Line Management Jobs

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

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 122 140
Rank change year-on-year +13 +18 +45
Permanent jobs citing Line Management 2,483 2,784 4,944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.39% 2.91% 2.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 3.04% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,743 1,369 2,008
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,335 £35,125
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £45,112
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,396 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.39% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £84,056 £77,900
90th Percentile £115,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,507 £59,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.48% +12.38% +5.00%

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 87,130 91,478 160,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.04% 95.50% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 60,896 54,580 82,863
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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%

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 30 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 30 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 +19 2,197 £54,225 -17.02% 983
UK excluding London -24 1,641 £47,507 -19.48% 772
Work from Home +33 969 £58,800 -15.03% 318
London +95 718 £72,500 -3.33% 262
North of England +47 442 £52,500 -8.70% 236
South East -34 356 £47,500 -32.14% 145
Midlands -58 240 £44,094 -22.41% 139
South West -49 239 £46,958 -9.70% 110
North West +55 229 £52,000 -5.45% 129
East of England +24 192 £35,807 -5.77% 89
West Midlands -57 167 £46,500 -1.56% 68
Yorkshire +32 155 £52,500 -18.01% 81
Scotland -95 115 £50,000 -35.90% 38
East Midlands -5 73 £40,000 -38.46% 70
North East +20 58 £44,094 -15.20% 27
Wales +45 53 £42,500 -5.56% 35
Northern Ireland +21 9 £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
1 106 (4.27%) Apache
2 104 (4.19%) Apache Airflow
3 101 (4.07%) SharePoint
4 64 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 38 (1.53%) CMS
6 16 (0.64%) IIS
7 11 (0.44%) Confluence
7 11 (0.44%) WordPress
8 10 (0.40%) Apache Spark
9 8 (0.32%) Drupal
10 7 (0.28%) MS Project Server
11 5 (0.20%) Office Communications Server
12 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.081%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.040%) JOnAS
14 1 (0.040%) Moodle
14 1 (0.040%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.040%) SAS
14 1 (0.040%) Skype for Business
14 1 (0.040%) Totara
Applications
1 157 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 108 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.89%) Photoshop
5 16 (0.64%) 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 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.081%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.081%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.081%) MadCap Flare
10 1 (0.040%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (0.72%) SDL Web 8
2 11 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.24%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (0.24%) thinkFolio
5 4 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.16%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
6 3 (0.12%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.12%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.081%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.081%) Shopify
8 1 (0.040%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.040%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.040%) Primavera
8 1 (0.040%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 345 (13.89%) Azure
2 334 (13.45%) AWS
3 243 (9.79%) Microsoft 365
4 212 (8.54%) GCP
5 149 (6.00%) Power Platform
6 115 (4.63%) dbt
7 109 (4.39%) Snowflake
8 103 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
9 88 (3.54%) SaaS
10 49 (1.97%) Entra ID
11 40 (1.61%) PaaS
12 30 (1.21%) IaaS
13 27 (1.09%) Power Automate
14 26 (1.05%) PowerApps
15 22 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
15 22 (0.89%) OneDrive
16 20 (0.81%) Google Sheets
16 20 (0.81%) Serverless
17 18 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 18 (0.72%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 80 (3.22%) Firewall
2 57 (2.30%) DNS
3 51 (2.05%) DHCP
4 47 (1.89%) WAN
5 35 (1.41%) Internet
6 33 (1.33%) SAN
7 32 (1.29%) LAN
8 30 (1.21%) Broadband
8 30 (1.21%) Wireless
9 28 (1.13%) Intranet
9 28 (1.13%) TCP/IP
10 25 (1.01%) SD-WAN
11 24 (0.97%) Network Security
11 24 (0.97%) VPN
12 23 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (0.64%) iSCSI
14 14 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
14 14 (0.56%) VoIP
15 10 (0.40%) SNMP
16 9 (0.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (5.11%) Power BI
2 111 (4.47%) Data Lake
3 104 (4.19%) Amazon Athena
3 104 (4.19%) Apache Arrow
3 104 (4.19%) Apache Ignite
3 104 (4.19%) Dremio
4 96 (3.87%) SQL Server
5 92 (3.71%) Data Warehouse
6 80 (3.22%) BigQuery
7 77 (3.10%) Looker
8 48 (1.93%) Relational Database
9 34 (1.37%) GIS
10 33 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
11 27 (1.09%) MongoDB
12 24 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
12 24 (0.97%) Tableau
13 22 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 21 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
15 20 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 16 (0.64%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 78 (3.14%) JIRA
2 71 (2.86%) Git
3 52 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.45%) Selenium
5 27 (1.09%) Cucumber
6 26 (1.05%) Postman
7 25 (1.01%) Visual Studio
8 23 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
8 23 (0.93%) Sourcetree
9 18 (0.72%) git-flow
9 18 (0.72%) Moq
9 18 (0.72%) NUnit
9 18 (0.72%) SpecFlow
9 18 (0.72%) TeamCity
10 17 (0.68%) GitLab
11 14 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
12 11 (0.44%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
14 7 (0.28%) JMeter
15 6 (0.24%) SoapUI
General
1 843 (33.95%) Social Skills
2 782 (31.49%) Finance
3 334 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
4 282 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 177 (7.13%) Marketing
6 166 (6.69%) Banking
7 162 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
8 132 (5.32%) Retail
9 127 (5.11%) Legal
10 121 (4.87%) Law
11 117 (4.71%) Front Office
12 106 (4.27%) Manufacturing
13 105 (4.23%) Investment Banking
14 100 (4.03%) Public Sector
15 91 (3.66%) Billing
16 73 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
17 59 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
17 59 (2.38%) Telecoms
18 56 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
19 45 (1.81%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 453 (18.24%) Lead
2 414 (16.67%) Senior
3 191 (7.69%) Developer
4 158 (6.36%) Architect
5 156 (6.28%) Team Leader
6 141 (5.68%) Project Manager
7 135 (5.44%) IT Manager
8 131 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
9 120 (4.83%) Senior Manager
10 108 (4.35%) Analyst
11 105 (4.23%) Data Manager
12 101 (4.07%) Engineering Manager
13 88 (3.54%) Software Engineer
14 77 (3.10%) Lead Developer
14 77 (3.10%) Software Developer
15 73 (2.94%) Service Manager
16 65 (2.62%) Infrastructure Manager
17 64 (2.58%) Software Team Leader
18 61 (2.46%) IT Technician
18 61 (2.46%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (4.23%) NumPy
2 104 (4.19%) gRPC
2 104 (4.19%) Pandas
2 104 (4.19%) Protocol Buffers
2 104 (4.19%) SciPy
3 97 (3.91%) .NET
4 85 (3.42%) HTML
5 84 (3.38%) CSS
6 64 (2.58%) React
7 49 (1.97%) RESTful
8 36 (1.45%) .NET Framework
8 36 (1.45%) ASP.NET
8 36 (1.45%) Kafka
9 33 (1.33%) REST
10 32 (1.29%) XML
11 30 (1.21%) EDI
11 30 (1.21%) Web Services
12 29 (1.17%) AngularJS
12 29 (1.17%) Node.js
13 28 (1.13%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 220 (8.86%) Management Information System
2 139 (5.60%) Product Ownership
3 131 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
4 111 (4.47%) Hedge funds
5 107 (4.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 106 (4.27%) Derivative
7 104 (4.19%) Equities
7 104 (4.19%) Fixed Income
8 73 (2.94%) Social Media
9 66 (2.66%) Driving Licence
10 57 (2.30%) Housing Association
11 56 (2.26%) Data Centre
12 44 (1.77%) PMI
13 36 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
14 31 (1.25%) NHS
15 25 (1.01%) Operational Technology
16 23 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
16 23 (0.93%) Life Science
17 22 (0.89%) CCTV
18 21 (0.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 207 (8.34%) Windows
2 84 (3.38%) Linux
3 81 (3.26%) Windows Server
4 42 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 36 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 33 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (0.85%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.60%) Android
9 13 (0.52%) Unix
10 10 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.20%) VMS
13 4 (0.16%) DC/OS
13 4 (0.16%) Windows Vista
14 1 (0.040%) Debian
14 1 (0.040%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.040%) Scientific Linux
14 1 (0.040%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.040%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.040%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 676 (27.23%) Agile
2 512 (20.62%) Mentoring
3 504 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
4 434 (17.48%) Project Management
5 397 (15.99%) Coaching
6 294 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 286 (11.52%) Customer Service
8 249 (10.03%) DevOps
9 234 (9.42%) Project Delivery
10 231 (9.30%) Software Engineering
11 229 (9.22%) ITIL
12 209 (8.42%) Scrum
13 202 (8.14%) Roadmaps
14 200 (8.05%) Decision-Making
15 183 (7.37%) CI/CD
16 176 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
17 164 (6.60%) Business Intelligence
18 147 (5.92%) Cybersecurity
19 144 (5.80%) Service Delivery
20 138 (5.56%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 236 (9.50%) JavaScript
2 235 (9.46%) SQL
3 221 (8.90%) Python
4 205 (8.26%) Java
5 122 (4.91%) C#
6 116 (4.67%) TypeScript
7 40 (1.61%) PowerShell
8 34 (1.37%) C
9 31 (1.25%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.01%) R
11 19 (0.77%) Scala
12 18 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 18 (0.72%) XPath
13 16 (0.64%) Kotlin
14 15 (0.60%) Go
15 14 (0.56%) PHP
16 13 (0.52%) Ruby
17 12 (0.48%) C++
18 10 (0.40%) PL/SQL
19 7 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 515 (20.74%) Degree
2 146 (5.88%) DBS Check
3 139 (5.60%) Security Cleared
4 99 (3.99%) SC Cleared
5 62 (2.50%) PMI Certification
6 51 (2.05%) PMP
7 38 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 36 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 31 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
10 29 (1.17%) Azure Certification
11 28 (1.13%) APMP
11 28 (1.13%) CAPM
11 28 (1.13%) PgMP
12 22 (0.89%) CCNP
13 20 (0.81%) PhD
14 19 (0.77%) CCNA
14 19 (0.77%) CISSP
15 17 (0.68%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 241 (9.71%) QA
2 85 (3.42%) SLA
3 68 (2.74%) GDPR
4 60 (2.42%) GMP
5 48 (1.93%) PMO
6 47 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 37 (1.49%) Accessibility
8 36 (1.45%) ISO 9001
9 28 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 26 (1.05%) Data Quality
11 21 (0.85%) NCSC
12 15 (0.60%) NIST
13 12 (0.48%) GRC
13 12 (0.48%) ISO 14001
14 10 (0.40%) NEBOSH
15 8 (0.32%) COSHH
15 8 (0.32%) Def Stans
15 8 (0.32%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 7 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 125 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 103 (4.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (2.34%) Hyper-V
4 44 (1.77%) Docker
5 29 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (0.93%) Firmware
7 13 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (0.44%) IAG
8 11 (0.44%) vSphere
9 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.24%) 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 (0.081%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.081%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.040%) Lustre
13 1 (0.040%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 38 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 37 (1.49%) Terraform
3 28 (1.13%) Ansible
4 18 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 17 (0.68%) SCCM
6 16 (0.64%) Progress Chef
7 13 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (0.52%) WSUS
8 12 (0.48%) Opsgenie
8 12 (0.48%) VxRail
8 12 (0.48%) ZABBIX
9 10 (0.40%) FortiGate
10 9 (0.36%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
11 8 (0.32%) Puppet
11 8 (0.32%) QRadar
12 6 (0.24%) Nagios
13 4 (0.16%) Grafana
14 3 (0.12%) logstash
15 2 (0.081%) cPanel
Vendors
1 453 (18.24%) Microsoft
2 161 (6.48%) Google
3 111 (4.47%) VMware
4 63 (2.54%) Cisco
5 51 (2.05%) SAP
6 45 (1.81%) Salesforce
7 40 (1.61%) Oracle
8 37 (1.49%) Sophos
9 31 (1.25%) Adobe
10 30 (1.21%) Dell
11 25 (1.01%) Veeam
12 22 (0.89%) Fortinet
13 21 (0.85%) Citrix
14 20 (0.81%) ServiceNow
14 20 (0.81%) SolarWinds
15 19 (0.77%) HP
16 18 (0.72%) Cognizant
17 17 (0.68%) NetApp
18 16 (0.64%) Apple
19 15 (0.60%) BT