Line Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Line Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Line Management over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 118 151
Rank change year-on-year +9 +33 +41
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 2,434 2,945 4,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.44% 2.97% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 3.10% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,728 1,415 1,947
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,356 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £47,089 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,396 £65,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.13% +9.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £84,056 £77,530
90th Percentile £110,375 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,507 £60,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year -20.82% +12.97% +6.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Line 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 85,075 94,861 153,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 95.59% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 59,840 55,938 82,447
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,714
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Line Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Line Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Line Management.

Salary trend for Line Management in the UK

Line Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Line Management over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Line Management in the UK

Line 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 Line Management within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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 +12 2,149 £54,238 -17.82% 961
UK excluding London -32 1,608 £47,507 -20.82% 757
Work from Home +26 948 £58,119 -16.31% 348
London +96 702 £72,500 -3.33% 271
North of England +30 425 £52,500 -12.50% 244
South East -36 355 £47,500 -32.14% 169
Midlands -60 239 £44,094 -23.32% 127
South West -46 224 £47,993 -11.49% 100
North West +35 221 £53,600 -13.55% 137
East of England +22 193 £39,115 +2.93% 79
West Midlands -57 166 £46,500 -3.91% 76
Yorkshire +13 146 £52,500 -17.02% 87
Scotland -90 116 £50,000 -34.54% 27
East Midlands +6 73 £40,000 -38.46% 51
North East +28 58 £44,094 -15.20% 22
Wales +47 53 £42,500 -17.59% 35
Northern Ireland +20 8 £58,800 +17.60% 2

Line 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
1 103 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 90 (3.70%) Apache
3 88 (3.62%) Apache Airflow
4 62 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 35 (1.44%) CMS
6 17 (0.70%) IIS
7 15 (0.62%) Confluence
8 11 (0.45%) Apache Spark
8 11 (0.45%) WordPress
9 8 (0.33%) Drupal
10 7 (0.29%) MS Project Server
11 5 (0.21%) Office Communications Server
12 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.082%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.041%) JOnAS
14 1 (0.041%) Moodle
14 1 (0.041%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.041%) SAS
14 1 (0.041%) Skype for Business
14 1 (0.041%) Totara
Applications
1 154 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.78%) Photoshop
5 16 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.21%) Simulink
7 4 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.12%) SPSS
9 2 (0.082%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.082%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.082%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.082%) MadCap Flare
10 1 (0.041%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (0.62%) SDL Web 8
2 11 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.25%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.25%) thinkFolio
5 4 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.16%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.16%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.16%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
7 2 (0.082%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.082%) Shopify
8 1 (0.041%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.041%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 1 (0.041%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 348 (14.30%) Azure
2 318 (13.06%) AWS
3 246 (10.11%) Microsoft 365
4 199 (8.18%) GCP
5 149 (6.12%) Power Platform
6 103 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
7 99 (4.07%) dbt
8 93 (3.82%) Snowflake
9 84 (3.45%) SaaS
10 50 (2.05%) Entra ID
11 42 (1.73%) PaaS
12 31 (1.27%) IaaS
13 28 (1.15%) Power Automate
14 26 (1.07%) PowerApps
15 23 (0.94%) OneDrive
16 22 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
17 21 (0.86%) Serverless
18 20 (0.82%) Google Sheets
19 19 (0.78%) GitHub
20 17 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 80 (3.29%) Firewall
2 55 (2.26%) DNS
3 49 (2.01%) DHCP
4 48 (1.97%) WAN
5 36 (1.48%) Internet
6 34 (1.40%) Wireless
7 33 (1.36%) LAN
8 32 (1.31%) SAN
9 30 (1.23%) Broadband
10 28 (1.15%) Intranet
11 27 (1.11%) TCP/IP
12 26 (1.07%) Network Security
13 25 (1.03%) VPN
14 24 (0.99%) SD-WAN
15 19 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
16 16 (0.66%) iSCSI
17 14 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
17 14 (0.58%) VoIP
18 10 (0.41%) SNMP
18 10 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (5.18%) Power BI
2 95 (3.90%) Data Lake
3 92 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
4 88 (3.62%) Amazon Athena
4 88 (3.62%) Apache Arrow
4 88 (3.62%) Apache Ignite
4 88 (3.62%) Dremio
5 87 (3.57%) SQL Server
6 78 (3.20%) BigQuery
7 77 (3.16%) Looker
8 46 (1.89%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.40%) GIS
9 34 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
10 27 (1.11%) MongoDB
11 25 (1.03%) Tableau
12 21 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
12 21 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
12 21 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 17 (0.70%) NoSQL
13 17 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 82 (3.37%) JIRA
2 67 (2.75%) Git
3 57 (2.34%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.56%) Selenium
5 29 (1.19%) Cucumber
6 28 (1.15%) Postman
7 22 (0.90%) Visual Studio
8 20 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
8 20 (0.82%) Sourcetree
9 17 (0.70%) GitLab
10 15 (0.62%) git-flow
10 15 (0.62%) Moq
10 15 (0.62%) NUnit
10 15 (0.62%) SpecFlow
10 15 (0.62%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
12 11 (0.45%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
14 7 (0.29%) JMeter
14 7 (0.29%) Spinnaker
General
1 821 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 764 (31.39%) Finance
3 323 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
4 281 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 172 (7.07%) Marketing
6 156 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
7 151 (6.20%) Banking
8 118 (4.85%) Retail
9 116 (4.77%) Legal
10 115 (4.72%) Law
11 106 (4.35%) Manufacturing
12 102 (4.19%) Front Office
13 100 (4.11%) Public Sector
14 91 (3.74%) Billing
15 89 (3.66%) Investment Banking
16 73 (3.00%) Pharmaceutical
17 62 (2.55%) Telecoms
18 61 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
19 56 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
20 45 (1.85%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 455 (18.69%) Lead
2 406 (16.68%) Senior
3 176 (7.23%) Developer
4 150 (6.16%) Architect
5 149 (6.12%) Team Leader
6 140 (5.75%) Project Manager
7 134 (5.51%) IT Manager
8 123 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
9 118 (4.85%) Senior Manager
10 104 (4.27%) Data Manager
11 102 (4.19%) Analyst
11 102 (4.19%) Engineering Manager
12 80 (3.29%) Software Engineer
13 73 (3.00%) Service Manager
14 71 (2.92%) Lead Developer
15 67 (2.75%) Software Developer
16 64 (2.63%) Infrastructure Manager
17 61 (2.51%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
18 60 (2.47%) IT Technician
19 57 (2.34%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (3.66%) NumPy
2 88 (3.62%) gRPC
2 88 (3.62%) Pandas
2 88 (3.62%) Protocol Buffers
2 88 (3.62%) SciPy
3 87 (3.57%) .NET
4 78 (3.20%) CSS
5 77 (3.16%) HTML
6 61 (2.51%) React
7 46 (1.89%) RESTful
8 36 (1.48%) Kafka
8 36 (1.48%) REST
9 30 (1.23%) ASP.NET
10 29 (1.19%) EDI
10 29 (1.19%) Node.js
10 29 (1.19%) XML
11 28 (1.15%) .NET Framework
11 28 (1.15%) AngularJS
12 27 (1.11%) Web Services
13 25 (1.03%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 217 (8.92%) Management Information System
2 142 (5.83%) Product Ownership
3 124 (5.09%) Self-Motivation
4 95 (3.90%) Hedge funds
5 91 (3.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 90 (3.70%) Derivative
7 88 (3.62%) Equities
7 88 (3.62%) Fixed Income
8 72 (2.96%) Social Media
9 66 (2.71%) Driving Licence
10 57 (2.34%) Housing Association
11 54 (2.22%) Data Centre
12 44 (1.81%) PMI
13 37 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
14 29 (1.19%) NHS
15 26 (1.07%) Operational Technology
16 23 (0.94%) Onboarding
17 22 (0.90%) CCTV
18 21 (0.86%) Public Cloud
19 20 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 211 (8.67%) Windows
2 81 (3.33%) Windows Server
3 78 (3.20%) Linux
4 44 (1.81%) Windows 10
5 36 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 33 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (0.86%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.62%) Android
9 12 (0.49%) Unix
10 10 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.21%) VMS
13 4 (0.16%) DC/OS
13 4 (0.16%) Windows Vista
14 2 (0.082%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.082%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.041%) Debian
15 1 (0.041%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.041%) Scientific Linux
15 1 (0.041%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 663 (27.24%) Agile
2 508 (20.87%) Mentoring
3 484 (19.88%) Problem-Solving
4 428 (17.58%) Project Management
5 387 (15.90%) Coaching
6 288 (11.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 279 (11.46%) Customer Service
8 244 (10.02%) DevOps
9 229 (9.41%) Project Delivery
10 224 (9.20%) ITIL
11 216 (8.87%) Software Engineering
12 206 (8.46%) Scrum
13 203 (8.34%) Roadmaps
14 197 (8.09%) Decision-Making
15 182 (7.48%) CI/CD
16 177 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
17 163 (6.70%) Business Intelligence
18 148 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
19 142 (5.83%) Service Delivery
20 139 (5.71%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 221 (9.08%) SQL
2 211 (8.67%) JavaScript
3 199 (8.18%) Python
4 194 (7.97%) Java
5 115 (4.72%) C#
6 97 (3.99%) TypeScript
7 39 (1.60%) PowerShell
8 34 (1.40%) C
9 26 (1.07%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.03%) R
11 20 (0.82%) Scala
12 18 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 17 (0.70%) PHP
14 16 (0.66%) Kotlin
15 15 (0.62%) XPath
16 13 (0.53%) Go
17 11 (0.45%) C++
17 11 (0.45%) Ruby
18 10 (0.41%) PL/SQL
19 7 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 500 (20.54%) Degree
2 143 (5.88%) DBS Check
3 137 (5.63%) Security Cleared
4 98 (4.03%) SC Cleared
5 62 (2.55%) PMI Certification
6 51 (2.10%) PMP
7 38 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 38 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 29 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
11 28 (1.15%) APMP
11 28 (1.15%) CAPM
11 28 (1.15%) PgMP
12 22 (0.90%) CCNP
13 20 (0.82%) CISSP
14 17 (0.70%) A+ Certification
15 16 (0.66%) CISM
15 16 (0.66%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 239 (9.82%) QA
2 86 (3.53%) SLA
3 68 (2.79%) GDPR
4 60 (2.47%) GMP
5 47 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 46 (1.89%) PMO
7 37 (1.52%) Accessibility
8 36 (1.48%) ISO 9001
9 29 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 29 (1.19%) Data Quality
10 21 (0.86%) NCSC
11 17 (0.70%) NIST
12 13 (0.53%) GRC
13 12 (0.49%) ISO 14001
14 10 (0.41%) NEBOSH
15 9 (0.37%) PCI DSS
16 8 (0.33%) COSHH
16 8 (0.33%) Def Stans
17 7 (0.29%) DO-254
17 7 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 126 (5.18%) Active Directory
2 103 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (2.38%) Hyper-V
4 44 (1.81%) Docker
5 29 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (0.94%) Firmware
7 13 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (0.53%) vSphere
8 11 (0.45%) IAG
9 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.16%) pfSense
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
11 3 (0.12%) XenApp
11 3 (0.12%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.082%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.082%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.041%) Lustre
13 1 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 37 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.44%) Terraform
3 28 (1.15%) Ansible
4 18 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (0.66%) Progress Chef
5 16 (0.66%) SCCM
6 14 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.49%) Opsgenie
7 12 (0.49%) VxRail
7 12 (0.49%) WSUS
7 12 (0.49%) ZABBIX
8 10 (0.41%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.33%) QRadar
11 6 (0.25%) Nagios
12 5 (0.21%) Puppet
13 4 (0.16%) Grafana
14 3 (0.12%) logstash
15 2 (0.082%) cPanel
Vendors
1 452 (18.57%) Microsoft
2 162 (6.66%) Google
3 111 (4.56%) VMware
4 64 (2.63%) Cisco
5 54 (2.22%) SAP
6 45 (1.85%) Salesforce
7 41 (1.68%) Oracle
8 38 (1.56%) Sophos
9 28 (1.15%) Adobe
9 28 (1.15%) Dell
10 25 (1.03%) Veeam
11 22 (0.90%) Citrix
11 22 (0.90%) Fortinet
12 19 (0.78%) ServiceNow
13 18 (0.74%) SolarWinds
14 17 (0.70%) Apple
14 17 (0.70%) HP
14 17 (0.70%) NetApp
15 15 (0.62%) Cognizant
16 14 (0.58%) IBM