Programme Manager Jobs in England

Programme Manager
UK > England

The median Programme Manager salary in England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 589 698
Rank change year-on-year +54 +109 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 313 348 501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.39% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.42% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 263 278 344
10th Percentile £50,350 £60,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £92,625 £87,500 £91,563
90th Percentile £110,000 £104,125 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 81,157 82,189 127,880
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.48% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 60,579 52,238 74,819
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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 +114 120 £87,500 +6.06% 31
North of England +54 88 £73,805 +0.41% 13
Midlands +19 51 £75,000 +2.04% 12
North West +17 51 £73,805 +0.41% 6
West Midlands +29 34 £74,402 +1.23% 11
South East -33 30 £75,000 +1.01% 12
Yorkshire +81 29 £73,805 +0.41% 5
East of England +13 16 £57,778 -22.96% 9
East Midlands -12 15 £75,000 +1.01% 1
North East 0 8 £73,805 +0.41% 2
South West -38 5 £40,000 -45.58% 14
Programme Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, 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 England region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 150 (47.92%) Agile
2 123 (39.30%) Finance
3 88 (28.12%) Social Skills
4 82 (26.20%) Project Management
5 79 (25.24%) Programme Management
6 78 (24.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 65 (20.77%) Budget Management
8 59 (18.85%) Public Sector
9 56 (17.89%) Mentoring
10 54 (17.25%) Coaching
11 51 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
12 50 (15.97%) Supplier Management
13 48 (15.34%) JIRA
14 44 (14.06%) Project Delivery
15 43 (13.74%) Co-Creation
15 43 (13.74%) Atlassian
15 43 (13.74%) Confluence
16 40 (12.78%) PRINCE2
17 39 (12.46%) Change Management
17 39 (12.46%) Risk Management
18 36 (11.50%) Degree
18 36 (11.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 34 (10.86%) Roadmaps
20 29 (9.27%) Business Case
21 28 (8.95%) PMI Certification
22 27 (8.63%) Migration
23 26 (8.31%) Waterfall
23 26 (8.31%) Matrix Management
24 25 (7.99%) Programme Delivery
25 24 (7.67%) Microsoft

Programme Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 43 (13.74%) Confluence
2 4 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.32%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.32%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 11 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (4.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.88%) SAP CX
3 8 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.60%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.11%) Azure
2 14 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (2.24%) AWS
3 7 (2.24%) SaaS
4 5 (1.60%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.64%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.64%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.64%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.32%) GitHub
8 1 (0.32%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.32%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.92%) Wireless
2 3 (0.96%) LAN
2 3 (0.96%) WAN
2 3 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.32%) SAN
4 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.79%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.64%) Power BI
3 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.32%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (15.34%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 123 (39.30%) Finance
2 88 (28.12%) Social Skills
3 59 (18.85%) Public Sector
4 36 (11.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.47%) Health Technology
8 11 (3.51%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.88%) Banking
9 9 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.56%) Local Government
11 6 (1.92%) Law
12 5 (1.60%) Front Office
12 5 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.28%) Advertising
13 4 (1.28%) Legal
13 4 (1.28%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.64%) Billing
15 2 (0.64%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.24%) EDI
2 2 (0.64%) .NET
3 1 (0.32%) ERC20
3 1 (0.32%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.32%) React
3 1 (0.32%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (0.32%) Truffle
3 1 (0.32%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.15%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.24%) NHS
3 6 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.28%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.28%) PMI
5 3 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (0.96%) Driving Licence
5 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (0.96%) IoT
6 2 (0.64%) Blog
6 2 (0.64%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.64%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.64%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.32%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.32%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.32%) Derivative
7 1 (0.32%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.28%) Linux
2 1 (0.32%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (47.92%) Agile
2 82 (26.20%) Project Management
3 79 (25.24%) Programme Management
4 78 (24.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 65 (20.77%) Budget Management
6 56 (17.89%) Mentoring
7 54 (17.25%) Coaching
8 51 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
9 50 (15.97%) Supplier Management
10 44 (14.06%) Project Delivery
11 43 (13.74%) Co-Creation
12 40 (12.78%) PRINCE2
13 39 (12.46%) Change Management
13 39 (12.46%) Risk Management
14 34 (10.86%) Roadmaps
15 29 (9.27%) Business Case
16 27 (8.63%) Migration
17 26 (8.31%) Matrix Management
17 26 (8.31%) Waterfall
18 25 (7.99%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.92%) SQL
2 2 (0.64%) C#
2 2 (0.64%) Python
3 1 (0.32%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 36 (11.50%) Degree
2 28 (8.95%) PMI Certification
3 24 (7.67%) PMP
4 8 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.56%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.60%) CAPM
5 5 (1.60%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.60%) ISEB
5 5 (1.60%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.28%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (0.96%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.64%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.64%) CEH
8 2 (0.64%) CISM
8 2 (0.64%) CISSP
8 2 (0.64%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.64%) RIBA
9 1 (0.32%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.56%) QA
2 7 (2.24%) PMO
3 3 (0.96%) COSHH
4 1 (0.32%) IFRS
4 1 (0.32%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 2 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.60%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (13.74%) Atlassian
2 24 (7.67%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.43%) SAP
4 5 (1.60%) HP
4 5 (1.60%) Progress
5 4 (1.28%) VMware
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle
7 1 (0.32%) Ericsson
7 1 (0.32%) Nokia