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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 292 300
Rank change year-on-year -135 +8 -134
Permanent jobs citing People Management 390 490 945
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 1.00% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 1.11% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 281 272 578
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £55,695 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £72,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.53% +20.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £111,250 £119,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -18.52% +17.39% -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 72,823 44,302 82,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.72% 90.16% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,276 24,855 57,929
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 16 July 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 July 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 -132 344 £62,500 -13.19% 216
UK excluding London -123 260 £55,000 -18.52% 142
Work from Home -17 143 £72,500 -6.45% 93
London -73 110 £95,000 +10.14% 106
North of England -56 63 £62,500 -9.83% 36
Midlands -25 61 £45,000 -35.71% 17
South East -58 56 £57,500 -25.81% 41
North West -22 39 £55,000 -20.65% 19
West Midlands -46 33 £52,500 -26.32% 8
East Midlands -24 28 £42,500 -38.18% 9
East of England -5 27 £60,100 -3.06% 11
North East - 20 £62,500 - 4
South West -56 19 £55,000 -16.27% 16
Scotland +21 18 £55,000 -20.00% 12
Wales -50 13 £47,500 +31.94% 5
Yorkshire -60 4 £90,000 +33.33% 14
Northern Ireland -56 3 £63,750 - 6

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 17 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.77%) CMS
3 3 (0.77%) SAS
4 2 (0.51%) Drupal
5 1 (0.26%) Confluence
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.03%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.26%) InVision
7 1 (0.26%) Sketch
7 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.05%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.28%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.51%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.51%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.51%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.51%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.51%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.26%) Maximo
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.26%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.26%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 56 (14.36%) Azure
2 31 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (7.95%) SaaS
3 25 (6.41%) AWS
4 24 (6.15%) Power Platform
5 17 (4.36%) Figma
6 14 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.05%) IaaS
8 7 (1.79%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 5 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.28%) GCP
10 5 (1.28%) Slack
11 4 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 4 (1.03%) Google Sheets
11 4 (1.03%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.77%) Anthropic Claude
12 3 (0.77%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.36%) Broadband
2 9 (2.31%) Network Security
3 5 (1.28%) DNS
3 5 (1.28%) Firewall
3 5 (1.28%) VoIP
4 4 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.77%) DKIM
5 3 (0.77%) DMARC
5 3 (0.77%) PBX
5 3 (0.77%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.77%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.77%) VLAN
6 2 (0.51%) Intranet
6 2 (0.51%) VPN
7 1 (0.26%) FTP
7 1 (0.26%) HTTP
7 1 (0.26%) LAN
7 1 (0.26%) SMTP
7 1 (0.26%) WAN
7 1 (0.26%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.64%) Power BI
2 12 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.56%) Tableau
4 6 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.77%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.51%) Looker
7 2 (0.51%) Metadata
7 2 (0.51%) Redis
7 2 (0.51%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.26%) Flink
8 1 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 16 (4.10%) JIRA
2 11 (2.82%) Git
3 3 (0.77%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
General
1 127 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 107 (27.44%) Finance
3 57 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.69%) Retail
5 21 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
6 20 (5.13%) Law
7 19 (4.87%) Aerospace
7 19 (4.87%) Banking
7 19 (4.87%) Public Sector
8 18 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (4.62%) Marketing
9 13 (3.33%) Legal
10 12 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.31%) Back Office
12 8 (2.05%) Advertising
12 8 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.05%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.79%) Billing
13 7 (1.79%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (22.82%) Lead
2 61 (15.64%) Senior
3 31 (7.95%) Team Leader
4 26 (6.67%) Data Manager
4 26 (6.67%) Engineering Manager
5 23 (5.90%) Developer
5 23 (5.90%) IT Manager
5 23 (5.90%) Senior Manager
6 18 (4.62%) Data Centre Manager
7 16 (4.10%) Lead Developer
7 16 (4.10%) Systems Engineer
8 15 (3.85%) Support Manager
9 13 (3.33%) Architect
10 12 (3.08%) IT Support
11 11 (2.82%) Infrastructure Manager
11 11 (2.82%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 10 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
12 10 (2.56%) Development Manager
12 10 (2.56%) Operations Manager
12 10 (2.56%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.85%) .NET
2 8 (2.05%) .NET Core
3 6 (1.54%) React
4 5 (1.28%) ASP.NET
4 5 (1.28%) Blazor
4 5 (1.28%) gRPC
4 5 (1.28%) REST
4 5 (1.28%) Spring
5 3 (0.77%) Kafka
5 3 (0.77%) LangChain
5 3 (0.77%) Semantic Kernel
5 3 (0.77%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.51%) CSS
6 2 (0.51%) HTML
6 2 (0.51%) J2EE
6 2 (0.51%) NestJS
6 2 (0.51%) Node.js
6 2 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.26%) MACH
7 1 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.18%) Onboarding
2 27 (6.92%) Management Information System
3 23 (5.90%) Driving Licence
4 21 (5.38%) Cloud Native
5 18 (4.62%) Data Centre
6 17 (4.36%) Product Ownership
7 14 (3.59%) Mobile App
8 13 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.56%) NHS
11 9 (2.31%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Licensing
13 5 (1.28%) Mobile Computing
14 4 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
15 3 (0.77%) AI Agents
15 3 (0.77%) Culture of Ownership
15 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
15 3 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.87%) Windows
2 7 (1.79%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.28%) Linux
4 3 (0.77%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.77%) Unix
5 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (28.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 89 (22.82%) Mentoring
3 86 (22.05%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (20.77%) Line Management
5 80 (20.51%) Coaching
6 78 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 71 (18.21%) Agile
7 71 (18.21%) Technical Leadership
8 69 (17.69%) Software Engineering
9 59 (15.13%) Decision-Making
10 55 (14.10%) Service Delivery
11 49 (12.56%) DevOps
12 48 (12.31%) AI
13 47 (12.05%) Project Delivery
14 45 (11.54%) Customer Experience
15 42 (10.77%) Project Management
16 39 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
17 38 (9.74%) Roadmaps
18 37 (9.49%) CI/CD
19 35 (8.97%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 38 (9.74%) SQL
2 23 (5.90%) Python
3 16 (4.10%) Java
4 13 (3.33%) C#
4 13 (3.33%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.28%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.51%) ABAP
6 2 (0.51%) C++
6 2 (0.51%) VBA
7 1 (0.26%) Bash
7 1 (0.26%) Bicep
7 1 (0.26%) Go
7 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 64 (16.41%) Degree
2 24 (6.15%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (4.10%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.85%) DBS Check
6 11 (2.82%) ACCA
6 11 (2.82%) CIMA
7 9 (2.31%) Chartered Engineer
7 9 (2.31%) CISM
8 8 (2.05%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.79%) CISSP
9 7 (1.79%) HNC
9 7 (1.79%) HND
9 7 (1.79%) ICAEW
9 7 (1.79%) PMP
10 6 (1.54%) CIPD
10 6 (1.54%) CRISC
11 5 (1.28%) CISA
12 4 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.77%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.36%) ISO 9001
3 14 (3.59%) ISO 14000
3 14 (3.59%) NIST
4 13 (3.33%) QA
5 10 (2.56%) GDPR
6 9 (2.31%) SLA
7 8 (2.05%) COBIT
7 8 (2.05%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.79%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.54%) GRC
9 6 (1.54%) ISO 14001
9 6 (1.54%) PMO
10 5 (1.28%) Automotive SPICE
10 5 (1.28%) ISO 26262
10 5 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.77%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.77%) ITGC
11 3 (0.77%) TickIT
12 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 7 (1.79%) Docker
2 5 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.28%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.77%) Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.05%) Terraform
3 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.03%) Ansible
4 4 (1.03%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.77%) Argo
5 3 (0.77%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.77%) cPanel
5 3 (0.77%) Plesk
6 2 (0.51%) Puppet
6 2 (0.51%) Salt
6 2 (0.51%) SCCM
6 2 (0.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.26%) Grafana
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 59 (15.13%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.64%) Adobe
3 13 (3.33%) Google
4 9 (2.31%) Cisco
4 9 (2.31%) Oracle
4 9 (2.31%) VMware
5 6 (1.54%) SAP
6 5 (1.28%) Juniper
6 5 (1.28%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.28%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.28%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.03%) Databricks
7 4 (1.03%) Informatica
7 4 (1.03%) Meraki
7 4 (1.03%) Xero
8 3 (0.77%) Infor
8 3 (0.77%) NETGEAR
8 3 (0.77%) SonicWALL
8 3 (0.77%) Veeam
8 3 (0.77%) WatchGuard