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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 308 400
Rank change year-on-year -77 +92 -139
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 307 265 262
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.77% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.89% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 112 165 133
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% - -
75th Percentile £92,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £89,000 £78,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

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 57,049 29,693 43,806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.18% 86.39% 77.90%
Number of salaries quoted 40,490 16,142 25,354
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,727
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% -4.74%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £66,152
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 - - 21
South East -68 56 £90,000 +41.18% 79
Midlands -40 34 £43,102 -9.26% 35
North of England -64 28 £77,000 +32.76% 56
West Midlands -35 24 £40,000 -15.79% 27
South West -120 23 £75,000 +50.00% 43
Scotland +4 15 £55,000 -8.33% 19
East of England -40 15 £48,105 -39.87% 33
Yorkshire -44 13 £70,000 +30.51% 19
East Midlands -35 10 £70,000 -15.15% 8
North West -23 8 £67,500 +16.38% 26
Wales -72 7 £72,500 +50.66% 5
North East - 7 £112,500 - 12
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 (2.93%) Confluence
2 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.33%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (6.19%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.98%) Trello
5 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.98%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.65%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.65%) Shopify
4 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 75 (24.43%) Azure
2 60 (19.54%) Entra ID
3 57 (18.57%) SaaS
4 18 (5.86%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.23%) AWS
6 5 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (1.30%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.30%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.30%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.30%) Serverless
8 3 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.98%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.30%) IPv4
1 4 (1.30%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.33%) 4G
2 1 (0.33%) 5G
2 1 (0.33%) Intelligent Network
2 1 (0.33%) Network Security
2 1 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.33%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.54%) Power BI
2 15 (4.89%) Tableau
3 1 (0.33%) GIS
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (7.82%) JIRA
2 9 (2.93%) Git
3 4 (1.30%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.30%) GitLab
3 4 (1.30%) Jenkins
General
1 200 (65.15%) Social Skills
2 128 (41.69%) Legal
3 74 (24.10%) Finance
4 66 (21.50%) Law
5 28 (9.12%) Influencing Skills
6 25 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (8.14%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (7.82%) Public Sector
8 21 (6.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (6.19%) Aerospace
10 17 (5.54%) Local Government
11 14 (4.56%) Manufacturing
12 11 (3.58%) Military
13 10 (3.26%) Electronics
14 9 (2.93%) Aviation
14 9 (2.93%) Financial Institution
15 8 (2.61%) Telecoms
16 7 (2.28%) Marketing
17 6 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 124 (40.39%) Senior
2 122 (39.74%) Senior Manager
3 55 (17.92%) Testing Manager
4 40 (13.03%) Lead
5 24 (7.82%) Programme Manager
6 17 (5.54%) Consultant
7 15 (4.89%) Infrastructure Manager
8 14 (4.56%) Security Manager
9 11 (3.58%) Management Consultant
9 11 (3.58%) Programme Management Office Consultant
9 11 (3.58%) Programme Office Consultant
10 10 (3.26%) IT Manager
11 9 (2.93%) Analyst
11 9 (2.93%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.61%) Risk Manager
12 8 (2.61%) Technical Manager
13 6 (1.95%) Engineering Manager
13 6 (1.95%) IT Programme Manager
13 6 (1.95%) Performance Manager
13 6 (1.95%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.30%) boto
1 4 (1.30%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 55 (17.92%) Virtual Team
2 36 (11.73%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.23%) Data Centre
3 13 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.58%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.26%) NHS
6 8 (2.61%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.28%) PMI
7 7 (2.28%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.63%) Robotics
8 5 (1.63%) Verilog
8 5 (1.63%) VHDL
9 3 (0.98%) Social Media
9 3 (0.98%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.65%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.65%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.30%) Linux
1 4 (1.30%) Windows
1 4 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (59.61%) Continuous Improvement
2 135 (43.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 128 (41.69%) Mentoring
4 121 (39.41%) PRINCE2
5 120 (39.09%) Strategic Planning
6 119 (38.76%) Performance Management
7 88 (28.66%) AI
8 87 (28.34%) Collaborative Working
9 83 (27.04%) Project Delivery
9 83 (27.04%) Project Management
10 81 (26.38%) ITIL
11 77 (25.08%) Cybersecurity
12 73 (23.78%) Software Engineering
13 68 (22.15%) Data Management
13 68 (22.15%) TOGAF
14 67 (21.82%) Budget Management
15 66 (21.50%) Information Security
16 65 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
17 63 (20.52%) Decision-Making
17 63 (20.52%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 69 (22.48%) Python
2 59 (19.22%) PowerShell
3 55 (17.92%) C#
3 55 (17.92%) JavaScript
3 55 (17.92%) TypeScript
4 13 (4.23%) SQL
5 5 (1.63%) C
5 5 (1.63%) C++
5 5 (1.63%) Embedded C
6 4 (1.30%) Bash
6 4 (1.30%) Java
Qualifications
1 61 (19.87%) CISM
1 61 (19.87%) CISSP
2 60 (19.54%) A+ Certification
2 60 (19.54%) Network+ Certification
3 57 (18.57%) Degree
4 25 (8.14%) PMI Certification
5 21 (6.84%) Security Cleared
6 18 (5.86%) PMP
7 15 (4.89%) SC Cleared
8 11 (3.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 9 (2.93%) DV Cleared
10 8 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.61%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.63%) APMP
12 4 (1.30%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.30%) CCNA
12 4 (1.30%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.30%) OSCP
12 4 (1.30%) RHCE
12 4 (1.30%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (26.71%) QA
2 44 (14.33%) PMO
3 12 (3.91%) SLA
4 10 (3.26%) Def Stans
5 5 (1.63%) DO-254
6 4 (1.30%) NEBOSH
7 3 (0.98%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.65%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.33%) GDPR
9 1 (0.33%) GRC
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.33%) NIST
9 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 65 (21.17%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.30%) Docker
2 4 (1.30%) Squid
2 4 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.30%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (19.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.30%) Ansible
2 4 (1.30%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.30%) Packer
2 4 (1.30%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 88 (28.66%) Microsoft
2 60 (19.54%) CyberArk
3 15 (4.89%) Oracle
4 14 (4.56%) SAP
5 7 (2.28%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.63%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.30%) Aderant
7 4 (1.30%) NEC
7 4 (1.30%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.30%) Splunk
7 4 (1.30%) VMware
8 3 (0.98%) Planview
8 3 (0.98%) UiPath
8 3 (0.98%) YouTube
9 2 (0.65%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.65%) IFS
9 2 (0.65%) Infor
10 1 (0.33%) Arista
10 1 (0.33%) Planon
10 1 (0.33%) Workday