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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 350 335
Rank change year-on-year -65 -15 -4
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 190 202 527
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.63% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.71% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 97 128 308
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £47,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £52,738
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +13.77% -12.49%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £73,925 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.73% +18.18% -18.52%

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 49,053 28,544 61,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.31% 89.63% 80.09%
Number of salaries quoted 34,519 14,949 42,755
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,238 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 - 69 - - 8
South East -42 34 £90,000 +41.18% 43
North of England -55 27 £63,076 +14.68% 22
Midlands -38 20 £40,000 -42.86% 20
West Midlands -30 16 £40,000 -42.86% 11
Yorkshire -35 16 £63,076 +21.56% 8
South West -98 16 £75,000 +30.43% 14
East of England -19 11 £40,000 -55.56% 9
North West -14 9 £63,076 -1.29% 12
Wales -42 8 £72,500 +21.12% 5
Scotland +5 5 £62,231 +24.46% 15
East Midlands -26 4 £43,700 -37.57% 9
North East - 2 £94,038 - 4
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 4 (2.11%) Confluence
2 3 (1.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (6.32%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.58%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.58%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (1.05%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.11%) Azure
2 15 (7.89%) Entra ID
2 15 (7.89%) Power Platform
3 11 (5.79%) SaaS
4 5 (2.63%) AWS
5 4 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (2.11%) Amazon EKS
5 4 (2.11%) Amazon S3
5 4 (2.11%) AWS CloudTrail
5 4 (2.11%) AWS Fargate
5 4 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (2.11%) Serverless
6 3 (1.58%) Smartsheet
7 2 (1.05%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.53%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.11%) IPv4
1 4 (2.11%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.37%) Power BI
2 10 (5.26%) Tableau
3 2 (1.05%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.53%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 10 (5.26%) JIRA
2 4 (2.11%) Bitbucket
2 4 (2.11%) Git
2 4 (2.11%) GitLab
2 4 (2.11%) Jenkins
General
1 122 (64.21%) Social Skills
2 52 (27.37%) Finance
3 33 (17.37%) Organisational Skills
4 30 (15.79%) Law
5 27 (14.21%) Legal
6 23 (12.11%) Public Sector
7 17 (8.95%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (8.42%) Local Government
9 13 (6.84%) Manufacturing
10 11 (5.79%) Aerospace
11 10 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (4.21%) Electronics
12 8 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (3.16%) Retail
13 6 (3.16%) Telecoms
14 4 (2.11%) Swedish Language
15 3 (1.58%) Aviation
15 3 (1.58%) Marketing
16 2 (1.05%) Digital Economy
16 2 (1.05%) Military
Job Titles
1 41 (21.58%) Senior
1 41 (21.58%) Senior Manager
2 30 (15.79%) Infrastructure Manager
3 28 (14.74%) Security Manager
4 19 (10.00%) Programme Manager
5 15 (7.89%) Portfolio Manager
6 13 (6.84%) Consultant
6 13 (6.84%) Senior Portfolio Manager
7 12 (6.32%) Project Manager
8 11 (5.79%) Management Consultant
8 11 (5.79%) Programme Management Office Consultant
8 11 (5.79%) Programme Office Consultant
9 10 (5.26%) IT Manager
9 10 (5.26%) Testing Manager
10 8 (4.21%) Analyst
10 8 (4.21%) Insight Manager
10 8 (4.21%) Lead
11 6 (3.16%) IT Programme Manager
11 6 (3.16%) NHS Performance Manager
11 6 (3.16%) Report Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.11%) boto
2 1 (0.53%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 27 (14.21%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.37%) PMI
3 11 (5.79%) Virtual Team
4 9 (4.74%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.74%) NHS
5 6 (3.16%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.16%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.11%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.11%) Robotics
6 4 (2.11%) Verilog
6 4 (2.11%) VHDL
7 2 (1.05%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Genomics
8 1 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.53%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.11%) Linux
1 4 (2.11%) Windows
1 4 (2.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (50.53%) Project Management
2 86 (45.26%) PRINCE2
3 69 (36.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (29.47%) Decision-Making
5 54 (28.42%) Mentoring
6 48 (25.26%) Logistics
7 47 (24.74%) Project Delivery
8 37 (19.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 36 (18.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 34 (17.89%) Collaborative Working
11 33 (17.37%) Coaching
12 32 (16.84%) Cybersecurity
13 30 (15.79%) Performance Metrics
13 30 (15.79%) Strategic Planning
14 29 (15.26%) Line Management
15 28 (14.74%) AI
16 27 (14.21%) Agile
16 27 (14.21%) ITIL
16 27 (14.21%) Performance Management
17 24 (12.63%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.47%) Python
2 14 (7.37%) PowerShell
3 10 (5.26%) C#
3 10 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 10 (5.26%) SQL
3 10 (5.26%) TypeScript
4 4 (2.11%) Bash
4 4 (2.11%) C
4 4 (2.11%) Embedded C
4 4 (2.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 35 (18.42%) Degree
2 23 (12.11%) PMI Certification
3 16 (8.42%) CISM
3 16 (8.42%) CISSP
4 15 (7.89%) A+ Certification
4 15 (7.89%) Network+ Certification
5 10 (5.26%) PMP
6 7 (3.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (3.16%) Security Cleared
8 5 (2.63%) CAPM
8 5 (2.63%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.11%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.11%) CCNA
9 4 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.11%) ISTQB
9 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.11%) OSCP
9 4 (2.11%) RHCE
9 4 (2.11%) RHCSA
10 3 (1.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (26.32%) QA
2 46 (24.21%) PMO
3 11 (5.79%) P3O
4 4 (2.11%) DO-254
5 3 (1.58%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.05%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.05%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.05%) NEBOSH
6 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.05%) SLA
7 1 (0.53%) GRC
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.11%) Docker
2 4 (2.11%) Squid
2 4 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.11%) VMware NSX
2 4 (2.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.11%) Ansible
2 4 (2.11%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.11%) Packer
2 4 (2.11%) Terraform
2 4 (2.11%) ZABBIX
3 2 (1.05%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 35 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.89%) CyberArk
3 7 (3.68%) Oracle
4 4 (2.11%) Red Hat
4 4 (2.11%) Splunk
4 4 (2.11%) VMware
5 3 (1.58%) Planview
6 2 (1.05%) Adobe
6 2 (1.05%) Infor
6 2 (1.05%) NEC
6 2 (1.05%) Planon
7 1 (0.53%) SAP
7 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow