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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 295 290
Rank change year-on-year -69 -5 -116
Permanent jobs citing People Management 556 480 741
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.97% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.09% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 365 276 359
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £33,550
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -8.57%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £126,250 £105,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -7.69%

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 82,871 44,018 63,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.00% 88.61% 80.87%
Number of salaries quoted 57,674 24,857 36,941
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.67%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -75 481 £60,100 -16.53% 453
UK excluding London -33 395 £55,000 -15.38% 272
Work from Home -18 176 £72,500 -5.54% 186
London -92 133 £90,000 +5.88% 254
South East -27 102 £67,500 +7.14% 64
North of England -29 99 £55,000 -18.52% 61
Midlands -29 66 £45,000 -37.93% 37
North West -22 54 £52,500 -24.26% 36
South West -45 48 £55,000 - 34
West Midlands -30 34 £44,241 -38.98% 20
North East - 33 £62,500 - 5
East Midlands -16 32 £45,000 -37.93% 17
East of England -22 28 £60,100 +14.48% 30
Scotland +24 25 £55,000 -29.03% 24
Wales -59 21 £35,000 -2.78% 14
Yorkshire -68 12 £50,000 -25.93% 21
Northern Ireland -72 6 £63,750 - 13

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 23 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.26%) SAS
3 4 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.72%) CMS
3 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (6.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.26%) Acrobat
5 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.54%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.36%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.26%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.90%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.36%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.36%) BambooHR
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.36%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.36%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.18%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 75 (13.49%) Azure
2 54 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (8.63%) SaaS
4 36 (6.47%) AWS
5 24 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (3.96%) Power Platform
7 16 (2.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 15 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
9 14 (2.52%) Azure Key Vault
10 13 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (2.16%) Azure Service Bus
12 11 (1.98%) Entra ID
12 11 (1.98%) IaaS
13 8 (1.44%) GCP
14 7 (1.26%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.08%) Anthropic Claude
16 5 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 5 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (0.90%) Google Workspace
16 5 (0.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.80%) DNS
1 10 (1.80%) Firewall
2 9 (1.62%) VLAN
3 8 (1.44%) Network Security
3 8 (1.44%) VPN
4 6 (1.08%) VoIP
5 5 (0.90%) DHCP
5 5 (0.90%) SSH
6 4 (0.72%) HTTP
6 4 (0.72%) PBX
6 4 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.54%) Broadband
7 3 (0.54%) DKIM
7 3 (0.54%) DMARC
7 3 (0.54%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.54%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.36%) Intranet
9 1 (0.18%) Internet
9 1 (0.18%) Wireless
9 1 (0.18%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.88%) Power BI
3 13 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (1.80%) Tableau
5 6 (1.08%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.90%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.72%) Redis
7 4 (0.72%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.54%) Metadata
8 3 (0.54%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.36%) Big Data
9 2 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.36%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.36%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.18%) Flink
10 1 (0.18%) GIS
Development Applications
1 29 (5.22%) Git
2 22 (3.96%) JIRA
3 8 (1.44%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.08%) Postman
5 4 (0.72%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.54%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.54%) Gatling
6 3 (0.54%) GitLab
6 3 (0.54%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.54%) JMeter
6 3 (0.54%) Maven
6 3 (0.54%) Newman
6 3 (0.54%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.54%) Selenium
7 2 (0.36%) RSpec
8 1 (0.18%) Mocha
General
1 198 (35.61%) Social Skills
2 156 (28.06%) Finance
3 66 (11.87%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (9.35%) Legal
5 51 (9.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (7.37%) Retail
7 37 (6.65%) Law
8 33 (5.94%) Aerospace
9 30 (5.40%) Marketing
10 27 (4.86%) Manufacturing
11 25 (4.50%) Public Sector
12 19 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (3.06%) Banking
14 14 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (2.16%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.62%) Electronics
17 8 (1.44%) Back Office
17 8 (1.44%) Billing
18 6 (1.08%) Automotive
18 6 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 111 (19.96%) Lead
2 90 (16.19%) Senior
3 40 (7.19%) Team Leader
4 35 (6.29%) Developer
5 34 (6.12%) Engineering Manager
6 32 (5.76%) Service Manager
7 30 (5.40%) Software Engineer
8 29 (5.22%) Data Manager
9 28 (5.04%) Senior Manager
10 27 (4.86%) IT Manager
10 27 (4.86%) Principal Engineer
11 25 (4.50%) Data Centre Manager
11 25 (4.50%) Lead Developer
12 21 (3.78%) Operations Manager
12 21 (3.78%) Systems Engineer
13 20 (3.60%) Development Manager
14 16 (2.88%) Architect
14 16 (2.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 16 (2.88%) Support Manager
15 15 (2.70%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.50%) .NET
1 25 (4.50%) REST
2 15 (2.70%) Terraform
3 14 (2.52%) ASP.NET
3 14 (2.52%) Blazor
3 14 (2.52%) React
4 13 (2.34%) .NET Core
5 12 (2.16%) gRPC
6 10 (1.80%) EDI
7 8 (1.44%) HTML
8 7 (1.26%) Spring
9 6 (1.08%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.08%) Kafka
9 6 (1.08%) Node.js
10 5 (0.90%) Playwright
10 5 (0.90%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.72%) RESTful
11 4 (0.72%) XML
12 3 (0.54%) Middleware
12 3 (0.54%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.17%) Onboarding
2 44 (7.91%) Management Information System
3 35 (6.29%) Driving Licence
4 25 (4.50%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.06%) Cloud Native
6 15 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.34%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.80%) NHS
9 9 (1.62%) IoT
10 8 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.26%) Life Science
12 6 (1.08%) Biopharmaceutical
13 5 (0.90%) CCTV
13 5 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Licensing
14 4 (0.72%) Blog
14 4 (0.72%) Podcast
14 4 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.22%) Windows
2 9 (1.62%) Linux
2 9 (1.62%) Windows Server
3 7 (1.26%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.54%) Unix
5 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (30.40%) Continuous Improvement
2 127 (22.84%) Coaching
3 123 (22.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 119 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
5 115 (20.68%) Mentoring
6 101 (18.17%) Decision-Making
7 100 (17.99%) Technical Leadership
8 96 (17.27%) Agile
9 94 (16.91%) Software Engineering
10 87 (15.65%) Service Delivery
11 82 (14.75%) AI
11 82 (14.75%) Line Management
12 64 (11.51%) DevOps
13 61 (10.97%) Roadmaps
14 57 (10.25%) Performance Management
15 54 (9.71%) Customer Experience
16 53 (9.53%) Project Delivery
17 52 (9.35%) ITIL
18 51 (9.17%) CI/CD
18 51 (9.17%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (8.81%) SQL
2 29 (5.22%) Java
3 28 (5.04%) C#
4 26 (4.68%) Python
5 17 (3.06%) TypeScript
6 15 (2.70%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.72%) Bicep
7 4 (0.72%) C++
7 4 (0.72%) Go
7 4 (0.72%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.54%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.54%) Ruby
8 3 (0.54%) SOQL
9 2 (0.36%) VBA
10 1 (0.18%) Bash
10 1 (0.18%) PHP
10 1 (0.18%) Swift
Qualifications
1 90 (16.19%) Degree
2 33 (5.94%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (4.14%) SC Cleared
5 22 (3.96%) ACCA
6 21 (3.78%) CIMA
7 18 (3.24%) Chartered Engineer
8 16 (2.88%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (2.52%) CIPD
10 13 (2.34%) Master's Degree
11 12 (2.16%) DBS Check
12 11 (1.98%) HNC
12 11 (1.98%) HND
13 10 (1.80%) CISM
13 10 (1.80%) MBA
14 8 (1.44%) CISSP
14 8 (1.44%) DV Cleared
15 7 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (1.26%) ICAEW
16 6 (1.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (7.01%) QA
3 29 (5.22%) SLA
4 24 (4.32%) ISO 9001
5 22 (3.96%) GDPR
6 17 (3.06%) ISO 14000
7 10 (1.80%) GRC
8 9 (1.62%) NIST
9 8 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.44%) ISO 14001
10 7 (1.26%) PMO
11 6 (1.08%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.90%) Automotive SPICE
12 5 (0.90%) COBIT
12 5 (0.90%) ISO 26262
12 5 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.72%) IFRS
13 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.54%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.54%) TickIT
System Software
1 17 (3.06%) Docker
2 13 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.98%) Firmware
4 8 (1.44%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.90%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (2.34%) Ansible
2 12 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.90%) Grafana
5 4 (0.72%) Argo
5 4 (0.72%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.54%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.54%) cPanel
6 3 (0.54%) Plesk
7 2 (0.36%) Bugsnag
7 2 (0.36%) Packer
7 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.36%) Puppet
7 2 (0.36%) Salt
7 2 (0.36%) SCCM
7 2 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.18%) Kibana
Vendors
1 113 (20.32%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.24%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.06%) Google
4 15 (2.70%) Sage
5 14 (2.52%) VMware
6 12 (2.16%) Adobe
7 8 (1.44%) Cisco
7 8 (1.44%) YouTube
8 5 (0.90%) Juniper
8 5 (0.90%) Oracle
8 5 (0.90%) Palo Alto
8 5 (0.90%) Xero
9 4 (0.72%) Anaplan
9 4 (0.72%) Databricks
9 4 (0.72%) Foundry
9 4 (0.72%) Meraki
9 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.72%) Veeam
10 3 (0.54%) Solace
10 3 (0.54%) Workday