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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 313 265
Rank change year-on-year +45 -48 +43
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 268 257 374
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.71% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.80% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 145 86 241
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,248 £32,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,307 £52,738
Median % change year-on-year -7.71% +18.14% -4.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £79,575 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £90,822 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +20.69% -10.77%

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 32,958 31,987 30,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.54% 88.93% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 18,919 14,386 22,914
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 12 January 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 12 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
South East +53 88 £89,000 +48.33% 37
South West +63 71 £55,000 +15.79% 13
Midlands +8 38 £46,385 -28.67% 13
North of England -73 23 £55,500 -19.27% 23
East Midlands +4 20 £52,635 +54.81% 5
East of England +36 18 £62,500 -3.46% 9
West Midlands +11 18 £35,000 -50.88% 8
North West -34 16 £53,000 -22.91% 7
Scotland +14 13 £60,000 +41.18% 1
Wales +10 10 £48,122 +20.31% 2
Northern Ireland -10 7 - - 1
Yorkshire -29 5 £60,000 -7.69% 13
North East +5 2 - - 3
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 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.87%) Confluence
3 4 (1.49%) IIS
4 2 (0.75%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.75%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.75%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.37%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 23 (8.58%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.48%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (7.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.49%) Primavera
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 22 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
2 19 (7.09%) Azure
3 10 (3.73%) Cloud Computing
4 9 (3.36%) AWS
5 8 (2.99%) Amazon Alexa
5 8 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.61%) Asana
6 7 (2.61%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.24%) GCP
8 4 (1.49%) SaaS
9 3 (1.12%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.75%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.75%) OCI
11 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.97%) Network Security
2 10 (3.73%) VPN
3 7 (2.61%) DHCP
3 7 (2.61%) DNS
4 6 (2.24%) Wireless
5 5 (1.87%) Firewall
5 5 (1.87%) Junos
5 5 (1.87%) LAN
5 5 (1.87%) WAN
5 5 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.49%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (1.49%) IPsec
6 4 (1.49%) VLAN
6 4 (1.49%) VoIP
7 3 (1.12%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.37%) 5G
8 1 (0.37%) Internet
8 1 (0.37%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.10%) Geospatial Data
2 10 (3.73%) GIS
3 7 (2.61%) Power BI
4 4 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.49%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.12%) Metadata
5 3 (1.12%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.75%) Oracle Discoverer
6 2 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.75%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.75%) Tableau
7 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.37%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 58 (21.64%) JIRA
2 27 (10.07%) Jenkins
3 26 (9.70%) Git
4 21 (7.84%) eCATT
5 12 (4.48%) NeoLoad
6 4 (1.49%) GitLab
7 2 (0.75%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.37%) Gatling
8 1 (0.37%) JMeter
8 1 (0.37%) LoadRunner
General
1 190 (70.90%) Finance
2 124 (46.27%) Manufacturing
3 120 (44.78%) Marketing
4 104 (38.81%) Social Skills
5 98 (36.57%) Public Sector
5 98 (36.57%) Telecoms
6 97 (36.19%) Electronics
7 65 (24.25%) Analytical Skills
8 37 (13.81%) Organisational Skills
9 29 (10.82%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (9.33%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (7.46%) Retail
12 16 (5.97%) Legal
13 15 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (3.36%) French Language
15 8 (2.99%) German Language
15 8 (2.99%) Italian Language
15 8 (2.99%) Law
16 7 (2.61%) Aerospace
17 6 (2.24%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 58 (21.64%) Lead
2 45 (16.79%) Consultant
3 40 (14.93%) Security Consultant
4 31 (11.57%) Project Manager
5 28 (10.45%) Analyst
6 27 (10.07%) Senior
7 21 (7.84%) Test Analyst
8 17 (6.34%) Senior Manager
9 13 (4.85%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 13 (4.85%) Senior Project Manager
10 12 (4.48%) Performance Analyst
10 12 (4.48%) Performance Test Analyst
10 12 (4.48%) Support Engineer
10 12 (4.48%) Testing Analyst
11 11 (4.10%) Field Engineer
12 10 (3.73%) IT Engineer
12 10 (3.73%) IT Support
12 10 (3.73%) IT Support Engineer
13 9 (3.36%) Automation Test Analyst
13 9 (3.36%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (9.70%) SAP CAF
2 3 (1.12%) JSON
2 3 (1.12%) Pandas
3 2 (0.75%) Bootstrap
3 2 (0.75%) CSS
3 2 (0.75%) FastAPI
3 2 (0.75%) Flask
3 2 (0.75%) HTML
3 2 (0.75%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle ADF
3 2 (0.75%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.75%) RESTful
3 2 (0.75%) scikit-learn
3 2 (0.75%) TensorFlow
3 2 (0.75%) WebCenter
3 2 (0.75%) XML
4 1 (0.37%) JSON-LD
4 1 (0.37%) Node.js
4 1 (0.37%) NumPy
4 1 (0.37%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.04%) Management Information System
2 36 (13.43%) Analytical Mindset
3 21 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (6.34%) FMCG
5 13 (4.85%) Driving Licence
6 9 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.61%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.24%) PDA
9 5 (1.87%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.49%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.49%) Clustering
10 4 (1.49%) EPoS
11 3 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.12%) PMI
11 3 (1.12%) Semantic Web
12 2 (0.75%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.75%) Reference Data
13 1 (0.37%) Algorithms
13 1 (0.37%) Linked Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.85%) Linux
2 9 (3.36%) Windows
3 4 (1.49%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.49%) Unix
3 4 (1.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (46.27%) Business Intelligence
2 112 (41.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 97 (36.19%) Digital Marketing
4 73 (27.24%) Risk Management
5 66 (24.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 64 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (22.01%) Change Management
8 58 (21.64%) Project Management
9 57 (21.27%) ERP
10 52 (19.40%) Decision-Making
11 50 (18.66%) Cybersecurity
12 46 (17.16%) Process Improvement
13 41 (15.30%) Agile
14 37 (13.81%) Collaborative Culture
15 34 (12.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 30 (11.19%) Coaching
17 29 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
18 27 (10.07%) Customer Requirements
18 27 (10.07%) Mentoring
18 27 (10.07%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.22%) Python
2 8 (2.99%) SQL
3 6 (2.24%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.87%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.12%) Bash
6 2 (0.75%) C#
6 2 (0.75%) C++
6 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.75%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.37%) Bicep
7 1 (0.37%) C
7 1 (0.37%) Java
7 1 (0.37%) Rust
7 1 (0.37%) SHACL
7 1 (0.37%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 117 (43.66%) Security Cleared
2 104 (38.81%) Degree
3 55 (20.52%) SC Cleared
4 42 (15.67%) CISSP
5 30 (11.19%) CISM
6 26 (9.70%) DV Cleared
6 26 (9.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 14 (5.22%) DBS Check
8 12 (4.48%) CEH
8 12 (4.48%) CompTIA Security+
8 12 (4.48%) PMI Certification
9 10 (3.73%) PMP
10 7 (2.61%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (2.24%) A+ Certification
11 6 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.87%) CCNA
12 5 (1.87%) CCNP
12 5 (1.87%) JNCIA
12 5 (1.87%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.49%) ACMT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (14.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (14.55%) NIST
3 27 (10.07%) QA
4 26 (9.70%) GRC
4 26 (9.70%) PMO
5 22 (8.21%) Def Stans
6 12 (4.48%) PCI DSS
7 8 (2.99%) SLA
8 5 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.49%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.37%) P3O
System Software
1 10 (3.73%) Docker
2 6 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.87%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (7.84%) HP ALM
2 7 (2.61%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.49%) Autotask
3 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.49%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.12%) Ansible
5 2 (0.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.75%) Terraform
6 1 (0.37%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 141 (52.61%) SAP
2 38 (14.18%) Microsoft
3 22 (8.21%) HP
4 19 (7.09%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.73%) Cisco
6 8 (2.99%) Oracle
7 7 (2.61%) VMware
8 6 (2.24%) Juniper
9 5 (1.87%) Veeam
10 4 (1.49%) Apple
10 4 (1.49%) Datto
10 4 (1.49%) Sophos
11 2 (0.75%) IFS
11 2 (0.75%) Workday
12 1 (0.37%) Atlassian
12 1 (0.37%) Dell
12 1 (0.37%) Okta
12 1 (0.37%) Palantir
12 1 (0.37%) Palo Alto
12 1 (0.37%) Trend Micro