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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 309 405
Rank change year-on-year -75 +96 -148
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 330 263 246
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.76% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.88% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 115 160 125
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,731 £46,745 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% +7.17%
75th Percentile £91,250 £70,721 £68,484
90th Percentile £115,000 £89,000 £82,500
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 59,433 29,819 43,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.34% 86.69% 78.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41,991 16,159 23,565
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £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% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 18 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 18 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 - - 29
South East -65 61 £90,000 +44.00% 133
Midlands -45 38 £43,102 -9.26% 55
North of England -56 38 £77,000 +32.76% 99
West Midlands -39 28 £40,000 -15.79% 41
South West -126 25 £75,000 +50.00% 61
East of England -27 17 £48,105 -25.99% 44
Scotland +6 16 £55,000 -8.33% 39
North West -20 15 £67,500 +16.38% 50
Yorkshire -41 12 £77,000 +47.30% 35
North East - 11 £112,500 - 15
East Midlands -48 10 £70,000 +3.50% 14
Wales -76 7 £72,500 +50.66% 11
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 (2.73%) Confluence
2 2 (0.61%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.30%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (5.76%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.91%) Trello
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.91%) Primavera
2 3 (0.91%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.61%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.61%) Shopify
4 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 75 (22.73%) Azure
2 60 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 57 (17.27%) SaaS
4 18 (5.45%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.94%) AWS
6 5 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.21%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (1.21%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.21%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.21%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.21%) Serverless
8 3 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.91%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.21%) IPv4
1 4 (1.21%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (0.61%) RFID
3 1 (0.30%) 4G
3 1 (0.30%) 5G
3 1 (0.30%) Firewall
3 1 (0.30%) Intelligent Network
3 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.30%) Network Security
3 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.30%) VPN
3 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.15%) Power BI
2 15 (4.55%) Tableau
3 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.30%) GIS
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 23 (6.97%) JIRA
2 9 (2.73%) Git
3 4 (1.21%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.21%) GitLab
3 4 (1.21%) Jenkins
General
1 208 (63.03%) Social Skills
2 130 (39.39%) Legal
3 92 (27.88%) Finance
4 71 (21.52%) Law
5 34 (10.30%) Influencing Skills
6 32 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (8.79%) Public Sector
8 26 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (6.97%) Aerospace
11 19 (5.76%) Local Government
12 13 (3.94%) Financial Institution
13 12 (3.64%) Aviation
13 12 (3.64%) Military
14 11 (3.33%) Manufacturing
14 11 (3.33%) Marketing
14 11 (3.33%) Retail
15 10 (3.03%) Telecoms
16 9 (2.73%) Electronics
16 9 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 130 (39.39%) Senior
2 124 (37.58%) Senior Manager
3 55 (16.67%) Testing Manager
4 38 (11.52%) Lead
5 24 (7.27%) Programme Manager
6 18 (5.45%) Consultant
7 15 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
7 15 (4.55%) Security Manager
8 13 (3.94%) IT Manager
8 13 (3.94%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.33%) Management Consultant
9 11 (3.33%) Programme Management Office Consultant
9 11 (3.33%) Programme Office Consultant
10 10 (3.03%) Analyst
11 8 (2.42%) Risk Manager
11 8 (2.42%) Technical Manager
12 7 (2.12%) Head of IT
13 6 (1.82%) IT Programme Manager
13 6 (1.82%) Performance Manager
13 6 (1.82%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.21%) boto
1 4 (1.21%) Terraform
2 1 (0.30%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 55 (16.67%) Virtual Team
2 38 (11.52%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.94%) Data Centre
3 13 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.03%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.03%) NHS
6 9 (2.73%) PMI
7 8 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.12%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.82%) Robotics
10 5 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.21%) Verilog
11 4 (1.21%) VHDL
12 3 (0.91%) IoT
12 3 (0.91%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.91%) Social Media
12 3 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
13 2 (0.61%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.21%) Linux
1 4 (1.21%) Windows
1 4 (1.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (55.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 142 (43.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 130 (39.39%) Mentoring
4 123 (37.27%) PRINCE2
5 120 (36.36%) Strategic Planning
6 119 (36.06%) Performance Management
7 88 (26.67%) AI
7 88 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
8 85 (25.76%) Project Management
9 84 (25.45%) ITIL
9 84 (25.45%) Project Delivery
10 79 (23.94%) Cybersecurity
11 78 (23.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 74 (22.42%) Software Engineering
13 71 (21.52%) Decision-Making
14 70 (21.21%) Data Management
15 69 (20.91%) Budget Management
16 68 (20.61%) TOGAF
17 67 (20.30%) Information Security
18 63 (19.09%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 68 (20.61%) Python
2 59 (17.88%) PowerShell
3 55 (16.67%) C#
3 55 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 55 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 17 (5.15%) SQL
5 5 (1.52%) C++
6 4 (1.21%) Bash
6 4 (1.21%) C
6 4 (1.21%) Embedded C
6 4 (1.21%) Java
Qualifications
1 71 (21.52%) Degree
2 62 (18.79%) CISM
2 62 (18.79%) CISSP
3 60 (18.18%) A+ Certification
3 60 (18.18%) Network+ Certification
4 26 (7.88%) PMI Certification
5 25 (7.58%) Security Cleared
6 19 (5.76%) SC Cleared
7 18 (5.45%) PMP
8 12 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (3.03%) DV Cleared
10 8 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.42%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (1.82%) APMP
11 6 (1.82%) HNC
11 6 (1.82%) HND
12 4 (1.21%) CCNA
12 4 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.21%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (25.76%) QA
2 49 (14.85%) PMO
3 12 (3.64%) SLA
4 10 (3.03%) Def Stans
5 5 (1.52%) NEBOSH
6 4 (1.21%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.21%) DO-254
7 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.91%) NIST
8 2 (0.61%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.61%) GDPR
8 2 (0.61%) GRC
8 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 65 (19.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.21%) Docker
2 4 (1.21%) Squid
2 4 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.21%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.21%) Ansible
2 4 (1.21%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.21%) Packer
2 4 (1.21%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 89 (26.97%) Microsoft
2 60 (18.18%) CyberArk
3 15 (4.55%) Oracle
4 14 (4.24%) SAP
5 8 (2.42%) Aderant
6 7 (2.12%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.52%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.52%) NEC
8 4 (1.21%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.21%) Splunk
8 4 (1.21%) VMware
9 3 (0.91%) Planview
9 3 (0.91%) UiPath
9 3 (0.91%) YouTube
10 2 (0.61%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.61%) IFS
10 2 (0.61%) Infor
10 2 (0.61%) Thales
11 1 (0.30%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.30%) Palo Alto