Senior Programme Manager Jobs in England

Senior Programme Manager
UK > England

The median Senior Programme Manager salary in England is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 654 831 849
Rank change year-on-year +177 +18 +238
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Programme Manager 22 25 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.026% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.027% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 10 21 30
10th Percentile £81,875 £81,250 £55,471
25th Percentile £84,063 £88,750 £58,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £100,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +29.03% +3.33%
75th Percentile £106,250 £105,000 £105,938
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £92,500 £100,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -7.50% +29.03% -3.13%

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 44,681 91,206 74,157
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.64% 91.16%
Number of salaries quoted 23,903 66,421 49,011
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -13.22% +0.83%
75th Percentile £73,886 £70,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Programme Manager in England

Senior Programme Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Programme Manager in England

Senior Programme Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Programme Manager in England over the 6 months to 16 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Programme Manager in England

Senior 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 Senior Programme Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 16 June 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 +98 12 £92,500 -7.50% 17
South East +92 5 £70,000 -28.21% 6
Midlands +89 5 £95,000 +15.15% 5
West Midlands +78 5 £95,000 +15.15% 4
Senior Programme Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 2025, Senior 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 Senior Programme Manager in the job title.

1 11 (50.00%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (36.36%) Migration
4 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
5 6 (27.27%) Value Proposition
5 6 (27.27%) B2B Sales
5 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (27.27%) Line Management
5 6 (27.27%) Publishing
5 6 (27.27%) BT
5 6 (27.27%) Telecoms
5 6 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (27.27%) B2B
6 5 (22.73%) Programme Management
7 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (18.18%) PMP
7 4 (18.18%) PMI Certification
7 4 (18.18%) ERP
7 4 (18.18%) WAN
7 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 4 (18.18%) Project Management
7 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (18.18%) Azure
7 4 (18.18%) Data Migration
7 4 (18.18%) Tech for Good
7 4 (18.18%) SD-WAN
8 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
8 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills

Senior 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (4.55%) SAP ERP
2 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) SD-WAN
1 4 (18.18%) WAN
1 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 11 (50.00%) Finance
2 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 6 (27.27%) Publishing
3 6 (27.27%) Telecoms
4 4 (18.18%) Tech for Good
5 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.55%) Automotive
7 1 (4.55%) Banking
7 1 (4.55%) Games
7 1 (4.55%) Legal
7 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.55%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 2 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (36.36%) Migration
3 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (27.27%) B2B
4 6 (27.27%) B2B Sales
4 6 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (27.27%) Line Management
4 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (27.27%) Value Proposition
5 5 (22.73%) Programme Management
6 4 (18.18%) Data Migration
6 4 (18.18%) ERP
6 4 (18.18%) Project Management
6 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 3 (13.64%) Agile
7 3 (13.64%) Change Management
7 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
7 3 (13.64%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) PMI Certification
1 4 (18.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) BT
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle
3 2 (9.09%) Charles River
3 2 (9.09%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (4.55%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.55%) SAP