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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 296 291
Rank change year-on-year -76 -5 -59
Permanent jobs citing People Management 372 427 882
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 1.04% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 1.12% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 229 274 550
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,042 £39,439
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £69,018 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.87% +6.18% -7.14%
75th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £109,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £66,367 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.83% +15.42% -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 61,258 38,052 77,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.49% 93.03% 86.40%
Number of salaries quoted 37,754 22,305 57,991
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,410
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 3 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 3 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 -76 332 £72,000 +4.32% 131
UK excluding London -95 233 £62,500 -5.83% 106
Work from Home +30 168 £77,500 +12.29% 65
London -12 108 £90,000 +12.50% 43
North of England -68 60 £80,000 +15.42% 24
South East -84 53 £63,000 -3.08% 31
Midlands -57 40 £60,750 -14.74% 23
South West -21 38 £60,000 -9.59% 9
North West -30 37 £80,000 +23.08% 14
East Midlands -22 29 £42,500 -38.18% 7
East of England -25 23 £60,100 -3.06% 13
Yorkshire -60 20 £80,000 +6.67% 7
Scotland -36 11 £63,500 -5.93% 3
West Midlands -60 11 £75,750 -0.66% 16
Wales - 10 £47,500 - 5
North East - 3 £66,250 - 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 9 (2.42%) 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 37 (9.95%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (3.23%) 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 5 (1.34%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.81%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.54%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.54%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (0.54%) Visualfiles
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 39 (10.48%) Azure
1 39 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (9.68%) AWS
3 31 (8.33%) SaaS
4 27 (7.26%) Figma
5 23 (6.18%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.76%) GCP
7 9 (2.42%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.15%) GitHub
8 8 (2.15%) Slack
9 7 (1.88%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.88%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.08%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.08%) Google Tag Manager
11 4 (1.08%) Vertex AI
12 3 (0.81%) Anthropic Claude
12 3 (0.81%) Azure AI
12 3 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.81%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.99%) Broadband
2 6 (1.61%) 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%) WAN
3 3 (0.81%) Wireless
4 2 (0.54%) DHCP
4 2 (0.54%) Network Security
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 (5.65%) Power BI
2 8 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.61%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.34%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.34%) Semantic Layer
4 5 (1.34%) 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 10 (2.69%) JIRA
2 4 (1.08%) GitLab
3 3 (0.81%) Claude Code
3 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.81%) Selenium
4 2 (0.54%) Git
5 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
General
1 132 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 101 (27.15%) Finance
3 38 (10.22%) Presentation Skills
4 35 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.87%) Back Office
6 27 (7.26%) Legal
7 21 (5.65%) Law
8 20 (5.38%) Marketing
9 19 (5.11%) Banking
10 18 (4.84%) Public Sector
11 17 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (4.03%) Retail
13 12 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.69%) Manufacturing
15 9 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.88%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.88%) Telecoms
17 6 (1.61%) Advertising
18 5 (1.34%) Aerospace
18 5 (1.34%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 80 (21.51%) Lead
2 62 (16.67%) Senior
3 30 (8.06%) IT Manager
4 24 (6.45%) Desktop Engineer
4 24 (6.45%) Desktop Support
4 24 (6.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 24 (6.45%) Site Engineer
4 24 (6.45%) Support Engineer
5 20 (5.38%) Support Manager
6 19 (5.11%) Engineering Manager
6 19 (5.11%) Senior Manager
6 19 (5.11%) Team Leader
7 16 (4.30%) Infrastructure Manager
8 15 (4.03%) Developer
9 14 (3.76%) Data Manager
10 12 (3.23%) Development Manager
10 12 (3.23%) Head of Operations
11 11 (2.96%) IT Infrastructure Manager
12 10 (2.69%) Data Engineer
12 10 (2.69%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.03%) .NET
2 8 (2.15%) Node.js
2 8 (2.15%) React
3 5 (1.34%) .NET Core
3 5 (1.34%) Spring
3 5 (1.34%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.08%) CSS
4 4 (1.08%) HTML
4 4 (1.08%) Kafka
5 3 (0.81%) LangChain
5 3 (0.81%) Micronaut
5 3 (0.81%) Semantic Kernel
6 2 (0.54%) EDI
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%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.45%) Management Information System
1 24 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.91%) Mobile App
3 20 (5.38%) Cloud Native
4 17 (4.57%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.88%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.34%) Mobile Computing
10 4 (1.08%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.08%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.08%) Cyberattack
10 4 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.08%) Social Media
11 3 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 3 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.41%) Windows
2 24 (6.45%) Windows 10
3 9 (2.42%) Linux
4 7 (1.88%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (28.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 84 (22.58%) Mentoring
3 76 (20.43%) Coaching
4 74 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (16.67%) Agile
6 61 (16.40%) Line Management
7 59 (15.86%) Customer Experience
7 59 (15.86%) Stakeholder Management
8 57 (15.32%) Cybersecurity
9 55 (14.78%) Software Engineering
10 51 (13.71%) Analytics
11 49 (13.17%) Customer Service
12 43 (11.56%) ITIL
12 43 (11.56%) Project Delivery
13 42 (11.29%) AI
14 37 (9.95%) Collaborative Culture
14 37 (9.95%) Technical Leadership
15 36 (9.68%) DevOps
16 35 (9.41%) Service Delivery
17 33 (8.87%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.41%) Python
2 24 (6.45%) SQL
3 17 (4.57%) Java
4 14 (3.76%) C#
5 12 (3.23%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.61%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.61%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.81%) ABAP
8 2 (0.54%) Bash
9 1 (0.27%) Ada
9 1 (0.27%) Go
9 1 (0.27%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.27%) Perl
9 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 49 (13.17%) Degree
2 40 (10.75%) Security Cleared
3 37 (9.95%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.45%) CTC Cleared
5 11 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.96%) DBS Check
6 10 (2.69%) CIPD
6 10 (2.69%) CISM
6 10 (2.69%) CISSP
7 8 (2.15%) CISA
8 6 (1.61%) ACCA
8 6 (1.61%) CIMA
9 5 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.34%) CRISC
10 4 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.08%) OSCP
10 4 (1.08%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.81%) PMP
12 2 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.60%) SLA
2 23 (6.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (5.65%) QA
4 16 (4.30%) GDPR
5 12 (3.23%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.15%) ISO 9001
6 8 (2.15%) NIST
6 8 (2.15%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.88%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.08%) Automotive SPICE
9 4 (1.08%) GAAP
9 4 (1.08%) GRC
9 4 (1.08%) IFRS
9 4 (1.08%) ISO 26262
10 3 (0.81%) COBIT
10 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.81%) PMO
11 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.54%) ITGC
System Software
1 5 (1.34%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.34%) Docker
1 5 (1.34%) Firmware
2 2 (0.54%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.42%) Terraform
3 7 (1.88%) Ansible
4 6 (1.61%) Grafana
4 6 (1.61%) 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 44 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.33%) Cisco
3 25 (6.72%) Adobe
4 19 (5.11%) Google
5 14 (3.76%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.23%) Oracle
7 10 (2.69%) SAP
7 10 (2.69%) VMware
8 8 (2.15%) Informatica
8 8 (2.15%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.88%) UiPath
10 5 (1.34%) Foundry
11 4 (1.08%) Splunk
12 3 (0.81%) Databricks
12 3 (0.81%) F5
12 3 (0.81%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.81%) Hotjar
12 3 (0.81%) Siemens
12 3 (0.81%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.81%) Xero