%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.23%) VMS
2 1 (1.54%) Linux
2 1 (1.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (67.69%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (66.15%) Project Management
3 37 (56.92%) Change Management
4 34 (52.31%) ERP
5 33 (50.77%) Business Strategy
5 33 (50.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (50.77%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (44.62%) Analytics
6 29 (44.62%) Business Transformation
7 28 (43.08%) Resource Allocation
8 27 (41.54%) Digital Enablement
8 27 (41.54%) Revenue Management
8 27 (41.54%) Use Case
9 15 (23.08%) Agile
10 14 (21.54%) Matrix Organization
11 12 (18.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (13.85%) Budget Management
13 9 (13.85%) Line Management
14 7 (10.77%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.23%) Bash
1 6 (9.23%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.15%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.54%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.54%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (18.46%) Degree
2 6 (9.23%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.08%) MBA
3 2 (3.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.08%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.54%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) GDPR
2 3 (4.62%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.54%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (10.77%) Docker
2 6 (9.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (10.77%) Kubernetes
1 7 (10.77%) Terraform
2 1 (1.54%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.69%) Oracle
3 2 (3.08%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.54%) SAP
4 1 (1.54%) Software AG
4 1 (1.54%) webMethods