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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 245 224
Rank change year-on-year -56 -21 +61
Permanent jobs citing People Management 407 662 759
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.69% 1.18% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.32% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 259 315 356
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,712
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £86,875 £90,000 £91,563
90th Percentile £102,750 £107,500 £101,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.38% +4.00% +4.60%

All Process and 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 48,923 50,285 45,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.61% 89.72% 93.38%
Number of salaries quoted 28,723 25,244 34,703
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -2.78%

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 2025. 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 -51 365 £70,000 +3.70% 367
UK excluding London -46 258 £61,500 -5.38% 259
Work from Home +68 164 £72,500 +3.57% 254
London -34 118 £80,000 -5.88% 160
North of England -8 89 £65,000 +18.18% 52
South East -20 56 £61,250 -9.26% 93
North West -9 47 £63,750 +18.06% 29
South West -17 43 £55,000 +5.36% 33
Yorkshire +18 40 £67,500 -22.86% 16
Midlands +3 32 £61,500 -23.13% 33
East Midlands +1 18 £43,750 -37.50% 19
East of England +3 17 £57,500 -17.27% 54
West Midlands +7 14 £63,250 -20.94% 14
Wales +5 14 £36,000 -62.11% 2
Scotland -18 7 £74,500 +10.37% 6
North East +2 2 £65,000 +1.96% 8
Northern Ireland -8 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 7 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.74%) Apache
3 3 (0.74%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.25%) CICS
4 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.25%) TPMS
4 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (8.85%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.49%) Trello
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.25%) InVision
4 1 (0.25%) Simulink
4 1 (0.25%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (0.98%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.74%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.49%) Shopify
3 2 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (11.79%) AWS
2 46 (11.30%) Azure
3 37 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (9.09%) SaaS
4 18 (4.42%) GCP
5 13 (3.19%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.46%) GitHub
7 7 (1.72%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.23%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.23%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.23%) Slack
9 4 (0.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.98%) dbt
9 4 (0.98%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.74%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.74%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.74%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.47%) Firewall
2 4 (0.98%) BGP
2 4 (0.98%) LAN
2 4 (0.98%) MPLS
2 4 (0.98%) WAN
2 4 (0.98%) Wireless
3 3 (0.74%) Network Security
3 3 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (0.49%) Broadband
4 2 (0.49%) DHCP
4 2 (0.49%) DNS
4 2 (0.49%) Internet
4 2 (0.49%) SAN
4 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.21%) Power BI
2 7 (1.72%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.74%) Apache Iceberg
5 3 (0.74%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.74%) Data Vault
5 3 (0.74%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.49%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (0.49%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.49%) Tableau
7 1 (0.25%) DB2
7 1 (0.25%) Looker
7 1 (0.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (1.47%) JIRA
1 6 (1.47%) Selenium
2 4 (0.98%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.74%) GitLab
4 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.25%) Git
4 1 (0.25%) Postman
4 1 (0.25%) SoapUI
General
1 141 (34.64%) Social Skills
2 119 (29.24%) Finance
3 50 (12.29%) Legal
4 45 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (10.81%) Retail
6 33 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (6.63%) Law
8 24 (5.90%) Back Office
9 19 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (4.42%) Marketing
11 17 (4.18%) Manufacturing
12 15 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.95%) Public Sector
13 12 (2.95%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.70%) Banking
15 10 (2.46%) Financial Institution
16 9 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.72%) Local Government
18 6 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (20.15%) Lead
2 52 (12.78%) Senior
3 34 (8.35%) Engineering Manager
4 28 (6.88%) Analyst
4 28 (6.88%) Team Leader
5 27 (6.63%) IT Manager
6 24 (5.90%) Desktop Engineer
6 24 (5.90%) Desktop Support
6 24 (5.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 24 (5.90%) Senior Manager
6 24 (5.90%) Site Engineer
6 24 (5.90%) Support Engineer
7 21 (5.16%) Business Analyst
8 20 (4.91%) Delivery Manager
9 19 (4.67%) Development Manager
10 16 (3.93%) Project Manager
10 16 (3.93%) Service Manager
11 14 (3.44%) Infrastructure Manager
11 14 (3.44%) Lead Business Analyst
11 14 (3.44%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.18%) .NET
2 16 (3.93%) React
3 9 (2.21%) Spring Boot
4 8 (1.97%) Node.js
4 8 (1.97%) Spring
5 5 (1.23%) Micronaut
6 4 (0.98%) Software Packaging
7 3 (0.74%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.74%) CSS
7 3 (0.74%) EDI
7 3 (0.74%) Entity Framework
7 3 (0.74%) HTML
7 3 (0.74%) Pandas
7 3 (0.74%) REST
8 2 (0.49%) Hibernate
8 2 (0.49%) JSON
8 2 (0.49%) Kafka
8 2 (0.49%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (0.49%) RxJava
8 2 (0.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.90%) Management Information System
1 24 (5.90%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.44%) Algorithms
3 14 (3.44%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (1.97%) NHS
5 8 (1.97%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.23%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.23%) Low-Code
7 4 (0.98%) Data Centre
7 4 (0.98%) Derivative
7 4 (0.98%) Public Cloud
7 4 (0.98%) Social Media
8 3 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.74%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 2 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.85%) Windows
2 26 (6.39%) Windows 10
3 10 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.72%) Linux
5 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.49%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (23.83%) Agile
2 96 (23.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 78 (19.16%) Coaching
4 73 (17.94%) Mentoring
5 66 (16.22%) Project Delivery
6 62 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
6 62 (15.23%) Project Management
7 60 (14.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 57 (14.00%) Customer Service
9 56 (13.76%) Service Delivery
10 54 (13.27%) Roadmaps
11 49 (12.04%) Cybersecurity
12 46 (11.30%) Decision-Making
13 45 (11.06%) Analytics
14 43 (10.57%) Risk Management
15 42 (10.32%) Line Management
16 41 (10.07%) ITIL
17 38 (9.34%) Patch Management
18 36 (8.85%) Change Management
19 34 (8.35%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (9.09%) Python
2 26 (6.39%) SQL
3 23 (5.65%) C#
4 18 (4.42%) Java
5 13 (3.19%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.21%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.47%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.98%) MATLAB
8 4 (0.98%) R
9 3 (0.74%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.25%) Ada
10 1 (0.25%) Bash
10 1 (0.25%) C
10 1 (0.25%) C++
10 1 (0.25%) PHP
10 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (13.51%) Degree
2 50 (12.29%) Security Cleared
3 49 (12.04%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.90%) CTC Cleared
5 14 (3.44%) CISM
5 14 (3.44%) CISSP
6 13 (3.19%) CIPD
7 12 (2.95%) CRISC
8 10 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.97%) ACCA
9 8 (1.97%) CIMA
9 8 (1.97%) CISA
9 8 (1.97%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.98%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.98%) Postgraduate
11 3 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.74%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.34%) SLA
2 26 (6.39%) QA
3 16 (3.93%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (3.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (2.70%) PMO
7 10 (2.46%) GDPR
8 6 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (0.98%) GAAP
9 4 (0.98%) GRC
9 4 (0.98%) IFRS
10 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.25%) FINRA
11 1 (0.25%) NIST
11 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (3.44%) Docker
2 10 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.23%) Firmware
3 5 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.25%) RACF
5 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (3.44%) Terraform
2 12 (2.95%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.46%) Grafana
4 8 (1.97%) Ansible
4 8 (1.97%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.25%) QRadar
6 1 (0.25%) SCCM
6 1 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 53 (13.02%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.60%) Cisco
3 13 (3.19%) SAP
3 13 (3.19%) ServiceNow
4 10 (2.46%) Google
4 10 (2.46%) VMware
5 6 (1.47%) Alteryx
5 6 (1.47%) Splunk
6 5 (1.23%) Databricks
6 5 (1.23%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.98%) F5
7 4 (0.98%) Fortinet
7 4 (0.98%) Oracle
7 4 (0.98%) Siemens
7 4 (0.98%) SolarWinds
7 4 (0.98%) UiPath
8 3 (0.74%) Adobe
8 3 (0.74%) Juniper
8 3 (0.74%) Workday
9 2 (0.49%) Criteo