Programme Director Jobs in England

Programme Director
UK > England

The median Programme Director salary in England is £107,500 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 671 830 868
Rank change year-on-year +159 +38 +268
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Director 14 13 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.015% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.015% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 24
10th Percentile £89,589 £57,500 £88,250
25th Percentile £94,315 £92,500 £113,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £107,500 £100,000 £140,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -28.57% +39.30%
75th Percentile £120,000 £145,000 £145,313
90th Percentile £141,000 £150,000 £149,250
UK median annual salary £107,500 £100,000 £140,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -28.57% +39.30%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programme Director in England.

Salary trend for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Director in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Programme Director in England

Programme Director
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 Director within the 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
London +110 7 £96,864 -3.14% 5
South East - 3 £120,000 - 7
South West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - - 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
Programme Director
UK

Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Programme Director 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 England region featuring Programme Director in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Agile
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 7 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
3 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (35.71%) PMP
4 5 (35.71%) Change Management
4 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
5 4 (28.57%) Finance
5 4 (28.57%) Project Management
5 4 (28.57%) PMI Certification
5 4 (28.57%) Data Governance
5 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
6 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
6 3 (21.43%) Data Quality
6 3 (21.43%) Analytics
6 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (21.43%) Data Management
6 3 (21.43%) MAPM
7 2 (14.29%) Lean Six Sigma
7 2 (14.29%) Banking
7 2 (14.29%) Local Government
7 2 (14.29%) NHS
7 2 (14.29%) SAP
7 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
7 2 (14.29%) ERP

Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
4 2 (14.29%) Local Government
5 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) EDI
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) NHS
2 1 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Agile
2 7 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
3 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (35.71%) Change Management
4 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
5 4 (28.57%) Data Governance
5 4 (28.57%) Project Management
6 3 (21.43%) Analytics
6 3 (21.43%) Data Management
6 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
6 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (14.29%) Data Transformation
7 2 (14.29%) ERP
7 2 (14.29%) Lean Six Sigma
7 2 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
7 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 2 (14.29%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) PMP
2 4 (28.57%) PMI Certification
3 3 (21.43%) MAPM
4 2 (14.29%) APMG
5 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Data Quality
2 2 (14.29%) PMO
3 1 (7.14%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 2 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) Salesforce