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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 294 291
Rank change year-on-year -122 -3 -118
Permanent jobs citing People Management 407 480 817
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.97% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 1.08% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 292 269 469
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £33,713
25th Percentile £45,064 £52,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £70,000 £61,110
Median % change year-on-year -14.14% +14.55% -12.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,000 £98,779
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -18.52% +17.39% -10.16%

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 75,768 44,292 70,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.63% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 25,118 47,262
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 31 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 31 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 -127 355 £62,500 -13.19% 336
UK excluding London -88 286 £55,000 -18.52% 194
Work from Home -19 143 £72,500 -6.45% 125
London -93 98 £95,000 +8.57% 174
North of England -42 74 £62,500 -7.41% 50
Midlands -34 65 £45,000 -35.71% 35
South East -71 63 £57,402 -27.11% 59
North West -10 43 £55,000 -21.04% 26
West Midlands -28 34 £52,500 -26.32% 17
East Midlands -9 31 £45,000 -35.71% 18
East of England -14 26 £60,100 -3.06% 15
North East - 25 £62,500 - 9
South West -61 22 £55,000 - 17
Scotland +18 20 £55,000 -20.00% 10
Wales -58 12 £47,500 +31.94% 6
Yorkshire -60 6 £65,000 -3.70% 16
Northern Ireland - 4 £63,750 - 7

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 19 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.74%) SAS
4 2 (0.49%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.25%) Confluence
5 1 (0.25%) Drupal
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.98%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.74%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.49%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.97%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.23%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.49%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.49%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.49%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.49%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.25%) Maximo
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.25%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.25%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 63 (15.48%) Azure
2 37 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (8.11%) SaaS
4 27 (6.63%) AWS
5 23 (5.65%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.70%) IaaS
8 9 (2.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 9 (2.21%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (2.21%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.97%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (1.97%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (1.47%) GCP
11 5 (1.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 4 (0.98%) Azure AI
12 4 (0.98%) GitHub
12 4 (0.98%) Google Sheets
12 4 (0.98%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.74%) Anthropic Claude
13 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.21%) Network Security
2 6 (1.47%) DNS
2 6 (1.47%) Firewall
2 6 (1.47%) VoIP
3 4 (0.98%) PBX
3 4 (0.98%) VLAN
3 4 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.74%) Broadband
4 3 (0.74%) DKIM
4 3 (0.74%) DMARC
4 3 (0.74%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.74%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.74%) VPN
5 2 (0.49%) HTTP
5 2 (0.49%) Intranet
6 1 (0.25%) LAN
6 1 (0.25%) SSL
6 1 (0.25%) WAN
6 1 (0.25%) Wireless
6 1 (0.25%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.91%) Power BI
2 13 (3.19%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.46%) Tableau
4 8 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.74%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.74%) Redis
7 2 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.49%) Metadata
7 2 (0.49%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.25%) Big Data
8 1 (0.25%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.25%) Looker
8 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.25%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 17 (4.18%) JIRA
2 15 (3.69%) Git
3 3 (0.74%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.25%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.25%) Postman
4 1 (0.25%) RSpec
General
1 149 (36.61%) Social Skills
2 111 (27.27%) Finance
3 55 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.86%) Retail
5 29 (7.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (5.41%) Aerospace
7 20 (4.91%) Public Sector
8 19 (4.67%) Law
9 17 (4.18%) Marketing
10 15 (3.69%) Legal
11 14 (3.44%) Banking
12 12 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (2.70%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.97%) Advertising
14 8 (1.97%) Billing
14 8 (1.97%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.72%) Back Office
16 6 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (22.11%) Lead
2 59 (14.50%) Senior
3 35 (8.60%) Team Leader
4 30 (7.37%) Data Manager
5 26 (6.39%) Developer
5 26 (6.39%) Engineering Manager
6 24 (5.90%) IT Manager
7 23 (5.65%) Senior Manager
8 22 (5.41%) Data Centre Manager
9 20 (4.91%) Lead Developer
10 18 (4.42%) Systems Engineer
11 16 (3.93%) Principal Engineer
12 14 (3.44%) Development Manager
12 14 (3.44%) Service Manager
13 13 (3.19%) Architect
13 13 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
13 13 (3.19%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 13 (3.19%) Software Engineer
14 12 (2.95%) Operations Manager
14 12 (2.95%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.93%) .NET
2 10 (2.46%) REST
3 9 (2.21%) .NET Core
3 9 (2.21%) Blazor
4 8 (1.97%) ASP.NET
4 8 (1.97%) gRPC
5 7 (1.72%) React
6 5 (1.23%) Spring
7 3 (0.74%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.74%) Kafka
7 3 (0.74%) LangChain
7 3 (0.74%) Node.js
7 3 (0.74%) Semantic Kernel
7 3 (0.74%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.49%) Google JAX
8 2 (0.49%) Jakarta EE
8 2 (0.49%) JAX
8 2 (0.49%) NestJS
8 2 (0.49%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.49%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.62%) Driving Licence
2 30 (7.37%) Management Information System
3 28 (6.88%) Onboarding
4 22 (5.41%) Data Centre
5 19 (4.67%) Cloud Native
6 17 (4.18%) Product Ownership
7 13 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.46%) NHS
10 9 (2.21%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Licensing
12 5 (1.23%) Mobile Computing
13 4 (0.98%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.98%) Culture of Ownership
13 4 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
14 3 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.41%) Windows
2 9 (2.21%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.72%) Linux
4 3 (0.74%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.74%) Unix
5 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (28.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 90 (22.11%) Coaching
2 90 (22.11%) Mentoring
2 90 (22.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 84 (20.64%) Technical Leadership
4 78 (19.16%) Line Management
5 76 (18.67%) Agile
5 76 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (15.97%) Decision-Making
7 64 (15.72%) Software Engineering
8 62 (15.23%) Service Delivery
9 59 (14.50%) AI
10 54 (13.27%) DevOps
11 52 (12.78%) Project Delivery
12 46 (11.30%) Roadmaps
13 44 (10.81%) Project Management
14 43 (10.57%) Cybersecurity
15 40 (9.83%) CI/CD
16 39 (9.58%) Commercial Awareness
16 39 (9.58%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 37 (9.09%) SQL
2 20 (4.91%) Python
3 17 (4.18%) Java
4 16 (3.93%) C#
5 13 (3.19%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.47%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.49%) ABAP
7 2 (0.49%) Bicep
7 2 (0.49%) C++
7 2 (0.49%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.49%) Ruby
7 2 (0.49%) VBA
8 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.25%) Bash
8 1 (0.25%) Go
8 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.25%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 69 (16.95%) Degree
2 26 (6.39%) BPSS Clearance
2 26 (6.39%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.18%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.69%) DBS Check
5 13 (3.19%) ACCA
6 12 (2.95%) CIMA
7 11 (2.70%) Chartered Engineer
8 10 (2.46%) CISM
9 8 (1.97%) CISSP
9 8 (1.97%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.97%) PMP
10 7 (1.72%) HNC
10 7 (1.72%) HND
10 7 (1.72%) ICAEW
11 6 (1.47%) CRISC
12 5 (1.23%) CIPD
12 5 (1.23%) CISA
13 4 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.98%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (11.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.67%) ISO 9001
3 18 (4.42%) QA
4 17 (4.18%) ISO 14000
5 16 (3.93%) SLA
6 15 (3.69%) NIST
7 14 (3.44%) GDPR
8 8 (1.97%) COBIT
8 8 (1.97%) GRC
8 8 (1.97%) ISO 14001
8 8 (1.97%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.47%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.47%) PMO
10 5 (1.23%) Automotive SPICE
10 5 (1.23%) ISO 26262
10 5 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.74%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.74%) TickIT
System Software
1 10 (2.46%) Active Directory
1 10 (2.46%) Docker
2 6 (1.47%) Firmware
2 6 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.23%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (2.46%) Terraform
2 8 (1.97%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.47%) Ansible
4 4 (0.98%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.74%) Argo
5 3 (0.74%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.74%) cPanel
5 3 (0.74%) Plesk
6 2 (0.49%) Puppet
6 2 (0.49%) Salt
6 2 (0.49%) SCCM
6 2 (0.49%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.25%) Bugsnag
7 1 (0.25%) Grafana
7 1 (0.25%) Packer
7 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 67 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.44%) Google
3 10 (2.46%) VMware
4 9 (2.21%) Cisco
5 8 (1.97%) Adobe
6 7 (1.72%) Oracle
6 7 (1.72%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.23%) Juniper
7 5 (1.23%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.23%) SAP
8 4 (0.98%) Databricks
8 4 (0.98%) Foundry
8 4 (0.98%) Meraki
8 4 (0.98%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.98%) Veeam
9 3 (0.74%) Acronis
9 3 (0.74%) Infor
9 3 (0.74%) NETGEAR
9 3 (0.74%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.74%) WatchGuard