Programme Management Job Trends in England

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Programme Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 354 349
Rank change year-on-year -184 -5 -23
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 195 338 676
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.78% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.86% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 127 223 391
10th Percentile £39,875 £44,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,750 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £77,235
90th Percentile £116,500 £100,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £73,213 £65,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year +12.63% +13.54% -15.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,729 39,091 72,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.90% 90.22% 82.30%
Number of salaries quoted 45,730 22,350 51,838
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,771 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Programme Management job vacancy trend in England

Programme Management
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Programme Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Programme Management in England

Programme Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 16 July 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 -74 81 £82,500 +13.79% 88
South East -35 34 £90,000 +50.00% 31
North of England -38 29 £63,076 +20.66% 18
Midlands -32 17 £40,000 -42.86% 14
West Midlands -33 17 £40,000 -36.00% 11
South West -104 17 £75,000 +50.00% 9
Yorkshire -32 15 £63,076 +20.66% 15
East of England -15 12 £40,000 -55.56% 6
North West -13 11 £63,076 +8.75% 4
North East - 3 £94,038 - 1
Programme Management
UK

Programme Management
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 8 (4.10%) Confluence
2 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.03%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (1.03%) SAP HCM
2 2 (1.03%) Shopify
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.51%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.51%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.51%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.51%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.51%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 14 (7.18%) AWS
2 14 (7.18%) Azure
3 6 (3.08%) GCP
3 6 (3.08%) SaaS
4 5 (2.56%) Amazon S3
4 5 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
4 5 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.56%) Serverless
5 4 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
5 4 (2.05%) AWS CloudTrail
5 4 (2.05%) AWS Fargate
5 4 (2.05%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (1.54%) WeChat
7 2 (1.03%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.51%) IaaS
8 1 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.59%) LAN
2 4 (2.05%) IPv4
2 4 (2.05%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.05%) Software-Defined Networking
2 4 (2.05%) WAN
3 3 (1.54%) Firewall
3 3 (1.54%) WLAN
4 1 (0.51%) Symposium
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.69%) Power BI
2 12 (6.15%) Tableau
3 2 (1.03%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.51%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.51%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.51%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.51%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 9 (4.62%) JIRA
2 4 (2.05%) Bitbucket
2 4 (2.05%) Git
2 4 (2.05%) GitLab
2 4 (2.05%) Jenkins
General
1 90 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 83 (42.56%) Finance
3 40 (20.51%) Public Sector
4 26 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
5 21 (10.77%) Local Government
6 19 (9.74%) Law
7 15 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (7.69%) Legal
8 14 (7.18%) Manufacturing
9 13 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (6.15%) Telecoms
11 11 (5.64%) Aerospace
12 9 (4.62%) Banking
13 7 (3.59%) Electronics
13 7 (3.59%) Marketing
13 7 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (3.08%) Back Office
14 6 (3.08%) Retail
15 5 (2.56%) Investment Banking
15 5 (2.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 34 (17.44%) Programme Manager
2 31 (15.90%) Senior
3 30 (15.38%) Senior Manager
4 28 (14.36%) Project Manager
5 17 (8.72%) Consultant
5 17 (8.72%) Lead
6 16 (8.21%) Portfolio Manager
7 13 (6.67%) Senior Portfolio Manager
8 12 (6.15%) Management Consultant
9 11 (5.64%) Programme Management Office Consultant
9 11 (5.64%) Programme Office Consultant
10 10 (5.13%) IT Manager
11 8 (4.10%) Analyst
11 8 (4.10%) Insight Manager
11 8 (4.10%) IT Project Manager
12 7 (3.59%) Senior Project Manager
13 6 (3.08%) Delivery Manager
13 6 (3.08%) Head of IT
13 6 (3.08%) Performance Manager
13 6 (3.08%) Report Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.05%) boto
2 1 (0.51%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.87%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.67%) PMI
3 10 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (5.13%) NHS
4 9 (4.62%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.59%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.56%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.05%) Robotics
7 4 (2.05%) Verilog
7 4 (2.05%) VHDL
8 3 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.54%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.03%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.05%) Linux
1 4 (2.05%) Windows
1 4 (2.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (36.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 69 (35.38%) Project Management
3 68 (34.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 60 (30.77%) Agile
5 59 (30.26%) Decision-Making
6 40 (20.51%) PRINCE2
6 40 (20.51%) Risk Management
7 38 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (17.44%) Roadmaps
9 33 (16.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 32 (16.41%) AI
11 29 (14.87%) Collaborative Working
12 28 (14.36%) Line Management
13 23 (11.79%) Analytics
13 23 (11.79%) Service Delivery
14 22 (11.28%) Change Management
14 22 (11.28%) Coaching
14 22 (11.28%) Data Analysis
14 22 (11.28%) Mentoring
14 22 (11.28%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.15%) Python
1 12 (6.15%) SQL
2 6 (3.08%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.56%) C
3 5 (2.56%) Java
4 4 (2.05%) Bash
4 4 (2.05%) Embedded C
5 3 (1.54%) C#
6 2 (1.03%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (25.64%) Degree
2 42 (21.54%) PMI Certification
3 30 (15.38%) PMP
4 14 (7.18%) Security Cleared
5 12 (6.15%) SC Cleared
6 8 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.59%) RHCSA
8 6 (3.08%) HNC
9 5 (2.56%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.56%) HND
9 5 (2.56%) Master's Degree
10 4 (2.05%) CCNA
10 4 (2.05%) ISTQB
10 4 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.05%) OSCP
10 4 (2.05%) PgMP
10 4 (2.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (2.05%) RHCE
11 3 (1.54%) CCNP
11 3 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (18.46%) PMO
2 27 (13.85%) QA
3 10 (5.13%) P3O
4 5 (2.56%) NEBOSH
5 4 (2.05%) DO-254
6 3 (1.54%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.54%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.54%) SLA
7 2 (1.03%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.03%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.51%) COBIT
System Software
1 9 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.05%) Docker
3 4 (2.05%) Squid
3 4 (2.05%) VMware NSX
3 4 (2.05%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (2.56%) Terraform
2 4 (2.05%) Ansible
2 4 (2.05%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.05%) Packer
2 4 (2.05%) ZABBIX
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (11.79%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.62%) Oracle
3 7 (3.59%) VMware
4 5 (2.56%) NEC
4 5 (2.56%) SAP
5 4 (2.05%) Cognizant
5 4 (2.05%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.05%) Splunk
6 3 (1.54%) Citrix
7 2 (1.03%) Adobe
7 2 (1.03%) Ariba
7 2 (1.03%) Concur
7 2 (1.03%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.03%) Infor
7 2 (1.03%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.51%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.51%) Databricks
8 1 (0.51%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.51%) Zscaler