Programme Governance Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Programme Governance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Programme Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 491 532 538
Rank change year-on-year +41 +6 +205
Permanent jobs citing Programme Governance 19 27 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.045% 0.075% 0.064%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% 0.084% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 16
10th Percentile £58,000 £42,500 £42,875
25th Percentile £60,250 £58,625 £48,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +19.47% -13.08%
75th Percentile £78,125 £71,250 £58,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,000 £66,250
UK median annual salary £77,500 £67,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +14.81% +16.38% -10.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Programme Governance 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,001 32,118 30,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.62% 88.87% 88.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,958 14,487 22,822
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Programme Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Programme Governance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Programme Governance job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Programme Governance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Programme Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Programme Governance

Programme Governance
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Governance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Programme Governance in the UK excluding London

Programme Governance
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Governance within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
South East +37 7 £72,500 +61.11% 12
North of England +13 6 £80,000 +18.52% 6
Midlands +19 4 £61,000 +28.42% 5
Yorkshire -17 4 £80,000 +18.52% 5
West Midlands +30 2 £60,000 +26.32% 5
South West +6 2 - - 2
East Midlands - 2 £61,000 -
North East - 2 - -
Programme Governance
UK

Programme Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Data Lake
1 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.26%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
General
1 11 (57.89%) Finance
2 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
3 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing
4 4 (21.05%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
5 3 (15.79%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Banking
6 1 (5.26%) Digital Health
6 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.26%) Marketing
6 1 (5.26%) Retail
6 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Programme Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (10.53%) ERP Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Finance Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Head of PMO
3 2 (10.53%) IT Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) PMO Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Programme Delivery Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Software Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Software Engineering Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (47.37%) Agile
2 9 (47.37%) Risk Management
2 9 (47.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (42.11%) Decision-Making
3 8 (42.11%) Programme Management
4 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (31.58%) PRINCE2
6 5 (26.32%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (26.32%) Portfolio Management
6 5 (26.32%) Programme Delivery
6 5 (26.32%) Resource Management
7 4 (21.05%) Business Case
7 4 (21.05%) ERP
8 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
8 3 (15.79%) Change Management
8 3 (15.79%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
8 3 (15.79%) Project Management
8 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
8 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (47.37%) PMO
2 2 (10.53%) P3O
3 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) SAP
2 2 (10.53%) Workday
3 1 (5.26%) Databricks
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow