Senior IT Programme Manager Jobs

Senior IT Programme Manager
UK

The median Senior IT Programme Manager salary in the UK is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 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
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 710 890 951
Rank change year-on-year +180 +61 +213
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Programme Manager 1 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.005% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.005% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £99,000 £62,625
25th Percentile £88,750 £105,000 £62,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £110,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +66.04% -26.39%
75th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £70,313
90th Percentile - - £70,875
UK excluding London median annual salary - £110,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +69.23% -2.62%

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 49,648 95,634 90,119
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.38% 94.76% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 25,811 68,299 56,809
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,760 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.21% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year +3.13% -6.10% +6.13%

Senior IT Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Programme Manager in the UK

Senior IT Programme Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior IT Programme Manager.

Salary trend for Senior IT Programme Manager in the UK

Senior IT Programme Manager
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Programme Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +144 1 £92,500 -15.91% 2
London - 1 £92,500 -

Senior IT Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 May 2025, Senior IT 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 featuring Senior IT Programme Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management

Senior IT Programme Manager 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP