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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 342 310
Rank change year-on-year -77 -32 -5
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 163 193 559
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.66% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.71% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 86 113 313
10th Percentile £39,000 £37,600 £32,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,809 £64,743 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +23.32% -12.50%
75th Percentile £89,750 £87,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £101,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -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 47,254 26,994 57,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.81% 92.05% 83.01%
Number of salaries quoted 30,481 13,823 41,125
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,003
25th Percentile £37,750 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,269 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -10.10%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 - - 4
North of England -54 28 £61,538 +11.89% 27
South East -35 27 £91,000 +40.00% 28
South West -67 25 £57,500 -9.80% 17
Midlands -50 21 £44,952 -45.51% 4
West Midlands -36 16 £44,352 -52.05% 3
Yorkshire -54 13 £61,538 +18.60% 12
East of England -20 12 £75,000 -11.76% 13
North West -10 11 £50,000 -22.42% 14
East Midlands -38 5 £49,350 +3.89% 1
Scotland -6 4 £30,000 -40.00% 7
North East -36 4 £94,038 - 1
Wales -30 1 £68,770 +14.89%
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 2 (1.23%) Confluence
2 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.36%) Power Platform
2 8 (4.91%) Azure
3 4 (2.45%) Amazon Alexa
3 4 (2.45%) AWS
4 3 (1.84%) Smartsheet
5 2 (1.23%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (1.23%) Amazon S3
5 2 (1.23%) AWS CloudTrail
5 2 (1.23%) AWS Fargate
5 2 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (1.23%) Serverless
6 1 (0.61%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.84%) DHCP
1 3 (1.84%) DNS
1 3 (1.84%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.23%) IPv4
2 2 (1.23%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.61%) Firewall
3 1 (0.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.36%) Power BI
2 7 (4.29%) Tableau
3 2 (1.23%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.23%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.61%) Big Data
4 1 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.61%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (3.68%) Git
2 4 (2.45%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.84%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.84%) GitLab
3 3 (1.84%) JIRA
General
1 96 (58.90%) Social Skills
2 68 (41.72%) Finance
3 37 (22.70%) Public Sector
4 36 (22.09%) Organisational Skills
5 34 (20.86%) Manufacturing
6 27 (16.56%) Electronics
7 25 (15.34%) Telecoms
8 24 (14.72%) Marketing
9 13 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (4.91%) Aerospace
11 8 (4.91%) Legal
12 6 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.45%) Fire and Rescue
13 4 (2.45%) French Language
13 4 (2.45%) German Language
13 4 (2.45%) Italian Language
13 4 (2.45%) Police
13 4 (2.45%) Retail
13 4 (2.45%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 30 (18.40%) Infrastructure Manager
2 28 (17.18%) Security Manager
3 19 (11.66%) Project Manager
3 19 (11.66%) Senior
4 18 (11.04%) Senior Manager
5 15 (9.20%) Portfolio Manager
6 12 (7.36%) Senior Portfolio Manager
7 9 (5.52%) Programme Manager
8 8 (4.91%) Lead
9 7 (4.29%) Consultant
9 7 (4.29%) Head of IT
9 7 (4.29%) Insight Manager
10 6 (3.68%) Analyst
10 6 (3.68%) Security Consultant
10 6 (3.68%) Senior Project Manager
11 5 (3.07%) Delivery Manager
11 5 (3.07%) IT Manager
11 5 (3.07%) NHS Performance Manager
11 5 (3.07%) Performance Manager
11 5 (3.07%) Report Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.68%) SAP CAF
2 2 (1.23%) Bootstrap
2 2 (1.23%) boto
2 2 (1.23%) CSS
2 2 (1.23%) Flask
2 2 (1.23%) HTML
2 2 (1.23%) RESTful
3 1 (0.61%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.61%) JSON
3 1 (0.61%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.20%) PMI
2 14 (8.59%) Management Information System
3 10 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.91%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.29%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.29%) Driving Licence
6 6 (3.68%) NHS
6 6 (3.68%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.07%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.45%) Robotics
8 4 (2.45%) Verilog
8 4 (2.45%) VHDL
9 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.61%) Genomics
10 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.61%) Life Science
10 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.07%) Linux
2 3 (1.84%) Windows
3 2 (1.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (52.15%) Project Management
2 60 (36.81%) PRINCE2
3 51 (31.29%) Logistics
4 46 (28.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (25.15%) Business Intelligence
5 41 (25.15%) Coaching
5 41 (25.15%) Project Delivery
6 35 (21.47%) Decision-Making
7 34 (20.86%) Performance Metrics
7 34 (20.86%) Stakeholder Management
8 33 (20.25%) Mentoring
9 30 (18.40%) Agile
10 24 (14.72%) Risk Management
11 23 (14.11%) Line Management
12 22 (13.50%) Digital Marketing
12 22 (13.50%) Portfolio Management
13 21 (12.88%) Roadmaps
14 19 (11.66%) Cybersecurity
15 17 (10.43%) Service Delivery
15 17 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.36%) Python
2 9 (5.52%) SQL
3 4 (2.45%) Bash
3 4 (2.45%) C
3 4 (2.45%) Embedded C
3 4 (2.45%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.23%) Java
4 2 (1.23%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.61%) C#
5 1 (0.61%) C++
5 1 (0.61%) SHACL
5 1 (0.61%) SPARQL
5 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (20.86%) Degree
2 25 (15.34%) PMI Certification
3 21 (12.88%) Security Cleared
4 12 (7.36%) SC Cleared
5 11 (6.75%) PMP
6 6 (3.68%) CISM
6 6 (3.68%) CISSP
6 6 (3.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 5 (3.07%) CAPM
7 5 (3.07%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.45%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.84%) HNC
9 3 (1.84%) HND
9 3 (1.84%) MAPM
9 3 (1.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.23%) PCI QSA
10 2 (1.23%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (17.79%) PMO
1 29 (17.79%) QA
2 11 (6.75%) P3O
3 9 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.68%) GRC
4 6 (3.68%) NIST
4 6 (3.68%) SLA
5 4 (2.45%) DO-254
6 3 (1.84%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.23%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.23%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (3.07%) Docker
2 3 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.23%) Squid
3 2 (1.23%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.23%) vSphere
4 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (3.07%) Ansible
2 3 (1.84%) Terraform
3 2 (1.23%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.23%) Packer
3 2 (1.23%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.61%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 22 (13.50%) SAP
2 16 (9.82%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.45%) Oracle
4 3 (1.84%) Planview
4 3 (1.84%) VMware
5 2 (1.23%) Adobe
5 2 (1.23%) Planon
5 2 (1.23%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.23%) Splunk
6 1 (0.61%) Cisco
6 1 (0.61%) Dell
6 1 (0.61%) HP
6 1 (0.61%) Juniper
6 1 (0.61%) Okta
6 1 (0.61%) Palantir
6 1 (0.61%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.61%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.61%) Trend Micro
6 1 (0.61%) Veeam