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 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 687 | 891 | 937 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +204 | +46 | +288 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Director | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.027% | 0.015% | 0.032% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.030% | 0.016% | 0.035% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £89,589 | £60,826 | £83,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £94,315 | £73,940 | £107,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £107,500 | £100,000 | £140,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.50% | -28.57% | +39.30% |
| 75th Percentile | £120,000 | £136,250 | £145,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £141,000 | £148,500 | £149,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £120,000 | £100,000 | £115,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -13.04% | +15.00% |
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 | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
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 31 May 2025.
Programme Director
Top 8 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 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +172 | 14 | £107,500 | +7.50% | 16 |
| London | +101 | 7 | £96,864 | -3.14% | 4 |
| UK excluding London | +186 | 5 | £120,000 | +20.00% | 12 |
| Work from Home | +121 | 4 | - | - | 5 |
| South East | - | 3 | £120,000 | - | 3 |
| South West | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| North of England | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Programme Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 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: