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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 296 294
Rank change year-on-year -99 -2 -125
Permanent jobs citing People Management 462 481 767
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.96% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.08% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 323 275 416
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £33,659
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +13.82% -12.14%
75th Percentile £82,875 £91,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £119,000 £101,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -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 78,774 44,506 67,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.34% 89.17% 80.88%
Number of salaries quoted 54,302 25,213 43,010
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -105 403 £60,100 -16.53% 551
UK excluding London -64 330 £55,000 -15.38% 359
Work from Home -21 153 £72,500 -4.61% 238
London -90 108 £88,750 +2.90% 287
North of England -40 89 £62,500 -7.41% 80
South East -49 76 £64,250 -17.10% 105
Midlands -23 70 £45,000 -37.93% 45
North West -22 48 £55,000 -21.43% 50
East Midlands +1 35 £45,000 -37.93% 22
West Midlands -32 35 £51,250 -29.31% 23
North East - 32 £62,500 - 13
South West -51 31 £55,000 - 39
East of England -24 25 £60,100 -3.06% 29
Scotland +9 23 £55,000 -20.00% 40
Wales -58 12 £46,250 +28.47% 20
Yorkshire -48 9 £65,000 -3.70% 21
Northern Ireland - 4 £63,750 - 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 22 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (0.87%) CMS
2 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.65%) SAS
4 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.87%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.65%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.52%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.08%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.22%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.22%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.22%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 68 (14.72%) Azure
2 45 (9.74%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (9.31%) SaaS
4 32 (6.93%) AWS
5 20 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (4.33%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
7 12 (2.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 11 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
8 11 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
8 11 (2.38%) IaaS
9 9 (1.95%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.73%) GCP
11 7 (1.52%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.08%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 5 (1.08%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.87%) Azure AI
13 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (0.65%) Anthropic Claude
14 3 (0.65%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.73%) Network Security
2 7 (1.52%) DNS
2 7 (1.52%) Firewall
3 6 (1.30%) VLAN
3 6 (1.30%) VoIP
4 5 (1.08%) VPN
5 4 (0.87%) HTTP
5 4 (0.87%) PBX
5 4 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.65%) Broadband
6 3 (0.65%) DKIM
6 3 (0.65%) DMARC
6 3 (0.65%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.65%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.43%) DHCP
7 2 (0.43%) Intranet
7 2 (0.43%) SSH
8 1 (0.22%) FTP
8 1 (0.22%) Wireless
8 1 (0.22%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.68%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.46%) Power BI
3 12 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (2.16%) Tableau
5 4 (0.87%) Metadata
5 4 (0.87%) Redis
6 3 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.65%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.65%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.65%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.43%) Big Data
7 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.43%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.43%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 23 (4.98%) Git
2 19 (4.11%) JIRA
3 4 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.65%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.65%) Postman
5 2 (0.43%) IntelliJ
5 2 (0.43%) Maven
5 2 (0.43%) RSpec
6 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.22%) Mocha
General
1 176 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 126 (27.27%) Finance
3 54 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (9.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (7.79%) Retail
6 34 (7.36%) Legal
7 29 (6.28%) Law
8 26 (5.63%) Marketing
9 25 (5.41%) Aerospace
10 21 (4.55%) Public Sector
11 15 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.81%) Banking
12 13 (2.81%) Manufacturing
13 11 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.38%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.73%) Billing
14 8 (1.73%) Electronics
15 6 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.08%) Cantonese Language
16 5 (1.08%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 101 (21.86%) Lead
2 69 (14.94%) Senior
3 39 (8.44%) Team Leader
4 32 (6.93%) Developer
5 30 (6.49%) Engineering Manager
6 29 (6.28%) Data Manager
7 26 (5.63%) Lead Developer
8 25 (5.41%) Senior Manager
9 24 (5.19%) Data Centre Manager
10 23 (4.98%) IT Manager
11 21 (4.55%) Software Engineer
12 20 (4.33%) Principal Engineer
13 19 (4.11%) Development Manager
13 19 (4.11%) Service Manager
13 19 (4.11%) Systems Engineer
14 16 (3.46%) Operations Manager
15 14 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
15 14 (3.03%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 13 (2.81%) Architect
17 12 (2.60%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.55%) .NET
2 19 (4.11%) REST
3 13 (2.81%) Blazor
4 12 (2.60%) .NET Core
4 12 (2.60%) ASP.NET
5 11 (2.38%) gRPC
6 9 (1.95%) React
7 7 (1.52%) HTML
8 5 (1.08%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.08%) Node.js
8 5 (1.08%) Spring
9 3 (0.65%) CSS
9 3 (0.65%) Kafka
9 3 (0.65%) LangChain
9 3 (0.65%) Ruby on Rails
9 3 (0.65%) Semantic Kernel
9 3 (0.65%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.43%) Apache NiFi
10 2 (0.43%) Next.js
10 2 (0.43%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.01%) Management Information System
1 37 (8.01%) Onboarding
2 36 (7.79%) Driving Licence
3 24 (5.19%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.68%) Cloud Native
5 15 (3.25%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.16%) NHS
8 8 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.08%) Biopharmaceutical
10 5 (1.08%) IoT
10 5 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Licensing
11 4 (0.87%) Blog
11 4 (0.87%) CCTV
11 4 (0.87%) Life Science
11 4 (0.87%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.87%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.76%) Windows
2 9 (1.95%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.73%) Linux
4 3 (0.65%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.65%) Unix
5 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (27.49%) Continuous Improvement
2 106 (22.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 103 (22.29%) Mentoring
4 100 (21.65%) Coaching
5 95 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
6 94 (20.35%) Technical Leadership
7 85 (18.40%) Agile
8 80 (17.32%) Software Engineering
9 78 (16.88%) Decision-Making
10 74 (16.02%) Line Management
11 72 (15.58%) Service Delivery
12 68 (14.72%) AI
13 57 (12.34%) DevOps
14 54 (11.69%) Roadmaps
15 53 (11.47%) Project Delivery
16 48 (10.39%) Project Management
17 46 (9.96%) Commercial Awareness
17 46 (9.96%) Performance Management
18 44 (9.52%) CI/CD
19 42 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 43 (9.31%) SQL
2 23 (4.98%) C#
3 22 (4.76%) Java
4 21 (4.55%) Python
5 14 (3.03%) TypeScript
6 11 (2.38%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.87%) C++
8 3 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.65%) Ruby
9 2 (0.43%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.43%) Bicep
9 2 (0.43%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.43%) SOQL
9 2 (0.43%) VBA
10 1 (0.22%) ABAP
10 1 (0.22%) Bash
10 1 (0.22%) Go
10 1 (0.22%) Swift
Qualifications
1 79 (17.10%) Degree
2 29 (6.28%) BPSS Clearance
2 29 (6.28%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.33%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.25%) ACCA
4 15 (3.25%) Chartered Engineer
5 14 (3.03%) CIMA
5 14 (3.03%) DBS Check
6 10 (2.16%) CIPD
6 10 (2.16%) HNC
6 10 (2.16%) HND
6 10 (2.16%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.73%) CISM
7 8 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (1.73%) MBA
8 7 (1.52%) ICAEW
8 7 (1.52%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.52%) PMP
9 6 (1.30%) CISSP
9 6 (1.30%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (9.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (6.93%) QA
3 26 (5.63%) SLA
4 22 (4.76%) ISO 9001
5 20 (4.33%) GDPR
6 17 (3.68%) ISO 14000
7 12 (2.60%) NIST
8 8 (1.73%) GRC
8 8 (1.73%) ISO 14001
9 6 (1.30%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.30%) COBIT
9 6 (1.30%) PMO
10 5 (1.08%) Automotive SPICE
10 5 (1.08%) ISO 26262
10 5 (1.08%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.65%) IFRS
12 3 (0.65%) TickIT
System Software
1 16 (3.46%) Docker
2 12 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.16%) Firmware
4 7 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (1.08%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (2.81%) Terraform
2 12 (2.60%) Ansible
3 10 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.87%) Argo
4 4 (0.87%) Functional Safety
4 4 (0.87%) Grafana
5 3 (0.65%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.65%) cPanel
5 3 (0.65%) Plesk
6 2 (0.43%) Bugsnag
6 2 (0.43%) Packer
6 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.43%) Puppet
6 2 (0.43%) Salt
6 2 (0.43%) SCCM
6 2 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 84 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.46%) Google
3 12 (2.60%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.16%) VMware
5 9 (1.95%) Adobe
5 9 (1.95%) Sage
6 8 (1.73%) Cisco
7 5 (1.08%) Juniper
7 5 (1.08%) Oracle
7 5 (1.08%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.87%) Foundry
8 4 (0.87%) Meraki
8 4 (0.87%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.87%) Veeam
9 3 (0.65%) Acronis
9 3 (0.65%) Infor
9 3 (0.65%) NETGEAR
9 3 (0.65%) SAP
9 3 (0.65%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.65%) WatchGuard