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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 272 283
Rank change year-on-year -50 +11 +50
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 222 267 558
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.95% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 1.03% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 106 114 334
10th Percentile £39,938 £33,000 £32,575
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,688 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,743 £51,999
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% +24.51% -12.97%
75th Percentile £81,250 £84,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £97,500 £86,000
UK median annual salary £63,076 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% +31.82% -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 40,036 25,962 50,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 75.19% 92.18% 85.84%
Number of salaries quoted 23,982 13,613 37,710
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 15 March 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 15 March 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
South East 0 56 £93,000 +55.00% 25
South West +1 50 £57,500 -4.17% 19
North of England -117 36 £55,500 -16.23% 21
Northern Ireland +2 35 - -
Midlands -48 23 £59,038 -14.13% 9
North West -63 20 £53,000 -24.29% 9
East of England +5 14 £75,000 -11.76% 2
Yorkshire -59 13 £58,250 +5.91% 9
West Midlands -10 12 £63,076 -25.79% 6
East Midlands -44 11 £49,350 +29.87% 3
Scotland -19 7 £30,000 -50.00% 3
North East -12 3 £63,076 - 3
Wales -11 1 £68,770 +61.81% 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 5 (2.25%) Confluence
2 4 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.90%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.90%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.90%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (0.45%) Apache
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
1 13 (5.86%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (9.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.35%) Primavera
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 22 (9.91%) Azure DevOps
2 14 (6.31%) Azure
3 12 (5.41%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.05%) AWS
5 8 (3.60%) Amazon Alexa
6 7 (3.15%) Asana
7 6 (2.70%) GCP
8 3 (1.35%) SaaS
8 3 (1.35%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.90%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (0.90%) OCI
10 1 (0.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.35%) DHCP
1 3 (1.35%) DNS
1 3 (1.35%) TCP/IP
1 3 (1.35%) VPN
2 2 (0.90%) Junos
2 2 (0.90%) LAN
2 2 (0.90%) WAN
2 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.45%) 5G
3 1 (0.45%) Firewall
3 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.41%) Power BI
2 4 (1.80%) Tableau
3 3 (1.35%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.90%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.90%) Metadata
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle Discoverer
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.45%) Big Data
5 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.45%) QlikView
5 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (16.67%) JIRA
2 21 (9.46%) eCATT
3 12 (5.41%) NeoLoad
4 4 (1.80%) Git
4 4 (1.80%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.35%) GitLab
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
General
1 133 (59.91%) Finance
2 109 (49.10%) Social Skills
3 88 (39.64%) Manufacturing
4 84 (37.84%) Marketing
5 72 (32.43%) Public Sector
6 61 (27.48%) Telecoms
7 60 (27.03%) Electronics
8 30 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
9 28 (12.61%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (11.71%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (10.36%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (4.50%) Law
13 10 (4.50%) Legal
13 10 (4.50%) Retail
14 8 (3.60%) French Language
14 8 (3.60%) German Language
14 8 (3.60%) Italian Language
15 7 (3.15%) Aerospace
16 6 (2.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (12.61%) Analyst
2 26 (11.71%) Project Manager
2 26 (11.71%) Senior
3 25 (11.26%) Consultant
4 24 (10.81%) Senior Manager
5 22 (9.91%) Security Consultant
6 21 (9.46%) Test Analyst
7 16 (7.21%) Lead
8 15 (6.76%) Infrastructure Manager
8 15 (6.76%) Portfolio Manager
9 14 (6.31%) Security Manager
9 14 (6.31%) Senior Portfolio Manager
10 12 (5.41%) Performance Analyst
10 12 (5.41%) Performance Test Analyst
10 12 (5.41%) Testing Analyst
11 10 (4.50%) Senior Project Manager
12 9 (4.05%) Automation Test Analyst
13 8 (3.60%) Developer
14 7 (3.15%) Coordinator
14 7 (3.15%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.91%) SAP CAF
2 2 (0.90%) Bootstrap
2 2 (0.90%) CSS
2 2 (0.90%) FastAPI
2 2 (0.90%) Flask
2 2 (0.90%) HTML
2 2 (0.90%) JSON
2 2 (0.90%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle ADF
2 2 (0.90%) Pandas
2 2 (0.90%) PyTorch
2 2 (0.90%) RESTful
2 2 (0.90%) scikit-learn
2 2 (0.90%) TensorFlow
2 2 (0.90%) WebCenter
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.45%) PySpark
3 1 (0.45%) Spring
3 1 (0.45%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.81%) Management Information System
2 17 (7.66%) PMI
3 13 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.05%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.05%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.60%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.15%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.25%) FMCG
9 4 (1.80%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.90%) EPoS
10 2 (0.90%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.90%) PDA
10 2 (0.90%) Semantic Web
11 1 (0.45%) Fixed Income
11 1 (0.45%) NHS
11 1 (0.45%) Verilog
11 1 (0.45%) VHDL
11 1 (0.45%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.25%) Linux
2 3 (1.35%) Windows
3 2 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (37.84%) Project Management
2 81 (36.49%) Business Intelligence
3 79 (35.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 59 (26.58%) Digital Marketing
5 55 (24.77%) Risk Management
6 50 (22.52%) PRINCE2
7 46 (20.72%) Coaching
8 45 (20.27%) ERP
8 45 (20.27%) Logistics
9 44 (19.82%) Project Delivery
9 44 (19.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 41 (18.47%) Agile
10 41 (18.47%) Stakeholder Management
11 38 (17.12%) Decision-Making
11 38 (17.12%) Roadmaps
12 35 (15.77%) Mentoring
13 31 (13.96%) Collaborative Culture
13 31 (13.96%) Cybersecurity
14 30 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
15 27 (12.16%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.86%) Python
2 9 (4.05%) SQL
3 5 (2.25%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.35%) Bash
5 2 (0.90%) C#
5 2 (0.90%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.90%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.45%) Bicep
6 1 (0.45%) C
6 1 (0.45%) C++
6 1 (0.45%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.45%) Java
6 1 (0.45%) SHACL
6 1 (0.45%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 62 (27.93%) Security Cleared
2 44 (19.82%) Degree
3 40 (18.02%) SC Cleared
4 29 (13.06%) PMI Certification
5 22 (9.91%) CISM
5 22 (9.91%) CISSP
5 22 (9.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 21 (9.46%) DV Cleared
7 14 (6.31%) PMP
8 7 (3.15%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (2.70%) A+ Certification
10 5 (2.25%) DBS Check
10 5 (2.25%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.80%) MAPM
12 3 (1.35%) CAPM
12 3 (1.35%) HNC
12 3 (1.35%) HND
13 2 (0.90%) CCNA
13 2 (0.90%) CCNP
13 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.86%) PMO
2 28 (12.61%) QA
3 25 (11.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (9.91%) GRC
4 22 (9.91%) NIST
5 12 (5.41%) P3O
6 6 (2.70%) SLA
7 4 (1.80%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.35%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.90%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.45%) DO-254
System Software
1 6 (2.70%) Docker
2 2 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (9.46%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.35%) Ansible
2 3 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.90%) Terraform
4 1 (0.45%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 89 (40.09%) SAP
2 22 (9.91%) HP
2 22 (9.91%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.70%) Oracle
3 6 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.35%) Cisco
4 3 (1.35%) Juniper
5 2 (0.90%) Adobe
5 2 (0.90%) IFS
6 1 (0.45%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.45%) Dell
6 1 (0.45%) Okta
6 1 (0.45%) Palantir
6 1 (0.45%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.45%) Planon
6 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.45%) Trend Micro
6 1 (0.45%) Veeam
6 1 (0.45%) VMware