People Management Job Trends

People Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring People Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 283 303
Rank change year-on-year -100 +20 -75
Permanent jobs citing People Management 375 427 889
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 1.04% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.12% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 234 270 558
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,987 £39,439
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,195 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,723 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% +5.73% -7.14%
75th Percentile £93,688 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,525 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £66,367 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.83% +15.42% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,393 38,022 79,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.08% 92.93% 86.08%
Number of salaries quoted 39,190 22,514 58,792
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,008
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% +7.38% -7.94%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

People Management job vacancy trend in the UK

People Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing People Management

People Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing People Management over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for People Management in the UK

People Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing People Management within the UK over the 6 months to 10 April 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 -82 333 £70,000 +1.86% 131
UK excluding London -121 236 £62,500 -5.83% 106
Work from Home +34 172 £77,500 +12.29% 65
London -18 108 £90,000 +12.50% 43
North of England -71 59 £77,500 +11.81% 24
South East -84 51 £57,500 -11.54% 31
Midlands -72 41 £61,500 -13.68% 23
South West -26 40 £60,000 -9.59% 9
North West -32 37 £75,000 +15.38% 14
East Midlands -34 27 £42,500 -38.18% 7
East of England -37 23 £60,100 -3.06% 13
Yorkshire -59 19 £80,000 +6.67% 7
West Midlands -57 14 £76,500 +5.52% 16
Wales - 12 £47,500 - 5
Scotland -23 11 £63,500 -5.93% 3
North East - 3 £66,250 - 5

People 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 9 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.07%) CMS
2 4 (1.07%) Drupal
3 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.27%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
Applications
1 36 (9.60%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.80%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.80%) InVision
5 3 (0.80%) Sketch
6 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.80%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.80%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.53%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.53%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.27%) Maximo
4 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.27%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 41 (10.93%) Azure
1 41 (10.93%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (9.87%) AWS
3 31 (8.27%) SaaS
4 27 (7.20%) Figma
5 23 (6.13%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.47%) GCP
7 9 (2.40%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.13%) GitHub
8 8 (2.13%) Slack
9 7 (1.87%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.87%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.07%) Anthropic Claude
11 4 (1.07%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.07%) Google Sheets
11 4 (1.07%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (1.07%) Vertex AI
12 3 (0.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.80%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.93%) Broadband
2 6 (1.60%) Firewall
3 3 (0.80%) BGP
3 3 (0.80%) DNS
3 3 (0.80%) Internet
3 3 (0.80%) LAN
3 3 (0.80%) MPLS
3 3 (0.80%) WAN
3 3 (0.80%) Wireless
4 2 (0.53%) DHCP
4 2 (0.53%) Network Security
4 2 (0.53%) SAN
4 2 (0.53%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.60%) Power BI
2 8 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.60%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.33%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.33%) Semantic Layer
4 5 (1.33%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.80%) Looker
5 3 (0.80%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.53%) Metadata
6 2 (0.53%) Redis
6 2 (0.53%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.27%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.27%) Flink
7 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (2.93%) JIRA
2 4 (1.07%) Claude Code
2 4 (1.07%) GitLab
3 3 (0.80%) Git
3 3 (0.80%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.80%) Selenium
4 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
General
1 130 (34.67%) Social Skills
2 101 (26.93%) Finance
3 35 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.07%) Presentation Skills
5 33 (8.80%) Back Office
6 25 (6.67%) Legal
7 24 (6.40%) Law
8 19 (5.07%) Banking
8 19 (5.07%) Marketing
9 18 (4.80%) Public Sector
10 16 (4.27%) Retail
11 14 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (2.13%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.87%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.87%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.60%) Advertising
17 5 (1.33%) Aerospace
17 5 (1.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 84 (22.40%) Lead
2 60 (16.00%) Senior
3 30 (8.00%) IT Manager
4 24 (6.40%) Desktop Engineer
4 24 (6.40%) Desktop Support
4 24 (6.40%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 24 (6.40%) Site Engineer
4 24 (6.40%) Support Engineer
4 24 (6.40%) Team Leader
5 19 (5.07%) Support Manager
6 17 (4.53%) Engineering Manager
6 17 (4.53%) Infrastructure Manager
7 16 (4.27%) Developer
7 16 (4.27%) Senior Manager
8 15 (4.00%) Data Manager
9 12 (3.20%) Head of Operations
10 11 (2.93%) IT Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (2.67%) Data Engineer
11 10 (2.67%) Designer
12 9 (2.40%) Business Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.00%) .NET
2 7 (1.87%) Node.js
2 7 (1.87%) React
3 5 (1.33%) .NET Core
3 5 (1.33%) Spring
3 5 (1.33%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.07%) CSS
4 4 (1.07%) HTML
4 4 (1.07%) Kafka
5 3 (0.80%) LangChain
5 3 (0.80%) Micronaut
5 3 (0.80%) Semantic Kernel
6 2 (0.53%) EDI
6 2 (0.53%) J2EE
6 2 (0.53%) NestJS
6 2 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.27%) ADO
7 1 (0.27%) Pandas
7 1 (0.27%) XML
7 1 (0.27%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.87%) Mobile App
1 22 (5.87%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.60%) Management Information System
3 20 (5.33%) Cloud Native
4 18 (4.80%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.87%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.33%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.33%) Mobile Computing
9 4 (1.07%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.07%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.07%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.07%) Social Media
10 3 (0.80%) IoT
10 3 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.60%) Windows
2 24 (6.40%) Windows 10
3 9 (2.40%) Linux
4 7 (1.87%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (29.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 83 (22.13%) Mentoring
3 75 (20.00%) Coaching
4 73 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
5 66 (17.60%) Agile
6 62 (16.53%) Line Management
7 59 (15.73%) Customer Experience
8 58 (15.47%) Stakeholder Management
9 57 (15.20%) Software Engineering
10 56 (14.93%) Cybersecurity
11 49 (13.07%) Analytics
11 49 (13.07%) Customer Service
12 46 (12.27%) Project Delivery
13 42 (11.20%) ITIL
14 41 (10.93%) AI
15 40 (10.67%) Technical Leadership
16 39 (10.40%) DevOps
17 37 (9.87%) Collaborative Culture
17 37 (9.87%) Service Delivery
18 35 (9.33%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.33%) Python
2 26 (6.93%) SQL
3 18 (4.80%) Java
4 14 (3.73%) C#
5 11 (2.93%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.60%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.60%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.80%) ABAP
8 2 (0.53%) Bash
9 1 (0.27%) Ada
9 1 (0.27%) Go
9 1 (0.27%) Perl
9 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 50 (13.33%) Degree
2 42 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 39 (10.40%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.40%) CTC Cleared
5 12 (3.20%) DBS Check
6 11 (2.93%) CIPD
7 10 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.87%) CISM
8 7 (1.87%) CISSP
9 6 (1.60%) ACCA
9 6 (1.60%) CIMA
9 6 (1.60%) CISA
10 5 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.07%) OSCP
11 4 (1.07%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.80%) PMP
13 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 2 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.53%) SLA
2 21 (5.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (5.60%) QA
3 16 (4.27%) GDPR
4 9 (2.40%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.40%) ISO 9001
5 8 (2.13%) NIST
5 8 (2.13%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.87%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.33%) Automotive SPICE
7 5 (1.33%) ISO 26262
8 4 (1.07%) GAAP
8 4 (1.07%) IFRS
8 4 (1.07%) PMO
9 3 (0.80%) COBIT
9 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.80%) GRC
10 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.53%) ITGC
10 2 (0.53%) TickIT
System Software
1 5 (1.33%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.33%) Docker
1 5 (1.33%) Firmware
2 2 (0.53%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.67%) Terraform
3 7 (1.87%) Ansible
4 6 (1.60%) Grafana
4 6 (1.60%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.80%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.80%) Puppet
6 2 (0.53%) Argo
6 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.53%) Salt
7 1 (0.27%) QRadar
7 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 46 (12.27%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.27%) Cisco
3 25 (6.67%) Adobe
4 20 (5.33%) Google
5 14 (3.73%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.47%) Oracle
7 10 (2.67%) SAP
7 10 (2.67%) VMware
8 8 (2.13%) Informatica
8 8 (2.13%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.87%) UiPath
10 5 (1.33%) Foundry
11 4 (1.07%) Splunk
11 4 (1.07%) Xero
12 3 (0.80%) Databricks
12 3 (0.80%) F5
12 3 (0.80%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.80%) Hotjar
12 3 (0.80%) Siemens
12 3 (0.80%) SolarWinds