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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 316 321
Rank change year-on-year -77 +5 -111
Permanent jobs citing People Management 372 419 867
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.96% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 1.03% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 239 251 555
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £39,439
25th Percentile £51,250 £54,250 £49,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +5.88% -8.93%
75th Percentile £93,625 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,600 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,100 £66,367 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.44% +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 68,096 40,631 82,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.48% 93.01% 85.54%
Number of salaries quoted 42,564 22,679 59,766
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.95% +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 7 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 7 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 -72 331 £65,000 -3.70% 165
UK excluding London -88 240 £60,100 -9.44% 121
Work from Home +40 166 £70,000 - 57
London -15 107 £77,500 -3.13% 60
North of England -51 56 £80,000 +15.42% 34
South East -85 48 £57,303 -11.84% 36
South West -25 42 £59,000 -11.10% 8
Midlands -48 41 £60,750 -13.21% 24
North West -16 36 £90,000 +38.46% 25
East of England -4 29 £60,100 -3.06% 17
East Midlands -17 23 £42,500 -37.04% 7
West Midlands -61 18 £75,750 +4.48% 17
Wales - 13 £47,500 -
Yorkshire -63 12 £80,000 -8.57% 6
Scotland -20 11 £60,000 -17.24% 3
North East - 8 £62,500 - 4

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 8 (2.15%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.08%) CMS
2 4 (1.08%) Drupal
3 2 (0.54%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
Applications
1 35 (9.41%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.34%) 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%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.54%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.54%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.27%) Maximo
4 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.27%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 48 (12.90%) Azure
2 38 (10.22%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (8.33%) AWS
4 29 (7.80%) SaaS
5 26 (6.99%) Figma
6 23 (6.18%) Power Platform
7 8 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.15%) Slack
7 8 (2.15%) Snowflake
8 7 (1.88%) GCP
8 7 (1.88%) Power Automate
8 7 (1.88%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.61%) GitHub
10 5 (1.34%) Anthropic Claude
11 4 (1.08%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.08%) Google Sheets
11 4 (1.08%) Google Tag Manager
12 3 (0.81%) Azure Machine Learning
12 3 (0.81%) Contentsquare
12 3 (0.81%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.72%) Broadband
2 6 (1.61%) Firewall
3 5 (1.34%) Network Security
4 4 (1.08%) DNS
5 3 (0.81%) Internet
6 2 (0.54%) BGP
6 2 (0.54%) DHCP
6 2 (0.54%) LAN
6 2 (0.54%) MPLS
6 2 (0.54%) SAN
6 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.54%) WAN
6 2 (0.54%) Wireless
7 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.65%) Power BI
2 7 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.34%) BigQuery
3 5 (1.34%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.34%) Semantic Layer
3 5 (1.34%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.81%) Looker
4 3 (0.81%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.54%) Metadata
5 2 (0.54%) Redis
5 2 (0.54%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.27%) Flink
6 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (3.23%) JIRA
2 5 (1.34%) Claude Code
2 5 (1.34%) Git
3 4 (1.08%) GitLab
4 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 119 (31.99%) Social Skills
2 92 (24.73%) Finance
3 34 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (8.87%) Back Office
5 30 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
6 23 (6.18%) Law
7 20 (5.38%) Legal
8 18 (4.84%) Banking
8 18 (4.84%) Retail
9 17 (4.57%) Public Sector
10 16 (4.30%) Marketing
11 12 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.15%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.88%) Advertising
14 7 (1.88%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.34%) Social Housing
16 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.81%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 89 (23.92%) Lead
2 53 (14.25%) Senior
3 34 (9.14%) Team Leader
4 26 (6.99%) IT Manager
5 24 (6.45%) Desktop Engineer
5 24 (6.45%) Desktop Support
5 24 (6.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 24 (6.45%) Site Engineer
5 24 (6.45%) Support Engineer
6 23 (6.18%) Data Manager
7 19 (5.11%) Support Manager
8 18 (4.84%) Developer
9 16 (4.30%) Senior Manager
10 13 (3.49%) Infrastructure Manager
11 11 (2.96%) Engineering Manager
11 11 (2.96%) Lead Developer
12 10 (2.69%) Designer
12 10 (2.69%) Head of Operations
12 10 (2.69%) IT Support
13 9 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.49%) .NET
2 5 (1.34%) .NET Core
3 4 (1.08%) CSS
3 4 (1.08%) HTML
3 4 (1.08%) Node.js
4 3 (0.81%) Kafka
4 3 (0.81%) LangChain
4 3 (0.81%) Semantic Kernel
5 2 (0.54%) EDI
5 2 (0.54%) J2EE
5 2 (0.54%) NestJS
5 2 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.54%) Spring
5 2 (0.54%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.27%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.27%) ADO
6 1 (0.27%) JSON
6 1 (0.27%) MACH
6 1 (0.27%) XML
6 1 (0.27%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.91%) Product Ownership
2 21 (5.65%) Cloud Native
2 21 (5.65%) Mobile App
3 20 (5.38%) Management Information System
4 19 (5.11%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.96%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.96%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.42%) Legacy Applications
6 9 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.88%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.34%) Mobile Computing
9 4 (1.08%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.81%) Culture of Ownership
10 3 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.81%) Cyberattack
10 3 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.60%) Windows
2 24 (6.45%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.34%) Linux
4 3 (0.81%) Unix
4 3 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (30.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 85 (22.85%) Mentoring
3 75 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (18.82%) Coaching
5 65 (17.47%) Line Management
6 63 (16.94%) Agile
7 59 (15.86%) Customer Experience
7 59 (15.86%) Software Engineering
8 57 (15.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (14.25%) Cybersecurity
10 50 (13.44%) Technical Leadership
11 49 (13.17%) Analytics
12 45 (12.10%) AI
13 44 (11.83%) Customer Service
13 44 (11.83%) DevOps
14 42 (11.29%) Project Delivery
15 40 (10.75%) ITIL
16 36 (9.68%) CI/CD
16 36 (9.68%) Project Management
17 34 (9.14%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 33 (8.87%) Python
2 27 (7.26%) SQL
3 13 (3.49%) C#
3 13 (3.49%) Java
4 7 (1.88%) TypeScript
5 6 (1.61%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.08%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.81%) ABAP
7 3 (0.81%) Bash
8 1 (0.27%) Go
8 1 (0.27%) Perl
Qualifications
1 60 (16.13%) Degree
2 44 (11.83%) Security Cleared
3 40 (10.75%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.45%) CTC Cleared
5 12 (3.23%) DBS Check
6 10 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.42%) CIPD
8 7 (1.88%) CISM
8 7 (1.88%) CISSP
9 6 (1.61%) CISA
9 6 (1.61%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.34%) PMP
11 4 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.08%) OSCP
12 3 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.54%) ACCA
13 2 (0.54%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.54%) CIPFA
13 2 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.60%) SLA
2 26 (6.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.30%) GDPR
4 15 (4.03%) QA
5 10 (2.69%) ISO 9001
6 9 (2.42%) NIST
7 8 (2.15%) Accessibility
7 8 (2.15%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.61%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.34%) Automotive SPICE
9 5 (1.34%) ISO 14000
9 5 (1.34%) ISO 26262
10 4 (1.08%) COBIT
10 4 (1.08%) PMO
11 3 (0.81%) ITGC
11 3 (0.81%) TickIT
12 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.54%) GRC
12 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (0.81%) Docker
2 2 (0.54%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (3.49%) Terraform
2 11 (2.96%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.61%) Ansible
4 5 (1.34%) Grafana
4 5 (1.34%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.81%) Check_MK
5 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.81%) Puppet
6 2 (0.54%) Argo
6 2 (0.54%) Salt
7 1 (0.27%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.27%) QRadar
7 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 45 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.33%) Cisco
3 26 (6.99%) Adobe
4 19 (5.11%) Google
5 13 (3.49%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.42%) Oracle
7 7 (1.88%) Informatica
7 7 (1.88%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.88%) UiPath
8 6 (1.61%) VMware
9 5 (1.34%) Foundry
9 5 (1.34%) SAP
10 4 (1.08%) Xero
11 3 (0.81%) Databricks
11 3 (0.81%) Hotjar
11 3 (0.81%) IBM
11 3 (0.81%) Splunk
12 2 (0.54%) F5
12 2 (0.54%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.54%) SolarWinds