Programme Management Job Trends in the East Midlands

Programme Management (Program Management)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Programme Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 120 103
Rank change year-on-year +4 -17 +52
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 20 9 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.79% 0.39% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.44% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 12
10th Percentile £50,027 - £32,525
25th Percentile £50,067 £33,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,635 £34,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +54.81% -29.90% -10.60%
75th Percentile £57,567 £35,000 £55,313
90th Percentile £59,027 - £79,125
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -10.71% +19.15% -9.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Programme Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,016 2,023 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.97% 88.07% 88.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 859 1,117
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,662 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,125 £36,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,500
90th Percentile £75,270 £75,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Programme Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Programme Management job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Programme Management
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Programme Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Management within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Leicestershire - 17 - -
Derbyshire -15 2 £50,269 +47.85%
Lincolnshire - 1 £55,000 - 4
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

General
1 20 (100.00%) Finance
2 17 (85.00%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (85.00%) Retail
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Electronics
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Marketing
4 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (85.00%) Lead
2 2 (10.00%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Finance Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Finance Project Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (85.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 17 (85.00%) FMCG
1 17 (85.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Change Management
1 19 (95.00%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (90.00%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (90.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (90.00%) Decision-Making
2 18 (90.00%) Project Management
3 17 (85.00%) Analytics
3 17 (85.00%) CRM
3 17 (85.00%) Data Management
3 17 (85.00%) ERP
4 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.00%) Agile
5 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.00%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Logistics
5 1 (5.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.00%) Service Management
5 1 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 19 (95.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.00%) PMP
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) PMO
1 1 (5.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 18 (90.00%) SAP
2 17 (85.00%) Salesforce