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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 214 296
Rank change year-on-year -106 +82 +47
Permanent jobs citing People Management 885 1,763 2,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.89% 1.76% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.84% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 568 677 1,057
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,792 £106,250 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £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 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +9.38%

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 14 May 2024.

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 14 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 -95 816 £65,000 -7.14% 359
UK excluding London -83 546 £57,500 -4.17% 251
London -45 291 £72,500 -19.44% 131
Work from Home -105 287 £63,750 -12.07% 182
North of England +18 235 £58,750 +3.75% 78
North West -30 138 £65,000 +26.83% 50
South East -30 117 £57,500 -23.33% 59
Yorkshire +110 83 £57,500 -11.54% 20
Midlands -91 79 £58,750 +6.82% 45
South West -28 49 £60,000 +31.15% 27
East Midlands -16 40 £47,500 -9.52% 16
West Midlands -90 39 £60,000 +9.09% 29
East of England -19 37 £55,000 +4.76% 17
Scotland -74 25 £56,250 -11.42% 19
North East -1 18 £42,500 -22.73% 8
Wales +14 9 £40,000 +29.03% 9
Northern Ireland +26 3 £57,500 +109.09% 5

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 15 (1.69%) Confluence
2 13 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.90%) Apache Pig
4 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.56%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.45%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.23%) CMS
6 2 (0.23%) GlassFish
6 2 (0.23%) JCAPS
6 2 (0.23%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.23%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.23%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 38 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.56%) Simulink
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.11%) SPSS
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.79%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.79%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.79%) thinkFolio
4 4 (0.45%) SAP SCM
4 4 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.34%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.34%) SAP CX
5 3 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.34%) SAP GTS
5 3 (0.34%) SAP SD
5 3 (0.34%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.23%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.23%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) Endur
7 1 (0.11%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 108 (12.20%) Azure
2 65 (7.34%) AWS
3 41 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (3.05%) Power Platform
6 26 (2.94%) SaaS
7 23 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (2.37%) Serverless
9 20 (2.26%) GCP
10 19 (2.15%) PaaS
11 18 (2.03%) IaaS
11 18 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
12 14 (1.58%) Amazon S3
13 12 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
13 12 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.13%) Amazon SQS
15 10 (1.13%) AWS Step Functions
16 7 (0.79%) GitHub
17 6 (0.68%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.50%) Firewall
2 20 (2.26%) LAN
3 19 (2.15%) WAN
3 19 (2.15%) Wireless
4 18 (2.03%) Network Security
5 11 (1.24%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.24%) Wireshark
6 7 (0.79%) DNS
7 5 (0.56%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.56%) VPN
8 3 (0.34%) VSAN
8 3 (0.34%) WebEx
9 2 (0.23%) Broadband
9 2 (0.23%) Converged Networks
9 2 (0.23%) DHCP
9 2 (0.23%) FTP
9 2 (0.23%) Internet
9 2 (0.23%) RIP
10 1 (0.11%) DSL
10 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.81%) Power BI
2 15 (1.69%) OLAP
3 13 (1.47%) Big Data
3 13 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.36%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.24%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.90%) Apache Hive
6 8 (0.90%) Hadoop
6 8 (0.90%) Tableau
7 5 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (0.56%) Metadata
8 4 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
8 4 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.45%) GIS
8 4 (0.45%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.34%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (3.16%) JIRA
2 15 (1.69%) Git
3 10 (1.13%) JUnit
4 8 (0.90%) Checkstyle
4 8 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.90%) SonarQube
5 6 (0.68%) Selenium
5 6 (0.68%) Spinnaker
6 5 (0.56%) Android Studio
6 5 (0.56%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.56%) Postman
6 5 (0.56%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.56%) TestRail
6 5 (0.56%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.34%) GCC
7 3 (0.34%) Maven
8 2 (0.23%) Ant
8 2 (0.23%) Subversion
8 2 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 291 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 285 (32.20%) Finance
3 111 (12.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 87 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (9.60%) Presentation Skills
6 78 (8.81%) Billing
6 78 (8.81%) Public Sector
7 68 (7.68%) Legal
8 61 (6.89%) Manufacturing
9 43 (4.86%) Local Government
10 42 (4.75%) Law
11 38 (4.29%) Marketing
11 38 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
12 37 (4.18%) Retail
13 36 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (2.94%) Telecoms
15 25 (2.82%) Banking
16 13 (1.47%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.47%) Front Office
17 12 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 125 (14.12%) Lead
2 85 (9.60%) Senior
3 66 (7.46%) Project Manager
4 57 (6.44%) Software Manager
5 54 (6.10%) Service Manager
6 53 (5.99%) Audit Manager
7 50 (5.65%) Development Manager
8 46 (5.20%) Team Leader
9 42 (4.75%) Senior Manager
10 40 (4.52%) Developer
11 37 (4.18%) Engineering Manager
12 35 (3.95%) Software Development Manager
13 34 (3.84%) Consultant
13 34 (3.84%) IT Manager
14 29 (3.28%) Delivery Manager
15 26 (2.94%) Operations Manager
16 24 (2.71%) Service Delivery Manager
17 22 (2.49%) Applications Manager
17 22 (2.49%) Architect
17 22 (2.49%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (8.14%) .NET
2 25 (2.82%) .NET Core
3 22 (2.49%) HTML
4 21 (2.37%) CSS
5 15 (1.69%) EDI
6 14 (1.58%) React
7 11 (1.24%) .NET Framework
7 11 (1.24%) Spring
8 10 (1.13%) J2EE
8 10 (1.13%) Unity DI Container
9 9 (1.02%) Spring Boot
10 8 (0.90%) Node.js
11 7 (0.79%) RESTful
12 6 (0.68%) Middleware
13 5 (0.56%) Kafka
13 5 (0.56%) OAuth
13 5 (0.56%) Playwright
13 5 (0.56%) SOAP
14 4 (0.45%) OpenID
14 4 (0.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.02%) Management Information System
2 41 (4.63%) Product Ownership
3 40 (4.52%) Driving Licence
4 35 (3.95%) NHS
5 31 (3.50%) Housing Association
6 28 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (2.37%) Reinsurance
8 19 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.92%) Data Centre
9 17 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.69%) Credit Risk
11 14 (1.58%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.24%) Blog
12 11 (1.24%) Hedge funds
12 11 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
13 10 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.13%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.02%) FMCG
15 8 (0.90%) Client/Server
15 8 (0.90%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.41%) Windows
2 22 (2.49%) Android
3 17 (1.92%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.90%) Linux
6 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.23%) Debian
7 2 (0.23%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.11%) CentOS
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.11%) Unix
8 1 (0.11%) VMS
8 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.11%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (25.20%) Agile
2 171 (19.32%) Coaching
2 171 (19.32%) Project Management
3 153 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
4 135 (15.25%) Mentoring
5 132 (14.92%) Performance Management
5 132 (14.92%) Stakeholder Management
6 128 (14.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 120 (13.56%) Line Management
8 114 (12.88%) Service Management
9 99 (11.19%) Business Development
10 89 (10.06%) ITIL
11 86 (9.72%) DevOps
12 83 (9.38%) Project Delivery
13 77 (8.70%) Software Engineering
14 76 (8.59%) Service Delivery
15 72 (8.14%) Roadmaps
16 66 (7.46%) Artificial Intelligence
17 65 (7.34%) Scrum
18 63 (7.12%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 77 (8.70%) SQL
2 59 (6.67%) C#
3 53 (5.99%) Python
4 39 (4.41%) JavaScript
5 38 (4.29%) Java
6 18 (2.03%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.81%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.24%) R
9 7 (0.79%) VB
10 6 (0.68%) C++
10 6 (0.68%) VB6
11 5 (0.56%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.34%) Bash
12 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.34%) Go
12 3 (0.34%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.34%) PHP
12 3 (0.34%) Scala
13 2 (0.23%) Ruby
13 2 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 191 (21.58%) Degree
2 73 (8.25%) ACCA
2 73 (8.25%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.54%) SC Cleared
4 40 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.82%) CISSP
6 22 (2.49%) APMP
7 17 (1.92%) HNC
7 17 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (1.92%) PMI Certification
8 16 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (1.58%) DBS Check
10 13 (1.47%) CEH
10 13 (1.47%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.47%) PMP
11 12 (1.36%) APMG
11 12 (1.36%) SSCP
12 11 (1.24%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.36%) IFRS
2 73 (8.25%) GAAP
3 69 (7.80%) QA
4 30 (3.39%) GDPR
5 28 (3.16%) PMO
6 20 (2.26%) SLA
7 18 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (1.92%) NIST
9 13 (1.47%) Data Quality
9 13 (1.47%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.79%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.79%) ITGC
12 6 (0.68%) Def Stans
13 5 (0.56%) NEBOSH
14 3 (0.34%) GMP
15 2 (0.23%) COBIT
15 2 (0.23%) IFRS 17
16 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
16 1 (0.11%) P3O
System Software
1 21 (2.37%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 15 (1.69%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.13%) Firmware
5 8 (0.90%) Docker
5 8 (0.90%) HDFS
6 7 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (0.45%) vSphere
9 3 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.11%) KVM
Systems Management
1 21 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.58%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.24%) Nmap
4 9 (1.02%) FortiGate
4 9 (1.02%) SCCM
5 7 (0.79%) NetBackup
5 7 (0.79%) SCOM
6 3 (0.34%) Terraform
7 2 (0.23%) Ansible
7 2 (0.23%) Control-M
8 1 (0.11%) Nessus
8 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 178 (20.11%) Microsoft
2 75 (8.47%) CA
3 26 (2.94%) SAP
4 25 (2.82%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.58%) Google
6 13 (1.47%) Bloomberg
6 13 (1.47%) IFS
7 12 (1.36%) Splunk
8 11 (1.24%) Qualys
8 11 (1.24%) Rapid7
8 11 (1.24%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.24%) Thycotic
8 11 (1.24%) VMware
9 7 (0.79%) Charles River
9 7 (0.79%) Cisco
9 7 (0.79%) McAfee
10 6 (0.68%) Dell
11 5 (0.56%) Databricks
11 5 (0.56%) EMC
11 5 (0.56%) HP