Programme Manager Jobs in London

Programme Manager
England > London

The median Programme Manager salary in London is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 392 495
Rank change year-on-year +77 +103 +180
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 77 120 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.62% 0.50% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.53% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 42 102 91
10th Percentile £85,000 £58,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £89,063 £68,125 £73,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £85,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% +3.03% -2.94%
75th Percentile £137,500 £105,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £160,000 £110,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £92,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +23.33% - -4.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,289 22,453 31,519
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.39% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,829 16,734 23,288
10th Percentile £41,200 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,143 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in London

Programme Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Programme Manager in London

Programme Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Programme Manager in London

Programme Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Central London +32 12 £92,500 +18.59% 5
West London - 1 £135,000 - 8
Programme Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 London region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 43 (55.84%) Finance
2 36 (46.75%) Roadmaps
3 34 (44.16%) Agile
4 24 (31.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (29.87%) Migration
6 19 (24.68%) Front Office
6 19 (24.68%) Fixed Income
6 19 (24.68%) Equities
6 19 (24.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 19 (24.68%) Project Management
6 19 (24.68%) Derivative
6 19 (24.68%) Investment Management
6 19 (24.68%) Hedge funds
6 19 (24.68%) Data Governance
6 19 (24.68%) Data Lake
6 19 (24.68%) Regulatory Compliance
7 14 (18.18%) Budget Management
7 14 (18.18%) Social Skills
7 14 (18.18%) Data Management
8 13 (16.88%) Marketing
8 13 (16.88%) PRINCE2
9 11 (14.29%) Accessibility
9 11 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (14.29%) Programme Management
10 10 (12.99%) Scrum
10 10 (12.99%) Process Improvement
10 10 (12.99%) Line Management
11 9 (11.69%) Programme Delivery
11 9 (11.69%) Data Protection
11 9 (11.69%) Degree

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (3.90%) Confluence
2 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.90%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (2.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.30%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.30%) Azure
2 1 (1.30%) Google Workspace
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.30%) SaaS
2 1 (1.30%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) Firewall
1 1 (1.30%) Network Security
1 1 (1.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (24.68%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) JIRA
General
1 43 (55.84%) Finance
2 19 (24.68%) Front Office
3 14 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 13 (16.88%) Marketing
5 8 (10.39%) Telecoms
6 7 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (7.79%) Publishing
8 5 (6.49%) Banking
8 5 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (6.49%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (6.49%) Public Sector
9 4 (5.19%) Multimedia
9 4 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (3.90%) Law
10 3 (3.90%) Legal
10 3 (3.90%) Local Government
10 3 (3.90%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (3.90%) Retail
11 2 (2.60%) German Language
11 2 (2.60%) Italian Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.30%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (24.68%) Derivative
1 19 (24.68%) Equities
1 19 (24.68%) Fixed Income
1 19 (24.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 19 (24.68%) Hedge funds
2 7 (9.09%) Social Media
3 5 (6.49%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.49%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (6.49%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.90%) Blog
4 3 (3.90%) NHS
5 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.60%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (2.60%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.30%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.30%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.75%) Roadmaps
2 34 (44.16%) Agile
3 24 (31.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (29.87%) Migration
5 19 (24.68%) Data Governance
5 19 (24.68%) Investment Management
5 19 (24.68%) Project Management
5 19 (24.68%) Regulatory Compliance
6 14 (18.18%) Budget Management
6 14 (18.18%) Data Management
7 13 (16.88%) PRINCE2
8 11 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (14.29%) Programme Management
9 10 (12.99%) Line Management
9 10 (12.99%) Process Improvement
9 10 (12.99%) Scrum
10 9 (11.69%) Data Protection
10 9 (11.69%) Programme Delivery
11 8 (10.39%) CRM
12 7 (9.09%) ERP
Qualifications
1 9 (11.69%) Degree
2 8 (10.39%) PMI Certification
3 6 (7.79%) PMP
4 2 (2.60%) CCIE
4 2 (2.60%) CCNP
4 2 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.60%) PgMP
5 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.30%) JNCIE
5 1 (1.30%) JNCIP
5 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.90%) GxP
2 3 (3.90%) MiFID
2 3 (3.90%) PMO
3 2 (2.60%) QA
4 1 (1.30%) GDPR
4 1 (1.30%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.30%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.30%) NIST
4 1 (1.30%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 6 (7.79%) BT
1 6 (7.79%) Salesforce
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.90%) Oracle
2 3 (3.90%) SAP
3 2 (2.60%) Charles River
3 2 (2.60%) Facebook
3 2 (2.60%) Siebel
3 2 (2.60%) YouTube
4 1 (1.30%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.30%) Cisco
4 1 (1.30%) Google
4 1 (1.30%) Planview
4 1 (1.30%) VMware