Programme Manager Job Trends in the West Midlands

Programme Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Programme Manager salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 175 165
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 +98
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 6 23 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.11% 0.53% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.57% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 9
10th Percentile £57,100 £60,154 £76,000
25th Percentile £57,250 £68,438 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% - +9.68%
75th Percentile £77,750 £101,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £86,600 - -
England median annual salary £72,000 £82,254 £85,000
% change year-on-year -12.47% -3.23% +9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 4,705 4,048 3,130
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.45% 93.34% 93.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,705 1,962 2,659
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £75,154
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Programme Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Programme Manager job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Programme Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Programme Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Programme Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Programme Manager in the West Midlands

Programme Manager
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Warwickshire +21 2 £60,000 -14.29%
Birmingham +18 2 £75,000 -18.92%
Coventry -1 1 - -
Programme Manager
England

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Programme Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (16.67%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (16.67%) AI
5 1 (16.67%) AWS
5 1 (16.67%) Azure
5 1 (16.67%) Business Case
5 1 (16.67%) Change Control
5 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
5 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
5 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (16.67%) Business Case
5 1 (16.67%) Change Control
5 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
5 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Adaptive Insights
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft