Programme Manager Job Trends in the City of London

Programme Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Programme Manager salary in the City of London is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 153 154
Rank change year-on-year +29 +1 +87
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 8 10 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.37% 0.38% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.41% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile - £89,000 £61,300
25th Percentile £65,000 £95,000 £69,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £100,000 £76,985
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +29.90% -18.96%
75th Percentile £107,500 £125,000 £85,563
90th Percentile £114,250 - £97,075
Central London median annual salary £92,500 £100,000 £76,985
% change year-on-year -7.50% +29.90% -12.02%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 2,046 2,455 2,676
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.12% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,545 1,604 2,394
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,575 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Programme Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Programme Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Programme Manager
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Programme Manager
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Programme Manager in the City of London

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, Programme Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 1 (12.50%) Budgeting
4 1 (12.50%) Business Case
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Coaching
4 1 (12.50%) COBOL
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
4 1 (12.50%) DB2
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
4 1 (12.50%) PMP
4 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) DB2
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Advertising
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
1 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
1 1 (12.50%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Business Case
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Coaching
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) COBOL
1 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce