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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 312 321
Rank change year-on-year -86 +9 -109
Permanent jobs citing People Management 361 407 872
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.93% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 1.00% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 238 238 563
10th Percentile £42,125 £43,887 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £54,732 £48,269
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £93,250 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,900 £104,650 £99,695
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,100 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.96% +17.39% -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 66,794 40,810 82,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 93.32% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 42,940 22,598 59,746
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -77 324 £63,835 -5.43% 175
UK excluding London -84 228 £60,100 -10.96% 135
Work from Home +39 152 £70,000 - 79
London -11 110 £74,000 -7.50% 63
North of England -40 52 £80,000 +15.42% 35
South East -70 49 £49,500 -23.85% 42
Midlands -52 42 £57,500 -16.36% 23
South West -25 35 £59,000 -11.10% 12
North West -13 31 £91,250 +31.65% 23
East of England -3 29 £60,100 -3.06% 17
East Midlands -16 22 £42,500 -37.04% 8
West Midlands -61 20 £70,000 -3.45% 15
Yorkshire -61 12 £80,000 -8.57% 8
Wales - 12 £47,500 - 2
Scotland -7 9 £60,000 -17.24% 3
North East - 9 £62,500 - 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 7 (1.94%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.11%) CMS
2 4 (1.11%) Drupal
3 3 (0.83%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.28%) Confluence
5 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 27 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.83%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.83%) InVision
4 3 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.83%) Sketch
5 2 (0.55%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.55%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.55%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.28%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.28%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.28%) Maximo
4 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.28%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 45 (12.47%) Azure
2 30 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (8.03%) AWS
4 28 (7.76%) SaaS
5 27 (7.48%) Power Platform
6 26 (7.20%) Figma
7 8 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.22%) Power Automate
7 8 (2.22%) PowerApps
7 8 (2.22%) Slack
8 7 (1.94%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.66%) GitHub
10 5 (1.39%) Anthropic Claude
10 5 (1.39%) GCP
11 4 (1.11%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.11%) Google Sheets
11 4 (1.11%) Google Tag Manager
12 3 (0.83%) Azure Machine Learning
12 3 (0.83%) Contentsquare
12 3 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.65%) Broadband
2 5 (1.39%) Network Security
3 3 (0.83%) DNS
3 3 (0.83%) Firewall
4 2 (0.55%) Internet
4 2 (0.55%) SAN
5 1 (0.28%) DHCP
5 1 (0.28%) Intranet
5 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.65%) Power BI
2 7 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.66%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.39%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.39%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.39%) Semantic Layer
5 4 (1.11%) Tableau
6 3 (0.83%) Looker
6 3 (0.83%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.55%) Metadata
7 2 (0.55%) Redis
7 2 (0.55%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.28%) Flink
8 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.05%) JIRA
2 5 (1.39%) Claude Code
2 5 (1.39%) Git
3 4 (1.11%) GitLab
4 3 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 109 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 90 (24.93%) Finance
3 36 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.03%) Presentation Skills
5 25 (6.93%) Back Office
6 23 (6.37%) Law
7 19 (5.26%) Legal
7 19 (5.26%) Retail
8 18 (4.99%) Banking
8 18 (4.99%) Public Sector
9 16 (4.43%) Marketing
10 13 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (3.05%) Aerospace
13 10 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.94%) Advertising
14 7 (1.94%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.39%) Social Housing
16 4 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 82 (22.71%) Lead
2 55 (15.24%) Senior
3 32 (8.86%) Team Leader
4 24 (6.65%) IT Manager
5 23 (6.37%) Data Manager
6 19 (5.26%) Support Manager
7 18 (4.99%) Developer
8 17 (4.71%) Senior Manager
9 16 (4.43%) Desktop Engineer
9 16 (4.43%) Desktop Support
9 16 (4.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 16 (4.43%) Site Engineer
9 16 (4.43%) Support Engineer
10 12 (3.32%) Engineering Manager
11 11 (3.05%) Infrastructure Manager
11 11 (3.05%) Lead Developer
12 10 (2.77%) Data Centre Manager
12 10 (2.77%) Designer
12 10 (2.77%) Head of Operations
12 10 (2.77%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.60%) .NET
2 5 (1.39%) .NET Core
3 4 (1.11%) CSS
3 4 (1.11%) HTML
3 4 (1.11%) Node.js
4 3 (0.83%) Kafka
4 3 (0.83%) LangChain
4 3 (0.83%) Semantic Kernel
5 2 (0.55%) EDI
5 2 (0.55%) J2EE
5 2 (0.55%) NestJS
5 2 (0.55%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.55%) Spring
5 2 (0.55%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.28%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.28%) ADO
6 1 (0.28%) JSON
6 1 (0.28%) React
6 1 (0.28%) XML
6 1 (0.28%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.82%) Cloud Native
1 21 (5.82%) Management Information System
1 21 (5.82%) Mobile App
2 19 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 19 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 12 (3.32%) Driving Licence
4 11 (3.05%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.49%) Legacy Applications
5 9 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.94%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.39%) Mobile Computing
8 4 (1.11%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.11%) NHS
9 3 (0.83%) Culture of Ownership
9 3 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.83%) Cyberattack
9 3 (0.83%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.37%) Windows
2 16 (4.43%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.11%) Linux
4 3 (0.83%) Unix
5 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (28.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 84 (23.27%) Mentoring
3 76 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (18.84%) Coaching
5 67 (18.56%) Line Management
6 61 (16.90%) Agile
7 59 (16.34%) Software Engineering
8 54 (14.96%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (14.68%) Technical Leadership
10 52 (14.40%) Customer Experience
11 45 (12.47%) AI
12 44 (12.19%) Analytics
12 44 (12.19%) Cybersecurity
13 42 (11.63%) DevOps
14 41 (11.36%) Project Delivery
15 37 (10.25%) Collaborative Culture
16 36 (9.97%) Project Management
16 36 (9.97%) Service Delivery
17 34 (9.42%) CI/CD
17 34 (9.42%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 31 (8.59%) Python
1 31 (8.59%) SQL
2 14 (3.88%) Java
3 12 (3.32%) C#
4 7 (1.94%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.11%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.83%) ABAP
6 3 (0.83%) Bash
6 3 (0.83%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.28%) Go
7 1 (0.28%) Perl
7 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 60 (16.62%) Degree
2 36 (9.97%) Security Cleared
3 32 (8.86%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.43%) CTC Cleared
5 13 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.05%) DBS Check
7 9 (2.49%) CIPD
8 7 (1.94%) CISM
8 7 (1.94%) CISSP
9 6 (1.66%) CISA
9 6 (1.66%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.39%) PMP
11 4 (1.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.11%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.11%) HNC
11 4 (1.11%) HND
11 4 (1.11%) OSCP
12 3 (0.83%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (6.65%) SLA
3 13 (3.60%) GDPR
3 13 (3.60%) QA
4 10 (2.77%) ISO 9001
5 9 (2.49%) NIST
6 8 (2.22%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.22%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.66%) ISO 14000
8 5 (1.39%) Automotive SPICE
8 5 (1.39%) ISO 26262
9 4 (1.11%) COBIT
9 4 (1.11%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.11%) PMO
10 3 (0.83%) ITGC
10 3 (0.83%) TickIT
11 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.55%) GRC
11 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (0.83%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (3.05%) Kubernetes
1 11 (3.05%) Terraform
2 4 (1.11%) Ansible
3 3 (0.83%) Check_MK
3 3 (0.83%) Grafana
3 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.83%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.83%) Puppet
4 2 (0.55%) Argo
4 2 (0.55%) Salt
5 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.28%) QRadar
5 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 44 (12.19%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.48%) Adobe
3 23 (6.37%) Cisco
4 19 (5.26%) Google
5 11 (3.05%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.49%) Oracle
7 7 (1.94%) Informatica
7 7 (1.94%) UiPath
8 5 (1.39%) Foundry
8 5 (1.39%) SAP
9 4 (1.11%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.11%) VMware
9 4 (1.11%) Xero
10 3 (0.83%) Databricks
10 3 (0.83%) Hotjar
10 3 (0.83%) IBM
10 3 (0.83%) Meraki
11 2 (0.55%) Cvent
11 2 (0.55%) YouTube
12 1 (0.28%) TikTok