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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 313 366
Rank change year-on-year -77 +53 -96
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 288 268 334
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.77% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.89% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 107 167 180
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £47,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,000 £53,555
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% +8.30% -6.86%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £91,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -2.44%

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 55,106 30,247 46,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.35% 87.21% 78.33%
Number of salaries quoted 38,768 16,468 28,994
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 August 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 20 August 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 - - 2
South East -62 53 £90,000 +28.57% 59
Midlands -28 26 £40,000 -51.52% 22
South West -119 24 £75,000 +50.00% 16
North of England -47 22 £77,000 +32.76% 34
West Midlands -29 19 £40,000 -27.27% 20
East of England -22 14 £48,105 -45.02% 16
Scotland -3 13 £55,000 -8.33% 2
Yorkshire -29 13 £70,000 +33.91% 12
East Midlands -27 7 £70,000 -15.15% 2
Wales -71 7 £72,500 +50.66% 7
North West -33 6 £72,000 +17.07% 13
North East - 3 £112,500 - 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 (3.13%) Confluence
2 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (6.60%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.04%) Trello
5 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.04%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.69%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.69%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (26.04%) Azure
2 60 (20.83%) Entra ID
3 57 (19.79%) SaaS
4 15 (5.21%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.17%) AWS
6 5 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.39%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (1.39%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.39%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.39%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.39%) Serverless
8 3 (1.04%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.39%) IPv4
1 4 (1.39%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.21%) Tableau
2 14 (4.86%) Power BI
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 24 (8.33%) JIRA
2 9 (3.13%) Git
3 4 (1.39%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.39%) GitLab
3 4 (1.39%) Jenkins
General
1 193 (67.01%) Social Skills
2 125 (43.40%) Legal
3 63 (21.88%) Finance
4 62 (21.53%) Law
5 25 (8.68%) Influencing Skills
6 24 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (7.29%) Public Sector
8 20 (6.94%) Aerospace
9 17 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (5.56%) Local Government
11 14 (4.86%) Manufacturing
12 11 (3.82%) Military
13 9 (3.13%) Electronics
14 8 (2.78%) Aviation
15 7 (2.43%) Telecoms
16 6 (2.08%) Marketing
16 6 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (2.08%) Retail
17 5 (1.74%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 121 (42.01%) Senior
1 121 (42.01%) Senior Manager
2 55 (19.10%) Testing Manager
3 37 (12.85%) Lead
4 22 (7.64%) Programme Manager
5 17 (5.90%) Consultant
6 15 (5.21%) Infrastructure Manager
7 14 (4.86%) Security Manager
8 11 (3.82%) Management Consultant
8 11 (3.82%) Programme Management Office Consultant
8 11 (3.82%) Programme Office Consultant
9 10 (3.47%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.13%) IT Manager
11 8 (2.78%) Risk Manager
11 8 (2.78%) Technical Manager
12 6 (2.08%) Analyst
12 6 (2.08%) Delivery Manager
12 6 (2.08%) Engineering Manager
12 6 (2.08%) Performance Manager
12 6 (2.08%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.39%) boto
1 4 (1.39%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.10%) Virtual Team
2 33 (11.46%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.17%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.82%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.47%) NHS
6 9 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.78%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.78%) PMI
8 7 (2.43%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.39%) Robotics
10 4 (1.39%) Verilog
10 4 (1.39%) VHDL
11 3 (1.04%) Social Media
11 3 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
12 2 (0.69%) Learning Management System
13 1 (0.35%) Mainframe
13 1 (0.35%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.39%) Linux
1 4 (1.39%) Windows
1 4 (1.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (61.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 132 (45.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 126 (43.75%) Mentoring
4 120 (41.67%) Strategic Planning
5 119 (41.32%) Performance Management
5 119 (41.32%) PRINCE2
6 85 (29.51%) Collaborative Working
7 82 (28.47%) AI
8 79 (27.43%) Project Delivery
8 79 (27.43%) Project Management
9 78 (27.08%) ITIL
10 77 (26.74%) Cybersecurity
11 68 (23.61%) Software Engineering
12 67 (23.26%) Data Management
12 67 (23.26%) TOGAF
13 66 (22.92%) Information Security
14 65 (22.57%) Budget Management
15 62 (21.53%) DevOps
16 60 (20.83%) Privileged Access Management
16 60 (20.83%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 68 (23.61%) Python
2 59 (20.49%) PowerShell
3 55 (19.10%) C#
3 55 (19.10%) JavaScript
3 55 (19.10%) TypeScript
4 10 (3.47%) SQL
5 5 (1.74%) C++
6 4 (1.39%) Bash
6 4 (1.39%) C
6 4 (1.39%) Embedded C
6 4 (1.39%) Java
Qualifications
1 60 (20.83%) A+ Certification
1 60 (20.83%) CISM
1 60 (20.83%) CISSP
1 60 (20.83%) Network+ Certification
2 50 (17.36%) Degree
3 25 (8.68%) PMI Certification
4 20 (6.94%) Security Cleared
5 18 (6.25%) PMP
6 14 (4.86%) SC Cleared
7 11 (3.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (3.13%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (2.43%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.39%) APMP
11 4 (1.39%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.39%) CAPM
11 4 (1.39%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.39%) OSCP
11 4 (1.39%) RHCE
11 4 (1.39%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (28.13%) QA
2 39 (13.54%) PMO
3 9 (3.13%) SLA
4 7 (2.43%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.39%) DO-254
5 4 (1.39%) NEBOSH
6 3 (1.04%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 64 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.39%) Docker
2 4 (1.39%) Squid
2 4 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.39%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.39%) Ansible
2 4 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.39%) Packer
2 4 (1.39%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 85 (29.51%) Microsoft
2 60 (20.83%) CyberArk
3 13 (4.51%) Oracle
4 12 (4.17%) SAP
5 7 (2.43%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.74%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.39%) NEC
7 4 (1.39%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.39%) Splunk
7 4 (1.39%) VMware
8 3 (1.04%) Planview
8 3 (1.04%) UiPath
9 2 (0.69%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.69%) Infor
10 1 (0.35%) Ariba
10 1 (0.35%) Cisco
10 1 (0.35%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.35%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.35%) Juniper
10 1 (0.35%) Salesforce