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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 280 265
Rank change year-on-year -52 -15 -22
Permanent jobs citing People Management 399 504 858
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.57% 1.09% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.17% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 238 269 524
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,595 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +9.09%

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 55,211 43,138 69,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.63% 93.12% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 33,095 21,773 52,985
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,000 £29,375
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £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 £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £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 2 March 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 2 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 -39 359 £70,000 +3.70% 211
UK excluding London -69 242 £62,500 -3.85% 172
Work from Home +54 178 £75,000 +11.11% 88
London +9 120 £90,000 +12.50% 54
North of England -39 67 £70,500 +9.39% 41
South East -41 65 £60,000 -7.69% 52
Midlands -23 40 £61,500 -19.34% 31
South West -4 38 £57,000 -5.68% 11
North West -26 36 £75,000 +23.91% 21
Yorkshire -31 28 £70,000 -25.33% 14
East Midlands -11 27 £42,500 -37.04% 15
East of England -18 14 £61,300 -1.13% 28
West Midlands -30 13 £67,500 -15.63% 15
Wales -7 11 £47,500 -50.00% 4
Scotland -30 7 £67,000 -0.74% 6
North East -7 3 £65,000 -3.70% 6
Northern Ireland -33 2 - - 4

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 7 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.00%) CMS
2 4 (1.00%) 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 39 (9.77%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.26%) 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 5 (1.25%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.75%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.50%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (0.50%) Shopify
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.25%) Maximo
4 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 44 (11.03%) AWS
2 40 (10.03%) Azure
3 38 (9.52%) SaaS
4 37 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (6.77%) Figma
6 21 (5.26%) Power Platform
7 17 (4.26%) GCP
8 12 (3.01%) GitHub
9 11 (2.76%) Slack
10 9 (2.26%) Snowflake
11 8 (2.01%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.01%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.50%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.25%) Google Analytics
14 4 (1.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 4 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.00%) Google Tag Manager
15 3 (0.75%) dbt
15 3 (0.75%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.76%) Broadband
2 7 (1.75%) Firewall
3 4 (1.00%) BGP
3 4 (1.00%) LAN
3 4 (1.00%) MPLS
3 4 (1.00%) WAN
3 4 (1.00%) Wireless
4 3 (0.75%) DNS
4 3 (0.75%) Internet
4 3 (0.75%) Network Security
4 3 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.50%) DHCP
5 2 (0.50%) SAN
5 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.51%) Power BI
2 10 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.75%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.25%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.25%) Semantic Layer
5 3 (0.75%) Looker
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%) Metadata
6 2 (0.50%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.50%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.50%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.25%) DB2
7 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (2.51%) 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
1 139 (34.84%) Social Skills
2 127 (31.83%) Finance
3 44 (11.03%) Legal
4 42 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 39 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (7.02%) Back Office
6 28 (7.02%) Retail
7 24 (6.02%) Law
8 21 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (5.26%) Marketing
9 16 (4.01%) Banking
9 16 (4.01%) Public Sector
10 12 (3.01%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.76%) Financial Institution
12 9 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.01%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.75%) Advertising
15 6 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 79 (19.80%) Lead
2 56 (14.04%) Senior
3 30 (7.52%) IT Manager
4 24 (6.02%) Desktop Engineer
4 24 (6.02%) Desktop Support
4 24 (6.02%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 24 (6.02%) Site Engineer
4 24 (6.02%) Support Engineer
5 22 (5.51%) Engineering Manager
6 21 (5.26%) Senior Manager
7 20 (5.01%) Support Manager
8 17 (4.26%) Team Leader
9 15 (3.76%) Developer
10 14 (3.51%) Data Manager
10 14 (3.51%) Infrastructure Manager
11 13 (3.26%) Development Manager
12 12 (3.01%) Head of Operations
12 12 (3.01%) IT Infrastructure Manager
13 11 (2.76%) Data Engineer
14 10 (2.51%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.26%) .NET
2 12 (3.01%) React
3 8 (2.01%) Node.js
4 6 (1.50%) Spring
4 6 (1.50%) Spring Boot
5 5 (1.25%) Micronaut
6 4 (1.00%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.00%) CSS
6 4 (1.00%) HTML
7 3 (0.75%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.50%) EDI
8 2 (0.50%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.50%) J2EE
8 2 (0.50%) Kafka
8 2 (0.50%) Pandas
8 2 (0.50%) Razor View Engine
9 1 (0.25%) ADO
9 1 (0.25%) PySpark
9 1 (0.25%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.52%) Onboarding
2 27 (6.77%) Management Information System
3 22 (5.51%) Cloud Native
3 22 (5.51%) Mobile App
4 20 (5.01%) Product Ownership
5 16 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.51%) Algorithms
7 8 (2.01%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
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%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.00%) Mobile Computing
11 4 (1.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (8.27%) Windows
2 24 (6.02%) Windows 10
3 9 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (24.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 78 (19.55%) Mentoring
3 76 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (18.55%) Coaching
5 66 (16.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 63 (15.79%) Agile
7 58 (14.54%) Cybersecurity
8 57 (14.29%) Analytics
8 57 (14.29%) Customer Experience
9 56 (14.04%) Line Management
10 52 (13.03%) Service Delivery
11 49 (12.28%) Customer Service
12 48 (12.03%) Software Engineering
13 46 (11.53%) Project Management
14 38 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
14 38 (9.52%) ITIL
14 38 (9.52%) Roadmaps
15 37 (9.27%) AI
16 36 (9.02%) DevOps
16 36 (9.02%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 34 (8.52%) Python
2 21 (5.26%) SQL
3 18 (4.51%) C#
4 14 (3.51%) Java
4 14 (3.51%) TypeScript
5 8 (2.01%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.75%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.75%) ABAP
8 2 (0.50%) Bash
9 1 (0.25%) Ada
9 1 (0.25%) Go
9 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.25%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.25%) Perl
9 1 (0.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (11.03%) Security Cleared
2 41 (10.28%) Degree
2 41 (10.28%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.02%) CTC Cleared
4 14 (3.51%) CISM
4 14 (3.51%) CISSP
5 12 (3.01%) CIPD
5 12 (3.01%) CISA
6 11 (2.76%) DBS Check
7 9 (2.26%) CRISC
8 6 (1.50%) ACCA
8 6 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.50%) CIMA
9 5 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.00%) OSCP
11 2 (0.50%) CIPFA
11 2 (0.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.02%) SLA
2 23 (5.76%) QA
3 18 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (3.76%) GDPR
5 10 (2.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (2.51%) PMO
6 7 (1.75%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.50%) NIST
8 5 (1.25%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.25%) GRC
9 4 (1.00%) GAAP
9 4 (1.00%) IFRS
10 3 (0.75%) COBIT
10 3 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.25%) ITGC
12 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (2.26%) 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
Systems Management
1 16 (4.01%) Kubernetes
1 16 (4.01%) Terraform
2 10 (2.51%) Grafana
3 9 (2.26%) Ansible
3 9 (2.26%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.25%) Puppet
5 1 (0.25%) QRadar
5 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 47 (11.78%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.02%) Cisco
3 25 (6.27%) Adobe
4 18 (4.51%) Google
5 15 (3.76%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.01%) SAP
7 11 (2.76%) Oracle
8 8 (2.01%) Informatica
8 8 (2.01%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.75%) UiPath
9 7 (1.75%) VMware
10 6 (1.50%) Splunk
11 4 (1.00%) F5
11 4 (1.00%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.00%) Siemens
11 4 (1.00%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.75%) Databricks
12 3 (0.75%) Hotjar
13 2 (0.50%) Foundry
13 2 (0.50%) Xero