Programme Delivery Job Trends in England

Programme Delivery
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Programme Delivery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 533 615
Rank change year-on-year +36 +82 +65
Permanent jobs citing Programme Delivery 144 77 168
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.20% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.21% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 70 36 129
10th Percentile £41,950 £42,500 £49,050
25th Percentile £57,146 £52,375 £53,346
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £64,177 £65,200
Median % change year-on-year +16.87% -1.57% -13.07%
75th Percentile £100,563 £95,938 £88,750
90th Percentile £110,500 £130,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £64,177 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.87% -1.27% -8.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Programme Delivery 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,376 36,888 64,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 78.07% 93.67% 87.35%
Number of salaries quoted 31,062 20,202 50,479
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,068
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Programme Delivery job vacancy trend in England

Programme Delivery
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Programme Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Programme Delivery

Programme Delivery
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery in England over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Programme Delivery in England

Programme Delivery
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Delivery within the England region over the 6 months to 11 March 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
London +39 67 £95,000 -5.00% 27
North of England -9 30 £66,000 +44.65% 18
North West +3 18 £62,500 +36.98% 11
South East +2 18 £105,000 +16.67% 31
Midlands -17 18 £41,750 -24.09% 10
East Midlands -22 16 £40,750 -24.54% 5
Yorkshire - 9 £80,000 - 4
South West -14 5 - - 13
North East -15 3 £97,500 - 3
West Midlands -18 2 £92,500 +68.18% 5
East of England - 2 £70,600 - 12
Programme Delivery
UK

Programme Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.08%) Confluence
1 3 (2.08%) Moodle
2 2 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.69%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (9.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.69%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (2.08%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 42 (29.17%) Azure
2 33 (22.92%) Entra ID
3 25 (17.36%) Google Workspace
4 14 (9.72%) SaaS
5 9 (6.25%) AWS
5 9 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (6.25%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (2.78%) GCP
8 3 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.08%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (2.08%) Zapier
9 2 (1.39%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.69%) Collibra
10 1 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (21.53%) Broadband
2 4 (2.78%) DHCP
2 4 (2.78%) DNS
2 4 (2.78%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.86%) Power BI
2 4 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.78%) Power Query
3 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 8 (5.56%) JIRA
2 4 (2.78%) Gatling
2 4 (2.78%) Git
2 4 (2.78%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.78%) JMeter
2 4 (2.78%) LoadRunner
General
1 42 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 39 (27.08%) Finance
3 32 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (11.81%) Retail
5 12 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (7.64%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (7.64%) Law
7 8 (5.56%) Legal
8 7 (4.86%) Marketing
9 6 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.47%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (3.47%) Financial Institution
10 5 (3.47%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.78%) Back Office
11 4 (2.78%) Billing
12 3 (2.08%) Avionics
12 3 (2.08%) Banking
12 3 (2.08%) Local Government
13 2 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (27.08%) Senior
2 15 (10.42%) Lead
3 14 (9.72%) Programme Manager
4 13 (9.03%) Systems Engineer
5 12 (8.33%) Senior Manager
6 9 (6.25%) Consultant
6 9 (6.25%) Developer
6 9 (6.25%) IAM Developer
7 8 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
8 7 (4.86%) Service Manager
9 6 (4.17%) Account Director
9 6 (4.17%) Digital Account Director
10 5 (3.47%) Architect
10 5 (3.47%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Project Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.47%) Service Transition Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Technical Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Transition Manager
11 4 (2.78%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (20.14%) OAuth
1 29 (20.14%) OpenID
1 29 (20.14%) SAML
2 25 (17.36%) GraphQL
2 25 (17.36%) LDAP
2 25 (17.36%) REST
2 25 (17.36%) SOAP
3 1 (0.69%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 35 (24.31%) Cyberattack
2 31 (21.53%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (4.86%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (4.17%) Digital Signage
5 4 (2.78%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.08%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.39%) PMI
7 2 (1.39%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.69%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.69%) NHS
8 1 (0.69%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (43.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 40 (27.78%) Agile
4 39 (27.08%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (26.39%) Mentoring
6 31 (21.53%) Change Control
7 27 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (18.75%) Regulatory Compliance
8 25 (17.36%) Identity Access Management
9 24 (16.67%) Decision-Making
9 24 (16.67%) Project Delivery
10 21 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (13.89%) Project Management
12 18 (12.50%) Coaching
13 16 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
14 15 (10.42%) PRINCE2
15 13 (9.03%) Change Management
15 13 (9.03%) Programme Management
16 12 (8.33%) Risk Management
16 12 (8.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 30 (20.83%) SQL
2 26 (18.06%) PowerShell
3 25 (17.36%) Bash
3 25 (17.36%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.39%) Python
5 1 (0.69%) C
5 1 (0.69%) C#
5 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 26 (18.06%) Degree
2 12 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (4.86%) PMI Certification
4 7 (4.86%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.47%) DBS Check
5 5 (3.47%) PMP
6 4 (2.78%) CISSP
6 4 (2.78%) GIAC
6 4 (2.78%) ISACA
6 4 (2.78%) SANS
7 3 (2.08%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (1.39%) APMP
8 2 (1.39%) CEH
8 2 (1.39%) HNC
8 2 (1.39%) HND
8 2 (1.39%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (20.14%) NIST
2 25 (17.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (17.36%) NCSC
3 16 (11.11%) PMO
4 3 (2.08%) P3O
5 2 (1.39%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.69%) GDPR
6 1 (0.69%) GRC
6 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (20.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.78%) Docker
3 3 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.78%) Ansible
1 4 (2.78%) Grafana
1 4 (2.78%) Kibana
1 4 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (9.72%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.17%) Checkmarx
3 4 (2.78%) AppDynamics
3 4 (2.78%) Dynatrace
3 4 (2.78%) ForgeRock
3 4 (2.78%) Google
3 4 (2.78%) Okta
3 4 (2.78%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.78%) SAP
3 4 (2.78%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.08%) Aderant
4 3 (2.08%) Intapp
4 3 (2.08%) VMware
5 2 (1.39%) NEC