Programme Manager
UK

The median Programme Manager salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 610 715
Rank change year-on-year +29 +105 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 339 413 563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.40% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.43% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 288 323 380
10th Percentile £49,849 £58,142 £56,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £71,876 £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 £86,875 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,805 £73,500 £73,055
% change year-on-year +0.41% +0.61% +16.10%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 93,219 95,232 149,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,883 59,878 85,286
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the UK

Programme Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Programme Manager in the UK

Programme Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Programme Manager in the UK

Programme Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +49 319 £75,000 - 93
UK excluding London -20 202 £73,805 +0.41% 44
Work from Home +122 184 £75,000 -9.09% 42
London +102 126 £85,000 +3.03% 49
North of England +55 88 £73,805 +0.41% 10
Midlands +31 52 £75,000 +2.04% 7
North West +21 51 £73,805 +0.41% 4
West Midlands +42 35 £74,402 +1.23% 6
Yorkshire +86 29 £73,805 +2.86% 5
South East -31 29 £76,750 +2.33% 13
East of England -2 16 £57,778 -22.96% 4
East Midlands -7 15 £75,000 +1.01% 1
North East +1 8 £73,805 +0.41% 2
Wales +14 7 £80,000 +8.84%
South West -27 5 £40,000 -45.58% 10
Scotland -70 4 £68,625 +5.58% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £75,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 161 (47.49%) Agile
2 126 (37.17%) Finance
3 107 (31.56%) Social Skills
4 89 (26.25%) Programme Management
5 86 (25.37%) Project Management
6 84 (24.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 67 (19.76%) Budget Management
8 61 (17.99%) Public Sector
9 60 (17.70%) Mentoring
10 54 (15.93%) Coaching
11 51 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
12 50 (14.75%) Project Delivery
12 50 (14.75%) Supplier Management
13 48 (14.16%) JIRA
14 47 (13.86%) Risk Management
15 45 (13.27%) PRINCE2
16 43 (12.68%) Atlassian
16 43 (12.68%) Confluence
16 43 (12.68%) Co-Creation
17 42 (12.39%) Change Management
18 37 (10.91%) Roadmaps
18 37 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 36 (10.62%) Degree
20 32 (9.44%) Microsoft
21 31 (9.14%) PMI Certification
22 30 (8.85%) Business Case
23 28 (8.26%) Matrix Management
24 27 (7.96%) Waterfall
24 27 (7.96%) PMP
24 27 (7.96%) Migration

Programme Manager Skill Set
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 43 (12.68%) Confluence
2 5 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.29%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.29%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 12 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (3.54%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (4.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.65%) SAP CX
3 8 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.47%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.59%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.29%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.72%) Azure
2 13 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (2.65%) SaaS
4 7 (2.06%) AWS
5 5 (1.47%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.59%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.59%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.59%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.29%) GitHub
9 1 (0.29%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.77%) Wireless
2 4 (1.18%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
3 3 (0.88%) LAN
3 3 (0.88%) WAN
3 3 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.29%) SAN
5 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.42%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.59%) Power BI
3 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.29%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.29%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (14.16%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 126 (37.17%) Finance
2 107 (31.56%) Social Skills
3 61 (17.99%) Public Sector
4 37 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.13%) Health Technology
8 10 (2.95%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.65%) Banking
9 9 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.36%) Local Government
11 6 (1.77%) Law
11 6 (1.77%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.47%) Front Office
12 5 (1.47%) Legal
12 5 (1.47%) Marketing
12 5 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.18%) Advertising
13 4 (1.18%) Public Speaking
13 4 (1.18%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.06%) EDI
2 2 (0.59%) .NET
3 1 (0.29%) ERC20
3 1 (0.29%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.29%) React
3 1 (0.29%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (0.29%) Truffle
3 1 (0.29%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.83%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.06%) NHS
3 6 (1.77%) Blog
3 6 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (1.77%) PMI
4 4 (1.18%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.18%) Social Media
5 3 (0.88%) Data Centre
5 3 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (0.88%) IoT
6 2 (0.59%) FMCG
6 2 (0.59%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.59%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.59%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.59%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.29%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.29%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.29%) Derivative
7 1 (0.29%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.18%) Linux
2 1 (0.29%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (47.49%) Agile
2 89 (26.25%) Programme Management
3 86 (25.37%) Project Management
4 84 (24.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 67 (19.76%) Budget Management
6 60 (17.70%) Mentoring
7 54 (15.93%) Coaching
8 51 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
9 50 (14.75%) Project Delivery
9 50 (14.75%) Supplier Management
10 47 (13.86%) Risk Management
11 45 (13.27%) PRINCE2
12 43 (12.68%) Co-Creation
13 42 (12.39%) Change Management
14 37 (10.91%) Roadmaps
15 30 (8.85%) Business Case
16 28 (8.26%) Matrix Management
17 27 (7.96%) Migration
17 27 (7.96%) Waterfall
18 26 (7.67%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.77%) SQL
2 2 (0.59%) C#
2 2 (0.59%) Python
3 1 (0.29%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 36 (10.62%) Degree
2 31 (9.14%) PMI Certification
3 27 (7.96%) PMP
4 8 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.36%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.47%) CAPM
5 5 (1.47%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.47%) ISEB
5 5 (1.47%) ISTQB
5 5 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.18%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (0.88%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.59%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.59%) CEH
8 2 (0.59%) CISM
8 2 (0.59%) CISSP
8 2 (0.59%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.59%) RIBA
9 1 (0.29%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.65%) QA
2 7 (2.06%) PMO
3 3 (0.88%) COSHH
4 1 (0.29%) IFRS
4 1 (0.29%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.29%) Docker
2 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.47%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (12.68%) Atlassian
2 32 (9.44%) Microsoft
3 19 (5.60%) SAP
4 5 (1.47%) HP
4 5 (1.47%) Progress
5 4 (1.18%) VMware
6 3 (0.88%) Oracle
7 1 (0.29%) Ericsson
7 1 (0.29%) Nokia
7 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow