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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 362 342
Rank change year-on-year -78 -20 -10
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 166 194 522
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.63% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.70% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 98 119 306
10th Percentile £39,000 £40,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £47,500 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £52,738
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +18.51% -12.10%
75th Percentile £91,875 £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 48,155 27,788 61,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.19% 90.57% 80.17%
Number of salaries quoted 33,844 14,241 42,806
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% - -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% -9.54%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 - 45 - - 4
South East -40 35 £90,500 +22.71% 33
North of England -36 26 £63,076 +14.68% 16
Midlands -40 20 £40,000 -42.86% 15
South West -87 17 £67,750 +12.92% 5
West Midlands -19 16 £40,000 -42.86% 11
Yorkshire -31 16 £63,076 +22.48% 10
East of England -19 10 £40,000 -55.56% 11
North West -12 8 £63,076 +3.49% 6
Wales -47 8 £72,500 +21.12% 5
Scotland +4 5 £62,231 +24.46% 7
East Midlands -30 4 £43,700 -37.57% 4
North East - 2 £94,038 - 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 4 (2.41%) Confluence
2 3 (1.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (7.23%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.81%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.81%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (1.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.04%) Power Platform
2 9 (5.42%) Azure
3 6 (3.61%) AWS
4 4 (2.41%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (2.41%) Amazon EKS
4 4 (2.41%) Amazon S3
4 4 (2.41%) AWS CloudTrail
4 4 (2.41%) AWS Fargate
4 4 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (2.41%) Serverless
5 3 (1.81%) Smartsheet
6 2 (1.20%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.41%) IPv4
1 4 (2.41%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.43%) Power BI
2 10 (6.02%) Tableau
3 2 (1.20%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.60%) Big Data
4 1 (0.60%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (6.02%) JIRA
2 5 (3.01%) Git
2 5 (3.01%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.41%) Bitbucket
3 4 (2.41%) GitLab
General
1 98 (59.04%) Social Skills
2 53 (31.93%) Finance
3 33 (19.88%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (14.46%) Public Sector
5 17 (10.24%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (9.64%) Local Government
7 14 (8.43%) Manufacturing
8 11 (6.63%) Aerospace
9 10 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (5.42%) Electronics
11 8 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (4.22%) Telecoms
13 6 (3.61%) Retail
14 5 (3.01%) Law
15 4 (2.41%) Marketing
15 4 (2.41%) Swedish Language
16 3 (1.81%) Aviation
17 2 (1.20%) Automotive
17 2 (1.20%) Digital Economy
17 2 (1.20%) Legal
Job Titles
1 30 (18.07%) Infrastructure Manager
2 28 (16.87%) Security Manager
3 19 (11.45%) Programme Manager
4 16 (9.64%) Senior
4 16 (9.64%) Senior Manager
5 15 (9.04%) Portfolio Manager
6 13 (7.83%) Consultant
6 13 (7.83%) Senior Portfolio Manager
7 12 (7.23%) Project Manager
8 11 (6.63%) Management Consultant
8 11 (6.63%) Programme Management Office Consultant
8 11 (6.63%) Programme Office Consultant
9 10 (6.02%) IT Manager
10 8 (4.82%) Analyst
10 8 (4.82%) Insight Manager
10 8 (4.82%) Lead
11 7 (4.22%) Head of IT
12 6 (3.61%) IT Programme Manager
12 6 (3.61%) Performance Manager
12 6 (3.61%) Report Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.41%) boto
2 1 (0.60%) Bootstrap
2 1 (0.60%) CSS
2 1 (0.60%) Flask
2 1 (0.60%) HTML
2 1 (0.60%) RESTful
2 1 (0.60%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.87%) Management Information System
2 14 (8.43%) PMI
3 10 (6.02%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (5.42%) NHS
5 7 (4.22%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.61%) Driving Licence
6 6 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.41%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.41%) Robotics
7 4 (2.41%) Verilog
7 4 (2.41%) VHDL
8 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.60%) Genomics
9 1 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.60%) Life Science
9 1 (0.60%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.41%) Linux
1 4 (2.41%) Windows
1 4 (2.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (58.43%) Project Management
2 71 (42.77%) PRINCE2
3 55 (33.13%) Decision-Making
4 49 (29.52%) Logistics
5 44 (26.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (22.29%) Project Delivery
6 37 (22.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 33 (19.88%) Coaching
8 30 (18.07%) Line Management
8 30 (18.07%) Performance Metrics
9 29 (17.47%) Mentoring
10 27 (16.27%) Agile
11 24 (14.46%) Risk Management
11 24 (14.46%) Roadmaps
12 23 (13.86%) Business Intelligence
13 22 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (12.05%) Data Analysis
15 19 (11.45%) Collaborative Working
15 19 (11.45%) Portfolio Management
16 18 (10.84%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.02%) SQL
2 9 (5.42%) Python
3 4 (2.41%) Bash
3 4 (2.41%) C
3 4 (2.41%) Embedded C
3 4 (2.41%) Java
3 4 (2.41%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 34 (20.48%) Degree
2 23 (13.86%) PMI Certification
3 10 (6.02%) PMP
4 7 (4.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 6 (3.61%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.01%) CAPM
6 5 (3.01%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.41%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.41%) CCNA
7 4 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.41%) ISTQB
7 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.41%) OSCP
7 4 (2.41%) RHCE
7 4 (2.41%) RHCSA
8 3 (1.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.20%) HNC
9 2 (1.20%) HND
9 2 (1.20%) MAPM
9 2 (1.20%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (27.71%) PMO
2 40 (24.10%) QA
3 11 (6.63%) P3O
4 4 (2.41%) DO-254
5 3 (1.81%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.20%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.20%) NEBOSH
6 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.20%) SLA
7 1 (0.60%) GRC
7 1 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (3.01%) Docker
2 4 (2.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.41%) Squid
2 4 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.41%) VMware NSX
2 4 (2.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.41%) Ansible
1 4 (2.41%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.41%) Packer
1 4 (2.41%) Terraform
1 4 (2.41%) ZABBIX
2 2 (1.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 20 (12.05%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.22%) Oracle
3 4 (2.41%) Red Hat
3 4 (2.41%) Splunk
3 4 (2.41%) VMware
4 3 (1.81%) Planview
5 2 (1.20%) Adobe
5 2 (1.20%) Infor
5 2 (1.20%) NEC
5 2 (1.20%) Planon
5 2 (1.20%) SAP
6 1 (0.60%) ServiceNow