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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 264 266
Rank change year-on-year -58 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing People Management 400 563 845
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.10% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.20% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 235 289 488
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £56,425 £53,750 £50,462
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 £109,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £66,367 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.83% +6.19% +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 51,996 46,880 64,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.99% 91.87% 88.55%
Number of salaries quoted 30,799 22,693 50,451
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £80,100 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,000 £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 6 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 6 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 -32 365 £70,000 +1.64% 180
UK excluding London -70 235 £62,500 -5.83% 136
Work from Home +108 185 £72,500 +7.41% 107
London +6 133 £81,500 -4.12% 64
North of England -42 71 £70,000 +12.90% 34
South East -25 66 £60,000 -7.69% 48
South West +10 39 £53,500 -10.83% 10
North West -27 38 £71,000 +29.09% 22
Yorkshire -11 30 £70,000 -25.33% 9
Midlands -14 29 £61,500 -23.13% 28
East Midlands -8 17 £42,500 -39.29% 12
East of England -2 15 £52,500 -24.46% 14
West Midlands -8 12 £65,000 -18.75% 16
Wales +1 8 £66,250 -30.26% 1
Scotland -23 7 £67,000 -0.74% 6
North East -13 3 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Northern Ireland -26 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 16 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.75%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.75%) InVision
4 3 (0.75%) Sketch
4 3 (0.75%) Trello
5 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 41 (10.25%) AWS
2 40 (10.00%) Azure
2 40 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (8.75%) SaaS
4 27 (6.75%) Figma
5 21 (5.25%) Power Platform
6 18 (4.50%) GCP
7 9 (2.25%) 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%) dbt
11 3 (0.75%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.75%) Broadband
2 7 (1.75%) Firewall
3 5 (1.25%) Network Security
4 4 (1.00%) BGP
4 4 (1.00%) LAN
4 4 (1.00%) MPLS
4 4 (1.00%) WAN
4 4 (1.00%) Wireless
5 3 (0.75%) DNS
5 3 (0.75%) Internet
5 3 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.50%) DHCP
6 2 (0.50%) SAN
6 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
7 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
7 1 (0.25%) DB2
7 1 (0.25%) Power Query
7 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (2.50%) JIRA
2 5 (1.25%) GitLab
2 5 (1.25%) Selenium
3 4 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.50%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
General
1 129 (32.25%) Social Skills
2 126 (31.50%) Finance
3 50 (12.50%) Legal
4 40 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 36 (9.00%) 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 19 (4.75%) Marketing
10 15 (3.75%) Manufacturing
10 15 (3.75%) Public Sector
11 13 (3.25%) Banking
12 11 (2.75%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.50%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.25%) Front Office
16 5 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 78 (19.50%) Lead
2 61 (15.25%) Senior
3 28 (7.00%) 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%) Senior Manager
5 24 (6.00%) Site Engineer
5 24 (6.00%) Support Engineer
6 16 (4.00%) Analyst
6 16 (4.00%) Support Manager
7 15 (3.75%) Development Manager
7 15 (3.75%) Team Leader
8 14 (3.50%) Infrastructure Manager
9 12 (3.00%) Data Manager
9 12 (3.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
10 11 (2.75%) Business Analyst
10 11 (2.75%) Service Manager
11 10 (2.50%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.00%) .NET
2 12 (3.00%) 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
7 3 (0.75%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.75%) CSS
7 3 (0.75%) EDI
7 3 (0.75%) HTML
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%) PySpark
9 1 (0.25%) REST
9 1 (0.25%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.25%) SPFx
9 1 (0.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.00%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.50%) Mobile App
4 19 (4.75%) Cloud Native
4 19 (4.75%) Product Ownership
5 17 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.50%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.00%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.25%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.25%) Social Media
10 5 (1.25%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.00%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.00%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.00%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
12 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 92 (23.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 75 (18.75%) Mentoring
2 75 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (17.50%) Coaching
4 69 (17.25%) Agile
5 64 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 55 (13.75%) Cybersecurity
7 52 (13.00%) Customer Experience
8 51 (12.75%) Line Management
9 50 (12.50%) Customer Service
10 49 (12.25%) Project Management
11 48 (12.00%) Analytics
11 48 (12.00%) Software Engineering
12 47 (11.75%) Service Delivery
13 45 (11.25%) Roadmaps
14 44 (11.00%) Project Delivery
15 39 (9.75%) Collaborative Culture
15 39 (9.75%) Decision-Making
16 38 (9.50%) ITIL
17 35 (8.75%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.75%) Python
2 24 (6.00%) SQL
3 20 (5.00%) C#
4 16 (4.00%) Java
5 13 (3.25%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.25%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.75%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.50%) Bash
8 2 (0.50%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.25%) ABAP
9 1 (0.25%) Ada
9 1 (0.25%) Go
9 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.25%) Perl
9 1 (0.25%) PHP
9 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (11.00%) Security Cleared
2 42 (10.50%) Degree
2 42 (10.50%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.00%) CTC Cleared
4 15 (3.75%) CISM
4 15 (3.75%) CISSP
5 12 (3.00%) CIPD
6 11 (2.75%) CRISC
7 10 (2.50%) CISA
8 8 (2.00%) ACCA
8 8 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.00%) CIMA
8 8 (2.00%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.75%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.50%) CIPFA
10 2 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 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%) GDPR
5 13 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.50%) PMO
7 5 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.25%) GRC
7 5 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (1.00%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.00%) GAAP
8 4 (1.00%) IFRS
9 2 (0.50%) NIST
9 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.25%) COBIT
10 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.25%) ITGC
10 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (2.50%) 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%) Kubernetes
1 16 (4.00%) Terraform
2 10 (2.50%) Grafana
3 9 (2.25%) Ansible
3 9 (2.25%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.25%) Puppet
5 1 (0.25%) QRadar
5 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (11.25%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.25%) Cisco
3 26 (6.50%) Adobe
4 17 (4.25%) Google
5 16 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.50%) Oracle
6 10 (2.50%) SAP
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%) F5
9 4 (1.00%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.00%) Siemens
9 4 (1.00%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.75%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.75%) Databricks
11 2 (0.50%) Cvent
11 2 (0.50%) YouTube