Programme Manager Jobs in England

Programme Manager
UK > England

The median Programme Manager salary in England is £90,000 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 531 544 594
Rank change year-on-year +13 +50 +110
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 156 315 325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.35% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.37% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 95 264 264
10th Percentile £63,250 £50,000 £57,680
25th Percentile £75,625 £67,500 £71,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -5.06%
75th Percentile £111,250 £92,125 £87,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £109,625 £100,875
UK median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -6.25%

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 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 30 May 2025.

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 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 +71 75 £115,000 +35.29% 44
South East +90 34 £80,000 +6.67% 88
Midlands +53 18 £92,500 +23.33% 43
East of England +38 10 £87,500 +51.44% 34
West Midlands +33 9 £92,500 +24.32% 17
North of England -26 9 £70,000 -5.15% 43
East Midlands +36 5 £82,500 +10.00% 23
North West -36 5 £70,000 -5.15% 19
Yorkshire +35 4 £67,500 -8.54% 18
South West +100 1 £97,500 +143.75% 32
Programme Manager
UK

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 England region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 65 (41.67%) Agile
2 63 (40.38%) Programme Management
3 61 (39.10%) Finance
4 57 (36.54%) Project Management
5 55 (35.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 44 (28.21%) PRINCE2
7 42 (26.92%) Roadmaps
8 39 (25.00%) Social Skills
9 34 (21.79%) Project Delivery
10 29 (18.59%) Migration
11 25 (16.03%) PMP
12 24 (15.38%) Line Management
13 23 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
14 21 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (13.46%) PMI Certification
15 19 (12.18%) Process Improvement
15 19 (12.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 18 (11.54%) Data Governance
16 18 (11.54%) Mentoring
16 18 (11.54%) Front Office
16 18 (11.54%) Risk Management
16 18 (11.54%) Derivative
16 18 (11.54%) Degree
16 18 (11.54%) Data Lake
17 17 (10.90%) Regulatory Compliance
17 17 (10.90%) Public Sector
17 17 (10.90%) Fixed Income
17 17 (10.90%) Equities
17 17 (10.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)

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 5 (3.21%) Confluence
2 2 (1.28%) ThingWorx
3 1 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.28%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.21%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.28%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.28%) Primavera
3 1 (0.64%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.64%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.77%) Azure
2 8 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (2.56%) SaaS
4 1 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.64%) GitHub
4 1 (0.64%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.64%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.49%) SD-WAN
1 7 (4.49%) WAN
1 7 (4.49%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.64%) Broadband
2 1 (0.64%) Firewall
2 1 (0.64%) Mobile Broadband
2 1 (0.64%) Network Security
2 1 (0.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.54%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (5.77%) JIRA
General
1 61 (39.10%) Finance
2 39 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.54%) Front Office
4 17 (10.90%) Public Sector
5 16 (10.26%) Marketing
6 10 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.41%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (5.77%) Telecoms
8 7 (4.49%) Legal
8 7 (4.49%) Tech for Good
9 6 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.85%) Publishing
10 5 (3.21%) Banking
10 5 (3.21%) Law
10 5 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.21%) Retail
11 4 (2.56%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.92%) Local Government
12 3 (1.92%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.64%) .NET
2 1 (0.64%) Middleware
2 1 (0.64%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.54%) Derivative
2 17 (10.90%) Equities
2 17 (10.90%) Fixed Income
2 17 (10.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 17 (10.90%) Hedge funds
3 8 (5.13%) Data Centre
3 8 (5.13%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.49%) Social Media
5 5 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.21%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.21%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.21%) Operational Technology
5 5 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.56%) Blog
6 4 (2.56%) IoT
6 4 (2.56%) NHS
6 4 (2.56%) SCADA
7 3 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.92%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 2 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (41.67%) Agile
2 63 (40.38%) Programme Management
3 57 (36.54%) Project Management
4 55 (35.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 44 (28.21%) PRINCE2
6 42 (26.92%) Roadmaps
7 34 (21.79%) Project Delivery
8 29 (18.59%) Migration
9 24 (15.38%) Line Management
10 23 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (12.18%) Process Improvement
12 19 (12.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 18 (11.54%) Data Governance
13 18 (11.54%) Mentoring
13 18 (11.54%) Risk Management
14 17 (10.90%) Investment Management
14 17 (10.90%) Regulatory Compliance
15 15 (9.62%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.64%) C#
1 1 (0.64%) Python
1 1 (0.64%) SQL
1 1 (0.64%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (16.03%) PMP
2 21 (13.46%) PMI Certification
3 18 (11.54%) Degree
4 8 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.56%) MAPM
5 4 (2.56%) MRICS
6 3 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.28%) CCIE
7 2 (1.28%) CCNP
7 2 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.28%) HND
7 2 (1.28%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.28%) PgMP
8 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.64%) JNCIE
8 1 (0.64%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.05%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.77%) PMO
3 8 (5.13%) QA
4 3 (1.92%) GxP
5 2 (1.28%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.28%) MiFID
6 1 (0.64%) GDPR
6 1 (0.64%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.64%) NIST
6 1 (0.64%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (5.77%) Oracle
2 7 (4.49%) SAP
3 6 (3.85%) BT
3 6 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.21%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.92%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (1.28%) Charles River
6 2 (1.28%) Facebook
6 2 (1.28%) JD Edwards
6 2 (1.28%) Planview
6 2 (1.28%) Siebel
6 2 (1.28%) YouTube
7 1 (0.64%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.64%) Cisco
7 1 (0.64%) Databricks
7 1 (0.64%) Google
7 1 (0.64%) VMware