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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 353 341
Rank change year-on-year -69 -12 -14
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 161 194 538
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.66% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.72% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 90 117 316
10th Percentile £39,788 £40,350 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,585 £48,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +21.50% -10.83%
75th Percentile £93,250 £87,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £96,750 £98,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +13.04% -14.81%

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 45,890 26,873 62,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 69.62% 91.25% 80.42%
Number of salaries quoted 31,846 13,591 43,459
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,500
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 10 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 10 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 - - 6
South East -31 35 £90,000 +14.29% 21
North of England -47 24 £63,076 +8.75% 18
Midlands -25 20 £43,700 -42.69% 6
South West -77 19 £67,750 +10.61% 7
West Midlands -21 15 £40,000 -56.76% 5
Yorkshire -43 15 £63,038 +22.40% 12
East of England -14 11 £40,000 -55.56% 7
North West -13 7 £63,076 -1.29% 5
East Midlands -28 5 £49,350 -29.50% 1
Scotland +6 4 £72,500 +45.00% 6
Wales -46 3 £68,770 +14.89% 5
North East - 2 £94,038 - 1
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 (2.48%) Confluence
2 2 (1.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (6.83%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (1.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.07%) Power Platform
2 9 (5.59%) Azure
3 7 (4.35%) AWS
4 4 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
4 4 (2.48%) Amazon S3
4 4 (2.48%) AWS CloudTrail
4 4 (2.48%) AWS Fargate
4 4 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (2.48%) Serverless
5 3 (1.86%) Smartsheet
6 2 (1.24%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.62%) Amazon Alexa
7 1 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.62%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.62%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.48%) IPv4
1 4 (2.48%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.62%) Firewall
2 1 (0.62%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.45%) Power BI
2 8 (4.97%) Tableau
3 2 (1.24%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.24%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.62%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (3.73%) Git
1 6 (3.73%) Jenkins
1 6 (3.73%) JIRA
2 4 (2.48%) Bitbucket
2 4 (2.48%) GitLab
General
1 99 (61.49%) Social Skills
2 54 (33.54%) Finance
3 31 (19.25%) Organisational Skills
4 23 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 17 (10.56%) Influencing Skills
5 17 (10.56%) Manufacturing
6 15 (9.32%) Local Government
7 12 (7.45%) Electronics
8 11 (6.83%) Aerospace
9 10 (6.21%) Telecoms
10 8 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (4.35%) Marketing
12 5 (3.11%) Law
13 4 (2.48%) Legal
13 4 (2.48%) Retail
13 4 (2.48%) Swedish Language
14 3 (1.86%) Aviation
15 2 (1.24%) Automotive
15 2 (1.24%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 30 (18.63%) Infrastructure Manager
2 28 (17.39%) Security Manager
3 16 (9.94%) Senior
3 16 (9.94%) Senior Manager
4 15 (9.32%) Portfolio Manager
5 14 (8.70%) Consultant
6 13 (8.07%) Programme Manager
6 13 (8.07%) Project Manager
6 13 (8.07%) Senior Portfolio Manager
7 11 (6.83%) Management Consultant
7 11 (6.83%) Programme Management Office Consultant
7 11 (6.83%) Programme Office Consultant
8 8 (4.97%) Analyst
8 8 (4.97%) Insight Manager
9 7 (4.35%) Head of IT
10 6 (3.73%) Lead
10 6 (3.73%) NHS Performance Manager
10 6 (3.73%) Performance Manager
10 6 (3.73%) Report Manager
11 5 (3.11%) CIO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.48%) boto
2 2 (1.24%) Bootstrap
2 2 (1.24%) CSS
2 2 (1.24%) Flask
2 2 (1.24%) HTML
2 2 (1.24%) RESTful
2 2 (1.24%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.15%) Management Information System
2 14 (8.70%) PMI
3 10 (6.21%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.35%) NHS
5 6 (3.73%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.73%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.48%) Robotics
6 4 (2.48%) Verilog
6 4 (2.48%) VHDL
7 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.62%) Genomics
7 1 (0.62%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.62%) Life Science
7 1 (0.62%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.48%) Linux
1 4 (2.48%) Windows
1 4 (2.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (56.52%) Project Management
2 64 (39.75%) PRINCE2
3 50 (31.06%) Logistics
4 49 (30.43%) Decision-Making
5 43 (26.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (22.36%) Project Delivery
7 34 (21.12%) Stakeholder Management
8 33 (20.50%) Coaching
9 31 (19.25%) Performance Metrics
10 29 (18.01%) Mentoring
11 27 (16.77%) Agile
11 27 (16.77%) Line Management
12 24 (14.91%) Business Intelligence
12 24 (14.91%) Roadmaps
13 23 (14.29%) Risk Management
14 21 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
15 18 (11.18%) Data Analysis
15 18 (11.18%) Portfolio Management
16 17 (10.56%) Collaborative Working
17 15 (9.32%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.21%) Python
2 8 (4.97%) SQL
3 4 (2.48%) Bash
3 4 (2.48%) C
3 4 (2.48%) Embedded C
3 4 (2.48%) Java
3 4 (2.48%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.24%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 29 (18.01%) Degree
2 24 (14.91%) PMI Certification
3 11 (6.83%) PMP
4 6 (3.73%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.11%) CAPM
5 5 (3.11%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.48%) AWS Certification
6 4 (2.48%) CCNA
6 4 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.48%) ISTQB
6 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.48%) OSCP
6 4 (2.48%) RHCE
6 4 (2.48%) RHCSA
7 3 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.24%) CISM
8 2 (1.24%) CISSP
8 2 (1.24%) HNC
8 2 (1.24%) HND
8 2 (1.24%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (27.95%) PMO
2 40 (24.84%) QA
3 11 (6.83%) P3O
4 5 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.48%) DO-254
6 3 (1.86%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.24%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.24%) GRC
7 2 (1.24%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.24%) NEBOSH
7 2 (1.24%) NIST
7 2 (1.24%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.24%) SLA
8 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 6 (3.73%) Docker
2 4 (2.48%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.48%) Squid
2 4 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.48%) VMware NSX
2 4 (2.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.48%) Ansible
1 4 (2.48%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.48%) Packer
1 4 (2.48%) Terraform
1 4 (2.48%) ZABBIX
2 1 (0.62%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 19 (11.80%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.35%) Oracle
3 5 (3.11%) SAP
4 4 (2.48%) Red Hat
4 4 (2.48%) Splunk
4 4 (2.48%) VMware
5 3 (1.86%) Planview
6 2 (1.24%) Adobe
6 2 (1.24%) Infor
6 2 (1.24%) NEC
6 2 (1.24%) Planon
7 1 (0.62%) Okta
7 1 (0.62%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.62%) Trend Micro