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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 116 158
Rank change year-on-year -3 +42 +37
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 2,323 3,116 4,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.36% 3.00% 2.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 3.14% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,701 1,497 1,857
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £47,375 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,396 £65,351 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +8.92% +4.35%
75th Percentile £74,250 £84,056 £78,289
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £60,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year -19.17% +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 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £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%

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 3 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 3 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 +1 2,043 £54,225 -16.58% 762
UK excluding London -39 1,529 £48,500 -19.17% 579
Work from Home +30 917 £56,401 -18.50% 279
London +84 674 £72,500 -3.33% 220
North of England +13 399 £52,500 -7.89% 141
South East -63 300 £47,500 -32.14% 141
South West -38 246 £49,029 -9.58% 82
Midlands -62 224 £44,094 -22.41% 106
North West +27 204 £55,000 - 77
East of England +28 191 £42,750 +12.50% 69
West Midlands -71 159 £46,500 -13.89% 69
Yorkshire +11 140 £52,500 -12.50% 48
Scotland -99 115 £50,000 -34.54% 38
East Midlands -2 65 £40,000 -37.25% 37
North East +25 55 £44,094 -17.58% 17
Wales +42 54 £42,500 -11.46% 23
Northern Ireland +24 5 £58,800 +17.60% 5

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
1 101 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 74 (3.19%) Apache
3 72 (3.10%) Apache Airflow
4 60 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 33 (1.42%) CMS
6 17 (0.73%) IIS
7 15 (0.65%) Confluence
8 11 (0.47%) Apache Spark
8 11 (0.47%) WordPress
9 8 (0.34%) Drupal
10 7 (0.30%) MS Project Server
11 5 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
12 3 (0.13%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.086%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.043%) JOnAS
14 1 (0.043%) Moodle
14 1 (0.043%) SAS
14 1 (0.043%) Skype for Business
14 1 (0.043%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.043%) Totara
Applications
1 149 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 97 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.77%) Photoshop
5 15 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.22%) Simulink
7 4 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.13%) SPSS
9 2 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.086%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.086%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.086%) MadCap Flare
10 1 (0.043%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (0.60%) SDL Web 8
2 11 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.26%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.26%) thinkFolio
5 4 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.17%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.17%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.086%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.086%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.086%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.086%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.086%) Shopify
7 1 (0.043%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 349 (15.02%) Azure
2 328 (14.12%) AWS
3 243 (10.46%) Microsoft 365
4 184 (7.92%) GCP
5 151 (6.50%) Power Platform
6 99 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
7 83 (3.57%) dbt
8 80 (3.44%) SaaS
9 77 (3.31%) Snowflake
10 50 (2.15%) Entra ID
11 41 (1.76%) PaaS
12 31 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
13 30 (1.29%) IaaS
14 27 (1.16%) Power Automate
15 26 (1.12%) PowerApps
16 23 (0.99%) OneDrive
17 22 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
18 21 (0.90%) Serverless
19 20 (0.86%) Google Sheets
20 19 (0.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 84 (3.62%) DNS
1 84 (3.62%) Firewall
2 78 (3.36%) DHCP
3 57 (2.45%) TCP/IP
4 48 (2.07%) WAN
5 36 (1.55%) Internet
5 36 (1.55%) Wireless
6 33 (1.42%) LAN
7 32 (1.38%) SAN
8 30 (1.29%) Broadband
8 30 (1.29%) HTTP
9 29 (1.25%) VPN
10 28 (1.21%) Intranet
11 26 (1.12%) Network Security
12 24 (1.03%) SD-WAN
13 19 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (0.69%) iSCSI
14 16 (0.69%) VoIP
15 14 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
16 10 (0.43%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (5.51%) Power BI
2 92 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
3 83 (3.57%) SQL Server
4 80 (3.44%) BigQuery
5 79 (3.40%) Data Lake
6 77 (3.31%) Looker
7 72 (3.10%) Amazon Athena
7 72 (3.10%) Apache Arrow
7 72 (3.10%) Apache Ignite
7 72 (3.10%) Dremio
8 46 (1.98%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.46%) GIS
9 34 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
10 28 (1.21%) MongoDB
11 24 (1.03%) Tableau
12 21 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
13 19 (0.82%) NoSQL
14 18 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
14 18 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 16 (0.69%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 80 (3.44%) JIRA
2 68 (2.93%) Git
3 60 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.64%) Selenium
5 30 (1.29%) Postman
6 29 (1.25%) Cucumber
7 20 (0.86%) Visual Studio
8 19 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
8 19 (0.82%) Sourcetree
9 18 (0.77%) GitLab
10 14 (0.60%) git-flow
10 14 (0.60%) Moq
10 14 (0.60%) NUnit
10 14 (0.60%) SpecFlow
10 14 (0.60%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
12 11 (0.47%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
14 7 (0.30%) JMeter
14 7 (0.30%) Subversion
General
1 769 (33.10%) Finance
2 766 (32.97%) Social Skills
3 319 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 245 (10.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 165 (7.10%) Marketing
6 150 (6.46%) Organisational Skills
7 138 (5.94%) Banking
8 115 (4.95%) Legal
8 115 (4.95%) Retail
9 109 (4.69%) Law
10 97 (4.18%) Public Sector
11 92 (3.96%) Billing
12 87 (3.75%) Front Office
13 76 (3.27%) Manufacturing
14 73 (3.14%) Investment Banking
15 62 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
15 62 (2.67%) Telecoms
16 52 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
17 45 (1.94%) Local Government
18 38 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 435 (18.73%) Lead
2 371 (15.97%) Senior
3 165 (7.10%) Developer
4 147 (6.33%) Team Leader
5 142 (6.11%) Project Manager
6 133 (5.73%) IT Manager
7 118 (5.08%) Senior Manager
8 103 (4.43%) Analyst
9 102 (4.39%) Data Manager
9 102 (4.39%) Engineering Manager
10 98 (4.22%) Architect
11 81 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
12 72 (3.10%) Software Engineer
13 70 (3.01%) Service Manager
14 63 (2.71%) Infrastructure Manager
15 62 (2.67%) Lead Developer
16 58 (2.50%) Software Developer
17 56 (2.41%) IT Technician
18 52 (2.24%) Delivery Manager
18 52 (2.24%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (4.30%) HTML
2 80 (3.44%) .NET
3 74 (3.19%) CSS
4 73 (3.14%) NumPy
5 72 (3.10%) gRPC
5 72 (3.10%) Pandas
5 72 (3.10%) Protocol Buffers
5 72 (3.10%) SciPy
6 60 (2.58%) React
7 43 (1.85%) RESTful
8 38 (1.64%) REST
9 36 (1.55%) Kafka
10 34 (1.46%) OpenID
11 33 (1.42%) SAML
12 29 (1.25%) EDI
12 29 (1.25%) Node.js
13 28 (1.21%) ASP.NET
14 27 (1.16%) XML
15 26 (1.12%) .NET Framework
15 26 (1.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 203 (8.74%) Management Information System
2 138 (5.94%) Product Ownership
3 122 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
4 79 (3.40%) Hedge funds
5 75 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 74 (3.19%) Derivative
7 72 (3.10%) Equities
7 72 (3.10%) Fixed Income
8 71 (3.06%) Social Media
9 66 (2.84%) Driving Licence
10 53 (2.28%) Housing Association
11 51 (2.20%) Data Centre
12 44 (1.89%) PMI
13 43 (1.85%) Cloud Native
14 39 (1.68%) Cyberattack
15 35 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
16 27 (1.16%) NHS
17 26 (1.12%) Operational Technology
18 23 (0.99%) Public Cloud
19 22 (0.95%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 211 (9.08%) Windows
2 81 (3.49%) Windows Server
3 76 (3.27%) Linux
4 44 (1.89%) Windows 10
5 36 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 33 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (0.90%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.65%) Android
9 12 (0.52%) Unix
10 10 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.22%) VMS
12 4 (0.17%) DC/OS
13 3 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.086%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.086%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.043%) CentOS
15 1 (0.043%) Debian
15 1 (0.043%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.043%) Scientific Linux
15 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 677 (29.14%) Agile
2 427 (18.38%) Project Management
3 411 (17.69%) Mentoring
4 410 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 287 (12.35%) Coaching
6 282 (12.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 267 (11.49%) Customer Service
8 236 (10.16%) DevOps
9 224 (9.64%) Project Delivery
10 223 (9.60%) Roadmaps
11 217 (9.34%) ITIL
12 206 (8.87%) Scrum
13 202 (8.70%) Software Engineering
14 190 (8.18%) Decision-Making
15 183 (7.88%) Stakeholder Management
16 177 (7.62%) CI/CD
17 165 (7.10%) Business Intelligence
18 149 (6.41%) Cybersecurity
19 139 (5.98%) Business Strategy
20 134 (5.77%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 218 (9.38%) SQL
2 189 (8.14%) JavaScript
3 181 (7.79%) Java
4 179 (7.71%) Python
5 112 (4.82%) C#
6 80 (3.44%) TypeScript
7 38 (1.64%) PowerShell
8 34 (1.46%) C
9 28 (1.21%) T-SQL
10 24 (1.03%) R
11 19 (0.82%) Scala
12 18 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 16 (0.69%) Kotlin
13 16 (0.69%) PHP
14 14 (0.60%) XPath
15 11 (0.47%) C++
15 11 (0.47%) Go
16 10 (0.43%) Ruby
17 8 (0.34%) PL/SQL
18 7 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 394 (16.96%) Degree
2 165 (7.10%) Security Cleared
3 141 (6.07%) DBS Check
4 99 (4.26%) SC Cleared
5 62 (2.67%) PMI Certification
6 51 (2.20%) PMP
7 39 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 39 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (1.51%) DV Cleared
9 34 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (1.42%) AWS Certification
11 30 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 29 (1.25%) APMP
12 29 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 29 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
13 28 (1.21%) Azure Certification
13 28 (1.21%) CAPM
13 28 (1.21%) PgMP
14 24 (1.03%) CCNP
15 21 (0.90%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (8.61%) QA
2 83 (3.57%) SLA
3 66 (2.84%) GDPR
4 47 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 47 (2.02%) PMO
5 36 (1.55%) ISO 9001
6 34 (1.46%) Accessibility
7 29 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (1.25%) GMP
8 28 (1.21%) Data Quality
9 21 (0.90%) NCSC
10 15 (0.65%) NIST
11 13 (0.56%) GRC
12 12 (0.52%) ISO 14001
13 10 (0.43%) NEBOSH
14 8 (0.34%) COSHH
14 8 (0.34%) Def Stans
15 7 (0.30%) DO-254
15 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 7 (0.30%) SOC 1
System Software
1 124 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 105 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (2.50%) Hyper-V
4 46 (1.98%) Docker
5 29 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (0.99%) Firmware
7 15 (0.65%) vSphere
8 13 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (0.47%) IAG
10 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.17%) pfSense
12 3 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (0.13%) XenApp
12 3 (0.13%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.086%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.086%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.043%) Lustre
14 1 (0.043%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 66 (2.84%) Terraform
2 36 (1.55%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.21%) Ansible
4 18 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (0.69%) Progress Chef
5 16 (0.69%) SCCM
6 14 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.52%) Opsgenie
7 12 (0.52%) VxRail
7 12 (0.52%) WSUS
7 12 (0.52%) ZABBIX
8 10 (0.43%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.39%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.34%) QRadar
11 6 (0.26%) Nagios
12 4 (0.17%) Grafana
13 3 (0.13%) logstash
13 3 (0.13%) Puppet
14 2 (0.086%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 445 (19.16%) Microsoft
2 162 (6.97%) Google
3 113 (4.86%) VMware
4 66 (2.84%) Cisco
5 55 (2.37%) SAP
6 44 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 42 (1.81%) Oracle
8 38 (1.64%) Sophos
9 28 (1.21%) Dell
10 27 (1.16%) Adobe
11 25 (1.08%) Veeam
12 22 (0.95%) Citrix
12 22 (0.95%) Fortinet
13 18 (0.77%) SolarWinds
14 17 (0.73%) Apple
14 17 (0.73%) HP
14 17 (0.73%) NetApp
15 16 (0.69%) ServiceNow
16 15 (0.65%) CheckPoint
17 14 (0.60%) Cognizant