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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 277 257
Rank change year-on-year -46 -20 +4
Permanent jobs citing People Management 400 570 848
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.11% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 1.21% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 236 292 488
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,560 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,315 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +6.64% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £89,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £109,375 £102,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £66,934 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.62% +7.09% +13.64%

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 51,366 47,163 65,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.02% 91.74% 88.57%
Number of salaries quoted 30,378 22,532 50,663
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,628 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 3 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 3 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 -47 367 £70,000 +0.99% 182
UK excluding London -60 237 £62,500 -6.62% 135
Work from Home +76 182 £72,500 +5.95% 100
London +8 134 £81,500 -4.12% 69
North of England -39 74 £70,000 +11.64% 36
South East -16 67 £60,000 -7.69% 48
North West -18 40 £71,000 +29.09% 23
South West +8 39 £53,500 -10.83% 8
Yorkshire -10 31 £70,000 -20.00% 8
Midlands -14 28 £61,500 -23.13% 25
East Midlands +6 16 £42,500 -39.29% 13
East of England -2 15 £52,500 -24.46% 13
West Midlands -8 12 £65,000 -18.75% 12
Wales -1 8 £66,250 -30.26% 1
Scotland -27 6 £70,750 +4.81% 9
North East -7 3 £65,000 +8.33% 5
Northern Ireland -24 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 6 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.75%) CMS
2 3 (0.75%) Drupal
3 2 (0.50%) Apache
3 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.50%) 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 38 (9.50%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.75%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.75%) InVision
3 3 (0.75%) Sketch
3 3 (0.75%) Trello
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.00%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.75%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.50%) Shopify
3 2 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 42 (10.50%) AWS
2 39 (9.75%) Azure
2 39 (9.75%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (8.75%) SaaS
4 26 (6.50%) Figma
5 21 (5.25%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.50%) GCP
7 10 (2.50%) GitHub
8 8 (2.00%) Power Automate
8 8 (2.00%) PowerApps
8 8 (2.00%) Slack
8 8 (2.00%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.75%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.00%) Google Analytics
10 4 (1.00%) Google Tag Manager
11 3 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.75%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.75%) Broadband
2 6 (1.50%) Firewall
3 4 (1.00%) BGP
3 4 (1.00%) LAN
3 4 (1.00%) MPLS
3 4 (1.00%) Network Security
3 4 (1.00%) WAN
3 4 (1.00%) Wireless
4 3 (0.75%) Internet
4 3 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.50%) DHCP
5 2 (0.50%) DNS
5 2 (0.50%) SAN
5 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.50%) Power BI
2 9 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.50%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.25%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.00%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.50%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Iceberg
6 2 (0.50%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.50%) Looker
6 2 (0.50%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.50%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.50%) Tableau
7 1 (0.25%) DB2
7 1 (0.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (2.25%) JIRA
2 5 (1.25%) GitLab
2 5 (1.25%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.25%) Selenium
3 2 (0.50%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
General
1 130 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 127 (31.75%) Finance
3 52 (13.00%) Legal
4 40 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 38 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (8.25%) Retail
7 27 (6.75%) Back Office
8 25 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (6.25%) Law
9 18 (4.50%) Marketing
10 16 (4.00%) Public Sector
11 15 (3.75%) Banking
11 15 (3.75%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.75%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.50%) Local Government
15 6 (1.50%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.25%) Front Office
17 4 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 81 (20.25%) Lead
2 60 (15.00%) Senior
3 29 (7.25%) Engineering Manager
4 27 (6.75%) IT Manager
5 24 (6.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 24 (6.00%) Desktop Support
5 24 (6.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 24 (6.00%) Site Engineer
5 24 (6.00%) Support Engineer
6 23 (5.75%) Senior Manager
7 18 (4.50%) Analyst
8 16 (4.00%) Support Manager
8 16 (4.00%) Team Leader
9 15 (3.75%) Development Manager
10 14 (3.50%) Infrastructure Manager
11 13 (3.25%) Data Manager
12 12 (3.00%) Business Analyst
12 12 (3.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
13 11 (2.75%) Service Manager
14 10 (2.50%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.75%) .NET
2 13 (3.25%) React
3 8 (2.00%) Node.js
4 7 (1.75%) Spring
4 7 (1.75%) Spring Boot
5 5 (1.25%) Micronaut
6 4 (1.00%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.00%) CSS
6 4 (1.00%) HTML
7 3 (0.75%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.75%) EDI
8 2 (0.50%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.50%) Kafka
8 2 (0.50%) Pandas
8 2 (0.50%) Razor View Engine
9 1 (0.25%) CSS3
9 1 (0.25%) Redux
9 1 (0.25%) REST
9 1 (0.25%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.25%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.00%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.50%) Mobile App
4 19 (4.75%) Product Ownership
5 18 (4.50%) Cloud Native
5 18 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.50%) Algorithms
6 10 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.00%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.25%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.25%) Social Media
9 5 (1.25%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.00%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.00%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.75%) Cyberattack
11 3 (0.75%) Derivative
11 3 (0.75%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.50%) Windows
2 24 (6.00%) Windows 10
3 10 (2.50%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (22.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 77 (19.25%) Mentoring
3 74 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (18.25%) Coaching
5 72 (18.00%) Agile
6 64 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 52 (13.00%) Cybersecurity
8 51 (12.75%) Customer Experience
9 50 (12.50%) Customer Service
10 49 (12.25%) Line Management
10 49 (12.25%) Project Management
11 48 (12.00%) Analytics
11 48 (12.00%) Software Engineering
12 47 (11.75%) Service Delivery
13 46 (11.50%) Roadmaps
14 44 (11.00%) Project Delivery
15 40 (10.00%) Decision-Making
16 39 (9.75%) Collaborative Culture
17 37 (9.25%) ITIL
18 34 (8.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.75%) Python
2 25 (6.25%) SQL
3 20 (5.00%) C#
4 15 (3.75%) Java
5 13 (3.25%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.25%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.75%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.75%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.50%) Bash
10 1 (0.25%) ABAP
10 1 (0.25%) Ada
10 1 (0.25%) Go
10 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.25%) Perl
10 1 (0.25%) PHP
10 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (11.00%) Security Cleared
2 43 (10.75%) Degree
3 42 (10.50%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.00%) CTC Cleared
5 16 (4.00%) CISM
5 16 (4.00%) CISSP
6 12 (3.00%) CIPD
6 12 (3.00%) CRISC
7 10 (2.50%) CISA
8 9 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.00%) ACCA
9 8 (2.00%) CIMA
9 8 (2.00%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.75%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.50%) CIPFA
11 2 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (0.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.00%) SLA
2 24 (6.00%) QA
3 16 (4.00%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (3.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (3.25%) GDPR
6 11 (2.75%) PMO
7 6 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (1.25%) GRC
9 4 (1.00%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.00%) GAAP
9 4 (1.00%) IFRS
10 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.25%) FINRA
10 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.25%) ITGC
10 1 (0.25%) NIST
10 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (2.75%) Docker
2 7 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.25%) Firmware
4 2 (0.50%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.25%) RACF
5 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (4.00%) Terraform
2 14 (3.50%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.75%) Grafana
4 9 (2.25%) Ansible
4 9 (2.25%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.25%) Puppet
6 1 (0.25%) QRadar
6 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (10.50%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.00%) Cisco
3 26 (6.50%) Adobe
4 16 (4.00%) Google
4 16 (4.00%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.75%) SAP
6 10 (2.50%) Oracle
7 7 (1.75%) Informatica
7 7 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.75%) UiPath
7 7 (1.75%) VMware
8 6 (1.50%) Splunk
9 4 (1.00%) Databricks
9 4 (1.00%) F5
9 4 (1.00%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.00%) Siemens
9 4 (1.00%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.75%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.50%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.50%) Workday