Programme Manager Jobs in the North West

Programme Manager
England > North West

The median Programme Manager salary in the North West is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 241 256
Rank change year-on-year -43 +15 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 5 50 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.064% 0.48% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.51% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3 38 36
10th Percentile - £48,829 £60,375
25th Percentile - £70,000 £70,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £73,805 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.15% +0.41% +5.76%
75th Percentile - £75,772 £77,500
90th Percentile - £100,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -5.66%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 7,220 9,862 6,724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.79% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,851 7,544 3,993
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,138
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the North West

Programme Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in the North West.

Salary trend for Programme Manager in the North West

Programme Manager
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 Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Lancashire -82 3 £70,000 - 2
Manchester +47 2 - - 4
Programme Manager
England

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 31 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 North West region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) PLM
3 1 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Planview
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (20.00%) ISO 20022
3 1 (20.00%) Supply Chain Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) SAP IBP
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (20.00%) SAP IBP
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) PLM
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (20.00%) Supply Chain Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Planview
1 1 (20.00%) SAP