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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 273 295
Rank change year-on-year -104 +22 -60
Permanent jobs citing People Management 369 431 872
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 1.05% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 1.13% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 225 274 548
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,042 £39,439
25th Percentile £56,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £69,018 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.87% +6.18% -7.14%
75th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,450 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £66,367 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +10.61% +3.90%

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 60,590 38,104 77,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.71% 93.07% 86.51%
Number of salaries quoted 37,239 22,363 57,730
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -7.83%

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 31 March 2026.

Salary histogram for People Management in the UK

People Management
Top 16 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 31 March 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 -61 330 £73,000 +5.77% 131
UK excluding London -102 233 £62,500 -5.83% 106
Work from Home +40 165 £77,500 +12.29% 65
London -27 108 £90,000 +12.50% 43
North of England -58 59 £77,500 +11.81% 24
South East -74 54 £63,000 -3.08% 31
Midlands -49 40 £60,750 -14.74% 23
South West -25 38 £60,000 -9.59% 9
North West -21 36 £75,000 +15.38% 14
East Midlands -24 29 £42,500 -37.04% 7
East of England -29 22 £60,100 -3.06% 13
Yorkshire -46 20 £80,000 -1.54% 7
Scotland -41 11 £63,500 -5.93% 3
West Midlands -53 11 £75,750 +4.48% 16
Wales - 11 £47,500 - 5
North East -17 3 £66,250 - 5

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 9 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.08%) CMS
2 4 (1.08%) Drupal
3 2 (0.54%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.27%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
Applications
1 37 (10.03%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.81%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.81%) InVision
4 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.81%) Sketch
5 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.81%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.54%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.54%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.27%) Maximo
4 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.27%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.27%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 39 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (10.03%) Azure
3 35 (9.49%) AWS
4 29 (7.86%) SaaS
5 27 (7.32%) Figma
6 23 (6.23%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.79%) GCP
8 9 (2.44%) Snowflake
9 8 (2.17%) GitHub
9 8 (2.17%) Slack
10 7 (1.90%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.90%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.08%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.08%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (1.08%) Vertex AI
12 3 (0.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.81%) Azure AI
12 3 (0.81%) Azure Machine Learning
12 3 (0.81%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.05%) Broadband
2 6 (1.63%) Firewall
3 3 (0.81%) BGP
3 3 (0.81%) DNS
3 3 (0.81%) Internet
3 3 (0.81%) LAN
3 3 (0.81%) MPLS
3 3 (0.81%) WAN
3 3 (0.81%) Wireless
4 2 (0.54%) DHCP
4 2 (0.54%) Network Security
4 2 (0.54%) SAN
4 2 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.69%) Power BI
2 8 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.63%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.36%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.36%) Semantic Layer
4 5 (1.36%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.81%) Looker
5 3 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.54%) Metadata
6 2 (0.54%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.54%) Redis
6 2 (0.54%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.27%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.27%) Flink
7 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (2.44%) JIRA
2 4 (1.08%) GitLab
3 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.81%) Selenium
4 2 (0.54%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.27%) Git
General
1 130 (35.23%) Social Skills
2 101 (27.37%) Finance
3 38 (10.30%) Presentation Skills
4 33 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (8.67%) Back Office
6 27 (7.32%) Legal
7 22 (5.96%) Law
8 20 (5.42%) Marketing
9 19 (5.15%) Banking
10 17 (4.61%) Public Sector
11 16 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (4.07%) Retail
13 12 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.71%) Manufacturing
15 9 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.90%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.90%) Telecoms
17 6 (1.63%) Advertising
18 5 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (1.36%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 78 (21.14%) Lead
2 61 (16.53%) Senior
3 30 (8.13%) IT Manager
4 24 (6.50%) Desktop Engineer
4 24 (6.50%) Desktop Support
4 24 (6.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 24 (6.50%) Site Engineer
4 24 (6.50%) Support Engineer
5 20 (5.42%) Support Manager
6 19 (5.15%) Engineering Manager
6 19 (5.15%) Senior Manager
7 18 (4.88%) Team Leader
8 15 (4.07%) Developer
8 15 (4.07%) Infrastructure Manager
9 14 (3.79%) Data Manager
10 12 (3.25%) Development Manager
10 12 (3.25%) Head of Operations
11 11 (2.98%) IT Infrastructure Manager
12 10 (2.71%) Data Engineer
12 10 (2.71%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.34%) .NET
2 8 (2.17%) Node.js
2 8 (2.17%) React
3 5 (1.36%) .NET Core
3 5 (1.36%) Spring
3 5 (1.36%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.08%) CSS
4 4 (1.08%) HTML
4 4 (1.08%) Kafka
5 3 (0.81%) LangChain
5 3 (0.81%) Micronaut
5 3 (0.81%) Semantic Kernel
6 2 (0.54%) EDI
6 2 (0.54%) J2EE
6 2 (0.54%) NestJS
6 2 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.27%) ADO
7 1 (0.27%) MACH
7 1 (0.27%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.50%) Management Information System
1 24 (6.50%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.96%) Mobile App
3 20 (5.42%) Cloud Native
4 17 (4.61%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.90%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.36%) Mobile Computing
9 4 (1.08%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.08%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.08%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.08%) Social Media
10 3 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.81%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.21%) Windows
2 24 (6.50%) Windows 10
3 8 (2.17%) Linux
4 7 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (28.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 82 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 74 (20.05%) Coaching
3 74 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (16.26%) Agile
5 59 (15.99%) Customer Experience
5 59 (15.99%) Line Management
5 59 (15.99%) Stakeholder Management
6 57 (15.45%) Cybersecurity
7 54 (14.63%) Software Engineering
8 51 (13.82%) Analytics
9 49 (13.28%) Customer Service
10 42 (11.38%) AI
10 42 (11.38%) ITIL
10 42 (11.38%) Project Delivery
11 37 (10.03%) Collaborative Culture
11 37 (10.03%) Service Delivery
12 35 (9.49%) Technical Leadership
13 34 (9.21%) DevOps
14 31 (8.40%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.49%) Python
2 23 (6.23%) SQL
3 16 (4.34%) Java
4 14 (3.79%) C#
5 12 (3.25%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.63%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.63%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.81%) ABAP
8 2 (0.54%) Bash
9 1 (0.27%) Ada
9 1 (0.27%) Go
9 1 (0.27%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.27%) Perl
9 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 48 (13.01%) Degree
2 39 (10.57%) Security Cleared
3 36 (9.76%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.50%) CTC Cleared
5 11 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.98%) DBS Check
6 10 (2.71%) CIPD
6 10 (2.71%) CISM
6 10 (2.71%) CISSP
7 8 (2.17%) CISA
8 6 (1.63%) ACCA
8 6 (1.63%) CIMA
9 5 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.36%) CRISC
10 4 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.08%) OSCP
10 4 (1.08%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.81%) PMP
12 2 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.67%) SLA
2 22 (5.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (5.69%) QA
4 16 (4.34%) GDPR
5 12 (3.25%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.17%) NIST
6 8 (2.17%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.90%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.90%) ISO 9001
8 6 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.08%) GAAP
9 4 (1.08%) GRC
9 4 (1.08%) IFRS
10 3 (0.81%) Automotive SPICE
10 3 (0.81%) COBIT
10 3 (0.81%) ISO 26262
10 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.81%) PMO
11 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.54%) ITGC
System Software
1 5 (1.36%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.36%) Docker
1 5 (1.36%) Firmware
2 2 (0.54%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (3.25%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.44%) Terraform
3 7 (1.90%) Ansible
4 6 (1.63%) Grafana
4 6 (1.63%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.81%) Puppet
6 2 (0.54%) Argo
6 2 (0.54%) Check_MK
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.54%) Salt
7 1 (0.27%) QRadar
7 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 43 (11.65%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.40%) Cisco
3 25 (6.78%) Adobe
4 19 (5.15%) Google
5 14 (3.79%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.25%) Oracle
7 10 (2.71%) SAP
8 9 (2.44%) VMware
9 8 (2.17%) Informatica
9 8 (2.17%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.90%) UiPath
11 5 (1.36%) Foundry
12 4 (1.08%) Splunk
13 3 (0.81%) Databricks
13 3 (0.81%) F5
13 3 (0.81%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.81%) Hotjar
13 3 (0.81%) Siemens
13 3 (0.81%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.81%) Xero