People Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for People Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited People Management over the 6 months to 28 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 209 266 306
Rank change year-on-year +57 +40 +98
Permanent jobs citing People Management 920 1,750 1,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.69% 1.39% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 1.46% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 403 916 904
10th Percentile £47,500 £35,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,988 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,513
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +7.42% -3.18%
75th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

People Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,121 120,104 122,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36,956 73,203 81,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

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 28 November 2023.

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 28 November 2023. 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 +75 851 £70,938 +9.13% 432
UK excluding London -12 449 £62,500 +4.17% 280
Work from Home +124 374 £66,936 +2.98% 199
London +161 352 £90,000 +12.50% 182
North of England +59 170 £70,000 +15.70% 80
South East +66 109 £70,875 -2.24% 65
North West +32 84 £72,500 +25.84% 48
Yorkshire +100 79 £62,500 -3.85% 23
South West +34 57 £62,500 +13.64% 30
Midlands -31 48 £66,936 +21.70% 47
West Midlands -4 37 £67,218 +12.03% 34
Scotland -28 31 £59,556 -17.85% 18
East of England +13 25 £50,000 +17.65% 35
East Midlands -15 11 £60,000 +26.32% 13
North East +23 7 £51,500 +8.42% 12
Wales -3 7 £85,000 +88.89% 9
Northern Ireland +31 3 - - 6

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 28 (3.04%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.28%) Confluence
3 15 (1.63%) SAS
4 6 (0.65%) MS Exchange
5 5 (0.54%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.43%) ArcSDE
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Pig
8 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.11%) nginx
8 1 (0.11%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 41 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.20%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.43%) Autodesk Inventor
6 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.22%) SketchUp
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 42 (4.57%) Oracle ERP
2 38 (4.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (2.07%) SAP SCM
4 6 (0.65%) Primavera
5 5 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.54%) SAP GTS
5 5 (0.54%) SAP Payroll
5 5 (0.54%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.43%) SAP CRM
6 4 (0.43%) SAP CX
6 4 (0.43%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.43%) SAP WM
7 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.33%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.33%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
8 2 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 135 (14.67%) Azure
2 78 (8.48%) SaaS
3 59 (6.41%) AWS
4 56 (6.09%) Power Platform
5 50 (5.43%) GCP
6 36 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (3.80%) Serverless
8 32 (3.48%) IaaS
8 32 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (3.04%) PaaS
10 25 (2.72%) SuccessFactors
11 16 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
11 16 (1.74%) GitHub
12 15 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 14 (1.52%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
16 8 (0.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.83%) Firewall
2 22 (2.39%) WAN
3 19 (2.07%) Network Security
4 16 (1.74%) LAN
5 15 (1.63%) HTTP
5 15 (1.63%) SMTP
5 15 (1.63%) SSL
6 13 (1.41%) DNS
7 11 (1.20%) SD-WAN
8 10 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.98%) Cisco IOS
10 7 (0.76%) Cisco Firepower
10 7 (0.76%) Cisco ISE
10 7 (0.76%) Ethernet
10 7 (0.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 7 (0.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 7 (0.76%) NX-OS
11 6 (0.65%) VPN
12 5 (0.54%) DHCP
12 5 (0.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (11.85%) Electronic Patient Records
2 51 (5.54%) SQL Server
3 42 (4.57%) Oracle Reports
4 40 (4.35%) Power BI
5 22 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (1.63%) Base SAS
6 15 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (1.20%) Big Data
8 11 (1.20%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.09%) GIS
9 10 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 7 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (0.76%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.76%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.65%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 6 (0.65%) Tableau
12 5 (0.54%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 28 (3.04%) Git
2 23 (2.50%) JIRA
3 21 (2.28%) Jenkins
4 19 (2.07%) GitLab
5 14 (1.52%) Octopus Deploy
5 14 (1.52%) TeamCity
6 8 (0.87%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.65%) git-flow
8 6 (0.65%) Selenium
9 5 (0.54%) JUnit
9 5 (0.54%) Postman
9 5 (0.54%) SoapUI
9 5 (0.54%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.43%) eggPlant
10 4 (0.43%) JMeter
10 4 (0.43%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.43%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.43%) The Grinder
General
1 412 (44.78%) Finance
2 220 (23.91%) Social Skills
3 139 (15.11%) Organisational Skills
4 111 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 81 (8.80%) Billing
6 78 (8.48%) Retail
7 74 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
8 65 (7.07%) Banking
9 63 (6.85%) Public Sector
10 59 (6.41%) Back Office
11 37 (4.02%) Legal
11 37 (4.02%) Marketing
12 29 (3.15%) Law
13 28 (3.04%) Manufacturing
14 27 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
15 18 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (1.52%) Advertising
16 14 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
17 13 (1.41%) Telecoms
18 10 (1.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 159 (17.28%) Lead
2 128 (13.91%) Analyst
3 114 (12.39%) Senior
4 107 (11.63%) Consultant
5 82 (8.91%) Architect
6 61 (6.63%) Billing Analyst
7 56 (6.09%) IT Manager
7 56 (6.09%) Senior Manager
8 43 (4.67%) Network Architect
9 42 (4.57%) Enterprise Architecture Manager
9 42 (4.57%) Project Manager
9 42 (4.57%) Senior Strategy Manager
9 42 (4.57%) Strategy Manager
10 34 (3.70%) SAP Consultant
11 31 (3.37%) Senior Consultant
12 27 (2.93%) Audit Manager
13 26 (2.83%) Supply Chain Analyst
13 26 (2.83%) Team Leader
14 25 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
15 24 (2.61%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (6.20%) .NET
2 42 (4.57%) Oracle Fusion
3 24 (2.61%) Node.js
4 17 (1.85%) JSON
5 15 (1.63%) HTML
5 15 (1.63%) React
6 14 (1.52%) Middleware
7 11 (1.20%) CSS
7 11 (1.20%) Kafka
8 9 (0.98%) EDI
9 8 (0.87%) .NET Framework
9 8 (0.87%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
10 7 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
10 7 (0.76%) SAPUI5
11 6 (0.65%) Vue
12 5 (0.54%) Flash
12 5 (0.54%) Web Services
13 4 (0.43%) .NET Core
13 4 (0.43%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.98%) Management Information System
2 42 (4.57%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.48%) Onboarding
4 31 (3.37%) Public Cloud
5 25 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.50%) Life Science
7 22 (2.39%) Mobile App
8 17 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
8 17 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.52%) Data Centre
10 13 (1.41%) Blog
10 13 (1.41%) Cyberattack
10 13 (1.41%) Virtual Team
11 12 (1.30%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.09%) IoT
13 9 (0.98%) Cloud Native
13 9 (0.98%) Credit Risk
13 9 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (0.98%) Security Posture
14 8 (0.87%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 55 (5.98%) Windows
2 17 (1.85%) Windows Server
3 14 (1.52%) VMS
4 9 (0.98%) Android
5 8 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.87%) Linux
6 6 (0.65%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.65%) Unix
7 5 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.11%) CentOS
9 1 (0.11%) Debian
9 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.11%) Solaris
9 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.11%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (29.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 229 (24.89%) Agile
3 218 (23.70%) Project Delivery
4 162 (17.61%) Project Management
5 155 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
6 140 (15.22%) Change Management
7 139 (15.11%) Coaching
7 139 (15.11%) Digital Engineering
8 135 (14.67%) Roadmaps
9 118 (12.83%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 114 (12.39%) Mentoring
11 111 (12.07%) Artificial Intelligence
12 104 (11.30%) ITIL
12 104 (11.30%) Programme Governance
13 101 (10.98%) DevOps
14 98 (10.65%) Migration
15 88 (9.57%) Analytics
16 86 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
17 84 (9.13%) Line Management
18 82 (8.91%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (8.80%) SQL
2 64 (6.96%) JavaScript
3 57 (6.20%) Python
4 50 (5.43%) C#
5 41 (4.46%) Java
6 26 (2.83%) PowerShell
7 23 (2.50%) TypeScript
8 22 (2.39%) Go
9 15 (1.63%) SAS Macro
10 14 (1.52%) Bash
10 14 (1.52%) Ruby
11 9 (0.98%) R
12 7 (0.76%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.76%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.54%) PHP
13 5 (0.54%) Scala
14 4 (0.43%) ABAP
14 4 (0.43%) C
14 4 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 151 (16.41%) Degree
2 135 (14.67%) Security Cleared
3 67 (7.28%) SC Cleared
4 57 (6.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (3.37%) ACCA
6 16 (1.74%) CISSP
6 16 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.63%) CREST Certified
7 15 (1.63%) GIAC
8 12 (1.30%) PMP
9 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.09%) PMI Certification
11 9 (0.98%) CESG Certified Professional
11 9 (0.98%) CISA
11 9 (0.98%) CRISC
12 6 (0.65%) APMP
12 6 (0.65%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.65%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.65%) PhD
12 6 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.87%) GDPR
2 45 (4.89%) QA
3 42 (4.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 31 (3.37%) IFRS
5 29 (3.15%) Data Quality
6 23 (2.50%) GAAP
7 15 (1.63%) CDISC
7 15 (1.63%) IFRS 17
7 15 (1.63%) SLA
8 10 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.09%) NCSC
8 10 (1.09%) NIST
9 9 (0.98%) GRC
9 9 (0.98%) NIST 800
9 9 (0.98%) PMO
10 6 (0.65%) ITGC
11 5 (0.54%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.43%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 35 (3.80%) Docker
2 21 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.76%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.22%) HDFS
8 1 (0.11%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 42 (4.57%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.83%) Terraform
3 11 (1.20%) Ansible
4 10 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.76%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.65%) SCCM
7 5 (0.54%) SysTrack
8 4 (0.43%) NetBackup
8 4 (0.43%) WSUS
9 3 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.33%) Puppet
10 2 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.11%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.11%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 150 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 70 (7.61%) SAP
3 57 (6.20%) Oracle
4 30 (3.26%) CA
5 29 (3.15%) Google
6 22 (2.39%) Cisco
7 20 (2.17%) Qualtrics
8 18 (1.96%) Databricks
8 18 (1.96%) VMware
9 16 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 14 (1.52%) Teradata
11 13 (1.41%) Fortinet
12 12 (1.30%) F5
12 12 (1.30%) SolarWinds
13 11 (1.20%) Citrix
14 10 (1.09%) MuleSoft
15 7 (0.76%) Blue Coat
15 7 (0.76%) CheckPoint
15 7 (0.76%) NEC
15 7 (0.76%) ServiceNow