Programme Management Job Trends in the East of England

Programme Management (Program Management)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Programme Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 175 124
Rank change year-on-year +35 -51 +42
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 19 5 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.46% 0.14% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.16% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 11
10th Percentile - - £43,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £62,584 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,743 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +17.71% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,901 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,000 - £97,500
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 of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,157 3,107 1,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 75.74% 86.62% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,843 1,235 1,375
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,200 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,125 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
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 of England

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

Programme Management job vacancy trend in the East of England

Programme Management
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Programme Management in the East of England

Programme Management
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire +17 9 - - 9
Bedfordshire - 8 £62,500 - 8
Hertfordshire +18 1 - - 7
Essex - 1 - - 4
Programme Management
England

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

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) Amazon Alexa
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Network Security
2 1 (5.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Metadata
2 2 (10.53%) Relational Database
3 1 (5.26%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
1 1 (5.26%) GitLab
1 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (52.63%) Electronics
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
1 10 (52.63%) Manufacturing
1 10 (52.63%) Marketing
1 10 (52.63%) Public Sector
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
1 10 (52.63%) Telecoms
2 8 (42.11%) French Language
2 8 (42.11%) German Language
2 8 (42.11%) Italian Language
3 2 (10.53%) Retail
4 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Senior
2 3 (15.79%) Developer
3 2 (10.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Security Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.26%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 1 (5.26%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) JSON
2 2 (10.53%) Pandas
2 2 (10.53%) XML
3 1 (5.26%) FastAPI
3 1 (5.26%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Onboarding
2 3 (15.79%) Semantic Web
3 2 (10.53%) Reference Data
4 1 (5.26%) Linked Data
4 1 (5.26%) Mainframe
4 1 (5.26%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Unix
3 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) Digital Marketing
2 8 (42.11%) Coaching
2 8 (42.11%) Conversational UI
2 8 (42.11%) Kaizen
2 8 (42.11%) Machine Learning
2 8 (42.11%) Performance Management
2 8 (42.11%) Performance Metrics
2 8 (42.11%) Process Improvement
2 8 (42.11%) Six Sigma
3 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
3 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (15.79%) Data Management
3 3 (15.79%) Data Validation
3 3 (15.79%) MODAF
3 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
3 3 (15.79%) RDF
3 3 (15.79%) TOGAF
3 3 (15.79%) Validation
4 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) Python
2 3 (15.79%) SQL
3 1 (5.26%) C
3 1 (5.26%) C++
3 1 (5.26%) Rust
3 1 (5.26%) SHACL
3 1 (5.26%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) Degree
2 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
2 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) CISM
3 3 (15.79%) CISSP
3 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
1 2 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
1 1 (5.26%) Firmware
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) SAP
2 2 (10.53%) VMware
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft