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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 351 345
Rank change year-on-year -68 -6 -45
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 222 223 505
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.66% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.75% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 99 140 291
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,232 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £47,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £58,000 £53,555
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% +8.30% -11.79%
75th Percentile £86,965 £82,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,125 £95,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% +14.04% -15.56%

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 50,410 29,881 58,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.59% 88.43% 80.10%
Number of salaries quoted 35,462 16,018 40,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 13 July 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 13 July 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 - 95 - - 9
South East -44 34 £90,000 +50.00% 45
North of England -35 30 £63,076 +20.66% 20
Midlands -42 20 £40,000 -42.86% 20
South West -106 17 £75,000 +42.86% 33
West Midlands -25 16 £40,000 -42.86% 16
Yorkshire -33 16 £63,076 +20.66% 10
East of England -18 13 £48,105 -46.55% 10
North West -26 11 £63,076 +8.75% 8
Wales -46 8 £72,500 +21.12% 1
Scotland -3 5 £62,231 +24.46% 10
East Midlands -36 4 £43,700 -37.57% 4
North East - 3 £94,038 - 2
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 (1.80%) Confluence
2 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (5.41%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (0.90%) Shopify
2 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (15.32%) Azure
2 27 (12.16%) Entra ID
3 26 (11.71%) SaaS
4 16 (7.21%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.25%) AWS
6 4 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (1.80%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (1.80%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.80%) AWS CloudTrail
6 4 (1.80%) AWS Fargate
6 4 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.80%) Serverless
7 3 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.35%) Smartsheet
8 2 (0.90%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.80%) IPv4
1 4 (1.80%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.76%) Power BI
2 11 (4.95%) Tableau
3 2 (0.90%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.45%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 10 (4.50%) JIRA
2 4 (1.80%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.80%) Git
2 4 (1.80%) GitLab
2 4 (1.80%) Jenkins
General
1 149 (67.12%) Social Skills
2 58 (26.13%) Law
3 52 (23.42%) Legal
4 51 (22.97%) Finance
5 33 (14.86%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (11.26%) Public Sector
7 20 (9.01%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (7.21%) Local Government
9 13 (5.86%) Manufacturing
10 11 (4.95%) Aerospace
11 10 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
12 8 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (3.15%) Electronics
14 6 (2.70%) Retail
14 6 (2.70%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.80%) Swedish Language
16 3 (1.35%) Aviation
16 3 (1.35%) Back Office
16 3 (1.35%) Military
17 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 68 (30.63%) Senior
1 68 (30.63%) Senior Manager
2 30 (13.51%) Infrastructure Manager
3 28 (12.61%) Security Manager
4 25 (11.26%) Testing Manager
5 19 (8.56%) Programme Manager
6 15 (6.76%) Portfolio Manager
7 14 (6.31%) Lead
8 13 (5.86%) Project Manager
8 13 (5.86%) Senior Portfolio Manager
9 12 (5.41%) Consultant
10 11 (4.95%) Management Consultant
10 11 (4.95%) Programme Management Office Consultant
10 11 (4.95%) Programme Office Consultant
11 10 (4.50%) IT Manager
12 8 (3.60%) Analyst
12 8 (3.60%) Insight Manager
13 6 (2.70%) NHS Performance Manager
13 6 (2.70%) Performance Manager
13 6 (2.70%) Report Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.80%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.16%) Management Information System
2 26 (11.71%) Virtual Team
3 14 (6.31%) PMI
4 10 (4.50%) NHS
5 8 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.15%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.25%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.80%) Robotics
9 4 (1.80%) Verilog
9 4 (1.80%) VHDL
10 3 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.90%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.90%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.45%) Genomics
12 1 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
12 1 (0.45%) Life Science
12 1 (0.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.80%) Linux
1 4 (1.80%) Windows
1 4 (1.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (46.40%) PRINCE2
2 100 (45.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 100 (45.05%) Project Management
3 81 (36.49%) Mentoring
4 68 (30.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 62 (27.93%) Project Delivery
6 58 (26.13%) Decision-Making
7 57 (25.68%) Strategic Planning
8 54 (24.32%) Performance Management
9 47 (21.17%) Collaborative Working
9 47 (21.17%) Logistics
10 42 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
11 40 (18.02%) AI
12 38 (17.12%) Data Management
12 38 (17.12%) ITIL
12 38 (17.12%) Stakeholder Management
13 37 (16.67%) Budget Management
14 34 (15.32%) Information Security
15 33 (14.86%) Coaching
16 32 (14.41%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 33 (14.86%) Python
2 29 (13.06%) PowerShell
3 25 (11.26%) C#
3 25 (11.26%) JavaScript
3 25 (11.26%) TypeScript
4 11 (4.95%) SQL
5 4 (1.80%) Bash
5 4 (1.80%) C
5 4 (1.80%) Embedded C
5 4 (1.80%) Java
Qualifications
1 37 (16.67%) Degree
2 28 (12.61%) PMI Certification
3 27 (12.16%) A+ Certification
3 27 (12.16%) CISM
3 27 (12.16%) CISSP
3 27 (12.16%) Network+ Certification
4 15 (6.76%) PMP
5 7 (3.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (2.70%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.25%) CAPM
7 5 (2.25%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.80%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.80%) CCNA
8 4 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.80%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.80%) OSCP
8 4 (1.80%) RHCE
8 4 (1.80%) RHCSA
9 3 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (29.28%) QA
2 45 (20.27%) PMO
3 11 (4.95%) P3O
4 4 (1.80%) DO-254
5 3 (1.35%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (1.35%) NEBOSH
6 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.90%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.90%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (13.96%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.80%) Docker
2 4 (1.80%) Squid
2 4 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.80%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.80%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (12.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.80%) Ansible
2 4 (1.80%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.80%) Packer
2 4 (1.80%) Terraform
2 4 (1.80%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 49 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 27 (12.16%) CyberArk
3 7 (3.15%) Oracle
4 4 (1.80%) Red Hat
4 4 (1.80%) Splunk
4 4 (1.80%) VMware
5 3 (1.35%) NEC
5 3 (1.35%) Planview
6 2 (0.90%) Adobe
6 2 (0.90%) Infor
6 2 (0.90%) Planon
7 1 (0.45%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.45%) SAP
7 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow