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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 314 213 295
Rank change year-on-year -101 +82 +46
Permanent jobs citing People Management 906 1,733 2,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 1.76% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.84% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 594 671 1,056
10th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
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%

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 23 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 23 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 -91 836 £62,500 -10.71% 343
UK excluding London -66 546 £57,500 -4.17% 242
London -38 316 £72,500 -19.44% 126
Work from Home -111 287 £65,000 -10.34% 136
North of England +23 225 £57,500 -7.26% 63
North West -39 129 £65,000 +23.81% 35
South East -25 116 £57,500 -23.33% 67
Midlands -86 83 £60,000 +14.29% 45
Yorkshire +101 82 £57,500 -14.81% 21
South West -12 55 £57,500 +25.68% 20
West Midlands -81 43 £65,000 +20.93% 27
East Midlands +2 40 £47,500 -9.52% 18
East of England -12 37 £55,000 +4.76% 25
Scotland -74 26 £57,500 -4.17% 22
North East +1 18 £42,500 -22.73% 7
Wales +5 9 £40,000 -2.44% 9
Northern Ireland +23 3 £57,500 +109.09% 2

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 17 (1.88%) Confluence
2 11 (1.21%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.77%) Apache Pig
4 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.55%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.44%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.22%) CMS
7 2 (0.22%) GlassFish
7 2 (0.22%) JCAPS
7 2 (0.22%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.22%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 38 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.66%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.55%) Simulink
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.11%) SPSS
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.77%) Aladdin
2 7 (0.77%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.77%) thinkFolio
3 6 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.33%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.33%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.22%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.22%) Primavera
6 2 (0.22%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.22%) SAP GTS
6 2 (0.22%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.22%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.11%) Endur
7 1 (0.11%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 105 (11.59%) Azure
2 64 (7.06%) AWS
3 42 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (2.87%) SaaS
5 25 (2.76%) Power Platform
6 22 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (2.32%) Serverless
8 19 (2.10%) GCP
9 18 (1.99%) PaaS
10 17 (1.88%) IaaS
10 17 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
11 15 (1.66%) Amazon S3
12 12 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
12 12 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (1.21%) Amazon SQS
13 11 (1.21%) AWS Step Functions
14 6 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (0.66%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.42%) Firewall
2 19 (2.10%) LAN
3 18 (1.99%) WAN
3 18 (1.99%) Wireless
4 17 (1.88%) Network Security
5 11 (1.21%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.21%) Wireshark
6 8 (0.88%) DNS
7 5 (0.55%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.44%) VPN
9 3 (0.33%) VSAN
9 3 (0.33%) WebEx
10 2 (0.22%) DHCP
10 2 (0.22%) FTP
10 2 (0.22%) Internet
10 2 (0.22%) NGFW
10 2 (0.22%) RIP
11 1 (0.11%) DSL
11 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.55%) OLAP
1 14 (1.55%) Power BI
2 13 (1.43%) Big Data
2 13 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (1.43%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.32%) NoSQL
4 8 (0.88%) Hadoop
5 7 (0.77%) Apache Hive
5 7 (0.77%) Tableau
6 5 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.44%) Amazon QuickSight
7 4 (0.44%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.44%) GIS
7 4 (0.44%) Metadata
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (3.09%) JIRA
2 13 (1.43%) Git
3 9 (0.99%) JUnit
4 7 (0.77%) Checkstyle
4 7 (0.77%) Selenium
4 7 (0.77%) SonarQube
5 6 (0.66%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.55%) Android Studio
6 5 (0.55%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.55%) Postman
6 5 (0.55%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.55%) Spinnaker
6 5 (0.55%) TestRail
6 5 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.33%) GCC
7 3 (0.33%) Maven
8 2 (0.22%) Ant
8 2 (0.22%) Subversion
8 2 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 300 (33.11%) Social Skills
2 281 (31.02%) Finance
3 114 (12.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 93 (10.26%) Legal
5 88 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
6 87 (9.60%) Presentation Skills
7 78 (8.61%) Billing
8 74 (8.17%) Public Sector
9 58 (6.40%) Manufacturing
10 49 (5.41%) Retail
11 43 (4.75%) Local Government
12 42 (4.64%) Law
13 38 (4.19%) Marketing
14 36 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
16 23 (2.54%) Telecoms
17 20 (2.21%) Banking
18 14 (1.55%) Front Office
19 13 (1.43%) Aerospace
20 12 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 124 (13.69%) Lead
2 85 (9.38%) Senior
3 65 (7.17%) Project Manager
4 56 (6.18%) Service Manager
4 56 (6.18%) Software Manager
5 53 (5.85%) Audit Manager
6 50 (5.52%) Development Manager
7 47 (5.19%) Team Leader
8 43 (4.75%) Senior Manager
9 42 (4.64%) Developer
10 37 (4.08%) Engineering Manager
11 35 (3.86%) Software Development Manager
12 34 (3.75%) Audio Visual Technician
13 31 (3.42%) Consultant
14 29 (3.20%) IT Manager
15 28 (3.09%) Delivery Manager
16 26 (2.87%) Applications Manager
17 25 (2.76%) Operations Manager
18 24 (2.65%) Lead Developer
18 24 (2.65%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (7.95%) .NET
2 28 (3.09%) .NET Core
3 22 (2.43%) HTML
4 21 (2.32%) CSS
5 15 (1.66%) EDI
6 14 (1.55%) React
7 13 (1.43%) .NET Framework
8 11 (1.21%) Unity DI Container
9 10 (1.10%) Spring
10 9 (0.99%) J2EE
11 8 (0.88%) Node.js
11 8 (0.88%) Spring Boot
12 7 (0.77%) RESTful
13 6 (0.66%) Middleware
14 5 (0.55%) Kafka
14 5 (0.55%) OAuth
14 5 (0.55%) Playwright
14 5 (0.55%) SOAP
15 4 (0.44%) OpenID
15 4 (0.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.62%) Management Information System
2 51 (5.63%) Driving Licence
3 41 (4.53%) Product Ownership
4 35 (3.86%) NHS
5 31 (3.42%) Housing Association
6 27 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (2.43%) Reinsurance
8 19 (2.10%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.88%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.43%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.32%) Hedge funds
13 11 (1.21%) Blog
13 11 (1.21%) Credit Risk
13 11 (1.21%) Private Cloud
13 11 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
14 10 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (0.99%) FMCG
16 8 (0.88%) Cloud Native
16 8 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.30%) Windows
2 22 (2.43%) Android
3 17 (1.88%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.77%) Linux
6 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.22%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.11%) Debian
8 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.11%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (24.39%) Agile
2 175 (19.32%) Coaching
3 174 (19.21%) Project Management
4 159 (17.55%) Problem-Solving
5 133 (14.68%) Mentoring
6 132 (14.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 130 (14.35%) Performance Management
8 127 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
9 126 (13.91%) Line Management
10 114 (12.58%) Service Management
11 99 (10.93%) Business Development
12 88 (9.71%) ITIL
13 85 (9.38%) DevOps
14 82 (9.05%) Project Delivery
15 76 (8.39%) Software Engineering
16 75 (8.28%) Roadmaps
17 74 (8.17%) Service Delivery
18 69 (7.62%) Scrum
19 67 (7.40%) Decision-Making
20 65 (7.17%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 77 (8.50%) SQL
2 57 (6.29%) C#
3 52 (5.74%) Python
4 37 (4.08%) Java
4 37 (4.08%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.99%) PowerShell
6 15 (1.66%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.21%) R
8 7 (0.77%) VB
9 6 (0.66%) C++
9 6 (0.66%) VB6
10 5 (0.55%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.44%) Scala
12 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.33%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.33%) PHP
12 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.22%) C
13 2 (0.22%) Perl
13 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 201 (22.19%) Degree
2 73 (8.06%) ACCA
3 69 (7.62%) Security Cleared
4 46 (5.08%) SC Cleared
5 40 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.75%) APMG
7 26 (2.87%) CISSP
8 21 (2.32%) APMP
9 17 (1.88%) HNC
9 17 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (1.88%) PMI Certification
10 15 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 14 (1.55%) DBS Check
11 14 (1.55%) Master's Degree
12 13 (1.43%) CEH
12 13 (1.43%) PMP
13 12 (1.32%) CIPD
13 12 (1.32%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.17%) IFRS
2 73 (8.06%) GAAP
3 68 (7.51%) QA
4 28 (3.09%) GDPR
5 27 (2.98%) PMO
6 20 (2.21%) SLA
7 19 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (1.99%) NIST
9 12 (1.32%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (1.10%) Data Quality
12 7 (0.77%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.66%) Def Stans
14 5 (0.55%) ITGC
14 5 (0.55%) NEBOSH
15 3 (0.33%) GMP
16 2 (0.22%) COBIT
16 2 (0.22%) IFRS 17
17 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
17 1 (0.11%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 22 (2.43%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.32%) Virtual Desktop
3 15 (1.66%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.10%) Firmware
5 7 (0.77%) Docker
5 7 (0.77%) HDFS
5 7 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.44%) vSphere
8 3 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.11%) KVM
Systems Management
1 21 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.21%) Nmap
4 9 (0.99%) FortiGate
4 9 (0.99%) SCCM
5 7 (0.77%) NetBackup
5 7 (0.77%) SCOM
6 2 (0.22%) Ansible
6 2 (0.22%) Control-M
6 2 (0.22%) Terraform
7 1 (0.11%) Nessus
7 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 180 (19.87%) Microsoft
2 75 (8.28%) CA
3 26 (2.87%) Salesforce
4 24 (2.65%) SAP
5 14 (1.55%) Bloomberg
6 13 (1.43%) IFS
7 12 (1.32%) Google
7 12 (1.32%) Splunk
8 11 (1.21%) Qualys
8 11 (1.21%) Rapid7
8 11 (1.21%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.21%) Thycotic
8 11 (1.21%) VMware
9 7 (0.77%) Charles River
9 7 (0.77%) Dell
9 7 (0.77%) McAfee
10 6 (0.66%) Cisco
11 5 (0.55%) EMC
11 5 (0.55%) HP
11 5 (0.55%) Oracle