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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 314 319
Rank change year-on-year -82 +5 -109
Permanent jobs citing People Management 365 413 869
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.94% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 1.01% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 240 244 560
10th Percentile £42,375 £44,221 £37,755
25th Percentile £46,250 £56,232 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £68,723 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.06% +9.96% -10.71%
75th Percentile £92,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,300 £104,850 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,100 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.96% +17.39% -4.17%

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 66,871 40,971 82,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.97% 93.32% 85.23%
Number of salaries quoted 42,937 22,765 59,727
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for People Management in the UK

People Management
Top 16 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 11 May 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 -60 326 £63,500 -7.20% 164
UK excluding London -85 231 £60,100 -10.96% 121
Work from Home +36 155 £70,000 - 67
London -19 110 £74,000 -7.50% 63
North of England -55 53 £80,000 +15.42% 31
South East -77 49 £49,500 -23.85% 40
Midlands -57 43 £57,500 -17.86% 21
South West -28 35 £59,000 -11.10% 10
North West -15 32 £90,000 +29.84% 22
East of England -1 29 £60,100 -3.06% 16
East Midlands -13 22 £42,500 -37.04% 7
West Midlands -60 21 £70,000 -3.45% 14
Yorkshire -57 12 £80,000 -8.57% 7
Wales - 12 £47,500 - 1
Scotland -10 10 £60,000 -22.58% 2
North East - 9 £62,500 - 3

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 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.10%) CMS
2 4 (1.10%) Drupal
3 3 (0.82%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.27%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
Applications
1 27 (7.40%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.82%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.82%) InVision
4 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.82%) Sketch
5 2 (0.55%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.55%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.55%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.27%) Maximo
4 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.27%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 47 (12.88%) Azure
2 31 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (8.22%) AWS
4 28 (7.67%) SaaS
5 27 (7.40%) Power Platform
6 26 (7.12%) Figma
7 8 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.19%) Power Automate
7 8 (2.19%) PowerApps
7 8 (2.19%) Slack
8 7 (1.92%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.64%) GCP
9 6 (1.64%) GitHub
10 5 (1.37%) Anthropic Claude
11 4 (1.10%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.10%) Google Sheets
11 4 (1.10%) Google Tag Manager
12 3 (0.82%) Azure Machine Learning
12 3 (0.82%) Contentsquare
12 3 (0.82%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.58%) Broadband
2 5 (1.37%) Firewall
2 5 (1.37%) Network Security
3 4 (1.10%) DNS
4 3 (0.82%) Internet
5 2 (0.55%) DHCP
5 2 (0.55%) SAN
5 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.27%) BGP
6 1 (0.27%) Intranet
6 1 (0.27%) LAN
6 1 (0.27%) MPLS
6 1 (0.27%) VoIP
6 1 (0.27%) WAN
6 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.58%) Power BI
2 7 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.64%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.37%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.37%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.37%) Semantic Layer
5 4 (1.10%) Tableau
6 3 (0.82%) Looker
6 3 (0.82%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.55%) Metadata
7 2 (0.55%) Redis
7 2 (0.55%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.27%) Flink
8 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.01%) JIRA
2 5 (1.37%) Claude Code
2 5 (1.37%) Git
3 4 (1.10%) GitLab
4 3 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 112 (30.68%) Social Skills
2 93 (25.48%) Finance
3 36 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.95%) Presentation Skills
5 25 (6.85%) Back Office
6 23 (6.30%) Law
7 20 (5.48%) Legal
8 19 (5.21%) Retail
9 18 (4.93%) Banking
9 18 (4.93%) Public Sector
10 16 (4.38%) Marketing
11 13 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (3.01%) Aerospace
14 10 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.92%) Advertising
15 7 (1.92%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.37%) Social Housing
17 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 85 (23.29%) Lead
2 55 (15.07%) Senior
3 33 (9.04%) Team Leader
4 25 (6.85%) IT Manager
5 23 (6.30%) Data Manager
6 19 (5.21%) Support Manager
7 18 (4.93%) Developer
8 17 (4.66%) Senior Manager
9 16 (4.38%) Desktop Engineer
9 16 (4.38%) Desktop Support
9 16 (4.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 16 (4.38%) Site Engineer
9 16 (4.38%) Support Engineer
10 12 (3.29%) Engineering Manager
10 12 (3.29%) Infrastructure Manager
11 11 (3.01%) Lead Developer
12 10 (2.74%) Data Centre Manager
12 10 (2.74%) Designer
12 10 (2.74%) Head of Operations
12 10 (2.74%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.56%) .NET
2 5 (1.37%) .NET Core
3 4 (1.10%) CSS
3 4 (1.10%) HTML
3 4 (1.10%) Node.js
4 3 (0.82%) Kafka
4 3 (0.82%) LangChain
4 3 (0.82%) Semantic Kernel
5 2 (0.55%) EDI
5 2 (0.55%) J2EE
5 2 (0.55%) NestJS
5 2 (0.55%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.55%) Spring
5 2 (0.55%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.27%) ADO
6 1 (0.27%) JSON
6 1 (0.27%) React
6 1 (0.27%) XML
6 1 (0.27%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.03%) Management Information System
2 21 (5.75%) Cloud Native
2 21 (5.75%) Mobile App
3 20 (5.48%) Product Ownership
4 19 (5.21%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.29%) Driving Licence
6 11 (3.01%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.47%) Legacy Applications
7 9 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.92%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.37%) Mobile Computing
10 4 (1.10%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.10%) NHS
11 3 (0.82%) Culture of Ownership
11 3 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.85%) Windows
2 16 (4.38%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.37%) Linux
4 4 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (28.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 84 (23.01%) Mentoring
3 78 (21.37%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (18.90%) Coaching
5 68 (18.63%) Line Management
6 61 (16.71%) Agile
7 59 (16.16%) Software Engineering
8 55 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (14.52%) Technical Leadership
10 52 (14.25%) Customer Experience
11 45 (12.33%) AI
11 45 (12.33%) Cybersecurity
12 44 (12.05%) Analytics
13 43 (11.78%) DevOps
14 41 (11.23%) Project Delivery
15 37 (10.14%) Collaborative Culture
15 37 (10.14%) Project Management
15 37 (10.14%) Service Delivery
16 35 (9.59%) CI/CD
17 34 (9.32%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 32 (8.77%) Python
2 31 (8.49%) SQL
3 14 (3.84%) Java
4 12 (3.29%) C#
5 7 (1.92%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.37%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.10%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.82%) ABAP
8 3 (0.82%) Bash
9 1 (0.27%) Go
9 1 (0.27%) Perl
9 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 60 (16.44%) Degree
2 36 (9.86%) Security Cleared
3 32 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.38%) CTC Cleared
5 13 (3.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.29%) DBS Check
7 9 (2.47%) CIPD
8 7 (1.92%) CISM
8 7 (1.92%) CISSP
9 6 (1.64%) CISA
9 6 (1.64%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.37%) PMP
11 4 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.10%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.10%) HNC
11 4 (1.10%) HND
11 4 (1.10%) OSCP
12 3 (0.82%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (6.58%) SLA
3 14 (3.84%) GDPR
4 13 (3.56%) QA
5 10 (2.74%) ISO 9001
6 9 (2.47%) NIST
7 8 (2.19%) Accessibility
7 8 (2.19%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.64%) ISO 14000
9 5 (1.37%) Automotive SPICE
9 5 (1.37%) ISO 26262
10 4 (1.10%) COBIT
10 4 (1.10%) Data Quality
10 4 (1.10%) PMO
11 3 (0.82%) ITGC
11 3 (0.82%) TickIT
12 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.55%) GRC
12 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (0.82%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (3.29%) Terraform
2 11 (3.01%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.37%) Ansible
4 4 (1.10%) Grafana
4 4 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.82%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.82%) Puppet
6 2 (0.55%) Argo
6 2 (0.55%) Salt
7 1 (0.27%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.27%) QRadar
7 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 45 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.40%) Adobe
3 24 (6.58%) Cisco
4 19 (5.21%) Google
5 12 (3.29%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.47%) Oracle
7 7 (1.92%) Informatica
7 7 (1.92%) UiPath
8 6 (1.64%) VMware
9 5 (1.37%) Foundry
9 5 (1.37%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.37%) SAP
10 4 (1.10%) Xero
11 3 (0.82%) Databricks
11 3 (0.82%) Hotjar
11 3 (0.82%) IBM
11 3 (0.82%) Meraki
12 2 (0.55%) Cvent
12 2 (0.55%) Splunk
12 2 (0.55%) YouTube