Programme Management (Program Management)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Programme Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Programme Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 310 347 304
Rank change year-on-year +37 -43 -39
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 910 1,037 2,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.99% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.03% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 533 653 1,299
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,469 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +12.50% -1.23%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,250 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.92% +14.29% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Programme 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 84,460 100,219 147,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.03% 95.64% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,759 58,822 83,132
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Programme Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Programme Management in the UK

Programme Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Programme Management in the UK

Programme 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 Programme Management within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +17 747 £58,728 -10.34% 296
UK excluding London +19 613 £52,250 -12.92% 191
Work from Home +45 350 £60,000 - 137
London +79 230 £71,858 -7.33% 112
South East +15 194 £54,151 -16.69% 54
South West -26 103 £63,500 +20.95% 24
Midlands +26 102 £51,997 -6.73% 28
West Midlands +33 72 £48,750 -11.36% 16
North of England +24 68 £50,685 -19.23% 41
Scotland -22 58 £50,000 -23.08% 12
North West +11 46 £50,685 -20.49% 31
Northern Ireland - 38 £35,000 - 9
East of England -4 33 £53,555 -27.14% 22
East Midlands -4 30 £55,000 -8.73% 11
Wales +15 18 £52,738 +2.26% 6
North East +5 12 £39,000 -36.84% 3
Yorkshire +66 10 £51,997 -17.14% 8

Programme 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 47 (5.16%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.99%) WordPress
3 8 (0.88%) Confluence
3 8 (0.88%) SAS
4 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.77%) MS Project Server
5 6 (0.66%) Apache
5 6 (0.66%) nginx
6 5 (0.55%) CMS
7 4 (0.44%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.11%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 115 (12.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 88 (9.67%) Microsoft Project
3 56 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.55%) OrCAD
7 4 (0.44%) Doxygen
7 4 (0.44%) InfoPath
7 4 (0.44%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.33%) SPSS
8 3 (0.33%) Stata
9 2 (0.22%) Fusion 360
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.11%) Revit
10 1 (0.11%) Simulink
10 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 60 (6.59%) Primavera
2 7 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.22%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.11%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.11%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 79 (8.68%) Azure
2 47 (5.16%) AWS
3 33 (3.63%) Power Platform
4 32 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (2.97%) dbt
6 18 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (1.98%) Smartsheet
7 17 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
8 13 (1.43%) GitHub
8 13 (1.43%) SaaS
9 9 (0.99%) GCP
9 9 (0.99%) Google Drive
10 8 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.77%) OneDrive
11 7 (0.77%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.66%) AWS IoT
12 6 (0.66%) ChatGPT
12 6 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (0.66%) PaaS
13 5 (0.55%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.53%) Network Security
2 20 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.98%) HTTP
4 17 (1.87%) Wireless
5 16 (1.76%) MQTT
6 11 (1.21%) DNS
7 10 (1.10%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.99%) LTE
8 9 (0.99%) Modbus
8 9 (0.99%) SD-WAN
9 8 (0.88%) 3G
9 8 (0.88%) Ethernet
9 8 (0.88%) LAN
9 8 (0.88%) WAN
10 7 (0.77%) 4G
11 6 (0.66%) Bluetooth
11 6 (0.66%) GPRS
11 6 (0.66%) LoRaWAN
12 5 (0.55%) Firewall
13 4 (0.44%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (2.75%) Power BI
2 22 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (2.20%) Tableau
4 9 (0.99%) Amazon QuickSight
4 9 (0.99%) MongoDB
5 7 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
5 7 (0.77%) Data Mining
5 7 (0.77%) SQLite
6 6 (0.66%) GIS
6 6 (0.66%) Redis
7 5 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
7 5 (0.55%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.55%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.44%) MySQL
9 3 (0.33%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.22%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.22%) OLAP
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 32 (3.52%) Git
1 32 (3.52%) JIRA
2 17 (1.87%) Visual Studio
3 16 (1.76%) Subversion
4 11 (1.21%) Eclipse
5 6 (0.66%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.55%) Maven
7 4 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.44%) GitLab
8 2 (0.22%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.22%) Selenium
8 2 (0.22%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.11%) Snyk
9 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 406 (44.62%) Social Skills
2 358 (39.34%) Finance
3 284 (31.21%) Public Sector
4 223 (24.51%) Marketing
5 209 (22.97%) Manufacturing
6 194 (21.32%) Telecoms
7 176 (19.34%) Electronics
8 139 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
9 56 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 48 (5.27%) Legal
11 47 (5.16%) Retail
12 46 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
13 41 (4.51%) Influencing Skills
14 38 (4.18%) Law
15 35 (3.85%) Local Government
16 32 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
17 29 (3.19%) Digital Economy
18 21 (2.31%) Military
19 16 (1.76%) Banking
20 15 (1.65%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 180 (19.78%) Project Manager
2 165 (18.13%) Senior
3 120 (13.19%) Senior Manager
4 89 (9.78%) Programme Manager
5 76 (8.35%) Senior Project Manager
6 54 (5.93%) IT Manager
7 53 (5.82%) Project Controller
8 52 (5.71%) Analyst
9 43 (4.73%) Consultant
10 41 (4.51%) Software Engineer
11 40 (4.40%) Lead
12 35 (3.85%) Business Analyst
12 35 (3.85%) Developer
13 26 (2.86%) Electronics Engineer
14 25 (2.75%) IT Project Manager
14 25 (2.75%) Support Engineer
15 23 (2.53%) Embedded Engineer
16 22 (2.42%) Product Manager
17 20 (2.20%) Security Consultant
18 19 (2.09%) Senior Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.85%) HTML
2 29 (3.19%) CSS
2 29 (3.19%) React
3 28 (3.08%) AngularJS
4 20 (2.20%) Flask
5 14 (1.54%) .NET
5 14 (1.54%) Django
6 12 (1.32%) Spring
7 9 (0.99%) .NET Framework
7 9 (0.99%) HTML5 Canvas
8 8 (0.88%) HTML5
8 8 (0.88%) Svelte
9 7 (0.77%) Qt
10 6 (0.66%) Celery
10 6 (0.66%) Dask
10 6 (0.66%) GeoJSON
10 6 (0.66%) LAPP Stack
10 6 (0.66%) Node.js
10 6 (0.66%) NumPy
10 6 (0.66%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 61 (6.70%) Self-Motivation
2 45 (4.95%) Onboarding
3 39 (4.29%) Social Media
4 26 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 25 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.53%) PMI
7 21 (2.31%) IoT
8 19 (2.09%) NHS
9 18 (1.98%) Cyber Defence
9 18 (1.98%) Embedded Systems
9 18 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
10 14 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.32%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.32%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.32%) FPGA
12 10 (1.10%) Arduino
13 9 (0.99%) Blog
13 9 (0.99%) Low-Code
13 9 (0.99%) VHDL
14 8 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.37%) Linux
2 47 (5.16%) Windows
3 4 (0.44%) VMS
4 2 (0.22%) Android
4 2 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.22%) Unix
4 2 (0.22%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.11%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (36.81%) Project Management
2 275 (30.22%) Agile
3 207 (22.75%) Business Intelligence
4 176 (19.34%) Digital Marketing
5 174 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
6 163 (17.91%) Change Management
7 155 (17.03%) Risk Management
8 139 (15.27%) Stakeholder Management
9 137 (15.05%) Project Delivery
10 133 (14.62%) PRINCE2
11 108 (11.87%) Business Case
11 108 (11.87%) Decision-Making
12 102 (11.21%) Mentoring
13 91 (10.00%) Coaching
14 82 (9.01%) Analytics
15 76 (8.35%) Software Engineering
16 70 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
17 68 (7.47%) Roadmaps
18 67 (7.36%) Systems Engineering
19 64 (7.03%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 83 (9.12%) Python
2 59 (6.48%) SQL
3 55 (6.04%) C
3 55 (6.04%) JavaScript
4 40 (4.40%) C++
5 37 (4.07%) C#
6 35 (3.85%) Java
7 17 (1.87%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.76%) Embedded C
9 15 (1.65%) MATLAB
10 14 (1.54%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.54%) R
11 10 (1.10%) PHP
12 9 (0.99%) Bash
13 8 (0.88%) Embedded C++
13 8 (0.88%) Go
14 4 (0.44%) Assembly Language
14 4 (0.44%) Bicep
15 3 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 246 (27.03%) Degree
2 133 (14.62%) Security Cleared
3 79 (8.68%) SC Cleared
4 54 (5.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 47 (5.16%) PMI Certification
6 38 (4.18%) DV Cleared
7 30 (3.30%) PMP
8 24 (2.64%) Master's Degree
9 23 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.76%) HNC
11 12 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.10%) CCNP
12 10 (1.10%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.99%) CCNA
14 8 (0.88%) AWS Certification
14 8 (0.88%) CCSA
14 8 (0.88%) CISSP
14 8 (0.88%) PgMP
15 7 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (9.12%) PMO
2 60 (6.59%) QA
3 20 (2.20%) NIST
4 19 (2.09%) NIST 800
5 18 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.65%) ISO 9001
7 11 (1.21%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.88%) ISO 9000
9 8 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.44%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.44%) JTAG
11 3 (0.33%) P3O
12 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.22%) GDPR
12 2 (0.22%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.22%) MISRA
12 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (4.51%) Firmware
2 13 (1.43%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (0.99%) Docker
4 3 (0.33%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.33%) NFS
5 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (1.76%) Terraform
2 8 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.11%) IBM BigFix
4 1 (0.11%) systemd
4 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 1 (0.11%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 199 (21.87%) SAP
2 156 (17.14%) Microsoft
3 25 (2.75%) Google
4 14 (1.54%) Oracle
5 11 (1.21%) EMC
5 11 (1.21%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.10%) Cisco
7 9 (0.99%) CheckPoint
7 9 (0.99%) Xero
8 8 (0.88%) NVIDIA
9 6 (0.66%) Meraki
10 5 (0.55%) Automation Anywhere
10 5 (0.55%) Cognos
10 5 (0.55%) iManage
10 5 (0.55%) VMware
11 4 (0.44%) Adobe
12 3 (0.33%) Thales
12 3 (0.33%) Workday
12 3 (0.33%) Xilinx
13 2 (0.22%) CA Agile Central