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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 288 294
Rank change year-on-year -102 +6 -121
Permanent jobs citing People Management 505 480 767
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.96% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 1.08% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 341 282 391
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £54,357 £45,975
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +13.82% -12.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £119,750 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -18.52% +17.39% -11.54%

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 80,269 44,315 65,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.64% 80.88%
Number of salaries quoted 55,761 25,263 40,217
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -6.87%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -101 440 £60,100 -16.53% 759
UK excluding London -51 359 £55,000 -18.52% 431
Work from Home -16 163 £72,500 -3.33% 330
London -90 122 £90,000 +5.88% 448
South East -34 94 £67,500 +6.30% 101
North of England -46 90 £62,500 -7.41% 89
Midlands -28 66 £45,000 -37.93% 56
North West -26 48 £55,000 -22.81% 53
South West -56 38 £55,000 - 62
West Midlands -25 34 £44,241 -38.98% 33
East Midlands -3 32 £45,000 -37.93% 23
North East - 32 £62,500 - 11
East of England -16 28 £60,100 +14.48% 42
Scotland +11 24 £53,481 -22.21% 47
Wales -64 14 £45,000 +25.00% 19
Yorkshire -62 10 £57,500 -14.81% 26
Northern Ireland - 5 £63,750 - 21

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 22 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (0.79%) CMS
2 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.79%) SAS
3 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.39%) Acrobat
4 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.59%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.40%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.39%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.99%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.40%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.20%) BambooHR
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.20%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.20%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 70 (13.86%) Azure
2 48 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (8.91%) SaaS
4 32 (6.34%) AWS
5 23 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (3.76%) Power Platform
7 15 (2.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 15 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
8 12 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
8 12 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
9 11 (2.18%) IaaS
10 9 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.78%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.58%) GCP
12 7 (1.39%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.19%) Anthropic Claude
14 5 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 5 (0.99%) GitHub
14 5 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.99%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.78%) DNS
1 9 (1.78%) Firewall
2 8 (1.58%) Network Security
2 8 (1.58%) VLAN
3 7 (1.39%) VPN
4 6 (1.19%) VoIP
5 4 (0.79%) DHCP
5 4 (0.79%) HTTP
5 4 (0.79%) PBX
5 4 (0.79%) SSH
5 4 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.59%) Broadband
6 3 (0.59%) DKIM
6 3 (0.59%) DMARC
6 3 (0.59%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.59%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.40%) Intranet
8 1 (0.20%) FTP
8 1 (0.20%) SMTP
8 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.76%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.97%) Power BI
3 13 (2.57%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (1.98%) Tableau
5 5 (0.99%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.79%) Redis
6 4 (0.79%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.59%) Metadata
7 3 (0.59%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.40%) Big Data
8 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.40%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.40%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 27 (5.35%) Git
2 21 (4.16%) JIRA
3 8 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.19%) Postman
5 4 (0.79%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.59%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.59%) Gatling
6 3 (0.59%) GitLab
6 3 (0.59%) JMeter
6 3 (0.59%) Maven
6 3 (0.59%) Newman
6 3 (0.59%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.59%) Selenium
7 2 (0.40%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.40%) RSpec
8 1 (0.20%) Mocha
General
1 186 (36.83%) Social Skills
2 145 (28.71%) Finance
3 60 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 47 (9.31%) Legal
6 39 (7.72%) Retail
7 33 (6.53%) Law
8 30 (5.94%) Aerospace
9 25 (4.95%) Marketing
10 22 (4.36%) Public Sector
11 20 (3.96%) Manufacturing
12 18 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (3.17%) Banking
14 12 (2.38%) Telecoms
15 11 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.58%) Billing
16 8 (1.58%) Electronics
17 6 (1.19%) Back Office
18 5 (0.99%) Mandarin Language
18 5 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 105 (20.79%) Lead
2 79 (15.64%) Senior
3 39 (7.72%) Team Leader
4 33 (6.53%) Engineering Manager
5 32 (6.34%) Developer
6 28 (5.54%) Data Manager
7 27 (5.35%) Software Engineer
8 26 (5.15%) Lead Developer
9 25 (4.95%) Data Centre Manager
9 25 (4.95%) IT Manager
9 25 (4.95%) Senior Manager
9 25 (4.95%) Service Manager
10 24 (4.75%) Principal Engineer
11 21 (4.16%) Systems Engineer
12 20 (3.96%) Development Manager
13 19 (3.76%) Operations Manager
14 16 (3.17%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 14 (2.77%) Delivery Manager
15 14 (2.77%) Principal Software Engineer
16 13 (2.57%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.95%) .NET
2 23 (4.55%) REST
3 14 (2.77%) ASP.NET
3 14 (2.77%) Blazor
4 13 (2.57%) .NET Core
4 13 (2.57%) Terraform
5 12 (2.38%) gRPC
6 11 (2.18%) React
7 8 (1.58%) EDI
8 7 (1.39%) HTML
9 5 (0.99%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.99%) Node.js
9 5 (0.99%) Playwright
9 5 (0.99%) Spring
10 4 (0.79%) XML
11 3 (0.59%) CSS
11 3 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (0.59%) Kafka
11 3 (0.59%) RESTful
11 3 (0.59%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.31%) Onboarding
2 41 (8.12%) Management Information System
3 35 (6.93%) Driving Licence
4 25 (4.95%) Data Centre
5 16 (3.17%) Cloud Native
6 14 (2.77%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.98%) NHS
9 9 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.39%) IoT
12 6 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.19%) Life Science
13 5 (0.99%) Biopharmaceutical
13 5 (0.99%) CCTV
13 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Licensing
14 4 (0.79%) AI Agents
14 4 (0.79%) Blog
14 4 (0.79%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.55%) Windows
2 9 (1.78%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.58%) Linux
4 3 (0.59%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.59%) Unix
5 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (28.51%) Continuous Improvement
2 112 (22.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 111 (21.98%) Coaching
4 109 (21.58%) Mentoring
5 107 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
6 96 (19.01%) Technical Leadership
7 89 (17.62%) Software Engineering
8 88 (17.43%) Agile
9 83 (16.44%) Decision-Making
10 80 (15.84%) Line Management
10 80 (15.84%) Service Delivery
11 76 (15.05%) AI
12 61 (12.08%) DevOps
13 54 (10.69%) Roadmaps
14 53 (10.50%) Project Delivery
15 51 (10.10%) Performance Management
16 49 (9.70%) Commercial Awareness
16 49 (9.70%) Project Management
17 48 (9.50%) CI/CD
17 48 (9.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 46 (9.11%) SQL
2 27 (5.35%) C#
3 26 (5.15%) Java
4 24 (4.75%) Python
5 14 (2.77%) TypeScript
6 13 (2.57%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.79%) C++
7 4 (0.79%) Go
8 3 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.59%) Ruby
9 2 (0.40%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.40%) Bicep
9 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.40%) SOQL
9 2 (0.40%) VBA
10 1 (0.20%) Bash
10 1 (0.20%) Swift
Qualifications
1 87 (17.23%) Degree
2 31 (6.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 30 (5.94%) Security Cleared
4 21 (4.16%) SC Cleared
5 20 (3.96%) ACCA
6 19 (3.76%) CIMA
7 18 (3.56%) Chartered Engineer
8 14 (2.77%) ITIL Certification
9 13 (2.57%) CIPD
9 13 (2.57%) DBS Check
10 11 (2.18%) HNC
10 11 (2.18%) HND
10 11 (2.18%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.78%) MBA
12 8 (1.58%) CISM
13 7 (1.39%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.39%) ICAEW
13 7 (1.39%) PMI Certification
13 7 (1.39%) PMP
14 6 (1.19%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (7.52%) QA
3 29 (5.74%) SLA
4 24 (4.75%) ISO 9001
5 22 (4.36%) GDPR
6 17 (3.37%) ISO 14000
7 9 (1.78%) GRC
7 9 (1.78%) NIST
8 8 (1.58%) ISO 14001
9 6 (1.19%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.19%) PMO
10 5 (0.99%) Automotive SPICE
10 5 (0.99%) COBIT
10 5 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.99%) ISO 26262
10 5 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.79%) IFRS
11 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.59%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.59%) TickIT
System Software
1 17 (3.37%) Docker
2 13 (2.57%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.98%) Firmware
4 7 (1.39%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.99%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (2.57%) Ansible
2 11 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.98%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.99%) Grafana
5 4 (0.79%) Argo
5 4 (0.79%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.59%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.59%) cPanel
6 3 (0.59%) Plesk
7 2 (0.40%) Bugsnag
7 2 (0.40%) Packer
7 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.40%) Puppet
7 2 (0.40%) Salt
7 2 (0.40%) SCCM
7 2 (0.40%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 98 (19.41%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.37%) Google
3 16 (3.17%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.57%) Sage
5 12 (2.38%) Adobe
6 10 (1.98%) VMware
7 8 (1.58%) Cisco
8 5 (0.99%) Juniper
8 5 (0.99%) Oracle
8 5 (0.99%) Palo Alto
8 5 (0.99%) Xero
9 4 (0.79%) Anaplan
9 4 (0.79%) Foundry
9 4 (0.79%) Meraki
9 4 (0.79%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.79%) Veeam
10 3 (0.59%) Acronis
10 3 (0.59%) Infor
10 3 (0.59%) NETGEAR
10 3 (0.59%) WatchGuard