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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 296 308
Rank change year-on-year -121 +12 -124
Permanent jobs citing People Management 378 457 942
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 1.01% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 1.10% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 265 247 606
10th Percentile £39,000 £43,887 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £59,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.19% +20.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £92,500 £91,036 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,750 £120,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,515 £69,018 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.03% -8.00%

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 69,604 41,717 88,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 92.25% 81.84%
Number of salaries quoted 48,009 22,461 62,520
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,800 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

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 June 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 24 June 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 -115 335 £65,000 -9.72% 126
UK excluding London -85 243 £57,515 -16.67% 120
Work from Home +12 144 £72,500 -3.97% 69
London -48 118 £88,750 +1.43% 42
North of England -58 57 £63,750 -8.03% 28
South East -72 57 £57,402 -20.83% 48
Midlands -39 50 £51,250 -29.31% 18
North West -7 43 £74,000 +6.76% 15
East of England -5 30 £60,100 -3.06% 8
West Midlands -36 29 £62,500 -13.79% 9
East Midlands -20 21 £42,500 -38.18% 9
Scotland +17 17 £55,000 -8.33% 6
South West -63 16 £55,000 -17.13% 8
Wales -37 13 £47,500 -26.92% 2
North East - 10 £62,500 - 6
Yorkshire -69 4 £108,000 +57.09% 7
Northern Ireland -35 3 £63,750 - 3

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 16 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.06%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (1.06%) CMS
4 3 (0.79%) Drupal
5 2 (0.53%) SAS
6 1 (0.26%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
Applications
1 20 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.06%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.53%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.53%) InVision
6 2 (0.53%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.53%) Sketch
6 2 (0.53%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.85%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.32%) Visualfiles
3 3 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.53%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.53%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.53%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.53%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.26%) Maximo
5 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.26%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 54 (14.29%) Azure
2 30 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (7.94%) Power Platform
3 28 (7.41%) AWS
3 28 (7.41%) SaaS
4 25 (6.61%) Figma
5 11 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.85%) Snowflake
7 6 (1.59%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.59%) Slack
8 5 (1.32%) Anthropic Claude
8 5 (1.32%) GCP
8 5 (1.32%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.32%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 4 (1.06%) GitHub
9 4 (1.06%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.06%) Google Sheets
10 3 (0.79%) Azure Machine Learning
10 3 (0.79%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.35%) Broadband
2 9 (2.38%) Network Security
3 5 (1.32%) DNS
3 5 (1.32%) Firewall
3 5 (1.32%) VoIP
4 4 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.79%) DKIM
5 3 (0.79%) DMARC
5 3 (0.79%) PBX
5 3 (0.79%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.79%) VLAN
6 2 (0.53%) Intranet
6 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.26%) FTP
7 1 (0.26%) HTTP
7 1 (0.26%) Internet
7 1 (0.26%) SMTP
7 1 (0.26%) VPN
7 1 (0.26%) WAN
7 1 (0.26%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.88%) Power BI
2 9 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (2.38%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.85%) Tableau
4 5 (1.32%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.79%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.79%) Looker
5 3 (0.79%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.79%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.53%) Metadata
6 2 (0.53%) Redis
6 2 (0.53%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.26%) Flink
Development Applications
1 12 (3.17%) JIRA
2 8 (2.12%) Git
3 5 (1.32%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.53%) GitLab
5 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
General
1 109 (28.84%) Social Skills
2 103 (27.25%) Finance
3 53 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.67%) Presentation Skills
5 28 (7.41%) Retail
6 23 (6.08%) Law
7 21 (5.56%) Public Sector
8 19 (5.03%) Banking
9 17 (4.50%) Aerospace
9 17 (4.50%) Marketing
10 16 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (3.70%) Legal
12 11 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (2.38%) Back Office
13 9 (2.38%) Telecoms
14 8 (2.12%) Advertising
14 8 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.85%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.59%) Billing
Job Titles
1 86 (22.75%) Lead
2 64 (16.93%) Senior
3 31 (8.20%) Team Leader
4 26 (6.88%) Data Manager
5 22 (5.82%) Developer
5 22 (5.82%) Senior Manager
6 20 (5.29%) IT Manager
7 18 (4.76%) Engineering Manager
8 17 (4.50%) Support Manager
9 15 (3.97%) Lead Developer
10 14 (3.70%) Architect
10 14 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
11 12 (3.17%) IT Support
12 11 (2.91%) Data Centre Manager
13 10 (2.65%) Principal Engineer
14 9 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Manager
14 9 (2.38%) Data Engineer
14 9 (2.38%) Designer
14 9 (2.38%) Infrastructure Manager
14 9 (2.38%) Principal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.70%) .NET
2 7 (1.85%) .NET Core
3 5 (1.32%) Spring
4 3 (0.79%) CSS
4 3 (0.79%) HTML
4 3 (0.79%) Kafka
4 3 (0.79%) LangChain
4 3 (0.79%) React
4 3 (0.79%) Semantic Kernel
4 3 (0.79%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.53%) Blazor
5 2 (0.53%) gRPC
5 2 (0.53%) J2EE
5 2 (0.53%) NestJS
5 2 (0.53%) Node.js
5 2 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.53%) REST
6 1 (0.26%) ADO
6 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.88%) Management Information System
2 23 (6.08%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.82%) Cloud Native
4 21 (5.56%) Mobile App
5 17 (4.50%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.17%) Data Centre
6 12 (3.17%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.38%) Legacy Applications
8 9 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.85%) NHS
11 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Licensing
11 5 (1.32%) Mobile Computing
12 4 (1.06%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.79%) Culture of Ownership
13 3 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (0.79%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.76%) Windows
2 7 (1.85%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.59%) Linux
4 3 (0.79%) Unix
5 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (26.19%) Continuous Improvement
2 89 (23.54%) Mentoring
3 86 (22.75%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (21.96%) Line Management
5 72 (19.05%) Coaching
6 70 (18.52%) Agile
7 69 (18.25%) Software Engineering
8 63 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
9 62 (16.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 49 (12.96%) AI
10 49 (12.96%) Decision-Making
11 48 (12.70%) Customer Experience
11 48 (12.70%) Service Delivery
12 46 (12.17%) DevOps
13 44 (11.64%) Project Delivery
14 39 (10.32%) Collaborative Culture
15 37 (9.79%) Cybersecurity
15 37 (9.79%) Roadmaps
16 36 (9.52%) CI/CD
17 34 (8.99%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (10.58%) SQL
2 28 (7.41%) Python
3 17 (4.50%) Java
4 12 (3.17%) C#
5 10 (2.65%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.32%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.79%) ABAP
8 2 (0.53%) Bash
8 2 (0.53%) C++
8 2 (0.53%) VBA
9 1 (0.26%) Go
9 1 (0.26%) Perl
9 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 59 (15.61%) Degree
2 26 (6.88%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.70%) DBS Check
6 9 (2.38%) CISM
7 8 (2.12%) CIPD
7 8 (2.12%) CISSP
8 7 (1.85%) ACCA
8 7 (1.85%) Chartered Engineer
8 7 (1.85%) CIMA
8 7 (1.85%) HNC
8 7 (1.85%) HND
8 7 (1.85%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.59%) ICAEW
9 6 (1.59%) PMP
10 5 (1.32%) CISA
10 5 (1.32%) CRISC
11 4 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (3.97%) ISO 9001
3 14 (3.70%) NIST
4 13 (3.44%) GDPR
5 10 (2.65%) QA
6 8 (2.12%) COBIT
6 8 (2.12%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.85%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.85%) ISO 14000
7 7 (1.85%) SLA
8 5 (1.32%) Automotive SPICE
8 5 (1.32%) ISO 26262
8 5 (1.32%) PMO
8 5 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.06%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.06%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.79%) GRC
10 3 (0.79%) ITGC
10 3 (0.79%) TickIT
11 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (1.32%) Docker
1 5 (1.32%) Hyper-V
1 5 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.65%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.12%) Terraform
3 4 (1.06%) Ansible
3 4 (1.06%) Functional Safety
3 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.79%) Check_MK
4 3 (0.79%) cPanel
4 3 (0.79%) Plesk
4 3 (0.79%) Puppet
5 2 (0.53%) Argo
5 2 (0.53%) Salt
5 2 (0.53%) SCCM
5 2 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.26%) Grafana
6 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 63 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.67%) Adobe
3 16 (4.23%) Google
4 11 (2.91%) Oracle
5 8 (2.12%) Cisco
5 8 (2.12%) VMware
6 7 (1.85%) Informatica
7 5 (1.32%) Databricks
7 5 (1.32%) Foundry
7 5 (1.32%) Juniper
7 5 (1.32%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.32%) SAP
7 5 (1.32%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.06%) Meraki
8 4 (1.06%) Xero
9 3 (0.79%) Acronis
9 3 (0.79%) Infor
9 3 (0.79%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.79%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.79%) WatchGuard