Programme Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Programme Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 488 577 526
Rank change year-on-year +89 -51 +40
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 76 113 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.18% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.19% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 46 64 97
10th Percentile £61,250 £41,925 £57,300
25th Percentile £67,500 £45,000 £68,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £61,950 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.17% -17.40% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £75,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £91,250 £93,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +3.23%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 33,789 58,700 38,104
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.45% 95.19% 90.75%
Number of salaries quoted 18,998 36,657 25,585
10th Percentile £25,087 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,600 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.36% -8.33% -

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Programme Manager in the UK excluding London

Programme Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +76 39 £78,750 +5.00% 52
Midlands +41 13 £82,500 +10.00% 9
North of England +26 11 £85,000 +13.33% 4
East of England -19 10 £87,500 +63.55% 5
West Midlands +32 7 £90,000 +20.00% 5
Yorkshire +29 7 £85,000 +41.67% 2
East Midlands +28 6 £82,500 - 3
Scotland +86 3 - -
North West +6 3 - - 2
North East - 1 - -
Programme Manager
UK

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 August 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 UK excluding London region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 43 (56.58%) Programme Management
2 41 (53.95%) Agile
3 34 (44.74%) Finance
3 34 (44.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (44.74%) Social Skills
4 25 (32.89%) Project Delivery
5 24 (31.58%) PRINCE2
5 24 (31.58%) Project Management
6 20 (26.32%) PMP
6 20 (26.32%) Risk Management
7 18 (23.68%) Mentoring
8 17 (22.37%) Coaching
8 17 (22.37%) Degree
9 16 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (18.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (18.42%) PMI Certification
11 13 (17.11%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (15.79%) QA
12 12 (15.79%) Information Security
12 12 (15.79%) PMO
13 11 (14.47%) Resource Allocation
13 11 (14.47%) Strategic Thinking
13 11 (14.47%) Resource Management
13 11 (14.47%) Process Improvement
14 10 (13.16%) Waterfall
14 10 (13.16%) Strategic Planning
14 10 (13.16%) Technology Strategy
14 10 (13.16%) Roadmaps
14 10 (13.16%) Budget Management
15 9 (11.84%) Collaborative Culture

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.63%) Confluence
1 2 (2.63%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (3.95%) Primavera
2 2 (2.63%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.58%) SaaS
2 2 (2.63%) Azure
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.63%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.32%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (7.89%) JIRA
General
1 34 (44.74%) Finance
1 34 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.84%) Marketing
3 7 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.21%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.58%) Legal
4 5 (6.58%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.26%) Retail
6 3 (3.95%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.63%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.63%) Aviation
7 2 (2.63%) Games
7 2 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.63%) Law
8 1 (1.32%) Automotive
8 1 (1.32%) Front Office
8 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.32%) Police
8 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.21%) Operational Technology
1 7 (9.21%) Product Ownership
2 6 (7.89%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.26%) IoT
4 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.95%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 3 (3.95%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.95%) SCADA
5 2 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.63%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.32%) Blog
6 1 (1.32%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.32%) Robotics
6 1 (1.32%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (56.58%) Programme Management
2 41 (53.95%) Agile
3 34 (44.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (32.89%) Project Delivery
5 24 (31.58%) PRINCE2
5 24 (31.58%) Project Management
6 20 (26.32%) Risk Management
7 18 (23.68%) Mentoring
8 17 (22.37%) Coaching
9 16 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (18.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (17.11%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (15.79%) Information Security
13 11 (14.47%) Process Improvement
13 11 (14.47%) Resource Allocation
13 11 (14.47%) Resource Management
13 11 (14.47%) Strategic Thinking
14 10 (13.16%) Budget Management
14 10 (13.16%) Roadmaps
14 10 (13.16%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 20 (26.32%) PMP
2 17 (22.37%) Degree
3 14 (18.42%) PMI Certification
4 9 (11.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.63%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.63%) HND
5 2 (2.63%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.32%) APMP
6 1 (1.32%) CISM
6 1 (1.32%) CISSP
6 1 (1.32%) CRISC
6 1 (1.32%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.79%) PMO
1 12 (15.79%) QA
2 2 (2.63%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.32%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (6.58%) Oracle
2 4 (5.26%) SAP
3 3 (3.95%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.63%) JD Edwards
4 2 (2.63%) Planview
4 2 (2.63%) Workday
5 1 (1.32%) Databricks
5 1 (1.32%) PeopleSoft