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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 120 147
Rank change year-on-year +12 +27 +42
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 2,449 2,930 4,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.45% 2.95% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 3.08% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,739 1,421 1,972
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,356 £35,125
25th Percentile £38,500 £47,089 £45,438
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 £85,000 £77,622
90th Percentile £113,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +12.15% +7.00%

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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
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% +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 20 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 20 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 +17 2,163 £54,700 -17.74% 1,010
UK excluding London -26 1,609 £47,500 -20.83% 787
Work from Home +37 957 £58,800 -15.33% 367
London +86 715 £73,705 -1.73% 290
North of England +34 427 £52,500 -12.50% 258
South East -32 355 £47,500 -32.14% 173
Midlands -62 239 £44,094 -23.32% 127
South West -51 225 £47,993 -11.49% 100
North West +38 222 £52,500 -10.26% 147
East of England +21 191 £35,807 -5.77% 80
West Midlands -58 166 £46,500 -3.91% 75
Yorkshire +20 147 £52,500 -18.01% 90
Scotland -92 116 £50,000 -34.54% 31
East Midlands +4 73 £40,000 -38.46% 52
North East +31 58 £44,094 -15.20% 23
Wales +43 53 £42,500 -14.64% 38
Northern Ireland +28 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 (4.21%) SharePoint
2 98 (4.00%) Apache
3 96 (3.92%) Apache Airflow
4 62 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
5 36 (1.47%) CMS
6 17 (0.69%) IIS
7 15 (0.61%) 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 (0.20%) 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%) Tomcat
Applications
1 154 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.82%) Photoshop
5 16 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.20%) 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 16 (0.65%) SDL Web 8
2 11 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.24%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.24%) 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
1 347 (14.17%) Azure
2 325 (13.27%) AWS
3 246 (10.04%) Microsoft 365
4 207 (8.45%) GCP
5 149 (6.08%) Power Platform
6 107 (4.37%) dbt
7 103 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
8 101 (4.12%) Snowflake
9 84 (3.43%) SaaS
10 50 (2.04%) Entra ID
11 42 (1.71%) PaaS
12 31 (1.27%) IaaS
13 28 (1.14%) Power Automate
14 26 (1.06%) 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 (0.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 81 (3.31%) Firewall
2 55 (2.25%) DNS
3 49 (2.00%) DHCP
4 48 (1.96%) WAN
5 36 (1.47%) Internet
6 33 (1.35%) LAN
6 33 (1.35%) Wireless
7 32 (1.31%) SAN
8 30 (1.22%) Broadband
9 28 (1.14%) Intranet
10 27 (1.10%) TCP/IP
11 26 (1.06%) Network Security
12 24 (0.98%) SD-WAN
12 24 (0.98%) VPN
13 21 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (0.65%) iSCSI
15 14 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
15 14 (0.57%) VoIP
16 10 (0.41%) SNMP
16 10 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (5.14%) Power BI
2 103 (4.21%) Data Lake
3 96 (3.92%) Amazon Athena
3 96 (3.92%) Apache Arrow
3 96 (3.92%) Apache Ignite
3 96 (3.92%) Dremio
4 92 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
5 88 (3.59%) SQL Server
6 78 (3.18%) BigQuery
7 77 (3.14%) Looker
8 46 (1.88%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.39%) GIS
9 34 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
10 27 (1.10%) MongoDB
11 25 (1.02%) Tableau
12 21 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
12 21 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
12 21 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 17 (0.69%) NoSQL
13 17 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 83 (3.39%) JIRA
2 68 (2.78%) Git
3 57 (2.33%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.55%) Selenium
5 29 (1.18%) Cucumber
6 28 (1.14%) Postman
7 23 (0.94%) Visual Studio
8 21 (0.86%) Octopus Deploy
8 21 (0.86%) Sourcetree
9 17 (0.69%) GitLab
10 16 (0.65%) git-flow
10 16 (0.65%) Moq
10 16 (0.65%) NUnit
10 16 (0.65%) SpecFlow
10 16 (0.65%) 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
1 827 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 776 (31.69%) Finance
3 327 (13.35%) Analytical Skills
4 281 (11.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 173 (7.06%) Marketing
6 161 (6.57%) Banking
7 158 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
8 118 (4.82%) Retail
9 117 (4.78%) Law
10 116 (4.74%) Legal
11 110 (4.49%) Front Office
12 106 (4.33%) Manufacturing
13 100 (4.08%) Public Sector
14 97 (3.96%) Investment Banking
15 91 (3.72%) Billing
16 73 (2.98%) Pharmaceutical
17 62 (2.53%) Telecoms
18 61 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
19 56 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
20 45 (1.84%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 461 (18.82%) Lead
2 406 (16.58%) Senior
3 181 (7.39%) Developer
4 154 (6.29%) Architect
5 153 (6.25%) Team Leader
6 140 (5.72%) Project Manager
7 136 (5.55%) IT Manager
8 127 (5.19%) Solutions Architect
9 118 (4.82%) Senior Manager
10 104 (4.25%) Data Manager
11 102 (4.16%) Analyst
11 102 (4.16%) Engineering Manager
12 84 (3.43%) Software Engineer
13 75 (3.06%) Lead Developer
14 73 (2.98%) Service Manager
15 71 (2.90%) Software Developer
16 64 (2.61%) Infrastructure Manager
17 61 (2.49%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
17 61 (2.49%) Software Team Leader
18 60 (2.45%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (3.96%) NumPy
2 96 (3.92%) gRPC
2 96 (3.92%) Pandas
2 96 (3.92%) Protocol Buffers
2 96 (3.92%) SciPy
3 88 (3.59%) .NET
4 79 (3.23%) CSS
5 78 (3.18%) HTML
6 62 (2.53%) React
7 47 (1.92%) RESTful
8 36 (1.47%) Kafka
8 36 (1.47%) REST
9 31 (1.27%) ASP.NET
10 30 (1.22%) XML
11 29 (1.18%) .NET Framework
11 29 (1.18%) EDI
11 29 (1.18%) Node.js
12 28 (1.14%) AngularJS
12 28 (1.14%) Web Services
13 26 (1.06%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 217 (8.86%) Management Information System
2 142 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 126 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
4 103 (4.21%) Hedge funds
5 99 (4.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 98 (4.00%) Derivative
7 96 (3.92%) Equities
7 96 (3.92%) Fixed Income
8 72 (2.94%) Social Media
9 66 (2.69%) Driving Licence
10 57 (2.33%) Housing Association
11 54 (2.20%) Data Centre
12 44 (1.80%) PMI
13 36 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
14 29 (1.18%) NHS
15 25 (1.02%) Operational Technology
16 23 (0.94%) Onboarding
17 22 (0.90%) CCTV
18 21 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
19 20 (0.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 211 (8.62%) Windows
2 81 (3.31%) Windows Server
3 78 (3.18%) Linux
4 44 (1.80%) Windows 10
5 36 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 33 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (0.86%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.61%) Android
9 12 (0.49%) Unix
10 10 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.20%) 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%) CentOS
15 1 (0.041%) Debian
15 1 (0.041%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.041%) Scientific Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 672 (27.44%) Agile
2 509 (20.78%) Mentoring
3 489 (19.97%) Problem-Solving
4 430 (17.56%) Project Management
5 387 (15.80%) Coaching
6 288 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 281 (11.47%) Customer Service
8 245 (10.00%) DevOps
9 229 (9.35%) Project Delivery
10 224 (9.15%) ITIL
10 224 (9.15%) Software Engineering
11 207 (8.45%) Scrum
12 203 (8.29%) Roadmaps
13 199 (8.13%) Decision-Making
14 182 (7.43%) CI/CD
15 177 (7.23%) Stakeholder Management
16 163 (6.66%) Business Intelligence
17 147 (6.00%) Cybersecurity
18 142 (5.80%) Service Delivery
19 139 (5.68%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 222 (9.06%) SQL
2 220 (8.98%) JavaScript
3 207 (8.45%) Python
4 202 (8.25%) Java
5 116 (4.74%) C#
6 105 (4.29%) TypeScript
7 39 (1.59%) PowerShell
8 34 (1.39%) C
9 27 (1.10%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.02%) R
11 20 (0.82%) Scala
12 18 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 17 (0.69%) PHP
14 16 (0.65%) Kotlin
14 16 (0.65%) XPath
15 13 (0.53%) Go
16 11 (0.45%) C++
16 11 (0.45%) Ruby
17 10 (0.41%) PL/SQL
18 7 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 503 (20.54%) Degree
2 143 (5.84%) DBS Check
3 137 (5.59%) Security Cleared
4 98 (4.00%) SC Cleared
5 62 (2.53%) PMI Certification
6 51 (2.08%) PMP
7 38 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 38 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 29 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
11 28 (1.14%) APMP
11 28 (1.14%) CAPM
11 28 (1.14%) PgMP
12 23 (0.94%) CCNP
13 20 (0.82%) CISSP
14 18 (0.73%) CCNA
15 17 (0.69%) A+ Certification
16 16 (0.65%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 239 (9.76%) QA
2 86 (3.51%) SLA
3 68 (2.78%) GDPR
4 60 (2.45%) GMP
5 47 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 46 (1.88%) PMO
7 37 (1.51%) Accessibility
8 36 (1.47%) ISO 9001
9 29 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 29 (1.18%) Data Quality
10 21 (0.86%) NCSC
11 16 (0.65%) 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%) ISO/IEC 17025
17 7 (0.29%) SOC 1
System Software
1 126 (5.14%) Active Directory
2 102 (4.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (2.37%) Hyper-V
4 44 (1.80%) Docker
5 29 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (0.94%) Firmware
7 13 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.49%) vSphere
9 11 (0.45%) IAG
10 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.16%) pfSense
12 3 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (0.12%) XenApp
12 3 (0.12%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.082%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.082%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.041%) Lustre
14 1 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 37 (1.51%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.43%) Terraform
3 28 (1.14%) Ansible
4 18 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (0.65%) Progress Chef
5 16 (0.65%) SCCM
6 14 (0.57%) 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 (0.24%) Nagios
12 5 (0.20%) Puppet
13 4 (0.16%) Grafana
14 3 (0.12%) logstash
15 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 452 (18.46%) Microsoft
2 162 (6.61%) Google
3 110 (4.49%) VMware
4 63 (2.57%) Cisco
5 56 (2.29%) SAP
6 45 (1.84%) Salesforce
7 41 (1.67%) Oracle
8 38 (1.55%) Sophos
9 30 (1.22%) Dell
10 29 (1.18%) Adobe
11 25 (1.02%) Veeam
12 22 (0.90%) Citrix
12 22 (0.90%) Fortinet
13 20 (0.82%) SolarWinds
14 19 (0.78%) ServiceNow
15 17 (0.69%) Apple
15 17 (0.69%) HP
15 17 (0.69%) NetApp
16 16 (0.65%) Cognizant
17 14 (0.57%) IBM