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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 307 358
Rank change year-on-year -80 +51 -77
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 280 272 340
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.78% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.89% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 102 169 183
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £47,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,000 £53,555
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% +8.30% -6.86%
75th Percentile £93,250 £82,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -4.00%

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 54,931 30,454 46,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.45% 87.29% 78.40%
Number of salaries quoted 38,625 16,580 29,151
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 17 August 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 17 August 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 - - 7
South East -74 49 £90,500 +29.29% 59
Midlands -31 24 £40,000 -47.54% 26
South West -124 23 £75,000 +50.00% 18
North of England -67 22 £77,000 +40.00% 39
West Midlands -19 18 £40,000 -27.27% 21
Scotland -2 13 £55,000 -8.33% 4
East of England -22 13 £40,000 -54.29% 15
Yorkshire -28 13 £70,000 +33.91% 13
Wales -72 7 £72,500 +50.66% 6
East Midlands -23 6 £70,000 -15.15% 5
North West -35 6 £72,000 +24.14% 16
North East - 3 £112,500 - 10
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 8 (2.86%) Confluence
2 2 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (6.43%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.07%) Trello
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.71%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.71%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (26.79%) Azure
2 60 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 57 (20.36%) SaaS
4 14 (5.00%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.29%) AWS
6 5 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (1.43%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.43%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.43%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.43%) Serverless
8 3 (1.07%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.43%) IPv4
1 4 (1.43%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.36%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.36%) Tableau
2 13 (4.64%) Power BI
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 22 (7.86%) JIRA
2 8 (2.86%) Git
3 4 (1.43%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.43%) GitLab
3 4 (1.43%) Jenkins
General
1 189 (67.50%) Social Skills
2 124 (44.29%) Legal
3 62 (22.14%) Law
4 58 (20.71%) Finance
5 24 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
5 24 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (7.50%) Public Sector
7 20 (7.14%) Aerospace
8 19 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (5.71%) Local Government
10 14 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (5.00%) Manufacturing
11 11 (3.93%) Military
12 9 (3.21%) Electronics
13 8 (2.86%) Aviation
14 7 (2.50%) Telecoms
15 6 (2.14%) Marketing
15 6 (2.14%) Retail
16 5 (1.79%) Financial Institution
16 5 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 121 (43.21%) Senior
1 121 (43.21%) Senior Manager
2 55 (19.64%) Testing Manager
3 36 (12.86%) Lead
4 21 (7.50%) Programme Manager
5 17 (6.07%) Consultant
6 15 (5.36%) Infrastructure Manager
7 14 (5.00%) Security Manager
8 11 (3.93%) Management Consultant
8 11 (3.93%) Programme Management Office Consultant
8 11 (3.93%) Programme Office Consultant
9 10 (3.57%) Project Manager
10 8 (2.86%) IT Manager
10 8 (2.86%) Risk Manager
10 8 (2.86%) Technical Manager
11 6 (2.14%) Analyst
11 6 (2.14%) Engineering Manager
11 6 (2.14%) NHS Performance Manager
11 6 (2.14%) Performance Manager
11 6 (2.14%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.43%) boto
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.64%) Virtual Team
2 33 (11.79%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.29%) Data Centre
3 12 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.93%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.57%) NHS
6 9 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.86%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.86%) PMI
8 7 (2.50%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.43%) Robotics
10 4 (1.43%) Verilog
10 4 (1.43%) VHDL
11 3 (1.07%) Social Media
12 2 (0.71%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.71%) Web Conferencing
13 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Cloud
13 1 (0.36%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.43%) Linux
1 4 (1.43%) Windows
1 4 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (61.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 132 (47.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 124 (44.29%) Mentoring
4 120 (42.86%) Strategic Planning
5 119 (42.50%) Performance Management
6 117 (41.79%) PRINCE2
7 81 (28.93%) Collaborative Working
8 80 (28.57%) AI
9 78 (27.86%) ITIL
10 77 (27.50%) Cybersecurity
10 77 (27.50%) Project Management
11 76 (27.14%) Project Delivery
12 67 (23.93%) Data Management
12 67 (23.93%) Software Engineering
12 67 (23.93%) TOGAF
13 66 (23.57%) Information Security
14 65 (23.21%) Budget Management
15 62 (22.14%) DevOps
16 60 (21.43%) Identity Access Management
16 60 (21.43%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 67 (23.93%) Python
2 59 (21.07%) PowerShell
3 55 (19.64%) C#
3 55 (19.64%) JavaScript
3 55 (19.64%) TypeScript
4 10 (3.57%) SQL
5 4 (1.43%) Bash
5 4 (1.43%) C
5 4 (1.43%) C++
5 4 (1.43%) Embedded C
5 4 (1.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 60 (21.43%) A+ Certification
1 60 (21.43%) CISM
1 60 (21.43%) CISSP
1 60 (21.43%) Network+ Certification
2 48 (17.14%) Degree
3 24 (8.57%) PMI Certification
4 19 (6.79%) Security Cleared
5 17 (6.07%) PMP
6 14 (5.00%) SC Cleared
7 10 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.86%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.43%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.43%) CAPM
10 4 (1.43%) CCNA
10 4 (1.43%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.43%) OSCP
10 4 (1.43%) RHCE
10 4 (1.43%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (28.57%) QA
2 36 (12.86%) PMO
3 8 (2.86%) SLA
4 6 (2.14%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.43%) DO-254
5 4 (1.43%) NEBOSH
6 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
System Software
1 64 (22.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.43%) Docker
2 4 (1.43%) Squid
2 4 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.43%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.43%) Ansible
2 4 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.43%) Packer
2 4 (1.43%) Terraform
2 4 (1.43%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 83 (29.64%) Microsoft
2 60 (21.43%) CyberArk
3 13 (4.64%) Oracle
4 11 (3.93%) SAP
5 7 (2.50%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.79%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.43%) NEC
7 4 (1.43%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.43%) Splunk
7 4 (1.43%) VMware
8 3 (1.07%) Planview
9 2 (0.71%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.71%) Infor
9 2 (0.71%) UiPath
10 1 (0.36%) Arista
10 1 (0.36%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.36%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.36%) IFS
10 1 (0.36%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.36%) Planon