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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 289 314
Rank change year-on-year -105 +25 -96
Permanent jobs citing People Management 370 422 874
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 1.02% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 1.09% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 232 266 559
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,750 £39,439
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,947 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £93,750 £86,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,675 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.38% +13.04% -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 64,759 38,558 80,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.53% 92.98% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39,875 22,521 59,469
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.26%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -95 328 £70,000 +3.70% 151
UK excluding London -106 233 £61,500 -5.38% 121
Work from Home +27 170 £77,500 +11.50% 83
London -6 108 £90,000 +12.50% 48
North of England -60 59 £80,000 +15.42% 37
South East -103 48 £57,402 -11.69% 29
Midlands -61 40 £61,500 -12.14% 17
South West -37 39 £60,000 -9.59% 7
North West -30 36 £85,000 +30.77% 18
East Midlands -32 26 £42,500 -37.04% 5
East of England -27 23 £60,100 -3.06% 20
Yorkshire -56 19 £80,000 +6.67% 12
West Midlands -51 14 £76,500 +5.52% 12
Wales - 13 £47,500 - 1
Scotland -33 11 £63,500 -5.93% 10
North East - 4 £65,000 - 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 9 (2.43%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.08%) CMS
2 4 (1.08%) Drupal
3 2 (0.54%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.27%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
Applications
1 35 (9.46%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.81%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.81%) InVision
5 3 (0.81%) Sketch
6 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.08%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.81%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.54%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.54%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (0.54%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.27%) Maximo
4 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.27%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 42 (11.35%) Azure
2 40 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (10.00%) AWS
4 31 (8.38%) SaaS
5 27 (7.30%) Figma
6 23 (6.22%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.97%) GCP
8 9 (2.43%) Snowflake
9 8 (2.16%) GitHub
9 8 (2.16%) Slack
10 7 (1.89%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.89%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.35%) Anthropic Claude
13 4 (1.08%) Google Analytics
13 4 (1.08%) Google Sheets
13 4 (1.08%) Google Tag Manager
13 4 (1.08%) Vertex AI
14 3 (0.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 3 (0.81%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.03%) Broadband
2 6 (1.62%) Firewall
3 3 (0.81%) BGP
3 3 (0.81%) DNS
3 3 (0.81%) Internet
3 3 (0.81%) LAN
3 3 (0.81%) MPLS
3 3 (0.81%) Network Security
3 3 (0.81%) WAN
3 3 (0.81%) Wireless
4 2 (0.54%) DHCP
4 2 (0.54%) SAN
4 2 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.68%) Power BI
2 8 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.62%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.35%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.35%) Semantic Layer
4 5 (1.35%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.81%) Looker
5 3 (0.81%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.54%) Metadata
6 2 (0.54%) Redis
6 2 (0.54%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.27%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.27%) Flink
7 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (2.97%) JIRA
2 5 (1.35%) Claude Code
3 4 (1.08%) GitLab
4 3 (0.81%) Git
4 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.81%) Selenium
5 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
General
1 122 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 97 (26.22%) Finance
3 34 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (8.92%) Back Office
5 31 (8.38%) Presentation Skills
6 23 (6.22%) Law
7 22 (5.95%) Legal
8 19 (5.14%) Banking
9 18 (4.86%) Marketing
9 18 (4.86%) Public Sector
10 16 (4.32%) Retail
11 12 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.89%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.89%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.62%) Advertising
14 6 (1.62%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 86 (23.24%) Lead
2 59 (15.95%) Senior
3 28 (7.57%) IT Manager
4 26 (7.03%) Team Leader
5 24 (6.49%) Desktop Engineer
5 24 (6.49%) Desktop Support
5 24 (6.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 24 (6.49%) Site Engineer
5 24 (6.49%) Support Engineer
6 19 (5.14%) Support Manager
7 17 (4.59%) Developer
8 16 (4.32%) Data Manager
9 15 (4.05%) Engineering Manager
9 15 (4.05%) Infrastructure Manager
9 15 (4.05%) Senior Manager
10 12 (3.24%) Head of Operations
11 10 (2.70%) Data Engineer
11 10 (2.70%) Designer
11 10 (2.70%) Lead Developer
12 9 (2.43%) IT Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.78%) .NET
2 6 (1.62%) Node.js
3 5 (1.35%) .NET Core
3 5 (1.35%) Spring
3 5 (1.35%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.08%) CSS
4 4 (1.08%) HTML
4 4 (1.08%) Kafka
4 4 (1.08%) React
5 3 (0.81%) LangChain
5 3 (0.81%) Micronaut
5 3 (0.81%) Semantic Kernel
6 2 (0.54%) J2EE
6 2 (0.54%) NestJS
6 2 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.27%) ADO
7 1 (0.27%) JSON
7 1 (0.27%) Pandas
7 1 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.95%) Mobile App
1 22 (5.95%) Onboarding
2 20 (5.41%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.14%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.89%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.62%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.62%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.35%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.35%) Mobile Computing
9 4 (1.08%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.08%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.08%) Social Media
10 3 (0.81%) IoT
10 3 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.19%) Windows
2 24 (6.49%) Windows 10
3 7 (1.89%) Linux
4 5 (1.35%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (29.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 80 (21.62%) Mentoring
3 71 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (18.92%) Coaching
5 63 (17.03%) Agile
6 61 (16.49%) Line Management
7 59 (15.95%) Customer Experience
8 58 (15.68%) Software Engineering
9 56 (15.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 54 (14.59%) Cybersecurity
11 48 (12.97%) Analytics
11 48 (12.97%) Customer Service
12 44 (11.89%) Project Delivery
13 43 (11.62%) Technical Leadership
14 42 (11.35%) ITIL
15 41 (11.08%) AI
16 40 (10.81%) DevOps
17 36 (9.73%) Collaborative Culture
18 35 (9.46%) Service Delivery
19 34 (9.19%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.46%) Python
2 27 (7.30%) SQL
3 17 (4.59%) Java
4 14 (3.78%) C#
5 10 (2.70%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.62%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.62%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.81%) ABAP
8 2 (0.54%) Bash
9 1 (0.27%) Go
9 1 (0.27%) Perl
9 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 52 (14.05%) Degree
2 43 (11.62%) Security Cleared
3 40 (10.81%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.49%) CTC Cleared
5 10 (2.70%) CIPD
5 10 (2.70%) DBS Check
6 9 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.62%) CISM
7 6 (1.62%) CISSP
8 5 (1.35%) ACCA
8 5 (1.35%) CIMA
8 5 (1.35%) CISA
8 5 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.08%) OSCP
9 4 (1.08%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.81%) PMP
11 2 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.54%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.65%) SLA
2 21 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.41%) QA
4 16 (4.32%) GDPR
5 9 (2.43%) ISO 9001
6 8 (2.16%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.16%) NIST
6 8 (2.16%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.89%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.35%) Automotive SPICE
8 5 (1.35%) ISO 26262
9 4 (1.08%) PMO
10 3 (0.81%) COBIT
10 3 (0.81%) GAAP
10 3 (0.81%) IFRS
11 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.54%) GRC
11 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.54%) ITGC
11 2 (0.54%) TickIT
System Software
1 5 (1.35%) Docker
2 3 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.81%) Firmware
3 2 (0.54%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (3.24%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.97%) Terraform
3 7 (1.89%) Ansible
4 6 (1.62%) Grafana
4 6 (1.62%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.81%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.81%) Puppet
6 2 (0.54%) Argo
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.54%) Salt
7 1 (0.27%) QRadar
7 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 46 (12.43%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.11%) Cisco
3 25 (6.76%) Adobe
4 20 (5.41%) Google
5 14 (3.78%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.24%) Oracle
7 9 (2.43%) SAP
8 8 (2.16%) Informatica
8 8 (2.16%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.16%) VMware
9 7 (1.89%) UiPath
10 5 (1.35%) Foundry
11 4 (1.08%) Splunk
11 4 (1.08%) Xero
12 3 (0.81%) Databricks
12 3 (0.81%) F5
12 3 (0.81%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.81%) Hotjar
12 3 (0.81%) IBM
12 3 (0.81%) SolarWinds