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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 221 289
Rank change year-on-year -106 +68 +59
Permanent jobs citing People Management 875 1,745 2,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.88% 1.73% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.81% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 560 694 1,044
10th Percentile £37,755 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,875 £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 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +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 10 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 10 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 -89 806 £65,000 -7.14% 330
UK excluding London -80 547 £57,500 -4.17% 232
Work from Home -99 288 £63,750 -12.07% 154
London -46 278 £75,000 -16.67% 115
North of England +29 235 £58,750 +3.75% 65
North West -31 138 £65,000 +26.83% 38
South East -27 118 £57,500 -23.33% 55
Yorkshire +109 83 £57,500 -11.54% 21
Midlands -106 80 £60,000 +9.09% 42
South West -23 49 £60,000 +31.15% 26
East Midlands -14 40 £47,500 -9.52% 14
West Midlands -96 40 £60,000 +9.09% 28
East of England -5 37 £55,000 +10.00% 20
Scotland -79 24 £55,000 -12.00% 17
North East -1 18 £42,500 -22.73% 6
Wales +9 9 £40,000 +29.03% 9
Northern Ireland +18 3 £57,500 +109.09% 4

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 15 (1.71%) Confluence
2 13 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.91%) Apache Pig
4 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.57%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.46%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.23%) CMS
7 2 (0.23%) GlassFish
7 2 (0.23%) JCAPS
7 2 (0.23%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.23%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.23%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) nginx
8 1 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 38 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.69%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.57%) Simulink
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.11%) SPSS
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.80%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.80%) thinkFolio
4 4 (0.46%) SAP SCM
4 4 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.34%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.34%) SAP CX
5 3 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.34%) SAP GTS
5 3 (0.34%) SAP SD
5 3 (0.34%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.23%) Adaptiv
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.23%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) Endur
7 1 (0.11%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.11%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 111 (12.69%) Azure
2 64 (7.31%) AWS
3 42 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (3.09%) Power Platform
5 27 (3.09%) SaaS
6 23 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (2.40%) GCP
8 20 (2.29%) PaaS
8 20 (2.29%) Serverless
9 19 (2.17%) IaaS
9 19 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.26%) Amazon S3
12 10 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (1.03%) Amazon SQS
13 9 (1.03%) AWS Step Functions
14 7 (0.80%) GitHub
15 6 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.66%) Firewall
2 20 (2.29%) LAN
2 20 (2.29%) WAN
2 20 (2.29%) Wireless
3 18 (2.06%) Network Security
4 11 (1.26%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.26%) Wireshark
5 8 (0.91%) DNS
6 5 (0.57%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.57%) VPN
7 3 (0.34%) VSAN
7 3 (0.34%) WebEx
8 2 (0.23%) Broadband
8 2 (0.23%) Converged Networks
8 2 (0.23%) DHCP
8 2 (0.23%) FTP
8 2 (0.23%) Internet
8 2 (0.23%) RIP
9 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.83%) Power BI
2 15 (1.71%) OLAP
3 14 (1.60%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.26%) Big Data
4 11 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.14%) NoSQL
6 8 (0.91%) Apache Hive
6 8 (0.91%) Hadoop
7 6 (0.69%) Tableau
8 5 (0.57%) Metadata
9 4 (0.46%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.46%) GIS
9 4 (0.46%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (3.20%) JIRA
2 14 (1.60%) Git
3 10 (1.14%) JUnit
4 8 (0.91%) Checkstyle
4 8 (0.91%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.91%) SonarQube
5 6 (0.69%) Selenium
5 6 (0.69%) Spinnaker
6 5 (0.57%) Android Studio
6 5 (0.57%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.57%) Postman
6 5 (0.57%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.57%) TestRail
6 5 (0.57%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.34%) GCC
7 3 (0.34%) Maven
8 2 (0.23%) Ant
8 2 (0.23%) Subversion
8 2 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 290 (33.14%) Social Skills
2 285 (32.57%) Finance
3 111 (12.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 86 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (9.83%) Presentation Skills
5 78 (8.91%) Billing
5 78 (8.91%) Public Sector
6 61 (6.97%) Manufacturing
7 58 (6.63%) Legal
8 43 (4.91%) Local Government
9 41 (4.69%) Law
10 38 (4.34%) Marketing
10 38 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
11 37 (4.23%) Retail
12 36 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (2.97%) Telecoms
14 25 (2.86%) Banking
15 13 (1.49%) Aerospace
16 12 (1.37%) Front Office
16 12 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 126 (14.40%) Lead
2 82 (9.37%) Senior
3 66 (7.54%) Project Manager
4 56 (6.40%) Software Manager
5 54 (6.17%) Service Manager
6 53 (6.06%) Audit Manager
7 50 (5.71%) Development Manager
8 46 (5.26%) Team Leader
9 40 (4.57%) Developer
10 39 (4.46%) Senior Manager
11 35 (4.00%) Engineering Manager
11 35 (4.00%) Software Development Manager
12 34 (3.89%) Consultant
12 34 (3.89%) IT Manager
13 29 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
14 26 (2.97%) Operations Manager
15 24 (2.74%) Architect
15 24 (2.74%) Service Delivery Manager
16 22 (2.51%) Applications Manager
16 22 (2.51%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (8.11%) .NET
2 24 (2.74%) .NET Core
3 22 (2.51%) HTML
4 21 (2.40%) CSS
5 16 (1.83%) EDI
6 12 (1.37%) React
7 10 (1.14%) .NET Framework
7 10 (1.14%) J2EE
7 10 (1.14%) Spring
8 9 (1.03%) Unity DI Container
9 8 (0.91%) Node.js
9 8 (0.91%) Spring Boot
10 7 (0.80%) RESTful
11 6 (0.69%) Middleware
12 5 (0.57%) Kafka
12 5 (0.57%) OAuth
12 5 (0.57%) Playwright
12 5 (0.57%) SOAP
13 4 (0.46%) OpenID
13 4 (0.46%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.11%) Management Information System
2 41 (4.69%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.00%) Driving Licence
3 35 (4.00%) NHS
4 31 (3.54%) Housing Association
5 29 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (2.40%) Reinsurance
7 17 (1.94%) Data Centre
7 17 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (1.94%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.71%) Credit Risk
9 14 (1.60%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
11 10 (1.14%) Blog
11 10 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.14%) Hedge funds
12 9 (1.03%) Cloud Native
12 9 (1.03%) FMCG
12 9 (1.03%) Private Cloud
13 8 (0.91%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 40 (4.57%) Windows
2 22 (2.51%) Android
3 16 (1.83%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.03%) Linux
4 9 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.23%) Debian
6 2 (0.23%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.23%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.11%) CentOS
7 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
7 1 (0.11%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (25.37%) Agile
2 172 (19.66%) Project Management
3 171 (19.54%) Coaching
4 154 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
5 136 (15.54%) Mentoring
6 133 (15.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 132 (15.09%) Performance Management
8 128 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 120 (13.71%) Line Management
10 114 (13.03%) Service Management
11 99 (11.31%) Business Development
12 90 (10.29%) ITIL
13 88 (10.06%) DevOps
14 83 (9.49%) Project Delivery
15 76 (8.69%) Service Delivery
16 75 (8.57%) Software Engineering
17 73 (8.34%) Roadmaps
18 67 (7.66%) Artificial Intelligence
19 63 (7.20%) Process Improvement
19 63 (7.20%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 76 (8.69%) SQL
2 58 (6.63%) C#
3 50 (5.71%) Python
4 37 (4.23%) JavaScript
5 36 (4.11%) Java
6 18 (2.06%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.71%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.03%) R
9 7 (0.80%) VB
10 6 (0.69%) C++
10 6 (0.69%) VB6
11 5 (0.57%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.34%) Bash
12 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.34%) Go
12 3 (0.34%) PHP
12 3 (0.34%) Scala
13 2 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.23%) Ruby
13 2 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 190 (21.71%) Degree
2 73 (8.34%) ACCA
2 73 (8.34%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.60%) SC Cleared
4 40 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.86%) CISSP
6 22 (2.51%) APMP
7 17 (1.94%) HNC
7 17 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (1.94%) PMI Certification
8 16 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (1.60%) DBS Check
10 13 (1.49%) CEH
10 13 (1.49%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.49%) PMP
11 12 (1.37%) SSCP
12 11 (1.26%) CCSP
12 11 (1.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.46%) IFRS
2 73 (8.34%) GAAP
3 68 (7.77%) QA
4 30 (3.43%) GDPR
5 28 (3.20%) PMO
6 20 (2.29%) SLA
7 18 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (1.94%) NIST
9 13 (1.49%) Data Quality
9 13 (1.49%) PCI DSS
10 11 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.80%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.80%) ITGC
12 6 (0.69%) Def Stans
13 5 (0.57%) NEBOSH
14 3 (0.34%) GMP
15 2 (0.23%) COBIT
15 2 (0.23%) IFRS 17
16 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
16 1 (0.11%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 22 (2.51%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
3 15 (1.71%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.14%) Firmware
5 9 (1.03%) Docker
6 8 (0.91%) HDFS
7 7 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
9 4 (0.46%) vSphere
10 3 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.11%) KVM
Systems Management
1 22 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.26%) Nmap
4 10 (1.14%) SCCM
5 9 (1.03%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.80%) NetBackup
6 7 (0.80%) SCOM
7 3 (0.34%) Terraform
8 2 (0.23%) Ansible
8 2 (0.23%) Control-M
9 1 (0.11%) Nessus
9 1 (0.11%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 179 (20.46%) Microsoft
2 75 (8.57%) CA
3 26 (2.97%) Salesforce
3 26 (2.97%) SAP
4 14 (1.60%) Google
5 13 (1.49%) IFS
6 12 (1.37%) Bloomberg
6 12 (1.37%) Splunk
6 12 (1.37%) VMware
7 11 (1.26%) Qualys
7 11 (1.26%) Rapid7
7 11 (1.26%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.26%) Thycotic
8 8 (0.91%) Cisco
9 7 (0.80%) Charles River
9 7 (0.80%) McAfee
10 6 (0.69%) Databricks
10 6 (0.69%) Dell
10 6 (0.69%) HP
11 5 (0.57%) EMC