Programme Manager Jobs in the East of England

Programme Manager
England > East of England

The median Programme Manager salary in the East of England is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 206 207
Rank change year-on-year +38 +1 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 10 19 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.30% 0.30% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.32% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 16
10th Percentile - £51,750 £67,500
25th Percentile £82,500 £51,946 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £57,778 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +51.44% -22.96% +7.14%
75th Percentile £96,250 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £72,275 £81,875
England median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -5.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 3,137 6,030 4,178
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 94.00% 83.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,511 4,601 2,129
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,625 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the East of England

Programme Manager
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in the East of England.

Salary trend for Programme Manager in the East of England

Programme Manager
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 Manager within the East of England region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Hertfordshire +33 6 £85,000 +37.10% 8
Bedfordshire -1 3 £90,000 - 4
Cambridgeshire +37 1 - - 8
Programme Manager
England

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 across the East of England region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (60.00%) Programme Management
2 6 (60.00%) Agile
3 5 (50.00%) Finance
3 5 (50.00%) PMP
3 5 (50.00%) Project Governance
3 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (40.00%) Project Management
5 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (30.00%) Degree
5 3 (30.00%) JIRA
5 3 (30.00%) Resource Management
5 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (30.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
5 3 (30.00%) SaaS
5 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (20.00%) SDLC
6 2 (20.00%) Confluence
6 2 (20.00%) Business Development
6 2 (20.00%) Earned Value Management
6 2 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (20.00%) Project Roadmap
6 2 (20.00%) Aviation
6 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (20.00%) Aviation
3 2 (20.00%) Games
3 2 (20.00%) Law
3 2 (20.00%) Legal
3 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (20.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (10.00%) Blog
3 1 (10.00%) IoT
3 1 (10.00%) Robotics
3 1 (10.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 6 (60.00%) Programme Management
3 5 (50.00%) Project Governance
4 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (40.00%) Project Management
5 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (30.00%) Resource Management
5 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (30.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (20.00%) Analytics
6 2 (20.00%) Budgeting
6 2 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (20.00%) Earned Value Management
6 2 (20.00%) Project Roadmap
6 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) PMP
2 3 (30.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) HND
3 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) JD Edwards
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Databricks