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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 330 343
Rank change year-on-year -62 +13 -58
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 244 235 397
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.69% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.78% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 84 151 221
10th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £47,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,750 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.13% +7.48% -13.36%
75th Percentile £94,063 £82,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £92,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +13.04% -13.04%

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 51,998 29,997 49,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.53% 87.81% 78.87%
Number of salaries quoted 36,546 16,278 32,403
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 29 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 29 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 - 124 - - 9
South East -54 38 £91,000 +48.57% 42
North of England -49 21 £63,000 +17.45% 22
South West -114 20 £75,000 +50.00% 12
West Midlands -35 15 £40,000 -36.00% 10
Midlands -49 15 £40,000 -51.52% 18
Yorkshire -28 13 £63,000 +20.52% 11
East of England -27 12 £40,000 -55.56% 15
Scotland +7 7 £62,231 -14.16% 10
Wales -58 7 £72,500 +50.66% 1
North West -31 6 £54,000 -6.90% 9
North East - 2 £125,000 - 2
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 6 (2.46%) Confluence
2 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (4.92%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.23%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.23%) Trello
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.82%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (25.82%) Azure
2 54 (22.13%) Entra ID
3 51 (20.90%) SaaS
4 14 (5.74%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.46%) AWS
6 4 (1.64%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (1.64%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.64%) AWS CloudTrail
6 4 (1.64%) AWS Fargate
6 4 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.64%) Serverless
7 3 (1.23%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.64%) IPv4
1 4 (1.64%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.33%) Power BI
2 12 (4.92%) Tableau
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (5.33%) JIRA
2 6 (2.46%) Git
3 4 (1.64%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.64%) GitLab
3 4 (1.64%) Jenkins
General
1 169 (69.26%) Social Skills
2 104 (42.62%) Legal
3 58 (23.77%) Law
4 40 (16.39%) Finance
5 27 (11.07%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (7.79%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (6.56%) Local Government
8 15 (6.15%) Public Sector
9 14 (5.74%) Manufacturing
10 13 (5.33%) Aerospace
11 11 (4.51%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (3.28%) Electronics
12 8 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (2.46%) Retail
13 6 (2.46%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.64%) Military
14 4 (1.64%) Swedish Language
15 3 (1.23%) Automotive
15 3 (1.23%) Back Office
15 3 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (44.67%) Senior
1 109 (44.67%) Senior Manager
2 49 (20.08%) Testing Manager
3 22 (9.02%) Infrastructure Manager
3 22 (9.02%) Lead
4 21 (8.61%) Security Manager
5 19 (7.79%) Programme Manager
6 13 (5.33%) Consultant
7 11 (4.51%) Management Consultant
7 11 (4.51%) Programme Management Office Consultant
7 11 (4.51%) Programme Office Consultant
8 8 (3.28%) Project Manager
9 7 (2.87%) Analyst
9 7 (2.87%) IT Manager
10 6 (2.46%) Insight Manager
10 6 (2.46%) NHS Performance Manager
10 6 (2.46%) Performance Manager
10 6 (2.46%) Report Manager
11 5 (2.05%) Head of IT
11 5 (2.05%) Portfolio Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.64%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 49 (20.08%) Virtual Team
2 28 (11.48%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.10%) NHS
4 9 (3.69%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.87%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.46%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.05%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.64%) Robotics
8 4 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.64%) Verilog
8 4 (1.64%) VHDL
9 3 (1.23%) PMI
9 3 (1.23%) Social Media
10 2 (0.82%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.82%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.41%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.64%) Linux
1 4 (1.64%) Windows
1 4 (1.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (59.84%) Continuous Improvement
2 116 (47.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 109 (44.67%) Mentoring
4 106 (43.44%) PRINCE2
4 106 (43.44%) Strategic Planning
5 105 (43.03%) Performance Management
6 75 (30.74%) Collaborative Working
7 74 (30.33%) Project Management
8 70 (28.69%) AI
8 70 (28.69%) Cybersecurity
9 67 (27.46%) Project Delivery
10 66 (27.05%) ITIL
11 61 (25.00%) Data Management
12 60 (24.59%) Budget Management
13 59 (24.18%) Information Security
14 56 (22.95%) DevOps
15 55 (22.54%) Software Engineering
15 55 (22.54%) TOGAF
16 54 (22.13%) Identity Access Management
16 54 (22.13%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (24.18%) Python
2 53 (21.72%) PowerShell
3 49 (20.08%) C#
3 49 (20.08%) JavaScript
3 49 (20.08%) TypeScript
4 10 (4.10%) SQL
5 4 (1.64%) Bash
5 4 (1.64%) C
5 4 (1.64%) Embedded C
5 4 (1.64%) Java
6 2 (0.82%) C++
Qualifications
1 54 (22.13%) A+ Certification
1 54 (22.13%) CISM
1 54 (22.13%) CISSP
1 54 (22.13%) Network+ Certification
2 40 (16.39%) Degree
3 16 (6.56%) PMI Certification
4 13 (5.33%) PMP
5 8 (3.28%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 7 (2.87%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.05%) CAPM
8 4 (1.64%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.64%) CCNA
8 4 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.64%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.64%) OSCP
8 4 (1.64%) RHCE
8 4 (1.64%) RHCSA
9 3 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (27.05%) QA
2 31 (12.70%) PMO
3 4 (1.64%) DO-254
4 3 (1.23%) NEBOSH
5 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.82%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 58 (23.77%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.64%) Docker
2 4 (1.64%) Squid
2 4 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.64%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (22.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.64%) Ansible
2 4 (1.64%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.64%) Packer
2 4 (1.64%) Terraform
2 4 (1.64%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 75 (30.74%) Microsoft
2 54 (22.13%) CyberArk
3 7 (2.87%) Oracle
4 4 (1.64%) Red Hat
4 4 (1.64%) Splunk
4 4 (1.64%) VMware
5 3 (1.23%) NEC
5 3 (1.23%) Planview
5 3 (1.23%) SAP
6 2 (0.82%) Alteryx
6 2 (0.82%) Infor
7 1 (0.41%) Ariba
7 1 (0.41%) IFS
7 1 (0.41%) Planon
7 1 (0.41%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow