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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 296 280
Rank change year-on-year -38 -16 -107
Permanent jobs citing People Management 621 480 734
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.97% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.09% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 394 282 340
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £33,650
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £63,950
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +9.46% -8.64%
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,000 £102,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £64,750 £61,110
% change year-on-year -15.06% +5.96% -5.98%

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 85,804 43,854 61,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.05% 88.92% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 59,130 24,461 33,915
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 28 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 28 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 -62 540 £60,000 -16.67% 741
UK excluding London -21 435 £55,000 -15.06% 425
Work from Home +2 198 £72,500 -3.33% 307
London -70 150 £87,500 +6.06% 392
South East -21 116 £65,000 +3.17% 116
North of England -41 116 £55,000 -18.52% 109
North West -22 66 £45,000 -35.08% 59
Midlands -30 65 £45,000 -37.93% 52
South West -48 51 £55,000 - 38
West Midlands -31 35 £47,746 -34.14% 30
East of England -13 34 £60,100 +14.48% 26
North East -32 34 £70,000 +7.69% 12
East Midlands -23 30 £45,000 -37.93% 21
Wales -48 24 £35,000 -2.78% 18
Scotland +21 22 £55,000 -26.17% 49
Yorkshire -52 16 £50,000 -25.93% 40
Northern Ireland -82 7 £63,750 - 22

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 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.13%) SAS
3 4 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (0.64%) CMS
3 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.13%) Acrobat
5 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.48%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.16%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 12 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.13%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.64%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.32%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.32%) BambooHR
4 2 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.32%) Infor CloudSuite
4 2 (0.32%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.32%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.16%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.16%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 79 (12.72%) Azure
2 57 (9.18%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (8.53%) SaaS
4 44 (7.09%) AWS
5 25 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (3.70%) Power Platform
7 17 (2.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 15 (2.42%) Azure Key Vault
8 15 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
9 14 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (2.25%) Entra ID
10 12 (1.93%) Azure Service Bus
11 11 (1.77%) IaaS
12 10 (1.61%) GCP
13 7 (1.13%) GitHub
13 7 (1.13%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.97%) Anthropic Claude
14 6 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
14 6 (0.97%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.58%) Firewall
2 12 (1.93%) Network Security
3 10 (1.61%) DNS
4 9 (1.45%) VLAN
5 8 (1.29%) VPN
6 6 (0.97%) VoIP
7 5 (0.81%) DHCP
7 5 (0.81%) SSH
8 4 (0.64%) HTTP
8 4 (0.64%) Internet
8 4 (0.64%) PBX
8 4 (0.64%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.48%) DKIM
9 3 (0.48%) DMARC
9 3 (0.48%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
10 2 (0.32%) Intranet
10 2 (0.32%) NAS
10 2 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.58%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.42%) Power BI
3 13 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (1.61%) Tableau
5 7 (1.13%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.97%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.64%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.48%) Metadata
8 3 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.32%) Big Data
9 2 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.32%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.32%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.32%) Redis
10 1 (0.16%) Db2
10 1 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.16%) GIS
Development Applications
1 30 (4.83%) Git
2 21 (3.38%) JIRA
3 9 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.29%) Postman
5 5 (0.81%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.81%) Selenium
6 4 (0.64%) GitLab
6 4 (0.64%) IntelliJ
6 4 (0.64%) Maven
6 4 (0.64%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.48%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.48%) Gatling
7 3 (0.48%) JMeter
7 3 (0.48%) Newman
8 2 (0.32%) RSpec
8 2 (0.32%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.16%) Mocha
9 1 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 225 (36.23%) Social Skills
2 176 (28.34%) Finance
3 69 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (9.02%) Retail
5 52 (8.37%) Legal
6 50 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (7.09%) Marketing
8 38 (6.12%) Law
9 33 (5.31%) Manufacturing
10 32 (5.15%) Aerospace
11 25 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (4.03%) Public Sector
12 17 (2.74%) Banking
13 16 (2.58%) Telecoms
14 15 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (2.09%) Electronics
16 9 (1.45%) Billing
17 8 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (1.13%) Publishing
19 5 (0.81%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 128 (20.61%) Lead
2 92 (14.81%) Senior
3 44 (7.09%) Team Leader
4 41 (6.60%) Service Manager
5 40 (6.44%) Developer
6 34 (5.48%) Software Engineer
7 32 (5.15%) Engineering Manager
8 31 (4.99%) IT Manager
9 30 (4.83%) Principal Engineer
10 29 (4.67%) Data Manager
10 29 (4.67%) Senior Manager
11 26 (4.19%) Data Centre Manager
11 26 (4.19%) Lead Developer
12 20 (3.22%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.22%) Operations Manager
12 20 (3.22%) Systems Engineer
13 19 (3.06%) Support Manager
14 18 (2.90%) Architect
14 18 (2.90%) Development Manager
15 15 (2.42%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.15%) REST
2 26 (4.19%) .NET
3 18 (2.90%) React
4 16 (2.58%) Terraform
5 14 (2.25%) ASP.NET
5 14 (2.25%) Blazor
6 12 (1.93%) .NET Core
6 12 (1.93%) gRPC
7 10 (1.61%) EDI
7 10 (1.61%) HTML
7 10 (1.61%) Spring
8 9 (1.45%) Kafka
9 8 (1.29%) Spring Boot
10 7 (1.13%) Node.js
10 7 (1.13%) Playwright
11 6 (0.97%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (0.81%) RESTful
13 4 (0.64%) Middleware
13 4 (0.64%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.50%) Onboarding
2 50 (8.05%) Management Information System
3 38 (6.12%) Driving Licence
4 28 (4.51%) Data Centre
5 18 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.25%) Cloud Native
7 13 (2.09%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.93%) IoT
9 10 (1.61%) Life Science
9 10 (1.61%) NHS
10 9 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.29%) Podcast
12 7 (1.13%) Biopharmaceutical
12 7 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (0.81%) CCTV
14 5 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
14 5 (0.81%) Media Streaming
14 5 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.48%) Windows
2 13 (2.09%) Linux
3 11 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.61%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.48%) Android
7 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.16%) Unix
8 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (30.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 152 (24.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 139 (22.38%) Coaching
4 134 (21.58%) Problem-Solving
5 128 (20.61%) Mentoring
6 113 (18.20%) Decision-Making
7 107 (17.23%) Technical Leadership
8 105 (16.91%) Agile
9 104 (16.75%) Service Delivery
10 96 (15.46%) Software Engineering
11 85 (13.69%) Line Management
12 84 (13.53%) AI
13 73 (11.76%) Roadmaps
14 67 (10.79%) DevOps
14 67 (10.79%) Performance Management
15 64 (10.31%) Customer Experience
16 58 (9.34%) Project Delivery
17 55 (8.86%) CI/CD
17 55 (8.86%) Commercial Awareness
17 55 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 48 (7.73%) SQL
2 31 (4.99%) Java
3 29 (4.67%) C#
4 28 (4.51%) Python
5 22 (3.54%) TypeScript
6 19 (3.06%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.97%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.81%) Bicep
9 4 (0.64%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.64%) C++
9 4 (0.64%) Go
9 4 (0.64%) PHP
9 4 (0.64%) Ruby
9 4 (0.64%) SOQL
10 3 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.32%) C
11 2 (0.32%) VBA
12 1 (0.16%) Bash
12 1 (0.16%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 94 (15.14%) Degree
2 42 (6.76%) Security Cleared
3 29 (4.67%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (3.86%) ACCA
6 23 (3.70%) CIMA
7 17 (2.74%) Chartered Engineer
8 16 (2.58%) ITIL Certification
9 15 (2.42%) Master's Degree
10 14 (2.25%) CIPD
10 14 (2.25%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.93%) CISM
12 11 (1.77%) CISSP
12 11 (1.77%) HNC
12 11 (1.77%) HND
12 11 (1.77%) MBA
13 9 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (1.29%) DV Cleared
15 7 (1.13%) ICAEW
16 6 (0.97%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (6.76%) QA
3 31 (4.99%) SLA
4 22 (3.54%) GDPR
5 18 (2.90%) ISO 9001
6 17 (2.74%) ISO 14000
7 11 (1.77%) GRC
8 9 (1.45%) NIST
9 8 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.29%) ISO 14001
10 5 (0.81%) COBIT
10 5 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 5 (0.81%) PMO
10 5 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.64%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.64%) IFRS
12 3 (0.48%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.48%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.48%) TickIT
13 2 (0.32%) GMP
System Software
1 18 (2.90%) Docker
2 14 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.09%) Firmware
4 10 (1.61%) Embedded Firmware
5 8 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.81%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.48%) vSphere
8 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.16%) Snort
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 14 (2.25%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.77%) Ansible
4 6 (0.97%) Grafana
5 5 (0.81%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.48%) cPanel
6 3 (0.48%) Plesk
7 2 (0.32%) Argo
7 2 (0.32%) Autotask
7 2 (0.32%) Bugsnag
7 2 (0.32%) Packer
7 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.32%) SCCM
7 2 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.16%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 126 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.54%) Salesforce
3 18 (2.90%) VMware
4 16 (2.58%) Sage
5 14 (2.25%) Adobe
5 14 (2.25%) Google
6 13 (2.09%) YouTube
7 12 (1.93%) Cisco
8 6 (0.97%) Databricks
9 5 (0.81%) Juniper
9 5 (0.81%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.81%) Workday
10 4 (0.64%) Anaplan
10 4 (0.64%) Meraki
10 4 (0.64%) Oracle
10 4 (0.64%) Veeam
10 4 (0.64%) Xero
11 3 (0.48%) Acronis
11 3 (0.48%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.48%) Solace