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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 351 264
Rank change year-on-year +107 -87 +54
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 317 262 342
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.86% 0.55% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.68% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 171 100 252
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% -
75th Percentile £73,317 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £77,550 £75,492
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,575 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.62% +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 30,587 38,330 28,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.21% 81.06% 93.89%
Number of salaries quoted 18,445 18,495 20,846
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 20 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 20 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 +77 106 £65,000 +5.26% 58
South West +84 89 £52,500 -8.70% 34
Midlands +69 43 £27,500 -52.63% 13
North of England -21 32 £62,750 -8.37% 34
West Midlands +47 24 £27,500 -56.88% 10
North West -18 24 £62,750 -8.37% 23
East Midlands +32 19 £50,269 +67.56% 2
Scotland +14 15 £60,000 +10.75% 7
East of England +33 14 £62,500 +3.96% 17
Wales +14 11 £48,122 -25.97% 1
Yorkshire +1 8 £69,000 -8.00% 8
Northern Ireland +4 7 - - 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 9 (2.84%) Confluence
1 9 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.58%) IIS
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.63%) Skype for Business
3 2 (0.63%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.63%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.63%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 29 (9.15%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.05%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (6.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.58%) Primavera
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 22 (6.94%) Azure DevOps
2 21 (6.62%) Azure
3 13 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.15%) AWS
4 10 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (2.21%) Asana
5 7 (2.21%) GCP
5 7 (2.21%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.26%) Amazon Alexa
6 4 (1.26%) SaaS
7 3 (0.95%) Serverless
7 3 (0.95%) Smartsheet
8 2 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.63%) OCI
9 1 (0.32%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.32%) AWS IoT
9 1 (0.32%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 29 (9.15%) Network Security
2 19 (5.99%) VPN
3 14 (4.42%) Junos
3 14 (4.42%) LAN
3 14 (4.42%) WAN
3 14 (4.42%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (2.52%) Wireless
5 7 (2.21%) IPsec
6 5 (1.58%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (1.58%) DHCP
6 5 (1.58%) DNS
6 5 (1.58%) Firewall
6 5 (1.58%) VLAN
6 5 (1.58%) VoIP
7 2 (0.63%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.63%) MPLS
7 2 (0.63%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.32%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.32%) Internet
8 1 (0.32%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.15%) Geospatial Data
1 10 (3.15%) GIS
2 7 (2.21%) Power BI
3 5 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.58%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.58%) Tableau
4 3 (0.95%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.63%) Metadata
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Discoverer
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.32%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.32%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 64 (20.19%) JIRA
2 25 (7.89%) Jenkins
3 23 (7.26%) Git
4 21 (6.62%) eCATT
5 12 (3.79%) NeoLoad
6 3 (0.95%) GitLab
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.32%) Gatling
8 1 (0.32%) JMeter
8 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
General
1 218 (68.77%) Finance
2 139 (43.85%) Manufacturing
3 136 (42.90%) Marketing
4 118 (37.22%) Social Skills
5 109 (34.38%) Public Sector
6 108 (34.07%) Electronics
6 108 (34.07%) Telecoms
7 89 (28.08%) Analytical Skills
8 38 (11.99%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (9.46%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (6.94%) Retail
12 14 (4.42%) Banking
12 14 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (4.10%) Law
14 9 (2.84%) Legal
15 8 (2.52%) Aerospace
16 6 (1.89%) French Language
17 5 (1.58%) Military
18 4 (1.26%) German Language
Job Titles
1 67 (21.14%) Lead
2 54 (17.03%) Consultant
3 47 (14.83%) Security Consultant
4 31 (9.78%) Project Manager
5 30 (9.46%) Analyst
6 26 (8.20%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 26 (8.20%) Programme Manager
6 26 (8.20%) Senior
7 21 (6.62%) Test Analyst
8 16 (5.05%) Senior Manager
9 14 (4.42%) Architect
10 12 (3.79%) Performance Analyst
10 12 (3.79%) Performance Test Analyst
10 12 (3.79%) Testing Analyst
11 11 (3.47%) Technical Manager
12 10 (3.15%) Senior Project Manager
13 9 (2.84%) Automation Test Analyst
13 9 (2.84%) Support Engineer
14 8 (2.52%) Field Engineer
14 8 (2.52%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.31%) SAP CAF
2 3 (0.95%) FastAPI
2 3 (0.95%) Node.js
2 3 (0.95%) Pandas
2 3 (0.95%) Spring
2 3 (0.95%) Spring Boot
3 2 (0.63%) JSON
3 2 (0.63%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle ADF
3 2 (0.63%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.63%) scikit-learn
3 2 (0.63%) TensorFlow
3 2 (0.63%) WebCenter
3 2 (0.63%) XML
4 1 (0.32%) NumPy
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.32%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.46%) Analytical Mindset
2 42 (13.25%) Management Information System
3 21 (6.62%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (5.36%) FMCG
5 12 (3.79%) Driving Licence
6 9 (2.84%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.89%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.89%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.89%) PDA
8 5 (1.58%) Clustering
8 5 (1.58%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.26%) EPoS
9 4 (1.26%) FPGA
9 4 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.95%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.95%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.95%) SCADA
11 2 (0.63%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.10%) Windows
2 12 (3.79%) Linux
3 7 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.58%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (41.64%) Business Intelligence
2 111 (35.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 107 (33.75%) Digital Marketing
4 75 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (22.71%) Risk Management
6 70 (22.08%) Agile
7 67 (21.14%) Project Management
8 62 (19.56%) Cybersecurity
9 60 (18.93%) Decision-Making
9 60 (18.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 55 (17.35%) ERP
11 53 (16.72%) Change Management
12 48 (15.14%) Project Delivery
12 48 (15.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 46 (14.51%) Process Improvement
14 44 (13.88%) Mentoring
15 38 (11.99%) Roadmaps
16 37 (11.67%) PRINCE2
17 34 (10.73%) Collaborative Culture
17 34 (10.73%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.47%) Python
2 6 (1.89%) SQL
3 5 (1.58%) JavaScript
3 5 (1.58%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.95%) Java
4 3 (0.95%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.63%) Bash
5 2 (0.63%) C
5 2 (0.63%) C++
5 2 (0.63%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.32%) Bicep
6 1 (0.32%) C#
6 1 (0.32%) R
6 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 141 (44.48%) Security Cleared
2 108 (34.07%) Degree
3 62 (19.56%) SC Cleared
4 50 (15.77%) CISSP
5 27 (8.52%) DV Cleared
6 25 (7.89%) CEH
6 25 (7.89%) CISM
6 25 (7.89%) CompTIA Security+
7 20 (6.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 18 (5.68%) PMP
9 16 (5.05%) PMI Certification
10 15 (4.73%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (4.42%) CCNA
11 14 (4.42%) CCNP
11 14 (4.42%) DBS Check
11 14 (4.42%) JNCIA
12 9 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (1.58%) ACMT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (14.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 47 (14.83%) NIST
2 33 (10.41%) QA
3 25 (7.89%) PCI DSS
4 22 (6.94%) Def Stans
5 21 (6.62%) PMO
6 20 (6.31%) GRC
7 5 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.58%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.58%) SLA
8 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.32%) JTAG
9 1 (0.32%) P3O
9 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.52%) Docker
1 8 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.21%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.89%) Firmware
4 5 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.63%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (6.62%) HP ALM
2 8 (2.52%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.58%) Autotask
3 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.58%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 156 (49.21%) SAP
2 43 (13.56%) Microsoft
3 21 (6.62%) HP
3 21 (6.62%) Salesforce
4 19 (5.99%) Cisco
5 14 (4.42%) Juniper
6 11 (3.47%) Oracle
7 9 (2.84%) VMware
8 5 (1.58%) Apple
8 5 (1.58%) Datto
8 5 (1.58%) Sophos
8 5 (1.58%) Veeam
9 3 (0.95%) Workday
10 2 (0.63%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.63%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.63%) Fujitsu
10 2 (0.63%) IFS
10 2 (0.63%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.32%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.32%) Google