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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 270 258
Rank change year-on-year -47 -12 -7
Permanent jobs citing People Management 405 541 847
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 1.10% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 1.19% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 241 279 509
10th Percentile £46,250 £49,112 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,315 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +6.64% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £89,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% +9.09%

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 53,402 45,552 66,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.39% 92.32% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 31,913 22,134 51,281
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,934 £29,490
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,350 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +9.73% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 16 February 2026.

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 16 February 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 -35 368 £70,000 +0.99% 143
UK excluding London -56 242 £62,500 -7.41% 110
Work from Home +83 185 £75,000 +11.11% 90
London +5 130 £80,500 +0.63% 46
North of England -51 68 £70,500 +9.39% 24
South East -22 67 £60,000 -7.69% 41
South West +6 39 £53,500 -4.24% 8
North West -28 36 £75,000 +29.84% 13
Midlands -18 34 £61,500 -23.13% 23
Yorkshire -24 29 £71,250 -28.75% 7
East Midlands -1 23 £42,500 -39.29% 8
East of England +2 17 £60,100 -13.53% 14
West Midlands -18 11 £67,500 -15.63% 15
Wales -3 10 £47,500 -50.00% 1
Scotland -29 7 £67,000 -0.74% 4
North East -5 3 £65,000 -3.70% 4
Northern Ireland -29 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 7 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.99%) CMS
2 4 (0.99%) Drupal
3 2 (0.49%) Apache
3 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.25%) CICS
4 1 (0.25%) Confluence
4 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.25%) TPMS
4 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (9.63%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.74%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.74%) InVision
4 3 (0.74%) Sketch
4 3 (0.74%) Trello
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.23%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.74%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.49%) Shopify
3 2 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 41 (10.12%) AWS
2 39 (9.63%) Azure
3 38 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (9.38%) SaaS
4 27 (6.67%) Figma
5 21 (5.19%) Power Platform
6 17 (4.20%) GCP
7 10 (2.47%) Slack
8 9 (2.22%) GitHub
8 9 (2.22%) Snowflake
9 8 (1.98%) Power Automate
9 8 (1.98%) PowerApps
10 7 (1.73%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.23%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (0.99%) Google Tag Manager
13 3 (0.74%) dbt
13 3 (0.74%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.68%) Broadband
2 7 (1.73%) Firewall
3 5 (1.23%) Network Security
4 4 (0.99%) BGP
4 4 (0.99%) LAN
4 4 (0.99%) MPLS
4 4 (0.99%) WAN
4 4 (0.99%) Wireless
5 3 (0.74%) DNS
5 3 (0.74%) Internet
5 3 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.49%) DHCP
6 2 (0.49%) SAN
6 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.44%) Power BI
2 10 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.73%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.23%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.23%) Semantic Layer
5 3 (0.74%) Looker
6 2 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.49%) Apache Iceberg
6 2 (0.49%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.49%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.25%) DB2
7 1 (0.25%) Metadata
7 1 (0.25%) Power Query
7 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (2.47%) JIRA
2 5 (1.23%) GitLab
2 5 (1.23%) Selenium
3 4 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.49%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
General
1 134 (33.09%) Social Skills
2 129 (31.85%) Finance
3 49 (12.10%) Legal
4 41 (10.12%) Presentation Skills
5 38 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (8.15%) Retail
7 28 (6.91%) Back Office
8 24 (5.93%) Law
9 23 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (5.19%) Marketing
11 15 (3.70%) Manufacturing
11 15 (3.70%) Public Sector
12 14 (3.46%) Banking
13 11 (2.72%) Financial Institution
14 10 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.98%) Telecoms
17 6 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (1.23%) Advertising
18 5 (1.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 79 (19.51%) Lead
2 61 (15.06%) Senior
3 28 (6.91%) IT Manager
4 26 (6.42%) Engineering Manager
5 24 (5.93%) Desktop Engineer
5 24 (5.93%) Desktop Support
5 24 (5.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 24 (5.93%) Senior Manager
5 24 (5.93%) Site Engineer
5 24 (5.93%) Support Engineer
6 19 (4.69%) Support Manager
7 16 (3.95%) Team Leader
8 15 (3.70%) Analyst
8 15 (3.70%) Development Manager
9 14 (3.46%) Infrastructure Manager
10 12 (2.96%) Data Manager
10 12 (2.96%) IT Infrastructure Manager
11 11 (2.72%) Data Engineer
11 11 (2.72%) Developer
12 10 (2.47%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.20%) .NET
2 12 (2.96%) React
3 8 (1.98%) Node.js
4 6 (1.48%) Spring
4 6 (1.48%) Spring Boot
5 5 (1.23%) Micronaut
6 4 (0.99%) .NET Core
6 4 (0.99%) CSS
6 4 (0.99%) HTML
7 3 (0.74%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.49%) EDI
8 2 (0.49%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.49%) J2EE
8 2 (0.49%) Kafka
8 2 (0.49%) Pandas
8 2 (0.49%) Razor View Engine
9 1 (0.25%) ADO
9 1 (0.25%) PySpark
9 1 (0.25%) SPFx
9 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.16%) Management Information System
2 27 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.43%) Mobile App
3 22 (5.43%) Product Ownership
4 21 (5.19%) Cloud Native
5 18 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.47%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.98%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.23%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.23%) Social Media
10 5 (1.23%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.99%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.99%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.74%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (8.15%) Windows
2 24 (5.93%) Windows 10
3 9 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (23.70%) Continuous Improvement
2 78 (19.26%) Mentoring
3 77 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (18.52%) Coaching
5 69 (17.04%) Agile
6 67 (16.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 55 (13.58%) Cybersecurity
8 54 (13.33%) Customer Experience
8 54 (13.33%) Line Management
9 52 (12.84%) Customer Service
10 50 (12.35%) Analytics
10 50 (12.35%) Service Delivery
11 49 (12.10%) Project Management
12 48 (11.85%) Software Engineering
13 43 (10.62%) Project Delivery
14 40 (9.88%) Roadmaps
15 39 (9.63%) Collaborative Culture
15 39 (9.63%) ITIL
16 36 (8.89%) Decision-Making
17 35 (8.64%) AI
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.63%) Python
2 24 (5.93%) SQL
3 20 (4.94%) C#
4 16 (3.95%) Java
5 14 (3.46%) TypeScript
6 8 (1.98%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.73%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.49%) Bash
9 1 (0.25%) ABAP
9 1 (0.25%) Ada
9 1 (0.25%) Go
9 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.25%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.25%) Perl
9 1 (0.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 43 (10.62%) Degree
1 43 (10.62%) Security Cleared
2 42 (10.37%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.93%) CTC Cleared
4 14 (3.46%) CISM
4 14 (3.46%) CISSP
5 12 (2.96%) CIPD
6 11 (2.72%) CRISC
7 10 (2.47%) CISA
7 10 (2.47%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.73%) ACCA
8 7 (1.73%) CIMA
9 6 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.74%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.49%) CIPFA
11 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (0.49%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.64%) SLA
2 24 (5.93%) QA
3 16 (3.95%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (3.46%) GDPR
5 12 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.47%) PMO
7 5 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.23%) GRC
7 5 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.99%) GAAP
8 4 (0.99%) IFRS
9 3 (0.74%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.49%) NIST
11 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.25%) ITGC
11 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (2.22%) Docker
2 7 (1.73%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.23%) Firmware
4 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.25%) RACF
Systems Management
1 16 (3.95%) Kubernetes
1 16 (3.95%) Terraform
2 10 (2.47%) Grafana
3 9 (2.22%) Ansible
3 9 (2.22%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.25%) Puppet
5 1 (0.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 47 (11.60%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.15%) Cisco
3 25 (6.17%) Adobe
4 18 (4.44%) Google
5 15 (3.70%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.72%) Oracle
6 11 (2.72%) SAP
7 8 (1.98%) Informatica
7 8 (1.98%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.73%) UiPath
8 7 (1.73%) VMware
9 6 (1.48%) Splunk
10 4 (0.99%) F5
10 4 (0.99%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.99%) Siemens
10 4 (0.99%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.74%) Databricks
11 3 (0.74%) Hotjar
12 2 (0.49%) Cvent
12 2 (0.49%) YouTube