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 £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 564 548
Rank change year-on-year +68 -16 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 75 204 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.28% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.29% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 47 171 176
10th Percentile £64,250 £49,498 £56,250
25th Percentile £73,125 £67,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £73,805 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.17% +0.41% +0.61%
75th Percentile £97,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £91,250 £88,738
UK median annual salary £92,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +23.33% - -6.25%

All Permanent 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.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programme Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Programme Manager 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 28 May 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 28 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
South East +91 32 £80,000 +9.86% 87
Midlands +30 21 £92,500 +23.33% 42
West Midlands +41 11 £92,500 +24.32% 18
East of England +35 10 £87,500 +51.44% 34
North of England -38 9 £70,000 -5.15% 48
East Midlands +29 5 £82,500 +10.00% 21
North West -45 5 £70,000 -5.15% 20
Yorkshire +37 4 £67,500 -8.54% 21
Scotland +123 2 - - 10
South West +113 1 £97,500 +143.75% 32
Programme Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 UK excluding London region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 48 (64.00%) Programme Management
2 34 (45.33%) Project Management
3 31 (41.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (37.33%) Agile
5 25 (33.33%) PRINCE2
5 25 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 23 (30.67%) Social Skills
7 21 (28.00%) Finance
8 19 (25.33%) PMP
9 18 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (18.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (17.33%) Mentoring
12 13 (17.33%) PMI Certification
13 11 (14.67%) Change Management
13 11 (14.67%) Risk Management
14 10 (13.33%) Coaching
14 10 (13.33%) Degree
14 10 (13.33%) Business Case
15 9 (12.00%) SD-WAN
15 9 (12.00%) Tech for Good
15 9 (12.00%) Azure
15 9 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
15 9 (12.00%) Process Improvement
15 9 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (12.00%) WAN
16 8 (10.67%) Information Security
16 8 (10.67%) Resource Management
17 7 (9.33%) Performance Management

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 (2.67%) Confluence
1 2 (2.67%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (2.67%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.67%) Primavera
3 1 (1.33%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.00%) Azure
1 9 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.00%) SD-WAN
1 9 (12.00%) WAN
1 9 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.33%) Broadband
2 1 (1.33%) Mobile Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.33%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 23 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 21 (28.00%) Finance
3 9 (12.00%) Tech for Good
4 6 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.33%) Legal
5 4 (5.33%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.00%) Marketing
7 2 (2.67%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.67%) Aviation
7 2 (2.67%) Games
7 2 (2.67%) Law
7 2 (2.67%) Retail
8 1 (1.33%) Automotive
8 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.33%) Police
8 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.67%) Operational Technology
1 5 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.33%) IoT
2 4 (5.33%) SCADA
3 3 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 3 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.67%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.33%) Blog
5 1 (1.33%) NHS
5 1 (1.33%) Robotics
5 1 (1.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (64.00%) Programme Management
2 34 (45.33%) Project Management
3 31 (41.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (37.33%) Agile
5 25 (33.33%) PRINCE2
5 25 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 18 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (18.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (17.33%) Mentoring
10 11 (14.67%) Change Management
10 11 (14.67%) Risk Management
11 10 (13.33%) Business Case
11 10 (13.33%) Coaching
12 9 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (12.00%) Process Improvement
13 8 (10.67%) Information Security
13 8 (10.67%) Resource Management
14 7 (9.33%) Computer Science
14 7 (9.33%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (25.33%) PMP
2 13 (17.33%) PMI Certification
3 10 (13.33%) Degree
4 7 (9.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (6.67%) MAPM
5 5 (6.67%) MRICS
6 3 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.67%) HND
8 1 (1.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.33%) PMO
1 4 (5.33%) QA
2 2 (2.67%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 6 (8.00%) Oracle
2 3 (4.00%) PeopleSoft
2 3 (4.00%) SAP
3 2 (2.67%) JD Edwards
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.67%) Planview
4 1 (1.33%) Databricks