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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 284 267
Rank change year-on-year -29 -17 +54
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 233 268 532
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.46% 0.91% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.99% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 111 107 325
10th Percentile £39,875 £33,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £49,250 £47,022 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% -9.48%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £88,250
UK median annual salary £63,076 £70,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -9.89% +22.81% -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 38,245 27,075 46,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 75.88% 91.84% 86.43%
Number of salaries quoted 22,638 12,884 35,110
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £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 £65,640 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £77,715
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 3 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 3 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 -16 56 £90,000 +50.00% 37
South West +11 54 £57,500 - 22
Northern Ireland +5 35 - - 2
North of England -106 35 £56,000 -13.11% 22
Midlands -34 34 £50,269 -22.70% 18
East Midlands -19 20 £50,269 +47.85% 8
North West -56 20 £53,000 -20.00% 9
West Midlands +2 14 £52,788 -37.90% 9
East of England +11 12 £75,000 +15.84% 8
Yorkshire -54 12 £60,000 +9.09% 13
Scotland -13 6 £28,000 -44.00% 3
North East -14 3 £63,076 - 1
Wales -7 1 £68,770 +61.81% 3
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 6 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.15%) Confluence
3 2 (0.86%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.86%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.86%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (5.15%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (9.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.29%) Primavera
3 2 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 22 (9.44%) Azure DevOps
2 15 (6.44%) Azure
3 12 (5.15%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.86%) AWS
5 8 (3.43%) Amazon Alexa
6 7 (3.00%) Asana
7 6 (2.58%) GCP
8 3 (1.29%) SaaS
8 3 (1.29%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.86%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (0.86%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.86%) OCI
10 1 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.29%) DHCP
1 3 (1.29%) DNS
1 3 (1.29%) TCP/IP
1 3 (1.29%) VPN
2 2 (0.86%) Junos
2 2 (0.86%) LAN
2 2 (0.86%) WAN
2 2 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.43%) 5G
3 1 (0.43%) Firewall
3 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.15%) Power BI
2 4 (1.72%) Tableau
3 3 (1.29%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.86%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.86%) Metadata
4 2 (0.86%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.86%) Oracle Discoverer
4 2 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.43%) Big Data
5 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.43%) QlikView
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (15.45%) JIRA
2 21 (9.01%) eCATT
3 12 (5.15%) NeoLoad
4 4 (1.72%) Git
4 4 (1.72%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.29%) GitLab
6 2 (0.86%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.86%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
General
1 144 (61.80%) Finance
2 113 (48.50%) Social Skills
3 91 (39.06%) Manufacturing
4 90 (38.63%) Marketing
5 79 (33.91%) Public Sector
6 67 (28.76%) Telecoms
7 65 (27.90%) Electronics
8 37 (15.88%) Analytical Skills
9 26 (11.16%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (11.16%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (9.87%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (7.73%) Retail
12 13 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (4.72%) Legal
14 10 (4.29%) Law
15 8 (3.43%) French Language
15 8 (3.43%) German Language
15 8 (3.43%) Italian Language
16 6 (2.58%) Fire and Rescue
16 6 (2.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (12.02%) Consultant
2 27 (11.59%) Analyst
2 27 (11.59%) Project Manager
3 26 (11.16%) Senior
4 25 (10.73%) Security Consultant
5 24 (10.30%) Senior Manager
6 22 (9.44%) Lead
7 21 (9.01%) Test Analyst
8 15 (6.44%) Infrastructure Manager
8 15 (6.44%) Portfolio Manager
9 14 (6.01%) Security Manager
9 14 (6.01%) Senior Portfolio Manager
10 12 (5.15%) Performance Analyst
10 12 (5.15%) Performance Test Analyst
10 12 (5.15%) Testing Analyst
11 10 (4.29%) Senior Project Manager
12 9 (3.86%) Automation Test Analyst
12 9 (3.86%) Field Engineer
13 8 (3.43%) Developer
14 7 (3.00%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (10.73%) SAP CAF
2 2 (0.86%) Bootstrap
2 2 (0.86%) CSS
2 2 (0.86%) FastAPI
2 2 (0.86%) Flask
2 2 (0.86%) HTML
2 2 (0.86%) JSON
2 2 (0.86%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle ADF
2 2 (0.86%) Pandas
2 2 (0.86%) PyTorch
2 2 (0.86%) RESTful
2 2 (0.86%) scikit-learn
2 2 (0.86%) TensorFlow
2 2 (0.86%) WebCenter
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.43%) PySpark
3 1 (0.43%) Spring
3 1 (0.43%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.73%) Management Information System
2 20 (8.58%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (7.30%) PMI
4 13 (5.58%) FMCG
4 13 (5.58%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.72%) Driving Licence
6 9 (3.86%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.43%) Product Ownership
8 7 (3.00%) Data Centre
8 7 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.72%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.72%) EPoS
9 4 (1.72%) PDA
10 2 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.86%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.86%) Semantic Web
11 1 (0.43%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.43%) Linked Data
11 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.15%) Linux
2 3 (1.29%) Windows
3 2 (0.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (40.77%) Business Intelligence
2 91 (39.06%) Project Management
3 83 (35.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 65 (27.90%) Digital Marketing
5 59 (25.32%) Risk Management
6 54 (23.18%) ERP
7 49 (21.03%) PRINCE2
8 47 (20.17%) Coaching
8 47 (20.17%) Decision-Making
9 45 (19.31%) Logistics
9 45 (19.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 41 (17.60%) Agile
10 41 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
11 40 (17.17%) Project Delivery
11 40 (17.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 37 (15.88%) Roadmaps
13 35 (15.02%) Change Management
13 35 (15.02%) Cybersecurity
13 35 (15.02%) Mentoring
14 34 (14.59%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.15%) Python
2 9 (3.86%) SQL
3 5 (2.15%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.29%) Bash
5 2 (0.86%) C#
5 2 (0.86%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.86%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.86%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.43%) Bicep
6 1 (0.43%) C++
6 1 (0.43%) Java
6 1 (0.43%) SHACL
6 1 (0.43%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 67 (28.76%) Security Cleared
2 52 (22.32%) Degree
3 43 (18.45%) SC Cleared
4 28 (12.02%) PMI Certification
5 26 (11.16%) CISM
5 26 (11.16%) CISSP
6 25 (10.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 22 (9.44%) DV Cleared
8 13 (5.58%) PMP
9 7 (3.00%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (2.58%) A+ Certification
11 5 (2.15%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.72%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.72%) MAPM
13 3 (1.29%) CAPM
13 3 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.29%) HNC
13 3 (1.29%) HND
14 2 (0.86%) CCNA
14 2 (0.86%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.30%) PMO
2 29 (12.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (12.02%) QA
4 26 (11.16%) NIST
5 25 (10.73%) GRC
6 12 (5.15%) P3O
7 7 (3.00%) SLA
8 4 (1.72%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.29%) ISO 9001
9 3 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.86%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.86%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 6 (2.58%) Docker
2 2 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (9.01%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.29%) Ansible
2 3 (1.29%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.86%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.86%) Terraform
4 1 (0.43%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 104 (44.64%) SAP
2 23 (9.87%) Microsoft
3 22 (9.44%) HP
4 14 (6.01%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.58%) Oracle
6 3 (1.29%) Cisco
6 3 (1.29%) Juniper
7 2 (0.86%) Adobe
7 2 (0.86%) IFS
8 1 (0.43%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.43%) Dell
8 1 (0.43%) Okta
8 1 (0.43%) Palantir
8 1 (0.43%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.43%) Planon
8 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.43%) Trend Micro
8 1 (0.43%) Veeam
8 1 (0.43%) VMware
8 1 (0.43%) Workday