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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 251 199
Rank change year-on-year -36 -52 +71
Permanent jobs citing People Management 455 727 900
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.07% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 1.27% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 281 334 407
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,075 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,000 £51,250 £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £69,315 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.87% -0.98% +7.69%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £109,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and 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 45,175 57,137 48,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.01% 84.42% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27,482 29,994 37,330
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,235 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.42% +3.30% -

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 24 November 2025.

Salary histogram for People Management in the UK

People 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 People Management within the UK over the 6 months to 24 November 2025. 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 -19 413 £72,000 +3.87% 164
UK excluding London -17 268 £62,500 -3.85% 143
Work from Home +99 164 £75,000 -1.03% 100
London -13 153 £90,000 +5.88% 39
North of England +32 105 £65,000 +18.18% 35
South East 0 62 £75,000 +3.45% 43
North West +20 55 £62,500 +19.05% 15
Yorkshire +47 48 £67,500 -3.57% 14
Midlands +42 35 £61,500 -23.13% 27
South West -36 27 £55,000 +5.36% 10
East Midlands +29 19 £30,000 -57.14% 6
East of England +13 18 £52,500 -33.33% 20
West Midlands +35 16 £63,250 -20.94% 20
Wales +15 12 £36,000 -62.11% 1
Scotland -15 9 £74,500 +15.50% 12
North East +8 2 £65,000 -3.70% 6
Northern Ireland -3 2 - - 1

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 8 (1.76%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.66%) Apache
3 3 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.22%) CICS
4 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.22%) TPMS
4 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (4.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.44%) Trello
6 1 (0.22%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (0.88%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.66%) Primavera
2 3 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.66%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.44%) Magento
3 2 (0.44%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.44%) Shopify
3 2 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 60 (13.19%) AWS
2 56 (12.31%) Azure
3 41 (9.01%) SaaS
4 21 (4.62%) Power Platform
5 19 (4.18%) GCP
5 19 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (2.42%) GitHub
7 6 (1.32%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.10%) Slack
8 5 (1.10%) Snowflake
9 4 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (0.88%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.88%) dbt
9 4 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.66%) AWS Step Functions
10 3 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.66%) Google Analytics
10 3 (0.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.54%) Firewall
2 5 (1.10%) BGP
2 5 (1.10%) LAN
2 5 (1.10%) WAN
2 5 (1.10%) Wireless
3 4 (0.88%) DHCP
3 4 (0.88%) DNS
3 4 (0.88%) MPLS
4 3 (0.66%) Network Security
4 3 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.44%) Broadband
5 2 (0.44%) Internet
5 2 (0.44%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.22%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.22%) OSPF
6 1 (0.22%) SAN
6 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.08%) Power BI
2 6 (1.32%) Electronic Patient Records
3 5 (1.10%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.10%) Tableau
4 4 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.88%) Looker
4 4 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.66%) Apache Iceberg
5 3 (0.66%) Data Vault
5 3 (0.66%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.44%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.44%) Power Query
7 1 (0.22%) Big Data
7 1 (0.22%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.22%) DB2
7 1 (0.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Jenkins
1 6 (1.32%) JIRA
1 6 (1.32%) Selenium
2 3 (0.66%) GitLab
3 2 (0.44%) Git
3 2 (0.44%) WaveMaker
4 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.22%) Postman
4 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 149 (32.75%) Finance
2 147 (32.31%) Social Skills
3 60 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (10.99%) Retail
6 46 (10.11%) Legal
7 33 (7.25%) Law
7 33 (7.25%) Marketing
8 23 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (3.96%) Banking
10 17 (3.74%) Manufacturing
11 15 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.86%) Front Office
13 12 (2.64%) Public Sector
13 12 (2.64%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.98%) Advertising
14 9 (1.98%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.76%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 100 (21.98%) Lead
2 71 (15.60%) Senior
3 44 (9.67%) Engineering Manager
4 42 (9.23%) Senior Manager
5 29 (6.37%) Analyst
6 28 (6.15%) Team Leader
7 27 (5.93%) IT Manager
8 25 (5.49%) Delivery Manager
9 23 (5.05%) Development Manager
10 22 (4.84%) Business Analyst
11 18 (3.96%) Service Manager
12 17 (3.74%) Project Manager
13 15 (3.30%) Lead Business Analyst
13 15 (3.30%) Service Delivery Manager
13 15 (3.30%) Support Team Leader
14 14 (3.08%) Software Engineer
15 13 (2.86%) Software Engineering Manager
16 12 (2.64%) Architect
16 12 (2.64%) Developer
16 12 (2.64%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.40%) .NET
2 17 (3.74%) React
3 10 (2.20%) Spring Boot
4 9 (1.98%) Node.js
4 9 (1.98%) Spring
5 6 (1.32%) REST
6 5 (1.10%) Software Packaging
7 4 (0.88%) Micronaut
8 3 (0.66%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.66%) CSS
8 3 (0.66%) EDI
8 3 (0.66%) Entity Framework
8 3 (0.66%) Hibernate
8 3 (0.66%) HTML
8 3 (0.66%) Pandas
8 3 (0.66%) Vue
9 2 (0.44%) Kafka
9 2 (0.44%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (0.44%) RxJava
9 2 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 25 (5.49%) Management Information System
3 23 (5.05%) Onboarding
4 18 (3.96%) Cloud Native
4 18 (3.96%) NHS
5 15 (3.30%) Algorithms
5 15 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.20%) Derivative
8 9 (1.98%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.76%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.10%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.88%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.88%) Social Media
13 3 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.66%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.84%) Windows
2 12 (2.64%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.20%) Windows 10
4 9 (1.98%) Linux
5 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.44%) Android
6 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (28.35%) Agile
2 99 (21.76%) Coaching
3 95 (20.88%) Mentoring
4 87 (19.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 76 (16.70%) Project Delivery
6 75 (16.48%) Project Management
7 69 (15.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 67 (14.73%) Roadmaps
9 64 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (14.07%) Service Delivery
10 57 (12.53%) Line Management
11 51 (11.21%) Decision-Making
12 47 (10.33%) Software Engineering
13 46 (10.11%) CI/CD
13 46 (10.11%) Risk Management
14 44 (9.67%) Change Management
15 41 (9.01%) Customer Service
16 40 (8.79%) DevOps
17 38 (8.35%) Analytics
17 38 (8.35%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 53 (11.65%) Python
2 34 (7.47%) SQL
3 30 (6.59%) C#
4 29 (6.37%) Java
5 15 (3.30%) TypeScript
6 14 (3.08%) R
7 11 (2.42%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.76%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.10%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.66%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.22%) Ada
11 1 (0.22%) Bash
11 1 (0.22%) C
11 1 (0.22%) C++
11 1 (0.22%) PHP
11 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (12.31%) Degree
2 36 (7.91%) Security Cleared
3 32 (7.03%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.86%) CISM
4 13 (2.86%) CISSP
4 13 (2.86%) DBS Check
5 12 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.64%) CIPD
5 12 (2.64%) CRISC
6 8 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.76%) CTC Cleared
6 8 (1.76%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.76%) PMP
7 7 (1.54%) ACCA
7 7 (1.54%) CIMA
7 7 (1.54%) CISA
7 7 (1.54%) Postgraduate
8 6 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.32%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (0.88%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.71%) QA
2 18 (3.96%) SLA
3 16 (3.52%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (3.08%) PMO
6 13 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (2.42%) GDPR
8 6 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.10%) IFRS
9 5 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.88%) GAAP
11 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.66%) GRC
12 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.44%) NIST
13 1 (0.22%) FINRA
13 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (3.30%) Docker
2 12 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.10%) Firmware
3 5 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.22%) RACF
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (3.52%) Terraform
2 14 (3.08%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.42%) Ansible
4 10 (2.20%) Grafana
5 8 (1.76%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.66%) SCCM
6 3 (0.66%) SCOM
7 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.44%) WSUS
8 1 (0.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 71 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.40%) Cisco
3 17 (3.74%) SAP
4 11 (2.42%) VMware
5 10 (2.20%) Google
6 9 (1.98%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.76%) Oracle
7 8 (1.76%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.54%) Databricks
9 6 (1.32%) Alteryx
9 6 (1.32%) Splunk
10 5 (1.10%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.10%) TikTok
11 4 (0.88%) F5
11 4 (0.88%) Siemens
11 4 (0.88%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.66%) Adobe
12 3 (0.66%) Juniper
12 3 (0.66%) Pinterest
12 3 (0.66%) Workday