Programme Delivery Job Trends in the North of England

Programme Delivery
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Programme Delivery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 270 260
Rank change year-on-year +24 -10 +126
Permanent jobs citing Programme Delivery 17 17 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.16% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.20% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 8
10th Percentile £41,074 £30,000 -
25th Percentile £43,618 £45,628 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,499 £47,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -32.14% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £56,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,575 £83,000 £100,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £62,557 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.90% -10.63% -9.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Programme Delivery 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,573 8,340 7,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.25% 90.17% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4,539 3,744 5,511
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,542 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% -1.82% -1.87%
75th Percentile £66,367 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Programme Delivery relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Programme Delivery job vacancy trend in the North of England

Programme Delivery
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Programme Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Programme Delivery

Programme Delivery
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Programme Delivery in the North of England

Programme Delivery
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Delivery within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 January 2026. 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
North West +14 8 £62,500 +36.98% 15
Yorkshire -2 7 £46,787 -1.50% 4
North East +9 2 - - 18
Programme Delivery
England

Programme Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 2 (11.76%) Azure AI
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Avionics
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Project Officer
1 3 (17.65%) Project Support Officer
1 3 (17.65%) Service Manager
1 3 (17.65%) Support Officer
1 3 (17.65%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Business Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Mechanical Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Service Transition Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Trainer
2 2 (11.76%) Transition Manager
3 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
3 1 (5.88%) IT Operations Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Operations Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.88%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Project Delivery
2 6 (35.29%) Agile
2 6 (35.29%) Change Management
3 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
4 4 (23.53%) ITIL
4 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (23.53%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (17.65%) Business Case
5 3 (17.65%) Business Continuity
5 3 (17.65%) Change Control
5 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (17.65%) Minimum Viable Product
5 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (17.65%) Project Management
5 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
5 3 (17.65%) Workflow
6 2 (11.76%) Data Governance
6 2 (11.76%) DevOps
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Degree
2 5 (29.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
4 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (11.76%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
6 1 (5.88%) CEH
6 1 (5.88%) HNC
6 1 (5.88%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow