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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 300 407
Rank change year-on-year -72 +107 -148
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 315 270 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.78% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.90% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 113 166 128
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £47,500 £41,940
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £92,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £89,000 £79,875
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

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 58,402 29,941 43,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.23% 86.56% 78.23%
Number of salaries quoted 41,475 16,234 24,317
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 - - 17
South East -73 56 £90,000 +44.00% 93
Midlands -51 36 £43,102 -9.26% 45
North of England -39 32 £77,000 +32.76% 66
West Midlands -28 26 £40,000 -15.79% 32
South West -117 25 £75,000 +50.00% 48
Scotland +9 15 £55,000 -8.33% 29
East of England -31 15 £48,105 -35.86% 35
Yorkshire -42 13 £70,000 +30.51% 24
North West -32 12 £67,500 +16.38% 29
East Midlands -40 10 £70,000 -15.15% 13
Wales -75 7 £72,500 +50.66% 6
North East - 7 £112,500 - 16
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 9 (2.86%) Confluence
2 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.32%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (6.03%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.95%) Trello
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.95%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.63%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.63%) Primavera
3 2 (0.63%) Shopify
4 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 75 (23.81%) Azure
2 60 (19.05%) Entra ID
3 57 (18.10%) SaaS
4 18 (5.71%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.13%) AWS
6 5 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (1.27%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.27%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.27%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.27%) Serverless
8 3 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.95%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.27%) IPv4
1 4 (1.27%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.32%) 4G
2 1 (0.32%) 5G
2 1 (0.32%) Firewall
2 1 (0.32%) Intelligent Network
2 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.32%) Network Security
2 1 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.32%) VPN
2 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.40%) Power BI
2 15 (4.76%) Tableau
3 1 (0.32%) GIS
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (7.62%) JIRA
2 9 (2.86%) Git
3 4 (1.27%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.27%) GitLab
3 4 (1.27%) Jenkins
General
1 206 (65.40%) Social Skills
2 129 (40.95%) Legal
3 81 (25.71%) Finance
4 67 (21.27%) Law
5 30 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
6 28 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (7.94%) Public Sector
8 23 (7.30%) Aerospace
9 22 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (5.40%) Local Government
11 12 (3.81%) Manufacturing
11 12 (3.81%) Military
12 10 (3.17%) Aviation
12 10 (3.17%) Marketing
12 10 (3.17%) Telecoms
13 9 (2.86%) Electronics
13 9 (2.86%) Financial Institution
14 8 (2.54%) Retail
15 7 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (40.00%) Senior
2 122 (38.73%) Senior Manager
3 55 (17.46%) Testing Manager
4 39 (12.38%) Lead
5 23 (7.30%) Programme Manager
6 17 (5.40%) Consultant
7 15 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
8 14 (4.44%) Security Manager
9 11 (3.49%) Management Consultant
9 11 (3.49%) Programme Management Office Consultant
9 11 (3.49%) Programme Office Consultant
9 11 (3.49%) Project Manager
10 10 (3.17%) IT Manager
11 9 (2.86%) Analyst
12 8 (2.54%) Risk Manager
12 8 (2.54%) Technical Manager
13 6 (1.90%) Head of IT
13 6 (1.90%) NHS Performance Manager
13 6 (1.90%) Performance Manager
13 6 (1.90%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.27%) boto
1 4 (1.27%) Terraform
2 1 (0.32%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 55 (17.46%) Virtual Team
2 36 (11.43%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.13%) Data Centre
3 13 (4.13%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.49%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.17%) NHS
6 9 (2.86%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.54%) PMI
7 8 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.22%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.27%) Robotics
10 4 (1.27%) Verilog
10 4 (1.27%) VHDL
11 3 (0.95%) Social Media
11 3 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
12 2 (0.63%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.27%) Linux
1 4 (1.27%) Windows
1 4 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (57.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 139 (44.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 130 (41.27%) Mentoring
4 121 (38.41%) PRINCE2
5 120 (38.10%) Strategic Planning
6 119 (37.78%) Performance Management
7 88 (27.94%) Collaborative Working
8 87 (27.62%) AI
9 86 (27.30%) Project Delivery
10 85 (26.98%) Project Management
11 81 (25.71%) ITIL
12 78 (24.76%) Cybersecurity
13 72 (22.86%) Software Engineering
14 71 (22.54%) Stakeholder Management
15 68 (21.59%) Budget Management
15 68 (21.59%) Data Management
15 68 (21.59%) TOGAF
16 66 (20.95%) Information Security
17 65 (20.63%) Decision-Making
18 63 (20.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 68 (21.59%) Python
2 59 (18.73%) PowerShell
3 55 (17.46%) C#
3 55 (17.46%) JavaScript
3 55 (17.46%) TypeScript
4 13 (4.13%) SQL
5 5 (1.59%) C++
6 4 (1.27%) Bash
6 4 (1.27%) C
6 4 (1.27%) Embedded C
6 4 (1.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 63 (20.00%) Degree
2 62 (19.68%) CISM
2 62 (19.68%) CISSP
3 60 (19.05%) A+ Certification
3 60 (19.05%) Network+ Certification
4 26 (8.25%) PMI Certification
5 24 (7.62%) Security Cleared
6 19 (6.03%) PMP
7 18 (5.71%) SC Cleared
8 12 (3.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 9 (2.86%) DV Cleared
10 8 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.54%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (1.90%) APMP
12 5 (1.59%) HNC
12 5 (1.59%) HND
13 4 (1.27%) CCNA
13 4 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.27%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (26.03%) QA
2 45 (14.29%) PMO
3 12 (3.81%) SLA
4 10 (3.17%) Def Stans
5 5 (1.59%) NEBOSH
6 4 (1.27%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.27%) DO-254
7 2 (0.63%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.63%) GDPR
7 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.63%) NIST
7 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.32%) GRC
8 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 65 (20.63%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.27%) Docker
2 4 (1.27%) Squid
2 4 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.27%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.27%) Ansible
2 4 (1.27%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.27%) Packer
2 4 (1.27%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 89 (28.25%) Microsoft
2 60 (19.05%) CyberArk
3 15 (4.76%) Oracle
4 14 (4.44%) SAP
5 7 (2.22%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.59%) Alteryx
6 5 (1.59%) NEC
7 4 (1.27%) Aderant
7 4 (1.27%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.27%) Splunk
7 4 (1.27%) VMware
8 3 (0.95%) Planview
8 3 (0.95%) UiPath
8 3 (0.95%) YouTube
9 2 (0.63%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.63%) IFS
9 2 (0.63%) Infor
9 2 (0.63%) Thales
10 1 (0.32%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.32%) Palo Alto