Programme Manager Jobs in England

Programme Manager
UK > England

The median Programme Manager salary in England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 592 696
Rank change year-on-year +60 +104 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 318 381 498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.41% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.45% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 266 299 348
10th Percentile £51,750 £60,000 £56,989
25th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £104,125
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,360 84,735 126,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,202 53,671 75,665
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,160 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,225 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Programme Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in England.

Salary trend for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
London +102 126 £85,000 +3.03% 41
North of England +45 88 £73,805 +0.41% 11
Midlands +39 52 £75,000 +2.04% 7
North West +19 51 £73,805 +0.41% 4
West Midlands +48 35 £74,402 +1.23% 6
Yorkshire +88 29 £73,805 +2.86% 6
South East -37 28 £77,500 +3.33% 13
East of England +1 16 £57,778 -22.96% 4
East Midlands -8 15 £75,000 +1.01% 1
North East 0 8 £73,805 +0.41% 2
South West -24 5 £40,000 -45.58% 9
Programme Manager
UK

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Programme Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 155 (48.74%) Agile
2 120 (37.74%) Finance
3 92 (28.93%) Social Skills
4 83 (26.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 82 (25.79%) Project Management
6 78 (24.53%) Programme Management
7 67 (21.07%) Budget Management
8 60 (18.87%) Public Sector
9 56 (17.61%) Mentoring
10 54 (16.98%) Coaching
11 52 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
12 50 (15.72%) Supplier Management
13 48 (15.09%) JIRA
14 43 (13.52%) Atlassian
14 43 (13.52%) Confluence
14 43 (13.52%) PRINCE2
14 43 (13.52%) Co-Creation
14 43 (13.52%) Project Delivery
15 40 (12.58%) Change Management
15 40 (12.58%) Risk Management
16 36 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 36 (11.32%) Roadmaps
17 33 (10.38%) Degree
18 30 (9.43%) PMI Certification
19 28 (8.81%) Business Case
20 27 (8.49%) Migration
20 27 (8.49%) Matrix Management
21 26 (8.18%) Waterfall
21 26 (8.18%) Programme Delivery
22 25 (7.86%) Microsoft

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 43 (13.52%) Confluence
2 4 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.31%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.31%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 12 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (4.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.83%) SAP CX
3 8 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.57%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.03%) Azure
2 13 (4.09%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (2.83%) SaaS
4 7 (2.20%) AWS
5 5 (1.57%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.63%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.63%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.63%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.31%) GitHub
9 1 (0.31%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.31%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.89%) Wireless
2 3 (0.94%) LAN
2 3 (0.94%) WAN
2 3 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.31%) SAN
4 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.72%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.63%) Power BI
3 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.31%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 48 (15.09%) JIRA
2 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 120 (37.74%) Finance
2 92 (28.93%) Social Skills
3 60 (18.87%) Public Sector
4 36 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.40%) Health Technology
8 10 (3.14%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.52%) Banking
10 8 (2.52%) Local Government
11 5 (1.57%) Front Office
11 5 (1.57%) Law
11 5 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.26%) Advertising
12 4 (1.26%) Legal
12 4 (1.26%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.63%) Billing
14 2 (0.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.20%) EDI
2 2 (0.63%) .NET
3 1 (0.31%) ERC20
3 1 (0.31%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.31%) React
3 1 (0.31%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (0.31%) Truffle
3 1 (0.31%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.40%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.20%) NHS
3 6 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (1.57%) PMI
5 3 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (0.94%) Driving Licence
5 3 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (0.94%) IoT
6 2 (0.63%) Blog
6 2 (0.63%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.63%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.63%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.31%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.31%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.31%) Derivative
7 1 (0.31%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.31%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.26%) Linux
2 1 (0.31%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (48.74%) Agile
2 83 (26.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 82 (25.79%) Project Management
4 78 (24.53%) Programme Management
5 67 (21.07%) Budget Management
6 56 (17.61%) Mentoring
7 54 (16.98%) Coaching
8 52 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
9 50 (15.72%) Supplier Management
10 43 (13.52%) Co-Creation
10 43 (13.52%) PRINCE2
10 43 (13.52%) Project Delivery
11 40 (12.58%) Change Management
11 40 (12.58%) Risk Management
12 36 (11.32%) Roadmaps
13 28 (8.81%) Business Case
14 27 (8.49%) Matrix Management
14 27 (8.49%) Migration
15 26 (8.18%) Programme Delivery
15 26 (8.18%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.89%) SQL
2 2 (0.63%) C#
2 2 (0.63%) Python
3 1 (0.31%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 33 (10.38%) Degree
2 30 (9.43%) PMI Certification
3 25 (7.86%) PMP
4 8 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.52%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.57%) CAPM
5 5 (1.57%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.57%) ISEB
5 5 (1.57%) ISTQB
5 5 (1.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (1.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.26%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.94%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.63%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.63%) CEH
8 2 (0.63%) CISM
8 2 (0.63%) CISSP
8 2 (0.63%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.63%) RIBA
9 1 (0.31%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.83%) QA
2 7 (2.20%) PMO
3 3 (0.94%) COSHH
4 1 (0.31%) IFRS
4 1 (0.31%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.57%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.31%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (13.52%) Atlassian
2 25 (7.86%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.35%) SAP
4 5 (1.57%) HP
4 5 (1.57%) Progress
5 4 (1.26%) VMware
6 3 (0.94%) Oracle
7 1 (0.31%) Ericsson
7 1 (0.31%) Nokia
7 1 (0.31%) ServiceNow