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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 246 208
Rank change year-on-year -38 -38 +69
Permanent jobs citing People Management 474 732 898
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.89% 1.09% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.30% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 290 333 410
10th Percentile £47,500 £34,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,125 £50,000 £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,938 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £111,625 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £63,900 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.19% +2.24% +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 45,477 56,157 48,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.69% 83.58% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 27,500 29,119 37,204
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

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 20 November 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 20 November 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 -19 431 £72,000 +5.94% 283
UK excluding London -24 279 £62,500 -2.19% 189
Work from Home +84 168 £75,000 -1.03% 163
London -29 160 £87,500 +2.94% 111
North of England +42 110 £65,000 +18.18% 58
South East +12 63 £74,500 +3.47% 53
North West +17 61 £62,500 +19.05% 29
Yorkshire +39 47 £67,500 -3.57% 23
Midlands +41 38 £65,000 -18.75% 31
South West -46 27 £55,000 +5.36% 15
East Midlands +24 20 £54,250 -22.50% 11
East of England +8 19 £52,500 -38.24% 22
West Midlands +23 18 £65,000 -18.75% 19
Wales +12 13 £36,000 -62.11% 3
Scotland -20 9 £74,500 +21.14% 10
Northern Ireland 0 2 - - 2
North East -1 2 £65,000 -3.70% 6

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 9 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.63%) Apache
3 3 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.63%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.21%) CICS
4 1 (0.21%) Confluence
4 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.21%) TPMS
4 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 27 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.42%) Trello
5 1 (0.21%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (0.84%) NetSuite
1 4 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.63%) Primavera
2 3 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.63%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.42%) Magento
3 2 (0.42%) ResourceLink
3 2 (0.42%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.42%) Shopify
3 2 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 64 (13.50%) AWS
2 61 (12.87%) Azure
3 41 (8.65%) SaaS
4 23 (4.85%) Power Platform
5 20 (4.22%) GCP
6 19 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.32%) GitHub
8 6 (1.27%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.05%) Slack
9 5 (1.05%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (0.84%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.84%) dbt
10 4 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.63%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.63%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.69%) Firewall
2 6 (1.27%) LAN
2 6 (1.27%) WAN
3 5 (1.05%) BGP
3 5 (1.05%) Wireless
4 4 (0.84%) DHCP
4 4 (0.84%) DNS
4 4 (0.84%) MPLS
4 4 (0.84%) Network Security
5 3 (0.63%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.63%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.42%) Broadband
6 2 (0.42%) Internet
7 1 (0.21%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.21%) OSPF
7 1 (0.21%) RTP
7 1 (0.21%) SAN
7 1 (0.21%) SMTP
7 1 (0.21%) VPN
7 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.16%) Power BI
2 8 (1.69%) Tableau
3 6 (1.27%) Electronic Patient Records
4 5 (1.05%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.84%) Looker
5 4 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.63%) Apache Iceberg
6 3 (0.63%) Data Vault
6 3 (0.63%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.42%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.42%) Power Query
8 1 (0.21%) Big Data
8 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.21%) DB2
8 1 (0.21%) Redis
8 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.48%) JIRA
2 6 (1.27%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.27%) Selenium
3 3 (0.63%) GitLab
3 3 (0.63%) WaveMaker
4 2 (0.42%) Git
5 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.21%) Postman
5 1 (0.21%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 159 (33.54%) Finance
2 150 (31.65%) Social Skills
3 62 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (12.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 53 (11.18%) Retail
6 46 (9.70%) Legal
7 36 (7.59%) Law
7 36 (7.59%) Marketing
8 23 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (4.43%) Banking
10 20 (4.22%) Manufacturing
11 16 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.95%) Front Office
13 12 (2.53%) Public Sector
13 12 (2.53%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.90%) Advertising
15 9 (1.90%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.69%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 104 (21.94%) Lead
2 73 (15.40%) Senior
3 48 (10.13%) Engineering Manager
4 44 (9.28%) Senior Manager
5 30 (6.33%) Analyst
6 27 (5.70%) IT Manager
6 27 (5.70%) Team Leader
7 25 (5.27%) Delivery Manager
8 23 (4.85%) Development Manager
9 22 (4.64%) Business Analyst
10 18 (3.80%) Project Manager
10 18 (3.80%) Service Manager
11 17 (3.59%) Software Engineer
12 16 (3.38%) Software Engineering Manager
13 15 (3.16%) Lead Business Analyst
13 15 (3.16%) Service Delivery Manager
13 15 (3.16%) Support Team Leader
14 13 (2.74%) Developer
14 13 (2.74%) Software Manager
14 13 (2.74%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.85%) .NET
2 17 (3.59%) React
3 11 (2.32%) Spring Boot
4 10 (2.11%) Spring
5 9 (1.90%) Node.js
6 7 (1.48%) REST
7 5 (1.05%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.84%) Hibernate
8 4 (0.84%) Micronaut
9 3 (0.63%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.63%) CSS
9 3 (0.63%) EDI
9 3 (0.63%) Entity Framework
9 3 (0.63%) HTML
9 3 (0.63%) Pandas
9 3 (0.63%) Vue
10 2 (0.42%) Kafka
10 2 (0.42%) Razor View Engine
10 2 (0.42%) RxJava
10 2 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.59%) Product Ownership
2 29 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.64%) Onboarding
4 19 (4.01%) Cloud Native
5 18 (3.80%) NHS
6 16 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (3.16%) Algorithms
7 15 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (2.11%) Derivative
8 10 (2.11%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.05%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.84%) FMCG
12 4 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.84%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.84%) Social Media
13 3 (0.63%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.85%) Windows
2 12 (2.53%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.11%) Windows 10
4 9 (1.90%) Linux
5 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.42%) Android
6 2 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (28.90%) Agile
2 101 (21.31%) Coaching
3 98 (20.68%) Mentoring
4 93 (19.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 79 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 77 (16.24%) Project Management
7 73 (15.40%) Roadmaps
8 69 (14.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 68 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
10 65 (13.71%) Service Delivery
11 62 (13.08%) Line Management
12 53 (11.18%) Decision-Making
12 53 (11.18%) Software Engineering
13 50 (10.55%) CI/CD
14 47 (9.92%) Risk Management
15 43 (9.07%) Change Management
15 43 (9.07%) DevOps
16 40 (8.44%) Analytics
16 40 (8.44%) Customer Service
16 40 (8.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 54 (11.39%) Python
2 40 (8.44%) SQL
3 32 (6.75%) C#
4 31 (6.54%) Java
5 15 (3.16%) TypeScript
6 14 (2.95%) R
7 11 (2.32%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.69%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.05%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.63%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.42%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.21%) Ada
12 1 (0.21%) Bash
12 1 (0.21%) C
12 1 (0.21%) C++
12 1 (0.21%) PHP
12 1 (0.21%) X++
Qualifications
1 60 (12.66%) Degree
2 37 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 32 (6.75%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.74%) CISM
4 13 (2.74%) CISSP
4 13 (2.74%) DBS Check
5 12 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.53%) CIPD
5 12 (2.53%) CRISC
6 9 (1.90%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.90%) PMP
7 8 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.69%) CTC Cleared
8 7 (1.48%) ACCA
8 7 (1.48%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.48%) CIMA
8 7 (1.48%) CISA
8 7 (1.48%) Postgraduate
9 6 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.49%) QA
2 19 (4.01%) SLA
3 16 (3.38%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.95%) PMO
6 13 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (2.32%) GDPR
8 6 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.05%) IFRS
9 5 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.84%) GAAP
11 3 (0.63%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.63%) GRC
12 2 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.42%) NIST
13 1 (0.21%) FINRA
13 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (3.38%) Docker
2 13 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.05%) Firmware
3 5 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.84%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.21%) RACF
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (3.38%) Terraform
2 15 (3.16%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.32%) Ansible
4 10 (2.11%) Grafana
5 8 (1.69%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.63%) SCCM
6 3 (0.63%) SCOM
7 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.42%) WSUS
8 1 (0.21%) QRadar
Vendors
1 75 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.22%) Cisco
3 18 (3.80%) SAP
4 11 (2.32%) VMware
5 10 (2.11%) Google
6 9 (1.90%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.90%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.69%) Databricks
7 8 (1.69%) Oracle
8 7 (1.48%) Splunk
9 6 (1.27%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.05%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.05%) TikTok
11 4 (0.84%) F5
11 4 (0.84%) Siemens
11 4 (0.84%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.63%) Adobe
12 3 (0.63%) Juniper
12 3 (0.63%) Pinterest
12 3 (0.63%) Workday