Programme Delivery Job Trends in the North West

Programme Delivery
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Programme Delivery 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 177 193 184
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 +113
Permanent jobs citing Programme Delivery 7 15 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.11% 0.29% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.32% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile - £30,000 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £41,721 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,814 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.00% -24.72% +22.73%
75th Percentile £82,250 £84,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,350 £105,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £66,250 £62,557 £73,000
% change year-on-year +5.90% -14.31% -5.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,139 4,691 3,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.37% 90.16% 89.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,475 2,330 2,672
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,176
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £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 West

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

Programme Delivery job vacancy trend in the North West

Programme Delivery
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Programme Delivery

Programme Delivery
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery in the North West over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Programme Delivery in the North West

Programme Delivery
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Cumbria +2 4 - -
Manchester +25 3 £62,500 -16.67% 8
Programme Delivery
England

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
General
1 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Mechanical Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Platform Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
1 2 (28.57%) Service Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Service Transition Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Transition Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Chemistry
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Physics
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared