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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 288 296
Rank change year-on-year -103 +8 -124
Permanent jobs citing People Management 480 486 770
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.97% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.09% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 330 281 405
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £33,300
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £45,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +13.82% -12.14%
75th Percentile £83,213 £91,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,875 £117,500 £104,000
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 79,759 44,399 67,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.84% 80.67%
Number of salaries quoted 55,200 25,247 42,330
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £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 26 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 26 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 -104 418 £60,050 -14.21% 233
UK excluding London -69 342 £55,000 -15.38% 181
Work from Home -9 158 £72,500 -3.33% 90
London -99 116 £90,000 +5.88% 100
North of England -51 89 £62,500 -7.41% 37
South East -41 85 £67,500 -4.26% 43
Midlands -22 67 £45,000 -37.93% 24
North West -17 48 £55,000 -22.81% 21
West Midlands -34 34 £44,241 -38.98% 16
South West -57 34 £55,000 - 40
East Midlands -2 33 £45,000 -37.93% 8
North East - 32 £62,500 - 8
East of England -24 25 £60,100 +9.27% 18
Scotland +18 24 £53,481 -22.21% 11
Wales -57 14 £45,000 +25.00% 10
Yorkshire -61 9 £65,000 -3.70% 8
Northern Ireland - 4 £63,750 - 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 22 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (0.83%) CMS
2 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.63%) SAS
4 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (6.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.04%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.63%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.04%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.42%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.42%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.42%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.21%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.21%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 69 (14.38%) Azure
2 47 (9.79%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (8.96%) SaaS
4 31 (6.46%) AWS
5 22 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (4.17%) Power Platform
7 15 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
8 14 (2.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 12 (2.50%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (2.50%) Azure Service Bus
10 11 (2.29%) IaaS
11 9 (1.88%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.67%) GCP
13 7 (1.46%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (1.04%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 5 (1.04%) Google Workspace
16 4 (0.83%) Anthropic Claude
16 4 (0.83%) Azure AI
16 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.67%) DNS
1 8 (1.67%) Firewall
1 8 (1.67%) Network Security
2 7 (1.46%) VLAN
3 6 (1.25%) VoIP
3 6 (1.25%) VPN
4 4 (0.83%) HTTP
4 4 (0.83%) PBX
4 4 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.63%) Broadband
5 3 (0.63%) DHCP
5 3 (0.63%) DKIM
5 3 (0.63%) DMARC
5 3 (0.63%) SSH
5 3 (0.63%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.63%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.42%) Intranet
7 1 (0.21%) FTP
7 1 (0.21%) SSL
7 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.96%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.33%) Power BI
3 13 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (2.08%) Tableau
5 4 (0.83%) Metadata
5 4 (0.83%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.83%) Redis
5 4 (0.83%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.63%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.42%) Big Data
7 2 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.42%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.42%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 26 (5.42%) Git
2 20 (4.17%) JIRA
3 6 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.83%) Postman
5 3 (0.63%) Claude Code
5 3 (0.63%) Maven
6 2 (0.42%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.42%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.42%) RSpec
7 1 (0.21%) Gatling
7 1 (0.21%) GitLab
7 1 (0.21%) JMeter
7 1 (0.21%) Mocha
7 1 (0.21%) Newman
7 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 180 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 136 (28.33%) Finance
3 57 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 41 (8.54%) Legal
6 37 (7.71%) Retail
7 31 (6.46%) Law
8 28 (5.83%) Aerospace
9 25 (5.21%) Marketing
10 21 (4.38%) Public Sector
11 16 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.92%) Banking
12 14 (2.92%) Manufacturing
13 12 (2.50%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.67%) Billing
15 8 (1.67%) Electronics
16 5 (1.04%) Back Office
16 5 (1.04%) Cantonese Language
16 5 (1.04%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 101 (21.04%) Lead
2 74 (15.42%) Senior
3 39 (8.13%) Team Leader
4 32 (6.67%) Engineering Manager
5 31 (6.46%) Developer
6 30 (6.25%) Data Manager
7 26 (5.42%) Lead Developer
8 25 (5.21%) Data Centre Manager
8 25 (5.21%) Senior Manager
9 24 (5.00%) IT Manager
9 24 (5.00%) Software Engineer
10 22 (4.58%) Service Manager
11 21 (4.38%) Principal Engineer
12 20 (4.17%) Development Manager
12 20 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
13 17 (3.54%) Operations Manager
14 15 (3.13%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 14 (2.92%) Architect
15 14 (2.92%) Delivery Manager
16 13 (2.71%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.00%) .NET
2 21 (4.38%) REST
3 14 (2.92%) ASP.NET
3 14 (2.92%) Blazor
4 13 (2.71%) .NET Core
4 13 (2.71%) Terraform
5 12 (2.50%) gRPC
6 10 (2.08%) React
7 7 (1.46%) HTML
8 5 (1.04%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.04%) EDI
8 5 (1.04%) Node.js
8 5 (1.04%) Spring
9 4 (0.83%) XML
10 3 (0.63%) CSS
10 3 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (0.63%) Kafka
10 3 (0.63%) LangChain
10 3 (0.63%) Ruby on Rails
10 3 (0.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.75%) Onboarding
2 38 (7.92%) Management Information System
3 35 (7.29%) Driving Licence
4 25 (5.21%) Data Centre
5 16 (3.33%) Cloud Native
6 14 (2.92%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.08%) NHS
9 9 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.25%) IoT
11 6 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.04%) Biopharmaceutical
12 5 (1.04%) Life Science
12 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Licensing
13 4 (0.83%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.83%) CCTV
13 4 (0.83%) Culture of Ownership
13 4 (0.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.58%) Windows
2 9 (1.88%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.67%) Linux
4 3 (0.63%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.63%) Unix
5 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (27.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 109 (22.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 105 (21.88%) Mentoring
4 102 (21.25%) Coaching
5 101 (21.04%) Problem-Solving
6 95 (19.79%) Technical Leadership
7 86 (17.92%) Agile
8 85 (17.71%) Software Engineering
9 80 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 75 (15.63%) Line Management
11 74 (15.42%) Service Delivery
12 72 (15.00%) AI
13 60 (12.50%) DevOps
14 54 (11.25%) Roadmaps
15 52 (10.83%) Project Delivery
16 49 (10.21%) Project Management
17 48 (10.00%) Performance Management
18 47 (9.79%) Commercial Awareness
19 45 (9.38%) CI/CD
19 45 (9.38%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 45 (9.38%) SQL
2 26 (5.42%) C#
3 24 (5.00%) Java
4 23 (4.79%) Python
5 14 (2.92%) TypeScript
6 12 (2.50%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.83%) C++
8 3 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.63%) Ruby
9 2 (0.42%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.42%) Bicep
9 2 (0.42%) Go
9 2 (0.42%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.42%) SOQL
9 2 (0.42%) VBA
10 1 (0.21%) Bash
10 1 (0.21%) Swift
Qualifications
1 85 (17.71%) Degree
2 31 (6.46%) BPSS Clearance
3 29 (6.04%) Security Cleared
4 20 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 17 (3.54%) ACCA
5 17 (3.54%) Chartered Engineer
6 16 (3.33%) CIMA
7 13 (2.71%) DBS Check
8 12 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (2.29%) CIPD
9 11 (2.29%) HNC
9 11 (2.29%) HND
9 11 (2.29%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.88%) MBA
11 7 (1.46%) CISM
11 7 (1.46%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.46%) ICAEW
11 7 (1.46%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.46%) PMP
12 5 (1.04%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (7.50%) QA
3 28 (5.83%) SLA
4 24 (5.00%) ISO 9001
5 20 (4.17%) GDPR
6 17 (3.54%) ISO 14000
7 9 (1.88%) NIST
8 8 (1.67%) GRC
8 8 (1.67%) ISO 14001
9 6 (1.25%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.25%) PMO
10 5 (1.04%) Automotive SPICE
10 5 (1.04%) COBIT
10 5 (1.04%) ISO 26262
10 5 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.83%) IFRS
11 4 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.63%) TickIT
13 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (3.54%) Docker
2 13 (2.71%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.08%) Firmware
4 7 (1.46%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (1.04%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (2.71%) Ansible
2 11 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.08%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.04%) Grafana
5 4 (0.83%) Argo
5 4 (0.83%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.63%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.63%) cPanel
6 3 (0.63%) Plesk
7 2 (0.42%) Bugsnag
7 2 (0.42%) Packer
7 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.42%) Puppet
7 2 (0.42%) Salt
7 2 (0.42%) SCCM
7 2 (0.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 92 (19.17%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.33%) Google
3 14 (2.92%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.29%) Sage
5 10 (2.08%) Adobe
5 10 (2.08%) VMware
6 8 (1.67%) Cisco
7 5 (1.04%) Juniper
7 5 (1.04%) Oracle
7 5 (1.04%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.83%) Anaplan
8 4 (0.83%) Foundry
8 4 (0.83%) Meraki
8 4 (0.83%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.83%) Veeam
9 3 (0.63%) Acronis
9 3 (0.63%) Infor
9 3 (0.63%) NETGEAR
9 3 (0.63%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.63%) WatchGuard