Programme Management Job Trends in the Midlands

Programme Management (Program Management)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Programme Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 192 175
Rank change year-on-year +10 -17 +44
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 38 50 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.49% 0.75% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.84% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 10 22 35
10th Percentile - £33,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £40,746 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,385 £65,028 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.67% +18.23% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,813 £97,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,650 £101,250 £79,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -10.71% +19.15% -9.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,368 5,981 4,473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.60% 89.54% 88.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,510 2,642 3,669
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Programme Management job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Programme Management
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Programme Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Programme Management in the Midlands

Programme Management
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
East Midlands +3 20 £52,635 +54.81% 20
West Midlands +11 18 £35,000 -50.88% 22
Programme Management
England

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (15.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Power BI
General
1 32 (84.21%) Finance
2 21 (55.26%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (44.74%) Retail
4 10 (26.32%) Marketing
4 10 (26.32%) Public Sector
5 9 (23.68%) Electronics
5 9 (23.68%) Manufacturing
5 9 (23.68%) Social Skills
5 9 (23.68%) Telecoms
6 4 (10.53%) Aerospace
6 4 (10.53%) Law
7 2 (5.26%) Legal
8 1 (2.63%) Banking
8 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (47.37%) Lead
2 6 (15.79%) Field Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) EPoS Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) EPoS Field Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Field Service Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Field Service Technician
4 3 (7.89%) Printer Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Transformation Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Change Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Desktop Support
6 1 (2.63%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Desktop Support Technician
6 1 (2.63%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Support Technician
6 1 (2.63%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (55.26%) Management Information System
2 17 (44.74%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (44.74%) FMCG
3 7 (18.42%) Driving Licence
4 6 (15.79%) PDA
5 4 (10.53%) EPoS
5 4 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (78.95%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (71.05%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (63.16%) Project Management
4 23 (60.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (55.26%) ERP
6 20 (52.63%) Change Management
7 19 (50.00%) Decision-Making
8 18 (47.37%) Analytics
9 17 (44.74%) CRM
9 17 (44.74%) Data Management
10 9 (23.68%) Digital Marketing
11 8 (21.05%) Customer Service
12 7 (18.42%) Service Delivery
13 5 (13.16%) Agile
14 4 (10.53%) Customer Engagement
14 4 (10.53%) Project Delivery
14 4 (10.53%) Time Management
15 3 (7.89%) Risk Management
15 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
16 2 (5.26%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 19 (50.00%) Degree
2 11 (28.95%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.63%) PMP
4 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) PMO
2 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.63%) QA
2 1 (2.63%) SLA
Vendors
1 30 (78.95%) SAP
2 17 (44.74%) Salesforce
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft