People Management Jobs

People Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring People Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited People Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 318 212
Rank change year-on-year +18 -106 +89
Permanent jobs citing People Management 556 917 1,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.00% 0.89% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.06% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 364 604 664
10th Percentile £48,869 £34,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,315 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.53% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,315 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.55% -4.17% -

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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing People Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for People Management in the UK

People Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing People Management.

Salary trend for People Management in the UK

People Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing People Management over the 6 months to 30 May 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 30 May 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 -9 526 £69,315 +14.38% 1,296
UK excluding London +82 433 £69,315 +20.55% 1,288
North of England +25 195 £69,315 +20.55% 285
North West +26 174 £69,315 +6.64% 143
Work from Home -5 136 £72,500 +14.85% 777
South East +89 122 £65,000 +13.04% 386
London -37 121 £82,500 +17.86% 178
Midlands +71 69 £71,250 +18.75% 230
West Midlands +74 59 £72,500 +11.54% 115
Yorkshire -1 21 £75,000 +30.43% 105
South West +62 15 £66,367 +15.42% 139
East of England +24 14 £62,000 +12.73% 192
East Midlands +16 10 £68,750 +44.74% 98
Scotland +100 8 £60,000 +4.35% 54
Northern Ireland +44 4 - - 17
Wales +42 4 £65,000 +62.50% 31
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 - 2

People Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.98%) IIS
2 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.72%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.54%) Confluence
5 2 (0.36%) SAS
5 2 (0.36%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.18%) CICS
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.26%) Simulink
3 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.18%) InDesign
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (0.72%) ResourceLink
2 3 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.18%) Primavera
4 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 52 (9.35%) Azure
2 50 (8.99%) AWS
3 31 (5.58%) SaaS
4 24 (4.32%) Power Platform
5 22 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (1.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 7 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (1.26%) Amazon S3
6 7 (1.26%) Google Analytics
6 7 (1.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 6 (1.08%) PaaS
8 5 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.72%) Adobe Analytics
9 4 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (0.72%) Collibra
9 4 (0.72%) GCP
10 3 (0.54%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.54%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.54%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.88%) Structured Cabling
2 11 (1.98%) Firewall
3 10 (1.80%) VPN
4 9 (1.62%) FTP
4 9 (1.62%) HTTP
4 9 (1.62%) LAN
4 9 (1.62%) SMTP
4 9 (1.62%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.62%) WAN
5 8 (1.44%) Internet
5 8 (1.44%) Network Security
6 4 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.18%) Broadband
7 1 (0.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.60%) Power BI
2 16 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.88%) Tableau
3 15 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.98%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.72%) Ataccama
6 4 (0.72%) Metadata
6 4 (0.72%) Metadata Repository
7 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.18%) DB2
9 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.18%) Looker
9 1 (0.18%) Power Query
9 1 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (1.80%) JIRA
2 4 (0.72%) ER Studio
2 4 (0.72%) Git
3 2 (0.36%) WaveMaker
3 2 (0.36%) webpack
4 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.18%) FitNesse
4 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.18%) Postman
4 1 (0.18%) Selenium
4 1 (0.18%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 279 (50.18%) Social Skills
2 173 (31.12%) Finance
3 54 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (8.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 49 (8.81%) Retail
6 48 (8.63%) Marketing
7 39 (7.01%) Legal
8 32 (5.76%) Banking
8 32 (5.76%) Law
9 23 (4.14%) Telecoms
10 21 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (3.06%) Front Office
12 17 (3.06%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.98%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.26%) Advertising
15 7 (1.26%) Electronics
16 6 (1.08%) Brand Awareness
16 6 (1.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 121 (21.76%) Commissioning Manager
2 66 (11.87%) Lead
3 59 (10.61%) Senior
4 31 (5.58%) Engineering Manager
5 24 (4.32%) Senior Manager
6 22 (3.96%) Data Manager
6 22 (3.96%) Head of Analytics
6 22 (3.96%) Risk Manager
6 22 (3.96%) Technology Risk Manager
7 20 (3.60%) Development Manager
7 20 (3.60%) Systems Engineer
8 19 (3.42%) Project Manager
8 19 (3.42%) Service Manager
8 19 (3.42%) Software Manager
9 18 (3.24%) Head of AI
9 18 (3.24%) Head of IT
10 17 (3.06%) Support Manager
11 16 (2.88%) Software Engineering Manager
12 15 (2.70%) Desktop Support
12 15 (2.70%) Desktop Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.40%) .NET
2 12 (2.16%) React
3 8 (1.44%) LDAP
3 8 (1.44%) REST
4 7 (1.26%) CSS
5 6 (1.08%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.90%) HTML
6 5 (0.90%) Vue
7 4 (0.72%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.72%) Android Jetpack
7 4 (0.72%) Jetpack Compose
7 4 (0.72%) Spring
7 4 (0.72%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.72%) SwiftUI
7 4 (0.72%) Web Services
8 3 (0.54%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.54%) Laravel
8 3 (0.54%) Serverless Framework
9 2 (0.36%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.36%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.12%) Product Ownership
2 32 (5.76%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.78%) Blockchain
3 21 (3.78%) Robotics
4 18 (3.24%) Client/Server
5 15 (2.70%) Derivative
6 11 (1.98%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.62%) Private Cloud
7 9 (1.62%) Security Operations Centre
7 9 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.44%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.44%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.44%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.26%) Analogue Electronics
9 7 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.08%) Digital Media
10 6 (1.08%) Multi-touch
11 5 (0.90%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.14%) Windows
2 5 (0.90%) Android
2 5 (0.90%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (26.80%) Agile
2 123 (22.12%) Performance Optimisation
3 107 (19.24%) Mentoring
4 105 (18.88%) Analytics
5 100 (17.99%) Coaching
6 74 (13.31%) Stakeholder Management
7 73 (13.13%) Project Delivery
7 73 (13.13%) Project Management
8 69 (12.41%) Risk Management
9 68 (12.23%) Roadmaps
10 65 (11.69%) Line Management
10 65 (11.69%) Performance Management
11 51 (9.17%) Problem-Solving
12 48 (8.63%) Software Engineering
13 47 (8.45%) Artificial Intelligence
13 47 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
14 44 (7.91%) Decision-Making
15 41 (7.37%) Process Improvement
16 40 (7.19%) ITIL
17 38 (6.83%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (5.40%) C#
2 29 (5.22%) Java
3 23 (4.14%) Python
4 20 (3.60%) SQL
5 19 (3.42%) JavaScript
6 17 (3.06%) MATLAB
7 9 (1.62%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.26%) Bash
8 7 (1.26%) C++
9 6 (1.08%) Perl
9 6 (1.08%) R
10 5 (0.90%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.72%) Swift
12 3 (0.54%) PHP
12 3 (0.54%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.18%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.18%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.18%) X++
Qualifications
1 223 (40.11%) Degree
2 145 (26.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 141 (25.36%) Master's Degree
4 121 (21.76%) MBA
5 34 (6.12%) Security Cleared
6 25 (4.50%) DV Cleared
6 25 (4.50%) SC Cleared
7 21 (3.78%) PMP
8 13 (2.34%) PMI Certification
9 12 (2.16%) CISM
9 12 (2.16%) CISSP
10 11 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.98%) CRISC
11 9 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.26%) HND
12 7 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
13 5 (0.90%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.72%) PhD
15 3 (0.54%) AWS Certification
16 2 (0.36%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.58%) SLA
2 26 (4.68%) QA
3 21 (3.78%) ITGC
4 16 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.52%) Data Quality
6 12 (2.16%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.98%) NIST
8 10 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (1.62%) GDPR
10 8 (1.44%) GRC
11 7 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.72%) COBIT
12 4 (0.72%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.54%) PMO
14 2 (0.36%) IEC 62304
14 2 (0.36%) ISO 13485
14 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 28 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.72%) Docker
3 1 (0.18%) Firmware
3 1 (0.18%) RACF
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (1.44%) SCCM
2 7 (1.26%) QRadar
3 6 (1.08%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.08%) Terraform
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Autotask
5 1 (0.18%) Control-M
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (14.93%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.88%) Google
3 12 (2.16%) Oracle
4 10 (1.80%) Adobe
4 10 (1.80%) ServiceNow
4 10 (1.80%) Splunk
5 9 (1.62%) Cisco
6 7 (1.26%) Databricks
6 7 (1.26%) Mentor Graphics
6 7 (1.26%) TikTok
7 6 (1.08%) Apple
7 6 (1.08%) SAP
7 6 (1.08%) Yahoo!
8 4 (0.72%) Cognos
8 4 (0.72%) HP
9 3 (0.54%) Duck Creek
9 3 (0.54%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.36%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.36%) Sage
11 1 (0.18%) CheckPoint