Programme Manager Jobs in Reading

Programme Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Programme Manager salary in Reading is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 114 119
Rank change year-on-year +60 +5 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 13 9 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 2.59% 0.50% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.13% 0.52% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £64,500 - £93,500
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £70,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -30.00% -
75th Percentile £102,500 £81,250 £105,000
90th Percentile £105,500 £83,750 £106,500
Berkshire median annual salary £95,000 £70,000 £93,750
% change year-on-year +35.71% -25.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 416 1,715 1,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.03% 94.75% 93.86%
Number of salaries quoted 222 1,068 756
10th Percentile £30,050 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £39,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.18% -12.42% -
75th Percentile £78,438 £66,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £89,875 £80,000 £92,500
Berkshire median annual salary £56,673 £52,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year +7.95% -10.64% +2.17%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in Reading

Programme Manager
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Programme Manager in Reading

Programme Manager
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in Reading over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Programme Manager in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Reading region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Project Delivery
2 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Culture Change
3 6 (46.15%) Programme Management
4 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (38.46%) Oracle
4 5 (38.46%) Project Management
4 5 (38.46%) Finance
4 5 (38.46%) Business Case
4 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Management
4 5 (38.46%) Business Strategy
5 4 (30.77%) Conflict Resolution
5 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (30.77%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
5 4 (30.77%) ERP
5 4 (30.77%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (23.08%) Agile
6 3 (23.08%) Migration
6 3 (23.08%) Data Migration
6 3 (23.08%) PMP
6 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
6 3 (23.08%) PeopleSoft
6 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
6 3 (23.08%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
6 3 (23.08%) Business Transformation
6 3 (23.08%) Customer Engagement
7 2 (15.38%) Portfolio Management
7 2 (15.38%) Budgeting and Forecasting

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (30.77%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Broadband
1 1 (7.69%) Mobile Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Reports
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Project Delivery
2 6 (46.15%) Culture Change
2 6 (46.15%) Programme Management
3 5 (38.46%) Business Case
3 5 (38.46%) Business Strategy
3 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Management
3 5 (38.46%) Project Management
3 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Conflict Resolution
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) ERP
4 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
5 3 (23.08%) Agile
5 3 (23.08%) Business Transformation
5 3 (23.08%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (23.08%) Data Migration
5 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
5 3 (23.08%) Migration
5 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 3 (23.08%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
1 3 (23.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) PeopleSoft