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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 348 331
Rank change year-on-year -84 -17 -15
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 155 184 550
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.64% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.69% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 80 114 309
10th Percentile £39,000 £37,775 £32,700
25th Percentile £46,782 £47,688 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +23.81% -12.50%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,875 £103,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% +16.07% -17.04%

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 47,892 26,573 59,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 71.06% 91.98% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 31,314 13,143 42,035
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,052
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 - - 6
South East -39 27 £105,000 +35.48% 23
North of England -69 27 £63,076 +8.75% 23
Midlands -46 20 £43,700 -47.03% 5
South West -69 20 £60,500 +0.83% 9
West Midlands -34 15 £40,000 -56.76% 4
Yorkshire -45 15 £63,038 +22.40% 11
East of England -19 9 £75,000 -16.67% 13
North West -19 8 £63,076 -1.29% 11
Scotland +1 5 £51,250 +2.50% 7
East Midlands -27 5 £49,350 -16.00% 1
North East - 4 £94,038 - 1
Wales -36 2 £69,136 +15.50% 6
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 3 (1.94%) Confluence
2 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (7.10%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.29%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (1.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.39%) Power Platform
2 9 (5.81%) Azure
3 6 (3.87%) AWS
4 3 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
4 3 (1.94%) Amazon S3
4 3 (1.94%) AWS CloudTrail
4 3 (1.94%) AWS Fargate
4 3 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (1.94%) Serverless
4 3 (1.94%) Smartsheet
5 2 (1.29%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (0.65%) Amazon Alexa
6 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.65%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.94%) DHCP
1 3 (1.94%) DNS
1 3 (1.94%) IPv4
1 3 (1.94%) Software-Defined Networking
1 3 (1.94%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.65%) Firewall
2 1 (0.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.74%) Power BI
2 8 (5.16%) Tableau
3 2 (1.29%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.29%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.65%) Big Data
4 1 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.65%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (4.52%) Git
2 5 (3.23%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.58%) Bitbucket
3 4 (2.58%) GitLab
3 4 (2.58%) JIRA
General
1 93 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 59 (38.06%) Finance
3 34 (21.94%) Organisational Skills
4 31 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 25 (16.13%) Manufacturing
6 20 (12.90%) Electronics
7 16 (10.32%) Telecoms
8 15 (9.68%) Marketing
9 10 (6.45%) Aerospace
9 10 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (5.81%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (4.52%) Local Government
13 4 (2.58%) Legal
13 4 (2.58%) Retail
13 4 (2.58%) Swedish Language
14 3 (1.94%) Aviation
14 3 (1.94%) Fire and Rescue
14 3 (1.94%) Law
14 3 (1.94%) Police
Job Titles
1 30 (19.35%) Infrastructure Manager
2 28 (18.06%) Security Manager
3 17 (10.97%) Senior
4 16 (10.32%) Portfolio Manager
4 16 (10.32%) Senior Manager
5 13 (8.39%) Senior Portfolio Manager
6 11 (7.10%) Programme Manager
6 11 (7.10%) Project Manager
7 8 (5.16%) Insight Manager
8 7 (4.52%) Head of IT
8 7 (4.52%) Lead
9 6 (3.87%) Consultant
9 6 (3.87%) NHS Performance Manager
9 6 (3.87%) Performance Manager
9 6 (3.87%) Report Manager
10 5 (3.23%) Analyst
10 5 (3.23%) CIO
10 5 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (3.23%) IT Manager
11 4 (2.58%) Head of Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.94%) boto
2 2 (1.29%) Bootstrap
2 2 (1.29%) CSS
2 2 (1.29%) Flask
2 2 (1.29%) HTML
2 2 (1.29%) RESTful
2 2 (1.29%) SAP CAF
3 1 (0.65%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.65%) JSON
3 1 (0.65%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.61%) Management Information System
2 14 (9.03%) PMI
3 10 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.52%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.52%) Driving Licence
5 7 (4.52%) NHS
6 6 (3.87%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.58%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.58%) Robotics
7 4 (2.58%) Verilog
7 4 (2.58%) VHDL
8 3 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) Life Science
9 1 (0.65%) Linked Data
9 1 (0.65%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.65%) Semantic Web
9 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.65%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.87%) Linux
2 4 (2.58%) Windows
3 3 (1.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (52.90%) Project Management
2 62 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 50 (32.26%) Logistics
4 46 (29.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (25.16%) Decision-Making
6 35 (22.58%) Project Delivery
7 34 (21.94%) Coaching
7 34 (21.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 32 (20.65%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (20.65%) Mentoring
9 31 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
10 28 (18.06%) Agile
11 26 (16.77%) Line Management
12 24 (15.48%) Roadmaps
13 23 (14.84%) Risk Management
14 20 (12.90%) Portfolio Management
15 18 (11.61%) Data Analysis
16 17 (10.97%) Service Delivery
17 15 (9.68%) Change Management
17 15 (9.68%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.74%) Python
2 9 (5.81%) SQL
3 5 (3.23%) Bash
3 5 (3.23%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.58%) C
4 4 (2.58%) Embedded C
5 3 (1.94%) Java
6 2 (1.29%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.65%) SHACL
7 1 (0.65%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 26 (16.77%) Degree
2 24 (15.48%) PMI Certification
3 13 (8.39%) Security Cleared
4 11 (7.10%) PMP
5 7 (4.52%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.23%) CAPM
7 3 (1.94%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.94%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.94%) CCNA
7 3 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.94%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.94%) OSCP
7 3 (1.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (1.94%) RHCE
7 3 (1.94%) RHCSA
8 2 (1.29%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (1.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (22.58%) PMO
2 32 (20.65%) QA
3 11 (7.10%) P3O
4 5 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.23%) SLA
5 4 (2.58%) DO-254
6 3 (1.94%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.29%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.29%) GRC
7 2 (1.29%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.29%) NIST
7 2 (1.29%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 6 (3.87%) Docker
2 4 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.94%) Squid
3 3 (1.94%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.94%) vSphere
4 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (3.87%) Ansible
2 4 (2.58%) Terraform
3 3 (1.94%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.94%) Packer
3 3 (1.94%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.65%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.65%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 19 (12.26%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.39%) SAP
3 6 (3.87%) Oracle
4 4 (2.58%) VMware
5 3 (1.94%) Planview
5 3 (1.94%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.94%) Splunk
6 2 (1.29%) Adobe
6 2 (1.29%) Infor
6 2 (1.29%) Planon
7 1 (0.65%) Cisco
7 1 (0.65%) Dell
7 1 (0.65%) HP
7 1 (0.65%) Juniper
7 1 (0.65%) Okta
7 1 (0.65%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.65%) Trend Micro
7 1 (0.65%) Veeam