Programme Management Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Programme Management (Program Management)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Programme Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 321 361
Rank change year-on-year -76 +40 -80
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 279 267 349
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.77% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.88% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 100 168 192
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,125 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £47,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,751 £58,000 £53,555
Median % change year-on-year +20.26% +8.30% -6.86%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £74,460 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.55% +8.33% -5.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Programme Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54,441 30,367 46,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.44% 87.40% 78.59%
Number of salaries quoted 38,235 16,502 29,487
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,683 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.35% -4.63% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

Programme Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Programme Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Programme Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Programme Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Programme Management

Programme Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programme Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Programme Management in the UK excluding London

Programme Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Northern Ireland - 129 - - 9
South East -62 48 £90,000 +28.57% 53
Midlands -29 24 £40,000 -47.54% 21
South West -112 24 £75,000 +50.00% 23
North of England -57 21 £77,000 +40.00% 38
West Midlands -27 18 £40,000 -27.27% 16
Scotland +1 13 £55,000 -8.33% 10
East of England -22 13 £40,000 -54.29% 26
Yorkshire -33 13 £70,000 +33.91% 13
Wales -69 7 £72,500 +50.66% 9
North West -24 6 £72,000 +24.14% 14
East Midlands -27 6 £70,000 -15.15% 5
North East - 2 £125,000 - 13
Programme Management
UK

Programme Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (2.87%) Confluence
2 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (6.45%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.08%) Trello
4 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.72%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.72%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.72%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (26.88%) Azure
2 60 (21.51%) Entra ID
3 57 (20.43%) SaaS
4 14 (5.02%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.30%) AWS
6 5 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (1.43%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.43%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.43%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.43%) Serverless
8 3 (1.08%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.43%) IPv4
1 4 (1.43%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.36%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.38%) Tableau
2 13 (4.66%) Power BI
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 22 (7.89%) JIRA
2 8 (2.87%) Git
3 4 (1.43%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.43%) GitLab
3 4 (1.43%) Jenkins
General
1 189 (67.74%) Social Skills
2 123 (44.09%) Legal
3 62 (22.22%) Law
4 57 (20.43%) Finance
5 24 (8.60%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (8.24%) Influencing Skills
7 21 (7.53%) Public Sector
8 20 (7.17%) Aerospace
9 19 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (5.73%) Local Government
11 14 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (5.02%) Manufacturing
12 11 (3.94%) Military
13 9 (3.23%) Electronics
14 8 (2.87%) Aviation
15 7 (2.51%) Telecoms
16 6 (2.15%) Marketing
16 6 (2.15%) Retail
17 5 (1.79%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 121 (43.37%) Senior
1 121 (43.37%) Senior Manager
2 55 (19.71%) Testing Manager
3 36 (12.90%) Lead
4 21 (7.53%) Programme Manager
5 17 (6.09%) Consultant
6 15 (5.38%) Infrastructure Manager
7 14 (5.02%) Security Manager
8 11 (3.94%) Management Consultant
8 11 (3.94%) Programme Management Office Consultant
8 11 (3.94%) Programme Office Consultant
8 11 (3.94%) Project Manager
9 8 (2.87%) IT Manager
9 8 (2.87%) Risk Manager
9 8 (2.87%) Technical Manager
10 6 (2.15%) Analyst
10 6 (2.15%) Engineering Manager
10 6 (2.15%) NHS Performance Manager
10 6 (2.15%) Performance Manager
10 6 (2.15%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.43%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.71%) Virtual Team
2 33 (11.83%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.30%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.94%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.58%) NHS
6 9 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (3.23%) PMI
7 8 (2.87%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.51%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.43%) Robotics
10 4 (1.43%) Verilog
10 4 (1.43%) VHDL
11 3 (1.08%) Social Media
12 2 (0.72%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.72%) Web Conferencing
13 1 (0.36%) Operational Technology
13 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.43%) Linux
1 4 (1.43%) Windows
1 4 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (60.93%) Continuous Improvement
2 131 (46.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 123 (44.09%) Mentoring
4 119 (42.65%) Performance Management
4 119 (42.65%) Strategic Planning
5 115 (41.22%) PRINCE2
6 81 (29.03%) Collaborative Working
7 80 (28.67%) AI
8 78 (27.96%) ITIL
9 77 (27.60%) Cybersecurity
9 77 (27.60%) Project Delivery
9 77 (27.60%) Project Management
10 67 (24.01%) Data Management
10 67 (24.01%) Software Engineering
10 67 (24.01%) TOGAF
11 65 (23.30%) Budget Management
11 65 (23.30%) Information Security
12 62 (22.22%) DevOps
13 60 (21.51%) Identity Access Management
13 60 (21.51%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 67 (24.01%) Python
2 59 (21.15%) PowerShell
3 55 (19.71%) C#
3 55 (19.71%) JavaScript
3 55 (19.71%) TypeScript
4 10 (3.58%) SQL
5 4 (1.43%) Bash
5 4 (1.43%) C
5 4 (1.43%) C++
5 4 (1.43%) Embedded C
5 4 (1.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 60 (21.51%) A+ Certification
1 60 (21.51%) CISM
1 60 (21.51%) CISSP
1 60 (21.51%) Network+ Certification
2 47 (16.85%) Degree
3 24 (8.60%) PMI Certification
4 19 (6.81%) Security Cleared
5 16 (5.73%) PMP
6 14 (5.02%) SC Cleared
7 10 (3.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.87%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.51%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (1.79%) CAPM
11 4 (1.43%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.43%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.43%) OSCP
11 4 (1.43%) RHCE
11 4 (1.43%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (28.67%) QA
2 35 (12.54%) PMO
3 8 (2.87%) SLA
4 6 (2.15%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.43%) DO-254
5 4 (1.43%) NEBOSH
6 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
System Software
1 64 (22.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.43%) Docker
2 4 (1.43%) Squid
2 4 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.43%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (21.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.43%) Ansible
2 4 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.43%) Packer
2 4 (1.43%) Terraform
2 4 (1.43%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 83 (29.75%) Microsoft
2 60 (21.51%) CyberArk
3 13 (4.66%) Oracle
4 11 (3.94%) SAP
5 7 (2.51%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.79%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.43%) NEC
7 4 (1.43%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.43%) Splunk
7 4 (1.43%) VMware
8 3 (1.08%) Planview
9 2 (0.72%) Infor
9 2 (0.72%) UiPath
10 1 (0.36%) Arista
10 1 (0.36%) CA Agile Central
10 1 (0.36%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.36%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.36%) IFS
10 1 (0.36%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.36%) Planon