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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 293 288
Rank change year-on-year -128 -5 -119
Permanent jobs citing People Management 404 484 833
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.98% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 1.09% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 288 273 487
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £33,677
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £70,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.14% +13.82% -12.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,750 £119,500 £100,000
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 74,612 44,363 71,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.65% 89.74% 81.45%
Number of salaries quoted 51,478 25,172 48,522
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 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
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 27 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 27 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 -125 352 £62,500 -13.19% 274
UK excluding London -91 277 £55,000 -18.52% 171
Work from Home -31 144 £72,500 -6.45% 111
London -65 104 £95,000 +11.76% 137
North of England -47 69 £62,500 -7.41% 43
Midlands -28 62 £45,000 -35.71% 29
South East -58 61 £57,303 -28.37% 50
North West -23 40 £55,000 -21.04% 24
West Midlands -35 33 £52,500 -22.22% 12
East Midlands -15 29 £45,000 -35.71% 17
East of England -8 27 £60,100 -3.06% 13
North East - 24 £62,500 - 6
South West -57 22 £55,000 - 16
Scotland +21 19 £55,000 -20.00% 14
Wales -54 13 £47,500 +31.94% 6
Yorkshire -61 5 £65,000 -3.70% 14
Northern Ireland - 4 £63,750 - 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 18 (4.46%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.74%) CMS
3 3 (0.74%) SAS
4 2 (0.50%) Drupal
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.25%) Confluence
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 23 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.99%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.50%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.25%) InVision
7 1 (0.25%) Sketch
7 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.98%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.24%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.50%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.50%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.50%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.50%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (0.50%) 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%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 60 (14.85%) Azure
2 35 (8.66%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (8.17%) SaaS
4 27 (6.68%) AWS
5 24 (5.94%) Power Platform
6 16 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.72%) IaaS
8 9 (2.23%) Figma
9 8 (1.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 8 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (1.98%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.73%) Azure Key Vault
10 7 (1.73%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (1.24%) GCP
12 4 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 4 (0.99%) Azure AI
12 4 (0.99%) GitHub
12 4 (0.99%) Slack
13 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.74%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.48%) Broadband
2 8 (1.98%) Network Security
3 5 (1.24%) DNS
3 5 (1.24%) Firewall
3 5 (1.24%) VoIP
4 4 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.74%) DKIM
5 3 (0.74%) DMARC
5 3 (0.74%) PBX
5 3 (0.74%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.74%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.74%) VLAN
6 2 (0.50%) HTTP
6 2 (0.50%) Intranet
6 2 (0.50%) VPN
7 1 (0.25%) FTP
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) SMTP
7 1 (0.25%) WAN
7 1 (0.25%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.20%) Power BI
2 12 (2.97%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.48%) Tableau
4 7 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.74%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.74%) Redis
7 2 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.50%) Looker
7 2 (0.50%) Metadata
7 2 (0.50%) SAP HANA
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%) GIS
8 1 (0.25%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (3.96%) JIRA
2 14 (3.47%) 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
1 143 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 111 (27.48%) Finance
3 56 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.67%) Retail
5 26 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (5.69%) Public Sector
7 22 (5.45%) Aerospace
8 19 (4.70%) Law
9 17 (4.21%) Banking
9 17 (4.21%) Marketing
10 14 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (3.22%) Legal
12 12 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.48%) Telecoms
14 9 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.98%) Advertising
16 7 (1.73%) Back Office
16 7 (1.73%) Billing
16 7 (1.73%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (22.52%) Lead
2 62 (15.35%) Senior
3 33 (8.17%) Team Leader
4 30 (7.43%) Data Manager
5 27 (6.68%) Engineering Manager
6 26 (6.44%) Developer
7 24 (5.94%) IT Manager
8 23 (5.69%) Senior Manager
9 21 (5.20%) Data Centre Manager
10 18 (4.46%) Lead Developer
10 18 (4.46%) Systems Engineer
11 14 (3.47%) Development Manager
11 14 (3.47%) Support Manager
12 13 (3.22%) Architect
12 13 (3.22%) IT Support
12 13 (3.22%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 12 (2.97%) Principal Engineer
13 12 (2.97%) Service Manager
14 11 (2.72%) Infrastructure Manager
14 11 (2.72%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.96%) .NET
2 9 (2.23%) REST
3 8 (1.98%) .NET Core
3 8 (1.98%) Blazor
4 7 (1.73%) ASP.NET
4 7 (1.73%) gRPC
4 7 (1.73%) React
5 5 (1.24%) Spring
6 3 (0.74%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.74%) Kafka
6 3 (0.74%) LangChain
6 3 (0.74%) Node.js
6 3 (0.74%) Semantic Kernel
6 3 (0.74%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.50%) CSS
7 2 (0.50%) HTML
7 2 (0.50%) Jakarta EE
7 2 (0.50%) NestJS
7 2 (0.50%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.50%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.18%) Driving Licence
2 28 (6.93%) Management Information System
3 26 (6.44%) Onboarding
4 22 (5.45%) Cloud Native
5 21 (5.20%) Data Centre
6 17 (4.21%) Product Ownership
7 13 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.48%) NHS
10 9 (2.23%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (1.98%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Licensing
13 5 (1.24%) Mobile Computing
14 4 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (0.99%) Culture of Ownership
14 4 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
15 3 (0.74%) AI Agents
15 3 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
15 3 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.20%) Windows
2 8 (1.98%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.73%) Linux
4 3 (0.74%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.74%) Unix
5 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (28.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 93 (23.02%) Mentoring
3 85 (21.04%) Coaching
4 84 (20.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 81 (20.05%) Line Management
6 80 (19.80%) Technical Leadership
7 78 (19.31%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (18.32%) Agile
9 65 (16.09%) Software Engineering
10 60 (14.85%) Decision-Making
11 59 (14.60%) Service Delivery
12 55 (13.61%) AI
13 52 (12.87%) DevOps
14 51 (12.62%) Project Delivery
15 47 (11.63%) Project Management
16 44 (10.89%) Roadmaps
17 42 (10.40%) Cybersecurity
18 40 (9.90%) Customer Experience
19 39 (9.65%) CI/CD
20 38 (9.41%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 36 (8.91%) SQL
2 21 (5.20%) Python
3 17 (4.21%) Java
4 15 (3.71%) TypeScript
5 14 (3.47%) C#
6 7 (1.73%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.50%) ABAP
7 2 (0.50%) C++
7 2 (0.50%) Go
7 2 (0.50%) Ruby
7 2 (0.50%) VBA
8 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.25%) Bash
8 1 (0.25%) Bicep
8 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.25%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 68 (16.83%) Degree
2 27 (6.68%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (4.46%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.71%) DBS Check
6 12 (2.97%) ACCA
7 11 (2.72%) Chartered Engineer
7 11 (2.72%) CIMA
8 10 (2.48%) CISM
9 8 (1.98%) CISSP
9 8 (1.98%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.73%) HNC
10 7 (1.73%) HND
10 7 (1.73%) ICAEW
10 7 (1.73%) PMP
11 6 (1.49%) CRISC
12 5 (1.24%) CIPD
12 5 (1.24%) CISA
13 4 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.74%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (11.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.70%) ISO 9001
3 17 (4.21%) ISO 14000
4 15 (3.71%) NIST
4 15 (3.71%) QA
5 13 (3.22%) SLA
6 11 (2.72%) GDPR
7 9 (2.23%) GRC
8 8 (1.98%) COBIT
8 8 (1.98%) ISO 14001
8 8 (1.98%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.49%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.49%) PMO
10 5 (1.24%) Automotive SPICE
10 5 (1.24%) ISO 26262
10 5 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.74%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.74%) TickIT
System Software
1 9 (2.23%) Docker
2 8 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.24%) Firmware
3 5 (1.24%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.99%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.23%) Terraform
3 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.49%) Ansible
5 4 (0.99%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.74%) Argo
6 3 (0.74%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.74%) cPanel
6 3 (0.74%) Plesk
7 2 (0.50%) Puppet
7 2 (0.50%) Salt
7 2 (0.50%) SCCM
7 2 (0.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.25%) Bugsnag
8 1 (0.25%) Grafana
8 1 (0.25%) Packer
8 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 60 (14.85%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.71%) Adobe
3 12 (2.97%) Google
4 9 (2.23%) Cisco
4 9 (2.23%) VMware
5 7 (1.73%) Oracle
6 6 (1.49%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.49%) SAP
7 5 (1.24%) Juniper
7 5 (1.24%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.99%) Databricks
8 4 (0.99%) Foundry
8 4 (0.99%) Meraki
8 4 (0.99%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.74%) Acronis
9 3 (0.74%) Infor
9 3 (0.74%) NETGEAR
9 3 (0.74%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.74%) Veeam
9 3 (0.74%) WatchGuard