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 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 361 262
Rank change year-on-year +112 -99 +44
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 312 259 351
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.88% 0.55% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.68% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 163 97 263
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,305 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% +11.46% +3.77%
75th Percentile £74,375 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,000 £74,700 £75,483
UK median annual salary £62,500 £63,575 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.69% +5.96% -7.69%

All Process and 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 29,992 38,084 29,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.29% 80.20% 93.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,758 18,440 21,517
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.43% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £53,700 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.50% - -

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 10 November 2025.

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 10 November 2025. 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 +63 105 £63,750 +3.24% 136
South West +78 84 £51,250 -14.58% 49
Midlands +60 44 £37,500 -17.58% 19
North of England -38 30 £75,000 +9.51% 45
West Midlands +41 25 £27,500 -55.88% 12
North West -31 24 £67,500 -1.44% 30
East Midlands +33 19 £50,269 +67.56% 5
East of England +36 17 £63,750 +14.86% 22
Scotland +15 14 £60,000 +10.75% 5
Wales +12 11 £48,122 -25.97% 6
Northern Ireland -1 7 - - 1
Yorkshire +14 6 £82,500 +3.13% 14
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 (2.88%) Confluence
1 9 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.60%) IIS
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.64%) Skype for Business
3 2 (0.64%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.64%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.64%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 31 (9.94%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (5.77%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (6.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.24%) Primavera
3 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 22 (7.05%) Azure DevOps
2 19 (6.09%) Azure
3 13 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.21%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (2.88%) AWS
6 7 (2.24%) Asana
6 7 (2.24%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.92%) GCP
8 4 (1.28%) SaaS
9 3 (0.96%) Amazon Alexa
9 3 (0.96%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.64%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.64%) OCI
10 2 (0.64%) Serverless
11 1 (0.32%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.32%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 29 (9.29%) Network Security
2 19 (6.09%) VPN
3 14 (4.49%) Junos
3 14 (4.49%) LAN
3 14 (4.49%) WAN
3 14 (4.49%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (2.56%) Wireless
5 7 (2.24%) IPsec
6 5 (1.60%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (1.60%) DHCP
6 5 (1.60%) DNS
6 5 (1.60%) Firewall
6 5 (1.60%) VLAN
6 5 (1.60%) VoIP
7 2 (0.64%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.64%) MPLS
7 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.32%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (0.32%) Modbus
8 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.21%) Geospatial Data
1 10 (3.21%) GIS
2 7 (2.24%) Power BI
3 6 (1.92%) Tableau
4 5 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.60%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.96%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle Discoverer
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.32%) Big Data
7 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.32%) Metadata
7 1 (0.32%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.32%) QlikView
7 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 67 (21.47%) JIRA
2 25 (8.01%) Jenkins
3 24 (7.69%) Git
4 21 (6.73%) eCATT
5 12 (3.85%) NeoLoad
6 3 (0.96%) GitLab
7 2 (0.64%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.32%) Gatling
8 1 (0.32%) JMeter
8 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
General
1 212 (67.95%) Finance
2 133 (42.63%) Manufacturing
3 128 (41.03%) Marketing
4 115 (36.86%) Social Skills
5 101 (32.37%) Public Sector
6 100 (32.05%) Electronics
6 100 (32.05%) Telecoms
7 89 (28.53%) Analytical Skills
8 36 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (9.62%) Influencing Skills
10 29 (9.29%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (7.05%) Retail
12 16 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (4.81%) Law
14 14 (4.49%) Banking
15 11 (3.53%) Legal
16 10 (3.21%) Aerospace
17 5 (1.60%) French Language
18 4 (1.28%) Investment Banking
18 4 (1.28%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (21.15%) Lead
2 51 (16.35%) Consultant
3 44 (14.10%) Security Consultant
4 30 (9.62%) Project Manager
5 29 (9.29%) Analyst
5 29 (9.29%) Programme Manager
6 26 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 24 (7.69%) Senior
8 21 (6.73%) Test Analyst
9 15 (4.81%) Senior Manager
10 13 (4.17%) Architect
11 12 (3.85%) Performance Analyst
11 12 (3.85%) Performance Test Analyst
11 12 (3.85%) Testing Analyst
12 11 (3.53%) Technical Manager
13 9 (2.88%) Automation Test Analyst
14 8 (2.56%) Senior Project Manager
15 7 (2.24%) Change Manager
15 7 (2.24%) Project Coordinator
15 7 (2.24%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.45%) SAP CAF
2 3 (0.96%) FastAPI
2 3 (0.96%) Node.js
2 3 (0.96%) Spring
2 3 (0.96%) Spring Boot
3 2 (0.64%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.64%) Oracle ADF
3 2 (0.64%) Pandas
3 2 (0.64%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.64%) scikit-learn
3 2 (0.64%) TensorFlow
3 2 (0.64%) WebCenter
4 1 (0.32%) JSON
4 1 (0.32%) NumPy
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.32%) PySpark
4 1 (0.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 41 (13.14%) Management Information System
3 20 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (5.45%) FMCG
5 10 (3.21%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.56%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.92%) PDA
8 5 (1.60%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.60%) Clustering
8 5 (1.60%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.60%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.28%) EPoS
9 4 (1.28%) FPGA
9 4 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.96%) IoT
10 3 (0.96%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.96%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.96%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.17%) Linux
1 13 (4.17%) Windows
2 7 (2.24%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.60%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (39.74%) Business Intelligence
2 111 (35.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 99 (31.73%) Digital Marketing
4 76 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (22.76%) Risk Management
6 69 (22.12%) Project Management
7 68 (21.79%) Agile
8 61 (19.55%) Decision-Making
8 61 (19.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 59 (18.91%) Cybersecurity
10 54 (17.31%) ERP
11 52 (16.67%) Change Management
12 49 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
13 48 (15.38%) Project Delivery
14 44 (14.10%) Process Improvement
15 42 (13.46%) Mentoring
16 38 (12.18%) Roadmaps
17 36 (11.54%) PRINCE2
18 34 (10.90%) Technical Leadership
19 33 (10.58%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.21%) Python
2 5 (1.60%) JavaScript
2 5 (1.60%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.28%) SQL
4 3 (0.96%) C
4 3 (0.96%) C++
4 3 (0.96%) Java
4 3 (0.96%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.64%) Bash
5 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.32%) C#
6 1 (0.32%) R
6 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 132 (42.31%) Security Cleared
2 109 (34.94%) Degree
3 57 (18.27%) SC Cleared
4 47 (15.06%) CISSP
5 25 (8.01%) CEH
5 25 (8.01%) CompTIA Security+
6 23 (7.37%) DV Cleared
7 22 (7.05%) CISM
8 21 (6.73%) PMP
9 19 (6.09%) PMI Certification
10 17 (5.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 15 (4.81%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (4.49%) CCNA
12 14 (4.49%) CCNP
12 14 (4.49%) DBS Check
12 14 (4.49%) JNCIA
13 9 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (1.92%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (14.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 44 (14.10%) NIST
2 31 (9.94%) QA
3 25 (8.01%) PCI DSS
4 22 (7.05%) Def Stans
5 20 (6.41%) PMO
6 17 (5.45%) GRC
7 5 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.60%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.96%) SLA
9 2 (0.64%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.32%) JTAG
10 1 (0.32%) P3O
10 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.24%) Docker
2 7 (2.24%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.92%) Firmware
4 5 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.64%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (6.73%) HP ALM
2 7 (2.24%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.60%) Autotask
3 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.60%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 150 (48.08%) SAP
2 45 (14.42%) Microsoft
3 21 (6.73%) HP
3 21 (6.73%) Salesforce
4 19 (6.09%) Cisco
5 14 (4.49%) Juniper
6 11 (3.53%) Oracle
7 9 (2.88%) VMware
8 5 (1.60%) Apple
8 5 (1.60%) Datto
8 5 (1.60%) Sophos
8 5 (1.60%) Veeam
9 3 (0.96%) Workday
10 2 (0.64%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.64%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.64%) Fujitsu
10 2 (0.64%) IFS
10 2 (0.64%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.64%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.32%) Atlassian