Programme Director
UK
The median Programme Director salary in the UK is £107,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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 15 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 726 | 802 | 813 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +76 | +11 | +410 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Director | 14 | 14 | 34 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.023% | 0.016% | 0.046% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.026% | 0.017% | 0.050% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 13 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £92,169 | £59,717 | £98,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £94,315 | £68,586 | £110,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £107,500 | £100,000 | £135,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.50% | -25.93% | +35.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £120,000 | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £150,500 | £149,000 | £145,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £113,750 | £100,000 | £115,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.75% | -13.04% | +40.80% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 54,693 | 81,855 | 68,184 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.19% | 95.11% | 91.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 30,049 | 52,915 | 48,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,750 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £40,000 | £44,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,000 | £71,991 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £92,000 | £91,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -6.54% | +1.90% |
Programme Director
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Programme Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Programme Director
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Programme Director.
Programme Director
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Director over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.
Programme Director
Top 7 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Director within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | +57 | 13 | £107,500 | +7.50% | 22 |
| London | +54 | 7 | £96,864 | -3.14% | 9 |
| UK excluding London | +91 | 6 | £113,750 | +13.75% | 18 |
| South East | - | 4 | £113,750 | - | 5 |
| South West | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | - | - | |
| North of England | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, Programme Director 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 featuring Programme Director in the job title.
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Programme Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: