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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 297 381
Rank change year-on-year -94 +84 -115
Permanent jobs citing Programme Management 300 266 288
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.76% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.88% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 110 166 150
10th Percentile £39,000 £38,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £47,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,750 £54,175
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +6.60% -5.78%
75th Percentile £92,500 £79,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £89,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -

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 56,526 30,294 45,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.25% 86.72% 78.30%
Number of salaries quoted 40,015 16,650 26,994
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -7.07%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%

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 31 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 31 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 - - 8
South East -61 55 £90,000 +41.18% 57
Midlands -34 31 £40,000 -36.00% 25
North of England -73 27 £77,000 +32.76% 41
South West -114 23 £75,000 +50.00% 38
West Midlands -26 22 £40,000 -15.79% 21
Scotland -2 14 £55,000 -8.33% 9
East of England -18 14 £48,105 -43.41% 29
Yorkshire -34 13 £70,000 +30.51% 10
East Midlands -26 9 £70,000 -15.15% 4
North West -24 7 £72,000 +24.14% 22
Wales -75 7 £72,500 +50.66% 8
North East - 7 £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 9 (3.00%) Confluence
2 2 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (6.33%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.00%) Trello
5 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.00%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.67%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (0.67%) Shopify
4 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 74 (24.67%) Azure
2 60 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 57 (19.00%) SaaS
4 16 (5.33%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.00%) AWS
6 5 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (1.33%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.33%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.33%) AWS Fargate
7 4 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.33%) Serverless
8 3 (1.00%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.33%) IPv4
1 4 (1.33%) 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%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.00%) Power BI
1 15 (5.00%) Tableau
2 1 (0.33%) GIS
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (8.00%) JIRA
2 9 (3.00%) Git
3 4 (1.33%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.33%) GitLab
3 4 (1.33%) Jenkins
General
1 196 (65.33%) Social Skills
2 127 (42.33%) Legal
3 74 (24.67%) Finance
4 66 (22.00%) Law
5 28 (9.33%) Influencing Skills
6 25 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (7.67%) Public Sector
9 21 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (6.67%) Aerospace
11 17 (5.67%) Local Government
12 14 (4.67%) Manufacturing
13 11 (3.67%) Military
14 9 (3.00%) Electronics
14 9 (3.00%) Financial Institution
15 8 (2.67%) Aviation
15 8 (2.67%) Telecoms
16 7 (2.33%) Marketing
17 6 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 123 (41.00%) Senior
2 121 (40.33%) Senior Manager
3 55 (18.33%) Testing Manager
4 40 (13.33%) Lead
5 23 (7.67%) Programme Manager
6 17 (5.67%) Consultant
7 15 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
8 14 (4.67%) Security Manager
9 11 (3.67%) Management Consultant
9 11 (3.67%) Programme Management Office Consultant
9 11 (3.67%) Programme Office Consultant
10 10 (3.33%) IT Manager
11 9 (3.00%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.67%) Analyst
12 8 (2.67%) Risk Manager
12 8 (2.67%) Technical Manager
13 6 (2.00%) Delivery Manager
13 6 (2.00%) Engineering Manager
13 6 (2.00%) IT Programme Manager
13 6 (2.00%) Performance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.33%) boto
1 4 (1.33%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 55 (18.33%) Virtual Team
2 35 (11.67%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.67%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.33%) NHS
6 8 (2.67%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.33%) PMI
7 7 (2.33%) Private Cloud
8 6 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.33%) Robotics
9 4 (1.33%) Verilog
9 4 (1.33%) VHDL
10 3 (1.00%) Social Media
10 3 (1.00%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.67%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.67%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.33%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.33%) Linux
1 4 (1.33%) Windows
1 4 (1.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 132 (44.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 128 (42.67%) Mentoring
4 120 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
5 119 (39.67%) Performance Management
5 119 (39.67%) PRINCE2
6 86 (28.67%) Collaborative Working
7 85 (28.33%) AI
8 80 (26.67%) ITIL
8 80 (26.67%) Project Delivery
9 79 (26.33%) Project Management
10 76 (25.33%) Cybersecurity
11 71 (23.67%) Software Engineering
12 68 (22.67%) Data Management
13 67 (22.33%) Budget Management
13 67 (22.33%) TOGAF
14 65 (21.67%) Information Security
15 63 (21.00%) DevOps
16 61 (20.33%) Stakeholder Management
17 60 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (22.67%) Python
2 59 (19.67%) PowerShell
3 55 (18.33%) C#
3 55 (18.33%) JavaScript
3 55 (18.33%) TypeScript
4 13 (4.33%) SQL
5 5 (1.67%) C++
6 4 (1.33%) Bash
6 4 (1.33%) C
6 4 (1.33%) Embedded C
6 4 (1.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 60 (20.00%) A+ Certification
1 60 (20.00%) CISM
1 60 (20.00%) CISSP
1 60 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
2 56 (18.67%) Degree
3 25 (8.33%) PMI Certification
4 20 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 18 (6.00%) PMP
6 14 (4.67%) SC Cleared
7 11 (3.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (3.00%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.67%) APMP
12 4 (1.33%) CCNA
12 4 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.33%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.33%) OSCP
12 4 (1.33%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (27.00%) QA
2 40 (13.33%) PMO
3 11 (3.67%) SLA
4 9 (3.00%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.33%) DO-254
5 4 (1.33%) NEBOSH
6 3 (1.00%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 64 (21.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.33%) Docker
2 4 (1.33%) Squid
2 4 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.33%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.33%) Ansible
2 4 (1.33%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.33%) Packer
2 4 (1.33%) ZABBIX
3 2 (0.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 86 (28.67%) Microsoft
2 60 (20.00%) CyberArk
3 14 (4.67%) Oracle
4 13 (4.33%) SAP
5 7 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.67%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.33%) Aderant
7 4 (1.33%) NEC
7 4 (1.33%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.33%) Splunk
7 4 (1.33%) VMware
8 3 (1.00%) Planview
8 3 (1.00%) UiPath
9 2 (0.67%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.67%) Infor
10 1 (0.33%) Ariba
10 1 (0.33%) Ericsson
10 1 (0.33%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.33%) Juniper
10 1 (0.33%) Salesforce