Programme Manager Jobs in England

Programme Manager
UK > England

The median Programme Manager salary in England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 597 696
Rank change year-on-year +55 +99 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Programme Manager 315 333 510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.38% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.41% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 265 270 352
10th Percentile £50,000 £59,768 £56,025
25th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £79,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £103,875 £103,625
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,789 81,044 130,352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.54% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,868 51,693 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,525 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Manager in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Programme Manager in England

Programme Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
London +99 120 £87,500 +6.06% 32
North of England +60 88 £73,805 +0.41% 13
Midlands +27 51 £75,000 +2.04% 13
North West +15 51 £73,805 +0.41% 8
West Midlands +32 34 £74,402 +1.23% 12
South East -42 31 £72,822 -2.90% 13
Yorkshire +80 29 £73,805 +4.69% 4
East of England -1 17 £57,778 -22.96% 4
East Midlands -5 15 £75,000 +2.04% 1
North East +2 8 £73,805 +0.41% 1
South West -19 5 £40,000 -45.58% 10
Programme Manager
UK

Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, 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 England region featuring Programme Manager in the job title.

1 151 (47.94%) Agile
2 124 (39.37%) Finance
3 89 (28.25%) Social Skills
4 82 (26.03%) Project Management
5 80 (25.40%) Programme Management
6 79 (25.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 66 (20.95%) Budget Management
8 59 (18.73%) Public Sector
9 55 (17.46%) Mentoring
10 52 (16.51%) Coaching
11 50 (15.87%) Supplier Management
11 50 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
12 48 (15.24%) JIRA
13 45 (14.29%) Project Delivery
14 43 (13.65%) Co-Creation
14 43 (13.65%) Atlassian
14 43 (13.65%) Confluence
15 41 (13.02%) PRINCE2
16 40 (12.70%) Change Management
16 40 (12.70%) Risk Management
17 38 (12.06%) Degree
18 36 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 34 (10.79%) Roadmaps
20 30 (9.52%) Business Case
21 29 (9.21%) PMI Certification
22 28 (8.89%) Migration
23 26 (8.25%) Waterfall
23 26 (8.25%) Matrix Management
24 25 (7.94%) Programme Delivery
24 25 (7.94%) PMP

Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 43 (13.65%) Confluence
2 4 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.32%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.32%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 11 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.86%) SAP CX
3 8 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.59%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.32%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.08%) Azure
2 14 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (2.22%) AWS
3 7 (2.22%) SaaS
4 5 (1.59%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.63%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.63%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.32%) GitHub
8 1 (0.32%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.32%) OCI
8 1 (0.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.90%) Wireless
2 3 (0.95%) LAN
2 3 (0.95%) WAN
2 3 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.32%) SAN
4 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.76%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (0.63%) Power BI
3 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.32%) GIS
3 1 (0.32%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (15.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 124 (39.37%) Finance
2 89 (28.25%) Social Skills
3 59 (18.73%) Public Sector
4 36 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.40%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.44%) Health Technology
8 13 (4.13%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.86%) Banking
9 9 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.54%) Local Government
11 5 (1.59%) Front Office
11 5 (1.59%) Law
11 5 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.27%) Advertising
12 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.95%) Legal
13 3 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.63%) Billing
14 2 (0.63%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.22%) EDI
2 2 (0.63%) .NET
3 1 (0.32%) ERC20
3 1 (0.32%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.32%) React
3 1 (0.32%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (0.32%) Truffle
3 1 (0.32%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.13%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.22%) NHS
3 6 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (1.59%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.27%) PMI
6 3 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (0.95%) Driving Licence
6 3 (0.95%) IoT
7 2 (0.63%) Blog
7 2 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.63%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.63%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.32%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.32%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.32%) Derivative
8 1 (0.32%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.27%) Linux
2 1 (0.32%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (47.94%) Agile
2 82 (26.03%) Project Management
3 80 (25.40%) Programme Management
4 79 (25.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 66 (20.95%) Budget Management
6 55 (17.46%) Mentoring
7 52 (16.51%) Coaching
8 50 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
8 50 (15.87%) Supplier Management
9 45 (14.29%) Project Delivery
10 43 (13.65%) Co-Creation
11 41 (13.02%) PRINCE2
12 40 (12.70%) Change Management
12 40 (12.70%) Risk Management
13 34 (10.79%) Roadmaps
14 30 (9.52%) Business Case
15 28 (8.89%) Migration
16 26 (8.25%) Matrix Management
16 26 (8.25%) Waterfall
17 25 (7.94%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.90%) SQL
2 2 (0.63%) C#
2 2 (0.63%) Python
3 1 (0.32%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 38 (12.06%) Degree
2 29 (9.21%) PMI Certification
3 25 (7.94%) PMP
4 8 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.54%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.59%) CAPM
5 5 (1.59%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.59%) ISEB
5 5 (1.59%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.27%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (0.95%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.63%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.63%) CEH
8 2 (0.63%) CISM
8 2 (0.63%) CISSP
8 2 (0.63%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.63%) RIBA
9 1 (0.32%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.22%) QA
2 6 (1.90%) PMO
3 3 (0.95%) COSHH
4 1 (0.32%) IFRS
4 1 (0.32%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.59%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (13.65%) Atlassian
2 24 (7.62%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.40%) SAP
4 5 (1.59%) HP
4 5 (1.59%) Progress
5 4 (1.27%) VMware
6 3 (0.95%) Oracle
7 1 (0.32%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.32%) Ericsson
7 1 (0.32%) Nokia
7 1 (0.32%) Salesforce