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

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 325 212 300
Rank change year-on-year -113 +88 +33
Permanent jobs citing People Management 903 1,733 2,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.88% 1.77% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.85% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 595 667 1,049
10th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £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 86,141 93,563 159,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.33% 95.54% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 60,433 55,405 83,263
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% +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 27 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 27 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 -102 832 £62,500 -10.71% 389
UK excluding London -74 543 £57,500 -4.17% 288
London -40 316 £72,500 -19.44% 147
Work from Home -112 288 £64,375 -11.21% 165
North of England +6 223 £57,500 -8.00% 67
North West -31 127 £65,000 +23.81% 42
South East -30 115 £57,500 -23.33% 98
Midlands -88 83 £60,000 +9.09% 46
Yorkshire +91 82 £57,500 -14.81% 17
South West -20 55 £57,500 +1.55% 16
West Midlands -84 43 £65,000 +18.18% 26
East Midlands -9 40 £47,500 -9.52% 19
East of England -19 37 £55,000 +4.76% 34
Scotland -81 26 £57,500 -4.17% 27
North East +4 18 £42,500 -22.73% 8
Wales +3 9 £40,000 -2.44% 8
Northern Ireland +20 3 £57,500 +109.09% 3

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 16 (1.77%) Confluence
2 11 (1.22%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.66%) Apache Pig
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 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.11%) 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 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.78%) Aladdin
2 7 (0.78%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.78%) thinkFolio
3 6 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.44%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
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
1 104 (11.52%) Azure
2 62 (6.87%) AWS
3 42 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (2.77%) Power Platform
4 25 (2.77%) SaaS
5 22 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (2.21%) Serverless
7 17 (1.88%) GCP
7 17 (1.88%) PaaS
8 16 (1.77%) IaaS
9 15 (1.66%) Amazon S3
9 15 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.22%) Amazon SQS
11 11 (1.22%) AWS Step Functions
12 6 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (0.66%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.43%) Firewall
2 19 (2.10%) LAN
3 18 (1.99%) WAN
3 18 (1.99%) Wireless
4 16 (1.77%) Network Security
5 11 (1.22%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.22%) Wireshark
6 6 (0.66%) 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%) FTP
10 2 (0.22%) Internet
10 2 (0.22%) NGFW
10 2 (0.22%) RIP
11 1 (0.11%) DHCP
11 1 (0.11%) DSL
11 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.55%) OLAP
1 14 (1.55%) Power BI
1 14 (1.55%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.33%) Big Data
3 12 (1.33%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.78%) Hadoop
4 7 (0.78%) Tableau
5 6 (0.66%) Apache Hive
5 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.44%) Amazon QuickSight
7 4 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.44%) GIS
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.33%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (2.99%) JIRA
2 13 (1.44%) Git
3 8 (0.89%) JUnit
4 7 (0.78%) Selenium
5 6 (0.66%) Checkstyle
5 6 (0.66%) Cypress.io
5 6 (0.66%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.55%) Android Studio
6 5 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.55%) Postman
6 5 (0.55%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.55%) TestRail
6 5 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.44%) Spinnaker
8 3 (0.33%) GCC
8 3 (0.33%) Maven
9 2 (0.22%) Ant
9 2 (0.22%) Subversion
9 2 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 299 (33.11%) Social Skills
2 281 (31.12%) Finance
3 114 (12.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 93 (10.30%) Legal
5 87 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
5 87 (9.63%) Presentation Skills
6 78 (8.64%) Billing
7 74 (8.19%) Public Sector
8 58 (6.42%) Manufacturing
9 50 (5.54%) Retail
10 43 (4.76%) Local Government
11 42 (4.65%) Law
12 38 (4.21%) Marketing
13 36 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
15 23 (2.55%) Telecoms
16 19 (2.10%) Banking
17 14 (1.55%) Front Office
18 13 (1.44%) Aerospace
19 12 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 123 (13.62%) Lead
2 86 (9.52%) Senior
3 65 (7.20%) Project Manager
4 56 (6.20%) Service Manager
5 55 (6.09%) Software Manager
6 53 (5.87%) Audit Manager
7 50 (5.54%) Development Manager
8 47 (5.20%) Team Leader
9 44 (4.87%) Developer
10 43 (4.76%) Senior Manager
11 36 (3.99%) Engineering Manager
12 35 (3.88%) Software Development Manager
13 34 (3.77%) Audio Visual Technician
14 31 (3.43%) Consultant
15 29 (3.21%) IT Manager
16 28 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
17 27 (2.99%) Applications Manager
18 25 (2.77%) Operations Manager
19 24 (2.66%) Lead Developer
19 24 (2.66%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (8.19%) .NET
2 30 (3.32%) .NET Core
3 24 (2.66%) HTML
4 23 (2.55%) CSS
5 15 (1.66%) EDI
5 15 (1.66%) React
6 14 (1.55%) .NET Framework
7 11 (1.22%) Unity DI Container
8 9 (1.00%) Spring
9 8 (0.89%) J2EE
9 8 (0.89%) Node.js
10 7 (0.78%) RESTful
10 7 (0.78%) Spring Boot
11 6 (0.66%) Middleware
12 5 (0.55%) Kafka
12 5 (0.55%) OAuth
12 5 (0.55%) Playwright
12 5 (0.55%) SOAP
13 4 (0.44%) OpenID
13 4 (0.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.64%) Management Information System
2 51 (5.65%) Driving Licence
3 40 (4.43%) Product Ownership
4 35 (3.88%) NHS
5 31 (3.43%) Housing Association
6 26 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (2.44%) Reinsurance
8 19 (2.10%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.88%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.44%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.33%) Hedge funds
13 11 (1.22%) Blog
13 11 (1.22%) Credit Risk
13 11 (1.22%) Private Cloud
13 11 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
14 10 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (1.00%) FMCG
16 8 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
17 7 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.21%) Windows
2 22 (2.44%) Android
3 17 (1.88%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.00%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.78%) Linux
6 2 (0.22%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.11%) Debian
7 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (24.03%) Agile
2 175 (19.38%) Coaching
3 174 (19.27%) Project Management
4 158 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
5 133 (14.73%) Mentoring
6 131 (14.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 130 (14.40%) Performance Management
8 126 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 124 (13.73%) Line Management
10 114 (12.62%) Service Management
11 99 (10.96%) Business Development
12 90 (9.97%) ITIL
13 83 (9.19%) DevOps
14 82 (9.08%) Project Delivery
15 75 (8.31%) Software Engineering
16 74 (8.19%) Roadmaps
16 74 (8.19%) Service Delivery
17 69 (7.64%) Scrum
18 66 (7.31%) Decision-Making
19 62 (6.87%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 76 (8.42%) SQL
2 59 (6.53%) C#
3 52 (5.76%) Python
4 39 (4.32%) JavaScript
5 36 (3.99%) Java
6 19 (2.10%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.77%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.22%) R
9 6 (0.66%) C++
9 6 (0.66%) VB
9 6 (0.66%) VB6
10 5 (0.55%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.44%) Scala
11 4 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.33%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.33%) PHP
13 2 (0.22%) Bash
13 2 (0.22%) C
13 2 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 201 (22.26%) Degree
2 73 (8.08%) ACCA
3 69 (7.64%) Security Cleared
4 46 (5.09%) SC Cleared
5 40 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (3.77%) APMG
7 26 (2.88%) CISSP
8 21 (2.33%) 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 (1.44%) CEH
12 13 (1.44%) PMP
13 12 (1.33%) CIPD
13 12 (1.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.19%) IFRS
2 73 (8.08%) GAAP
3 66 (7.31%) QA
4 28 (3.10%) GDPR
5 27 (2.99%) PMO
6 21 (2.33%) SLA
7 19 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (1.99%) NIST
9 12 (1.33%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (1.00%) Data Quality
12 7 (0.78%) 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%) P3O
System Software
1 21 (2.33%) Active Directory
1 21 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 15 (1.66%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.11%) Firmware
4 7 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.66%) Docker
5 6 (0.66%) HDFS
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 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.22%) Nmap
4 9 (1.00%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.78%) NetBackup
5 7 (0.78%) SCCM
5 7 (0.78%) SCOM
6 2 (0.22%) Ansible
6 2 (0.22%) Control-M
6 2 (0.22%) Terraform
7 1 (0.11%) Nessus
Vendors
1 179 (19.82%) Microsoft
2 75 (8.31%) CA
3 26 (2.88%) Salesforce
4 25 (2.77%) SAP
5 14 (1.55%) Bloomberg
6 13 (1.44%) IFS
7 12 (1.33%) Splunk
8 11 (1.22%) Google
8 11 (1.22%) Qualys
8 11 (1.22%) Rapid7
8 11 (1.22%) Thycotic
8 11 (1.22%) VMware
9 10 (1.11%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.89%) Dell
11 7 (0.78%) Charles River
11 7 (0.78%) McAfee
12 6 (0.66%) Cisco
12 6 (0.66%) Oracle
13 5 (0.55%) EMC
13 5 (0.55%) HP